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  • This invention relates to paint applicators, and more particularly to edging applicators intended to facilitate the application of paint to wall and ceiling corner areas and the like.
  • An object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved painters edging tool which speeds up and makes more easy the applying of paint to border areas, ceiling and wall corner junctures, molding bordered wall surfaces, etc.
  • Another object of the invention is to provide an improved painters edging tool as above set forth, which requires but a minimum of skill and enables a professional type, quality job to be done quickly, even by relatively unskilled personnel.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide an improved corner and border paint applicator as characterized, which eliminates the necessity for cleaning the paint applying element and which instead provides an especially economical, disposable painting element which is discarded after one period of use, thereby enabling clean and fresh elements to be utilized whenever a new paint job is started, or whenever a new painting period is undertaken.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide an improved painters tool in accordance with the foregoing, wherein the replacement of the painting element may be very easily and quickly effected, such operation requiring essentially no skill or mechanical ability.
  • a feature of the invention resides in the provision of an improved painters edging accessory or tool of the replaceable element type, wherein the disposable elements are light in weight, small and compact, thereby enabling large numbers of the same to be easily stored and carried in a small space. This makes it possible to readily take care of the requirements of large scale painting operations.
  • Another feature of the invention resides in the provision of a painters edging accessory having the aforementioned advantages, and which is especially reliable in use, particularly under adverse or exacting conditions.
  • Still another object of the invention is to provide an improved painters edging tool as above set forth wherein drips or quantities of paint running from the applicator element are conveniently collected and made instantly available for re-use and application to the wall surfaces, without mess or bother, and without the necessity for exercising special tidiness to prevent paint spots or marks on adjoining surfaces.
  • Yet another feature of the invention resides in the provision of an improved painters edging tool as outlined, which is especially easy to clean as regards the holder portion which is non-disposable.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one form of improved painters edging tool as provided by the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a fragmentary section greatly enlarged, taken on the line 2, 32, 3, of FIG. 1 and illustrating one form of disposable paint applying element having a bristlecarrying sheet of cloth.
  • FIG. 2a is a fragmentary section on the order of FIG.
  • FIG. 3 is a view like that of FIG. 2 which may be considered as taken on the same section line 2, 32, 3 of FIG. 1 but illustrating another form of paint applying element.
  • FIG. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view enlarged, taken on the line 44 of FIG. 1.
  • FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a painters edging tool constituting another modified form of the invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the edging paint applicator of FIG. 5.
  • FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 7-7 of FIG. 5.
  • FIG. 8 is a view similar to that of FIG. 7 but illustrating another modification of the invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a diagrammatic representation illustrating the method of using the improved edging tool of FIGS. 1-4.
  • FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a disposable and replaceable paint applying element as provided by the invention.
  • the improved painters edging tool shown therein has much the form of an ordinary household dustpan.
  • the tool comprises a holder member or sheet 20 having a paint-solvent-impervious, substantially flat and smooth backing surface 22 and a thin or sharp elongate straight-edge portion 24. Carried by the holder member 20 on the flat and smooth surface 22 thereof is a disposable flat sheet-like paint applying element designated generally by the numeral 26, as seen in FIGS. 1 and 2.
  • the holder 20 is provided with a handle 28 projecting from that one of its edges which is opposite to the sharp straight edge portion 24 said handle passing through an upwardly extended flange 30 of the holder, which flange is continued around the side edges of the holder where it tapers to a narrow Width adjacent the sharp edge 24.
  • the tapering portions of the flange 30 are designated 32, as seen in FIGS. 1 and 4.
  • the holder member 20 as well as the flanges 30, 32 and the handle 28 may be advantageously constructed of sheet metal, and when so constituted there is provided, in accordance with the invention, a plastic tape or strip cover 34, preferably of folded shape, which is adhered to the sharp edge portion 24 of the holder 20 for the purpose of presenting outwardly a smooth plastic surface which is not likely to discolor or mark wall surfaces with which it comes in contact.
  • the plastic tape 34 may be of vinyl or Mylar composition or any other suitable solvent resistant or insoluble plastic substance.
  • the disposable paint applying element 26 is very economically con stituted and especially arranged in conjunction with the holder 20 to enable the element to be easily applied to the holder prior to use of the painting tool and as easily removed for discarding subsequent to the said use.
