Piston-provided Reservoir Patents (Class 401/171)
  • Patent number: 11076676
    Abstract: Device for dispensing and applying a liquid, semi-fluid, or pasty cosmetic or care product having an elongate and hollow rotary body and an elongate and hollow outer shaft butted together and rotatable one to the other, an applicator endpiece secured to the end of the rotary body, the rotary body and outer shaft forming an interior volume in which a pierced cylinder having a longitudinal duct is formed, and an inner shaft having an open end through which the pierced cylinder is introduced and a closed end forming a reservoir for the product. The pierced cylinder is fixed in translation with respect to the rotary body. A mechanism of the device converts rotation of the rotary body with respect to the outer shaft into movement of the inner shaft in translation with respect to the pierced cylinder in the interior volume formed by the rotary body and the outer shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
    Inventors: Nicolas Castex, Floriane Peronne, Antoine Cayron
  • Patent number: 10919069
    Abstract: A paint applicator, kit and methodology for using the same is disclosed. For example, a paint applicator that allows a user to load a desired amount of paint, such as a water based or other low VOC paint, into the paint applicator and an advancement mechanism that dispenses paint at a rate controllable by the user is disclosed. The advancement mechanism can include a system that translates a rotational force applied to an end cap of the applicator into a linear force that advances a piston which in turn applies paint to an applicator portion. The paint applicator may be reusable or may include a ratchet system that allows for only one-time use. The methodology and kit can incorporate a syringe for loading paint into the paint applicator, thus reducing the loss of paint through spilling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: DESIGNING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventor: Deborah Wiener
  • Patent number: 10517373
    Abstract: A dispensing package for a consumer care product is provided having a product chamber with an inner surface, a major axis and a minor axis. The dispensing package has a movable elevator platform having a coupling sleeve with a non-threaded section and a threaded section along an inner surface. The dispensing package also has a screw assembly with a spindle that supports threads; a seal extending around the circumference of the spindle; a threaded first portion coupled to the threaded section along the inner surface of the moveable elevator platform; and a non-threaded second portion. The seal frictionally engages with the non-threaded section of the coupling sleeve and the movable elevator platform advances along an axis from a first fill volume position to a second fill volume position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Justin Alan Ellsworth, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Christopher Eugene Bates, Christopher Lawrence Smith, Richard Lawrence Horstman, Julie OiLun Lim, Ricky V. Retherford, John Joseph Rego, Timothy David Reichling
  • Patent number: 9945132
    Abstract: A finisher box includes a housing having a front end and a rear end. The housing includes a floor and a plurality of adjoining sides defining a cavity between them. The finisher box also includes a pressure plate pivotably coupled near the rear end of the housing about a pivot axis and a blade holder projecting from the front end of the housing in a direction perpendicular to the pivot axis. A blade slot for receiving a removable blade is defined by the blade holder and the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: AXIA ACQUISITION CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew W. Jungklaus, Timothy Joseph Beran
  • Patent number: 9872551
    Abstract: A packaged antiperspirant product is provided. The packaged antiperspirant product includes an anhydrous antiperspirant composition having an antiperspirant active and a package having a container body with an interior chamber storing the anhydrous antiperspirant composition. A dome closes one end of the container body and has a plurality of apertures extending through the thickness of the dome. A movable elevator is disposed within the container body. The anhydrous antiperspirant composition is expellable through the plurality of apertures when the elevator is advanced toward the dome. The dome is formed at least in part from a thermally conductive material and wherein one of the dome or the thermally conductive material have a thermal conductivity greater than about 5 W/m·K.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David Frederick Swaile, Jody Lynn Hoying, Lola Roming Kelly Smalls, Joyce Marie Benjamin, Roland Stark
