Patent ID: 6076679
Filing Date: 2000-06-20
Classification: A45C,A45D,Y10S

Abstract:
A hermetically sealed cosmetic container comprising:a container housing having a bottom wall and an outer peripheral wall surrounding said bottom wall, said outer peripheral wall and said bottom wall defining an accommodating space therein;an outer lid rotatably mounted on said container housing for opening and closing said accommodating space;a refill case having an inner tray defining a cosmetic accommodating region for accommodating cosmetic material therein, an inner lid for opening and closing said cosmetic accommodating region, a hinge mechanism projecting outwardly from said inner tray for rotatably mounting said inner lid to said inner tray, and a hermetic sealing mechanism disposed between said inner tray and said inner lid for surrounding and hermetically sealing said cosmetic accommodating region, said refill case being detachably installed in one side of said cosmetic accommodating region, leaving a space in the other side of said cosmetic accommodating region, with said hinge mechanism being disposed adjacent to said outer peripheral wall of said container housing, and said inner lid having an openable and closable end positioned on the opposite side of said hinge mechanism and within said accommodating space;a groove defined in the outer peripheral wall portion of said container housing adjacent to said hinge mechanism, said hinge mechanism being fitted in said groove so as to be exposed out of said container housing;a pair of slide guides disposed horizontally on a pair of parallel side walls of the outer peripheral wall portion of said container housing, the outer peripheral wall portion with said groove defined therein being interposed between said slide guides; anda pair of slides disposed in said inner tray of said refill case for disengageably engaging with said pair of slide guides, respectively, being guided by said slide guides to slide said refill case horizontally from one side of said accommodating space to the other;said hermetic sealing mechanism comprising:an annular ridge disposed on either one of said inner tray or said inner lid in surrounding relationship to said cosmetic accommodating region, and projecting toward the other; anda hermetically sealing ring disposed on the other of said inner tray and said inner lid and having a slanted surface movable in frictional contact with said annular ridge while said inner lid is being closed, said hermetically sealing ring being hermetically pressable against the entire periphery of said annular ridge.