Makeup liquid container with applicator

A makeup liquid container with an applicator includes: a container body 1 having a barrel portion 8 and an open neck portion 6; a cap 4 designed to be screwed to the open neck portion 6 of the container body 1; a squeezing sleeve 3 fitted in the open neck portion 6 of the container body 1; and an applicator shaft 5 extended downward from the cap 4 into the container body 1 through the squeezing sleeve 3. A stirrer 9,91 is rotatably disposed in the barrel portion 8 in sliding contact with the inner surface of the barrel portion 8. An engaging device provides a driving connection between the cap 4 and the stirrer 9, 91 in such a manner that the stirrer 9, 91 is rotated when the cap 4 is rotated in the screwing and/or unscrewing direction and that the driving connection between the cap 4 and the stirrer 9,91 is dismissed whtn the applicator shaft 5 is extracted from the container body 1.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
1. Field of the Invention 
The present invention relates to a makeup liquid container with an 
applicator, such as, for example, a mascara liquid container or an eye 
liner liquid container with a brush or a similar applicator. 
2. Description of the Prior Art 
In general, a makeup liquid container with an applicator has a container 
body which contains the makeup liquid, a closure cap, and an applicator 
such as a brush with a shaft which is fixed to the cap and which is long 
enough to enable the applicator to reach the bottom of the container body. 
The end of the applicator therefore is always immersed in the liquid. The 
user pinches the cap and pulls the applicator out of the container through 
a squeezing sleeve provided in the opening portion of the container 
thereby squeezing off any excessive liquid. 
Makeup liquids such as mascara and eye liner are usually viscous and tend 
to attach to the inner surface of the container body when left for a long 
time. In consequence, the amount of the liquid which can effectively be 
used is decreased and, in addition, the thickness of the liquid is changed 
undesirably. 
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a makeup 
liquid container with an applicator, which is improved in such a way as to 
enable the liquid depositing to the inner surface of the container body to 
be scraped off thereby overcoming the above-described problems of the 
prior art. 
To this end, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is 
provided a makeup liquid container with an applicator comprising: a 
container body having an opened neck portion; a closure cap for closing 
the opening of the neck portion; an applicator shaft fixed at its one end 
to the cap such as to extend downwardly therefrom into the container body 
through a squeezing sleeve provided in the opened neck portion when the 
cap is placed to cover the opening of the container; an applicator such as 
a brush fixed to the other end of the applicator shaft; a rotatable 
stirrer disposed in the container body for rotation in contact with the 
inner surface of the container body; and rotary drive means for rotating 
the stirrer to enable makeup liquid to be scraped off the inner surface of 
the container body. 
The rotary actuating means for rotationally actuating the stirrer may 
include engaging means which enables the stirrer to engage with the cap or 
the applicator shaft which is integral with the cap and inserted into the 
container body, such that the stirrer is rotated by the cap or the 
applicator shaft when the cap and, hence, the applicator shaft are rotated 
during screwing of the cap onto the open neck of the container body and/or 
unscrewing of the cap therefrom and such that the stirrer is disengaged 
from the cap or the applicator shaft automatically when the applicator 
shaft is extracted from the container body. The rotary actuating means 
also may be of the type which is capable of rotating the stirrer by means 
of a rotary actuator exposed on the bottom of the container body. 
The stirrer can have a wide variation. For instance, the stirrer may have a 
cylindrical member provided with a plurality of scraping blades which 
extend linearly or spirally in the direction of axis of the container 
body. In another arrangement, the stirrer is composed of a spiral or screw 
member attached to a rotatable cylindrical member. 
When the stirrer has a spiral scraping blade or a spiral member, the makeup 
liquid can conveniently be scraped downward towards the bottom of the 
container body when the applicator shaft moves in one direction. However, 
when the applicator shaft is moved in the reverse direction, the spiral 
blade or spiral member of the stirrer undesirably causes the makeup liquid 
on the container wall surface to be moved upward. In order to obviate this 
problem, it is advisable to provide a ratchet mechanism in the connection 
between the cap or the applicator shaft and the stirrer such that the 
stirrer is rotated only when the applicator shaft is moved in one 
direction, e.g., towards the bottom of the container body. 
A single ratchet, however, may allow the stirrer to rotate due to friction 
even when this ratchet idles. In order to overcome this problem, a second 
ratchet mechanism which transmits rotation in the direction counter to the 
direction of transmission of the first ratchet mechanism may be provided 
between the container body and the stirrer. 
When the rotary actuating means has a rotary actuator exposed to the 
outside of the bottom of the container body, the arrangement may be such 
that the above-mentioned rotatable cylinder is exposed so as to constitute 
the bottom of the container body so that the user can directly rotate the 
stirrer. The rotary actuator also may be a bottom cap engaging with the 
rotatable cylinder is provided so as to close a bottom opening of the 
container body.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
The present invention can be carried out in various forms each of which can 
be embodied in various preferred ways. Description of preferred 
embodiments, therefore, will be commenced first with a form shown in FIGS. 
1 to 4 which show first and second embodiments of the invention. In both 
embodiments a spiral member is capable of being rotated to scrape makeup 
liquid off the inner surface of the container body both during screwing 
and unscrewing of a cap onto and from the container body. 
Referring first to FIGS. 1 and 2, there is shown a makeup liquid container 
which includes an elongated container body 1 containing a makeup liquid 
and having an open neck portion 6 and a barrel portion 8, a rotatable 
member 2 having a rotatable cylinder 7 rotatably received in the open neck 
portion 6 such as to project upward from the open neck portion 6 and a 
spiral member 9 suspended from the lower end of the rotatable cylinder 7 
while making a sliding contact with the inner surface of the barrel 
portion 8, a squeezing sleeve 3 fixed in the rotatable cylinder 7 of the 
rotatable member 2, a cap 4 splined to the outer surface of upper end 
portion of the rotatable cylinder 7 and held in screwing engagement with 
the outer surface of the open neck portion 6 of the container body 1 so as 
to be able to rotate the rotatable member 2 forwardly and backwardly when 
it is screwed onto and unscrewed from the open neck portion 6, an 
applicator shaft 5 extending downward into the container body 1 through 
the squeezing sleeve 3, and an applicator 10 such as a brush secured to 
the lower end of the applicator shaft 5. 
In use the user unscrews the cap 4 from the open neck portion 6 and pulls 
the same upward so that the applicator shaft 5 integral with the cap 4 and 
the applicator 10 fixed to the lower end of the applicator shaft 5 are 
extracted from the container body 1, through the squeezing sleeve 3. The 
squeezing sleeve 3 wipes makeup liquid off the outer surface of the 
applicator shaft 5 and squeezes the applicator 10 so as to optimize the 
amount of the makeup liquid held by the applicator 10. 
During unscrewing of the cap 4, the rotatable member 2 splined to the cap 4 
is rotatingly actuated so that the spiral member 9 of the rotatable member 
2 rotates so as to scrape off any makeup liquid from the inner surface of 
the barrel portion of the container body 1. After the use, the user screws 
the cap 4 again onto the open neck portion 6 of the container body. The 
rotatable member 2 rotates also in this case so that the spiral member 9 
performs scraping action in the reverse direction. Thus, the scraping 
action is performed upon each unscrewing and each screwing of the cap 4. 
The rotation of the spiral member 9, which performs the scraping function, 
also causes a stirring action to stir the makeup liquid in the container 
body thereby preventing undesirable solidification of the makeup liquid. 
A first embodiment will be described in more detail hereinafter. 
The first embodiment of the makeup liquid container with an applicator in 
accordance with the present invention has, as its major parts, a container 
body 1, a rotatable member 2 which has a spiral member 9 serving as a 
scraper member, a squeezing sleeve 3, a cap 4, and an applicator shaft 5. 