  • Patent number: 9867445
    Abstract: An array of consumer care products is provided having a first dispensing package and a second dispensing package each having a product chamber with a top opening; an upper dispensing end having a top edge; a major axis, a minor axis, and a sidewall; a top ridged opening at the upper dispensing end of the product chamber, and an outer cap. The first dispensing package also has a seal component that covers the top opening. The second dispensing package also has a perforated dome cover that covers the top opening. The outer caps of the first dispensing package and the second dispensing package are interchangeable with each other. The dispensing packages may have the same source identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Justin Alan Ellsworth, Kerry Lloyd Weaver, Christopher Lawrence Smith, Richard Lawrence Horstman, Julie OiLun Lim, Ricky V. Retherford, John Joseph Rego, Tim David Reichling
  • Patent number: 9788635
    Abstract: A rod-shaped cosmetic material feeding container in which a leading tube and a container main body are relatively rotated in one direction, an action of a screw part moves a rod-shaped cosmetic material supporting body to reach a movement limit, and then the leading tube and the container main body are further relatively rotated in the one direction. With movement of the rod-shaped cosmetic material supporting body stopped, while a spring portion in a rotation stopper tube shrinks, the screw part screws forward to release screwing of the screw part. Additionally, the movement of the rod-shaped cosmetic material supporting body is stopped and therefore the rod-shaped cosmetic material supporting body does not move back and forth in an axial direction. Accordingly, a rod-shaped cosmetic material does not move back and forth in the axial direction as well, thereby ensuring minimizing an impact to the rod-shaped cosmetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: TOKIWA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Patent number: 9610148
    Abstract: The method of the present invention is directed to the storage and dispensing of a peroxide containing tooth whitening composition. During storage and subsequent use the composition in the storage chamber must be maintained segregated from the applicator surface. This is accomplished by delivering the peroxide containing tooth whitening composition from the storage chamber through a delivery channel having a length and a cross-sectional diameter sufficient to preclude the migration of moisture and the enzyme catalase from the application surface to the storage chamber. The composition is applied to teeth by means of bristles, a sponge surface or fibrillated surface. This applicator can be used with both aqueous and non-aqueous peroxide containing tooth whitening compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Prencipe, Suman Chopra, Joseph Thomas Norris, Adolfo Serrano
  • Patent number: 8985884
    Abstract: A pen dispenser for dispensing flowable and non-flowable material, comprising a pen body and an optional push button applicator for the pen, a universal cartridge, optionally having a disposable cartridge, and capable of accepting a multitude of interchangeable tip applicators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Sashay Beauty Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Nakamura, Gary Rude
  • Patent number: 8926209
    Abstract: A brush head and a cylinder filled with dentifrice, within the chamber. A dial is rotated, relative to the cylinder, a piston is enabled to push dentifrice through to the brush head channel. Dentifrice is then forced between a series of arranged bristles, seated in angular degree, around the exiting bore. These bristle expand toward a vertical position, acting as a guide to direct the moving dentifrice atop of the remaining brush head bristles. The cylinder can be refilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Inventor: Allen Wilcox
  • Patent number: 8883767
    Abstract: A low ether gel composition for application to skin comprising a keratolytic agent, in particular salicylic acid, and comprising a nitrocellulose and one or more volatile ingredients, which forms a film on contact with skin adequate to form a protective barrier for the keratolytic agent for a period of time necessary to provide treatment to the skin; methods of treating using such compositions, and dispensers containing such compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: MSD Consumer Care, Inc.
