(19)
(11) EP 0 830 903 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
21.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/43

(43) Date of publication A2:
25.03.1998 Bulletin 1998/13

(21) Application number: 97306741.6

(22) Date of filing: 02.09.1997
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B05C 17/03, B05C 17/035
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV RO SI

(30) Priority: 07.09.1996 GB 9618721

(71) Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.
Newark Delaware 19711 (US)

(72) Inventor:
  • Mounteney, Nicholas Ian
    Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire PE18 7YZ (GB)

(74) Representative: Stagg, Diana Christine et al
Emhart Patents Department Emhart International Ltd. 177 Walsall Road
Birmingham B42 1BP
Birmingham B42 1BP (GB)

   


(54) Paint system applicator


(57) A paint applicator (80) comprises a body (82,82'), and a roller (84), journalled in the body for rotation about a longitudinal axis of the roller, the roller having an external application surface (272). The body has a paint supply input (250). A cover (87,87') is mounted in the body in communication with said input, the cover having a wall whose lips (254) are adapted to abut the roller application surface around at least a part thereof to define a plenum (256) between said wall and surface bounded by said lips. The cover is movable in said body in a radial direction with respect to the roller and is resiliently biased against the roller by leaf springs (258).






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