The container body 1 is an elongated member made of a decorative metallic 
material, and has a straight cylindrical barrel portion 8 and a mouth 
member 11 fixed in an upper opening of the barrel portion 8 and provided 
with an open neck portion 6 of reduced diameter The open neck portion 6 is 
externally threaded and is provided at an intermediate portion thereof 
with a groove 12 formed in the inner peripheral surface thereof. The lower 
end portion of the open neck portion 6 constitutes a mounting peripheral 
wall 13. An elastic ring member 14 having a portion of a substantially 
U-shaped sectional shape fits on the mounting peripheral wall 13 so as to 
cover the outer surface of the mounting peripheral wall 13. This elastic 
ring member 14 is a liquid-tight sealing member and serves also as a 
buffer member. A bottom member 15 having a funnel-like form with a bottom 
is fitted in the bottom of the container body 1 through a tubular portion 
16. The bottom member 15 is intended to reduce the internal volume of the 
container body at the bottom portion thereof, so as to minimize the amount 
of the makeup liquid which finally remain in the container without being 
used A reference numeral 17 designates a seal ring. 
The rotatable member 2 has an upper rotatable cylinder 7 and a lower spiral 
member 9. The rotatable cylinder 7 is stepped such as to have a 
large-diameter lower portion, a medium-diameter intermediate portion and a 
small-diameter upper portion. The intermediate portion has an engaging 
ridge 18 protruding from the outer peripheral surface. The rotatable 
cylinder 7 rotatably fits in the mouth member 11 with its engaging ridge 
18 received in the groove 12 mentioned before. A plurality of vertical 
engaging ridges 19 serving as spline teeth are formed on the upper end 
surface of the rotatable cylinder 7 projecting upward from the open neck 
portion 6. A pair of spiral members 9, 9 extend downwardly from 
diametrically opposing portions of the large-diameter lower end of the 
rotatable cylinder 7 in such a manner as to make sliding contact with the 
inner surface of the barrel portion 8 of the container body. A ring 20 is 
coupled to the lower ends of the spiral members 9, 9. 
The squeezing sleeve 3 is made of a soft elastic material such as a rubber 
or a soft synthetic resin. An annular protrusion protrudes from the inner 
peripheral surface at a mid portion thereof so as to form a restricted 
opening. The squeezing sleeve 7 fits in the rotatable cylinder 7 by means 
of upper and lower outward flanges 21 and 22. 
The cap 4 has a partition plate 23 at an intermediate portion thereof, so 
that it exhibits a substantially H-shaped sectional shape when taken along 
a vertical plane containing the axis thereof. The cap 4 is internally 
threaded at its lower end for engagement with the external thread on the 
open neck portion 6. Vertical engaging ridges serving as spline teeth and 
capable of engaging with the vertical engaging ridges 19 on the rotatable 
cylinder 7 are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the cap 4 at a 
portion immediately above the internal screw thread. 
According to this arrangement, when the cap 4 is screwed onto and unscrewed 
from the open neck portion 6 of the container body 1, it causes the 
rotatable member 2 to rotate in one and the other directions through the 
spline engagement between itself and the rotatable cylinder 7 of the 
rotatable member 2. In consequence, the spiral members 9, 9 integral with 
the rotatable member are made to rotate in one and the other directions 
along the inner peripheral surface of the barrel portion 8 so as to scrape 
makeup liquid therefrom. A reference numeral 24 designates a metallic 
outer member having a decorative effect fitted around the cap 4, while a 
numeral 25 designates a downward peripheral ridge which makes a pressure 
contact with the upper surface of the flange 21. 
An applicator shaft 5 extends downward from the central portion of the 
partition plate 23 of the cap 4 into the bottom region of the container 
body 1, through the squeezing sleeve 3. The applicator shaft 5 is formed 
integrally with the cap 4. An applicator 10 such as a brush is fixed to 
the lower end portion of the applicator shaft 5 below the squeezing sleeve 
3. The applicator 10 extends into the bottom member 15 which serves to 
reduce the internal volume at the bottom portion of the container body. 
The parts described hereinabove without limitation of material, e.g., the 
rotatable cylinder and the spiral members 9, 9, cap 4, applicator shaft 5, 
and the bottom member 15, may be formed by molding from a synthetic resin. 
The applicator 10 is typically a brush having bristles of a synthetic 
resin or animal hair. 
As has been described, the first embodiment of the present invention 
employs rotatable member 2 having at least one spiral member 9 capable of 
sliding on the inner peripheral surface of the barrel portion 8 of the 
container body 1 is rotatably mounted in the mouth member 11 on the 
container body 1, in such a manner that the rotatable member 2 is rotated 
as the cap 4 is screwed onto and unscrewed from the container body. In 
consequence, the spiral member 9 performs scraping function upon each 
removal and each fitting of the cap 4, thus eliminating necessity for 
periodical scraping operation which is required by conventional makeup 
liquid container of this type. Since the scraping operation is executed 
automatically upon each fitting and removal of the cap, any risk for the 
user to forget the scraping operation is eliminated and the operation is 
facilitated. Since the removal and fitting of the cap is executed rather 
frequently due to frequent use of the applicator, the scraping of the 
makeup liquid is conducted before the makeup liquid attaching to the inner 
surface of the container body is hardened, thus ensuring a high scraping 
effect. 
FIGS. 3 and 4 show a second embodiment. 
This embodiment comprises: a container body 1 having a barrel portion 8 and 
an open neck portion 6; a cap 4 screwed to the open neck portion 6; an 
applicator shaft 5 provided with an applicator 10 such as a brush fixed to 
the lower end thereof and extended from the cap 4 into the container body 
1; a rotatable cylinder 7 fitted in the barrel portion 8, the applicator 
shaft 5 being provided at its lower outer portion with vertical engaging 
ridges 26 which is engageable with, when the cap is rotated, second 
vertical engaging ridges formed on the inner peripheral surface of the 
rotatable cylinder 7; and a spiral member connected to the rotatable 
cylinder 7 and rotatable in sliding contact with the inner peripheral 
surface of the barrel portion 8. 
Referring to FIG. 3, the cap is shown in a state screwed onto the container 
body with the first engaging ridges 26 on the applicator shaft 5 held in 
engagement with the second engaging ridges 27. When the cap 4 is unscrewed 
from the container body 1, the rotatable cylinder 7 and, hence, the spiral 
member 9 are rotated due to engagement between the first and second 
engaging ridges 26 and 27. The spiral member 9 is composed of a pair of 
spiral strings 9a, 9b the outer surfaces of which are held in sliding 
contact with the inner surface of the barrel portion 8 so as to scrape 
makeup liquid off the inner surface of the barrel portion 8. At the same 
time, the portion of the spiral member 9 immersed in the makeup liquid 
within the container body effectively stirs the makeup liquid as it is 
rotated. The same action is performed also during screwing of the cap onto 
the container body 1. 
The second embodiment will be described in more detail. The second 
embodiment of the present invention has an elongated container body 1 with 
a barrel portion 8 and an open neck portion 6 standing upright therefrom. 
A squeezing sleeve 3 for optimizing the amount of the makeup liquid to be 
served by the applicator 10 is fixed in an upper portion of the container 
body 1. 
