Abstract: The present invention comprises a crack and groove stain and paint tool and method of staining or painting a crack or groove with the crack and groove stain and paint tool comprising a handle, a flat blade attached to the handle and having a first face and a second face separated by an edge, and a backing fabric secured to the blade with the backing fabric having a stain or paint holding nap thereon with the backing fabric extending from the first face to the second face of the blade.

Abstract: A paint edging apparatus includes a body having front and rear ends defining a longitudinal axis therebetween, the body receiving a paint reservoir for supplying paint to an applicator portion of the apparatus, the body including a handle extending rearwardly at an acute angle relative to the longitudinal axis. An urging mechanism selectively engages the paint reservoir to discharge paint therefrom. A vibrator mounted to the body and operatively connected to the paint applicator portion of the apparatus imparts an oscillatory motion to the paint applicator. A trigger is pivotally mounted to the handle for activating the vibrator, wherein a user can move the apparatus over a work surface to apply paint to the work surface and also pivot the trigger at the same time by grasping the handle with a single hand.

Abstract: This document discusses, among other things, an apparatus for painting a work surface including a handle housing. A disposable painting module is configured to be removably engaged with the handle housing. The painting module includes a paint applicator configured to be removably engaged with the handle housing. The paint applicator is configured to apply paint to the work surface. A paint reservoir is fluidly coupled with the paint applicator and is configured to be removably engaged with the handle housing. An urging mechanism is coupled to the handle housing and configured to interact with the paint reservoir to substantially uniformly discharge the paint from the paint reservoir and supply the paint to the paint applicator.

Abstract: A paint edging apparatus includes a body having front and rear ends defining a longitudinal axis therebetween, the body receiving a paint reservoir for supplying paint to an applicator portion of the apparatus, the body including a handle extending rearwardly at an acute angle relative to the longitudinal axis. An urging mechanism selectively engages the paint reservoir to discharge paint therefrom. A vibrator mounted to the body and operatively connected to the paint applicator portion of the apparatus imparts an oscillatory motion to the paint applicator. A trigger is pivotally mounted to the handle for activating the vibrator, wherein a user can move the apparatus over a work surface to apply paint to the work surface and also pivot the trigger at the same time by grasping the handle with a single hand.

Abstract: A paint edging apparatus includes a body having front and rear ends defining a longitudinal axis therebetween, the body receiving a paint reservoir for supplying paint to an applicator portion of the apparatus, the body including a handle extending rearwardly at an acute angle relative to the longitudinal axis. An urging mechanism selectively engages the paint reservoir to discharge paint therefrom. A vibrator mounted to the body and operatively connected to the paint applicator portion of the apparatus imparts an oscillatory motion to the paint applicator. A trigger is pivotally mounted to the handle for activating the vibrator, wherein a user can move the apparatus over a work surface to apply paint to the work surface and also pivot the trigger at the same time by grasping the handle with a single hand.

Abstract: A nail polish container includes an outer barrel having a dispense nozzle and a detachable refill container. The dispense nozzle includes a brush and a dispense tube seat mounted therein. The refill container contains therein a liquid content and has a top mouth receiving therein a volume-regulating valve seat and a tubular sleeve. When the refill container is fit into the outer barrel, a dispense tube of the dispense tube seat is inserted into the valve seat, whereby depression of the refill container may cause the valve to open to allow the nail polish contained in the refill container to flow, in a volume-regulated manner, to the brush for performing application of the nail polish.

Abstract: A tire applicator for applying treatment fluid to sidewall of a vehicle tire, which is constructed with an applicator head including a dispenser housing having a bottom bearing surface and an applicator pad affixed thereto, and which may be configured to complementally and releasably receive an associated container.

Abstract: A gas pressurized painting system comprises a pressurized paint canister and a powered paint brush or powered paint roller connectable to the pressurized paint canister. The canister includes a paint reservoir, an air pressure fitting in fluid communication with the paint reservoir and configured to be connected to a gas pressure source, a paint outlet in fluid communication with the paint reservoir, and a removable cap for filling the paint reservoir with paint. A flexible tube is used to interconnect the paint outlet to the paint inlet of the powered paint brush or powered paint roller. The painting system also includes a cleaning system for quickly and easily cleaning the system using a standard source of cleaning fluid, such as a garden spigot.

