1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a paint tool, and more particularly to a paint tool for manually supplying dye.
2. Description of Related Art
A conventional painting tool includes a paint can for storing paint dye and a paintbrush. A user might put the paint into the paint can, soak the paintbrush in paint dye and paint on the object.
However, the object sometimes is located at a higher place. The user needs to climb a ladder for painting the object. The soaked paint dye carried by the paintbrush is limited, and the space on the ladder is not enough to place the paint can. The user has to climb the ladder up and down for painting and re-soaking the paintbrush, and accidents would happen during the climbing process, which is inconvenient. If the size of the paint can is reduced to be placed on the ladder or be carried by the user, the frequency of climbing ladder can be decreased. Depending on stickiness of the paint dye, the paint dye may be dropped from the paintbrush and spot on the user's clothes. When the object is higher than the user's head, the paint dye might be dropped on the user's face.
To overcome the shortcomings, the present invention tends to provide a paint tool for manually supplying dye to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems.
The main objective of the invention is to provide a paint tool for manually supplying dye that includes a draft container and a paint assembly.
The draft container has a flexible body, a draft head and a unidirectional gate. The flexible body is provided for storing paint dye and has an opening defined on a top of the flexible body. The draft head is fixed on the flexible body, covers the opening, and has a locking hole defined through the draft head and communicates with the opening. The unidirectional gate is mounted in a bottom of the flexible body, has a first end disposed inside of the flexible body and a second end protruding through the bottom of the flexible body. The unidirectional gate includes a first through hole, a second through hole, a receiving recess and a flexible valve. The first through hole is defined in the first end of the unidirectional gate. The second through hole is defined in the second end of the unidirectional gate. The receiving recess is defined in the unidirectional gate and communicates with the first through hole and the second through hole. The flexible valve is disposed in the receiving recess and is a flat tapered tube. The flexible valve has a narrow end and a broad end. The narrow end is connected with the first through hole. The broad end is opposite to the narrow end and is connected with the second through hole. The paint assembly is mounted on the draft head and has a brush set. The brush set includes a rod, a connector, a channel and a brush head. The rod has a first end and a second end. The connector is disposed on the first end of the rod and is selectively inserted into the locking hole. The channel is defined through the rod and the connector and communicates with the locking hole and the opening. The brush head is disposed on the second end of the rod and is connected with the channel. When the flexible body is compressed, the paint dye in the flexible body flows through the opening, the locking hole and the channel to the brush head. When the flexible body is released, an air pressure in the flexible body is smaller than that of an external environment such that air is sucked into the flexible body from the second through hole in the unidirectional gate via the flexible valve and the first through hole, and the narrow end of the flexible valve is connected with the second through hole for preventing the paint dye from leaking.
Other objects, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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The draft container 10 includes a flexible body 11, a draft head 12 and a unidirectional gate 13. The flexible body 11 is plastic, compressible and restorative for storing paint dye. The flexible body 11 has an opening 111 defined in a top of the flexible body 11 and an air hole defined in a bottom of the flexible body 11. The draft head 12 is mounted securely on the top of the flexible body 11 and covered on the opening 111. The draft head 12 has a locking hole 121 defined through the draft head 12. With reference to
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For adapting to various operational purposes, the paint assembly 20 further includes a hollow handle 24 and a connecting tube 25. The handle 24 has a first end and a second end. The first end of the handle 24 has a locking hole 241 defined in the handle 24 and being the same with the locking hole 121 in the draft head 12 for assembling with the connector 22 of the brush set. The second end of the handle 24 has a connector 242 disposed on the handle 24, being the same with the connector 22 of the rod 21 and having two protrusions 243 radially extending from the connector 242. The handle 24 also has a channel defined through the handle 24 for communicating with the locking hole 241 and the connector 242. Similarly, the connecting tube 25 has two ends. One end of the ends of the connecting tube 25 has a locking hole defined in the connecting tube 25 and being the same with the locking hole 121 of the draft head 12 for assembling with the connector 242 of the handle 24 or the connector 22 of the brush set. The other end of the ends of the connecting tube 25 has a connector disposed on the connecting tube 25 and being the same with the connector 22 of the brush set for being inserted into the locking hole 121 in the draft head 12.
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When the flexible body 11 is released, an air pressure in the flexible body 11 is smaller than that of an external environment, such that air is sucked into the flexible body 11 from the second through hole 132 in the unidirectional gate 13 via the flexible valve 134. When the air is sucked from the broad end of the flexible valve 134 to the narrow end of the flexible valve 134, due to the elastic rubber material of the flexible valve 134, the air pressure pushes the closed narrow end of the flexible valve 134 to be elastically opened, such that the air can flow into the first through hole 131. When the air pressure in the flexible body 11 is substantially equal to that of the external environment, based on the resilient force of the flexible valve 134, the narrow end of the flexible valve 134 is restored to be closed for preventing the paint dye in the flexible body 11 from leaking, such that the paint dye would not drop on the user's body.
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Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present invention have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the invention, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of parts within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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100215024 | Aug 2011 | TW | national |