A rotatable cylinder 7 for stirring the makeup liquid and for scraping 
makeup liquid off the container wall is rotatably fitted in the barrel 
portion 8 of the container body 1. The rotatable cylinder 7 has a small 
cylindrical portion 15 having an inside diameter slightly smaller than the 
outside diameter of a later-mentioned applicator shaft 10 and a plurality 
of bars serving as second engaging ridges 27 standing upright from the 
inner peripheral edge of the upper end of the small cylindrical portion 15 
at a constant circumferential interval. A pair of spiral strings 9a, 9a 
are extended upright from outer peripheral edge of an outward flange 28 
provided on the upper end of the small cylindrical portion 15. The upper 
ends of these spiral strings 9a, 9a are connected to the underside of a 
common ring so as to form a spiral member 9. The outward flange 28 
contacts with the inner surface of the barrel portion 8 in a liquid-tight 
manner. In order to ensure the liquid-tightness, an "O" ring 17 is fitted 
on the outer peripheral surface of the flange 28. 
The spiral strings 9a, 9a are adapted to rotate in sliding contact with the 
inner surface of the barrel portion 8 of the container body 1 so as to 
scrape off any makeup liquid on the inner surface of the barrel portion 8. 
The ring 31 engages with the lower surface of the squeezing sleeve so as 
to prevent the cylindrical member 7 from moving up and down. 
A cap 4 is capable of being closing open end of the open neck portion of 
the container body 1 by screwing engagement therewith. An applicator shaft 
5 is suspended from the inner surface of the cap 4 downward into the 
container body 1. The applicator shaft 5 carries at its lower end an 
applicator 10 such as a brush which is received in the bore of the 
above-mentioned small cylindrical portion 15. First engaging ridges 26 for 
engagement with the aforementioned second engaging ridges 27 are formed on 
the outer surface of the applicator shaft 5 at a lower portion thereof. 
The axial length of mutually engaging portions of these engaging ridges 
26, 27 may be substantially the same as the axial length of the screwing 
engagement between the open neck portion 6 of the container body 1 and the 
cap 4. 
In the second embodiment having the described construction, when the cap 4 
is rotated in screwing or unscrewing direction with the applicator shaft 5 
received in the container body 1, the spiral member 9 rotates in one and 
the other direction with respect to the container body 1 in sliding 
contact with the inner surface of the barrel portion 8 of the container 
body l, whereby any matter attaching to the inner surface is scraped off 
by the spiral member 9. At the same time, the immersed portion of the 
spiral member effectively stirs the makeup liquid so as to maintain the 
makeup liquid in a state ready for use. 
Third and fourth embodiments will be described with reference to FIGS. 5 to 
8. 
The third and fourth embodiments are common to the first and second 
embodiments in that the scraping of the makeup liquid off the container 
wall can be effected both during screwing and unscrewing of the cap, but 
are distinguished from the preceding embodiments in that they employ a 
stirrer which is different from the spiral members shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 
and FIGS. 9 to 36 which will be mentioned later. It is to be noted, 
however, the spiral members shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 and FIGS. 9 to 36 fall 
within the concept of a stirrer. A scraper member shown in FIG. 6(c), 
which is twisted in a spiral form, also can be regarded as being a 
stirrer. 
The third and the fourth embodiments have the following common features. 
Namely, the makeup liquid container has an elongated container body 1 
containing a makeup liquid and having a barrel portion 8 and an open neck 
portion 6; a squeezing sleeve 3 fixedly mounted in the open neck portion 
6; a stirrer 91 having a plurality of scraping members 93 and rotatably 
received in an intermediate portion of the container body 1; a cap 4 
screwed to the outer surface of the open neck portion 6; an applicator 
shaft 10 extending downward from the cap 4 into the container body 1 
through the squeezing sleeve 3 and the stirrer 9, the applicator shaft 5 
being splined at its intermediate portion to the stirrer 91 so as to 
rotate the stirrer 91 in one and the other directions when the cap 4 is 
rotated in screwing and unscrewing directions; and an applicator such as a 
brush fixed to the lower end of the applicator shaft 5. 
In use, the user unscrews the cap 4 from the open neck portion 6 and 
extracts the applicator shaft 5 integral with the cap 4. During the 
extraction, the applicator shaft 5 and the applicator 10 are made to pass 
through the squeezing sleeve 3 so that the squeezing sleeve 3 wipes makeup 
liquid off the surface of the applicator shaft 5 and squeezes the 
applicator 8 so as to optimize the amount of the makeup liquid to be 
served by the applicator 8. 
The applicator shaft 5 and the stirrer 91 are splined to each other so that 
they are relatively movable in the axial direction but not in the 
rotational direction. Since the cap 4 rotates during unscrewing, the 
applicator shaft 5 is rotated during removal of the cap, with the result 
that the stirrer 91 also rotates to stir the makeup liquid in the 
container body 1, thereby preventing the solidification and deposition of 
the makeup liquid. At the same time, by positioning the stirrer in the 
close proximity of the inner surface of the container body 1, the solid 
content of the makeup liquid depositing to the wall surface of the 
container body 1 is scraped and dissolved again in the liquid. Since the 
lower portion of the container body 1 is restricted to such an extent as 
to just receive the applicator 10, it is possible to minimize the makeup 
liquid which remains in the container body without being used. 
The third embodiment will be described with specific reference to FIGS. 5 
and 6. 
The container body 1 has a barrel portion 8 made of a metallic material 
having decorative effect and a mouth portion 11 fitted in the upper end 
opening of the barrel portion 8 and having an open neck portion 6 of a 
reduced diameter. The lower end opening of the barrel portion 8 is covered 
by a bottom member 100 fitted therein and a decorative metallic cover 
plate 10 is secured to the underside of the bottom member 100. The bottom 
member 100 has a considerably large thickness so that it occupies the 
space inside the container body 1 at the bottom thereof such that the 
applicator 10 is just received. 
The squeezing sleeve 3 is made of a soft elastic material such as a rubber 
or a soft synthetic resin. The squeezing sleeve 3 is provided with an 
outwardly extending flange 21 which is adapted to reset on the top of the 
open neck portion 6. The lower end of the squeezing sleeve 3 is so 
restricted as to make a resilient pressure contact with the applicator 
shaft 5. In this state, the squeezing sleeve 3 is fitted and fixed by 
friction in the open neck portion 6. 
The stirrer 91 has a short cylindrical member 92 having a bore of a size 
large enough to allow the applicator shaft 5 to pass therethrough, and 
four scraping blades 94 extending radially outwardly from the outer 
surface 92 of the short cylinder at a 90.degree. interval. The stirrer 91 
is rotatably disposed in an intermediate portion of the container body 1 
between the mouth member 11 and the bottom member 100. Preferably, the 
stirrer 91 is arranged such that the scraping blades 93 are held in the 
close proximity of the inner surface of the container body 1. The scraping 
blades 93 may have linear or straight form or twisted form as shown in 
FIGS. 6(b) and 6(c). 
The cap 4 has a cylindrical member 94 the lower half part of which is 
internally threaded with a decorative metallic cap cover member 24 fitted 
on the outer surface of the cylindrical member 94. 
The applicator shaft 5 has a cylindrical upper portion 95 of a large 
diameter which fits in the upper half portion of the cap 4 and is fixed 
thereto by mutual engagement between the engaging ridges 76 and 79. The 
portion of the applicator shaft 5 immediately under the large-diameter 
cylindrical portion 95 corresponding to the squeezing sleeve 3 has a 
cylindrical form with a reduced diameter and the lower portion of this 
reduced-diameter cylindrical portion is shaped as a rod. An applicator 10 
such as a brush is secured to the lower end of the rod. Wedge-shaped 
engaging tabs 96 are provided the outer surface of the upper end of the 
rod, for engagement with the scraping blades 93. 
The fourth embodiment will now be described with specific reference to 
FIGS. 7 and 8. 