  • the construction as provided by the invention comprises a paintsolvent-impervious barrier extending throughout the area of the disposable element 26 and a paint-solventresistant pressure-sensitive adhesive which secures the paint-applying element 26 to the holder 10 said adhesive being disposed between the impervious barrier of the element and the smooth backing surface 22 of the holder 20 and having large continuous areas of contact with both the backing surface and the barrier.
  • the solvent-resistant pressuresensitive adhesive is indicated at 36 in FIG. 2 and the solvent-impervious barrier comprises an impregnated cloth base 38 (FIG. 2), or a smooth surfaced plastic-sheet base 39 (FIG. 2a) of the applying element such base having fibers 40 projecting from one side and having its other side in intimate contact with the pressure-sensitive adhesive 36.
  • the ad- '3? '3 hesive 36 may be of a known composition as for example from the class comprising an uncured or semi-cured rubber base mixed with thermosetting resins (synthetic polymers), or an acrylic base mixed with said resins or polymers.
  • the cloth base 38 is impregnated with an epoxy or other solvent-impervious plastic or plastic-like or rubber-like substance and renders the clothbase nonporous to the extent where paintand paint solvent will not readily penetrate the base and act on the major port'ion s' of the pressure-sensitive adhesive 36.
  • the epoxy plastic barrier maybe in the form of a surface coating on the underside of the clothbase 38, or it may partially or wholly permeate the cloth base as may new be readily understood, theirnportant function being to retard or pr'event any dissolving action on the pressurese'nsitive' adhe'sive 36 due to the presence of the paint or 6f the solvents contained in the paint.
  • the pressure-sensitive adhesive may be in the form of a coating as indicated at 36 in FIG. 2, it may be in the form of a double-faced tape, such as the tape 36a illustrated in FIG. 3. Double-faced pressure-sensitive tape having adhesive on both sides is readily available commercially.
  • the tape 36a would be part of the disposable paint-applying element 26a shown in FIG. 3, just as the pressure-sensitive adhesive coating 36 in FIG. 2 is part of the paint-applying element 26 in this figure.
  • the cloth base 38a would also include a barrier or impregnant of epoxy or similar impervious resin, to minimize the penetration of paint or paint solvent through the base to the pressure-sensitive tape 36a.
  • the pressure-sensitive adhesive is disposed between a barrier of the disposable paint-applying element on the one hand, and the smooth surface 22 of the holder 20 on the other hand, and in each instance the pressure-sensitive adhesive would initially constitute part of the paint-applying element, prior to such element being applied and secured to the holder 2i
  • FIG. illustrates the paint-applying element 26a per se, comprising the impregnated cloth base 3351, the pressuresensitive double-faced tape 36a and in addition a protective paper cover 42 of adhesion-resistant paper or paperlike composition.
  • the disposable paint-applying elements 26, 26a may be readily economically fabricated, being of a nature enabling them to be easily discarded and replaced by new elements each time that a new painting operation is started. This obviates the necessity for cleaning any paint-applying means, which procedure is not only tedious but time-consuming and costly.
  • the use of new paint-applying elements each time also has the advantage that the fibers are never matted or clogged, but always in the best possible condition to take up the maximum quantity of paint and to apply it with the greatest efficiency and facility.
  • the holder is provided with a tray construction comprising a cover part 44 which is secured to the flange portions 30, 32 and which extends along the edge of the holder opposite to the sharp straight edge 24.
  • the cover member 44 thus in conjunction with the holder 24) constitutes an open-sided tray 46 which, as seen in FIG. 9, is disposed to catch drips or running paint from the applying element 26 when the tool is in use. This avoids messiness and the dropping or depositing of paint on adjoining surfaces as well as the necessity for being especially tidy in the use of the tool.
  • the paint which collects in the tray 46 may be readily return to the applying element 36 by merely positioning the holder 10 downward to allow the paint to run to the applying element.
  • FIGS. 5-7 Another embodiment of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 5-7.
  • the holder 50" is a flat piece of rigid plastic substance, having a tapered sharpedge 52 and a handle 54 secured adjacent the opposite edge 56 and extending angularly from the holder 5%.
  • the holder 59 has a pair of keyhole openings 58 in which are isposed headed studs 69 carried by a plastic base member e2 hav ing painting fibers 64-.
  • the paint applying element may be easily and quickly removed from the holder 50 and replaced by a fresh element each time that a new painting operation is startedl-
  • a plastic holder sheet 50a having a tap-' ered or sharpened straight edge 52a and a handle 54a removably carries a paint-applying element 66a compris ing fibers 64a carried by an impregnated cloth base 62a.