    Inventors: Gerald R. Dever, Eric Chen-nan Su, William Scott Rogersr, Robert C. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8851779
    Abstract: A portable oral care system comprising a toothbrush having a detachable handle portion forming a dispenser containing an oral care product. The dispenser is configured as a dispensing pen having a dispensing orifice or applicator at one end. The dispenser includes a ratchet-type fluid dispensing system for delivering the oral care product. The dispenser includes a self-biasing push button actuator formed of a deformable elastomeric material with an elastic memory. A user may detach the dispenser from the toothbrush, apply the product to an oral surface by depressing the actuator, and re-mount the dispenser in the toothbrush for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Sharon Kennedy, John Gatzemeyer, Gary L. Berge
  • Patent number: 8845221
    Abstract: A clicking type dispensing container that can dispense the content by pressing a crown disposed at the rear end of a barrel body, forwards in the axial direction, and has a structure, including a mechanical assembly that transforms the pressing force acting on crown by user operation into rotational force, a threaded body fixed to barrel body and a threaded rod screw-fitted into threaded body, and dispensing the content by advancing the threaded rod through the threaded body when the threaded rod is turned by the rotational force transformed by the mechanical assembly. The clicking type dispensing container can produce the rotational force without depending on spring force and cam configuration only, is constructed of a fewer number of parts and can dispense a fixed amount of the content by use of a thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
    Inventor: Takeo Fukumoto
  • Patent number: 8815216
    Abstract: The method of the present invention is directed to the storage and dispensing of a peroxide containing tooth whitening composition. During storage and subsequent use the composition in the storage chamber must be maintained segregated from the applicator surface. This is accomplished by delivering the peroxide containing tooth whitening composition from the storage chamber through a delivery channel having a length and a cross-sectional diameter sufficient to preclude the migration of moisture and the enzyme catalase from the application surface to the storage chamber. The composition is applied to teeth by means of bristles, a sponge surface or fibrillated surface. This applicator can be used with both aqueous and non-aqueous peroxide containing tooth whitening compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Michael Prencipe, Suman Chopra, Joseph Thomas Norris, Adolfo Serrano
  • Patent number: 8801315
    Abstract: An airless applicator may deliver high/low viscosity liquids or semi-liquids, and contains a valve controlling flow between a product reservoir and an intermediate pooling area, while a narrow opening between the intermediate pooling area and a product dispensing chamber controls flow therebetween. This arrangement prevents backflow to the product reservoir, precluding an influx of contamination therein. Product delivery is by specially adapted applicator heads. In one embodiment, a plurality of prongs, and openings into the product dispensing chamber, permit application of mascara onto eyelashes. Alternating prong heights increases effectiveness in applying mascara onto all sides of a user's lashes. Other applicator heads are configured for lip product applications such as for lipstick, and for eye products such as eyeliner and eye shadow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Cosmopak USA, LLC
    Inventor: Walter Dwyer
  • Patent number: 8727651
    Abstract: An elevating container includes an elliptically shaped main tube, a non-circularly shaped moveable support unit which moves upwardly or downwardly along an inner surface of a storage tube of the main tube without rotating, and a driving unit fitted to the main tube to rotate in threaded engagement to the support unit without moving upwardly or downwardly. A seal section at the lower end of the inner peripheral surface of the storage tube and a sealing cylinder at the lower end of the support unit are air-tightly fitted to each other. In addition, positioning ribs are provided at the lower end of the storage tube, and positioning notches are provided at the lower end of the moveable support unit. When the positioning ribs and the positioning notches are engaged with each other, a circumferential misalignment between the main tube and the support unit is corrected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignees: Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ken Arai, Takamitsu Okawara, Masakazu Mameta, Tsutomu Kobayashi, Hideo Uemura
  • Patent number: 8690467
    Abstract: An oval dispenser for stick material suitable for being filled through its base comprises a skeletal platform having a threaded hub, a rim wall, a circular wall intermediate between the hub and the rim defining a filling zone and linked to the hub by at least two spokes and to the rim by at least two spokes, which latter spokes intersect at least one wall and preferably two walls spanning the rim and intermediate between the filling zone and the rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Conopco Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Anthony Baines, Martin Christopher Bunce, Geoffrey Stephen Mawtus, Alex Sandor Szekely, Juraj Ulik