In this embodiment, the container body 1 has a double-wall structure 
composed of a decorative metallic outer member 1a and an inner member 1b 
fitted in the outer member 1a. The inner member 1b has a lower half 
portion which is contracted to reduce its inside diameter as to just 
receive the applicator 10. The squeezing sleeve 3 has an inner peripheral 
ridge projecting radially inwardly at an axially intermediate portion 
thereof, so as to form a restricted opening. The squeezing sleeve 3 also 
has an engaging ridge 22 provided on the outer surface of the lower end of 
the cylindrical portion and an outward flange 21 which engage with steps 
on the inner surface of the open neck portion 6. The stirrer 91 has a 
substantially frusto-conical member 105 and scraping blades 93, 93 
protruded from both sides of the upper surface of the frusto-conical 
member 105. A multiplicity of vertical grooves are formed in the inner 
peripheral surface of the small-diameter opening of the cylindrical member 
105, while the applicator shaft 5 is provided with a multiplicity of 
vertical grooves for spline engagement with the cylindrical member 105. 
The applicator shaft has a cylindrical upper end portion at which it is 
integrated with the cap 4. As in the case of the third embodiment, the 
scraping blades 93, 93 may be straight or twisted. 
It will be clear that this embodiment provides the same effects as those 
offered by the third embodiment. 
Components other that those specifically mentioned as being made from a 
metal can be molded from a synthetic resin. 
As has been described, in the third and the fourth embodiments, a stirrer 
91 is rotatably mounted in a container body 1 such as to be spline-engaged 
with an applicator shaft 5 which is suspended from a cap 4 screwed onto 
the open neck 6 of the container body 1. Therefore, when the cap is 
rotated in the screwing or unscrewing direction to enable the user to 
insert or extract the applicator shaft 5 into and out of the container 
body, the stirrer 91 which makes spline-engagement with the applicator 
shaft 5 is rotated so as to perform scraping and stirring actions. 
According to this arrangement, since the rotation of the stirrer 91 is 
caused by rotation of the cap 4 which is necessarily effected before and 
after the use of the applicator, it is not necessary to effect scraping 
operation separately. Since the scraping and stirring effects are produced 
without fail each time the cap is unscrewed for removal, the density of 
the makeup liquid to be served is always optimized. 
Fifth to twelfth embodiments will be described hereinafter with reference 
to FIGS. 9 to 27. These embodiments have common features in that they 
employ a spiral member 9 as the stirrer and in that a ratchet mechanism 32 
is provided in the path of transmission of the rotation between the cap 4 
and the spiral member 9 so that the rotation of the spiral member 9 is 
caused only in such a direction as to scrape the makeup liquid downward. 
The path of transmission of rotation may be such that a rotatable cylinder 
7 may either be integral or in engagement which is integral with the 
spiral member 9 is rotated by the cap 4 directly or indirectly through the 
applicator shaft 5. When the rotatable cylinder 7 is rotated by the cap 4 
directly, the ratchet mechanism 32 is provided between the cap 4 and the 
rotatable cylinder 7 or between the rotatable cylinder 7 and the spiral 
member 9. When the rotation transmission path includes the applicator 
shaft 5, the ratchet mechanism 32 is provided between the applicator shaft 
5 rotatable as a unit with the cap 4 and the rotatable cylinder 7 or 
between the rotatable cylinder 7 and the spiral member 9. 
Fifth and sixth embodiments will be described first with reference to FIGS. 
9 to 12. 
The makeup liquid container of this embodiment has an elongated container 
body 1 containing a makeup liquid, a spiral member 9 rotatably mounted in 
the container body such as to make a sliding contact with the inner 
surface of the barrel portion 8 of the container body 1 and provided at 
upper end thereof with a ring 31, a rotatable cylinder 7 having a lower 
end connected to the ring 31 through the ratchet mechanism 32, a squeezing 
sleeve 3 fixed in said rotatable cylinder 7, a cap 4 which is splined to 
the upper outer surface of the rotatable cylinder 7 and screwed to the 
outer surface of the open neck portion 6 of the container body, the cap 4, 
when unscrewed, being capable of rotating the spiral member 9 through the 
rotatable cylinder 7, and an applicator shaft 5 extending downward into 
the container body 1 through the squeezing sleeve 3, and an applicator 10 
such as a brush attached to the lower end of the applicator shaft 5. 
For the purpose of application of the makeup liquid, the user unscrews the 
cap 4 off the open neck portion 6 and moves it upward so as to extract the 
applicator shaft 5 integral with the cap 4. During the extraction of the 
cap 4, the applicator shaft 5 and the applicator 10 are forcibly made to 
pass through the squeezing sleeve 3 so as to wipe makeup liquid off the 
surface of the applicator shaft and to squeeze the applicator 10 thereby 
to optimize the amount of the makeup liquid held by the applicator 10. 
During the removal of the cap 4, the rotatable cylinder 7 splined to the 
cap 4 or the applicator shaft 5 is rotated and the rotation of the 
rotatable cylinder 7 is transmitted to the spiral member 9 through the 
ratchet mechanism 32 so that the spiral member frictionally slides on the 
inner surface of the barrel portion of the container body 1 thereby 
scraping makeup liquid off the inner surface of the barrel portion. At the 
same time, the portion of the spiral member 9 immersed in the makeup 
liquid in the container body 1 effectively stirs the makeup liquid, thus 
preventing solidification of the makeup liquid. 
The fifth embodiment will be described in detail with specific reference to 
FIGS. 9 to 10. The fifth embodiment of the makeup liquid container with 
applicator has, as its major components, a container body 1, a spiral 
member 9 which serves as stirrer and scraper, a squeezing sleeve 3, a cap 
4 and an applicator shaft 5. 
The container body 1 is an elongated member which is made of a decorative 
metallic material, and has a mouth member 11 fixedly fitted in the upper 
end opening thereof. The mouth member 11 has an open neck portion 6 of a 
reduced diameter. The open neck portion 6 has an external screw thread and 
is provided on the inner peripheral surface thereof with a groove 12 
formed at an axially intermediate portion thereof. The lower end portion 
of the open neck portion constitutes a mounting peripheral wall 13 and an 
elastic ring member 14 having a portion of a substantially U-shaped 
sectional shape is attached to the open neck portion 6 in such a manner as 
to cover the outer surface of a mounting peripheral wall 13. This elastic 
ring member 14 constitutes a liquid-tight seal member and serves also as a 
buffer member. 
The spiral member 9 includes a pair of spiral strings 9a, 9a which stand 
upright from diametrically opposing portions of the upper end of a 
bottom-equipped funnel-like bottom member 15 and a ring 31 connected to 
the upper ends of these spiral strings 9a, 9a. This spiral member 9 is 
rotatably mounted in the container body 1 in sliding contact with the 
inner surface of the container body 1. The spiral strings 9a, 9a are so 
shaped that they can scrape makeup liquid on the inner surface of the 
container body downward. The bottom member 15 has an upper enlarged 
portion with a groove formed therein, and a seal ring 17 is fitted in the 
groove so as to provide a liquid-tight seal between the bottom member 15 
and the inner surface of the container body 15. The bottom member 15 
serves to reduce the volume of the space inside the container body 1 at 
the bottom portion of the container body 1, so that all part of the makeup 
liquid is used without remaining wastefully. A ratchet mechanism 32 has 
four engaging claws 32a provided on four portions of the upper surface of 
the ring 31 and bent in one direction. 
The rotatable cylinder 7 has a stepped form composed of a lower portion of 
a large diameter, an intermediate portion of a medium diameter and an 
upper portion of a small diameter. An engaging ridge 18 is formed on the 
surface of the intermediate portion. The rotatable cylinder 7 is rotatably 
mounted in the mouth member 11 with the engaging ridge held in engagement 
with the groove 12. A plurality of vertical engaging ridges 19 are formed 
on the portion of the rotatable cylinder 7 projecting above the open neck 
portion 6 at a predetermined circumferential pitch. Ratchet teeth 32b 
having a saw-teeth form are formed on the outer periphery of the lower end 
of the large diameter lower portion of the rotatable cylinder 7 for 
engagement with the engaging claws 32a. The ratchet mechanism 32 is 
designed to transmit torque from the cap 4 to the rotatable cylinder 7 
only when the cap 4 is rotated in the unscrewing direction. Namely, torque 
is not transmitted when the cap 4 is rotated in the screwing direction. 
