AU2005100668A4 - Excess paint remover - Google Patents

Description

Australia Patent Act 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION INNOVATION PATENT EXCESS PAINT REMOVER The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me: EXCESS PAINT REMOVER This invention relates to improvement in device for removing of excess paint on a painting bristle.

00 oo DFor all painters, they usually decant paint from a large size of a paint can into a small size of a painting pot to carry easily when they need to paint a small or t high space.

In order to get a small size of a painting pot, they normally reuse an empty paint can (4 litre), or buy a plastic or metal painting pot (approx 17 cm diameter) in a paint shop.

No matter how painters use either a reused empty paint can, or a plastic or metal painting pot, they have two inconvenient problems. For example, when they dip a painting brush into the decanted paint which is in a reused paint can, much excess paint sticks to the bristle. With this excess paint covered-bristle, painters can't paint a delicate part of a painting job. Moreover, when they take out an excess paint covered-bristle out of a reused paint can, they drip much paint drop onto a floor.

The only way to avoid these two inconvenient problems, not being able to do a delicate painting job and dripping much paint drop onto a floor, is that painters have to take off the excess paint which sticks to a bristle.

In order to take off the excess paint on a bristle, painters usually use two methods of their own creating. One is they make a convex on the inside wall of a reused empty paint can and scrub the excess paint covered-bristle against the convex, which doesn't work efficiently for its purpose. The other is they scrub the excess paint covered-bristle along the top rim of a reused paint can, which causes the scrubbed paint to drop onto a floor.

Even though painters have been trying their best to avoid the above two problems, nothing has been settled.

These problems are overcome by the present invention, which provides the excess paint removing device comprising three scraping boards fixed on a vertical plate in order to take off the excess paint on a bristle, whose vertical plate is inserted into the inner space of a reused empty paint can.

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O With three scraping boards which are inside the inner space of a reused empty _paint can, painters can take off the excess paint on a bristle without any paint trt dropping onto a floor.

With this excess paint removed-bristle, painters can paint a delicate part of a paintingjob.

In one form of the invention, three scraping boards are fixed at different angles degree, 45 degree, 120 degree) on a vertical plate which is inserted into the inner space of a reused empty paint can in order to take off the excess paint on a bristle without any paint dropping onto a floor.

In another form of the invention, the spring clip jointed on the upper end of the vertical plate holds the excess paint removing device firmly so as not to be rocked when painters scrub the excess paint covered-bristle against three scraping boards to take off the excess paint on abristle.

The excess paint removing device must be made of strong elastic steel.

To assist with understanding the invention, reference will be made to the accompanying drawings which shows examples of the invention.

In the drawings FIG 1 shows one example of the excess paint removing device according to this invention.

FIG 2 shows the application of such an excess paint removing device to a reused empty paint can with a painting brush shown. SIDE VIEW FIG 3 shows the application of such an excess paint removing device to a reused C* empty paint can. PLAN VIEW Referring to FIG 1, it is seen that the excess paint removing device according to 00 O the invention comprises three scraping boards 1.2.3. fixed on a vertical plate 4., IOwhose scraping boards painters scrub the excess paint covered-bristle against in order to take off the excess paint.

t The grooves 5.6. joint the lip on the top rim of a reused empty paint can for a firm connection between the excess paint removing device and a reused empty paint can.

The spring clip 7.8. holds the excess paint removing device and the top rim of a reused empty paint can firmly. As a result, the vertical plate 4. with three scraping boards fixed on can be inserted into the inner space of a reused empty paint can, which enables painters not to be worried about any paint dropping onto a floor when they scrub the excess paint covered-bristle against the top rim of a reused empty paint can without using the excess paint removing device.

The release lever 9. is used to take off the excess paint removing device easily when needed to.

Referring to FIG 2, it is seen that the excess paint removing device 1o. is combined with a reused empty paint can 11. with a painting brush 12. shown.

SIDE VIEW Referring to FIG 3, the excess paint removing device 13 (the top scraping board, degree). 14 (the top of a spring clip), combined with a reused empty paint can 15 (the rim of it). is seen from PLAN VIEW.

By the use of the excess paint removing device, painters don't have to be worried about any paint dropping onto a floor. Moreover, with a excess paint removedbristle, they can paint a delicate part of a painting job.

Claims (3)

1. An excess paint removing device including three scraping boards each of 00 ,0 said scraping boards adapted to take off excess paint on a painting bristle; of said scraping boards fixed on a vertical plate.

2. The removing device of claim 1 wherein said three scraping boards fixed at different angles(9o degree, 45 degree, 120 degree) on a vertical plate to take off the excess paint on a bristle efficiently; said vertical plate jointed a spring clip on the top end of it to connect the excess paint removing device and a reused empty paint can firmly.

3. The removing device of claim 1 to 2 wherein said spring clip affixed a release lever to take off the excess paint removing device easily when needed to said excess paint removing device inserted into the inner space of a reused empty paint can to prevent any paint drop onto a floor.