Abstract: A sealable container for a volatile composition for use in a compact case, having a container having an upper rim and outer thread segments, a compact cover having an annular wall having inner thread segments, and an annular seal disposed between the upper rim of the container and a cover plate of the compact cover. The annular seal has a seal plate having an upper surface, and a seat seal ring that registers with the seal plate and engages the upper rim of the container when the compact covers the container. The seal plate includes a means for preventing the rotative force applied to the upper surface of the seal plate when rotating the compact cover to the second rotated position, to be downward onto the seat seal ring, to prevent tearing, bunching and deforming of the seat seal ring.

Abstract: A refill lipstick cartridge that prevents or avoids operation of the dispensing mechanism for the lipstick until the cartridge has been secured into the lower case of a lipstick case. The refill lipstick cartridge has a locked or non-functioning configuration, in which the lipstick cannot be dispensed from the refill lipstick cartridge until the refill lipstick cartridge is installed into the lower case of the lipstick case, and an unlocked or functioning configuration when installed into the lipstick case, in which the dispensing mechanism for the lipstick can function to both extend from the lipstick bullet, and retract the lipstick bullet into, the lipstick case, typically manually under the control of the user of the lipstick product. A locking mechanism that employs either friction or mechanical locking elements is manipulated to position the refill lipstick cartridge between the locked configuration and the unlocked configuration.

Abstract: A thermally insulated pipe for transporting fluids, being connectable to at least one further pipe, is disclosed herein. The pipe comprises an outer pipe wall and an inner pipe wall substantially parallel to the outer pipe wall and configured to contain a fluid within the pipe. The inner pipe wall comprises a body portion and a connection portion extending therefrom, a thermal insulation layer provided between the outer pipe wall and the body portion of the inner pipe wall, and at least one male joinable end. The male joinable end comprises the connection portion of the inner pipe wall which terminates in a connection component adapted to engage a connection component of a further pipe, and a transition region where the outer pipe wall tapers continuously inwardly to meet the connection portion of the inner pipe wall.

Abstract: A lipstick cup for securing a lipstick cylinder or bullet, suitable for a soft lipstick formula, having a cylindrical body with a base and a sidewall having axially-arranged ribs distributed substantially evenly around the inner circumference of the sidewall near the base, that extending radially inwardly from the sidewall, and a plurality of shallow undercut structures distributed substantially evenly around the circumference of the sidewall, disposed circumferentially between the pairs of adjacent ribs, and tapering inwardly from the inner surface of the sidewall toward the base to provide an undersurface. The plurality of ribs displace and compress a portion of the material of the lipstick composition circumferentially toward and between the undersurface of the shallow undercut structures, and the base, for preventing the product from being dislodged from the cup.

Abstract: A sealable container for a volatile composition for use in a compact case, having a container having an upper rim and outer thread segments, a seal cover having an annular wall having inner thread segments, and an annular seal disposed between the upper rim of the container and a cover plate of the seal cover. The annular seal has an upper seal member having an upper surface, and a lower seal member that registers with the upper seal member and engages the upper rim of the container when the seal covers the container. The upper seal member includes a means for preventing the rotative force applied to the upper surface of the upper seal member when rotating the seal cover to the second rotated position, to be downward onto the lower seal member, to prevent tearing, bunching and deforming of the lower seal member.

Abstract: An installation (1) for continuous application of thermally or electrically insulating material (6) around an elongate element (2) having a generally circular cross-section. The installation includes a forcing device (3), in form of a conical tube into which the element (2) is fed simultaneously at the large base end of the conical tube, a sheet (4), on which the insulating material (6) is placed, means for translation of the element through a circular section (2) of the sheet (4), and a device (7) for depositing of insulating material onto the sheet. Such an installation produces thermally insulated tubes or electrically insulated cables.

Abstract: A thermal insulation device of a screwed junction between two sections of pipe comprising an outer pipe surrounding an inner pipe between which thermal insulation material is positioned, the inner pipes being assembled together by the screwed junction, one section delimiting a male portion and the other delimiting a female portion, the portions being fitted together to delimit the screwed junction, wherein the male portion comprises the inner pipe and a tubular part connected thereto, the diameter of the tubular part being less than that of the outer pipe, and wherein the female portion comprises a part of the outer pipe and an intermediate tubular part connecting the inner pipe to the outer pipe, the inner diameter of the intermediate part being greater than the outer diameter of the tubular part of the male portion, the thermally insulating material being inserted between the outer pipe and the intermediate part.

Abstract: A hydrocarbon extraction process enabling an acceleration in the production of the productive zone of the oil deposit of a well and an increase in the cumulated quantity of hydrocarbons, characterized by the fact that a hot fluid constituted of hydrocarbons is made to circulate so as to bring the productive zone locally to a higher temperature by conduction in order to fluidify the hydrocarbons imprisoned in an underground reservoir, by means of a thermally-insulated pipe, the hot fluid being mixed with the hydrocarbons extracted via a liner or drain in the productive zone such mixture thus formed being recovered at the surface by means of an pumping pipe.