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EP0190369A1
EP0190369A1 EP84308715A EP84308715A EP0190369A1 EP 0190369 A1 EP0190369 A1 EP 0190369A1 EP 84308715 A EP84308715 A EP 84308715A EP 84308715 A EP84308715 A EP 84308715A EP 0190369 A1 EP0190369 A1 EP 0190369A1
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applicator
surface coatings
filaments
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ferrule
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James H. Gruns
Sonja M. Gruns
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GRUNS SONJA M
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Priority to US06/431,788 priority Critical patent/US4490875A/en
Priority claimed from US06/467,300 external-priority patent/US4499627A/en
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Priority to EP84308715A priority patent/EP0190369A1/fr
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B5/00—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B17/00—Accessories for brushes
    • A46B17/06—Devices for cleaning brushes after use
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B5/00—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware
    • A46B5/06—Brush bodies; Handles integral with brushware in the form of tapes, chains, flexible shafts, springs, mats or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B9/00—Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body
    • A46B9/02—Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B9/00—Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body
    • A46B9/08—Supports or guides for bristles
    • A46B9/12—Non-adjustable supports
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L1/00—Cleaning windows
    • A47L1/06—Hand implements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47L13/00—Implements for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
    • A47L13/02—Scraping
    • A47L13/022—Scraper handles
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C17/00—Hand tools or apparatus using hand held tools, for applying liquids or other fluent materials to, for spreading applied liquids or other fluent materials on, or for partially removing applied liquids or other fluent materials from, surfaces
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25G—HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS
    • B25G1/00—Handle constructions
    • B25G1/02—Handle constructions flexible
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B44—DECORATIVE ARTS
    • B44D—PAINTING OR ARTISTIC DRAWING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRESERVING PAINTINGS; SURFACE TREATMENT TO OBTAIN SPECIAL ARTISTIC SURFACE EFFECTS OR FINISHES
    • B44D3/00—Accessories or implements for use in connection with painting or artistic drawing, not otherwise provided for; Methods or devices for colour determination, selection, or synthesis, e.g. use of colour tables
    • B44D3/12—Paint cans; Brush holders; Containers for storing residual paint
    • B44D3/125—Containers for storing paint brushes and the like, separate from the can used in painting operation
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B2200/00—Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
    • A46B2200/20—Brushes for applying products to surfaces in general
    • A46B2200/202—Applicator paint brush

