Storage Reservoir for Paint or Varnish Brushes

Abstract

There is provided a storage container or reservoir for paint or varnish brushes that facilitates both storage of the brushes and transport to the worksite that includes a suitable, preferably transparent or translucent container for the brush solvent having rods or dowels that are sealingly and slidably passed through opposing walls of a container at various heights above the bottom of the container so that various sized brushes can be suspended with their ferrules at substantially the same level and so that a single volume of solvent can effectively immerse the bristles of the various sized brushes. Each rod or dowel desirably suspends one or two brushes so that access to retrieve any brush from the container may be had by manually sliding the rod or dowel so that a free end of the rod or dowel is within the container whereupon the brush of choice can be slid off the rod or dowel and retrieved, after which the rod or dowel may be easily replaced though the opposing wall.

1 . A device for storage of paint or varnish brushes which comprises a container suitable for holding a solvent for cleaning the brushes, said container having at least two rods from which brushes may be suspended, said rods being slidably mounted through opposing walls of the container so that either free end of the rods may be drawn into the container to remove a brush suspended therefrom.  
   
   
       2 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the rods are mounted at different heights above the bottom of the container to facilitate the storage of brushes of various sizes.  
   
   
       3 . The device of  claim 2  wherein the rods are mounted transversely to one another through opposing sides of the container.  
   
   
       4 . The device of  claim 2  wherein the rods are mounted parallel to one another through opposing sides of the container.  
   
   
       5 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the container is provided with a sealable lid to contain the solvent in the event of upset.  
   
   
       6 . The device of  claim 5  wherein the rods passing though the opposing walls of the container pass through grommets that provide at least some sealing effect against leakage of solvent and escape of solvent vapor.  
   
   
       7 . The device of  claim 6  wherein the grommets are an elastomeric material generally resistant to the solvents being used.  
   
   
       8 . The device of  claim 1  wherein the container is transparent or translucent.