Paint Tray with Auxiliary Cut Bucket for Roller and Brush Separation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional paint roller trays and grids complicate the use of paint brushes in elevated areas, such as ceilings and walls, due to space constraints and messiness, especially when using a bucket as a paint reservoir.
Innovation Solution
A paint delivery tray with a paint roller grid and an auxiliary cut bucket mounted on a cylindrical bucket, allowing separate storage and use of paint rollers and brushes, reducing messiness and facilitating cleanup by containing paint separately in the bucket and auxiliary receptacle.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If a conventional bucket with paint roller grid is used as paint reservoir, then a relatively large amount of paint can be carried and it is easy to carry up a ladder, but the paint roller grid and paint roller constrict space in the bucket, making it messy to use a paint brush and complicating clean up
Solution Approach 1:
The paint reservoir is segmented into two separate compartments: a main bucket for storing large quantities of paint and an auxiliary cut bucket for brush dipping. This segmentation allows the brush to be used in the smaller auxiliary compartment without the space constraints and messiness caused by the roller grid in the main bucket, while still carrying a large amount of paint overall.
2Manufacturing precision
If a shallow inclined paint tray is used, then paint can be evenly distributed on the roller, but it is problematic to position or secure the tray on a ladder
Solution Approach 1:
The paint tray functionality is merged with a standard bucket by providing a rim engagement structure that allows the bucket to be securely positioned on a ladder. This combines the paint distribution capability with the stability needed for elevated work, eliminating the separate tray component that was difficult to secure.
3Adaptability or versatility
If paint roller and paint brush are used together in the same bucket, then both tools can be accessed, but the brush handle and painter's hands and clothes get covered in paint, increasing clean up requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The reservoir is divided into separate compartments: the main bucket for the paint roller and an auxiliary cut bucket for the paint brush. This physical separation prevents paint from splashing onto the brush handle and the painter's hands and clothes when dipping the brush, significantly reducing cleanup requirements while maintaining the ability to use both tools.
Data Source
AI summary
A paint delivery tool or paint tray, suitable for use in a paint bucket, includes a paint roller grid mounted to a shelf that includes an auxiliary paint receptacle or cut bucket intended for separate use with a paint brush. The upper shelf includes a semicircular rim and lip for mounting the tool or paint tray to the top of a circular bucket. The paint roller grid extends from an opposite straight edge of the shelf and downward into the paint bucket. A paint roller and a paint brush can then be stored and used separately to reduce waste, messes and clean up. The paint roller grid and the shelf can be an integral one piece member, and they can be joined by a living hinge if molded as a plastic member.