Apertured Tool Patents (Class 401/265)
  • 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: 8573874
    Abstract: A cosmetic applicator formed from ceramic material covered in a metal sheath. The tip is designed to provide a product chilling effect when applying creams, lotions, treatment products, etc. The applicator is provided with a relatively substantial mass of ceramic material so that it has a greater thermal capacity than the dose of cosmetic and the application area combined. The applicator is in the form of a molded-ceramic applicator head or applicator tip sheathed, coated or plated in metal. The tip provides a relatively larger product-chilling effect to both the dose of cosmetic applied and to the user's skin in the application area when applying creams, lotions, treatment products, etc. The applicator provides an application device which will deliver the creams, lotions, treatment products, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: ELC Management, LLC
    Inventor: Charles P. Neuner
  • Publication number: 20130279967
    Abstract: The invention relates to a nozzle for paste-like masses with a housing which has an upper shell and a lower shell which delimit an inner space that broadens from an inlet opening in the direction of nozzle openings. To apply pasty-like material onto a surface reproducibly and in a desired pattern and quantity, the nozzle openings are delimited by a replaceable replacement insert arranged between the upper shell and the lower shell, and the nozzle openings are openable or closable by a closing element movable along the outer side of the upper or the lower shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventor: Andreas OTTO
  • 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: 8523467
    Abstract: The present invention is directed generally to building tools that are high quality, durable, and in some case lightweight. For example, various tools may made by forming multiple sections into a single integrated piece by, for example, casting the parts using a molding process so as to reduce manufacturing cost and increase the structural durability of the tool. Further, various tools may be made, at least in part, using a material including magnesium to reduce the weight of the tool. Still further, various tools may be made using one or more protective coatings for protecting various metals against corrosion, for example, using a high impact coating such as paint covered with a clear coat of lacquer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Inventor: Scott A. Murray
  • Patent number: 8523475
    Abstract: An oral care dispenser and oral care system incorporating the system that includes a resilient applicator that optimizes application of the subject fluid to the desired oral surfaces. In one embodiment, the invention is a dispenser comprising a housing having an internal reservoir containing the fluid. The resilient applicator is coupled to the housing and comprises a dispensing orifice. The resilient applicator comprises a working surface that is oriented at an oblique angle to a longitudinal axis of the housing and is defined by a polygonal perimeter edge, the polygonal perimeter edge comprising a plurality of apex portions and a plurality of side portions, wherein one of the plurality of side portions forms a distal most-portion of the resilient applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Eduardo J. Jimenez, Joseph E. Fattori
  • Patent number: 8517622
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a multi-layered tip and a housing having a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetic product or a medicinal product. The multi-layered tip comprises a translucent outer tip molded about an opaque inner tip. Both the translucent outer tip and the opaque inner tip may be formed of materials that are suitable for an injection over-mold manufacturing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: HCT Asia Ltd
    Inventors: Adrian C. Apodaca, Timothy Thorpe
  • 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: 20130108349
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a thermal storage tip and a housing having a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetics product or a medicinal product. The thermal storage tip comprises a material that is capable of storing and retaining thermal energy during application of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2012
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Applicant: HCT PACKAGING, INC.
    Inventor: HCT Packaging, Inc.
