CN102630146A

CN102630146A - Dispenser and brush apparatus

Info

Publication number: CN102630146A
Application number: CN2010800540160A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 伊凡·大卫·鲁塞夫
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2009-10-19
Filing date: 2010-05-08
Publication date: 2012-08-08
Also published as: US20120207531A1; WO2011047408A1; AU2010310861A1; CA2778073A1

Abstract

A dispenser and brush apparatus (10) has a container (12) with a floor (22) and a top opening. The floor (22) includes an aperture therethrough. A brush (14) is received over the top opening and includes bristles (28) and a passageway (32) between the bristles and a storage interior (35) of the container for containing a flowable substance, such as shaving cream. There is a rotatable base (16) beneath the floor (22), and a stem (18) is connected to the base so as to be rotatable therewith. The stem (18), which extends through the aperture and upwardly in the container, includes a threaded portion. A movable platform (20) is threadably engaged to the stem (18) and defines a lower extent of the storage interior (35) of the container for containing the flowable substance. In use, rotation of the base (16) in a first direction causes the stem (18) to rotate therewith and the movable platform (20) to move upwardly through the container, thereby squeezing flowable substance contained in the storage interior out of the passageway (32) and through the bristles (28).

Description

Distributor and brush unit

Invention field

The present invention relates to a kind of distributor of branch and brush unit and, in particular to a kind of shaving cream distributor and brush unit.

Although will be described to distribute shaving cream with reference to its application below the present invention; Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand the present invention and be limited to this; Should be used for distributing any any flowable mass that is suitable for brushing from the teeth outwards widely but have, as the agent of washing one's face, foam, washing lotion, adhesive or surface applied composition.This device can be adapted to and be used for man or Ms, and especially they can use this device on their skin, to distribute the liquid personal care product.

Background of invention

Shaving cream is normally directly distributed or is outputed on the skin as foam in aerosol container, as on the face, and uses a hairbrush that is separated with this aerosol container on skin, to smear or massage then, uses razor blade to shave except that beard at last.

There have been some to attempt hairbrush and aerosol container combined and be used for the shaving cream in the aerosol container is directly distributed through this hairbrush.When this method has been processed the multiple device of the problem that has different validity levels and be associated; All these devices all run into following shortcoming; That is: contain the aerosol container of the propelling gas of being with pressure through use; They manufacture very expensive, and are that they are harmful to environment under the situation of a kind of fluorochlorohydrocarbon or hydrocarbon at this propelling gas.Moreover; Use on this aerosol container " total regression or do not have a response " formula button with and the character of tolerant this pressurization do not allow shaving cream very in a small amount can be assigned with out (as shaving the situation that may require when removing a fritter beard or pruning temples), therefore cause the waste of shaving cream.

The representative of above-mentioned prior art is a U.S. Patent number 4,636,102,3,981,597 and 4,603,992, and they structurally also are complicated and easy faulty operation.

U.S. Patent number 4,636,102 have disclosed a kind of buckle-type lid that is used for aerosol shaving cream jar, and it has the shaving cream hairbrush that is installed in an one in the lid, and like this, when this lid is snapped in jar when lasting, this hairbrush is held in certain angle with the longitudinal axis of jar.This lid comprises a button, and it becomes opposite angles with hairbrush, and it is that arrangement by a rigid rod and support member is operably connected on the nozzle that is used for this lid and is used for of this jar and flows and be connected delivery valve.

U.S. Patent number 3; 981; 597 have disclosed a kind of shaving cream distributor; It has a hairbrush that is removably mounted in the shell, and this shell allows the user optionally to depress the delivery valve of aerosol container, causes the pressurization shaving cream that is contained in wherein to be assigned with out through the center of hairbrush with this.This hairbrush can be installed into jar longitudinal axis meet at right angles or parallel.This valve starts through depressing shell, and can prevent accidental depression through a plurality of flanges that in shell, are seated on this jar shoulder.

U.S. Patent number 4,603,992 have disclosed a kind of brush accessory that is used for aerosol shaving cream container, this container have a top edge with and on a distributing nozzle.This brush accessory has one and is removably installed in the shell on this top edge and can goes up this nozzle of manual in any direction so that distribute shaving cream through the hairbrush center, and this hairbrush upwards is fixed from the top of shell.

U.S. Patent number 3,370 has disclosed other embodiments based on aerosol container in 908 and 2,849,737.