Abstract: Device for treating pathological conditions of skin surfaces, which comprises a main component that includes a body and a contact layer superimposed to one another, wherein the body is porous to provide storage capacity for liquid medicament fed to it and permeable for transmitting the medicament to the contact layer by compression or capillarity or both. The contact layer is also porous for transmitting the medicament received from the body to the skin surface being treated and has a mildly or strongly abrasive outer surface for removing damaged surface skin tissue. The device also comprises a delivery apparatus for feeding liquid medicament to the body of the main component and, an optional storage container for the liquid medicament.

Abstract: A multi-cartridge powered dispenser includes a frame having base and top cartridge supports, wheels and a handle. A piston/cylinder is mounted on the frame and at least three cartridges are clamped between the support plates. Each cartridge has a shuttle at the lower end and a discharge opening at the upper end. The piston/cylinder assembly has push rods extending through the base support to move the shuttles in the cartridges. A pressurized fluid supply conduit is connected to the piston/cylinder, and a valve in the fluid supply conduit controls the flow. Discharge cannulae communicate with the outlets the cartridges. Discharge conduits extend between the cannulae and a handpiece for applying the contents of the cartridges to a work surface. The application handpiece can be a sprayer, a roller applicator, or a pour/extrude applicator.

Abstract: An applicator device for applying treatment fluid to various interior surfaces such as those found in an automobile, which is constructed with an applicator head including a housing having a bottom distribution plate and an applicator pad affixed thereto, and which is configured to complementally and releasably receive an associated fluid container.

Abstract: A device for storing and applying liquid to a cleaning implement, including an application module which may be slidably engaged to either a countertop reservoir module, or an installed reservoir module.

Abstract: An applicator comprising a support which is configured to allow the applicator to be engaged with a container containing a first product, in the form of a gel, cream, or liquid, and an application member on the support. The application member is capable of conveying the first product from an opening defined by the support to an application face of the said application member. The applicator further includes a lid configured to removably cover the applicator member by engaging with the support. In a closed end of the lid there is a second product, in the form of a solid cake or powder. The application face is capable, when the lid is fitted, of being pressed elastically against the said second product so that the second product can be loaded onto the application face. Once the first and second products have been loaded onto the application face, the lid can be removed and the application face can be put in contact with a surface to apply the combined first and second products.

Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning the dirt is disclosed. The cleaning device includes a container for receiving the cleaning material therein, a permeating element disposed in the container for introducing the cleaning material, and a cleaning head mounted on one end of the container and connecting with the permeating element for cleaning the dirt.

Abstract: A device for administering a quantity of liquid cooling agent, contained in an aerosol container provided with a normally closed valve has an operating device for temporarily opening the valve. The positioning device positions at least a part of an administering element so that the cooling agent leaving the valve can reach the administering element. The cooling agent leaving the valve reaches that part of the administering element which comes into contact with a wart to be frozen, so that it is used effectively. According to a first preferred embodiment the positioning device has a chamber which is connects to the valve and into which the cooling agent is carried when the valve is operated. The chamber is adapted to receive of at least a part of the administering element.

Abstract: A cleaning device provided with a detergent control structure includes a tube, a connector, a control valve, and a handle. The tube is elongated and has a spray head and a cleaning element at a front end thereof. A rear end of the tube is connected to the handle provided with the control valve. The connector is internally divided into first and second channels and is coupled to a detergent box at a bottom end thereof. The control valve includes a securing block and a rotary block that are respectively provided with two round holes and a round hole. In use, the handle is connected to a water hose to allow input of water. By turning the handle to cause the round hole of the rotary block to align with the first round hole of the securing block and the first channel of the connector, clean water can be ejected from the spray head.

Abstract: An improved hand-held hose spray for kitchen faucets includes interchangeable cleaning accessories for providing scouring, scrubbing, wiping and rinsing functions in the cleansing of kitchen articles and utensils concurrent with the operation and manipulation of the hose spray, eliminating the need for the user to release or replace the hose spray during the cleansing cycle.

Abstract: A herbicide applicator has a handle and a dispensing end which, in one embodiment may be detachable. Herbicide is introduced into the handle and flows through the handle to the dispensing end. The dispensing end has a plurality openings through which the herbicide flows. An absorbent sleeve is over the dispensing end to control the herbicide flow. The absorbent sleeve has concentric ridges between which the herbicide is dispensed.

Abstract: In order to supply a coating to a roller, a coating supplying groove is provided along only one side of a core which is connected to an end of a support so as to act as a shaft of a roller. A coating reservoir between the roller and the core is located to one side of the core. To permit engagement and disengagement between the support and the core, an elastic member is mounted within a coating flowing hole of the core, while an inserting groove and a stopping groove are provided in the inner peripheral surface of the coating flowing hole of the core. To automatically stop and start the supply of coating to the coating roller, and to adjust the flow rate, the number of revolutions of the roller are detected and used to actuate the coating feed mechanism to supply coating at a flow rate corresponding to the number of revolutions and or direction of rotation of the roller.