  • 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: 8419307
    Abstract: Described are methods comprising applying a liquid pharmaceutical testosterone composition with an implement comprising a support and a receptacle mounted on the support and defining a reservoir space with an open top to receive the liquid, wherein the receptacle includes a flexible membrane integrally forming a base and a wall, the wall being substantially transverse to the base and having a working surface to spread the liquid over the treatment surface, wherein the base has a continuous surface such that liquid cannot pass through the base, wherein the wall includes an inner portion which extends from the base to an upper end and an outer skirt portion, wherein the inner portion and skirt portion form a double-wall structure, and wherein at least the wall is resiliently deformable so the working surface maintains contact with the treatment surface when spreading the liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Acrux DDS Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Bayly, Mark Simon Bayly, Magnus Ahlstrom, Adam Charles Watkinson
  • Patent number: 8407879
    Abstract: In a method for assembling a dispenser/applicator, a closure/applicator is assembled over an applicator body. The applicator body contains a body of personal care product. A seal is applied over the closure/applicator. A cap is assembled over the closure/applicator. The closure/applicator may be installed with a plurality of pins protruding through apertures in the closure/applicator. The pins may guide an end of an elevator screw into a complementary boss of the closure/applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Plastek Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: John S. Glaspell
  • Patent number: 8403584
    Abstract: A dispensing opening plate for applicators for cosmetic preparations. The plate comprises at least one dispensing opening that comprises one or more teeth or prongs which extend from an inner wall of the opening into a center of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Beiersdorf AG
    Inventors: Klaus-Peter Stange, Stefan Ruester, Stefan Biel, Sabine Ripke
  • Patent number: 8360672
    Abstract: A tool for applying finish compound to a structural member is disclosed. The tool includes a conduit, a handle and a finish-compound receiving member. The conduit may include a single discharge hose or may include a plurality of discharge hoses. The handle may include a first support and a second support acting as a grip for a user to grasp the tool. The handle may further include at least one hole formed in the handle to receive the conduit. The finish-compound receiving member may include a finish-compound receiving surface having at least one opening formed therein. The conduit leads from a pump that is in communication with a reservoir of finish compound to the at least one hole in the handle. The handle also includes a hollow interior, such that finish compound is pumped through the conduit into the hollow interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Inventor: William Troy Stubbs
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8308389
    Abstract: An apparatus for use when applying a compound from a dispensing tube comprises: a receptacle; a plurality of retaining rings mechanically coupled to the receptacle for attaching the apparatus to the dispensing tube; an application blade secured within the receptacle for contacting the compound being dispensed during application; optionally, a handle mechanically coupled on an opposite side of the receptacle from the plurality of retaining rings; and, optionally, at least one retaining clip for securing at least one of the plurality of retaining rings around a nozzle tip of the dispensing tube. Such apparatus and related methods facilitate initial application of the compound in an evenly distributed and desired topographical manner without requiring subsequent smoothing and/or shaping steps after contact of the compound with a surface to which it is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Inventor: David Chen Yu
  • Patent number: 8297869
    Abstract: A packaging and applicator device for applying at least one cosmetic composition, the device including: a reservoir containing the composition to be dispensed; an applicator head that is secured to the reservoir at least during application, the head presenting an application face for coming into contact with the region to be treated, and including at least one cavity that opens out into the application face; and at least one feed channel for supplying composition to the application face; the applicator head including at least one portion that is cantilevered-out as far as the periphery of the applicator head, and that defines the application face at least in part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Patent number: 8292535
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a thermal storage tip and a housing having a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetics product or a medicinal product. The thermal storage tip comprises a material that is capable of storing and retaining thermal energy during application of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: HCT Asia Ltd.
    Inventor: Timothy Thorpe
  • Patent number: 8282303
    Abstract: A liquid applicator 1 is provided with a liquid pressing mechanism (liquid pressing means) 6 for pressurizing an application liquid 4 within a main body 2, and supplies an applying part 10 at a front end of the main body with the application liquid 4 by pressing of the liquid pressing mechanism 6, wherein the applying part 10 is made of an elastic material, is formed with a communication channel 24 for connecting inside and outside of the main body, and is provided with an application portion 10a so as to further protrude to the front side from an ejection port 24a of the communication channel 24, and in the application portion 10a, a portion 3 (mm) from a front end thereof has a vertical-direction repulsion force of 0.01 to 1.40 (N), resulting that it is possible to provide a liquid applicator with an appropriate hardness and bending elastic force, having no application unevenness and good application characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Pencil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Umeno, Mitsuru Endou, Tetsuaki Akaishi, Hiroaki Koyama
