Abstract: The present invention pertains to a drawing pen for applying viscous coating materials, with an essentially cylindrical grip part, a storage chamber arranged in the front section of the grip part for a cartridge containing the coating material, and a valve device arranged at the front end of the grip part, which is in flow connection with the interior space of the cartridge and has an application point for the coating material.

Abstract: According to the invention the packing container, which is shaped as a cartridge (1) having diverging wall openings (5), has at its rear end, which is equipped with a collar (4) for insertion in an application handle (A), an insertion region of larger cross section for a piston (10) which is adapted to the front smaller cross section of the cartridge, with an air-pervious perforation contact between piston sealing surface and inner wall of the region (9) of larger cross section, the end of which region is closed by a membrane (15) which can be pierced by a piston rod (16) of the application handle (A).

Abstract: A knocking type solid cosmetics container which comprises a container main body 1 comprising; a cylindrical pushrod housing pipe 6 inserted in the container main body 1; a delivery chuck 9 fixedly provided on a front end of the pushrod housing pipe 6, a pushrod 3 inserted into the pushrod housing pipe 6 and the delivery chuck 8; a tubular cartridge 2; and a piston 16 contained in the cartridge 2.

Abstract: A toothbrush which dispenses paste has a hollow stem with a bristled head, open bottom and discharge aperture at the bristled head. A cartridge for containing the paste is attachable to the open bottom. A hollow pump piston is disposed in the hollow stem and is slidable between an open and closed position. A button extends through the stem and engages with the pump piston such that when the button is pressed, the pump piston simultaneously moves to the open position and dispenses paste and when the button is released, the pump piece simultaneously moves to the closed position and seals the toothpaste inside the toothbrush.

Abstract: A liquid container comprising: a holder sleeve; a cylinder for forming a pressurized chamber, said cylinder being axially movable; a cylinder cam for axially moving said cylinder by rotating said holder sleeve; and projections axially movable between said holder sleeve, said cylinder being engaged with said cylinder cam. The liquid contained in the container can be supplied to a liquid applicator means not only by pushing in a push button provided at the bottom of the container but also by rotating the holder sleeve.

Abstract: An apparatus for a hair dye applicator is provided which includes a hollow tubular housing with screw-threadably removable caps on both longitudinal ends thereof. One of the caps includes a centrally located outlet through which a hollow stem of an integrally formed nozzle unit is fitted. A manually actuable piston is provided within the tubular housing and includes an actuator member longitudinally slidable along the length of and external to the tubular housing. To ensure that the piston does not axially rotate within the tubular housing during a longitudinal sliding motion thereof, a protruding track is longitudinally provided on the inner wall of the tubular housing and mates with a corresponding recess of the piston. A liner such as a disposable plastic bag is provided within the tubular housing above the piston for receiving a hair dispensable product therein. The screw-threaded end caps confine the contents of the applicator during use thereof.

Abstract: A tool for applying mastic (mud) to drywalls during the installation thereof. The tool has a quick opening feature for cleaning or manually filling a cavity with mastic. The tool is pivotally connected on the end of a handle with a controlled friction. A double-edged blade shapes the mastic as it is applied to the wall. The blade may be reversed when one edge becomes nicked or otherwise unusable.

Abstract: A dispensing pen includes a cylindrical body formed with a conically tapered forward end, with the forward end including a spherical or brush applicator. The cylindrical body includes an end cap threadedly mounted thereon, with the end cap housing a piston, with the piston biased within the cylindrical body to effect pressurizing of a fluid reservoir contained within the cylindrical body to direct such fluid through the applicator brush or spherical member of the applicator. The pressurizing piston mounted within the end cap includes a biasing means and a regulator to maintain pressurizing of the fluid, wherein alternatively, the piston includes a piston body that is externally threaded mounted within an internally threaded interior wall of the end cap to effect pressurizing of the reservoir.