Abstract: A unit for removably retrofitting a normal air actuated sprayer to be used for wiping an herbicide on a small selected area is disclosed. The unit comprises a porous cloth pouch with an absorbent material such as a piece of a synthetic sponge inside that may be slipped over the spray nozzle and fastened in a water tight manner to the spray pipe. Means to direct drippage or a direct stream of herbicide downward are provided to allow safe use close to and under desirable vegetation.

Abstract: An automobile wheel cleaning device comprises a regulator shaft formed in a hollow generally cylindrical configuration with a first open end and a second open end. The shaft includes a coupling device on its second open end which is adapted to be coupled with the end of a standard garden hose in the operative orientation. A restrictor dial includes a finger grip and is positioned outside the shaft. A valve is formed in a generally planar circular configuration and is positioned within the hollow interior of the regulator shaft. A rod extends through the shaft and connects the finger grip and valve. The regulator dial is adapted to allow a user to regulate the flow of water therethrough. A cleaning head is comprised of a foamed elastomer and formed in a hollow generally cylindrical configuration. The head includes an open end which is adapted to be positioned around the first open end of the regulator shaft.

Abstract: A paint pad assembly with a pump supplied reservoir comprises a reservoir formed as a generally rectangular shaped box with a vertical back plate, a vertical front plate and four side plates therebetween. One of the side plates includes an aperture. The front plate include coupling means to permit releasable coupling with the side plates. The front plate includes a plurality of long generally rectangular shaped apertures to permit the free flow of paint therethrough. Two upwardly extending brackets are separated by a small distance. Each bracket has an aperture which includes coupling means. The brackets are positioned on the back face of the reservoir. A hose is comprised of flexible materials and formed in a long hollow, tubular configuration with two free ends. One end of the hose is coupled to the reservoir through the aperture in the side wall and the other free end is coupled to a paint supply. A handle is formed as an elongated hollow, tubular member with an open end at its lowermost extent.

Abstract: A two-piece tool inter-connected by a flexible soap water tube (12) which will perform a quick and clean car wash, void of soap film or streaks. The user simply rinses off the loose dirt and cools down the hot metal surface of a section of the car with one piece of the tool held in one hand (FIG. 18), and then washes with the other piece of the tool held in the other hand. The user again rinses with the other tool in the opposite hand to remove the soap before it dries leaving a soap film or streaks. This process is repeated until the last section of the car is completed. The user can expect about five car washes from one ounce of liquid soap before refilling and will find easy control of the rinse water flow rate and pattern whereby conserving soap and water.

Abstract: A device of toothbrush capable of automatic supplying with water, which comprises a hollow body being of suitable size and length, the body is provided with a water inlet at one end thereof; a water controller being provided near the middle position of the body to control the flowing of water toward a brush portion of the toothbrush at the front end thereof, when being controlled, clean water can be flushed upwardly from under said brush portion.

Abstract: A brush with an automatic water control valve is disclosed. The brush includes a handle portion pivotably connected to an actuation portion and rigidly attached to a brush portion. A fluid passageway is provided through the handle portion into the bristles of the brush. Communicating with the fluid passageway is the flexible tubing which is adapted to be connected to a water fluid source under pressure. A valve is provided for opening and closing the passageway formed by the tubing and for providing flow through the passageway to the brush portion. The valve is actuated by a pivoting motion of the actuation portion with respect to the handle portion. The valve includes a roller which engages the flexible tubing and squeezes same, such that the normal rest position of the actuation portion with respect to the handle portion closes the tubing.

Abstract: A cleaning implement is provided with an internal valve for automatic water shut-off which can be regulated by hand. The implement connects to a conventional water supply, for example, a garden hose. When the valve is open, water is supplied through a removable sponge or brush to a surface to be cleaned. The valve is opened when two portions of the implement are pivoted with respect to each other. This can be done by pressing the sponge or brush against a surface to be cleaned, pivoting the two portions of the implement and thereby opening the valve. Alternatively, the two portions can be held by handles, one in either hand, and pivoted to open and close the valve. An opening is provided in the brush or sponge to allow water to stream from a nozzle to the surface to be cleaned, unobstructed. A soap dispenser is also incorporated into the implement. The nozzle and soap dispenser direct fluid from the user when the implement is held in the hands. The implement may be used with other fluids not water.