  • Publication number: 20130343802
    Abstract: A present invention liquid dispenser comprises a fluid transfer body, a reservoir with plunger, and an extender selectively attachable to the reservoir; the elongated tube shaped member has at least one wall that forms a forward rim and extends in a tubular fashion to a rearward end; the at least one wall also forms a longitudinal slot for receiving the handle of the plunger, or a lever attached to said handle; and the slot is disposed to allow the handle or lever to travel when a user pushes the handle of the plunger towards or away from the fluid transfer body end of the elongated reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventor: John Vito
  • Patent number: 8579533
    Abstract: Provided is a container for a viscous cosmetic such that even when the viscous cosmetic makes contact with the applicator comprised of silicone resin there is little swelling of said applicator and the quality of the viscous cosmetic container is well maintained. An applicator made of silicone resin inside which is formed a flow-way which can communicate with a housing for internally housing a viscous cosmetic is connected to one end of the housing. A distributing port which communicates with the flow-way is formed in the applying-surface of the applicator and the viscous cosmetic within the housing can be discharged outward from the distributing port. The degree of swelling of the applicator produced by contact with the viscous cosmetic is set to from 0 wt % to 5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kaori Sasada, Naomi Shimamura, Ken Taguchi, Yuuki Ogura
  • Patent number: 8545121
    Abstract: A dispensing apparatus is provided, which, when filled with product and assembled, substantially reduces product leakage from an orifice of an applicator thereof during extended periods of non-use. The dispensing apparatus includes a barrel defining an interior chamber for holding a product, the barrel having an open bottom at one end thereof and an applicator tip having one or more orifices therethrough at the other end. The barrel also includes two or more passages located along the length of the barrel between the bottom of the barrel and a predetermined fill-level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Avon Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Arvind N. Shah
  • Patent number: 8529150
    Abstract: A toothbrush device having a body defining a cavity and an input port disposed on the body in fluid communication with the cavity. The input port permits brushing by-products to pass through the input port and into the cavity while restricting passage of the brushing by-products outward from the cavity. In one form, the toothbrush device includes an elongated handle with a reservoir having at least a portion disposed within the handle. The reservoir is sized to hold a predetermined amount of oral care product, and a mouthpiece is in fluid communication with the reservoir to discharge the oral care product from the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Inventor: Richard Carl Olson
  • Publication number: 20130209158
    Abstract: A toothbrush system has a stem and an integrated paste dispenser disposed in a protective case. The stem may be manually advanced from the protective case to position a brush head for use. While the stem is being advanced, the integrated paste dispenser delivers a line of toothpaste along the top of the brush head bristles so that the toothbrush can be deployed and the toothpaste applied to the bristles in a single step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2013
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: EZE Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Ziadeh, Braden L. Smith
  • Patent number: 8506193
    Abstract: A cosmetic fluid dispenser, comprising in combination a vertically elongated housing structure containing upper and lower compartments, the lower compartment configured to receive and store cosmetic fluid; a dispenser tube projecting vertically from the lower interior of the lower compartment, upwardly into the upper compartment; a plunger movable vertically in the housing, the housing structure including a rotor rotatable to drive the plunger downwardly for effecting fluid displacement into and upwardly in the dispenser tube; and a valve for preventing inadvertent leakage of fluid from the tube, and characterized as openable in response to use of the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Lava Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Derik Zhang
  • Patent number: 8506194
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing device is provided with a container having first and second spaces for storing two different lotions respectively; a first transmission assembly in the first space; a first dispensing assembly in ratchet engagement with opening of the first space; a second transmission assembly in the second space; and a second dispensing assembly in ratchet engagement with opening of the second space. An individual is allowed to use either an application head in the first dispensing assembly or an application head in the second dispensing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Allen & Thomas Cosmetic Accessories Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Li-Mei Liu
