WO2004058576A2 - Douille d'expulsion en forme de baton - Google Patents

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WO2004058576A2
WO2004058576A2 PCT/EP2003/014301 EP0314301W WO2004058576A2 WO 2004058576 A2 WO2004058576 A2 WO 2004058576A2 EP 0314301 W EP0314301 W EP 0314301W WO 2004058576 A2 WO2004058576 A2 WO 2004058576A2
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application element
extension sleeve
sleeve according
closure cap
rotating part
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Thomas Kiepe
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Priority to AU2003293898A priority Critical patent/AU2003293898A1/en
Priority to EP03789296A priority patent/EP1575395B1/fr
Priority to AT03789296T priority patent/ATE510471T1/de
Priority to US10/540,442 priority patent/US20060283740A1/en
Publication of WO2004058576A2 publication Critical patent/WO2004058576A2/fr
Publication of WO2004058576A3 publication Critical patent/WO2004058576A3/fr

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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/0005—Containers or packages provided with a piston or with a movable bottom or partition having approximately the same section as the container
    • 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
    • A45D40/06—Casings wherein movement of the lipstick or like solid is a screwing movement
    • 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
    • A45D44/00—Other cosmetic or toiletry articles, e.g. for hairdressers' rooms
    • A45D44/005—Other cosmetic or toiletry articles, e.g. for hairdressers' rooms for selecting or displaying personal cosmetic colours or hairstyle
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D47/00—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices
    • B65D47/42—Closures with filling and discharging, or with discharging, devices with pads or like contents-applying means

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  • Pin-shaped ejection sleeve for solid or pasty masses as well as for liquid containers with a tubular sleeve part for receiving the mass or the liquid container, a rotating part and a slide which is slidably mounted in the sleeve part and can be moved in the longitudinal direction of the sleeve part via the rotating part and is connected to the mass or the liquid container , and a closure cap, with which an opening of the sleeve part can be closed.
  • Such push-out sleeves are known from the prior art and are used to store and provide pasty compositions, for example lip care products such as lip coloring compositions or lipstick sticks.
  • extension sleeves serve to store and provide adhesive masses.
  • the known extension sleeves consist of a tubular sleeve part for receiving the mass, which is arranged above a slide which is axially displaceably guided in the sleeve part.
  • the slide is indirectly or directly connected to a rotating part, which can be rotated at least to a limited extent relative to the sleeve part and is arranged thereon.
  • the slide can be connected to the rotating part via a toothed rack that partially extends through the mass.
  • the slide can have two diametrically opposed projections which are guided in obliquely extending guide links of an element arranged within the sleeve part.
  • the slide is guided by a rotary movement of the rotating part along the guide link and moved in the axial direction of the sleeve part in order to push out the mass in the region of an open end of the sleeve part and to make it available for the intended use.
  • the open end of the sleeve part can usually be closed with a sealing cap.
  • Such an extension sleeve is known for example from DE 89 05 482 U1.
  • Such push-out sleeves for rigid pasty masses have proven themselves in particular in the area of lip care.
  • de Objects used in the area of corporate advertising in the form of advertising material, advertising messages and / or company data, such as addresses, brands or the like, being printed on the closure cap and / or the sleeve part.
  • these printing processes are labor-intensive and cost-intensive, particularly in the case of extension sleeves which are round in cross-section, which is contrary to a necessary cost structure in the case of such advertising materials.
  • the object of the invention is to create a pin-shaped push-out sleeve which can be adapted in a simple and cost-effective manner to a large number of customer requirements with regard to their design and the arrangement of advertising messages or other information, and in particular a wide range Variation of elements that increase the advertising effectiveness.
  • the solution to this problem provides that an application element is arranged on the rotating part and / or the sealing cap and is firmly connected to the rotating part and / or the sealing cap, in particular is glued and / or locked.
  • the design of the extension sleeve according to the invention has the essential advantage that, depending on its design, the application element either serves to receive an advertising message or other data or increases the added value, since there are further possible uses which, in particular in the area of advertising media, increase the advertising value and thus the Increase the recognition factor sustainably.
  • the supplementary application element is arranged on the rotating part and / or the closure cap and is firmly connected to these components, for example glued and / or latched, so that both positive and non-positive connections are possible.