Abstract: A car-washing device includes a one-gallon reservoir and flexible tubing leading from the reservoir to a sponge. The sponge has a central passage formed therein to securely receive a portion of the tubing that has been provided with a plurality of small openings. A detergent formula thus flows in the tubing from the reservoir and through the small openings into the sponge. A removable and replaceable protective jacket, in the form of a nylon sleeve, protects the sponge. A valve member is provided between the reservoir and the sponge to selectively cut off the flow of detergent to the sponge. In use, the reservoir may be placed on top of a car and the sponge may be manipulated to clean the outer surfaces of the car. Because the detergent flows from a passage in the center of the sponge, the sponge is, for the most part, self-cleaning.

Abstract: A fountain brush assembly is provided with a removable and replaceable series of brush heads through which a cleaning fluid such as water readily passes to the surface to be cleaned, the assembly including a reservoir for detergent to be selectively added to the water, control of the use and amount of the detergent being effected through manipulation of the cover for the reservoir.

Abstract: This is a unit particularly suited for marking bingo cards and the like. The unit has an ink bottle that is attached to the user's arm. It also has an ink nib that delivers ink to a substrate such as a bingo card. A flexible tube permits the ink to flow from the bottle to the ink nib dispenser. The nib also is connected to the user's finger to a VELCRO Fastener or other suitable means.

Abstract: A lotion applicator apparatus is set forth including an applicator member configured as a human hand for acceptance by a user including an interior surface formed of a semi-absorbent covering, such as acrylic plush with an exterior surface including a timer mechanism formed thereon. The applicator member is formed with an orifice accepting lotion directed through an elongate conduit threadedly secured to a reservoir container. The reservoir container includes a pump plunger for forcing lotion through the conduit into the aforenoted orifice centrally located within the applicator member. The reservoir container is formed with a cap threadedly secured to a base to enable replenishment of lotion therein.

Abstract: A hand-held cleaning implement. An ergonomically shaped, hand-held body allows attachment of a brush and sponge. The body is provided with a first and a second digitally operated valve button that allows water, provided by an external source, to flow through the brush or the sponge, at the user's option.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a wax applicator having a mop, a container for wax and mechanism for siphoning the wax between the container and the mop. A valve controls siphoning rate. The mop includes an applicator portion having a reservoir for receiving the wax with a plurality of openings for periodically distributing the wax from the reservoir to an applicator pad.

Abstract: A medication dispenser has a medication container and a head removably coupled to the container to permit flow of medication from the container to the head and to permit recharging or replacement of the container or head. A medication passageway between the container and the head includes removable orifices for selectively regulating flow of medication from the container through the head. A plurality of teeth defining channels are provided on the head for the passage of medication from the head through the channels onto an animal. The head has a surface which is generally parallel to the surface of the animal, and the teeth extend from the head at an oblique angle to the surface.

Abstract: A dripless, easily cleaned glue applicator for a machine for making two-piece paper cups comprises an outer body member in which there is a cavity that opens to a slot in a flat bottom surface of the member. The slot has a shape and size conforming to an area of glue to be applied. An inner member in the body member forces the longitudinally central portion of a resilient foam pad to bulge down through the slot and clamps the pad to the outer body member. The inner member also provides a glue chamber that is communicated with a pressurized source of glue and from which numerous bores, spaced along the length of the inner member, open downwardly to the pad. A top plate on the outer body member closes its cavity, holds the inner member in clamping relation to the outer body member, and provides for mounting the applicator.

Abstract: A cleansing device for use in a substantially erect attitude, the device having a housing with a grasping portion and a cleansing portion and a passage extending through the housing interconnecting the grasping and cleansing portions; a conduit mounted on the grasping portion of the housing having a distal end portion adapted to be connected to a source of liquid for transfer of liquid from the source through the conduit and into the passage of the housing; and a liquid absorbent element affixed on the cleansing portion of the housing in communication with the passage and facing in an upward direction when the housing is held in a substantially erect attitude with the cleansing portion higher than the grasping portion.

Abstract: A hand-held liquid herbicide applicator for wipingly applying the liquid herbicide on undesired vegetation. The applicator includes an elongated tubular handle having a supply container on its upper end with a special differential pressure operated vent valve in the container. A flow control valve is mounted in the handle for controlling the flow of the liquid herbicide through the handle to an applicator head carried on the bottom of the handle. The applicator head includes an especially configured synthetic sponge which is formed with a porous relatively dense peripheral skin so that the liquid herbicide received from the handle will evenly saturate the entire sponge to prevent uncontrollable liquid flow in one or more localized parts of the sponge.