  • the impregnated cloth base 62a is secured to the plastic holder 58a by pressnresensitive adhesive 63 which may be either in the form of a doublefaced pressure-sensitivetape or else in the form of a coating.
  • the pressure-sensitive adhesive forms part of the disposable paint-applying element 66a, and the pressure-- sensitive adhesive provides for an economical construction of the applying element while at the same time it enables such element to be most easily applied to and secured to the holder 56a, and removed therefrom when a new element is to be used.
  • the pressure-sensitive adhesive provides for an economical construction of the applying element while at the same time it enables such element to be most easily applied to and secured to the holder 56a, and removed therefrom when a new element is to be used.
  • a painters edging tool comprising, in combination:
  • said backing surface and impervious barrier having: large continuous areas of contact with the pressuresensitive adhesive to minimize the likelihood of any' paint-solvent, to which the paint-applying element: may be subjected, effecting a substantial loosening of the element from the backing surface.
  • a double-faced adhesive tape is provided between: the backing surface and impervious barrier, said. tape having the said pressure-sensitive adhesive.
  • a painters edging tool as in claim I wherein:
  • the paint-applying element includes a flexible sheetlike base
  • said impervious barrier comprising an insoluble impregnant applied to the base.
  • the said flexible sheet-like base comprises cloth
  • the insoluble impregnant comprises an epoxy substance.
  • the holder includes a metal sheet having the backing surface
  • a plastic tape is provided on the said one edge of 10 the metal sheet, said tape covering the exposed edge portion of the sheet.
  • the solvent-impervious barrier comprises a smoothsurface plastic sheet to which the said fibers of the 15 paint-applying element are secured.
  • the said barrier comprises a continuous coating of insoluble plastic substance on the said other side of the paint-applying element.
  • a tray is provided on the holder, to catch paint drippings when the holder is held vertically with the paint-applying element uppermost.

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L. SALIKA Dec. 6, H966 PAINTER S EDGING TOOL :5 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed July 6, 1
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L. SALKA Dec. X966 PAINTER'S EDGING TOOL 5 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed July 6, 1964 YVENTOR. 66a l arm/0 V/Z SLY/k6? IWGENT Dec. 6, 1966 1.. SALKA 392899236 PAINTER'S EDGING TOOL Filed July 6, 1964 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 I NV ENTOR.
HGENT United States Patent 3,289,236 PAINTERS EDGING TOOL Ludovit Salka, Botsford, C0nn., assignor of one-fourth to Abraham Reback, one-fourth to George R. Wright, both of Stamford, Conn., and one-fourth to David M. Kantor, White Plains, N.Y.
Filed July 6, 1964, Ser. No. 380,289 8 Claims. (Cl. 15-210) This invention relates to paint applicators, and more particularly to edging applicators intended to facilitate the application of paint to wall and ceiling corner areas and the like.
An object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved painters edging tool which speeds up and makes more easy the applying of paint to border areas, ceiling and wall corner junctures, molding bordered wall surfaces, etc.
Another object of the invention is to provide an improved painters edging tool as above set forth, which requires but a minimum of skill and enables a professional type, quality job to be done quickly, even by relatively unskilled personnel.
A further object of the invention is to provide an improved corner and border paint applicator as characterized, which eliminates the necessity for cleaning the paint applying element and which instead provides an especially economical, disposable painting element which is discarded after one period of use, thereby enabling clean and fresh elements to be utilized whenever a new paint job is started, or whenever a new painting period is undertaken.
Still another object of the invention is to provide an improved painters tool in accordance with the foregoing, wherein the replacement of the painting element may be very easily and quickly effected, such operation requiring essentially no skill or mechanical ability.
A feature of the invention resides in the provision of an improved painters edging accessory or tool of the replaceable element type, wherein the disposable elements are light in weight, small and compact, thereby enabling large numbers of the same to be easily stored and carried in a small space. This makes it possible to readily take care of the requirements of large scale painting operations.
Another feature of the invention resides in the provision of a painters edging accessory having the aforementioned advantages, and which is especially reliable in use, particularly under adverse or exacting conditions.
Still another object of the invention is to provide an improved painters edging tool as above set forth wherein drips or quantities of paint running from the applicator element are conveniently collected and made instantly available for re-use and application to the wall surfaces, without mess or bother, and without the necessity for exercising special tidiness to prevent paint spots or marks on adjoining surfaces.