The squeezing sleeve 3 is made of a soft elastic material such as a rubber 
or a soft synthetic resin and is provided on the inner peripheral surface 
thereof with a restricted opening at an axially mid portion thereof, and 
is fitted in an upper portion of the rotatable member 7 by means of 
outward flanges 21, 22. 
The cap 4 is a substantially cylindrical member which is provided at its 
intermediate portion with a partition plate 23 so as to exhibits a 
substantially H-shaped cross-section. The cap 4 is internally threaded at 
its lower portion for engagement with the open neck portion 6 and is 
provided with vertical grooves immediately above the internal thread for 
engagement with the vertical ridges 19. Therefore, rotation of the cap 4 
in the screwing or unscrewing direction causes the rotatable cylinder 7 in 
one or the other direction. However, in this embodiment, the ratchet 
mechanism 32 transmits the torque only when the cap 4 is rotated in the 
unscrewing direction. A reference numeral 24 denotes a decorative metallic 
outer member which fits around the cap 4, while a numeral 25 denotes a 
downward sealing flange which is pressed onto the flange 21. 
The applicator shaft 15 is formed integrally with the cap 4 and extends 
downward from the center of the partition plate 23 down into the container 
body 1 through the squeezing sleeve 3. An applicator 10 such as a brush is 
fixed to the lower end of the squeezing sleeve 3. The applicator 10 is 
received in the restricted bottom member 15. 
FIGS. 11 and 12 show a sixth embodiment of the present invention. In this 
embodiment, the saw-teeth-like ratchet teeth 32b and the engaging claws 
32a of the fifth embodiment are replaced with each other. Namely, the 
teeth 32b are formed on the inner peripheral surface of the ring 31, while 
the engaging claws 32a are formed to suspend from the lower end of the 
rotatable cylinder 7. It will be clear that the sixth embodiment operates 
in the same manner as that of the fifth embodiment. 
In the fifth and sixth embodiments as described, a rotatable cylinder 7 is 
provided in the open neck portion of the container body 1 so as to be 
rotated by the cap 4 when the cap 4 is rotated in the screwing and 
unscrewing directions, while a spiral member 9 capable of sliding on the 
inner surface of the barrel portion of the container body 1 is disposed in 
the container body 1. The rotation of the rotatable cylinder 7 is 
transmitted to the spiral member 9 only when the cap 4 is rotated in the 
unscrewing direction so that the scraping action is performed only when 
the cap 4 is rotated in the unscrewing direction for removal. In 
consequence, the removal of the cap 4 and the scraping of the solidified 
makeup liquid can be completed in one action, so that the operation is 
facilitated and the scraping can be conducted without being forgotten. In 
addition, the solidified component of the makeup liquid, scraped off the 
inner surface of the barrel portion of the container body 1, is dissolved 
again in the liquid whereby reduction in the effective amount of the 
liquid, as well as thinning of the same, is avoided. 
Seventh and eighth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 13 
to 16. Each of the seventh and eighth embodiments has an elongated 
container body 1 containing a makeup liquid, a squeezing sleeve 3 fixed in 
the upper part of the barrel portion 8 of the container body 1, a spiral 
member 9 provided at its upper or lower part with a ring-shaped member 41 
for sliding contact with the inner surface of the container body 1, a cap 
4 screwed to the outer surface of the neck portion 6 of the container body 
1, an applicator shaft 5 extending downward from the cap 4 into the 
container body 1 through the squeezing sleeve 3, an applicator 10 such as 
a brush secured to the lower end of the applicator shaft 5, and a 
rotatable cylinder 7 which is splined to the outer surface of the 
applicator shaft 5 and cooperate with the ring-shaped member 41 to form a 
ratchet mechanism which transmits the rotation of the applicator shaft 5 
to the spiral member 9 when the cap 4 is rotated in the unscrewing 
direction. 
In use, the user unscrews and lifts the cap 4 off the open neck portion 6 
of the container body 1 so as to extract the applicator shaft 5 integral 
with the cap 4. During the extraction, the applicator shaft 5 and the 
applicator 10 are forcibly made to pass through the squeezing sleeve 3 so 
that the squeezing sleeve 3 wipes makeup liquid off the surface of the 
applicator shaft 5 and squeezes the applicator 10 so as to optimize the 
amount of the makeup liquid held by the applicator. Since the applicator 
shaft 5 is splined to the rotatable cylinder 7 so as to be movable in the 
vertical direction relative to the rotatable cylinder, the rotatable 
cylinder 7 remains unmoved though the applicator shaft 5 is extracted. 
During the unscrewing of the cap 4, the applicator shaft 5 rotates together 
with the cap 4 so that the rotatable cylinder 7 splined to the applicator 
shaft 5 is rotated. The rotation of the rotatable cylinder 7 is 
transmitted through the ratchet mechanism 32 to the spiral member 9 so 
that the spiral member 9 rotates in contact with the inner surface of the 
barrel portion 8 of the container body 1 so as to scrape the makeup liquid 
off the inner surface. During the rotation, the spiral member also stirs 
the liquid in the container body so as to effectively prevent 
solidification of the makeup liquid. 
The seventh embodiment of the present invention will be described with 
reference to FIGS. 13 to 15. The makeup liquid container of this 
embodiment has, as its major components, a container body 1, a squeezing 
sleeve 3, a spiral member 9 serving as a scraping member, an applicator 
shaft 5 and a rotatable cylinder 7. 
The container body 1 is an elongated member made from a decorative metallic 
member having a straight cylindrical barrel portion 8 and a mouth member 
11 fixed in the upper end opening of the barrel portion 8 by means of a 
fixing member 42, the mouth member 11 having an open neck portion 6 with a 
reduced diameter. The open neck portion 6 is externally threaded and the 
lower end portion thereof is thin-walled so as to form a mounting 
peripheral wall 13. A seal member made of a soft elastic material such as 
a rubber or a soft synthetic resin is fitted in the open neck portion 6 by 
means of outwardly extending flanges formed on the upper and lower ends 
thereof. The seal member 43 is retained by a retainer sleeve 44 made of a 
rigid member such as a metal which is fixed in the lower part of the open 
neck portion 6 immediately under the seal member 43. 
The squeezing sleeve 3 is made of a soft elastic material such as a rubber 
or a soft synthetic resin and has a restricted opening formed in the lower 
end thereof. The squeezing sleeve 3 has a mounting portion of a 
substantially U-shaped sectional shape. The squeezing sleeve is fixed in 
an upper portion of the barrel portion 8 with its mounting portion firmly 
engaging with the mounting peripheral wall 13. The squeezing sleeve 3 also 
provides sealing and buffer effect. The spiral member 9 has a ring member 
41 from which a bottom restricting member is suspended integrally and a 
pair of spiral strings 9a, 9a which stands upright from diametrically 
opposing portions of the ring member 41 so as to make a sliding contact 
with the inner surface of the barrel portion 8. This spiral member 9 is 
rotatably received in the container body 1. The spiral strings 9a, 9b are 
so shaped as to be able to scrape the makeup liquid off the surface of the 
container body 1 downward. The ring member 41 is provided with an engaging 
groove 45 formed in the inner peripheral surface thereof and a plurality 
of saw-teeth-shaped ratchet teeth 32a immediately under the engaging 
groove 45. The bottom member 15 provides a restricted bottom of the 
container body 1 so as to minimize the quantity of the makeup liquid which 
remains in the container body 1 without being used. A reference numeral 17 
denotes a seal ring, while a numeral 31 denotes a ring which is integrally 
connected to the upper ends of the spiral strings 9a, 9a. The cap 4 is a 
substantially cylindrical member having a partition plate 23 formed at an 
intermediate portion thereof such as to have a substantially H-shaped 
cross-section, and is internally threaded at its lower portion so as to 
engage with the external thread of the open neck portion. An outer member 
24 made of a decorative metallic member is fitted around the cylindrical 
body of the cap 4. 
