US1176009A - Paint-can attachment. - Google Patents

Description

' APPLICATION 20,1915. Ll'gg. l wanted my. 2L1916.

HENRY WERBEAR, 0F ALLENDALE, NEW JERSEY.

PAINT-can ATTACHMENT.

Specication of Letters Patent.

. Patented Mar. 2f, MMG.,

-Application led November 20, 1914. Serial No. 873,12.

To all whom 'it may concern.:

Be it known that i, HENRY WEIMAR, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Allendale, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have made and invented ycertain new and useful Improvements in Paint-Can Attachments, of which the following `is a specification.

This invention relates to an attachment for paint cans and more particularly to one adapted to receive and retain paint brushes and hold the same in an accessible position.

An object of the present invention-is to provide an attachment preferably made of wire and bent to forma plurality of outstanding loops collectively defining a rack for the reception of paint brushes,holding them within the can, allowing the paint to drip therein.

A further object is to provide a rack in which the various outstanding loops are disposed below the upper edge of the can and` rest against the inner surface of can side walls, thus allowing the brushes to be forcibly thrust between the loops without the danger of injuring, bending or distorting the same on account of the `thrust being taken up by the side walls of the can.

A further object is to provide a rack with upwardly extending attaching arms adapted to engage the side walls of the can, projecting over the upper edges thereof to thus rigidly support the main or body portion of the rack a considerable distance below the upper edge of the can, eliminating to a large degree the chances of thev rack being accidentally knocked or brushed from the can during use.

A further object is to provide a rack of the class mentioned in which the outstanding loops are successively or gradually enlarged, providing for or accommodating brushes of different sizes, the general planor contour of the rack being such however, that it conforms to the curvature of the side walls of the can against which it is adapted to rest.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as-the description proceeds,` the invention resides in the combi- .nation and arrangement of parts andv in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

lin the drawings accompanying this specification and forminga part thereof, the preferred embodiment of'my invention is illustrated in which f lfigure 1 is a View in perspective of a paint can with, a portion ofthe side walls removed disclosing my improved paint brush holder rack attached to the side walls and supporting paint brushes. Fig. 2 is a plan View of the foregoing 'with the paint brushes omltted. Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the paint can attachment or rack.

f Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 5 represents a paint can in connection with 'which my .improved or novel brush holder is to be used, though it is to be noted in this connection that it may be used with buckets,

pails or analogous articles and may support brushes of, all types or other similar articles.

The brush holder, proper, includes the central or body portion 6 from which projects the outstanding loops 7. rl`he body portion and outstanding loops dene a rack preferably formed of a single length of wire, sufficiently rigid to withstand hard and continued usage and at the same' time embodying a degree of elasticity consistent with the engagement and resilient securement of the brushes as illustrated in Fig-1 The end of the portions of the rack are turned upwardly and looped upon themselves to form the upstanding resilient clips,

there being one of these clips at each end of the rack. rihe outlying arms at the ends of lthese clips extend -for a considerable distance below the rack` proper so as to 'resiliently engage and obtain a secure purchasev upon the side walls of the can.

From the foregoing it will be noted that the rack is positioned below the upper extremity of the clips and is accordingly supported below the upperedge of the can andv define ledges" or shoulders between which thel brushes areiinterposedor upon which they may rest, the former position holding the brushes-man upright andtherefore accessible, manner and allowing the `p aint to drip into the cans from each brush.

foundfit exceedinglyconvenient-,' Ain that Y a brush or brush/es'when thelatheretofore it has been necessary' to rest or suppert the brush Aupon ,the edge of the can,

" causing thel latter in time to become covered or coated with paint' and'in' turn to cause the handle of the brush to be smeared therewith.

i Furthermore, in-ascending or descending a y ladder, it isusually necessary, -for the safety of the painter, to grasp the same with one hand, and in many other instances to utilize one handin holding on to' a support to prevvent falling. As the paintcan in such inis located wholly to one side thereof, and'4 stances is 'carried' in the Vother hand, it is diliicult to balance the vbrush on the ed e of the paint can, or to carry itin the and which carries the can. This diiiiculty is entirely obviated: bythe use ofthe rack hereinbefore described, the same offeringa secure support for the Abrush with little or no chance of its falling, and leavingthehand or hands free, one to carry the can, and the other tohold to asupport in moving from place to place. Furthermore, the rack may jv be used for wiping or removing the excessive paint from vthe. brush in the operation of painting, 'instead of utilizing'the edge of the Acan for such purpose, as has heretofore been the custom, thus avoiding alldanger of the terare not inservice, the canbeing'filled to the brushes mi ht be submerged, and thereby-prevented rom becoming hard or stili',

and' also from being bent 'or curled as is thef case when vthe brushes are allowed tobe supf In the practical use of this rack, I have 4im roved device that while the rack proper is ocated entirely within the can, and below the upper edge thereof, and extends in a direction toward 'the center of saidvcan, yet it therefore out of the way when it is desired to dip the brush into the paintl contained within the can; in other words, it in no wise interferes in the operation of inserting the brush into thecan or in withdrawing the 'brush therefrom.

'.I-Iaving thus carefully described iny invention and what I claim i's 'The combinationtwith a paint can lof a rack disposed'therein .andincludin a pliirality of outstanding loops, the xe ends of said loops arranged in the arc of a circle'and .bearing against the interior walls of said paint can below the -upper edge thereof, and

resilient clips carried by saidrack and' proof November, A.

rim becoming covered or smeared withpaint aswell as the outer sides of the can. Furjecting over andengaging the upper edgeof said paint can.

Signed at Allendale, inthe county of Ber--v l gen and State vofv New Jersey, this 14" day HENRY wErMaR.v

4b thermore', I have'found the rackuseful in .LEROY HoPiEKpr

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