Abstract: A cleaning tool for the removal of debris and subsequent cleaning of lug nuts for a wheel includes an elongate handle removably mounted to a socket, wherein the socket includes a cylindrical or alternatively, a conical configuration to receive an associated lug nut therewithin. Rotation of the socket effects a cleaning of an associated lug nut.

Abstract: A hair shampoo stimulator device is provided and consists of a rectangular frame slightly curved downwardly zigzag supports are affixed to and extend across the narrow portion of the frame in spaced apart relationships. Firm bristles are affixed to and face downwardly on each support. A shampoo solution dispenser is on the frame for dispensing the shampoo solution directly to a scalp of a person so that the bristles will foam the shampoo solution and massage the scalp to stimulate the hair roots.

Abstract: A fountain toothbrush is provided including a bristle tufted end and a handle end and an elongated toothpaste reservoir also is provided including opposite ends selectively supportively engagable with the handle end of toothbrush. The handle of the toothbrush is equipped with a manually actuatable pump for pumping toothpaste from the handle end, through the handle and into a predetermined area between adjacent bristle tufts of the toothbrush. In a first position of the reservoir the pump is operable to withdraw toothpaste from the reservoir and pump the toothpaste to the bristle end of the brush and in a second position of the reservoir the latter is operable to receive a renewal supply of toothpaste from a collapsible toothpaste tube.

Abstract: The invention provides a unit for cleaning, brushing, scouring, polishing and the like, comprising a handle terminating with a head, the head having a cleaning body extending from a surface thereof and a throughgoing aperture, and the unit further comprising an external paste-containing holder having a paste-dispensing nozzle, the handle and the holder having means for interlocking engagement with the dispensing nozzle in engagement with the aperture, for release of paste from the holder via the head to the cleaning body.

Abstract: A filling toothbrush having a hollow handle providing a supply space for toothpaste. A toothpaste dischage aperture is provided on the outer end of the handle beneath the bristles. A conduit inside the handle connects the aperture to the supply space at the inner end of the handle where a pump forces toothpaste through the conduit. The supply space has a cross-section increasing toward the pump in two stages provided by a first cylinder and a second cylinder within the handle. A piston within said first cylinder moves downwardly to push toothpaste toward the pump at the inner end of the handle. The second cylinder has a piston in the form of a ring having a width sufficient to span the difference in diameters of the first and second cylinders. An inwardly projecting flange on the ring piston is engaged by the first piston as it moves toward the pump and the two pistons then move in unison to expel toothpaste from the second cylinder.

Abstract: A first method repairs the conductor traces of a printed circuit board assembly and includes the steps of first locating and isolating a break in an existing conductor trace. After the brake is isolated, an extrusion of a conductive resin material is applied, utilizing an extrusion delivery system. The conductive resin is then cured, hardening the conductive resin. A second method reworks the conductor traces of the printed circuit board assembly. This method severs an existing conductor path between existing electrical elements on the printed circuit board assembly and builds a conductor path to form a new connection. The method includes the steps of severing the conductor trace extending between the leads of a first and a second electrical element. Next, utilizing an extrusion delivery system, a conductive resin is extruded onto the printed circuit board assembly between the lead of the first electrical element and the lead of a third electrical element.

Abstract: An apparatus wherein an elongate, coaxially aligned housing is defined by a first chamber mounting a floor adjacent a lower terminal end of the housing, with the floor including a chamber floor underlying the floor, and a removable lid for rotatably mounting a dental floss spool therewithin. A piston is slidably mounted overlying and spaced from the floor to define a toothpaste chamber therebetween, wherein the piston mounts a dispensing boss, including a plurality of ports, wherein a plurality of spaced, parallel rails are diametrically mounted on the piston spaced from the dispensing boss, with a recess positioned within a top surface of the piston for receiving an upper terminal end of the toothbrush therebetween to position the toothbrush in alignment with the dispensing boss. A second chamber is fixedly mounted coextensively with the housing adjacent a side wall thereof for receiving the toothbrush therewithin.