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20120219348
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a substance has a variable-volume storage chamber for storing the product. A dispensing portion is coupled in fluid communication with the storage chamber for receiving substance therefrom, and an outlet aperture coupled in fluid communication with the bore. A one-way valve includes a valve seat and a flexible valve cover seated on the valve seat and defining a normally-closed fluid-tight seal between the valve cover and valve seat. The flexible valve cover is movable relative to the valve seat to allow the passage of substance out of the dispenser. The dispenser further comprises a manually-engageable actuator for moving between first and second positions to dispense substance through the outlet aperture, and an integral, dome-shaped spring for biasing in a direction from one of the first and second positions toward the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Inventors: Daniel Py, Julian Chan, David Fellows, Eric E. Hartman, Bing He
  • Patent number: 8240935
    Abstract: A method of producing a dispenser for a viscous substance comprising forming a barrel having a top surface with plurality of apertures at one end, directly molding a thermoplastic seal unit onto said top surface, said thermoplastic flowing into said plurality of apertures during molding to form a seal unit having a substantially planar section and a plurality of depending projections. The seal unit can be removable and usually not replaceable after each use of the dispenser. The seal unit can have pull tabs for the easy removal of the seal unit. This seal unit provides a positive seal for the lotion or gel substance that is to be dispensed from the barrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Andrew Yuhas
  • Patent number: 8240934
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a substance, such as a liquid lipstick or other cosmetic, pharmaceutical or cosmeceutical product, has a body with a variable-volume storage chamber for storing the product. A dispensing portion is connected with the body and a one-way valve for dispensing amounts of product therethrough. The dispensing portion defines a compression chamber in fluid communication with the storage chamber for receiving product therefrom, and an outlet aperture coupled in fluid communication with the compression chamber. The one-way valve has a valve seat, and a visco-elastic valve cover seated on the valve seat and defining a normally-closed, axially-extending seam therebetween forming a fluid-tight seal between the valve cover and valve seat. The flexible valve cover is movable relative to the valve seat, and the seam is connectable in fluid communication with the outlet aperture to allow the passage of product through the seam and out of the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Py, Julian V. Chan, Giovanni Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 8226317
    Abstract: Personal gel soap dispensers include a container, for example, having a size similar to a bar of hand soap or body soap, a quantity of gel soap in the container in an interior hollow space of the container, and at least one through opening, for example, a plurality of through openings extending from an interior hollow space of the container through the container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Inventor: Frank J. Uxa, Jr.
  • Patent number: 8226318
    Abstract: A cosmetic dispenser, comprising: an integral thermoplastic container body, comprising an integral wall, a molded thermoplastic neck, adapted for engaging a cap, and an inner support extending therefrom; and an overmolded thermoplastic elastomer applicator, adhered outside the inner support, wherein an aperture communicates from the container body, through the neck and inner support, and through the elastomeric applicator. The neck and inner support are preferably formed by compression molding a tube, or by injection molding integral with the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Inventor: Douglas Williams
  • Patent number: 8206050
    Abstract: An elongate container includes a cylindrical chamber having an opening at one end of the container. A collar is affixed to the elongate container, and a threaded rod is axially disposed within the cylindrical chamber and coupled to the collar. The collar is adapted to rotate the threaded rod relative to the elongate container. A piston is disposed within the cylindrical chamber and is threadingly engaged with the threaded rod. The piston includes a sealing ring adapted to circumferentially seal against an inner wall of the cylindrical chamber and at least two axially aligned ribs. The ribs are disposed on a side of the piston and seated against the inner wall of the cylindrical chamber. With this arrangement, rotation of the threaded rod causes translation of the piston in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: L'Oreal USA Products, Inc.
    Inventor: David Prague
  • Patent number: 8177449
    Abstract: An implement 1 for applying a volume of liquid to a treatment surface. The implement includes a support 3 onto which is mounted a receptacle 2, the receptacle defining a reservoir space 4 which receives the liquid. The receptacle includes a wall 6 having a working surface that is used to spread the liquid over the treatment surface. The wall 6 is resiliently deformable so in use the working surface maintains contact with the treatment surface when spreading the liquid. The implement has a specific application in applying a transdermal lotion to the axilla area of the user. A system for transdermal administration of a physiological active agent from a liquid composition and a method of conducting the transdermal administration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Acrux DDS Pty Ltd.
