Movable By Screw Means Patents (Class 401/172)
  • Patent number: 12220039
    Abstract: A dispensing container includes: an operation portion including a dispensing member, the dispensing member extending in an up-down direction and being provided with a spiral groove; a sleeve surrounding the outside of the dispensing member and provided so as to be rotatable on a container axis; a middle plate body holding contents and provided inside the sleeve so as to be movable in the up-down direction in a state where rotation of the middle plate body on the container axis relative to the sleeve is restricted; and a movable tube extending downward from the middle plate body and including an engagement protrusion that engages with the spiral groove. A sliding portion, which is formed of softer material than either one member of the sleeve and the operation portion and on which the other member of the sleeve and the operation portion slides as the sleeve and the operation portion rotate relative to each other, is fixed to the one member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: YOSHINO KOGYOSHO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Akinori Suzuki
  • Patent number: 12220040
    Abstract: Cosmetic dispensers including a base, for example, having a cavity and an interior surface where the interior surface includes a spiral recess. The cosmetic dispenser may further include a pedestal assembly received within the cavity of the base. The pedestal assembly can include a pedestal having a base plate at a first distal end of the pedestal and a cup member at a second distal end opposite the first distal end. The cup member may be configured to receive a cosmetic that extends above the cup member. The sleeve may be movably received within the cavity, and can include at least one engaging element coupled to the spiral recess. The engaging element may be configured to slide along the spiral recess to raise and lower the sleeve. In embodiments, the sleeve is configured to completely surround the cosmetic in a raised first position, and is configured to at least partially not surround the cosmetic in a lowered second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: AMPAC Limited
    Inventors: James Christopher Wightman, Gary E. Myer
  • Patent number: 12096836
    Abstract: A cartridge core assembly comprises a cartridge, a screw barrel, a guide member, an elastic member, and a nut, the cartridge is fixedly connected to the guide member, the screw barrel and the nut are screwed to each other, and the elastic member is sleeved on the nut in a circumferentially fixed manner; the guide member is provided with a plurality of first engagement teeth, the elastic member is provided with a plurality of second engagement teeth, and each tooth of at least one of the first engagement teeth and the second engagement teeth comprises a bottom surface, a first beveled surface and a second beveled surface; and an angle between the first beveled surface and the bottom surface is ?1, an angle between the second beveled surface and the bottom surface is ?2, and the ?1 and the ?2 are different acute angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: SHYA HSIN PACKAGING INDUSTRY (CHINA) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Haiying Yang
  • Patent number: 12000724
    Abstract: According to an aspect of the present invention, a liquid dose dispenser 100 is disclosed. The dispenser 100 comprises a main body having a front assembly 138, a mid assembly 148 and a rear assembly 140. The dispenser 100 comprises a reservoir (liquid container) 134, a liquid dispensing tip 136, a lead screw 130 for guiding the screw in the mid assembly 148. It also comprises a cam 126, a nut 128, and a spring element 132 wherein the spring element retracts the lead screw for controlled dispensing of the liquid. The said dispenser is used for dispensing required doses of liquids, solutions, viscous fluids for pharmaceutical, nutraceutical and food applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Inventor: Jagadeesh Sreenivas Kottu
  • Patent number: 11974649
    Abstract: A cosmetic container is disclosed. A cosmetic container according to one aspect of the present invention comprises: an inner case having an inner space; a rotating bezel which is rotatably coupled to the upper part of the inner case and which has a discharge hole; a rotating member positioned in the inner space, and coupled to the rotating bezel so as to rotate integrally with the rotating bezel; and a piston positioned in the inner space, and coupled to the rotating member so as to be lifted or lowered by being linked with the rotation of the rotating member, wherein contents are discharged through the discharge hole by the lifting of the piston.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SAMHWA CO., LTD
    Inventors: Kyung Chang Lee, Chang Gon Kim
  • Patent number: 11882925
    Abstract: A hair brush system includes a brush housing having a handle neck portion and a fluid reservoir for holding a viscous fluid therein. The fluid reservoir is disposed within the brush housing. The hair brush system includes a plunger plate for engaging in the fluid reservoir of a gel or other viscous fluid product. The plunger plate is disposed within the brush housing. Valve devices are dispersed in a brush head, wherein the valves are fluidly coupled to the reservoir upon movement of the plunger plate from a first position to a second position upon engagement of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Paula Chinenye Ilonze