  • Patent number: 8496393
    Abstract: A refillable toothpaste dispensing toothbrush has a toothpaste containing capsule for dispensing toothpaste through the bristle head of the toothbrush. The toothpaste capsule can be filled using any standard toothpaste tube. Grooves in the toothpaste passageway prevent clogging of toothpaste in the toothbrush. In an alternate embodiment, the dispensing toothbrush also contains a sonic vibrating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Inventors: Bruce Martin, Audrey Rose Erb
  • Publication number: 20130171362
    Abstract: A paint applicator, kit and methodology for using the same is disclosed. For example, a paint applicator that allows a user to load a desired amount of paint, such as a water based or other low VOC paint, into the paint applicator and an advancement mechanism that dispenses paint at a rate controllable by the user is disclosed. The advancement mechanism can include a system that translates a rotational force applied to an end cap of the applicator into a linear force that advances a piston which in turn applies paint to an applicator portion. The paint applicator may be reusable or may include a ratchet system that allows for only one time use. The methodology and kit can incorporate a syringe for loading paint into the paint applicator, thus reducing the loss of paint through spilling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2013
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Applicant: DESIGNING SOLUTIONS
    Inventor: DESIGNING SOLUTIONS
  • Patent number: 8469621
    Abstract: A personal care product having a personal care composition and a dispensing container with the personal care composition disposed therein. The personal care composition may have a pre-dispense G? of at least about 5,000 Pa. The personal care product provides a G? preservation percentage of no less than 10%. The dispensing container can be a container body having a storage void containing the personal care composition, a movable partition at least partially disposed within the storage void, a drive mechanism connected to and able to advance the movable partition, and a dispensing plate joined to the container body. The dispensing plate has an orifice through which the personal care composition is dispensed. The orifice may have an inscribed circle diameter of about 1 mm to about 12 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Zukowski, Nancy Lorincz Leppla, Chu Zhu, Ann Marie Cilley, Laurie Ellen Breyfogle
  • Publication number: 20130133678
    Abstract: An applicator including an applying part of a liquid absorber impregnated with an application liquid. An indicator portion having a jagged configuration that varies in reflectance of light depending on the quantity of the application liquid in the liquid absorber is formed adjacent to the liquid absorber, and the formed area of the indicator portion of an application liquid feeder can be visually observed from the outside so that the quantity of the application liquid can be displayed by the reflected light of indicator portion. The applicator allows a visual check on whether the application liquid is full or less when the applicator is unused or when the application liquid is decreased after use, from the change of the reflectance of light in indicator. The applicator permits easy confirmation of the liquid quantity and can easily avoid liquid blobbing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI PENCIL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Atsushi Nakashima
  • Patent number: 8439586
    Abstract: A hand-held, battery powered liquid applicator having an on-board reservoir. An electric motor drives a piston in the reservoir via a pinion gear member and rack gear. A gear shifter may disengage the pinion gear member from the rack gear. A battery compartment may have a door has recess to enable a user to grasp a dry cell located farthest from the door. The rack gear may have modified profile teeth at the end of travel to allow the pinion gear member to slip when the piston is urged past the end of travel. The piston may have a length substantially equal to a characteristic length of the reservoir. Liquid may be drawn into the reservoir by powered or manual retraction of the piston and liquid may be delivered from the reservoir to an applicator head by powered or manual motion of the piston into the reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: Wagner Spray Tech Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffrey E. Sandahl, Timothy J. Wessels
  • Patent number: 8333525
    Abstract: A click pen applicator device that provides predetermined dosing of the formulation for precise application, and rapidly primes the formulation using the dosing click mechanism to prepare the applicator for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: MSD Consumer Care, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Wightman, Michael Furey, Jeff Hayet, Robert C. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8328449
    Abstract: A click pen applicator device that provides predetermined dosing of the formulation for precise application, and rapidly primes the formulation using the dosing click mechanism to prepare the applicator for use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: MSD Consumer Care, Inc.
