Abstract: A medical system includes an insertion device including a handle and a delivery portion, a laser fiber, a conductive wire, and a lock. The laser fiber extends through the insertion device and is coupled to a laser slider to control a position of the laser fiber relative to a distal end of the delivery portion. The conductive wire extends through the insertion device and is coupled to a wire slider to control a position of the laser fiber relative to a distal end of the delivery portion. The lock is positioned within the handle and is movable in order to selectively lock either the movement of the laser slider or lock the movement of the wire slider.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for treating the hair, comprising two arms (16, 18) able to move with respect to one another between a closed configuration for treating the hair and a spread configuration for engaging therebetween the hairs to be treated, one (18) of the arms comprising a housing suitable for receiving a removable hair treatment refill (32), the hair treatment refill (32) comprising a refill body (36) and an application member (38) attached to the refill body (36), the connection of the refill (32) to the arm (18) being locked by means of a push-release locking device.

Abstract: Disclosed is a refillable cosmetic container which includes a container main body including a container body having upper and lower openings and a cosmetic discharging member provided at the lower side of the container body and provided as a discharge passage of cosmetics, a main body cap detachably coupled to the container main body in a region where the cosmetic discharging member is provided, a refill container portion detachably coupled to the container main body and storing cosmetics therein, and an insertion guide portion provided on the other side of the container body to guide the insertion of the refill container portion.

Abstract: A refillable lipstick is provided. In one implementation, a high-quality permanent lipstick dispenser incorporates a magnetic catch that enables replacement of the lipstick within the dispenser. Lipstick refills may be installed and removed from the dispenser with a refill cap that has an extraction lever. The refill cap may be made decorative. In one implementation, the refill cap and extraction lever make and break an attachment between a magnetic cup provided with the lipstick and the magnetic catch inside the permanent decorative dispenser. In an implementation, a swivel-up dispenser extends and retracts the lipstick. At extension, the user can twist a derailer, which then provides an additional groove for further extending and raising the lipstick from the dispenser for removal by the refill cap. A working cap is provided to cap the lipstick between refills.

Abstract: An assembly for dispensing a cosmetic stick includes a housing base and an extracting tube for extracting the remaining portion of a cosmetic stick from another dispenser. The assembly also includes a plunger with a plunger cap that moves within the extracting tube when the housing base is rotated with respect to the extracting tube to push the cosmetic stick through the extracting tube until a portion of the cosmetic stick is exposed at a top end of the top section of the extracting tube.

Abstract: A device for packaging and/or applying a cosmetic or care product includes a hollow body forming a housing for the product, a base adapted to support the product and a driving arrangement or means for moving the base in translation so as to vary the volume of the housing. In a disclosed example, the driving arrangement or means includes an actuating member mounted movably in rotation about a shaft and able to be moved along the hollow body that is fixedly attached to the base. The actuating member includes at least one portion forming alternatively a stress surface configured to be put under stress by manual contact and an actuating surface configured to be in engagement along the hollow body.

Abstract: A cosmetic dispenser having a decorative shell, and a cap which normally snap fittingly engages the upper portion of the body. Interiorly there is a spline tube having a pair of opposed vertical tracks terminating in an upper catch and a lower catch. A riser cup is provided with a plurality of circumferentially downwardly spaced legs which deflect outwardly to resiliently engage the interior portion of the spline tube. A relaxation taper at the lower portion of the spline tube receives the depending legs from the riser cup and thereby lets them expand to a relaxed condition in which condition they will retain their set. At the opposed portion of the motion, when the cup is near the top, provision is made for windows which are short vertical slots in the cup and in coordinated relationship with the helical track so that at the upper portion of its motion the helical cup legs rest either in the vertical track of the spline tube or in the windows.

Abstract: A cosmetic container having concentrically arranged tubular members which frictionally cooperate to achieve the desired torque. The cosmetic container includes a cosmetic carrier and an inner sleeve. The cosmetic carrier includes a pair of outwardly extending radial protrusions and a pair of carrier lugs. The inner sleeve includes a pair of longitudinal channels for receiving the carrier lugs and a pair of longitudinal slots for cooperating with the radial protrusions. The radial protrusions are wider than the corresponding longitudinal slot and only a portion thereof is received within the longitudinal slot. Other portions frictionally engage resilient borders of the inner sleeve defining the longitudinal slot.

Abstract: A container (1) for applying a spreadable product (4) such as an adhesive, having an inner tube (3) that is removably mounted in an outer tube (5). A piston-like plunger (12) is disposed in the inner tube (3) and is moveable axially within the inner tube (3), for moving the spreadable material therein to a position projecting from the tubes, for application to a surface. A removable closure cap is provided to enclose the spreadable material within the two tubes.

Abstract: A lipstick structure includes an elongated tubular body having a front open to receive therein a stick holder with a lipstick mounted thereon. A longitudinal slit is formed on the tubular body and extending from the front open end to a middle point of the tubular body along the length thereof and a longitudinal slot is also formed on the tubular body and extending from the terminated point of the slit toward the rear end of the tubular body, the slot having a width greater than that of said slit. An expanded hole is formed and connected between the slit and slot. The slot and hole are offset from the slit to define a step-like stop between the slit and the hole. A control tab is mounted to the stick holder by a support tab which is movable within the slit and the slot so as to allow the stick holder to be movable from the rear end of the tubular body to the middle point thereof to have a portion of the lipstick project out of the tubular body for service.