Summary of the invention

The objective of the invention is to overcome or improve above-mentioned prior art problems and shortcoming substantively, perhaps provide a kind of useful substitute at least.

Another object of the present invention provides a kind of shaving cream distributor and hairbrush, and this device does not adopt aerosol container and wherein can shaving cream directly be distributed through hairbrush with any amount through a kind of extruding running that pedestal of container rotation is controlled.

According to the present invention, at this a kind of distributor and brush unit are provided, this device comprises:

(a) one has base plate and open-topped container, and this base plate comprises a hole of therefrom passing;

(b) be received in a hairbrush of this open top top, this hairbrush comprises some manes and is used for holding a path between a kind of internal storage region of flowable mass at these manes and this container;

(c) be positioned at a rotating base below this base plate;

(d) be connected on this base so that a bar that can rotate thereupon, this bar upwards extends through this hole and in this container, and this bar comprises a threaded part; And

(e) one movably platform be meshed with this bar through screw thread and define a bottom scope of the internal storage region of the container that is used for holding this flowable mass;

Wherein, in use, the rotation of this base on a first direction causes this bar to rotate thereupon and this moveable platform upwards moves in container, thus the flowable mass that holds in this internal storage region squeezed out this path stream and passes through these manes.

Preferably, this container is columniform generally and this hole is the central authorities at base plate.

Preferably this hairbrush is to be received in this open-topped top through screw thread.

This hairbrush preferably has a sagging female annular collar, and upper rim of this container, and its outer ring side has external screw thread, and this external screw thread is adapted to this internal thread can carry out screw-threaded engagement.

In a kind of preferred form, hairbrush comprises a lower surface, and this path has an opening in the central authorities of this lower surface.In this form, the lower surface defining of this hairbrush the upper extent of this internal tank memory block.

This base can rotate on a second direction, so that cause this bar to rotate and this moveable platform is moved down in this container thereupon.

Summary of drawings

Fig. 1 is distributor and the perspective view of brush unit according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is the side view of the device among Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is the sectional view of device through II-II among Fig. 2, shows when the internal storage region of container has been full of shaving cream at the moveable platform of primary importance along bar.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view similar with Fig. 3, but when having shown when the internal storage region reality of container emptying shaving cream at the moveable platform of the second place along bar.

Fig. 5 is the side view according to a kind of device of one second embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view through the A-A of Fig. 5, and wherein piston is in the bottom.

Fig. 6 A is a sectional view as above, and piston is in the top

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the device of Fig. 5.

Fig. 8 is a cross-sectional perspective view of the device of Fig. 5.

Fig. 9 is the apparatus associated view of heavily filling out assembly with cover with Fig. 5.

Figure 10 is a cross-sectional perspective view of the assembly of Fig. 9.

Figure 11 is the underneath side elevation view of assembly of device and Fig. 9 of Fig. 5.

Figure 12 is the decomposition diagram of assembly of device and Fig. 9 of Fig. 5.

The explanation of preferred embodiment

Shaving cream distributor shown in Fig. 1-4 and brush unit 10 comprise 16, one bars 18 of 14, one turnable bases of 12, one hairbrush of a container, and a moveable platform 20.

This container 12 is columniform generally and has a base plate 22 that this base plate has a hole that is formed at these base plate 22 central authorities.Container 12 has an open top, and its top has received hairbrush 14.

In this embodiment, hairbrush 14 is to be received in the open top top through screw thread, but can be received in the open top top through buckle as replacement scheme.

Hairbrush 14 has a lower surface 24 and the sagging annular collar that internal thread 27 is arranged 26.Hairbrush 14 comprises multi beam mane 28, and these manes are preferably formed by the goats hair manufacturing, is installed on the mane protrusion surface 30.A path 32 extends between the opening 34 at the lower surface place of opening on the mane protrusion surface 30 and hairbrush 14 at one.Lower surface 24 defines a upper extent of an internal storage region 35 of the container that is used for holding shaving cream in this example; Yet alternately this container can hold and distribute and anyly is suitable for brushing at various lip-deep flowable mass, as for man or useful mildy wash, lotion, the foam of Ms.

This moveable platform 20 defines a bottom scope of the internal storage region 35 of the container that is used to hold shaving cream.The lower surface 24 that therefore shaving cream is stored in hairbrush 14 is between moveable platform 20.

Container 12 also has a upper rim 36, and its annular outboard mask has external screw thread 38, and this external screw thread is adapted to internal thread 27 engagements with engage thread and hairbrush 14, is used for the mode that can screw hairbrush being fastened on the open top top of container.