Abstract: A dentifrice dispensing toothbrush is described which locks itself to prevent further pumping of dentifrice material when its replaceable supply cartridge is empty. The self locking mechanism eliminates the formation of voids in the material and consequent pump failure when the spent cartridge is replaced with a new one and material pumped therefrom. The toothbrush also includes a detachable brush head which is slidable to various positions to enhance cleaning after it is used.

Abstract: A fluid applicator has a rotatable handle attached to a handle on a fluid reservoir and a plunger which forces chemical from the fluid reservoir through an applicator tip for applying chemical to selected strands of hair.

Abstract: A toothbrush and toothpaste system utilizing a container for the toothpaste which includes a chamber having a movable piston within the same. A spline is generally centrally located within the chamber with the movable piston circumjacently located relative to the spline. The piston is intended to contact toothpaste which is loaded within the chamber. The pistons movement is biased in one direction along the line. A head is connected to the container and includes a bristle structure usable as a toothbrush. The head includes a passageway which communicates with the adjacent chamber of the container and the bristle structure of the head. A valve separated by movement of the spline opens the passageway permitting communication between the chamber and the bristle structure. Springs means is also included for closing the valve relative to the container. The piston continually moves along the spline during the delivery of toothpaste to the bristle structure in only one direction within the chamber of the container.

Abstract: This invention discloses an adjustable apparatus for spreading mortar onto bricks or blocks. The apparatus utilizes augers and is readily adjusted to extrude beads of mortar onto the proper portions of bricks/blocks having different widths. A trowel member is provided on the extrusion ports to smooth the beads of mortar. The apparatus includes a lid member that contains water for wetting the mortar. The weight of the lid member containing water also helps urge the mortar out of the hopper through the extrusion ports. Mortar gate plate members to regulate flow of mortar through the extrusion ports are also provided.

Abstract: A liquid container comprising a main member, a cylinder and a container body. The main member has a barrel, a head fitted in an upper portion of the barrel, a discharge section provided at an upper end of the head, a passage cylinder communicating with the discharge section and extended downwardly into the upper portion of the barrel, a cylindrical piston formed at a lower end of the passage cylinder, and a resilient discharge valve in the passage cylinder. The cylinder is movably inserted into the barrel to be elevationally movably engaged with an outer surface of the lower portion of the passage cylinder and to be resiliently urged downwardly. The cylinder has a suction valve at a its lower end thereof. The container body is movably inserted into the barrel.

Abstract: A dispenser for viscous material, such as shoe polish, comprising a substantially cylindrical reservoir having near one reservoir end a filling discharge passage terminating in a distribution channel extending through a porous applicator. At least a part of the dispenser wall is deformable for pressing the filling out of the reservoir through the filling discharge passage into the distribution channel. The dispenser is characterized in that at the other end of the reservoir (16,24), there is provided a follower piston (6,28) which, while confining the filling at the discharge end of the reservoir, under the influence of a force exerted axially on the piston body (6,24), is movable stepwise in the direction of the filling discharge passage (9,29). The dispenser is further provided with pumping means operative upon deformation of the deformable portion (3,34) of the dispenser wall (2,25), which portion is resilient.

Abstract: A package cosmetic product includes container structure that has application surface structure at one end, dispensing structure at the opposite end that is movable towards the application surface structure, and gelled cosmetic material disposed in the container between the dispensing structure and the application surface structure. The application surface structure has an application surface with an array of dispensing ports, each port being at the end of and in direct communication with an elongated distribution passage. The array of distribution passages is defined by an interconnected array of elongated divider webs shaped to provide each distribution passage with a flared entrance port and a relieved dispensing port region at the application surface.