    Inventors: Peter Bayly, Mark Simon Bayly, Magnus Ahlstrom, Adam Charles Watkinson
  • Patent number: 8177450
    Abstract: An improved structure for a make-up pen with a function of vibration massage comprises an accommodating tube body, a discharging set, a cover, a shelter, a battery cover, an elastic element, a battery, a vibration motor, a tumbler switch, and a switch piece. The accommodating tube body comprises an outlet end, which has a discharging hole. The discharging set is disposed at the outlet end of the accommodating tube body; the cover is female-connected to the outlet end of the accommodating tube body one end of the switch piece is disposed at the tumbler switch and the other end is electrically connected to the battery, the switch piece is electrically connected to the vibration motor through the tumbler switch in order to turn on/off the vibration motor for massage and discharging make-up liquid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Chuen Chern Co. Ltd
    Inventor: Jun Zhang
  • Patent number: 8157467
    Abstract: The invention features a device for applying a fluid composition to the skin, said device including (i) a reservoir containing said composition, said composition including at least one tensioning polymer and (ii) a skin-contactable surface having at least one opening, wherein said device is adapted such that said fluid composition may be extruded from such reservoir to said skin-contacting surface through said at least one openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson Consumer Companies, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald P. Losier, Joseph Luizzi, Candelario A. Fernandez, Jr., Claudia Kaminski, Eduardo Ruvolo
  • Patent number: 8152397
    Abstract: A product replacement unit for a base stick module in particular of a cosmetic stick comprises a replacement housing with a reservoir in which a product, in particular a cosmetic product, is present in creamy, liquid or pasty form. An applicator is in a fluid connection with the reservoir, and a piston is guided for displacement in the replacement housing for feeding the product to the applicator. A piston connecting component is present on the piston for cooperating with a push rod connecting component of a piston push rod forming part of a feed device of the base stick module for extending the piston, wherein the piston push rod is formed to establish a push connection with the piston and is formed to be positioned on the side of the piston remote from the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: H & M Gutberlet GmbH
    Inventor: Detlev Gutberlet
  • Publication number: 20120057923
    Abstract: An ink application tool that conveniently allows users to accurately mark surfaces for cutting without the need for measurements. The present invention makes use of an applicator with a uniquely designed dispensing mechanism that allows users to evenly mark surfaces that need to be cut by outlining the object to be fitted into the cutout.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventor: Jonathon Carl PINTER
  • Patent number: 8057118
    Abstract: A dispenser has a barrel which is closed at one end by a base and has a plurality of apertures at the other end through which a viscous material such as a gel or lotion is dispensed. In one aspect, the invention can be a dispenser for a viscous substance comprising: a barrel having a base at a first end and an upper wall area having a plurality of apertures at a second end; a seal unit having a bottom surface with a plurality of projections depending from the bottom surface; and the seal unit positioned so that the bottom surface of the seal unit is in contact with the upper wall area of the barrel and the plurality of projections enter into the plurality of apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventor: Andrew Yuhas
  • Patent number: 8047735
    Abstract: Applicator tip for applying fast curing adhesive of low viscosity to a surface. The applicator tip comprises a body with an inner canal for feeding the adhesive to an orifice. Spikes in various shapes and placements are arranged around the orifice for preventing the orifice from contacting the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Henkel AG & Co., KGaA
    Inventors: Kenneth N. Broadley, Michael Mulvey, Nico Zinndorf
  • Patent number: 8007193
    Abstract: A dispenser for dispensing a substance, such as a pharmaceutical, ophthalmic, dermatological, cosmeceutical, cosmetic or other product, has a body with a variable-volume storage chamber for storing the product. A dispensing portion of the dispenser is connected with the body and has a compression chamber in fluid communication with the storage chamber for receiving substance therefrom, and an outlet aperture coupled in fluid communication with the compression chamber. A one-way valve of the dispenser includes an axially-extending valve seat and an axially-extending flexible valve cover seated on the valve seat and defining a normally-closed, axially-extending seam therebetween forming a fluid-tight seal between the valve cover and valve seat. The flexible valve cover is movable relative to the valve seat and the seam is connectable in fluid communication with the outlet aperture to allow the passage of substance through the seam and out of the dispenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Medical Instill Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel Py, Julian Chan, David Fellows, Eric E. Hartman, Bing He
