EP0397550B1 - Behälter für einen Stift aus nichtflüssigem Stoff, der durch Reibung auf eine Fläche aufgetragen wird - Google Patents

Behälter für einen Stift aus nichtflüssigem Stoff, der durch Reibung auf eine Fläche aufgetragen wird Download PDF

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EP0397550B1
EP0397550B1 EP90401196A EP90401196A EP0397550B1 EP 0397550 B1 EP0397550 B1 EP 0397550B1 EP 90401196 A EP90401196 A EP 90401196A EP 90401196 A EP90401196 A EP 90401196A EP 0397550 B1 EP0397550 B1 EP 0397550B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D40/00—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks
    • A45D40/02—Casings wherein movement of the lipstick or like solid is a sliding movement

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  • the present invention relates to the packaging industry of stick substances, such as lipsticks, pencils and other cosmetic products, as well as hemostatic sticks and other pharmaceutical products, or even polishes and other cleaning products.
  • Such substances are generally packaged in protective cases from which the stick is taken out at the time of use by sliding a zipper or rotating a control button. A reverse maneuver brings the stick back away from the case until the next use.
  • the stick is supported by a bucket secured to a ribbon which is made to slide in a groove of the case curving perpendicular to the sliding axis, this is particularly the case of the case described in patent FR-A-663,721.
  • Such cases have the advantage of being able to be operated with one hand, but the clientele most often prefer rotary control cases although they require the use with both hands.
  • Document US-A-2 250 876 also discloses a case for a stick of non-fluid substance applicable by friction on a surface, comprising a tubular body in which slides a bucket supporting the stick, and a control coaxial with the body pivoting at a end of the case to slide the bucket and bring out the stick through an open end of the body or, by reverse rotation, make it enter the body;
  • the bucket is integral therewith at one end of at least one semi-flexible coiling filiform element, that is to say flexible laterally but rigid longitudinally, the other end of which is secured to a coaxial winding drum and integral with the pivoting control;
  • the tubular body is internally hollowed out with at least one longitudinal guide groove for each filiform element.
  • control can only be turned in one direction to take out the stick.
  • the object of the invention is to produce a case which is simple to produce, comprising a minimum of parts which are easy to assemble, inexpensive, and the control of which can be turned either way in one direction or the other to bring out the stick.
  • the subject of the invention is a case for a pasty stick, having the characteristics of claim 1, in which the preamble is delimited with respect to the aforementioned document US-A-2250876.
  • the wire whose end is arranged longitudinally deforms spontaneously between the connections of the two shoulders in question so as to wind in one direction or in the other on the drum, at said free space.
  • the wire insertion zone is formed by a flat connecting two regions of enlarged diameter of said drum.
  • the pivoting control is housed at the base of the case and extended inside the body by the cylindrical drum whose distal part is of a diameter less than that of the proximal part of at least twice the diameter of a filiform element and is used for winding, opposite said annular free space formed in the internal wall of the tubular body for housing the windings of filiform elements, the distal part of the drum being connected to the proximal part, by said circular shoulder bending towards the end of each filiform element fixed in the proximal part, the drum having, opposite each element filiform, said flat whose arrow is at least equal to the diameter of a filiform element.
  • the case comprises a tubular sheath sliding freely between the body and the bucket, and internally hollowed out with at least one longitudinal guide groove for each filiform element, in the extension of the grooves of the body, and having in the vicinity of each of its ends an internal abutment shoulder for the bucket, the sheath driven by the bucket, itself driven by the filiform elements, emerging telescopically from the body and returning therein by rotation at will of the pivoting control.
  • the pivoting control is housed at the top of the case, the open end of which it surrounds, and is extended inside the case by an annular skirt serving as a winding drum, the l the distal end has a shoulder curving towards the end of each filiform element fixed in the proximal part of the skirt, and of a thickness greater than the diameter of a filiform element, an annular free space being provided in the internal wall of the tubular body for housing the windings of filiform elements facing the proximal part of the skirt.
  • the filiform elements prefferably be at least two in number, symmetrically distributed.
  • the pivoting control, the stick-carrying bucket and the filiform elements constitute a monobloc assembly, possibly molded in one piece, the pivoting control being snapped, free in rotation, in one end of the body.
  • the structure of the cases according to the invention lends itself particularly well to an embodiment of its transparent plastic elements making it possible to see the stick inside the case, and to its user to control the color, in the case of a makeup product, without removing the stick from the case.
  • FIGS. 1 to 6 essentially comprises a substantially tubular body 1 capped by a cover 20 and an assembly (FIGS. 4 to 6) comprising a base 3, two wires or filiform elements 4,4 'and a cup 2 carrying the stick 10.
