US2016545A - Paint striper - Google Patents

Description

Patented Oct. 8, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2 Claims.

My invention relates to paint stripers and has for its object to provide a new and efficient paint striper to spread a thin or thick stripe of paint on any desired surface such as automobile bodies,

5 furniture et cetera.

A further object is to provide a paint striper which may be used manually and which may be drawn in either direction to paint a stripe on a surface and which striper is provided with vari- 10 ous width wheels to give broader or thinner stripes as desired.

A still further object is to provide a paint striper having no manually controlled valves, or other like features to clog and one Which will be free 5 flowing while in use in either direction.

These objects I accomplish with the device illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which similar numerals and letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views and as 20 described in the specification forming a part of this application and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing in which I have shown my device Figure 1 is a Vertical diametrical section of the 25 device with the spreading wheel shown in elevation.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the device.

Figure 3 is a section of the spreader wheel body.

Figure 4 is a side view of the adjustable guide 30 finger.

Figure 5 is a face view of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is an end view of the spreader wheel and body support therefor With the paint receptacle removed.

35 Figure '7 is a view of the wheel and support with a thin wheel and washer shown in use.

Figure 8 is a face View of a washer used with a thin spreader wheel.

This application is an improvement on my 40 former patent application Serial Number 659,681, filed in the Patent Ofiice March 6, 1933, patented January 23, 1934, No. 1,944,224, for Striping devices, and in this application I have provided a device which may be used for many other pur- 45 poses than that of the former device and one which may be used to paint either thin or thick stripes.

In the drawing I have shown the paint receptacle A as a cylindrical chamber I, having the 50 top 2 closed and the bottom 3 constricted and swedged to form a central opening 4 therein,

' The body B of the device is made of a round bar of metal having the top end step out at 5 and with the end tapered at 6, said tapered end 55 t fit intothe opening 4 of the receptacle A. The

body B is provided with a transverse milled cut I therethrough of sufiicient depth to encompass a spreader wheel or disk D. The wheel is held in place in this slot within the body by a cross shaft 8 of the handle wire 9. The shaft 8 fits into a tapered bore it and the shaft is also tapered to be pressed thereinto and held by the taper thereof. A well it is formed in the top end of the body to receive paint from the receptacle and distribute it to the wheel D and the well is of 10 sufficient depth to spread the paint onto the wheel in sufficient quantity for distribution from the wheel. Each side of the outer edges of the slot or cut 7 is beveled at l2 to provide a cleaning Well for the disk to clean any excess paint therefrom.

The handle wire 9 is extended out from the shaft 8 to form a curved loop body [5 and the end is then bent back at right angles at 16 to provide a handle or hand grip for the person us- 20 ing the device.

A guide finger I7 is adjustably secured to the loop I5 to be used to engage the edge of the Work being stripped or to berun along the edge of a moulding or indentation to guide the (115- tributing disk or wheel D and hold it parallel at all times to that edge over which the guide finger is engaged.

The guide finger is made of a loop body l8 with a straight side is and curved end 20, Which end 20 is that portion engaging the edge of the work.

A bolt 26] and nut 2| is used to secure the guide finger to the body loop I5.

When thinner lines are desired, the disk wheel D is removed by withdrawing the shaft 8 and dropping the original wheel from the cut 7 and a washer or spacer 23 is placed in the cut 1 said spacer having a bore 24 therethrough to fit in alignment with the bore It] of the body B. A thin Wheel E is then placed in the remaining 4 space between the washer and one side of the body B and the shaft 8 is again inserted into the bore Ill. The device is then ready for use with the smaller wheel.

In some cases an entireextra body is made with a thinner cut thereacross and a thinner wheel is permanently held in place therein and the entire body B is removed from the paint receptacle and the extra body with the thinner disk inserted therein. This is a more costly manner of making thin or thick stripes but is very efiicient. As shown in the drawing the distributing wheel D is provided with the external edges thereof serrated at DI to spread the paint and engage the surface without slipping.

The operation of the device is as follows:

The operator fills the receptacle A with the desired amount of paint. The body B is then secured thereto by inserting the tapered end 6 into the opening 4 of the receptacle A. The distributing disks are arranged previously to the size desired and when the body is engaged firmly in the receptacle A the device is ready for use. The operator grasps the receptacle A between two fingers and the handle 9 in the curve of the other fingers of his hand. He then engages the guide finger onto the edge of the work and draws the entire device along the work. The paint is picked up from the well by the wheel and spread as desired.

Having thus described my invention I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim:

1. In a paint striper, the combination of a Wheel; a body having a transverse slot therein in which said wheel is carried; a removable shaft carried transversely of said body on which said wheel is rotatably mounted, with the end of the shaft extended and formed into a loop; a guide carried on said loop adjustable as to the distance from said wheel; a removable paint receptacle to be used on said body with open communication between the receptacle and the Wheel.

2. In a paint striper, the combination of a cylindrical paint receptacle having an opening in one end thereof; a body having one end tapered to fit into said opening, said body having a well formed therein; a wheel carried in a slot through said body in open communication with said well; a removable shaft passed transversely through said body on which said wheel is rotatably mounted with the end of the shaft extended and formed to carry a guide; and a guide adjustably mounted to said shaft to guide the wheel along the surface being striped.

DELBERT J. DICKERSON.

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