Patent ID: 6231256
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: A45D,A46B,B05B

Abstract:
A dispenser for fluid material comprising:(a) a body defining an interior reservoir for holding a quantity of the fluid material, said reservoir having an opening;(b) an applicator for conveying fluid material from said reservoir through said opening to a locality, external to said body, at which it is desired to deliver and apply the fluid material, said applicator having an axis and a free tip and being retractably carried by said body for movement along said axis in one direction from said reservoir outwardly through said opening to an extended location external to said body, and in an opposite direction inwardly through said opening to a retracted location within said reservoir, the applicator tip being disposed adjacent said opening when the applicator is in said retracted position; and(c) a wiper disposed in said reservoir for engaging said applicator to wipe excess fluid material therefrom as said applicator moves outwardly through said opening, said wiper only wiping said applicator during movement of said applicator in said one direction, and being in contact with said applicator adjacent said tip when said applicator is in said retracted position to maintain said tip clean and free of said fluid material.