JPH0625225Y2 - Applicator and applicator cap and applicator body - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Industrial field of application) The present invention relates to a tool for applying various kinds of coating materials such as cosmetics such as foundations and eye shadows.

(Prior art) Appropriately solidify the powder by pressurizing or using a shaping material etc. in a flat container as appropriate and rub the surface of the applicator with a soft applicator such as sponge or brush. However, it is general that the coating material attached to the application body is attached to the face, etc., but recently, the coating material contained in the main body is brought into contact with the tip of the cap containing the coating material. There is an increasing interest in developing a slim shape that adheres to an application body and is excellent in portability.

For example, in Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 61-124210, a main body having a coating body attached to the tip is removably and hermetically inserted into a cap, and the coating material and the coating body are constantly pressure-contacted in a sealed state. Things are disclosed. Here, the cap is inserted into the main body by screw-fitting, and the cap is formed by incorporating the middle cylinder filled with the coating material and the spring into a separate cartridge body. The plug is attached to the inside of the middle cylinder so that it gradually comes into contact with the coating material against the biasing force of the elastic body as the screwing of the main body and the cap progresses. Even when the screw rotates while being inserted and the screwing is released, the contact force due to the bias of the spring gradually decreases, but the applicator still rotates in the opposite direction while contacting the coating material, which allows the cap to be attached to the main body. The attachment / detachment operation is also an operation of directly applying the coating material to the application body.

In Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-27527, the cap itself is simpler than that disclosed in the above-mentioned publication, and only the coating material is filled inside. However, the cap and the main body can also be attached and detached. And the cap is screw-fitted to the main body, and the operating member of the main body is rotated to move the applicator forward so that the applicator is gradually and strongly contacted with the applicator to rotate. Discloses that the coating material can be attached to the coating body. Here, the main body has a collar body that forms a ratchet, a cam plate that is urged by an elastic body and engages with the ratchet, and an application body that has a female screw member for the cam plate and is integrally provided at the tip. A male screw-shaped member or the like is incorporated, and the forward movement of the application body continues until the engagement of the cam plate with the ratchet is released. (Note: The expressions in the respective publications are different.) (Problems to be solved by the invention) When attaching the coating material to the coating body, an elastic contact force is applied between the coating material and the coating body. It is certainly a preferable means to consider the consumption of the coating material, but in order to attach the coating material to the coating body, while exerting such a repulsive contact force, In order to rotate the coating material and the coating material relative to each other, and especially when the coating material is a solidified material of powder as described above, this coating material adheres too much to the coating material. It should be taken into consideration not to do so.

In this respect, the one disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 61-124210 is excellent in operability at first glance because the operation of attaching and detaching the main body and the cap is also an operation of attaching the coating material to the application body as it is. However, there is a drawback in that excessive adhesion tends to occur immediately after the start of use.
The reason for this is that the cap is inserted into the main body by screwing, and as the screwing proceeds, the applicator rotates while making a strong contact with the coating material. Further, the amount of the cap to be inserted into the main body, that is, the amount of screwing is determined, and the relative amount of rotation between the applicator and the coating material is also uniquely determined. The contact force is not constant from beginning to end and, for example, it usually changes depending on the consumption of the coating material, and therefore the amount of the coating material attached to the coating body also changes. This is also because it is difficult to set the eyes to be weak. In addition, in the one disclosed in this publication, the middle cylinder filled with the coating material and the spring are incorporated into a separate cartridge body, and the entire body is used as a replacement member for the outer body of the cap, which is wasteful.

On the other hand, the one disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 61-27527 has an operability of adhering the coating material to the coating body in a state where the cap is inserted in the main body, so that the coating material coating amount is Can be adjusted, but as a prerequisite,
Just like the one disclosed in JP-A 1-124210, since the cap is inserted into the main body by screw-fitting, the application body gradually abuts on the coating material as the screwing progresses. Has not completely eliminated the drawback of excessive adhesion. Moreover, even when the coating material is attached to the coating material with the cap inserted in the main body, a force for advancing the coating material with respect to the coating material is applied until the engagement of the cam plate with the ratchet is released. At the first glance, it seems that it is supposed to release an excessively strong repulsive contact force, but since the releasing property at the engagement part with the ratchet of the cam plate is due to friction resistance, Basically, it is difficult to reduce the contact force, and the friction resistance force changes with time due to dust adhesion and scratches on this part, and this change rather increases with time. Considering stability, it is not easy to satisfy the desired coating adhesion. In addition, the engagement of the cam plate with the ratchet also allows the applicator body to move forward with the cap removed from the main body. It may be preferable to improve the adhesiveness, but when the cap is inserted while the applicator is in the advanced state, the contact force between the applicator and the coating material by the elastic body becomes extremely large. In addition, not only the excess amount of coating material will increase, but also damage to the application body may occur.Whenever the application body is advanced, the application body should be retracted before the cap is inserted. If it is necessary to do so, the coating usability becomes rather undesirable, and the cap must be attached to the main body in a state where the position of the coating body with respect to the coating material is insufficient.

