Patent ID: 6086277
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
A cosmetic pencil comprising a filler stick disposed in a sleeve of an elongated basic body said elongated body having an automatic advance acting on the filler stick to linearly displace the filler stick out of the sleeve in a direction towards a free tip of the cosmetic pencil,wherein the automatic advance is an automatic pusher mechanism (5), the automatic advance cooperating with a thin pin which conventionally corresponds to the lead of a lead pencil and which acts on a rear of the filler stick (15) via a piston section (10) to push the filler stick (15) forward,the automatic pusher mechanism comprising a pair of tongs (8) which close and move the pin forward together with the piston when a rear button of the cosmetic pencil is pressed, wherein when pressure on the button is released, the tongs open while the piston section is retained through frictional engagement by a filler stick brake in the sleeve and the open tongs move backward without moving the pin backwards, thereafter the pin is again engaged by the tongs,the filler stick brake being formed by the piston section (10) sealingly guided by defined frictional engagement in the sleeve enveloping the filler stick (15).