US2445224A

US2445224A - Paintbrush holder

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Publication number: US2445224A
Application number: US590410A
Authority: US
Inventors: Kubiak Stanley
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1945-04-26
Filing date: 1945-04-26
Publication date: 1948-07-13
Anticipated expiration: 1965-07-13

Description

July 13, 1948." s. KUB IAK PAINT BRUSH HOLDER Filed April 26, 1945 1 0 4 4 7.. T/ v/ U & M O v H 7 W w; T N 2 m A 5 terial.

Patented July 13, 1948 U-NI TED omce PAINTBRUSH HGLDER Stanley Kubiak, Bayonne, Neil.

Applic'ationApril'26, 1945, Serial No. 596,410

28 Claims. (01. 206-151) :My invention-concerns improvements in the art'of maintaining paint brushes and the like iii-proper serviceable condition for effective "use and has for one ofits objects the provision .of-a IIOVEIiCOIlStI'HC JlOI'J. and arrangement whereby paint brushes, 'afteruseymay be cleaned, stored and maintainedi'n :anweconomical and efficient manner. so as Ito "prolong'the life of said brushes andwhichat the tsameti-me shall be so designed thatit may be adapted for reclaimingioil "and paint materials from the brushes.

"Another object :of 'my invention is to provide a. paintH-brushwdevice-'oikthe character described which shall-comprise relatively few and simple parts, which shall :be relatively inexpensive to "Fig.7? is "a cross sectional view taken substantially :along the "line 2-2 ofFig. 1;

F ig.':3';is a cross-sectional view taken substantiallyalong ithe=1ine l3+3 of Fig. l;

Fig. -44 .is a :cross sectional view taken substantiallyzalo'ng the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5- :is :an enlarged cross-sectional view taken substantially along-the -l'ine 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Referring now inidetaileto the drawings I have illustrated :a' paint'ibrush device constructed and arranged"in'iacc'ordance with my invention and comprising a container lil, open at the top which may take the form *of *a'pai-La'paint can or other similarsuitable receptacle for holding paint ma- Disposed within the pail W is an annular platform supporting member A I which may be made of any suitable relatively rigid material of the nature of metal or the like and which-is of smaller diameter than that of the said "pail I!) and of a predetermined height.

The member H restsifreely on the bottom wall 19a of the pail Hi and is adapted to support on the :top .rim thereof a screen member l5 of any suitable material unaffected "by -:the paint materials and of any desired mesh for the purposes intended. The diameter of the screen member i5 is substantially equal to that of the inside diameter of the pail Ii].

In accordance with my invention paint brushes which have been used on a painting job may be placed in the pail W with the bristle portions 2 thereof-resting on the screen I5. ,In thisfway the dripping'sQfrom the brushwill fall through the screen to the bdttomrof' the bail. The heightsof the member H is such that the bristles of the brushes will not Ybe permitted to rest in 1a po'ollofsediment resulting from the drainage from the brushes. When a supply of brush cleaningIsolu tion, such-as for example, turpentine, is placed in t'he pail-lfl there willbe formedasedirnent of p-aint'at the bottom of the pail whichfmay be reclaimed and usedagain.

In order that the annular member I Ishallndt form a barrier for the free distribution-oi flow of the turpentine or paint drippings, 'I provide a-series of concaved areas l lb extending upwardly f romithe bottom edge .of the said mem ber "I I, as clearly shown in Fi 1 .of. the drawings.

sinceras above describe the paint drippings from the brushes collect at the bottom of the pailv it, itise'vident that thejbottorn. edge of. the supporting member H may become caked to the bottomflof the pail. To break the encrusted hold of thescreen support H on the pail IO, so'that the saidgsupport, l l screen lfi and pail 'l-fl maybe cleaned,II'provide the "following device.

The annularm'ember H may be formed'from a flat strip of material and 'berrt'in the form'oi a ring with the opposite edges terminating a pair or fiangesiii extending outwardly to substantialiyreach the wall of the pail,as shown in Fig. 4 of the drawings. Pivot'a-lly mountedat thel'ower end thereof between the flanges 20 by means of the pivot 22 is-a'vertically disp o'sed lia'ndie member 21 terminating in a hand gripping portion "21a "projecting above the top of the The portion of the handle 24b adjacent-the bottom end 'thereofis forwardly (rammed andis adaptedto restupon-the bottoinwall Ma of -the pail Iii.

