US2221760A - Case for cosmetics, and especially lipsticks - Google Patents

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US2221760A
US2221760A US227566A US22756638A US2221760A US 2221760 A US2221760 A US 2221760A US 227566 A US227566 A US 227566A US 22756638 A US22756638 A US 22756638A US 2221760 A US2221760 A US 2221760A
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Erard Georges Leon
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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
    • A45D40/023—Casings wherein movement of the lipstick or like solid is a sliding movement with self-contained covering means

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  • the present invention relates to cases for lipsticks which are to be held and operated with a single hand, so that the other hand remains free and can hold a handbag, a looking glass, and the like.
  • the invention is more especially concerned with cases of this kind constituted by a prismatic body devices of this kind: If, for any reason, the op:
  • the essential feature of the present invention is to provide a case of the type described which eliminates this drawback. According to an essential feature of the present invention, I provide, between the body of the case and the operating wheel, locking means controlled by said cover for preventing any rotation-of'said wheel with respect to said body as long as said cover is not fully opened.
  • the locking means in question is constituted byan elastic pawl carried by the lateral wall of the case body which carries the operating wheel and which is adapted to cooperate with a toothed wheel rigid with said operating wheel, in such manner that said pawl, which is normally engaged in the teeth of said toothed wheel, is disengaged therefrom, by en tering a corresponding notch of the cover, only fora predetermined position of said cover corresponding to its full opening.
  • this elastic pawl is constituted by a spring arranged to brake the rotation of the cover with respect to the body and to lock it in a 50 yieldable manner in the fully opened position.
  • Fig. 1 is an elevationalviem-or'i;the ide of the operating wheel, of the lipstick case according to the invention, the operating wheel being supposed to have been removed andthe cover being in the fully opened'positiont
  • a Fig. 2" is a vertical sectionv of'the lipstick case in the opened position, on the line 2 "2 of Fig. 11'
  • Fig. 3 is an elevational View corresponding to m Fig. 1, but with the lid partly closed.
  • Fig. 4 is a diagrammatie' perspective view showing the elastic pawl andthe corresponding toothed wheel as'they would be'vis'ible if'they 1 were cut away from the body on the line l-cofFig.2.
  • Fig. 5 is a view on a larger scale of the upper left hand portion of Fig: 2.”
  • the lipstick case according to the invention includes-a hollow prismatic body I, for instance of square cross section, provided with a cover 2 adapted to pivot aboutapin'3.
  • the cosmetic 'stick which will be supposed to' be a lipstick, 5, is carried by a ilipstick holder 6 slidable inside a tubular sleeve-I 9 fitted in case I.
  • this tubular sleeve I9 carries a boss I9a in Whichthe end 2I of spindle 3'is screwed.
  • Two pulleys I I and I2- are journalled on said sleeve, respectivelyv 'atthebottom and top thereof.
  • An endless cable I passing-xaround these two pulleys so as to be driven. by them, carries a 40 piece 8 provided with aprojection 9 engaging in a boss I0 integral with the lipstick holder 6.
  • Pulley II is free to rotate on its support I9.
  • Pulley I2 is a'driving pulley forcable I. It is coaxial with operating wheel 4 and angularly coupled therewith through a lug ,I3 rigid with the operating wheel and engaging in a recess I4 provided in pulley I2.
  • Cover 2 carries a lateral extensionZZ, for in-. stance integral therewith, provided with a circular hole or bore 23 adapted to fit on a flange v 24 of case I, said flange forming a bearing for I 23.
  • a curved spring 25 is housed in the recess inside flange 24, where itis fiXed at one end.- The opposed free end of said-spring 25 carries a lug 26. In the open position of cover 2, said lug 26 engages, through a gap provided in flange 24, into a notch 21 of the extension 22 of cover 2 (Fig. 1).
  • the end 26 of spring 25 is pushed radially toward the axis of spindle 3 by the inner wall of the circular hole 23 formed in extension 22.
  • the portion of this inner wall which is to rub on head 26 is re inforced by a steel part 30 when pieces 2 and J 22 are made of a soft metal such as copper or a precious metal (Fig. 3).
  • the end 26 of the circular spring 25 carries, on its outward side, a pin 29 parallel to spindle 3.
  • the operating wheel 4 carries, on its inward side,
  • the diameter, size of teeth, and position of said toothed wheel are such that pin 29 engages with the teeth thereof when spring 25 is deflected inwardly (position of Fig. 3) and that it releases said wheel 3
  • This device operates in the following manner:
  • a lug 28 may beprovided for limiting in both directions the rotation of cover2.
