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A paint roller cleaning device comprising an annular sleeve adapted to have an interference fit with a pad on a roller of a paint roller, liquid passage means within the sleeve, liquid entry means to said liquid passage means and liquid outlet means communicating with the liquid passage means on the

A paint roller cleaning device comprising an annular sleeve adapted to have an interference fit with a pad on a roller of a paint roller, liquid passage means within the sleeve, liquid entry means to said liquid passage means and liquid outlet means communicating with the liquid passage means on the inner surface of the annular sleeve.

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A one piece cleaning device for a roller applicator of the type which includes a cylindrical core carrying an external pad of porous material, said pad having an outer diameter, said cleaning device comprising a hollow annular sleeve within the sleeve between the inside and outside surfaces thereof

A one piece cleaning device for a roller applicator of the type which includes a cylindrical core carrying an external pad of porous material, said pad having an outer diameter, said cleaning device comprising a hollow annular sleeve within the sleeve between the inside and outside surfaces thereof having inner and outer surfaces and open at both ends, and having an inside surface the diameter of which is substantially equal to the outside diameter of the pad of the roller applicator to be cleaned so as to provide an interference fit between the pad and the inside surface of said sleeve, annular liquid passage means within the sleeve between the inner and outer surfaces thereof, liquid entry means to said liquid passage means and liquid outlet means communicating with the liquid passage means and disposed on the inner surface of the annular sleeve making contact with the pad of the paint roller applicator whereby liquid emerging from said liquid outlet means is forced to enter deep within the porous material of the pad when the roller applicator is slid in an axial direction through said sleeve. A method of cleaning a roller applicator of the type including a cylindrical core carrying an external pad of porous material, said method comprising passing the roller applicator axially through a hollow annular cleaning sleeve of substantially less axial length than said roller applicator, said cleaning sleeve having an inside and an outside surface, at least one liquid outlet opening in said inside surface and annular passage means of substantially less axial length than said roller applicator and for supplying liquid to said outlet opening, said pad contacting said inside surface and said outlet opening so that liquid emerging from said outlet opening is forced to enter deep within the porous material of the pad as said roller applicator is moved axially through said cleaning sleeve.