Yet another feature of the invention resides in the provision of an improved painters edging tool as outlined, which is especially easy to clean as regards the holder portion which is non-disposable.
Other features and advantages will hereinafter appear.
In the drawings accompanying this specification similar characters of reference are used to designate like components throughout the several views, in which:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one form of improved painters edging tool as provided by the invention.
FIG. 2 is a fragmentary section greatly enlarged, taken on the line 2, 32, 3, of FIG. 1 and illustrating one form of disposable paint applying element having a bristlecarrying sheet of cloth.
FIG. 2a is a fragmentary section on the order of FIG.
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2 but showing an alternative bristle-carrying sheet of plastic.
FIG. 3 is a view like that of FIG. 2 which may be considered as taken on the same section line 2, 32, 3 of FIG. 1 but illustrating another form of paint applying element.
FIG. 4 is a fragmentary sectional view enlarged, taken on the line 44 of FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a painters edging tool constituting another modified form of the invention.
FIG. 6 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the edging paint applicator of FIG. 5.
FIG. 7 is a sectional view taken on the line 7-7 of FIG. 5.
FIG. 8 is a view similar to that of FIG. 7 but illustrating another modification of the invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagrammatic representation illustrating the method of using the improved edging tool of FIGS. 1-4.
FIG. 10 is a perspective view of a disposable and replaceable paint applying element as provided by the invention.
Referring first to FIGS. 1-4 the improved painters edging tool shown therein has much the form of an ordinary household dustpan. The tool comprises a holder member or sheet 20 having a paint-solvent-impervious, substantially flat and smooth backing surface 22 and a thin or sharp elongate straight-edge portion 24. Carried by the holder member 20 on the flat and smooth surface 22 thereof is a disposable flat sheet-like paint applying element designated generally by the numeral 26, as seen in FIGS. 1 and 2.
The holder 20 is provided with a handle 28 projecting from that one of its edges which is opposite to the sharp straight edge portion 24 said handle passing through an upwardly extended flange 30 of the holder, which flange is continued around the side edges of the holder where it tapers to a narrow Width adjacent the sharp edge 24. The tapering portions of the flange 30 are designated 32, as seen in FIGS. 1 and 4.
The holder member 20 as well as the flanges 30, 32 and the handle 28 may be advantageously constructed of sheet metal, and when so constituted there is provided, in accordance with the invention, a plastic tape or strip cover 34, preferably of folded shape, which is adhered to the sharp edge portion 24 of the holder 20 for the purpose of presenting outwardly a smooth plastic surface which is not likely to discolor or mark wall surfaces with which it comes in contact. The plastic tape 34 may be of vinyl or Mylar composition or any other suitable solvent resistant or insoluble plastic substance.
In accordance with the present invention the disposable paint applying element 26 is very economically con stituted and especially arranged in conjunction with the holder 20 to enable the element to be easily applied to the holder prior to use of the painting tool and as easily removed for discarding subsequent to the said use. The construction as provided by the invention comprises a paintsolvent-impervious barrier extending throughout the area of the disposable element 26 and a paint-solventresistant pressure-sensitive adhesive which secures the paint-applying element 26 to the holder 10 said adhesive being disposed between the impervious barrier of the element and the smooth backing surface 22 of the holder 20 and having large continuous areas of contact with both the backing surface and the barrier.
The solvent-resistant pressuresensitive adhesive is indicated at 36 in FIG. 2 and the solvent-impervious barrier comprises an impregnated cloth base 38 (FIG. 2), or a smooth surfaced plastic-sheet base 39 (FIG. 2a) of the applying element such base having fibers 40 projecting from one side and having its other side in intimate contact with the pressure-sensitive adhesive 36. The ad- '3? '3 hesive 36 may be of a known composition as for example from the class comprising an uncured or semi-cured rubber base mixed with thermosetting resins (synthetic polymers), or an acrylic base mixed with said resins or polymers. The cloth base 38 is impregnated with an epoxy or other solvent-impervious plastic or plastic-like or rubber-like substance and renders the clothbase nonporous to the extent where paintand paint solvent will not readily penetrate the base and act on the major port'ion s' of the pressure-sensitive adhesive 36.