  • there is also the possibility of ferromagnetic fastening of the application element to the closure cap and / or the rotating part provided that the corresponding areas are designed with ferromagnetic properties.
  • An advantage of this embodiment of a releasable connection is that the application element or elements after emptying the Extension sleeve is reusable and can therefore be attached to a further extension sleeve.
  • the application element is arranged on the end face of the rotating part and / or the closure cap.
  • This area of the arrangement of the application element is advantageous in that it is generally essentially flat and, for example, allows the two parts to be glued to one another in a simple manner, since this can also be carried out by machine.
  • the rotating part and / or the closure cap have a receptacle in which the application element is arranged, in particular is fastened in a positive and / or non-positive manner.
  • gluing can also be dispensed with, provided that a sufficiently firm positive connection is established.
  • the rotary part preferably has a rotary element which can be locked in place with the closure cap, the application element being arranged on the rotary element.
  • the rotating element and the closure cap form a smooth outer packaging, which overall leads to a pleasing and thus effective advertising design of the extension sleeve.
  • the application element has a presentation area which serves to accommodate letters, numbers and / or pictorial representations.
  • the presentation area has a convex acrylic lens.
  • This acrylic lens covers the presentation area and has the further advantage that it can be designed in the form of a magnifying glass in order to present the advertising and / or information arranged on the presentation area in an enlarged manner.
  • the application element has an eyelet for fastening a band, a chain or the like.
  • the extension sleeve can be worn in the form of a necklace and / or a bracelet, which further increases the applicability for advertising purposes.
  • the band and / or the chain are in this case attached to an eyelet which is attached either as or with the application element to the closure cap or the rotating part or the rotating element.
  • the application element is formed in two parts and in each case one part at the front ends of the rotating part and the closure cap is attached. Both parts of the application element can be connected to one end of the band or chain, which enables the band and / or chain to be opened in the region of the extension sleeve.
  • both parts of the application element are additionally connected to one another via the band and / or the chain, which allows the closure cap to be pulled off the sleeve part with respect to its length, then a loss of part of the extension sleeve is almost completely ruled out.
  • a further embodiment of the extension sleeve according to the invention provides that the application element is designed as a clip element and is fastened to the closure cap, the clip element having a section which lies at least in the region of its free end on the outer surface of the closure cap and is designed to be resilient.
  • the extension sleeve can be attached in the manner of a ballpoint pen or fountain pen in pockets of clothing.
  • the clip element also serves with a further presentation area for the additional arrangement of advertising and / or information.
  • the application element as a container, in particular for holding food, such as Chewing gum or the like tablets or pills is formed.
  • Another embodiment provides that the application element has a time measuring device in an analog or digital configuration.
  • the application element has a rough surface that can be used for manicure and / or pedicure purposes.
  • a further embodiment of the invention provides that the application element is designed as a lighter.
  • the application element has a first part of an attachment orientation and the closure cap and / or the rotating part has a second part of the attachment orientation.
  • an attachment orientation can have, for example, at least two, preferably three pins of different diameters in the area of the application element and corresponding bores in the area of the closure cap or the turned part.
  • the liquid container has an atomizer.
  • the application element can be arranged on an application element carrier which, for example, can be detachably connected to two or more extension sleeves.
  • This embodiment has the advantage, for example, that two extension sleeves with different contents, for example lip care agents with different tastes and / or medical effects, can be combined in a simple manner.
  • this possibility also exists when the extension sleeves are connected directly via the application element without the additional use of an application element. teismes.
  • bores can be provided for this purpose in the closure cap or the rotating part and pins corresponding to the bores on the application element or the application element carrier, which can be inserted into the bores in a frictionally locking manner.
  • the application element is preferably glued to the application element carrier in order to keep the manufacturing costs low.
  • a positive connection between the application element carrier and the application element is also possible, however, this connection also being conceivable in addition to an adhesive bond.
  • the application element and at least the area of the arrangement of the application element have ferromagnetic properties.
  • the application element and at least the area of the arrangement of the application element have ferromagnetic properties.