  • Patent number: 11800921
    Abstract: A lipstick container for hot filling with replaceable lipstick assembly includes a base, a fixed tube, a lipstick assembly and a cap. The lipstick assembly includes a support tube, a sleeving tube, and an ascending and descending tube; the fixed tube includes a first axial channel; the support tube includes a second axial channel; the sleeving tube includes a third axial channel; the ascending and descending tube includes a forth axial channel and a spiral groove portion screwed with internal threads of the support tube. The fixed tube is put on the sleeving tube and the ascending and descending tube is disposed through the sleeving tube and the support tube; an end of the sleeving tube urging against the support tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Zhuhai Ding Rong Plastic Products Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Ting Nan Liu
  • Patent number: 11731827
    Abstract: A dosing dispenser for a flowable composition includes a housing, a traveler, a plunger, and a driver. The housing defines a chamber, and the plunger is movable within the chamber. The traveler is at least partially within the chamber and configured to selectively position the plunger. The driver is at least partially within the chamber and configured to movably position the traveler relative to the driver. The driver is engaged with the traveler within the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: DOSELOGIX, LLC
    Inventors: Timothy Gayle Phipps, Saundra D. Naughton, Craig Jay Cochran, John Britton S. Mockridge, Daniel Lee DeYoung, Dale Melton Coker
  • Patent number: 11553785
    Abstract: A toothpaste dispensing pen style toothbrush including a toothbrush head assembly, a housing assembly, and an electrical assembly is disclosed. These assemblies in conjunction with one another provide a simple solution to brushing your teeth. The housing assembly includes toothpaste stored therein. A screw rod is longitudinally mounted within the housing assembly. At a bottom portion of the screw rod is a screw cup. The screw cup travels the length of the screw rod when a button is pressed to actuate a battery powered motor that spins the screw rod. The screw cup then pushes the toothpaste out of the housing and into the toothbrush head assembly along a channel. The channel ends at an outlet on a toothbrush head. Thereby dispensing toothpaste onto toothbrush bristles. A user can place a cap over the toothbrush head assembly that resembles a pen cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventors: Alexander Marks, Carole Marks
  • Patent number: 11529505
    Abstract: Embodiments of an apparatus include a needle cartridge configured to attach to and interface with an actuating device. The needle cartridge includes a housing, a needle group assembly, and a fluid port. The housing forms a cavity and includes a first aperture and a second aperture opposite the first aperture. The needle group assembly includes a needle and a needle holder. The needle group assembly is configured to move in a reciprocating motion relative to the housing along an axis from the first aperture to the second aperture. During the reciprocating motion, the needle fully retracts into the cavity through the first aperture. The fluid port is integrated with the housing and includes a hollow projection forming a conduit and extending away from the housing. The fluid port includes a third aperture, wherein the fluid port is configured to interface with a fluid delivery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Rejuvatek Medical Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg D. Niven, Jack H. Savage
  • Patent number: 11503897
    Abstract: An applicator device for applying moisturizers, lotions, ointments, oils or the like to various body parts and difficult to reach areas, such as the back area, posterior area of legs, or the like. The device eliminates the need for assistance from any other individual for applying lotion over difficult to reach areas, and can help prevent or be used to treat rashes, dryness, eczema, psoriasis, and other serious conditions afflicting the skin. The device features an elongated handle attached to an applicator head having apertures for dispensing a solution onto the body of the user. The device includes a compartment for storing a solution in a specific amount and a push button mechanism to activate dispensing of the stored solution from the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Inventor: Annie Dyer
  • Patent number: 11471609
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a medicament delivery device comprising a housing, an actuation mechanism (40) arranged inside said housing, the actuation mechanism comprising a plunger rod (42) arranged to act on a stopper (18) of a medicament container (16); an actuator (84) arranged slidable and connected to the plunger rod (42) for acting on the stopper (18) when said actuator (84) is operated by displacing it in a longitudinal direction of the actuation mechanism (40); an activator (104) rotatably arranged for activating said actuation mechanism and for setting a dose; said activator (104) comprising a generally tubular activator sleeve (148), said activator sleeve (148) comprises protrusions (150) arranged to interact with ledges (90) on said actuator (84) such that said activator sleeve (148) is rotated when said actuator (84) is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: SHL MEDICAL AG
