Hose-Attached Paintbrush-Cleaning Comb and Paint-roller Scraper

Abstract

This system and invention enables a commercial painter to comb-clean and to wash a paintbrush with the same apparatus; and also to clean roller paintbrushes; and then to use that apparatus to clean itself; and to provide convenient ways for the painter to carry and to store this tool.

1 . An apparatus that serves simultaneously as a hand-held comb and also as the head of a hose, so that the same mechanism can be used to wash and and to scour something that needs to be cleaned, either separately or concurrently, where:
 (a) the base of the comb screws into a hose, attaching firmly to it;   (b) the comb has a plurality of rows of teeth; each of which rows has a plurality of teeth;   (c) the teeth of the comb are of potentially varying lengths in a regular pattern;   (d) the handle of the comb lies alongside the teeth of the comb along the body of the comb, rather than adjacent to the body of the comb;   (e) the comb has a switch on its side that allows the user to turn fluid flow through the comb on and off with a thumb press or a forefinger press, where the switch is of one of the following kinds: (i) fluid pressure-off intermittent, (ii) separate spring pressure-off intermittent, (iii) self-spring-off from resistance of body material, or (iv) on-off continuous flow switch without spring or pressure-off; and   (f) the fluid exits the comb through a plurality of apertures, where some of the fluid hits the teeth of the comb, and some does not.   
     
     
         2 . The method of controlling the device of  claim 1  simultaneously as a comb and as the head of a hose, by holding the device such that the teeth lie along the hand holding the device, while controlling the flow of fluid through the hose with a switch operated with the thumb or the forefinger. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1  having mounted on it an arc-shaped scraper which may be used to scrape off a paint roller. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1  having its comb teeth mounted on a detachable piece, which may be replaced independently of the rest of the apparatus. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 2 's crescent tool being detachable, so that it may be replaced independent of the rest of the apparatus. 
     
     
         6 . The base of the comb of  claim 1  which swiveling independently of the body of the comb, thus allowing the body of the comb to rotate freely of the hose while attached to the hose.