(Means for Solving the Problem) The operability of rotating the applicator in a state where the cap is attached to the main body and adhering the coating material that is elastically abutted to the applicator is provided. It is assumed that the turning operation does not occur when inserting the cap into the main body, and by preventing the elastic contact force between the applicator and the coating material from being increased by the turning operation,
It is possible to provide an applicator that has good operability and can suppress excessive adhesion of the coating material to the application body as much as possible. Further, here, the repellent body that exerts the repulsive force can be arranged on both the main body and the cap, but when it is arranged on the cap side, in order to reduce waste of the cap as a cartridge due to this arrangement It is preferable that the cartridge body as a replacement part is only a bottomed cylindrical body for accommodating the coating material on the inner bottom portion thereof, and the elastic body is part of the cap lid.

Therefore, the gist of the present invention is "a cap for a cylindrical cartridge having a bottom, which contains a coating material made of powder solidified substance on the inner bottom portion, and a soft coating body at the tip, which is detachably insertable. The cap is inserted into the main body, and the elastic force in the direction of bringing the coating material and the coating body into contact with each other is applied between the cap and the main body. And the insertion is made by direct insertion fitting of the cap and the main body, and the main body has an operating portion protruding to the rear end of the shaft body. And the cap is inserted and attached to the main body, by operating the operating portion with respect to the protruding portion of the shaft body from the cap, It is designed to rotate while receiving the contact force with However, it is assumed that the rotation does not occur when the cap is inserted into the main body, and the rotation increases the contact force between the coating body and the coating material due to the elastic force. And a "bottomed cylindrical cartridge having an inner bottom portion for containing a coating material made of powder solidified material, which is removably inserted into the main body of the applicator." An applicator cap for use with a replaceable cartridge body having a bottomed tubular body for containing the coating material in an inner bottom portion, and a ring made of a bottomed tubular body and detachably screwed, The cartridge outer body is provided with an elastic body on the inner bottom thereof, and the cartridge body is directed toward the insertion side of the applicator body by the elastic body while being prevented from falling off by the ring in the outer body of the cap. The cap outer body is an applicator cap having a direct insertion fitting portion with respect to the applicator body as an insertion portion for the applicator body. What is claimed is: 1. An applicator main body, which has a soft applicator to which a cap is detachably inserted and which is rotatable at its tip, and which has an elastic body that urges the applicator forward. The rear part has an operation part provided as a knob that can be moved back and forth to rotate the back and forth, and is back-biased by an elastic body that is different from the elastic body, and moves back and forth in conjunction with the operation part. And a rotor for rotating a predetermined amount, and a rod body of the rear portion of the application body is loosely fitted to the rotor with a modified cross section. It is an applicator body having a changing mechanism ".

(Embodiment) A first embodiment will be described with reference to the attached FIG. Reference numeral A is a cap, and another bottomed cylindrical inner body 2 is arranged inside a bottomed cylindrical outer body 1.
The coating material 3 made of a solidified powder as described above is housed inside, and an appropriate elastic body 4 such as a elastic body arranged between the coating material 3 and the outer body 1 is provided on the opening side of the outer body 1. Being energized. A ring 5 having knurled irregularities is screwed into the opening of the outer body 1. The ring 5 constitutes a part of the outer body 1, and when the coating material 3 is consumed, the ring 5 is removed and the inner body 2 as a cartridge body to be exchanged is exchanged. On the other hand, reference numeral B indicates a main body, and a rod body 7 having a soft coating body 6 such as a brush ear attached to the tip is rotatably arranged with respect to a shaft body 8. The shaft body 8 is fitted into the ring 5 portion of the cap A by an appropriate direct insertion (illustration fitting is shown). Reference numeral 9 is a plug fixed to the shaft body 8 to prevent the rod body 7 from falling off. Further, the figure shows that the coating body 6 is in contact with the coating material 3 in a state where the inner body 2 is displaced against the elastic force of the elastic body 4, and the cap A is attached to the main body B. When the rod 7 is rotated in this state, the coating material adheres to the coating body 6. But,
Since the rod 7 is prevented from moving back and forth by the shaft 8 and the plug 9, an increase in the elastic contact force between the applicator 6 and the coating material 3 due to this operation is prevented.

Next, a second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In addition, the same reference numerals are basically attached to the same parts as those of the previous example.

First, the first difference of this example from the previous example is that the repellent body 4 is arranged on the main body B side, and the cap A is composed only of a bottomed cylinder for containing the coating material 3. is there. The cap A itself is a cartridge body to be replaced.
The bottomed cylinder may be made transparent so that the consumption degree of the coating material 3 can be easily viewed.

