Combination roller and combination painting method using the combination roller

• US 5,117,529 A
• Filed: 01/26/1990
• Issued: 06/02/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/1989
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yugen Kaisha Niiken Kogyosho
• Original Assignee: Yugen Kaisha Niiken Kogyosho
• Inventors: Ohta, Tanetugu
• Primary Examiner(s): Coe, Philip R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brinson, Patrick
• Application Number:
  US07/470,494
• Time in Patent Office: 858 Days
• Field of Search: 15/230.11, 15/235, 15/230.16, 15/210.5, 118/102, 427/428, 29/110.5, 29/121.1, 29/132
• US Class Current: 15/230.11
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/0207 characterised by the cover, e.g. cover material or structure, special surface for producing patterns B05C17/0212, B05C17/0352 take precedence

Abstract

An elastic sheet having many kinds of shapes is secured upon the surface of a roller so as to form a combination roller which can create a painted pattern when the roller is rotated such that the paint is thrown onto a surface to be painted by means of centrifugal force whereby the spray splashed thereby creates a pattern. A pattern having different thicknesses of paints and widths of lines can thus be created as a unit of a predetermined repetitive pattern.

Claims

1. A combination roller for painting surfaces, comprising:

an axle;

a roller rotatably mounted upon said axle; and

a plurality of elastic members secured to said roller so as to extend substantially radially outwardly from peripheral surface portions of said roller and be thrown onto a surface to be painted under the influence of centrifugal force as said roller is rotated upon said axle,

each of said elastic members having an elongated configuration and a predetermined diameter, and wherein further said plurality of elastic members are spaced from each other by means of a distance which is at least greater than said predetermined diameter of each one of said elastic members such that said plurality of elastic members form a repetitive pattern upon said roller.

2. A combination roller as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

a cardboard tube fixedly secured about said roller; and

a cheesecloth fixedly secured about said cardboard tube and upon which said plurality of elastic members are secured.

3. A combination roller as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:

an arm fixedly secured to said axle and having a portion thereof extending substantially perpendicular to an axis defined by said axle; and

a handle secured to a distal end of said arm opposite a proximal end of said arm which is fixed to said axle.

4. A combination roller as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

each of said elastic members comprises a flexible plastic member.

5. A combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

each one of said elastic members comprises a rubber member.

6. A combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

each one of said elastic members comprises a fiber having a diameter greater than 0.5 mm.

7. A combination as set forth in claim 2, further comprising:

hook means for securing said elastic members to said cheesecloth; and

a second cheesecloth cooperating with said cheesecloth for sandwiching said hook means therebetween.

8. A combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

each one of said plurality of members comprises a substantially cylindrical member which is curled upon itself.

9. A combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

each one of said plurality of members comprises a plurality of axially extending, radially offset portions interconnected together by means of a transition portion.

10. A combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

each one of said plurality of members comprises an axial, concavely tapered member.

11. A combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

each one of said plurality of members comprises an axial, convexly tapered member.

12. A combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

each one of said plurality of members comprises a substantially cylindrical member.

13. A combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

each one of said plurality of members comprises a member which is axially split into a plurality of axially extending members but which are connected together at a proximal portion thereof.

14. A combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

each one of said plurality of members comprises an annular loop.

15. A combination as set forth in claim 11, wherein:

each one of said plurality of convexly tapered members has a plurality of secondary members secured to peripheral surface portions of said convexly tapered members.

16. A combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

each one of said plurality of members comprises alternating cylindrical and spherical portions.

17. A combination as set forth in claim 12, wherein:

each one of said plurality of cylindrical members has transversely disposed secondary members secured thereto at axially spaced locations thereof.

18. A combination as set forth in claim 17, wherein:

each one of said plurality of cylindrical members has a spherical portion secured to a distal end portion thereof.

19. A combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

each one of said plurality of members comprises a proximal semi-elliptical member and a plurality of spherical members having progressively smaller diametrical dimensions as one proceeds toward the distal end of each one of said plurality of members.

20. A combination as set forth in claim 1, wherein:

each one of said plurality of members comprises an elliptical member having spherical members secured to peripheral outer surface portions thereof.