Abstract: A liquid container comprising: a shaft; a fixed cylinder including a discharge valve and provided on an upper end of the shaft; a liquid supply means provided on an upper end of said fixed cylinder; a liquid receiving means provided in the shaft and slidable with respect to the shaft; a movable cylinder including a suction valve, said movable cylinder being fitted in an upper end of the liquid receiving means and slidable with respect to said fixed cylinder; springs for rearwardly biasing the movable cylinder; and a push button provided at a lower end of the shaft.

Abstract: A manually-operated dispenser for user-controlled discharge of an internally-stored fluid includes a variable length assembly normally driven to its maximum longitudinal extension for fluid-tightly closing a fluid discharge opening and a vent opening disposed at opposite ends of an elongated housing, a piston bounding an end of an internal fluid reservoir and operatively movable along the housing for volumetrically reducing the reservoir and for driving stored fluid toward and through the discharge opening, and an actuator assembly manually operable by the user for causing controlled foreshortening of the variable length assembly whereby the fluid discharge and vent openings are concurrently opened permitting the forced discharge of a correspondingly controlled volume of stored fluid.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a toilet implement in which a shaft is rotated with respect to a piston member provided between the shaft and a liquid supply means whereby a cylinder is moved up and down to supply a liquid from a container body within a lower portion of the shaft into the liquid supply means. A leakage of liquid caused by the inadvertent advancement of a bottom of the container body which has been a disadvantage encountered in conventional toilet implements can be prevented.

Abstract: A makeup liquid container with an applicator includes: a container body 1 having a barrel portion 8 and an open neck portion 6; a cap 4 designed to be screwed to the open neck portion 6 of the container body 1; a squeezing sleeve 3 fitted in the open neck portion 6 of the container body 1; and an applicator shaft 5 extended downward from the cap 4 into the container body 1 through the squeezing sleeve 3. A stirrer 9,91 is rotatably disposed in the barrel portion 8 in sliding contact with the inner surface of the barrel portion 8. An engaging device provides a driving connection between the cap 4 and the stirrer 9, 91 in such a manner that the stirrer 9, 91 is rotated when the cap 4 is rotated in the screwing and/or unscrewing direction and that the driving connection between the cap 4 and the stirrer 9,91 is dismissed whtn the applicator shaft 5 is extracted from the container body 1.

Abstract: A measuring and dispensing device for shortening and similar semi-solid materials. The device includes a scoop having a tubular body with an inner surface, the scoop being open at both ends and having a handle. A plunger is closely receivable in one end of the tubular body and is movable to displace semi-solid material from the other end of the tubular body. Measurement gradations are provided on either the tubular body or the plunger, the tubular body preferably being transparent. The scoop may be filled with shortening, the excess being cut off with a knife or similar object, and the plunger then inserted to simultaneously measure and displace the desired amount of semi-solid material. To spread semi-solid material on a surface such as a cookie sheet or casserole, a flexible perforated cap is provided which is removably attachable to the opposite end of the tubular body.

Abstract: An implement for applying a liquid comprises a container having an opening at its front end, a front tube attached to the container forward end, a hollow accommodating member having a chamber in its interior and formed with a rearward communication hole and a forward communication hole for holding the chamber in communication with the interior of the container and the interior of the front tube respectively, a liquid feed member accommodated in the chamber and movable axially thereof, a biased end valve disposed inside the front tube providing a liquid retaining portion inside the front tube around the end valve for closing the forward end opening of the front tube, and an applicator having a capillary action extending through the forward end opening of the front tube and secured to the front end of the end valve.

Abstract: A container type toilet implement has a container, and a bottom cover provided liquidtightly and elevationally movable at the lower portion of the container, the bottom cover having air escape grooves. A cylinder is erected upward from a neck of the container. A suction is mounted in the lower portion of the cylinder. A piston is engaged at the lower portion thereof with the upper inside of the cylinder and disposed slidably telescopically in the cylinder. A spring member is disposed between the cylinder and the piston for urging the cylinder downwardly. An exhaust valve member has two elastic plates extending downwardly at a predetermined interval from an upper end cylindrical portion formed in the piston, the elastic plate having opposed bent parts in a ring shape substantially at the intermediate thereof. A rod valve is disposed below the exhaust valve member, and an exhaust valve body is formed at the lower portion of the elastic plate of the exhaust valve member.

