Patent ID: 6432075
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
An applicator for a tampon, comprising:an outer cylinder including forward and rearward ends, a first portion for fitting the tampon therein formed on a side of the forward end, and a second portion formed on a side of the rearward end and having a smaller diameter than that of said first portion, a push-out member movably inserted into said second portion of said outer cylinder, and a plurality of valves provided with the forward end of said outer cylinder, each valve being converged to have a curved face portion to be diametrically gradually reduced and define a leading end, wherein a ratio of a radius of an outer face at an inflection point of a boundary between a maximum diameter portion of said first diameter portion and said curved face portion to an axial length of the outer face from the inflection point to the leading end of said curved face portion is at most 0.8; and wherein a ratio of a length of said valves to a width of root ends of said valves is 1.0 to 2.0.