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  • This invention relates to an improved surface coatings applicator which has particular application to its use with a cleaning container.
  • an applicator according to this invention is a paint brush having a bristle or filament cluster comprised of bristles/ filaments of specific lengths, colour/shade and/or colour patterns.
  • the brush handle may be of one, or more contoured structural sections and according to the invention has a series of several strategically located openings such that this applicator will be easier to clean when used in conjunction with a described cleaning container (or a household food container) and therefore have a longer useful life.
  • the special cleaning container assembly described herein is made of a clear or semi-clear, solvent resistant, rigid or semi-rigid material comprising (a) a base structure which holds the cleaning solvent and optional brush-rod support brackets, and (b) a cover that reduces the spillage or evaporation of the solvent.
  • Another aim of this invention is to provide a paint brush that can be cleaned effectively by proper soaking in an appropriate paint coatings solvent.
  • the strategically located handle openings enable the painter to use a wire or rod to hang the applicator in a number of common household containers filled with solvent to the proper level immediately. Furthermore, these openings are located as to enable several different lengths of filaments to be soaked in the same container of solvent on the same wire or rod.
  • a surface coatings applicator having a cluster of filaments (e.g. bristles) 1 inserted part way into one end of a tubular ferrule 3 to substantially seal one end 9 of the ferrule.
  • a hardened mass of cured, resinous cement (not shown) is disposed atop the cluster of filaments 1 in firm adhesive connection with portions of the cluster of filaments in the ferrule 3.
  • a contoured handle 4 of rigid material the handle extending outwardly from the other end of the ferrule 3.
  • Included in the cluster of filaments 1 are guide filaments 2, the projecting length of the filaments 1 being approximately twice as long as the projecting length of the guide filaments 2.
  • the guide filaments 2 are of a different colour than the main filaments 1 to ensure there is a clear visual line around the cluster of filaments 1 marking the half length position of the latter.
  • black main bristles in the cluster 1 and white guide bristles 2 or white main filaments 1 and red guide filaments 2 would create the required visual aid to help prevent a painter from dipping the cluster of filaments too deeply into a supply of paint.
  • Equally effective for providing such a visual indication would be main filaments 1 having (via permanent dying, staining, coating, heat discoloration, pigmentation, etc.) a distinct change in colour and/or shade of colour at the approximate midpoint of the bristles/filaments 1.
  • the colour or shade marking can extend up to the edge 9 of the ferrule 3 as a solid colour/shade or as an intermittent pattern such as distinct lines of colour/shade perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the filaments 1.
  • the filaments for the main cluster and the guide filaments can be natural bristle or any other material suitable for manufacturing a surface coatings applicator.
  • a larger paint brush 15 has a longer filament cluster 1 and/or 2 and a longer handle 4 than a smaller paint brush 14.
  • the proper level of paint solvent during soaking is still just below the ferrule edge 9; regardless of the brush size. Therefore it would not be possible to efficiently soak a large brush 15 and a small brush 14 at the same time in the same container 12, if the only rod-supporting opening provided in each handle was the opening 8 adjacent to the top edge of the respective ferrule 9.
  • each brush is provided with a series of openings substantially aligned along the length of the handle.
  • openings 6 and 7 are positioned different distances from the ferrule bottom edge 9. These distances having been chosen such as to allow correct soaking of the filament cluster 1 in a typical United States three pound and one pound coffee can, respectively.
  • Opening 8 is positioned for bristle 1 and 2 soaking in a United States number 303 can, commonly used as a one pound can in that Country.
  • the opening 8 on the larger brush 15 and the opening 7 in the smaller brush 14 can be used with a common rod 10 to correctly suspend these two brushes in a common reservoir of solvent.
  • the rod 10 and any opening 6, 7, 8 may be of any convenient shape.
  • An oval or polygonal cross-section may be preferred, for example, to prevent brush rotation, in those cases where the centroid of mass of the brush is above the rod.
  • Figure 3 shows one configuration of an applicator cleaning container assembly 16 having a solvent reservoir 13 contained in a base 17, a cover/lid 18 and an assembly carrying handle/strap 19.
  • the base 17 may have integral mounting brackets 20 (four examples of which are shown enlarged in Figure 4) that internally support a rod 10 which in turn, internally supports the applicators 14, 15.
  • the base 17 may also support the rod 10 by way of rod support openings 27 in a side-wall of the base 17.
  • This configuration is easily adapted to common household containers 12 in which a cover 21 (wavy line) could be (for one of several examples) a flexible solvent resistant material affixed to the base 17 by a semi-elastic rubber band-like element 22 which can be readily affixed to the container 16 below a flange 26 integral with the base 17.
  • Figure 3 also shows possible configurations for the handles 4 and further shows the possibility of having multi-sectioned handles 4.
  • the handles of brushes 14 and 15 are in two sections 23, 24 that are joined together by screw-thread or compression type fittings 25.
  • the fittings 25 of the brush 14 is preferred, because having a "male" portion on the lower section 24 renders this easier to clean.
  • a facility to remove the upper handle section 23 of a brush permits the container assemblies 12, 16 to be much shorter since only the filament cluster 1 and/or 2 of the lower section 24 need be housed therein.
  • special handle contours or ribs 28 that give a much better surface for the painter to grip should the handle become slippery with paint.
  • Figure 4 shows four different support brackets 20 for rods 10. It will be noted that three non-circular rods are shown and these could be used with openings 6, 7, 8 of similar non-circular cross-section.

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US06/431,788 US4490875A (en) 1982-09-30 1982-09-30 Paint brush
EP84308715A EP0190369A1 (fr) 1983-03-17 1984-12-14 Pinceau

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US06/467,300 US4499627A (en) 1983-03-17 1983-03-17 Flexible surface cleaning and coatings applicator tool
EP84308715A EP0190369A1 (fr) 1983-03-17 1984-12-14 Pinceau

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Cited By (4)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5154116A (en) * 1992-03-09 1992-10-13 Dube Julien H Fork supporting device for fondue pot
US7111354B2 (en) 2004-04-30 2006-09-26 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Apparatus for applying a liquid coating onto an object
US7412742B2 (en) 2004-12-17 2008-08-19 Esquivel Peter S Paint applicator
CN104107010A (zh) * 2014-07-17 2014-10-22 湖南格兰博智能科技有限责任公司 一种新型毛刷及自动吸尘器

