Classifications

• • 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
  • A45D34/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
  • A45D34/04—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
  • A45D34/042—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a brush or the like
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A46—BRUSHWARE
  • A46B—BRUSHES
  • A46B11/00—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water
  • A46B11/001—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water with integral reservoirs
  • A46B11/002—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water with integral reservoirs pressurised at moment of use manually or by powered means
  • A46B11/0024—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water with integral reservoirs pressurised at moment of use manually or by powered means with a permanently displaceable pressurising member that remain in position unless actuated, e.g. lead-screw or ratchet mechanisms, toothpaste tube twisting or rolling devices
  • A46B11/0027—Lead-screw mechanisms
• • 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
  • A45D2200/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A45D
  • A45D2200/05—Details of containers
  • A45D2200/054—Means for supplying liquid to the outlet of the container
  • A45D2200/055—Piston or plunger for supplying the liquid to the applicator
• • 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
  • A45D2200/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A45D
  • A45D2200/10—Details of applicators
  • A45D2200/109—Shaving brushes with means for storing shaving products, e.g. reservoir, shaving soap holder
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A46—BRUSHWARE
  • A46B—BRUSHES
  • A46B2200/00—Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
  • A46B2200/10—For human or animal care
  • A46B2200/1033—Brush for applying or spreading shaving foam or soap