This rotating base 16 is placed under the base plate 22, and in this embodiment, bar 18 by globality be attached thereto so that can rotate thereupon.This bar 18 through being arranged in base plate 22 the hole and upwards extend at this container.This 18 comprises a threaded part and can be meshed with a threaded centre hole of moveable platform 20 through screw thread.

In use, base 16 causes bar 18 to rotate and moveable platform 20 upwards moves in container 12 in the rotation on the first direction thereupon, the spitting image of a piston.Consequently, being contained in shaving cream in the internal storage region of container is extruded container through path 32 and is delivered to then on these manes 28.So the man can be applied to its face with shaving cream through massaging action and shave with shaver with preparation.

Therefore moveable platform 20 is moved upward and will in container, keeps a position, and this depends on the degree that turnable base 16 persons of being used rotate.In any such position, shaving cream will be full of the internal storage region of this container and when further at first direction rotating base 16, be available for being extruded out through path 32.Fig. 3 illustrates moveable platform 20 at its minimum level along bar 18, and have a heap(ed) capacity this moment in container, for example say 60 milliliters shaving cream.Fig. 4 shows moveable platform 20 in its top along bar 18, this moment this container reality emptying shaving cream.

When needs when internal storage region is annotated shaving cream again, base 16 rotating on the second direction so that cause this bar to rotate and moveable platform is moved down in container thereupon, is reappeared a shaving cream thus and can be introduced into internal storage region wherein.

As replacement scheme, when container by emptying effectively during shaving cream, can provide one heavily to fill out the unit, it comprises container, turnable base, bar and a moveable platform, and an internal storage region has been filled shaving cream.This unit can be sealed by a lid of screwing or homologue, and this lid can be removed and come from hairbrush replacement on the previous used device.

Comprise 106, one bars 108 of 104, one turnable bases of 102, one hairbrush of a container like Fig. 5 to shaving cream distributor and brush unit 100 shown in Figure 12, reach a moveable platform 110.

This container 102 is columniform generally and has flat generally, a disc type base plate 112 that it has a hole 113 that is formed at base plate 112 central authorities.Container 102 has an open top, and hairbrush 104 is received in this opening top with engage thread.

As from the comparison of these figure, can obviously finding out, device 100 is similar on 26S Proteasome Structure and Function with device 10.

Yet, the upper surface of platform 110 be put down but have an outer annular groove 114 and a retrousse outmost edge 116, swipe with the inwall of this container 102 mutually in this edge.

Fig. 9 and Figure 10 show a heavy assembly 120 of filling out with cover.After this cream has been drained through use, a such assembly can be provided from the device of previous use.Lid 122 is removed and replaced by the hairbrush that comes from the previous used device from this assembly.

Figure 11 shows the bottom of this device or this

container

12 or 102 turnable bases, and it comprises the explanation that how to distribute this cream.

Exploded view among Figure 12 shows all above-mentioned characteristics; And also have a wire clip 124 to be used to be installed in or cave in 126 around a groove of bar 108 base portions or axle, and the effect of playing a kind of reinforcing with prevent used excessively or the power of the opposite way round when coming rotating base 106 bar 108 pass base plate 112 and jump out.

For those of ordinary skill in the art, will be readily understood that, need not deviate under the situation in scope of the present invention and field, on the details of the design of the shaving cream distributor of above description and brush unit and structure, can make various modifications.

Claims

1. distributor and brush unit comprise:

(a) have a base plate and an open-topped container, this base plate comprises from a hole of wherein passing;

(c) be positioned at a rotating base below this base plate;

2. device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, this container is columniform generally and this hole is the central authorities at this base plate.

3. device as claimed in claim 2, wherein, this hairbrush can be received in the open top top through screw thread.

4. device as claimed in claim 3; Wherein, this hairbrush has a sagging female annular collar, and this container has a upper rim; Its outer ring side has external screw thread, and this external screw thread is adapted to this internal thread can carry out screw-threaded engagement.

5. device as claimed in claim 4, wherein, this hairbrush comprises a lower surface, and this path has an opening in the central authorities of this lower surface.

6. device as claimed in claim 5, wherein, the lower surface defining of this hairbrush the upper extent of internal storage region of this container.

7. device as claimed in claim 1, wherein, this base is adapted on a second direction and rotates, and causes this bar to rotate and this moveable platform moves down in this container with this thereupon.