Abstract: A container for storing and dispensing semi-soft sticklike food products, such as butter, oleomargarine, and the like can have the elements thereof oriented and re-oriented into positions that are most comfortable to the particular user. The container can be disassembled for easy cleaning.

Abstract: A hand-held colloidal solution applicator particularly suited for applying relatively viscous solutions such as gels and pastes to the hair comprises a generally cylindrical rigid container for receiving the hair treating solution and has opposed externally threaded ends. A comb-like applicator nozzle is threadedly received on one end of the container for properly placing and distributing the solution and a non-dispensing hair-parting wand having a cap portion is threadedly received on the other end of the container opposite the applicator end and has a central opening through the cap portion end wall. The hair-parting wand extends outwardly from the cap portion end wall parallel to the longitudinal axis of the container and is laterally offset from the central opening.

Abstract: A swab for collecting and removing material from small openings. The swab includes an absorbent tip attached to an elongated rod. The absorbent tip has an outer surface with at least one recess in which material is collected.

Abstract: An applicator apparatus (10) for coating the threaded end (201) of a section of pipe (200) with pipe dope (101) contained within an open receptacle (100); wherein, the applicator apparatus (10) includes a skirt member (13) having an outer peripheral portion (14) disposed adjacent the interior walls (102) of the receptacle (100) and a metering cup member (16) operatively associated with the skirt member (13) and having apertures sidewalls (19); wherein, the apertured sidewalls allow the metered passage of the pipe dope (101) from within the receptacle (100) onto the threaded end (201) of a pipe (200).

Abstract: An applicator particularly useful in making dental impressions, includes a barrel for containing a dental impression material, an ejector nozzle fixed to the barrel at one end through which the dental impression material is to be ejected, a plunger movable through the opposite end of the barrel for ejecting the dental impression material through the ejector nozzle, and a retractor adjacent to the tip of the ejector nozzle for retracting the gingival tissue at the time the dental impression material is ejected.

Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing metered amounts of a viscous material includes a rigid tube which defines a compartment for the material, a discharge passage at one end of the tube, a push button activated and reciprocatingly movable rod which moves back and forth between two positions in the tube, and a sealing plunger which moves step-wise on the rod, from the push button end to the discharge end. Each activation of the push button expels a metered amount of the viscous material. The plunger is formed of a short inner tube section which makes sealing contact with the rod, an outer tube section which is in sealing contact with the interior surface of the tube and a radially extending, ring-shaped, rib which connects the two sealing tubes to one another. In a preferred embodiment, the radial cross-section of the plunger exhibits and H-shape. A metallic gripper is secured to the plunger and has a free end which is inclined toward the rod.

Abstract: A liquid dispensing brush primarily used in dispensing liquid cleanser. The brush includes a reservoir which holds a predetermined amount of liquid cleanser and an arm with a longitudinal passage to deliver the cleanser from the reservoir to the head of the brush. The head of the brush comprises several sets of bristles and outlet means to allow the liquid cleanser to flow from the lingitudinal passage to the bristles. In order to effectuate the flow of liquid cleanser from the reservoir to the bristles, means are provided whereby the brush is tilted to raise the reservoir higher than the head of the brush. A cap, with a flexible clip for easy storage, provides the tilting necessary to effectuate fluid flow. In use, the brush is placed on a flat surface in the tilted position for a predetermined length of time to allow a sufficient amount of liquid cleanser to flow to the bristles.