    Inventor: Anders Holmqvist
  • Patent number: 11459163
    Abstract: Hydration squirt bottle is a squirt bottle with a special plunger actuator collar that is pivotally attached to a special plunger and mechanically linked to a special barrel or container wherein rotation of the plunger actuator collar relative to the barrel causes the plunger to move laterally into a barrel in order to cause liquid stored inside the barrel to squirt out from a spout on a cap. This invention helps older people or any other types of people that have difficulty staying hydrated or drinking fluid by squirting the water or beverage into the person's mouth through positive pressure, without the need for the person to drink from a standard cup or glass by sucking water from the cup or glass. In best mode, the squirt bottle is calibrated to squirt the exact amount of 20 cubic centimeters of water or beverage into the person's mouth per every one complete rotation of the plunger actuator collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventor: Chi Wen Hildebrandt
  • Patent number: 11364738
    Abstract: A glue stick applicator comprising a casing receiving a glue stick, the glue stick being extendable through a mouth of the casing between a retracted position wherein the glue stick is entirely housed in the casing and an extended position wherein the glue stick extends at least in part from the mouth of the casing, and a grid fitted around the glue stick at least when the glue stick is in the extended position, the grid being made of a material having higher gluing capability than the material of the glue stick.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: SOCIETE BIC
    Inventor: Eirini Petratou
  • Patent number: 10595616
    Abstract: An improved applicator apparatus and lid facilitate one-handed application of diaper rash cream or other therapeutic cream from a squeeze tube. Two sets of female screw threads fit two common neck diameters for squeeze tubes. A nozzle and a soft, flexible, concave tip with opening flap provide smooth and even application of cream. A convex tongue, curved complementary to the concave tip, is attached to the lid's interior. When a squeeze tube is attached to the applicator and stored in the lid, the tongue presses the tip of the applicator apparatus firmly against the opening of the nozzle, creating a leakproof and airtight seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Inventor: Alina Kravchenko
  • Patent number: 10194730
    Abstract: An antiperspirant composition and a dispenser therefor, the composition being a gel, cream or soft solid of viscosity from 3000 mPa·s to 5200 mPa·s at a shear rate of 16/s comprising a non-pore blocking inhibitor of perspiration and the dispenser comprising a dome-shaped applicator surface of radius of curvature decreasing from a maximum of from 25 to 60 mm at its top/center to a value of from 75 to 95% of its maximum value at a distance of 1 cm from its top/center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon Lewis Bilton, Christopher John Jones, Rebecca Anne Nelson, Benjamin George Oglesby, Guy Richard Thompson, Iain Andrew Weddell
  • Patent number: 10028566
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a personal hygiene assist system may assist an impaired user in using deodorant. The system may include a container comprising an opening on an upper first side, opposite to a lower second side. The opening may include a substantially oblong shape configured to hold at least a lower portion of a deodorant case. The lower portion of the deodorant case may include an activation mechanism which upon rotation exposes additional deodorant positioned in the deodorant case. In some embodiments, the system may include a handle coupled to a third side coupling the first and second sides. In some embodiments, the system may include an engaging mechanism positioned in the container and coupled to the handle. When the handle is rotated the engaging mechanism may engage and rotate the activation mechanism of the deodorant exposing additional deodorant positioned in the deodorant case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Sam Houston State University
    Inventors: Pamela J. Zelbst, Scott Golightly, Devin McCullough, Maureen Reynolds
  • Patent number: 9950338
    Abstract: Sealant injection systems for injecting sealant into a cavity, the sealant injection systems including a sealant dispensing tip having a proximal end portion, a body portion, and a distal end portion that define a continuous channel to an aperture in the distal end portion for dispensing sealant material into a cavity, where the aperture is surrounded by a compressible material. The distal end portion may have a linear ridge defined on an end face, the aperture being asymmetrically provided relative to the ridge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jake Weinmann, John Walter Pringle, IV, Chris J. Erickson
  • Patent number: 9833296
