Patent ID: 6293720
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
A pencil for a soft-core product comprising:a sleeve-shaped pencil body having a first tip with an opening, a circumferential surface and a rear section;a rotating sleeve having an end adjacent the rear section and a second tip opposite the end, the end of said rotating sleeve being axially fixed to said sleeve-shaped pencil body and arranged so that said rotating sleeve can rotate in the pencil body; anda core-retaining means for receiving and supporting an axially-movable soft-core product, said core-retaining means being arranged inside said rotating sleeve so that it can be moved back and forth in an axial direction owing to a relative movement between said pencil body and said rotating sleeve thereby axially moving the product through said opening of the pencil body, an outer circumferential surface of said core-retaining means cooperating with the inner surface of the rotating sleeve in the manner of an axial guide,wherein the rotating sleeve is arranged completely inside said pencil body and extends substantially to the opening in the first tip of the pencil body and the circumferential surface of the pencil body that encloses the rotating sleeve contains at least one actuation window.