    Inventors: James C. Wightman, Michael Furey, Jeff Hayet, Robert C. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20120301209
    Abstract: An oral care implement having a fluid dispensing system for dispensing an oral care fluid. In one embodiment, the oral care implement may be a toothbrush including a handle, a neck and a head containing a plurality of tooth cleaning elements. Embodiments of the toothbrush further include a removable container or reservoir including a collapsible bladder that holds the oral care fluid. The bladder is in fluid communication with one or more fluid dispensing outlets disposed in the head. A manually actuated pump disposed in the handle provides the motive force for dispensing the fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Colgate Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Joseph E. Fattori
  • Patent number: 8308384
    Abstract: A pressable pen includes a tube body having a front end where a sealing unit, a cosmetic base, a cosmetic head and a cap are placed in order. An inner portion of the tube body includes an inner space to fill cosmetic materials, a plug unit, an elongated rod and a base. The base has a resilient unit, a guiding unit, a revolving unit and a pressing unit, wherein the pressing unit has short slots (slot one) and long slots (slot two) with different depth to align with a spacing column of the positioning unit to control the pressing unit. The guiding unit, revolving unit and positioning unit are equipped with associated inclined surfaces, and the guiding unit has a guiding rail to guide the elongated rod. The elongated rod has a spiral portion thereon to engage with a spiral through hole, such that the elongated rod is driven to rotate by the pressing unit and the movement of associated inclined surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Unique Design Packaging Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jun Zhang
  • Patent number: 8292532
    Abstract: A propelling container with an inner cylinder, a dispenser head, an inner plate, an annular sealing member, a rotator and a lid body. The rotator has a bottom wall part connected to a lower end of the connecting rod, and a circumferential wall part extending from a periphery of the bottom wall part along an outer face of the inner cylinder and surrounding the inner cylinder, thereby rotatably held by the inner cylinder. The rotator is provided with an elastic body repeatedly contacted with and moved away from a projection of the inner cylinder upon rotation of the rotator to generate a click feeling. A stopper is arranged on a base part of the screw rod and associated with a lower part of the inner plate when the inner plate is positioned at the lowest end of the content filling space, so that rotation of the rotator is prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignees: Shiseido Company., Ltd., Yoshino Kogyosho Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mieko Nasu, Hiroshi Mizushima, Takayuki Goto
  • Patent number: 8235257
    Abstract: A food storage container with emptying mechanism is described. The emptying mechanism includes a platform that may be raised within the container to advance food product toward the container opening. The platform is raised by actuation of a turn wheel at the bottom outer surface of the container. Existing containers may be retrofitted to incorporate the emptying mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Inventor: Deevin Stanley Avairis
  • Patent number: 8235619
    Abstract: A structure and system are described which include the use of a combination container for sequentially dispensing multiple fluids onto a removable applicator device. A preferred application of the invention is with the sequential dispensing of a quantity of disinfecting solution over a toothbrush, followed by the dispensing of a measured quantity of toothpaste onto the toothbrush. The device is constructed in a double walled cylindrical (circular or non-circular) configuration with a hollow plunger component coaxially positioned within the cylindrical walls. Beneath the plunger component is contained a quantity of disinfectant solution such that when the plunger is directed downward the disinfectant solution is forced upward between the walls of the double walled container and through dispensing ports directed into the interior where the applicator is positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Inventors: William R. Meredith, Annette Johnson Meredith, Albert J. Parvin, Erika C. Laiche
  • Publication number: 20120183343
    Abstract: Pump toothbrush comprising a pump head, a refillable cartridge containing dentifrice material, an integrated dispensing platform and a disposable bristle head. The pump head includes an inlet connector for attaching the cartridge, a pumping chamber attached with an elastic compressible button, and a dispensing platform. The dispensing platform contains a flow channel and a self-sealing slit-spout to prevent drying of the dentifrice material at the spout. The slit spout opens and closes automatically when the compressible button is pressed and released. The bristle head, which is the disposable part of the pump toothbrush, is attached to the dispensing platform for structural support and receiving the dentifrice material from the slit spout. Gum-guard elements are optionally attached to the periphery of the dispensing platform for massaging gums.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2012
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Inventor: Youti Kuo
