US1787183A

US1787183A - Cosmetic holder

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Publication number: US1787183A
Application number: US268109A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry W Wild; Philip A Reutter
Original assignee: Scovill Inc
Current assignee: Scovill Inc
Priority date: 1928-04-07
Filing date: 1928-04-07
Publication date: 1930-12-30
Anticipated expiration: 1947-12-30

Description

Patented Dec. 30, 1930 M UNITED STATES PATENTOFFITCE HE RY w. WILD AND PHILIP A. REUTTER, or WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNORS T SCOVILL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, or WATERBURY,C0NNECTICUT, A COR- PORA'IION OF CONNECTICUT COSMETIC HOLDER Application. filed April 7, 1192s. seriai-No. 268,109;

This invention relates to certain improvements in small metal containers for holding rouge or like pasty cosmetic now commonly known as lipstick holders.

These lipstick holders usually include a body and a cover. In certain types of these holders the cover is pivotally associated with the body on a hinge and, as both the body and the cover or cap of these containers are made of light thin metal, difliculty has been experienced in hinging the cap or cover to the body. Furthermore, these holders or containers to be commercially profitable must be produced and assembled cheaply,

and must be of attractiveappearance.

It is the especial object of the present invention to provide an improved manner of hinging the body and the cover together in such a manner that the use of a pintle wire,

rivets, or solder is dispensed with, and in which the cap and'the hinge are integrally formed and held in place by friction so that the parts may be very cheaply made and assembled.

vide such a container which shall be of neat appearance and in which the cap will be hinged to the body in such a way as to produce a strong structure. I

With these and other objects not specifically referred to in view, the invention consists in certain novel parts, arrangements and combinations which will be described in connection with the accompanying drawings and the novel features pointed out in the claims hereunto annexed.

In these drawings,

Figure 1 is a side view, partly broken away and partly in section, showing the improved container with the cap hinged thereto;

Figure 2 is a view of part of the construction shown in Figure 1 on a very much enlarged scale;

Figure 3 is a top or plan view, partly broken away, of the construction shown in Figure 2, and

Figures 4 to 7 are detail views showing the cap and the way in which the hinge is formed on the cap. 7

an Referring now to these drawings, the con- A further object of the invention is to protainer may vary widely in shape and internal arrangement. In the particular construction shown it includes an inner casing 1 open at the top, as indicated at 2, and closed at the bottomby a head formed with a shoulder 41. Enclosing this inner casing is an intermediate sleeve 5, which may be a propelling sleeve, and outside this sleeve 5 is an outer casing 6, this outer casing abutting at one end against the shoulder 4, before referred to Near its upper edge the casing 6 is pro vided with an outwardly extending bead 7, the open end of the inner casing 1 extending outwardly beyond this bead. Hingedly secured tothe outer casing is a' closing cap or cover 8 having a downwardly extending flange 9 which" engages the bead to limit the closing movementof the cap, as shown in Figure 2; In accordance with the invention, there is provided a hinge "device for associating the cap 8 and the casing 6 which is of such character that it is integral with the cap and is associated with the casing and held in position solely by'the friction of the parts, so that no riveting or soldering is required and no separate pintle wire is necessary. While this hinge may be formed in various ways, in the'particular construction shown the blank from which the cap is formed is stamped orotherwise formed with an extension 10. This extension is rolled upon itselffor a portion ofits length to form around pivot 11, and between the pivot 11 and the edge of the cap the extension is cut out, as indicated at 12 and 13 in Figure 7, to leave what may be termed projecting" ears 14. The wall of the casing is cut away, as indicated at 15 in Figure 1, and the cutout-s 12, 13 are of such a depth as to leave a neck 16 substantially the width of the cutout 15. In assembling the parts it is only necessary to position the projections 14 in the bead 7 so that they lie on each side of the cutout15, and the partsare held in position by the 95 portion of the inner casing 1 which extends 7 beyond the .bead 7 and which is marked 17 in the drawings.

With this construction the pivot 11 forms substantially a continuation of the bead, thus 100 making an attractive article, and the are held solely by friction and can be qulckly assembled. If desired, the bead may be slightly opened out, as indicated at 18 in Figure 3, so as to form a somewhat deeper recess for the ends l of the pivot.

A lipstick 19 may be supported in a carrying socket 20 which may have a to and fro movement in the inner casing 1, this lipstick being propellable by means of the propeller sleeve 5 through mechanism not illustrated as being unnecessary for an understanding of the invention.

It will be seen with the construction described that a very simple and effective hinge device has been provided for these thin Walled metal containers, and while the invention has been described in its preferred form it will be understood that certain changes and variations may be made in the specific construction shown and described Without departing from the invention as defined in the appended claims. 7 What is claimed is:

1. In a cosmetic holder, an outer casing having a bead, an inner casing extending above the bead of the outer casing, a cutout in the outer casing extending through the bead, and a cap having an integral extension shaped to form a pivot wider than the cutout and frictionally held in the beadby and between the outer and inner casings an hinging the cap tothe holder.

2. In a cosmetic holder, an outer casing having a cutout and a recess at each side of the cutout, an inner casing extending above the recesses of the outer casing, and a cap having-an integral extension shaped to form a pivot Wider than the cutout, the ends of the pivot being frictionally held in the recesses by and between the outer and inner casings and hinging-the cap to the holder.

3. Ina cosmetic holder, an outer casing having an open end and a cutout, the walls of the casing being formed to provide a recess at each side of the cutout, and a cap having a pivot integral therewith wider than the cutout and joined with the cap by aneck substantially the width of the cutout, the ends of the pivotbeing assembled in the recesses simply by laying them therein and the neck lying in the cutout when the parts are assembled, and an inner casing acting to frictionally hold the pivot in position when assembled with the outercasing.

In'Witness whereof, we have hereunto set 7 our hands.

. HENRY W. WILD. PHILIP A. 'REUTTER.

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