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A paint roller cleaner consists of a tubular body holding a paint roller covered, with a traversing nozzle spraying a liquid whereby the roller is cleaned after use.

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[ I claim:] [1.] A paint roller cleaner wherein a paint roller is held in a hollow body with a removable lid on the top by fitting in a slot in a handle attached to said body, the handle of said paint roller fitting in said slot in said handle of said paint roller cleaner and in a slot in the top of

[ I claim:] [1.] A paint roller cleaner wherein a paint roller is held in a hollow body with a removable lid on the top by fitting in a slot in a handle attached to said body, the handle of said paint roller fitting in said slot in said handle of said paint roller cleaner and in a slot in the top of the body in alignment with the slot in the handle such that said roller is held in the center of said hollow body, said hollow body having a jet slider spray nozzle traversing a vertical slot in the side of said hollow body, whereby said nozzle may impinge a water or solvent spray on said roller at a tangent, causing said roller to spin, thus removing the paint-liquid mixture to be spun off said roller to the wall of said hollow body, allowing said mixture to run out the bottom of said hollow body, wherein said body has a stationary alignment point at the bottom vertical slot in said hollow body wherein said nozzle may be held in place to spray the bottom edge of said roller, causing said roller to spin rapidly, causing centrifugal force to remove the liquid to produce a clean and dry roller, and renew the nap of the roller in one process, whereby the operator may snap the roller handle into the handle on the hollow body, attach a solvent or water source to the jet nozzle, traverse said vertical slot while spraying said roller, and when the liquid running off the roller in clear, hold said nozzle at the stationary alignment point position on said body, and impinge the spray on the bottom edge of said roller, spinning it rapidly and drying the nap of said roller by centrifugal force to produce a clean and dry roller. [6.] A process for cleaning a paint roller with an angled handle with paint on it after use wherein said roller is fastened in the center of a paint roller cleaner comprised of a hollow tubular body with an open bottom, having a slot adapted to hold said handle in the top of said body wherein said roller is placed at the center of said body, said roller being cleaned of paint by the application of a jet of water sprayed at a tangent to the surface circumference by a sliding jet attached to a water source, said jet situated in a vertical slot in the side of said body, said jet traversing said slot thereby applying a jet of water to the total surface of said roller, thus spinning said roller by tangential application of the force of said jet, whereby a mixture of paint and water is thrown off said roller and deposited on the internal wall of said body and allowed to run out the bottom of said body, said jet impinging at the bottom edge of said roller, when held at the stationary alignment point, spinning it rapidly thereby drying said roller when all of the paint on said roller is cleaned off the roller, whereas said unit is self-cleaning due to this process.