The second difference of the present example from the previous example is the presence of a member indicated by reference numeral 10 (hereinafter referred to as "sleeve"). The sleeve 10 is slidably fitted to the front part of the shaft body 8. When the main body B is detached from the cap A and used, the applicator body 6 is sufficiently exposed and the main body B is covered with the cap A. In advance, the application body is exposed to zero or less by sliding it in advance, and the application body 6 is retracted while being engaged with the cap A, which helps prevent the application body 6 from being damaged when the cap is inserted. So, of course,
The present example also satisfies the direct insertion fitting property which does not require rotation to fit the cap A and the main body B.

Furthermore, the third difference of the present example from the previous example is that it employs an example of a so-called rotary mechanism, which is a mechanism for converting back-and-forth movement into rotational movement. In the previous example, when the applicator 6 is rotated, the rear part of the rod 7 protruding from the shaft 8 is rotated, but the protruding part from the cap B of the main body B when the cap A is inserted is rotated. In order to rotate the applicator 6 by operation, the base part of the applicator 6 may be connected to the operation part anyway, and one means that may be appropriately adopted is shown. That is, the body B is provided with an elastic / repellent body 12 different from the elastic / repellent body 4 for elastically contacting the coating material 6 with the coating material 3, and the rotor / rotor 13 is rotated by the elastic / repellent body 12.
When the knob 14 is urged rearward and the knob 14 is pushed or stopped, the rotor 13 rotates forward and backward (described later).
In addition, a hole having an irregular cross section is appropriately formed in the rotor 13, and the rear portion of the rod body 7 which is also formed in an irregular shape is loosely fitted in this hole, whereby the rod body 7 is rotated by the rotor 13 It is designed to receive only the rotational movement of. Here, the rotor 13 has a protrusion 13b whose rear end 13a is a unidirectional slope.
(See FIG. 3), the knob 14 has a plurality of projections 14b whose front end 14a is a unidirectional slope, and the shaft body 8 has a front end 8a.
Has a ridge 8b that is a unidirectional slope on the inner wall, and the protrusion 14b of the knob 14 is slidably fitted in the recess between the ridges 8b of the shaft body 8 and the rearmost retraction of the knob 14 is performed. In the position, the front end 14a of the protrusion 14b is the front end 8a of the protrusion 8b.
a At a position slightly rearward of the rearmost end, and similarly, at the most advanced position of the knob 14, the size and the amount of sliding are set so that the rearmost end of the front end 14a of the protrusion 14b is slightly forward of the frontmost end of the front end 8a of the protrusion 8b. It is set (see Fig. 4). In front of this knob 14, there is a rotor 13 biased rearward by the elastic body 12, and the protrusion 13b of this rotor 13 is
Similarly to the protrusion 14b, it can be slidably fitted in the recess between the protrusions 8b on the inner wall of the shaft 8. Then, when the knob 14 is not pressed, the rotor 13 has the protrusion 13b.
While the rear end 13a and the front end 14a of the protrusion 14b of the knob 14 are in contact with each other, the rear end 13a of the protrusion 13b and the front end 14a of the protrusion 14b are inclined, so that the shaft 8 While being regulated by the side wall of the protrusion 8b on the inner wall, the protrusion 13b together with the protrusion 14b of the knob 14 is in a state of being somewhat fitted in the recess between the protrusions 8b on the inner wall of the shaft body 8. When the knob 14 is pushed from this state, When the regulation by the side wall of the protrusion 8b on the inner wall of the shaft body 8 is released, the rear end 13a of the protrusion 13b of the rotor 13 becomes the front end 1 of the protrusion 14b of the knob 14.
4a slips (rotor 13 rotates somewhat), stops pressing knob 14 and retracts, causing rotor 13 to project
The rear end 13a of b is now the front end 8 of the protrusion 8b on the inner wall of the shaft 8.
It slides with a and rotates further. Also in the case of this example employing this rotary mechanism, the rotating operation of the applicator 6 by pressing the knob 14 does not have to occur when the cap A is inserted into the main body B, and moreover, the applicator The elastic body 4 for urging the rotor 6 and the elastic body 12 for urging the rotor 13 are separate bodies, and the rod body 7 and the rotor 13 are loosely fitted to each other in a modified cross section, so that the application body The rotatability of 6 is independent of the forward biasing of the applicator 6, that is, the force of the turning operation of the applicator 6 by pressing the knob 14 is the front of the applicator 6 by the elastic body 4. The urging force is not promoted, and therefore, even if the knob 14 is pressed, an increase in the contact force between the application body 6 and the application amount 3 due to the elastic force of the elastic body 4 is prevented.