  • Patent number: 8152399
    Abstract: The invention is a device for packaging and applying a product. The device includes a receptacle for containing the product and an applicator including a rod provided at one end with an application element. The receptacle further has a tubular body with a movable piston guided axially in the tubular body wherein the piston has a passage opening for the application element. The applicator includes an axial stop protruding radially relative to the rod and is capable of being in abutment against the piston. The stop can be retracted radially in order to allow it to pass through the passage opening of the piston and includes at least one orifice for the passage of air when the stop is in abutment against the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Leandre Lasfargues, Nicolas Albisetti
  • Patent number: 8092108
    Abstract: A liquid applicator includes an elongated cylindrical body having an end cap within which a plunger is slidably moveable. The cylindrical body defines a bore receiving a plunger seal and piston secured to the interior end of a sliding plunger handle. The remaining end of the cylindrical body is coupled to a porous nib having a flow control valve in communication therewith. The plunger is removable from the piston and sealing plunger following the liquid filling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Inventors: Harry Bainbridge, Timothy S. Westrope
  • Patent number: 7857538
    Abstract: The outer face of a distal end part having a discharge opening 1c at the distal end of an applicator 100 is a sloped face 1a, so that skin or another surface to be coated can be coated favorably, and when a moving body 6 advances as far as it can, an elastic body 9 provided to the distal end of the moving body 6 hits a sloped face 1b that is the inner face of the distal end part having the discharge opening 1c at the distal end of the applicator 100, and elastically deforms along said sloped face 1b, and an application material L that could not be pushed out with a conventional piston and would remain in a substantially hoof-shaped (sloped cylindrical) space (a space including the sloped face 1b within the applicator distal end) can be completely pushed out by the elastic body 9, leaving almost none behind, so that all of it can be consumed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignees: Tokiwa Corporation, Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mieko Nasu, Tomochika Fujioka, Yoshikazu Tani, Takakazu Obana
  • Publication number: 20100284725
    Abstract: A pressable pen includes a tube body having a front end where a sealing unit, a cosmetic base, a cosmetic head and a cap are placed in order. An inner portion of the tube body includes an inner space to fill cosmetic materials, a plug unit, an elongated rod and a base. The base has a resilient unit, a guiding unit, a revolving unit and a pressing unit, wherein the pressing unit has short slots (slot one) and long slots (slot two) with different depth to align with a spacing column of the positioning unit to control the pressing unit. The guiding unit, revolving unit and positioning unit are equipped with associated inclined surfaces, and the guiding unit has a guiding rail to guide the elongated rod. The elongated rod has a spiral portion thereon to engage with a spiral through hole, such that the elongated rod is driven to rotate by the pressing unit and the movement of associated inclined surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2008
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventor: Jun Zhang
  • Patent number: 7806612
    Abstract: The present invention may be used for applying fluids to a convex surface. A handle may be attached to a fluid dispensing assembly that may have a roller applicator assembly attached. The roller applicator assembly may have rollers rotatably disposed on a bracket with two of the rollers positioned at an oblique angle to an intermediate roller. The fluid dispensing assembly may have a body with a first fluid channel in fluid communication with a first fluid container in the handle and a second fluid channel in fluid communication with a second fluid container in the handle, and a piston in each fluid container. The first fluid channel may have an aperture adjacent a first roller and a second aperture adjacent the intermediate roller. The second fluid channel may have an aperture adjacent a second roller and a second aperture adjacent the intermediate roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Inventor: William D. Wangler
  • Publication number: 20100239354
    Abstract: A cosmetic pen has a rotary assembly, a pen tube and a discharge assembly. The rotary assembly has a rotary seat, a threaded rod, a drive part and a plunger. The threaded rod is mounted movably in the rotary seat and has an end. The drive part is mounted around the threaded rod. The plunger is mounted rotatably around the end of the threaded rod. An end of the pen tube is connected to the rotary assembly. The discharge assembly is connected to another end of the pen tube. The rotary seat is rotated to drive the threaded rod to push cosmetic liquid out of the discharge assembly. Since the elements of the rotary assembly are simplified production efficiency increases while costs are reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Inventor: George Chen
  • Patent number: 7641411