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GB374813A (en) * 1932-02-15 1932-06-16 Hamilton & Company London Ltd Improvements in or relating to painters brushes
US2270593A (en) * 1938-08-30 1942-01-20 Kurath Ernst Storage receptacle and conditioner for paint brushes
DE718274C (de) * 1936-08-15 1942-03-07 Victoria Rasierpinselfabrik Fr Verfahren zum Herstellen von Rasierpinseln
GB562430A (en) * 1943-03-15 1944-06-30 Eric Leopold Hugo Cosby Junior Improvements in or connected with brushes
US2469749A (en) * 1948-04-12 1949-05-10 Caleb K Spangler Painter's kit
US2646808A (en) * 1949-05-17 1953-07-28 Allen W Yenne Paintbrush container having cleaning fluid therein
FR1085091A (fr) * 1953-06-17 1955-01-27 L Salvy & Fils Ets Brosse
US2849741A (en) * 1956-02-29 1958-09-02 H V Hardman Company Inc Construction of brush ferrule
US2908927A (en) * 1953-05-25 1959-10-20 Osborn Mfg Co Hand brush
US2926776A (en) * 1958-02-20 1960-03-01 Ross W Hill Storage device for brushes
US2952364A (en) * 1957-01-28 1960-09-13 Jacobson Bror Paint brush holder
GB1076967A (en) * 1964-11-30 1967-07-26 Rhodiaceta Improvements relating to monofilaments of polymeric organic material and their production and use
CA884771A (en) * 1969-05-09 1971-11-02 Hrehorick Nicholas Method of treating straw for curling brooms and the manufacture of said brooms
US3757376A (en) * 1971-11-17 1973-09-11 J Coombes Tool
US4300258A (en) * 1978-03-23 1981-11-17 E Z Paintr Corporation Paint applying tool
FR2492323A3 (fr) * 1980-10-21 1982-04-23 Canivet Albert Receptacle a pinceaux
US4490875A (en) * 1982-09-30 1985-01-01 Gruns James H Paint brush

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB374813A (en) * 1932-02-15 1932-06-16 Hamilton & Company London Ltd Improvements in or relating to painters brushes
DE718274C (de) * 1936-08-15 1942-03-07 Victoria Rasierpinselfabrik Fr Verfahren zum Herstellen von Rasierpinseln
US2270593A (en) * 1938-08-30 1942-01-20 Kurath Ernst Storage receptacle and conditioner for paint brushes
GB562430A (en) * 1943-03-15 1944-06-30 Eric Leopold Hugo Cosby Junior Improvements in or connected with brushes
US2469749A (en) * 1948-04-12 1949-05-10 Caleb K Spangler Painter's kit
US2646808A (en) * 1949-05-17 1953-07-28 Allen W Yenne Paintbrush container having cleaning fluid therein
US2908927A (en) * 1953-05-25 1959-10-20 Osborn Mfg Co Hand brush
FR1085091A (fr) * 1953-06-17 1955-01-27 L Salvy & Fils Ets Brosse
US2849741A (en) * 1956-02-29 1958-09-02 H V Hardman Company Inc Construction of brush ferrule
US2952364A (en) * 1957-01-28 1960-09-13 Jacobson Bror Paint brush holder
US2926776A (en) * 1958-02-20 1960-03-01 Ross W Hill Storage device for brushes
GB1076967A (en) * 1964-11-30 1967-07-26 Rhodiaceta Improvements relating to monofilaments of polymeric organic material and their production and use
CA884771A (en) * 1969-05-09 1971-11-02 Hrehorick Nicholas Method of treating straw for curling brooms and the manufacture of said brooms
US3757376A (en) * 1971-11-17 1973-09-11 J Coombes Tool
US4300258A (en) * 1978-03-23 1981-11-17 E Z Paintr Corporation Paint applying tool
FR2492323A3 (fr) * 1980-10-21 1982-04-23 Canivet Albert Receptacle a pinceaux
US4490875A (en) * 1982-09-30 1985-01-01 Gruns James H Paint brush

Cited By (4)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US5154116A (en) * 1992-03-09 1992-10-13 Dube Julien H Fork supporting device for fondue pot
US7111354B2 (en) 2004-04-30 2006-09-26 Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. Apparatus for applying a liquid coating onto an object
US7412742B2 (en) 2004-12-17 2008-08-19 Esquivel Peter S Paint applicator
CN104107010A (zh) * 2014-07-17 2014-10-22 湖南格兰博智能科技有限责任公司 一种新型毛刷及自动吸尘器

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