  • Patent number: 8002487
    Abstract: A dispenser for spreadable foodstuffs or spreadable non-food substances allowing for spreading without the need for additional utensils that are not part of the packaging is disclosed. Dispenser is easily refilled with replaceable cartridges and designed to keep food away from air as contents are dispensed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Assignee: Innovative Consumer Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: Alexander Sterling Wise, Francis Kiss deVirag, Ileen Rosner, Jonathan Rosner
  • Publication number: 20110188920
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a multi-layered tip and a housing having a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetic product or a medicinal product. The multi-layered tip comprises a translucent outer tip molded about an opaque inner tip. Both the translucent outer tip and the opaque inner tip may be formed of materials that are suitable for an injection over-mold manufacturing process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Adrian C. Apodaca, Timothy Thorpe
  • Patent number: 7972075
    Abstract: To provide an applicator in which an application core does not become shaky or unstable even if force in a lateral direction is applied to an application portion of the application core during use, an applicator is provided with a container (1) having an accommodation portion (101) to accommodate a liquid material (10), and an application core (2) supported by a leading end inner portion of the container (1) from an outside and having a communication hole (23) communicated from an inside of the accommodation portion (101) and extending toward a leading end side, the container (1) has a guide tube (102) guiding the liquid material (10) toward a leading end side from an inside of the accommodation portion (101) to be inserted fitly to the communication hole (23) from a rear side, and the application core (2) is supported by the guide tube (102) from a rear side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Tokiwa Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiaki Tajima
  • Patent number: 7909527
    Abstract: A dispensing container for application of a fluid film forming substance to a surface, particularly a therapeutic film to a user's skin comprising a reservoir of a fluid film forming substance, a dispensing nozzle for the film forming substance, and a pump to send the substance from the reservoir through the dispensing nozzle. The dispensing nozzle comprises an elongate slot shaped aperture, and the dispensing container is adapted, particularly by a support extending from the side of the dispenser, so the nozzle can move adjacent to the surface in a direction transverse to the length direction of the slot whilst the substance is flowing through the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2011
    Assignee: Glaxo Group Limited
    Inventor: Timothy Paul King
  • Patent number: 7905673
    Abstract: An antiperspirant product comprising an antiperspirant composition and an applicator for storing and discharging the antiperspirant composition. The antiperspirant composition comprises an antiperspirant active. The applicator has a longitudinal axis and comprises a release system structured to facilitate discharge of the antiperspirant composition such that the antiperspirant composition discharges as a portion of a foam comprising a dispersion of gas bubbles in a continuous liquid medium comprising the antiperspirant active that is suspended or dissolved therein, and a skin-contacting surface structured to receive and retain the portion of the foam thereon such that the portion of the foam of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: David Frederick Swaile, Gene Michael Altonen, Christine Marie Putman
  • Patent number: 7901152
    Abstract: A dispensing device (1) comprising a reservoir (3) for storing a fabric cleaning fluid (9) having a viscosity of over 10 Pa.s at rest or under an applied stress of up to 10 Pa, one or more dispensing orifices (13) in fluid communication with the reservoir (3), a movable platform movable (11) by means of a screw mechanism (19), whereby rotation of a screw (21) advances the movable platform (11) against the stored, fabric cleaning fluid (9) thereby dispensing a metered dose of the cleaning fluid (9) from the reservoir (3) to be dispensed via the dispensing orifices (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: The Sun Products Corporation
    Inventors: John David Hines, Jane Elizabeth Ormond, Brian Arthur Steinhobel
  • Patent number: 7891899
    Abstract: To prevent leakage, excessive discharge and stagnation of a liquid material applied by an applicator, the applicator comprises a core member 2 having a hole portion 2a, a projection portion 2f and a communication hole 2j, an application member 3 made of an elastic material having a discharge hole 3f, and an inside space 4 between the front end side of the core member 2 and the application member 3, and structured such that the liquid material flows to the discharge hole 3f through a roundabout way via the hole portion 2a, the communication hole 2j and the inside space 4 to cause fluid resistance and that the front face of the projection portion 2f is close to or in contact with the discharge hole 3f to control discharge port of the liquid material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Tokiwa Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Tani