    Abstract: An applicator device comprising a casing and an application element wherein the application element is displaceable with respect to the casing against a return force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Schwan-STABILO Cosmetics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Friedrich Biegel
  • Publication number: 20090294489
    Abstract: A nozzle for applying filler material within a groove is provided that includes a plate member, an orifice through the plate member, a guide member for engaging the groove, and a pliable attachment. The orifice is in communication with a supply of the filler material. The guide member protrudes from the plate member and has a width less than the groove. The pliable attachment has a channel with an angled portion for directing the filler material into the groove. The nozzle may also be used independent from the attachment. Also provided is a method for applying filler material into the spaces between tiles. The method include steps directed to the preparation of the filler material, such as combining a cementitious material with a plasticizer in order to form an admixture that has a viscosity making it suitable for application through the nozzle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Inventor: Gene Keohan
  • Publication number: 20090060624
    Abstract: A dispenser includes: a body, at least a portion of the body being substantially cylindrical; a tank constructed and configured to contain a flowable material; a tip, the tip comprising an opening through which the flowable material is dispensed; an ejection mechanism constructed and configured to urge the flowable material from the tank through the opening in the tip; and an advancing mechanism constructed and configured to move the ejection mechanism within the tank. The dispenser further includes one or more features directed at improving the ergonomics, dispensing functionality and/or operation thereof, especially (but not exclusively) for such dispensers to be utilized in connection with dispensing dental materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2008
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: IVOCLAR VIVADENT AG
    Inventors: Laurent Schenck, Frank Muller
  • Publication number: 20080145135
    Abstract: The present invention encompasses petroleum-based composition dispensers, which include (a) a petroleum-based composition, (b) an opening through which petroleum-based composition is dispensed, wherein the opening has a primary axis of at least 2 cm or, preferably, at least 4 cm, and (c) a body portion. The invention provides that a user may dispense the petroleum-based composition by grasping the body portion and directly applying the composition to a desired body part, wherein hand contact with the composition is avoided. The invention eliminates the mess and need for subsequent hand washing that follows when petroleum-based compositions, such as petroleum jelly, are dispensed from conventional tubs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Jason Scanlon, Craig Scanlon
  • Publication number: 20080131191
    Abstract: A dispenser for fluid material that facilitates spreading of the fluid material is disclosed. The dispenser can comprise a unitary construction, or can be composed of a plurality of components that can be fastened together. Disposable cartridges containing fluid material can be attached to the dispense, and the material within can be dispensed and spread on a surface. The dispense provides metered dispensing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: INNOVATIVE CONSUMER SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Francis Kiss deVirag, Ileen Rosner, Jonathan Rosner, Alexander Sterling Wise
  • Publication number: 20080112752
    Abstract: A cosmetic dispenser comprises a brush, a cylinder, a ratchet wheel comprising internal ratchets and external ratchets, a rotating sleeve including a cosmetic reservoir and a piston. The brush is attached to the cylinder, which is rotatably attached to the revolving sleeve. The ratchet wheel is attached to the end of the cylinder disposed inside the revolving sleeve. The piston extends through the ratchet wheel and has a piston head disposed in the cosmetic reservoir of the revolving sleeve. An axial tunnel extends the entire length of the piston and communicates with a cosmetic reservoir. A needle extends from the brush into the piston axial tunnel. This cosmetic dispenser is constructed in such a way that, relative rotation of the cylinder and the rotating sleeve in a dispensing direction results in displacement of the piston head into the cosmetic reservoir and pressurized flow of a liquid cosmetic from the cosmetic reservoir to the brush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Applicant: ALCAN PACKAGING BEAUTY
    Inventor: Derik Zhang
  • Patent number: 7367737
    Abstract: A combination brush and dispenser apparatus for paste materials to be applied by brushing action, is provided as a brushing section with a first passage and portal leading to brush bristles and a matching dispensing section which supplies regulated amount of the material through a second passage into the first passage. The dispenser may optionally include a unitary apparatus with the two sections permanently attached, or a multi-section apparatus in which the brushing and dispensing sections are separable. Various forms of dispensing devices are described for controlling the quantity of paste material supplied to the brushing section for each separate use of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Inventor: Brian D. Johns