  • An end 6, 6 ′ of the filiform elements is fixed laterally on the proximal part 9 of a coaxial cylindrical appendage or drum 17 extending the base 3, of which the distal part 7, also cylindrical but of smaller diameter, serves to the winding for the filiform elements.
  • the other end 5.5 ′ of the filiform elements is fixed laterally on the bucket.
  • the proximal and distal parts are connected by a shoulder 12 which curves towards the ends 6, 6 'of the filiform elements to merge into a flat 13 in the extension of each end of filiform element; the arrow of the flat 13, slightly greater than the diameter of a filiform element allows its free movement opposite the internal wall of the body 1.
  • the diameter of the distal part 7 is substantially the same as that of the bucket 2, slightly less than the diameter inside the upper zone of the body 1 but less than that of the proximal part 9 of about twice the diameter of a filiform element.
  • the body 1 is hollowed out internally, in the upper zone, by two longitudinal grooves 8,8 'which serve as sliding guide for the filiform elements.
  • These grooves open at the base of the body 1 in a lower and enlarged zone forming a part of internal diameter little greater than that of the proximal part 9, by a curved flaring 19 in opposite direction to that of the shoulder 12 separating the distal parts. 7 and proximal 9.
  • This flare 19 is extended by an annular shoulder or rim 21 whose hollow profile is homothetically a little larger than a half-profile of filiform element.
  • An annular free space 11, formed between the shoulder 12 and the rim 21, serves as a housing for the filiform elements wound on the distal part 7.
  • the base 3 is snapped, free to rotate, in the base of the body 1 by an annular rib 22.
  • a cleat 23 carried by the base 3 cooperates with stops at the end of the body to limit the rotation of the base-filiform elements assembly- bucket in the body between the positions of the stick 10 retracted and extended.
  • the base 3 with an outer diameter greater than that of the body 1 serves as a pivoting manual control for the operations of the case. Aesthetically, its outside diameter is advantageously the same as that of the cover 20 and the colors of the body, the cover and the base can be the same or different.
  • the mechanism is reversed in that the pivoting manual control 3a surrounds the opening of the body 1a and the end of the stick 10a in the retracted stick position. It is extended inside the case by a drum or an annular skirt 17 whose distal part 9a is used for winding for the filiform elements 4a connecting the proximal part 7a of the skirt to the bucket 2a.
  • the pivoting manual control 3a surrounds the opening of the body 1a and the end of the stick 10a in the retracted stick position. It is extended inside the case by a drum or an annular skirt 17 whose distal part 9a is used for winding for the filiform elements 4a connecting the proximal part 7a of the skirt to the bucket 2a.
  • the shoulder 12a separating the proximal and distal parts of the skirt, as well as the rim 21a delimiting the flared end of the body in which the proximal part of the skirt pivots are curved in the opposite direction towards the end 6a of the filiform elements 4a fixed to the external wall of the proximal part 7a to guide them to the winding in a free space 11a formed between the shoulder 12a and the flange 21a.
  • Longitudinal grooves carved into the internal wall of the body 1a guide the filiform elements in their sliding.
  • a blind base 24 closes the base of the body by interlocking.
  • This second embodiment has the advantage of allowing the production of shorter cases for the same stick.
  • the third embodiment of a case according to the invention shown in Figures 9 and 10 incorporates the essentials of the first embodiment of Figures 1 and 2 with a pivoting control 3b in the base of the body 1b.
  • the guide grooves 8b, 8'b of the filiform elements 4b, 4'b in the body 1b are relatively small and open into a wider part 25 of the body 1b in which slides freely a tubular sheath 14 inside which slides the bucket 2b carrying the stick 10b.
  • This sheath is hollowed out internally with longitudinal grooves 18,18 'in the extension of the grooves 8b, 8'b of the body 1b for guiding the filiform elements 4b, 4'b.
  • the sleeve 14 has internally an abutment shoulder 15, 16 limiting the sliding of the bucket between the ends of the sleeve.
  • the filiform elements are two in number, but it is possible to design devices similar to a single filiform element, or three, or four, or more, regularly spaced from each other, preferably.
  • the bucket-filiform elements-pivoting control assembly can be produced by assembling its various parts of various materials by gluing, welding, mechanical interlocking, or other known means of attachment, before mounting in the body.
  • this assembly can also be produced in a single piece, advantageously molded in plastic material, for example in acetal resin.
  • the body, the cap, possibly the sheath and the base can also be made of various materials, but they can advantageously be molded from a plastic material, for example from polystyrene.
  • Part or all of the pieces of the case can be easily made of transparent materials in order to allow the stick to be seen inside the case and to appreciate its appearance, in particular the color.
  • the particular structure of the translation mechanism of the bucket in a case according to the invention allows its application to cases of section of various shapes, not of revolution, as was imperative with the cases of conventional mechanism with reciprocally rotating concentric sheaths.
  • the invention thus makes it possible to combine certain advantages of the cases with control by zipper concerning the freedom of form of the stick and its case, with the advantages of smooth operation of the cases with rotary control.