  • Figure 1 shows a pin-shaped extension sleeve in a partially sectioned side view
  • Figure 2 shows the extension sleeve according to Figure 1 in a plan view along the
  • FIG. 3 shows an upper section of the extension sleeve according to FIG. 1 in a further embodiment in a partially sectioned side view
  • Figure 4 shows the extension sleeve according to Figure 3 in plan view
  • FIG. 5 shows an application element for arrangement on the extension sleeve according to FIGS. 1 to 4 in a perspective view
  • Figure 6 shows an alternative embodiment of an application element for
  • FIG. 7 shows a further exemplary embodiment of a pin-shaped extension sleeve in a perspective view
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 and 7 shows a further embodiment of an application element for arrangement on the extension sleeve according to FIGS. 1 to 4 and 7 in a perspective view;
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 and 7 shows a further embodiment of an application element for attachment to the extension sleeve according to FIGS. 1 to 4 and 7 in a perspective view
  • FIGS. 1 to 4 and 7 show a sleeve part for use in an extension sleeve according to FIGS. 1 to 4 and 7 in a perspective view, shown partly in section.
  • a pin-shaped extension sleeve shown in FIG. 1 consists of a tubular sleeve part 1 for receiving a solid or pasty mass or a liquid container 2 (see FIG. 10).
  • a slider 3 is slidably arranged in the axial direction of the sleeve part 1, the slider 3 being displaceable within the sleeve part 1 by means of a rotating part 4 by means of a rotating part 4 by means of a slide guide (not shown) and projections arranged on the slider 3.
  • a closure cap 5 can be plugged onto the sleeve part 1 and holds the entire sleeve part 1 and a shoulder 6 of the rotary part 4.
  • the paragraph 6 has punctiform projections, not shown, which can be locked behind an edge of the closure cap 5.
  • the rotating part 4 and the sleeve part 1 can be formed in one part or two parts.
  • the rotating part 4 has on its outer lateral surface a surface which increases the coefficient of friction, for example in the form of projections 7.
  • the closure cap 5 has a recess 8 into which an application element 9 can be inserted.
  • the application element can be locked or glued in the recess 8.
  • the application element 9 consists of a presentation area 10 for receiving information and / or advertisements, for example, and an acrylic lens 11 arranged above the presentation area 10, which is convex and covers the entire presentation area 10, the acrylic lens 11 being flush ends with the outer surface of the cap 5 and has the same radius of curvature in each surface point.
  • the application element 9 On its surface facing the closure cap 5, the application element 9 has pin-shaped projections 12 (cf. FIG. 5) which engage in corresponding bores 13 in the region of the recess 8 of the closure cap 5.
  • the bores 13 serve on the one hand to lock the application element 9 and on the other hand have different diameters, so that a certain orientation of the application element 9 in relation to the closure cap 5 can be predetermined in this way, for example in order to match an advertising message arranged on the outer surface of the closure cap 5 - Bring mood with an advertising message on the application element 9.
  • FIG. 3 shows an alternative embodiment of the upper region of the closure cap 5, in which the application element 9 as a whole, ie the presentation surface Before 10 and also the acrylic lens 11 is arranged within the recess 8 of the closure cap 5.
  • the closure cap 5 has a peripheral edge 14, on the inside 15 of which are arranged wart-shaped projections 16 which are distributed at a uniform distance from one another over the circumference of the inside 15. With an arrangement of preferably 3 wart-shaped projections 16, an angle of 120 ° accordingly extends between the individual projections 16.
  • an application element 9 according to FIGS. 3 and 4 can be snapped into the recess 8 in a simple manner with sufficient flexibility.
  • FIG. 6 shows an alternative embodiment of an application element 9, which is plate-shaped and consequently has a disk 17, for example made of plastic, which can be inserted into a recess 8 in the closure cap 5.
  • the disk 17 has a presentation surface 10 on its surface which can be seen in the inserted state.
  • an eyelet 18 is arranged in this area, which serves to receive a band 19 or an equivalent chain, in order to be able to carry the extension sleeves connected to the application element 9, for example in the form of a chain.
  • the eyelet 18 is preferably arranged centrally in the region of the disk 17 and anchored, for example glued, in a bore (not shown) provided there.
  • positive connections between the eyelet 18 and the disk 17 are also possible, which, for example, enable a relative movement in the form of a rotatability of the disk 17 relative to the eyelet 18.