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a dispenser and brush apparatus and, in particular, to a shaving cream dispenser and brush apparatus.
• the apparatus may be adapted for use by men or women, who may especially use it for dispensing liquid personal care products onto their skin.
• Shaving cream is commonly dispensed or discharged from aerosol containers directly as a lather onto the skin of, say, the face, and then worked or massaged around the skin with a brush that is separate to the aerosol container, before applying a razor blade for cutting the whiskers.
• US Patent No. 4,636,102 discloses a snap-on cap for an aerosol shaving cream can that has an integral shaving cream brush mounted in the cap so that, when the cap is snapped onto the can, the brush is held at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the can.
• the cap includes a button that is presented at an opposite angle to the brush and which is operably connected by a rigid strut and brace arrangement to both a nozzle for the cap and a flow communicating outlet valve for the can.
• US Patent No. 3,981,597 discloses a shaving cream dispenser having a brush removably mounted in a housing that permits a user to selectively depress the outlet valve of an aerosol can to cause pressurized shaving cream contained therein to be dispensed through the centre of the brush.
• the brush can be mounted either at right angles, or parallel, to the longitudinal axis of the can.
• the valve is activated by depressing the housing, and accidental depression is prevented by flanges in the housing whish seat upon shoulders of the can.
• US Patent No. 4,603,992 discloses a brush attachment for an aerosol shaving cream container that has a top rim and a dispensing nozzle thereon.
• the brush attachment has a housing that is removably mounted to the top rim and can manually flex the nozzle in any direction to dispense shaving cream through the centre of a brush which is secured upwardly from the top of the housing.
• a dispenser and brush apparatus comprising: (a) a container having a floor and a top opening, the floor including an aperture therethrough,
• a brush received over the top opening, the brush including bristles and a passageway between the bristles and a storage interior of the container for containing a flowable substance
• the container is generally cylindrical and the aperture is at the centre of the floor.
• the brush is threadably received over the top opening.
• the brush preferably has a downwardly depending annular collar having internal threading, and the container has an upper rim portion, the outer annular side thereof having external threading adapted to threadably engage the internal threading.
• the brush includes a lower surface and the passageway has an opening at the centre of the lower surface.
• the lower surface of the brush defines an upper extent of the storage interior of the container.
• the base may be rotated in a second direction so as to cause the stem to rotate therewith and the movable platform to move downwardly through the container.
• Fig, 1 is a perspective view of a shaving cream dispenser and brush apparatus according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
• Fig. 2 is a side view of the apparatus of Fig. 1.
• Fig. 3 is a sectional view through II-II of the apparatus of Fig. 2, showing the movable platform at a first location along the stem when the storage interior of the container is filled with shaving cream.
• Fig. 4 is a sectional view similar to that of Fig. 3 but showing the movable platform at a second location along the stem when the storage interior of the container is effectively empty of shaving cream.
• Fig. 5 is a side view of an apparatus according to a second embodiment of the invention.
• Fig. 6 is a sectional view through A- A of Fig. 5, with the piston at the bottom.
• Fig. 6A is a sectional view as above with the piston at the top.
• Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the apparatus of Fig. 5.
• Fig. 8 is a sectional perspective view of the apparatus of Fig. 5.
• Fig. 9 is a view of the capped refill assembly associated with the apparatus of Fig. 5.
• Fig. 10 is a sectional perspective view of the assembly of Fig. 9.
• Fig. 11 is an underside view of the apparatus of Fig. 5 and of the assembly of Fig. 9.
• Fig. 12 is an exploded perspective view of the apparatus of Fig. 5 and of the assembly of Fig. 9.
• the shaving cream dispenser and brush apparatus 10 shown in Figs. 1 to 4 comprises a container 12, a brush 14, a rotatable base 16, a stem 18, and a movable platform 20.
• the container 12 is generally cylindrical and has a floor 22 with an aperture formed at the centre of the floor 22.
• the brush 14 is, in this embodiment, threadably received over the top opening, but may alternatively be snap received over the top opening.
• the brush 14 has a lower surface 24 and a downwardly depending annular collar 26 with internal threading 27.
• the brush 14 includes tufts of bristles 28, which are preferably made of goats hair, mounted on a bristle projecting surface 30.
• a passageway 32 extends between an opening at the bristle projecting surface 30 and an opening 34 at the lower surface of the brush 14.
• the lower surface 24 defines an upper extent of a storage interior 35 of the container for containing, in this instance, shaving cream, although it may alternatively contain and dispense any flowable
• substances that may be suited to brushing on surfaces such as facial creams, lotions and foams, useful to men or women.
• the movable platform 20 defines a lower extent of the storage interior 35 of the container for containing shaving cream. Shaving cream is thus stored between the lower surface 24 of the brush 14 and the movable platform 20.
• the container 12 also has an upper rim portion 36, the outer annular side thereof having external threading 38 that is adapted to threadably engage the internal threading 27 of the brush 14 for screwably securing the brush over the top opening of the container.
• the rotatable base 16 is located beneath the floor 22, and the stem 18 is, in this embodiment, integrally connected thereto so as to be rotatable therewith.
• the stem 18 extends through the aperture in the floor 22 and upwardly in the container.
• the stem 18 includes a threaded portion and threadably engages a threaded centre hole of the movable platform 20.
• Fig. 3 shows the movable platform 20 at its lowest extent along the stem 18 when there is a full volume of, say, 60 ml of shaving cream on the container.
• Fig. 4 shows the movable platform 20 at its highest extent along the stem 18 when the container has effectively been emptied of shaving cream.
• a refill unit may be provided comprising a container, rotatable base, stem and movable platform with a storage interior already filled with shaving cream.
• the unit may be sealed by a screw-on cap or the like, which can be removed and replaced by the brush from the previously used apparatus.
• the shaving cream dispenser and brush apparatus 100 shown in Figs. 5 to 12 comprises a container 102, a brush 104, a rotatable base 106, a stem 108, and a movable platform 110.
• the container 102 is generally cylindrical and has a generally flat, disclike floor 112 with an aperture 113 formed at the centre of the floor 1 12. There is a top opening of the container 102 over which the brush 104 is threadably received.
• the apparatus 100 is similar structurally and functionally to the apparatus 10.
• a capped refill assembly 120 is shown in Fig. 9 and Fig. 10. Such an assembly may be provided when, through use, the cream has been emptied from a previously used apparatus. The cap 122 is removed from the assembly and replaced by the brush from the previously used apparatus.
• Fig. 11 shows the underside of the apparatus or of the rotatable base for the container 12 or 102 containing the instructions for how to dispense the cream.
• the exploded view in Fig. 12 shows all of the aforementioned features, and also a wire clip 124 for fitting within a groove or recess 126 around the base of the stem 108 or spindle and acting as a strengthener in preventing the stem 108 from "popping out" through the floor 112 when excessive or ill-directed force is used to rotate the base 106.

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