  • the means for controlling the sliding movement of the lipstick inside case-I under the action of wheel 4 are not in any way. limited to those above described, which were given merely by way of example.
  • a device of the type described which comprises, in combination, an elongated case, a cover movably carried by said case, a member slidable in said case, an operating wheel journalled on the outside of said case operatively connected with said member, for manually imparting a sliding displacement to said member through said operating wheel, and locking means controlled by said cover and adapted to lock said wheel against rotation except when said cover is fully opened, said locking means comprising a rotary member rigid with said wheel, a second member movable into and out of engagement with said rotary member and normally engaging said rotary member to prevent rotation of said wheel, and means controlled by said cover for disengagingsaid second member from said rotary member when said cover is fully opened.
  • a device of the type described which comprises, in combination,- an elongated case. a cover hinged to said case, a member slidable in said case, an operating wheel journalled on the outside of said case operatively connected with said member, for manually imparting a sliding displacement to said member in said case through said operating wheel, means for angularly looking said wheel with respect to said case, and spring means urging said locking means into inactive position adapted to be allowed to act by the full opening of said cover.
  • a device of the type described which co'mprises, in combination, an elongated case, a cover pivotally mounted on said case,- a'member slidable in said case, an operating wheel journalled on the outside of said case operatively connected with said member, for manually imparting a sliding displacement to said member through said operating wheel, means for angularly locking said wheel with respect to said case, and spring means for urging said locking means into inactive position, said cover being adapted to normally oppose the action of said spring means and to leave them free to act only when fully opened.
  • a device of the type described which comprises, in combination, an elongated case, a cover pivotally mounted on said case, a member slidable in said case, an operating wheel journalled on the outside of said case operatively connected with said member, for manually imparting a sliding displacement to said member through said operating wheel, a spring pawl for angularly locking said wheel with respect to said case, arranged to be out of engagement when 'left free to expand, and cam means carried by said cover for normally keeping said pawl engaged and allowing it to escape when said cover is fully opened.
  • a device of the type described which comprises, in combination, an elongated case, a cover pivotally mounted on said case, a member slidable in said case, an operating wheel journalled on the outside of said case operatively connected to said member, for manually imparting a sliding displacement to said member through said operating wheel, a spring carried by said case,
  • a toothed wheel coaxial with said operating wheel and rigid therewith, a pin carried by said spring adapted to engage with the teeth of said toothed wheel for locking said operating wheel with respect to said case, the elasticity of said spring ur ng said pin away from said teeth, and a cam surface carried by said cover adapted to cooperate with said spring for normally keeping it in the position corresponding to engagement of said pin with said teeth and releasing said spring when said cover is fully opened.
  • a device of the type described which comprises, in combination, an elongated case, a cover pivotally mounted on said case, a member slidable in said case, an operating wheel journalled on the outside of said case operatively connected to said member, so as to permit of manually imparting a sliding displacement to said member through said operating wheel, a toothed wheel coaxial with said operating wheel and rigid therewith, a curved spring carried by said case deformable in its plane parallel to that of said toothed wheel, a pin carried by said spring at right angles to said plane adapted to engage with the teeth of said toothed wheel for locking said operating wheel with respect to said case, the elasticity of said spring urging said pin away from said teeth, a rounded projection at the free end of said spring, a plate rigid with said cover and parallel to said plane, said plate being provided with a circular hole and a notch along said hole adapted to accommodate said rounded projection, the diameter of said hole being so chosen as to force said projection inwardly in a position corresponding to the engagement of said pin
  • a device in which the portion of said plate which forms the arc of said 'hole along which said rounded projection is to rub in the course of the pivoting displacement of said cover is made of a hard metal.

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