Although not shown, various modifications other than the above two examples can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, the repellent body 4 can be arranged on both the cap A side and the main body B side. One example is to use the main body B of the second embodiment in combination with the cap A of the first embodiment. It can be used to reduce the resilience change with consumption of the coating material to make the resilience smaller overall, to make the appearance of the cap A and the body B beautify, or to make it a high-grade product. Good.

(Effect of the Invention) According to the present invention, not only is the portability advantageous, but the coating material is attached to the coating body by rotating the coating body while the cap is still attached to the coating body to elastically contact the coating body. The operability is also good, but the operability is also good, such that the one-handed operability is improved and the feeling received during the operation is improved by not increasing the elastic contact force between the coating material and the coating material. Moreover, the applicator and the applicator main body can suppress the excessive adhesion of the coating material to the applicator as much as possible. Here, as the applicator, since the operating portion is operated with respect to the protruding portion of the shaft body of the main body from the cap in the state where the cap is inserted into the main body, the fitting portion between the main body and the cap is Since it is not necessary to provide the turning property, and therefore wear and scratches in the fitting portion can be suppressed as much as possible, not only deterioration of aesthetic appearance can be suppressed but also the cap is not attached to the main body with the cap and the main body. The cap is removed from the main body with the passage of time while resisting the repulsive force in the direction in which the coating material and the coating body applied between the main body and the coating body are abutted. It is also possible to suppress the tendency of the rubber to come off elastically. Further, the applicator cap of the present invention also has a resilient body for exhibiting such an applicator function, but the waste of disposal is sufficiently reduced, and the cap outer body is provided. Since the bottom cylindrical shape is not impaired by the ring, even if the ring helps improve the aesthetic appearance of the cap outer body, and even if the ring reinforces the opening of the cap outer body, The aesthetic appearance due to the bottomed tubular shape is not impaired by the ring, and in addition, even if the ring comes off unnecessarily while being carried in a bag, the applicator body of the applicator body Exposing from the cap can be prevented unless the cap body is located too far from the applicator body, and therefore, even in such a case, it is possible to suppress stains around the coating material due to the coating material, Also, rings and bullets Body is that while also suppressing the like to dissipate.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a half sectional view for explaining a first embodiment of the present invention. 2 to 4 are for explaining the second embodiment, FIG. 2 is a half cross-sectional view of a state in which the cap is attached to the main body, FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the rotor, and FIG. Is an operation explanation development view. A ... Cap, B ... Main body, 1 ... Outer body, 2 ... Inner body, 3 ... Coating material, 4 ... Repellent body, 5 ... Ring, 6 ...
… Coating body, 7 …… Stick body, 8 …… Shaft body, 8a …… Front end, 8
b ... ridge, 9 ... plug, 10 ... sleeve, 12 ... repellent body, 13 ... rotor, 13a ... rear end, 13b ... projection, 14 ... knob, 14a ... front end, 14b ... Protrusion.

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Claims (3)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A cap for a cylindrical cartridge having a bottom, which has a coating material made of a powder solidified substance at an inner bottom thereof, and a main body having a soft coating body at a tip thereof, the cap being detachably inserted. Here, the cap is inserted into the main body by resisting an elastic force applied between the cap and the main body in a direction in which the coating material and the coating body are brought into contact with each other. And, the insertion is performed by direct insertion fitting of the cap and the main body,
Further, the main body has an operation portion protruding at the rear end of the shaft body, and operates the operation portion with respect to the protruding portion of the shaft body from the cap in a state where the cap is inserted into the main body. Thus, the applicator body is rotated while receiving the contact force with the coating material due to the elastic force, provided that the pivoting does not occur when the cap is inserted into the main body. An applicator which can be prevented from occurring, and which also prevents the contact force between the applicator and the coating material due to the elastic force from being increased by the rotation. 2. An applicator cap for a bottomed cylindrical cartridge, which is detachably inserted into an applicator main body and has an inner bottom portion containing a coating material made of powder solidified material. A replaceable cartridge body made of a tubular body for accommodating the coating material at the inner bottom portion, and a cap made of a bottomed tubular body with a detachably screwed ring at the opening and an elastic body on the inner bottom portion. And a cartridge body,
The cap outer body is urged toward the insertion side of the applicator body while being prevented from falling off by the ring, and the cap outer body is attached to the applicator body. An applicator cap having a direct fitting portion for the applicator body as a part. 3. An applicator body having a soft applicator rotatably attached to the tip thereof, into which an applicator cap is removably inserted, the applicator body having a resilient body for urging the applicator forward. And again
The rear part has an operation part provided as a knob that can be moved back and forth for rotating the application body, and is biased rearward by an elastic body different from the elastic body to interlock with the operating part. A back-and-forth movement of the operating part and a rotation of a predetermined amount, and a rod body of the rear part of the applying body is loosely fitted to the rotor with a modified cross section. The applicator body has a mechanism that converts it into dynamic motion.