A spring 25 having one end thereof attached t'ojthe handle portion 21,?) and the opposite end fixed to the supporting member H normally urges the ro tation'of the saidhandle 21 in a clockwise direction as viewed in Fig. 1 to dispose the-said handlei l out ofthe wayand p a ainst the w ll of thepail m. h g

The screenninember I15 is provided with a notched portion 126 f extending inwardly from the periphery thereof "to accommodate'tlie passage of the handle therethrough and to permit pivotal novement of the handle as will presently be explained. To prevent undesired tilting or displacement of the screen l5 the same may be anchored to the support II in any desired well known manner, such as, for example, the screws 36 passing through openings 3| in the screen l5 and threadedly received in the supporting member I I (see Fig. 5).

It is thus seen from the above described construction that should the supporting member H become caked to the bottom of the pail, it is merely necessary to grasp the handle portion 2 la and pivotally pull the same in a counterclockwise direction (as viewed in Fig. 1). This will cause the cam portion 2Ib of the handle to push against the bottom wall [a of the pail to cause the supporting member IE to break away and free itself. It is noted that the notched or concaved areas III) will reduce the amount of surface contact between the support l5 and the bottom wall Ilia and thus facilitate the freeing of the support l5.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes, I have herein described the principle and operation of my invention, together with construction which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof, but I desire to have it understood that the structure shown is only illustrative and that the invention can be carried out by other means. Also, while it is designed to use the various features and elements in the combination and relations described, some of those may be altered and others omitted without interfering with the more general results outlined, and the invention extends to such use.

Having described m invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A paint brush device of the class described, comprising a container having bottom and side walls, a screen member in said container disposed a predetermined distance from said bottom wall and adapted to have paint brushes rest thereupon, a support for said screen member, said support normally resting freely on said bottom wall a handle member, and means including a pivot shaft for rotatably mounting said handle on said support, said handle member comprising a portion above said pivot shaft extending upwardly of said container and a cammed portion below said pivot shaft adjacent to and adapted to contactively engage said bottom wall, the distance between said pivot shaft and said bottom wall being less than the distance between said pivot shaft and said cammed portion whereby upon pivotal movement of said handle in one direction about said pivot shaft, said cammed portion will contactively abut said bottom wall to cause said support to belifted from said bottom wall, for the purposes set forth.

2. A paint brush device according to claim 1 in which said support for said screen member comprises a rigid member of smaller size than said container so as to be spaced from said side wall thereof.

3. A paint brush device according to claim 1 in which means are provided for normally maintaining said handle member in ineffective position.

4. A paint brush device according to claim 1 in which means including a spring are provided for normally maintaining said handle member in ineffective position, said spring interconnecting said handle member with said support.

5. A paint brush device according to claim 1 in which the bottom edge of said support is notched to greatly reduce the area of direct contact with said bottom wall.

6. A paint brush device according to claim 1 in which th said support is formed from a flat strip of material bent in the shape of a ring with the opposite edges terminating in a pair of flanges extending outwardly from said ring and in which the said handle member is pivotally mounted between said flanges.

'7. A paint brush device according to claim 1, in which means are provided for maintaining said screen in fixed attachment with said support whereby said support, said screen member and said handle member may be removed from said container as a unit.

8. A paint brush device of the class described, comprising a container having bottom and side walls, a screen member in said container disposed a predetermined distance from said bottom wall and adapted to have paint brushes rest thereupon, a support for said screen member, said sup port being formed from a flat strip of rigid material bent into the shape of a ring with the opposite edges terminating in a pair of flanges extending outwardly from said ring, said ring being smaller in diameter than said container so as to be spaced from said side wall, said support having its bottom edge notched to greatly reduce the area of direct contact with said bottom wall, said support being adapted to normally rest freely upon said. bottom wall, a handle member, means including a pivot shaft for rotatably mounting said handle on said support between said flanges, said handle member comprising a portion above said pivot shaft extending upwardly of said container and a cammed portion below said pivot shaft adjacent to and adapted to contactively engage said bottom wall, the distance between said pivot shaft and said bottom wall being less than the distance between said pivot shaft and said cammed portion whereby upon pivotal movement of said handle said cammed portion will contactively abut said bottom wall to cause said support to be lifted from said bottom wall for the purposes set forth, means comprising a spring interconnected between said support and said handle member for normally maintaining said handle member in ineffective position, and means for maintaining said screen in fixed attachment to said support whereby said support, said screen and said handle member may be removed from said container as a unit.

STANLEY KUBIAK.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS FOREIGN PATENTS Country Date Great Britain Oct. 26, 1938 Number Number