The applicator shaft 5 is formed integrally with the cap 4 and extends 
downwardly from the center of the partition plate 23 into the container 
body 1 through the seal member 43 and the squeezing sleeve 3. A brush or a 
similar applicator 10 is fixed to the lower end of the applicator shaft 5. 
The applicator 10 is received in the bore of the bottom member 15. As will 
be seen from FIG. 15(a), a vertical engaging ridge 46 is formed on the 
outer peripheral surface of the applicator shaft 5. 
The rotatable cylinder 7 has a lower half portion of a reduced diameter and 
is provided with a partition plate 24 provided at an intermediate portion 
thereof. The partition plate 24 has a bore through which an applicator 
shaft 5 is extended and an engaging notch or recess 48 engagable with the 
engaging ridge 46 on the applicator shaft 5 is provided in the partition 
plate 24 as shown in FIG. 15(a). The rotatable cylinder 7 is disposed 
between the applicator shaft 5 and the ring member 41 with its engaging 
ridge 49 engaging with the groove 45 so as not to come off. A pair of 
ratchet claws 32b, 32b of the ratchet mechanism 32 are provided on the 
diametrically opposing portions of the lower end of the rotatable cylinder 
7. The ratchet mechanism 32 is designed to transmit torque only when the 
cap 4 is rotated in the unscrewing direction. When the cap 4 is rotated in 
the screwing direction, the rotation of the cap 4 is not transmitted to 
the spiral member 9. Thus, when the cap 4 is rotated in the unscrewing 
direction so as to be removed from the container body 1, the rotation of 
the cap 4 is transmitted to the applicator shaft 5 and further to the 
rotatable cylinder 7 the rotation of which is transmitted to the spiral 
member 9 whereby the spiral member 9 rotates along the inner wall surface 
of the barrel portion 8 of the container body 1, thus enabling the spiral 
member 9 to scrape the inner surface of the container body 8. 
The arrangement for attaining engagement between the applicator shaft 5 and 
the rotatable cylinder 7 shown in FIG. 15(a) is only illustrative. Any 
construction which enables the rotatable cylinder 5 to rotate as a unit 
with the applicator shaft 5 while allowing the latter to move vertically 
relative to the rotatable cylinder 7 may be used in place of the 
arrangement of FIG. 15(a). For instance, arrangements as shown in FIGS. 
15(b), 15(c) and 15(d) can be used equally well. The arrangement shown in 
FIG. 15(b) employs a ridge 46 which engages with an engaging notch 48 of 
the type shown in FIG. 15(a). 
The components such as the spiral member 3, cap 4, applicator shaft 5 and 
the rotatable cylinder 7, the materials of which are not specifically 
mentioned, may e molded from a synthetic resin. The applicator 10 may be 
formed from a synthetic resin. The applicator 10, when it is a brush, may 
have bristles of a synthetic resin or anumal hair. 
FIG. 16 shows the eighth embodiment of the present invention in which the 
ring 41 and, hence, the rotatable cylinder 7 are disposed on the upper end 
of the spiral member 9, and the engaging ridge 46 of the applicator shaft 
5 is correspondingly extended upward. The operation and effect of the 
eighth embodiment are materially the same as those of the seventh 
embodiment. 
As has been described, in the seventh and eighth embodiment of the present 
invention, a rotatable cylinder 7 is engaged with an applicator shaft 5 
which is rotatable in one and the other direction as the cap 4 is rotated 
in screwing and unscrewing directions, and a spiral member 3 capable of 
sliding on the inner surface of the barrel portion 8 is provided and 
connected to the rotatable cylinder 7 such that the rotation of the 
rotatable cylinder 7 is transmitted to the spiral member 9 only when the 
cap 4 is rotated in the unscrewing direction. Therefore, unscrewing the 
cap 4 to remove it from the container body 1 for the purpose of 
application of the makeup liquid, the spiral member 9 automatically 
scrapes makeup liquid from the inner surface of the barrel portion 8. In 
consequence, the scraping is effected without fail each time the cap 4 is 
removed, so that the scraping operation is facilitated and is conducted 
without being forgotten. The solidified content of the makeup liquid 
scraped off the inner surface of the container body 1 is dissolved again 
in the makeup liquid in the bottom of the container, thus preventing any 
decrease of the effective amount of the makeup liquid and undesirable 
thinning of the same. 
A description will be given hereinafter of ninth to eleventh embodiments 
with reference to FIGS. 17 to 22. 
These embodiments have the following common features. Namely, the makeup 
liquid container of these embodiments have an elongated container body 1 
containing a makeup liquid, a squeezing sleeve 3 fixed in the upper 
opening of a barrel portion 8 of the container body 1, a cap 4 screwed to 
an open neck portion 6 of the container body 1, an applicator shaft 5 
extended downwardly from the cap 4 into the container body 1 through the 
squeezing sleeve 3, a brush or a similar applicator 10 fixed to the lower 
end of the applicator shaft 5, a spiral member 9 provided with a ring 
member 41 on the upper end thereof and disposed in the container body 1 in 
contact with the inner surface of the barrel portion 8 of the container 
body such that a certain frictional force is developed between the inner 
surface of the barrel portion 8 and the spiral member 9 or a suitable 
mechanism for preventing rotation of the spiral member 9 due to dragging 
in a ratchet mechanism is provided therebetween so that the spiral member 
9 is rotated when the cap 4 is rotated in the unscrewing direction but not 
rotated when the same is rotated in the screwing direction, and a 
rotatable cylinder 7 which is splined to the outer surface of the 
applicator shaft 5 and cooperating with the annular member 41 so as to 
constitute a ratchet mechanism 32 which enables the rotation of the 
applicator shaft 5 caused by the rotation of the cap 4 to be transmitted 
to the spiral member 9 only when the cap 4 is rotated in the unscrewing 
direction. 
In use of the makeup liquid, the user unscrews the cap 4 and lifts it up 
together with the applicator shaft 5 so as to extract the applicator shaft 
5. During the extraction, the applicator shaft 5 and the applicator 10 are 
forcibly made to pass through the squeezing sleeve 3 so that the squeezing 
sleeve wipes makeup liquid off the outer surface of the applicator shaft 5 
and squeezes the applicator 6 so as to optimize the amount of the makeup 
liquid to be served by the applicator. Since the rotatable cylinder 7 and 
the applicator shaft 5 are splined to each other, the rotatable cylinder 7 
is never lifted though the applicator shaft 5 is withdrawn from the 
container body 1. 