  • FIG. 7 shows an embodiment of an extension sleeve which has an application element 9 according to FIG. 6 at both ends.
  • the rotating part 4 of the extension sleeve is also formed with a recess which serves to receive the application element 9.
  • Both eyelets 18 provided at the end regions of the extension sleeve are connected to one another via a band 19, so that the loss of part of the Extension sleeve after removal of the sleeve part 1 from the cap 5 is prevented.
  • the band 19 can be firmly connected to each eyelet 18 or can be slidably guided in the eyelets 18.
  • a clip element 20 can be seen in FIG. 7, which on the upper application element 9, i.e. is attached to the application element 9 arranged in the recess 8 of the closure cap 5.
  • This clip element consists of a U-shaped metal bracket, the legs of which are of different lengths, the longer leg 21 being resilient and having a projection 22 at its free end, which abuts the outer surface of the closure cap 5.
  • the second leg 23 of the clip element 20 is connected to the application element 9.
  • Such a clip element is used to fasten the extension sleeves in the form of a writing instrument in the area of a pocket of a piece of clothing.
  • FIG. 8 shows an application element 9 which is can-shaped and consequently encloses a cavity 24.
  • the cavity is accessible via an opening 25 provided in the area of the presentation surface 10, the opening 25 being closable via a slide 26.
  • This application element 9 can be used, for example, as a storage box for tablets or the like.
  • FIG. 9 shows an application element 9 which consists of a carrier plate 27 and a dome 28 arranged thereon, the dome having a surface 29 with high friction resistance, which makes it possible to use the surface for manicure or pedicure purposes, but also as Insert tool. Alternatively, an eraser or the like can of course also be provided here.
  • FIG. 10 shows the design of a liquid container 2, which is arranged in the sleeve part above the slide 3.
  • a projection 30 can also be seen in FIG. 10, with which the slide 3 is shown in a manner not shown in detail. posed backdrop guide of the sleeve part 1 is guided.
  • a second projection 30 is arranged on the slide 3 diametrically opposite the first projection 30.
  • the liquid container 2 consists of an outer wall 31, the outer surface of which rests on the inner surface 32 of the sleeve part 1. Furthermore, the liquid container 2 has a base plate (not shown in detail) and a cover 33, which is penetrated by an atomizer device 34 in order to enable a liquid 35 arranged in the liquid container 2 to be removed in portions.

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L'invention concerne une douille d'expulsion en forme de bâton, destinée à des matières solides ou pâteuses et à des contenants à liquide. Ladite douille présente une partie douille tubulaire destinée à recevoir la matière ou le contenant à liquide, une partie rotative, un coulisseau monté de manière à pouvoir coulisser dans la partie douille, pouvant être déplacé dans le sens longitudinal de la partie douille par l'intermédiaire de la partie rotative et relié à la matière ou au contenant à liquide, ainsi qu'un capuchon de fermeture permettant d'obturer une ouverture de la partie douille. L'objectif de l'invention est de créer une douille d'expulsion en forme de bâton pouvant être adaptée, de manière simple et économique, à une pluralité d'exigences de clients relatives à sa conception ainsi qu'à l'agencement de messages publicitaires ou d'autres informations et permettant notamment d'avoir recours à une grande variété d'éléments améliorant l'impact publicitaire. A cet effet, un élément d'application (9) est placé sur la partie rotative (4) ou sur le capuchon de fermeture (5) et il est raccordé solidement à la partie rotative (4) et/ou au capuchon de fermeture (5), notamment collé et/ou encliqueté.
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AU2003293898A AU2003293898A1 (en) 2002-12-23 2003-12-16 Rod-type expulsion capsule
EP03789296A EP1575395B1 (fr) 2002-12-23 2003-12-16 Douille d'expulsion en forme de baton
AT03789296T ATE510471T1 (de) 2002-12-23 2003-12-16 Stiftförmige ausschubhülse
US10/540,442 US20060283740A1 (en) 2002-12-23 2003-12-16 Rod-type expulsion capsule

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DE20220083 2002-12-23
DE20300322U DE20300322U1 (de) 2002-12-23 2003-01-10 Stiftförmige Ausschubhülse
DE20300322.5 2003-01-10

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