Abstract: A manually-operated dispenser for user-controlled discharge of an internally-stored fluid includes a variable length assembly normally driven to its maximum longitudinal extension for fluid-tightly closing a fluid discharge opening and a vent opening disposed at opposite ends of an elongated housing, a piston bounding an end of an internal fluid reservoir and operatively movable along the housing for volumetrically reducing the reservoir and for driving stored fluid toward and through the discharge opening, and an actuator assembly manually operable by the user for causing controlled foreshortening of the variable length assembly whereby the fluid discharge and vent openings are concurrently opened permitting the forced discharge of a correspondingly controlled volume of stored fluid.

Abstract: A dispenser for pasty or flowable media comprises a container with a delivery opening, a piston displaceably guided in the container on the wall thereof and forming the lower seal for the filled material, as well as a guide part formed by the container wall on the otherside of the piston. To permit a portionwise or continuous delivery of the filled material, the container is provided on its guide poart with an axially parallel, downwardly open slot corresponding to the total stroke of the piston and a double-walled slide is provided for the displacement of the piston and which roughly corresponds to the slot length and whose two walls engage on the container wall externally or internally on either side of the slot and whose inner wall is connected at its upper end to the piston and at the lower end to the outer wall.

Abstract: This is a unit particularly suited for marking bingo cards and the like. The unit has an ink bottle that is attached to the user's arm. It also has an ink nib that delivers ink to a substrate such as a bingo card. A flexible tube permits the ink to flow from the bottle to the ink nib dispenser. The nib also is connected to the user's finger to a VELCRO Fastener or other suitable means.

Abstract: A disposable toothbrush comprises a toothbrush body having bristles, and a toothbrush back containing a dose of toothpaste. The toothpaste is isolated from the bristles by a protective film. A safety cap retains the toothbrush back separate from the toothbrugh body. Removal of the cap allows the back to approach the body, which causes tearing of the protective film and distribution of the toothpaste onto the bristles.

Abstract: In an applicator device for applying a material such as nail varnish, with a metering pump, provided separately from the feed duct through which the viscous material passes from the container therefor to an applicator member is a pressure compensating duct which can be communicated with a vent passage extending into the interior of the container, to compensate for variations in pressure within the container. A control valve controls both the communication of the interior of the container with the applicator member through the feed duct, and also the communication of the pressure compensating duct with the vent passage. The vent passage is adapted to be closed by a non-return valve opening towards the interior of the container.

Abstract: A container type toilet implement includes a container body, and a bottom cover provided liquid tightly and elevationally movable at the lower portion of the container. A cylinder is erected upward from a neck of the container. A suction valve is mounted in the lower portion of the cylinder. A piston is engaged at the lower portion thereof with the upper inside of the cylinder and disposed slidably telescopically in the cylinder. A spring member is disposed between the cylinder and the piston for urging the cylinder downwardly. An exhaust valve member has two elastic plates extending downwardly at a predetermined interval from an upper end cylindrical portion formed in the piston, the elastic plates having opposed bent parts in a ring shape substantially at the intermediate area thereof. A rod valve is disposed below the exhaust valve member, and an exhaust valve body is formed at the lower portion of the elastic plate of the exhaust valve member.

Abstract: An applicator 10 for crease setting composition comprises an applicator body 12 having at one end thereof a nozzle 14 for applying a crease setting composition to a crease line and at the other end thereof an inlet 26 for compressed air for forcing the composition out of the nozzle 14. Guidance projections 18, 42 are mounted beneath the body so as to guide the applicator nozzle 14 and cause it to deliver composition accurately into the crease. Guidance projections 18, 42 is operatively connected to a valve 2 in the compressed air circuit such that when the guidance projections 18, 42 contacts the garment to be treated pressure is applied to the composition and when the guidance projections are removed from the garment to be creased pressure is removed from the composition.