    Abstract: Embodiments of surgical markers for marking internal and external tissues are provided herein. In some embodiments, a surgical marking device for marking tissue may include a body including an at least partially hollow interior, a first end and a second end; a tip coupled to the body at the second end; and a plunger movably coupled to the body at the first end and configured to control a pressure within the at least partially hollow interior of the body via movement of the plunger relative to the body, wherein the pressure control may control a flow of ink outward of the body via the tip during use. Alternatively, in some embodiments, a squeezable bulb may be provided in place of the plunger, the squeezable bulb having an interior volume fluidly coupled to the body, wherein a pressure within the body may be controlled via the squeezable bulb.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: VISCOT MEDICAL, LLC
    Inventor: Gary J. Pieringer
  • Patent number: 9826814
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for packaging a cosmetic product (P) in solid form and applying it to the skin, having a longitudinal axis X, comprising: a sleeve (70) containing the cosmetic product (P), an elevator means (50) able to support the cosmetic product (P) at a current position in the sleeve and to axially move the cosmetic product along the axis X to make it emerge from the sleeve (70) bypassing through the orifices (77), a means (60) for manually actuating the elevator, a means (80) for partial covering of the outlet of the sleeve (70) comprising a vault (71) formed solely of an elastically deformable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Gilles Baudin, Kristell Le Moing
  • Patent number: 9629449
    Abstract: A portable interdental toothbrush is provided that can be carried conveniently since a cleaning solution tube is present in a sealed state when carried without using it. The portable interdental toothbrush provides convenience in use, simple structure, easy manufacture, and low production cost, thereby allowing any user to use it, and promotes the dental and oral health for citizens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Inventor: Sang Geun Lee
  • Patent number: 9283801
    Abstract: There is provided a method for manufacturing a coating instrument provided with a filling member having a filling region in which a coating material is filled and a body portion including an extruding portion inserted inside so as to be brought into close contact with the filling member and constituting a rear end of the filling region, in which the coating material is discharged from a discharge outlet on a tip end side of the filling member by advance of the extruding portion, including a step of filling the coating material into the filling region of the filling member from behind in a state in which a front side of the filling member is located below the rear side, a step of feeding a predetermined amount of air from the discharge outlet into the filling region so that a space is formed on the tip end side in the filling region after the coating material is filled, and a step of assembling the body portion to the filling member after the air is fed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Tokiwa Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Patent number: 9149107
    Abstract: A cosmeticizing device that allows for loading of various cosmetic liquids for enabling non-interrupted supply of the cosmetic liquids through hand pressing. A cosmetic container body has an end forming a tubular opening receiving a valve seat for fixing a cosmeticizing component and an inner tubular bottom to which a valve disk is movably mounted for closing the bottom of the container. With a plunger bar that is rotatably coupled to the valve disk being pressed down, the valve disk is caused to slidably squeeze out the material for dispensing the liquid material to the cosmeticizing component mounted to the top end of the container body. A closure cap has an opening having an inner circumference forming a securing face and a bottom in which a scraping member is received and mounted. The cap has an interior space for receiving a cosmetic liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Inventor: Lin-Lang Chan
  • Patent number: 8961053
    Abstract: The present invention features a lipstick blotting system for use after lipstick application featuring a tubular stationary base with a first guide rod. The system features a rotating base with a threaded rod. The stationary base is located inside the rotating base. The system features a carrier with an internally threaded tube. The carrier features a first guide aperture. The carrier is placed on the rotating base via the internally threaded tube placed onto the threaded rod. The carrier is inhibited from rotation via the first guide rod slid through the first guide aperture. The system features a linear blotter located on a carrier anterior surface. The blotter features a linear channel for placing over the tube. The system features a solution located in the rotating base and a cap adapted to attach and seal to a stationary base anterior end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Inventor: Barbara Esposito
  • Patent number: 8961048
    Abstract: An oval dispenser for stick material suitable for being filled through its base comprises a skeletal platform (30) having a threaded hub (32), a rim wall (31), a circular wall intermediate between the hub and the rim defining a filling zone, and a rotor wheel (3) having a hollow boss (13) that defines with the filling ring (34) a continuous passage for stick material to be charged into the dispenser interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Conopco, Inc.