. The epoxy plastic barrier maybe in the form of a surface coating on the underside of the clothbase 38, or it may partially or wholly permeate the cloth base as may new be readily understood, theirnportant function being to retard or pr'event any dissolving action on the pressurese'nsitive' adhe'sive 36 due to the presence of the paint or 6f the solvents contained in the paint.
It will be understood that the smooth surface 22 of the metal holder as well as the smooth surface of the plastic strip 34, having intimate contact with the pressuresensitive adhesive 36 over a large area, effectively restricts or' minimizes'- penetration of the paint and solvents cont-ained therein to under-areas of the pressure-sensitive adhesive 36 as viewed in FIG. 2.
4 I have found that by such organization it is not essential that the pressure-sensitive adhesive 36 be wholly resist-ant to the action of the paint or solvents contained therein, and that even though such paint and solvents are in contact with edge portions of the pressure-sensitive adhesive coating this will not impair the operativeness or reliability of the edging tool; instead, the paint applying element 26 will remain firmly secured to the holder 29 for a period of use of at least 24 hours or more.
Instead of the pressure-sensitive adhesive being in the form of a coating as indicated at 36 in FIG. 2, it may be in the form of a double-faced tape, such as the tape 36a illustrated in FIG. 3. Double-faced pressure-sensitive tape having adhesive on both sides is readily available commercially. The tape 36a would be part of the disposable paint-applying element 26a shown in FIG. 3, just as the pressure-sensitive adhesive coating 36 in FIG. 2 is part of the paint-applying element 26 in this figure.
Referring again to FIG. 3, the cloth base 38a would also include a barrier or impregnant of epoxy or similar impervious resin, to minimize the penetration of paint or paint solvent through the base to the pressure-sensitive tape 36a. In both FIGS. 2 and 3, the pressure-sensitive adhesive is disposed between a barrier of the disposable paint-applying element on the one hand, and the smooth surface 22 of the holder 20 on the other hand, and in each instance the pressure-sensitive adhesive would initially constitute part of the paint-applying element, prior to such element being applied and secured to the holder 2i FIG. illustrates the paint-applying element 26a per se, comprising the impregnated cloth base 3351, the pressuresensitive double-faced tape 36a and in addition a protective paper cover 42 of adhesion-resistant paper or paperlike composition.
It will be understood that the disposable paint-applying elements 26, 26a may be readily economically fabricated, being of a nature enabling them to be easily discarded and replaced by new elements each time that a new painting operation is started. This obviates the necessity for cleaning any paint-applying means, which procedure is not only tedious but time-consuming and costly. The use of new paint-applying elements each time also has the advantage that the fibers are never matted or clogged, but always in the best possible condition to take up the maximum quantity of paint and to apply it with the greatest efficiency and facility.
Also, in accordance with the invention, the holder is provided with a tray construction comprising a cover part 44 which is secured to the flange portions 30, 32 and which extends along the edge of the holder opposite to the sharp straight edge 24. The cover member 44 thus in conjunction with the holder 24) constitutes an open-sided tray 46 which, as seen in FIG. 9, is disposed to catch drips or running paint from the applying element 26 when the tool is in use. This avoids messiness and the dropping or depositing of paint on adjoining surfaces as well as the necessity for being especially tidy in the use of the tool. The paint which collects in the tray 46 may be readily return to the applying element 36 by merely positioning the holder 10 downward to allow the paint to run to the applying element.-
Another embodiment of the invention is illustrated in FIGS. 5-7. Here the holder 50" is a flat piece of rigid plastic substance, having a tapered sharpedge 52 and a handle 54 secured adjacent the opposite edge 56 and extending angularly from the holder 5%. The holder 59 has a pair of keyhole openings 58 in which are isposed headed studs 69 carried by a plastic base member e2 hav ing painting fibers 64-. The member 62 with the fibers 64iconstitutes a disposable paint applying element, which is secured to the holder 56 by means of the headed studs- 60 and keyhole openings 58. As may be readily understood, the paint applying element may be easily and quickly removed from the holder 50 and replaced by a fresh element each time that a new painting operation is startedl- Another embodiment of the invention is illustrated in- FIG. 8, wherein a plastic holder sheet 50a having a tap-' ered or sharpened straight edge 52a and a handle 54a removably carries a paint-applying element 66a compris ing fibers 64a carried by an impregnated cloth base 62a.- The impregnated cloth base 62a is secured to the plastic holder 58a by pressnresensitive adhesive 63 which may be either in the form of a doublefaced pressure-sensitivetape or else in the form of a coating. In either circum-- stance, the pressure-sensitive adhesive forms part of the disposable paint-applying element 66a, and the pressure-- sensitive adhesive provides for an economical construction of the applying element while at the same time it enables such element to be most easily applied to and secured to the holder 56a, and removed therefrom when a new element is to be used. Thus, it is not necessary to clean the paint-applying element 66 or 66a at any time; this tedious,
time-consuming and costly operation is accordingly obviated by the invention.