Abstract: Apparatus for cleaning glass or other nonporous surfaces having an applicator pad of open pored spongy material for juxtaposition with the surface to be cleaned. A disposable cloth or tissue is interposed between the pad and the surface to be cleaned. A flexible conduit directs moisture laden gas, usually human breath, from the user's mouth, to the applicator pad and thence to the surface to be cleaned where moisture condenses for easy removal of soil therefrom. The escape of gas in undesired directions is avoided by a hood element which confines the gas to the spongy material except where it contacts the surface to be cleaned.

Abstract: An apparatus for selective application of liquid herbicide includes a tubular handle which serves as a reservoir for containing the herbicide and for supplying the herbicide to an integral applicator head. The reservoir handle has a valve for controlling the herbicide dispensing flow rate of the applicator head which includes at least one elongated wicking element by which the herbicide is wipingly applied on undesired vegetation.

Abstract: A coatings application apparatus pumps liquid paint through a flexible conduit within a rotary variable displacement peristaltic pump to a conventional applicator head. Through constant speed rotating lobes peristaltic action squeezes coating liquid within the conduit through the paint applicator control handle and applicator.The control handle permits changes in the paint flow rate. Upon constriction of the conduit within the control handle, flow rate is reduced, back pressure develops with resulting tube distortion. Distortion levered forces act upon a pre-set loaded pump spring. Variation in pump displacement results. The liquid flow rate within the supply conduit is inversely proportional to the back pressure so developed. If fluid flow is completely arrested by full supply tube constriction, back pressure becomes a maximum and pump displacement becomes zero. The pump continues to operate, however, at constant R.P.M., requiring no high starting torque.

Abstract: A paint roller construction comprises a roller which is supported on a support which has a handle. The support carries an electric drive motor for a pump which supplies a paint through a connecting conduit in the support directly into the roller. The interior of the roller is maintained at a predetermined pressure in order that the paint may be delivered outwardly through the pores of the roller applicator surface at a controlled rate for application on a surface. The device also advantageously includes a drive motor which may be operated at a selected speed in order to rotate the roller at an amount which is comparable to the pressure of the paint supply so as to apply the paint at a predetermined application rate and thickness.

Abstract: This invention provides a recreational toy in the form of a perforated cushion having a connection adapted to receive water from a garden hose or the like, and a plurality of perforations distributed over the upper surface. The cushion is non-circular and is capable of maintaining a stable position in which the perforations are uppermost. Because of the distribution of the perforations, a person jumping on the perforated cushion at any location on the upper surface which cause a depression and a corresponding increase in the water pressure inside the cushion, whereby the spray jets emanating from the perforations increase in height and force, and also turn inwardly toward the cause of the depression.

Abstract: A floor cleaning device which includes a handle of hollow pipe, one end of which is connected to a hose for supplying water, and a polishing head detachably connected to the other end thereof. The middle portion of the hollow pipe is divided into two flow passages by means of a partitioning. A valve is mounted in the upper end portions of the flow passages so as to selectively block either of them, and a net is stretched at the lower end of one of the flow passages. The polishing head has a brush or sponge for cleaning the floor and has plural holes communicating with the hollow pipe so as to supply the brush or sponge with water.

Abstract: A manually manipulated and propelled apparatus to bear upon and to traverse the floor surface of a bowling alley lane for cleaning and conditioning thereof. The apparatus is characterized in that it includes a reservoir for a floor-treating liquid composition, a wiper assembly including a web for applying treating composition to the floor surface, and an improved liquid flow and feed system of conduits and flow regulating means to direct and to control the rate of delivery of liquid from the reservoir to the web. The web is advanceable stepwise, as required, to present new increments of web to engage the floor surface.

Abstract: A painting system has a container and a flexible wall with a source of pressure on the flexible wall for extending the flexible wall toward the paint and forcing paint through an opening, a valve and a conducting tube into an applicator. A membrane is fitted inside a container, and a cover is placed over the container. Ordinary water pressure from a tap is fed through the hose into the membrane area forcing the membrane toward the paint, and forcing the paint from the container. In one applicator, paint is fed into a hollow tube which is turnable to align openings in a tube wall with distributors which communicate the paint to a plurality of tubes. Paint flows through the selected tubes through an array of openings in paint distributing surfaces. A relatively narrow, pointed surface extends outward from a relatively large circular surface. An auxiliary distributing surface extends perpendicularly to the pointed surface. A sponge roller is provided with a fitted cover and is positioned over a foraminous tube.