    Inventors: Roger Anthony Baines, Martin Christopher Bunce, Geoffrey Stephen Mawtus, Alex Sandor Szekely, Juraj Ulik
  • Patent number: 8936408
    Abstract: In the liquid material feeding container, a piston is formed with a seal portion at a front portion thereof, being sliding in contact with an inner wall of a housing portion of a barrel body, and a cylindrical portion having projections in an outer periphery of a rear end portion and a female thread portion in an inner periphery thereof, and in an outer peripheral surface of the front portion extending frontward from the above-described operating portion of the above-described rotating element, a male thread portion is formed, and in the above-described barrel body, a space of the housing portion is formed in a frontward portion and a groove portion with which the projection is engaged is formed in a backward portion along an axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
    Inventors: Takeo Fukumoto, Satoru Sumiyoshi, Mitsuru Endou
  • Patent number: 8882380
    Abstract: An oral care system comprising an oral care implement, such as a toothbrush, and dispenser containing a fluid detachably coupled to the toothbrush. In one embodiment, the dispenser includes a reservoir containing a fluid and a rotatable actuator for dispensing the fluid from the dispenser; and the dispenser is alterable between: (i) a storage state in which the dispenser is detachably coupled to the toothbrush and a mechanical interference between a portion of the rotatable actuator and a portion of the toothbrush prohibits rotation of the rotatable actuator relative to the toothbrush; and (ii) an application state in which a user can rotate the rotatable actuator to dispense the fluid from the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Alan Sorrentino, Robert Moskovich
  • 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: 8777506
    Abstract: A liquid applicator includes a liquid pressing mechanism (liquid pressing means) for pressurizing an application liquid inside a main body so as to supply application liquid to an applying member by the pressing of the liquid pressing mechanism. The applying member is made of an elastic material and is formed with a communication path of a passage hole for communication between the inside and outside of main body, and an applying portion of the applying member is formed projected further forward from an ejection opening of communication path. The liquid applicator that can simply apply an application liquid, even it is high in viscosity, over a wide area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuaki Akaishi, Hiroaki Koyama
  • Patent number: 8777066
    Abstract: Packaging element with a hermetically sealed dosing mechanism for semi-solid products, comprehending its body as a sole piece (10) injected in plastic material, configuring two concentric parts, one internal that configures the product containing cup-like recipient (11) and an external which configures a skirt for optional finishing (12), both with their top endings integrated between themselves by a horizontal wall (13), above which emerge vertically two concentric collars (14) and (15), which configure a hermetical coupling for a device in the shape of a spinning disc (16) that rotates in only one direction and always in the same plane in relation to the main body (10), and whose spinning disc (16) outside portion, may receive an optional over-lid (17), while from its inside portion has constructive details integrated to the assembly of an integrated protection dosing valve mechanism (18) and an actioning mechanism (19) for a piston (20) that, by its turn, initially (full package) is placed along with the b
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Inventors: Victor Esteve, Eric Zembrod
  • Patent number: 8764335
    Abstract: A liquid applicator which, in its assembled state an applying part, joint, and front barrel are fixed to a barrel body front end portion, the step of an indented/projected engaging portion on the inner peripheral side of the applying part rear end portion is abutted from behind against and engaged with the step of an indented/projected engaging portion on the outer peripheral side of the forward part of the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
    Inventor: Junya Uehara
  • Patent number: 8727652
    Abstract: An oral care system, such as a toothbrush having a detachable dispenser containing an oral care material. In one embodiment, the dispenser may include a housing; an internal reservoir for containing a fluid and a dispensing orifice for dispensing the fluid; a first cam surface, the first cam surface being non-rotatable with respect to the housing; a reciprocator comprising an actuator, a drive screw, and a second cam surface, the reciprocator being rotatable with respect to the housing; an elevator forming a transverse end wall of the reservoir, the elevator being non-rotatable with respect to the housing and threadily coupled to the drive screw; wherein rotation of the actuator causes the elevator to (1) axially advance, and (2) axially reciprocate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo Jimenez, Sharon Kennedy, Robert Moskovich, John Gatzemeyer, Alan Sorrentino, Michael Rooney, Joseph Fattori