Variations and modifications may be made within the scope of the claims.
I claim:
ll. A painters edging tool comprising, in combination:
(a) a holder having a paint-solvent-impervious flat and smooth backing surface for engagement with a paintapplying element to mount the same,
(b) a flat-sheet-like disposable paint-applying element having fibers projecting from one side, said element having a paint-solvent-impervious barrier extending throughout its area and exposed at the other side thereof,
(0) paint-solvent-resistant, pressure sensitive adhesive securing the paint-applying element broadside to the said backing surface in closely juxtaposed relation. thereto,
(d) said backing surface and impervious barrier having: large continuous areas of contact with the pressuresensitive adhesive to minimize the likelihood of any' paint-solvent, to which the paint-applying element: may be subjected, effecting a substantial loosening of the element from the backing surface.
2. A painters edging tool as in claim 1, wherein:
(a) a double-faced adhesive tape is provided between: the backing surface and impervious barrier, said. tape having the said pressure-sensitive adhesive.
3. A painters edging tool as in claim I, wherein:
(a) the paint-applying element includes a flexible sheetlike base,
(b) said impervious barrier comprising an insoluble impregnant applied to the base.
4. A painters edging tool as in claim 3, wherein:
(a) the said flexible sheet-like base comprises cloth,
and
(b) the insoluble impregnant comprises an epoxy substance.
5. A painters edging tool as in claim 1, wherein:
(a) the holder includes a metal sheet having the backing surface,
(13) one edge of the metal sheet being coextensive With an edge of the paint-applying element,
(c) a plastic tape is provided on the said one edge of 10 the metal sheet, said tape covering the exposed edge portion of the sheet.
6. A painters edging tool as in claim 1, wherein:
(a) the solvent-impervious barrier comprises a smoothsurface plastic sheet to which the said fibers of the 15 paint-applying element are secured. 7. A painters edging tool as in claim 1, wherein:
(a) the said barrier comprises a continuous coating of insoluble plastic substance on the said other side of the paint-applying element.
8. The invention as defined in claim 1, wherein:
(a) a tray is provided on the holder, to catch paint drippings when the holder is held vertically with the paint-applying element uppermost.
References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 511,812 l/1894 Spence 15--221 2,915,767 12/1959 Vaughan 15167 3,117,334 1/1964 Irnhof 15-210 CHARLES A. WILLMUTH, Primary Examiner.
L. G. MACHLIN, Assistant Examiner.

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1. A PAINTER''S EDGING TOOL COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: (A) A HOLDER HAVING A PAINT-SOLVENT-IMPERVIOUS FLAT AND SMOOTH BACKING SURFACE FOR ENGAGEMENT WITH A PAINTAPPLYING ELEMENT TO MOUNT THE SAME, (B) A FLAT-SHEET-LIKE DISPOSABLE PAINT-APPLYING ELEMENT HAVING FIBERS PROJECTING FROM ONE SIDE, SAID ELEMENT HAVING A PAINT-SOLVENT-IMPERVIOUS BARRIER EXTENDING THROUGHOUT ITS AREA AND EXPOSED AT THE OTHER SIDE THEREOF, (C) PAINT-SOLVENT-RESISTANT, PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE SECURING THE PAINT-APPLYING ELEMENT BROADSIDE OF THE SAID BACKING SURFACE IN CLOSELY JUXTAPOSED RELATION THERETO, (D) SAID BACKING SURFACE AND IMPERVIOUS BARRIER HAVING LARGE CONTINUOUS AREAS OF CONTACT WITH THE PRESSURESENSITIVE ADHESIVE TO MINIMIZE THE LIKELIHOOD OF ANY PAINT-SOLVENT, TO WHICH THE PAINT-APPLYING ELEMENT MAY BE SUBJECTED, EFFECTING A SUBSTANTIAL LOOSENING OF THE ELEMENT FROM THE BACKING SURFACE.
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