Abstract: A case for a stick-type cosmetic preparation which enables selective protrusion and retraction from and into the case. The case includes a main body having an elongated bore dimensioned for sliding receipt of the cosmetic preparation therein, and a cover hingedly mounted to an end of the main body to open and close access to the bore. The case further includes a sleeve coupled between the main body and the cosmetic preparation that slides up and down a longitudinal axis of the main body in a manner contacting the cover, for opening thereof, prior to protrusion of the stick-type cosmetic preparation from the bore. A lifting mechanism is coupled to the sleeve for selective reciprocating movement of the sleeve and the stick-type cosmetic preparation in the bore of the case.

Abstract: A rotary type automatic pencil includes a front socket member fastened to a sleeve at the bottom to hold a guide tube, a rotary member mounted within the front socket member around the guide tube, a helical spring mounted around the guide tube and fastened to the rotary member, a lead holder tube and a propelling element mounted inside the guide tube, wherein rotating the rotary member causes the helical spring to force the lead holder tube and the propelling element upwards/downwards along a longitudinal sliding slot of the guide tube; the propelling element is lowered to push the lead out of the lead holder tube when the lead holder tube is stopped in a lower limit position and the rotary member is continuously rotated.

Abstract: There is provided a device for recovering and dispensing the unusable portion of a pasty substance, such as that of a personal health and beauty product, that is located in the base portion of the original packaging. The device includes a casing having a closed end, an open end and a wall extending between the closed end and the open end. An extractor is associated with the casing and has a predetermined cross-section and an inner surface that cooperate to exert gripping forces to maintain a pasty substance in the extractor. There is a dispenser also associated with the casing and operable to overcome the gripping forces of the extractor to expel a pasty substance being maintained in the extractor.

Abstract: A bar extruding implement extrudes a bar, such as a lead, a lipstick or the like, gradually and is capable of automatically ejecting a marginal portion of the bar. A projection formed on a sliding member inserted in an inner tube slides along a helical groove formed in the inner circumference of a barrel to advance the sliding member when a rotational operating head is turned to turn the inner tube in one direction, whereby a bar holder holding a bar is advanced gradually toward the front end of the barrel to extrude the bar from the front end of the barrel. Upon the arrival of the bar holder at a disengaging position, the sliding member is disengaged from the bar holder and advances forward through the bar holder when the inner tube is turned further after the bar holder has arrived at the disengaging position to eject a marginal portion of the bar remaining on the bar holder.

Abstract: An improved nail polish removing wand comprising an elongated tubular device containing a stack of absorbent pads that are driven toward an open end of the tubular device by selective operator manipulation of the wand. The forward pad in the stack is moved to the end of the tubular device where it is held until ejected by a flange at the open end of the wand that cooperates with the geometric configuration of the pad. After the pad is used for removing nail polish, it is ejected by further manipulative action of the wand by the operator.

Abstract: A mechanical pencil having a cylindrical barrel (1) and a sheath (2) in axial relationship is disclosed. A spiral member (4) in fixed relationship with the sheath and in axially sliding relationship with the barrel for a predetermined range engages a slider (7). The slider is in fixed relationship with a push feed type writing unit and slides axially within a predetermined range within the barrel (1) as allowed by a guide (3). First spring means is provided to urge the spiral member in a forward direction when the writing unit is positioned axially such that it is contained within the barrel (1). As the writing unit is moved from its rearmost position within the barrel (1) to a protruding position by rotation of the spiral member (4), a second spring means urges the spiral member in a rearward direction, forming a gap between the barrel (1) and the sheath (2).

Abstract: A mechanical pencil has a clutch feature which prevents the breakage of the lead-carrying mechanism when the mechanism is advanced or retracted too hard or encounters an obstruction anywhere during its travel along the guide tube. The stationary lower barrel and guide tube are rotatably fixed to a rotating upper cap, knurled bushing and worm spring which drive the lead carrier along the stationary guide tube to advance and retract the lead. The lower end of the worm spring and the upper end of the cap bushing are linked together by clutch means which permits their relative slippage when excessive torque forces are encountered.

Abstract: A flat, multi-element writing instrument is described in which each writing element is attached to a glide element, a portion of which projects through a longitudinal slot in one face of the instrument's body for manual actuation. The longitudinal slots are located adjacent the side edges of a clip overlying one of the flat faces of the instrument's body. The glide elements include portions which underlie the clip and are received in respective channels formed in the undersurface of the clip, to interlockwith catches formed in these channels and hold their associated writing members in an extended, writing position. A cam within the writing instrument is positioned to have portions in the path of travel of each glide element so that, when one glide element is at least partially moved towards a writing position, the cam automatically pivots to move out of its path of travel and into the path of travel of another glide element to prevent its associated writing element from being extended.