  • 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
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20130279965
    Abstract: An application material extruding container has a filling member including a filling area filled with an application material, a piston inward inserted to the filling member in a rear end of the filling area, and a hole portion arranged in the filling member. A front end surface of the piston is arranged in front of a rear end of an opening of the hole portion when the piston is at a backward moving limit, and a part of the application material is flowed out of the filling area while passing through the hole portion. When the piston is assembled in the filling member, the piston is inward inserted to the filling member while securely discharging an air between the application material and the piston out of the filling area via the hole portion, until the application material is flowed out of the filling area via the hole portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Yoshikazu TANI
  • Patent number: 8534950
    Abstract: A toothbrush with an integral toothpaste dispenser has a handle portion and a toothbrush portion. A commercially available toothpaste tube is opened at one end and contained within a central aperture of the handle of the integral toothbrush. Toothpaste from the toothbrush tube is discharged into a channel contained within the toothbrush portion and exits between the toothbrush bristles through a non-return valve positioned close to a bristle exit aperture. Toothpaste is squeezed by upward movement of a pedestal supporting the toothpaste tube when the user turns a knob on the bottom of the handle. The toothpaste tube is supported by a vertical support tube within the central aperture of the handle, producing an accordion-like, uniform, progressive toothpaste tube collapse. The non-return valve is only open during toothpaste delivery and thereby prevents toothpaste spills. The close proximity between the toothpaste exit aperture and the non-return valve enables the toothpaste to remain moist between brushings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Inventor: Joy P. Sylvester
  • Patent number: 8534948
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a cam path and a mating guide pin to provide a closed position or an open position for the dispenser. The dispenser is selectively rotatable causing the mating guide pin to travel along a cam path to rotate between slanted, unslanted, and slanted downward positions. The mating guide pin in the cam path causes the open position to allow product delivery and causes the closed position to provide a seal to prevent product leakage. In an implementation, the dispenser is selectively guidable along a helical guide slot to an upward position for product application and to a downward position to retract the applicator. When the dispenser is selectively rotatable along the helical guide slot to a retracted position, the dispenser is in a stored state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: HCT Asia Ltd
    Inventors: Timothy Thorpe, Luis Alviar
  • Publication number: 20130223914
    Abstract: The invention relates to an application device for a cosmetic product comprising:—a holding member,—an application member having a surface for application of the product, and—a heating electric element. According to the invention, the heating electric element is formed of at least one resistor mounted on a printed circuit positioned, at least in part, facing or in contact with the application member, and the surface area of the orthogonal projection of the resistor on a plane defined by the printed circuit is less than or equal to 10 mm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventor: Nicolas Duru
  • 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: 8500352
    Abstract: The present invention is a mechanically operating device used for packaging and applying a product. A molded product traverses through a barrel as an actuator sleeve is rotated. The actuator sleeve rotates an actuator, propelling a driver through the barrel. The driver is keyed into the barrel using a clutch washer—the clutch washer prevents the rotation of the driver. Mechanical actuating splines on the actuator engage the threads of the driver. The forward motion of the driver transversely pushes a cup out from an orifice of the barrel. The molded product is fitted within the cup. A cap is hermetically sealed to a barrel to create dynamic vapor chamber that prevents any contamination or alteration of the molded product. Primary and secondary seals between the barrel and the cap as well as between the cup and the barrel maintain the airtight feature of the dynamic vapor chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: The Spatz Corporation
    Inventors: James Edward Messersmith, David Scott Patrick