Abstract: A container type toilet implement comprises a container body, a cylinder and piston mechanism projected upwardly from the neck of said body, and a bottom cover elevationally movable at the lower end of the body for operating the cylinder and piston mechanism. An exhaust valve member is provided in the piston and cylinder mechanism. A brush tip retaining shaft is slidably engaged with the cylinder and piston mechanism, a brush tip is mounted at the tip retaining shaft, and inner hollow cylindrical core is disposed in the vicinity of the inner center of the tip for communicating at the lower end with the exhaust valve member. At least the brush tip retaining member is coated on its outer periphery except for the tip end of the brush tip. The container type toilet implement can prevent the liquid lotion from leaking.

Abstract: In a hand tool for the mixing and metered dispensing of a two-component mass, a container holding a solid component mass is mounted in a handgun-like shaped support member. A mixing chamber is aligned with and mounted on one end of the container for mixing the components of the mass. A motor in the support member drives a drive shaft extending axially through the container. A mixing worm is connected to the drive shaft and is located within the mixing chamber. A metering pump is located within the support member for delivering a liquid component of the mass from a tank. The metering pump is a hose pump powered by the drive shaft. A conveying helix is positioned on the drive shaft in the container. Accordingly, since the drive shaft powers the metering pump and the conveying helix, a fixed mixture ratio of the solid and liquid components is delivered into the mixing chamber independently of the quantity dispensed. The mixed components flow out of the mixing chamber through a dispensing nozzle.

Abstract: A fillable toothbrush provided with a handle containing a dispenser for toothpaste is disclosed. One end of the handle is provided with a stem through which a duct is provided from a storage chamber to an outlet adjacent to a brush arranged at the free end of the stem. An actuating element is provided at the end of the handle remote from the stem. When actuated, the actuating element moves a valve that closes off the storage chamber from the duct and pushes toothpaste through the duct to the brush. When the actuating element is released, the valve retracts and permits toothpaste in the storage chamber to flow into the duct. The dispenser toothbrush is of simple design and allows defined quantities of toothpaste to be dispensed in a reliable way.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying a liquid to a surface comprising an applicator and a body member. The applicator is secured to an end of the body member, the body member defining a reservoir for housing a fluid. The body member includes a piston member for exerting a force on the fluid in the reservoir, and two channels, a first channel being in fluid communication with a channel in the applicator and a second channel being in fluid communication with an area outside the body member. The body member further including a valve for allowing fluid communication between the reservoir and either the first channel or second channel. An additional one-way valve which can be manually deactivated may be included in the second channel.

Abstract: A dispenser for shoe polish is disclosed comprising a cylindrical housing having a closed end and an open end. An applicator is mounted on the closed end and a manually-movable piston is mounted within the housing. The interior of the housing between the piston and the closed end constitutes a material-receiving space, the length of which is substantially equal to the length of the piston. The peripheral wall of the housing includes an axial finger-receiving slot extending inwardly from the open end of the housing for a distance slightly less than the length of the piston.

Abstract: A shoe polishing kit comprises polish storage structure including first sidewalls defining inside walls and including a base closing member disposed at one end of the first sidewalls. Polish is disposed in the polish storage structure. An orifice is defined proximate to said polish. Support structure is secured about the orifice and is adapted to support a member in the orifice. A matrix is configured and dimensioned to be supported by the support structure within the orifice with a portion of the matrix extending from the orifice. A cap structure is associated with the support structure and is secured thereto, covering the matrix. The plunger structure is positioned adjacent the other end of the first sidewalls. A shoe polishing rag containing compartment is secured to the cap structure. The orifice is defined in the first sidewalls, and the compartment is disposed on a side of the closing member which is opposite the plunger structure.

Abstract: A cosmetic pencil containing a cosmetic mass in a thin pencil lead-like configuration. The pencil has a cosmetic mass or crayon-containing sheath and the cosmetic mass may be metered from the pencil by moving a gripping disk inwardly with respect to the sheath. This is done by turning the sheath, by moving it inwardly with respect to the pencil or by pushing a button at the back of the pencil. The mass is forced out of the sheath in a small, metered amount. The cosmetic mass may be cast in the sheath.