During the unscrewing of the cap 4, the applicator shaft 5 rotates as a 
unit with the cap 4 so that the rotatable cylinder 7 splined to the 
applicator shaft 5 is rotated. The rotation of the rotatable cylinder 7 is 
transmitted to the spiral member 9 through the ratchet mechanism 32 so 
that the spiral member 9 is rotated to scrape any component of the makeup 
liquid depositing on the inner surface of the barrel portion 8 of the 
container body 1. At the same time, the portion of the spiral member 9 
immersed in the makeup liquid in the container body 1 effectively stirs 
the makeup liquid, thus preventing solidification and deposition of the 
makeup liquid. When the cap 4 is rotated in the screwing direction, the 
ratchet mechanism 32 does not transmit rotation. In addition, the 
mechanism 51 for preventing the dragging in the ratchet mechanism 32 is 
provided between the spiral member 9 and the barrel member 8, so that the 
spiral member 9 is never rotated. The ninth embodiment will be described 
with reference t FIGS. 17 and 18. The makeup liquid container in 
accordance with the present invention has, as its major parts, a container 
body 1, a squeezing sleeve 3, a cap 4, an applicator shaft 5, a spiral 
member 5 as a scraping member, and a rotatable cylinder 7. The 
construction of the container body 1, liquid squeezing cylinder 3 and the 
cap 4 are the same as those of the seventh embodiment so that the same 
reference numerals are used as those in the seventh embodiment and 
detailed description thereof is omitted. 
The applicator shaft 5 is formed integrally with the cap 4 and is extended 
from the center of the partition plate 23 thereof down into the container 
body 1 through the seal member 43 and the squeezing sleeve 3. At the same 
time, an applicator 10 such as a brush is secured to the lower end of the 
applicator shaft 1. The lower half part of the applicator shaft 5 
extending below the squeezing sleeve 3 has a polygonal cross-section such 
as, for example, a square cross-section. The spiral member 9 has a pair of 
spiral strings 9a, 9a extending upright from the diametrically opposing 
portions of an outward flange 53 on the upper end of a frusto-conical 
bottom member 15, in such a manner as to make contact with the inner 
surface of the barrel portion 8 of the container body 1. The spiral member 
9 further has a ring member 31 to which the upper ends of the spiral 
members 9a and 9a are connected. The spiral member 9 is rotatably received 
in the container body 1. The spiral strings 9a, 9a are so shaped as to be 
able to scrape makeup liquid downward off the inner surface of the 
container body 1. Saw-teeth-shaped ratchet teeth 32a are formed on the 
upper side of the ring 31. The bottom member 15 serves to reduce the 
volume at the lower end of the container body 1 so as to leave only a 
space for just receiving the applicator 10, whereby the amount of the 
makeup liquid which remains without being used is minimized. 
A reference numeral 54 denotes a sealing "O" ring which is received in a 
groove formed in the outer peripheral surface of a flange 53 which extends 
outward from the bottom member 15. The "O" ring makes a frictional contact 
with the inner surface of the barrel portion 8 so as to provide an optimum 
friction between the barrel portion 8 and the spiral member 9, thus 
serving as a rotation resistance means for preventing unintentional 
rotation of the spiral member 9 due to a drag in the ratchet mechanism 32. 
The rotatable cylinder 7 is a cup-shaped member with a polygonal hole, 
e.g., a square hole 7a, formed in the bottom wall thereof. This hole 7a 
fits around the polygonally-sectioned portion of the applicator shaft 5 so 
that the applicator shaft 5 and the rotatable cylinder 7 are so engaged 
with each other that they can move relatively to each other in the axial 
direction but relative rotation therebetween is not allowed. A plurality 
of ratchet claws 32b are formed at the lower end of the rotatable cylinder 
7 in such a manner as to project downward from the peripheral portion 
thereof. The ratchet mechanism 32 can transmit the torque only when the 
cap 4 is rotated in the unscrewing direction. Namely, the ratchet 
mechanism 32 does not transmit torque when the cap 4 is rotated in the 
screwing direction. Thus, when the cap 4 is being rotated in the screwing 
direction, the spiral member 9 is kept stationary without rotating even 
when a slight force is transmited through the ratchet mechanism due to 
dragging, thanks to the effect of the "O" ring 54 which serves as the 
rotation resistance mechanism. When the cap 4 is unscrewed to be removed, 
the rotation of the applicator shaft 5 is transmitted from the rotatable 
cylinder 7 to the spiral member 9 through the ratchet mechanism 32 against 
the resistance caused by the rotation resistance mechanism 51, whereby the 
spiral member 9 scrapes makeup liquid off the inner surface of the barrel 
portion 8 of the container body 1. 
The effect of the rotation resistance mechanism is as follows. If the "O" 
ring 54 serving as the rotation resistance mechanism is omitted, the 
spiral member 9 tends to be rotated even during rotation of the cap 4 in 
the screwing direction, due to a phenomenon generally known as dragging 
which takes place in the ratchet mechanism. In consequence, the spiral 
member 9 is rotated in the counter direction tending to scrape and move 
the makeup liquid upward along the inner surface of the barrel portion 8. 
The scraped makeup liquid, therefore, is liable to deposite again onto the 
inner surface of the barrel portion 8 particularly when the makeup liquid 
container is held horizontally or when only a small quantity of liquid is 
remaining in the container. The engagement between the applicator shaft 5 
and the rotatable sleeve 7, which is attained by the polygonal 
cross-section of the applicator shaft 5a and the hole 7a of the 
corresponding form formed in the rotational sleeve 7, is only illustrative 
and various other forms are possible provided that it permits the 
applicator shaft 5 to move upward relative to the cylindrical member 7 
while preventing any relative rotation therebetween. FIG. 19 shows the 
tenth embodiment in which the relationship between the saw-teeth-like 
ratchet teeth 32 a and the ratchet claws 32b of the ratchet mechanism 32 
is reversed from that of the ninth embodiment: namely, the teeth 32a are 
provided on the rotatable sleeve 7 while the ratchet claws 32b are 
provided on the ring 31. 
FIGS. 20 to 22 illustrate the eleventh embodiment which employs, as a the 
rotation resistance means, a second ratchet mechanism which transmits 
power in the direction reverse to that in the first ratchet mechanism. 
More specifically, the second ratchet mechanism 55, which transmits the 
torque in the direction reverse to that in the first ratchet mechanism 32, 
is provided between the outer surface of the spiral member 9 and the inner 
surface of the barrel portion 8 such that the second ratchet mechanism 55 
provides an engagement between the inner surface of the barrel portion 8 
and the spiral member 9 when the cap 4 is rotated in the screwing 
direction. Therefore, when the cap 4 is rotated in the unscrewing 
direction, the torque of the cap 4 is transmitted to the spiral member 9 
through the ratchet mechanism 32 so that the spiral member 9 rotates to 
perform scraping action because in this case the second ratchet mechanism 
55 allows the spiral member 9 to rotate. On the other hand, when the cap 
is rotated in the screwing direction, the second ratchet mechanism 55 
operates to anchor the spiral member 9 on the inner surface of the barrel 
portion 8, thereby preventing any scraping effect from being produced. 
The first ratchet mechanism 32 has teeth 32a formed on the inner surface of 
the upper end of the ring 41 which in this case has a large vertical 
length, and cooperating a ratchet claw 32b which is projected radially 
outward from a portion of the peripheral wall of the rotatable cylinder 7 
which is received in the ring 41. On the other hand, the second ratchet 
mechanism 55 has a saw-teeth-like ratchet teeth 55a formed on the inner 
peripheral surface of the upper end of the barrel portion 8 and an 
engaging claw 55b projected radially from the outer peripheral portion of 
the ring 41 at a lower portion of the ring 31 corresponding to the teeth 
55a. The container body 1 is molded from a synthetic resin. 
According to this arrangement, it is possible to prevent rotation of the 
spiral member 9 without fail when the cap is rotated in the screwing 
direction, so that the undesirable upward movement of the scraped makeup 
liquid along the inner surface of the container body 1 can be prevented 
advantageously. 
