Patent ID: 6530709
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: A45D,A46B

Abstract:
An applicator for dispensing and applying nail polish, the applicator comprising:(a) an elongated, hollow, generally pen-shaped main housing having all aperture at one axial extremity; (b) an elongated cartridge housing disposed within an upper portion of the main housing; (c) at least one nail polish cartridge comprising a central chamber for holding a supply of liquid nail polish, the nail polish cartridge having a first, upper end and an opposite, second, lower end, the cartridge being disposable within the cartridge housing; (d) a brush having a plurality of bristles for applying nail polish, each bristle having a first end mounted in the main housing and an opposite, second end which is a free end; (e) a mechanism for dispensing nail polish from the nail polish cartridge in increments, the nail polish dispensing mechanism having a first position in which nail polish is contained within the cartridge and is not dispensed, and a second position in which nail polish is dispensed from the cartridge through the housing aperture onto the brush; (f) a mechanism for controlling the discharge of nail polish from the nail polish cartridge onto the brush; and (g) a rotatable mechanism for axially translating the brush between the first position within the lower housing section, and the second position extending outside the lower housing section; wherein the main housing comprises an alongated upper housing section having an opening at one axial extremity, and a lower housing section having an opening at one axial extremity, the upper and lower housing sections being detachably joined together at the openings; the brush being mounted for axial movement between a first position inside the lower housing section, and a second position extending from the lower housing section; wherein a band connectable to a drum housing within the main housing is rotatable with the rotatable upper housing section; the brush being movable between the first and second positions with rotation of the upper housing section; and wherein the nail polish cartridge is at least partially disposed within the cartridge housing, the cartridge housing is disposed within the upper housing section, and the lower housing section houses the dispensing mechanism, and the brush in the first position.