  • 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: 20130114991
    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: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: ALLEN & THOMAS COSMETIC ACCESSORIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: LI-MEI LIU
  • Publication number: 20130108353
    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: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: AVON PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventor: Arvind N. Shah
  • Patent number: 8425138
    Abstract: A dispenser for spreadable foodstuffs and other spreadable substances allowing for spreading without the need for additional utensils not a part of the packaging is disclosed. The dispenser may rapidly switch between different disposable cartridges. Part of the dispenser is designed for an extended useful lifetime while the spreadable product is delivered in a disposable container. The dispenser can also be used to measure precise amounts of spreadable foodstuff and other spreadable products without the use of any additional measuring devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Innovation Consumer Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Francis Kiss deVirag, Ileen Rosner, Jonathan Rosner, Alexander Sterling Wise
  • Patent number: 8342767
    Abstract: A toothpaste dispensing toothbrush includes a handle, a brush head section, and a plunger assembly passed through a proximal opening of the handle and rotatably interfitted within a threaded axial bore. A body of toothpaste is attached to the plunger assembly wherein a leading portion of the toothpaste body is linearly ingressed into the brush head section when the plunger assembly is rotated along a first arcuate direction defined about a centrally oriented longitudinal axis of the threaded axial bore. In this manner, a trailing portion of the toothpaste body is retracted from the outlet and returned upstream along the brush head section when the plunger assembly is rotated along a second arcuate direction defined about the centrally oriented longitudinal axis. The first arcuate direction is opposite to the first arcuate direction so that the plunger assembly can be rotated in clockwise and counter directions respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Inventor: Joy P. Sylvester
  • Patent number: 8328447
    Abstract: When rotating a main body tube and an operation tube in a disclosed container toward a first direction, a moveable screw tube advances a predetermined amount. When further rotating toward the first direction, a screwing part urges a moving body forward. A female thread of the screwing part in the moveable screw tube is radially outwardly expandable via a slit. When the moveable screw tube advances toward the first direction, the outer diameter of the front end part is restricted and expansion thereof is prevented. When further rotating toward the first direction and the screwing part urges the moving body forward, expansion of the front end part and the female thread of the screwing part may be suppressed. Accordingly, the screwing part reliably exerts screw function when the moving body advances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Tokiwa Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Patent number: 8328448
    Abstract: A hardware hole filling device featuring a tube having an inner cavity for holding a filling; a tip disposed on the first end of the tube; a tip nozzle removably attached to the tip of the tube; a removably screw cap for covering the tip nozzle; and a riser mechanism functioning to push the filling from the inner cavity of the tube to the tip nozzle, the riser mechanism involves a threaded riser shaft, a riser threaded on the riser shaft, and a shaft base, the riser shaft can be moved in a first direction and a second direction by twisting the shaft base causing the riser to moved upwardly and downwardly, respectively, on the riser shaft, when the riser is moved upwardly the filling in the inner cavity of the tube is pushed to the tip nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Inventor: Randall S. Hufnagel
  • 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: 8277137
    Abstract: To generate a sense of click according to the movement of a moving member, reset screwing sections to screw in when a screwing action of the screwing sections is released, and reduce the number of components. In a container 100, when a main body cylinder 2 and an operation cylinder 3 are relatively rotated in an extending direction and relatively rotated in a retracting direction, a female screw member 5 and a moving member 4 relatively rotate, the moving member 4 moves forward and moves backward according to a screwing action of screwing sections 8, and click teeth 54 and 64 also relatively rotate in synchronization with each other. Since an elastic body 61 urges the click teeth 64 toward the click teeth 54, a sense of click is given when the moving member 4 moves forward and moves backward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Tokiwa Corporation
    Inventor: Yasuhiro Sawata