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  1. Behälter für einen pastenartigen Stift (10), mit:
    . einem rohrförmigen Körper (1), in dem ein kleiner Napf (2), der dazu bestimmt ist, den Stift zu tragen, verschieblich angebracht ist,
    . einer Steuerung (3), die drehbar gelagert am einen Ende des Körpers (1) angebracht ist,
    . mindestens einem halbstarren Draht (4), dessen eines Ende in den kleinen Napf (2) einmündet und dessen anderes Ende in einen Bereich einer Aufwickeltrommel (17) eingesetzt ist, die auf einer Verlängerung der Steuerung (3) ausgebildet ist,
    . mindestens einer Längsrille (8) zur Führung des Drahtes (4), die im Körper (2) ausgebildet ist,
    . einem freien Drahtaufwickel-Ringraum (11), der zwischen der Trommel (17) und dem Körper (1) ausgebildet ist,
    . einer Schulter (21) des Körpers, die sich an die genannte Längsrille (8) anschließt,
       dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß das Ende des Drahtes (4), das in die Trommel eingesetzt ist, in Längsrichtung auf einer seitlichen Zone der genannten Trommel eingesetzt ist, und daß der genannte freie Ringraum (11) gebildet ist durch:
    . einerseits die genannte Schulter (21) der Innenwand des Körpers (1), die zu einem Bereich mit vergrößertem Durchmesser des genannten Körpers führt, und
    . andererseits eine Schulter (12) der Außenwand der Trommel (17), die zu einem Bereich mit vergrößertem Durchmesser der genannten Trommel führt, wobei die genannte Schulter (12) sich an die Einsatzzone des Drahtes auf der Trommel (17) anschließt.
  2. Behälter nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Einsatzzone des Drahtes von einer Abflachung (13) gebildet ist, die die beiden Bereiche mit vergrößertem Durchmesser der genannten Trommel (17) verbindet.
  3. Behälter nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Drehsteuerung (3) am Sockel des Behälters gelegen ist.
  4. Behälter nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß er eine rohrförmige Stulpmanschette (14) aufweist, die frei zwischen dem Körper (1) und dem kleinen Napf (2) gleitet und im Inneren mit mindestens einer Längs-Führungsrille (18, 18') für jeden Draht (4, 4') in der Verlängerung der Rillen (8b, 8'b) des Körpers ausgespart ist und nahe jeder ihrer Enden eine Innenschulter (15, 16) zum Anschlag für den kleinen Napf (2) aufweist, wobei die Stulpmanschette, die vom kleinen Napf angetrieben ist, der seinerseits durch die Drähte angetrieben ist, teleskopartig durch willkürliche Drehung der Drehsteuerung (3) aus dem Körper austritt und in diesen wieder eintritt.
  5. Behälter nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Drehsteuerung (3a) ringförmig ist und am oberen Ende des Behälters gelegen ist, dessen offenes Ende sie umgibt, und im Inneren des Behälters durch eine Ringmanschette (17) verlängert ist, die als Aufwickeltrommel dient, deren fernliegendes Ende eine Schulter aufweist, die sich zum Ende (6a, 6'a) eines jeden Drahtes (4a, 4'a) hin krümmt, der im nahegelegenen Abschnitt der Manschette (17) befestigt ist, und mit einer Dicke, die größer ist als der Durchmesser eines Drahtes, wobei ein freier Ringraum (11a) in der Innenwand des rohrförmigen Körpers (1a) zur Aufnahme der Windungen des Drahts (4a, 4'a) gegenüber dem nahegelegenen Abschnitt der Manschette (17) eingebracht ist.
  6. Behälter nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß er mindestens zwei symmetrisch verteilte Drähte (4, 4') aufweist.
  7. Behälter nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Drehsteuerung (3), der kleine Napf (2), der den Stift trägt, und die Drähte (4) eine einteilige Baugruppe bilden, die gegebenenfalls einstückig abgeformt ist.
  8. Behälter nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Drehsteuerung (3) frei verdrehbar im einen Ende des Körpers (1) eingerastet ist.
  9. Behälter nach irgendeinem der Ansprüche 1 bis 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß mindestens diese seiner Elemente, die den Stift (10) umgeben, transparent sind.
EP90401196A 1989-05-12 1990-05-04 Behälter für einen Stift aus nichtflüssigem Stoff, der durch Reibung auf eine Fläche aufgetragen wird Expired - Lifetime EP0397550B1 (de)

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