  • Patent number: 7883287
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a thermal storage tip and a housing having a reservoir for containing a product, such as a cosmetics product or a medicinal product. The thermal storage tip comprises a material that is capable of storing and retaining thermal energy during application of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2011
    Assignee: HCT Asia, Ltd
    Inventor: Timothy Thorpe
  • Patent number: 7878728
    Abstract: A viscous cosmetic product that realizes smooth application thereof to application target areas and that prevents liquid dripping thereof onto a surface of a viscous cosmetic substance container and is free from stickiness at use thereof, enabling clean use thereof. A viscous cosmetic substance containing 1.0 to 10.0 wt % of silicic anhydride is accommodated in a tubular accommodation part. A front edge wall of the accommodation part is furnished with one or more distribution ports for the viscous cosmetic substance, and an application face is provided outside the front edge wall. Furthermore, the accommodation part thereinside is fitted with an inner tray that enables pressing the viscous cosmetic substance accommodated in the accommodation part so as to enable the viscous cosmetic substance to be pushed outward through the distribution ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Shiseido Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mieko Nasu, Noriko Tomita
  • Patent number: 7871217
    Abstract: A pump dispenser has a large ergonomic actuator designed to ergonomically deliver a composition to a substrate in the consumer's hand without the consumer having to pick up the pump dispenser. The ergonomic design allows the composition to be delivered in a proper aspect ratio to the substrate. The composition can be delivered in such a way that the composition is not aerosolized into the air or delivered to an unintended surface. The method of delivery can be made intuitive to the consumer by providing an actuator skirt that suggests the pumping mechanism or by providing a depiction of a hand or substrate over the pump dispenser. The pump dispenser is also useful for compositions or substrates that are not stable together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: The Clorox Company
    Inventors: Timothy James Kennedy, Tami O'Connell
  • 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
  • Patent number: 7841793
    Abstract: A device for packaging and applying a cosmetic product includes a container holding the product. The container opens out via a product delivery passage into at least one opening surrounded by an outwardly concave surface designed to bear against a surface to be treated. The bearing surface is delineated by a continuous outer edge of elongated shape, of which the tangent at the level of the deepest portion forms an angle greater than 45° with the lengthwise axis of the product delivery passage. The opening facilitates the application of product on a surface to be treated, in the form of at least one predetermined motif.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: L'oreal
    Inventor: Marc Ramet
  • Patent number: 7832955
    Abstract: An apparatus to aid in the removal of ice buildup from motor vehicle windshields includes an ice scraper with an integral sprayer for dispensing de-icing solution. The handle of the ice scraper contains a reservoir filled with de-icing solution with a spray pump trigger, or battery-powered spraying system, for spraying fluid upon the windshield to aid in the de-icing process. A screw cap, located on the handle, is used to refill the invention when the reservoir is depleted. A detachable snow brush is also provided. The apparatus allows drivers in cold weather climates the ability to efficiently remove ice buildup from their vehicle windshield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Inventors: Lisa Leffew, Timothy Blacknik
  • Patent number: 7824123
    Abstract: An apparatus for use with an edible food dispenser has a nozzle, a spreader surface associated with the nozzle, and a cap for entirely covering the nozzle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Mack-Ray, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond A. Liberatore
  • Patent number: 7789582
    Abstract: An applicator device for a fluid, pasty, gel-like, wax-like or powder product, comprising an applicator having a working region, a first conveyor having a first conveyor element, a second conveyor having a second conveyor element, a first adjusting element and a second adjusting element which are rotatable relative to each other, wherein at least in a first operating position the first conveyor responds to rotation of the two adjusting elements relative to each other and at least in a second operating position the second conveyor responds to rotation of the two adjusting elements relative to each other, and actuation of the second conveyor causes axial displacement of the second conveyor element with respect to the first and second adjusting elements, more specifically by equal distances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Schwan-Stablio Cosmetics GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Guenther Babel, Britta Lorenz, Klaus Droegsler