As has been described, the tenth and eleventh embodiments have a rotatable 
cylinder 7 which is splined to the applicator shaft 5 capable of rotating 
in one and the other directions during screwing and unscrewing of the cap 
4 and a spiral member 9 capable of rotating in sliding contact with the 
inner surface of the barrel portion 8 of the container body 1, the spiral 
member being drivingly connected to the rotatable cylinder 7 through a 
ratchet mechanism such that the rotation of the rotatable cylinder 7 is 
transmitted to the spiral member 9 only when the cap 4 is rotated in the 
unscrewing direction. Therefore, scraping action on the inner surface of 
the barrel portion 8 of the container body 1 is performed each time the 
user unscrews the cap 4 to remove it and extract the applicator to apply 
the makeup liquid. Thus, the scraping is effected simultaneously with the 
removal of the cap 4 so that it can be conducted without being forgotten. 
The spiral member 9 is prevented from rotating when the cap 4 is being 
rotated in the screwing direction. In consequence, the makeup liquid is 
always scraped in the downward direction so as to be dissolved in the 
makeup liquid in the container, thus preventing reduction in the effective 
amount of the makeup liquid and undesirable thinning of the makeup liquid. 
A twelfth embodiment of the present invention will be described with 
reference to FIGS. 23 to 27. 
This embodiment has an elongated container body 1 containing a makeup 
liquid, a squeezing sleeve 3 fitted in the upper portion of the barrel 
portion 8 of the container body 1, a cap 4 screwed to the open neck 
portion 6 of the container body 1, an applicator shaft 5 extending 
downward from the cap 4 into the container body 1 through the squeezing 
sleeve 3, an applicator 16 such as a brush attached to the lower end of 
the applicator shaft, a spiral member 9 which is provided at its upper end 
with a ring member 41 having inner peripheral saw-teeth 32a and at its 
lower end with a cup-shaped restricted portion 15, the spiral member 9 
being rotatably received in the container body 1 in sliding contact with 
the inner wall surface of the barrel portion 8 and being adapted to rotate 
when the cap 4 is rotated in the unscrewing direction but not to rotate 
when the cap 4 is rotated in the screwing direction, and a rotatable 
cylinder 7 splined to the outer surface of the applicator shaft 5 and 
having a claw 32b which engages with the saw-teeth 32a so as to form, in 
cooperation with the ring member 41, a ratchet mechanism 32 which 
transmits the rotation of the applicator shaft 5 to the spiral member 9 
only when the cap 4 is being rotated in the unscrewing direction. In 
addition, a second ratchet mechanism 70, which transmits torque in the 
direction counter to the direction of torque transmission performed by the 
first ratchet mechanism, is provided between the container body 1 and the 
rotatable sleeve 7 or the spiral member 9. In use of the makeup liquid, 
the user unscrews the cap 4 from the open neck portion 6 so as to extract 
the applicator shaft 5 integral with the cap 4. During the extraction, the 
applicator shaft 5 and the applicator 10 are made to pass through the 
squeezing sleeve 3 so that the squeezing sleeve 3 wipes any makeup liquid 
off the outer surface of the applicator shaft 5 and squeezes the 
applicator 10 so as to optimize the amount of the makeup liquid held by 
the applicator 10. Since the rotatable cylinder 7 and the applicator shaft 
5 are splined to each other such that these two members are vertically 
freed from each other while being prevented from rotating relative to each 
other, the rotatable member 7 is not rotated when the applicator shaft 5 
is extracted. 
During the unscrewing of the cap 4, the applicator shaft 5 integral with 
the cap 4 rotates to cause a rotation of the rotatable cylinder 7 splined 
to the applicator shaft 5. The rotation of the rotatable cylinder 7 is 
transmitted through the ratchet mechanism 32 to the spiral member 9 so as 
to effect scraping of makeup iquid component off the inner surface of the 
barrel portion 8 of the container body 1, whereby the scraped makeup 
liquid component is dissolved again in the makeup liquid in the makeup 
liquid container thereby preventing reduction in the effective amount of 
the makeup liquid and undesirable thinning of the same. In addition, the 
rotation of the spiral member 9 effectively stirs the makeup liquid in the 
container body so a to prevent solidification of the makeup liquid in the 
container body. Conversely, when the cap 4 is rotated in the screwing 
direction, the spiral member 9 is drivingly disconnected from the cap 4 so 
as to be stationed without being rotated. This is ensured by the second 
ratchet mechanism 70. The twelfth embodiment will be described in more 
detail. The makeup liquid container in accordance with the twelfth 
embodiment has, as its major parts, a container body 1, a squeezing sleeve 
3, a cap 4, an applicator shaft 5, a spiral member 9 serving as a scraper 
member, and a rotatable cylinder 7 as a rotatable member. 
The container body 1 has an elongated straight cylindrical barrel portion 8 
made of a decorative metallic material and a mouth member 11 fitted in the 
upper end opening of the barrel portion 8 and having an open neck portion 
6 of a reduced diameter. The mouth member 11 is externally threaded at the 
upper portion thereof constituting the open neck portion 6, while the 
lower end portion thereof is thin-walled so as to provide a mounting 
peripheral wall 13. An engaging ridge 13a is formed on the outer surface 
of the peripheral wall 13. The mouth member 11 fittingly receives a seal 
member 43 made of a soft elastic material such as a rubber or a soft 
synthetic resin and having a ridge 43a in the inner peripheral surface at 
the upper end portion thereof. A stationary ring 72 having a claw is fixed 
in a lower portion of the barrel member 8. The claw constitutes a part of 
a lower ratchet mechanism 70 which prevents the spiral member 9 from 
rotating when the cap 4 is rotated in the screwing direction. The 
stationary ring 71 has an upper ring 72 fitted in the barrel portion 8 of 
the container body 1 and legs 73, 73 suspending from diametrically 
opposing portions of the lower edge of the upper ring 72 and claws 74, 74 
projected from the ends of the legs 73, 73 in the circumferential 
direction. 
The squeezing sleeve 3 is made of a soft elastic material such as a rubber 
or a soft synthetic resinous material and is provided with a restricted 
opening at the lower end thereof. The squeezing sleeve 3 has a mounting 
portion having a substantially U-shaped sectional shape. The squeezing 
sleeve 3 is fitted in an upper part of the barrel portion 8 with the 
U-sectioned mounting portion fitted on the portions where the mounting 
peripheral wall 13 and the lower portion of the seal member 43 are 
superposed on each other. An engaging ridge 75 on the squeezing sleeve 3 
engages with an engaging ridge 13 on the peripheral wall 13 so as to 
prevent the squeezing sleeve 3 from coming off. 
The cap 4 is provided with a screw thread formed in the inner peripheral 
surface at a lower portion thereof for engagement with the external screw 
thread of the open neck portion 6. An engaging ridge 76 is formed on the 
inner peripheral surface of the cap 4 at an intermediate portion thereof. 
An outer member made of a decorative metallic material is provided on the 
outer surface of the cap 4. 
The applicator shaft 5 has an upper cylindrical portion 78 which fits in 
the cap 4, whereby the applicator shaft 5 is integrated with the cap 4. A 
brush or a similar applicator 10 is fixed to the lower end of the shaft 
below the seal member 43 and the squeezing sleeve 3. An engaging ridge 79 
engaging with the engaging ridge 76 mentioned above is formed on the outer 
surface of the cylindrical portion 78. An "O" ring 80 providing a 
liquid-tight seal is provided on the bottom of the cylindrical member 78. 
The lower half part of the applicator shaft 5 below the squeezing sleeve 3 
has a polygonal cross-section such as a square shape. 
The spiral member 9 has a cup-shaped bottom member 15 provided at its upper 
end with an outward flange 81, and a pair of spiral strings 9a, 9a 
protruding upright from diametrically opposing portions of the flange 81 
such as to make contact with the inner surface of the barrel portion 8, 
with a ring member 41 connected to the upper ends of the spiral strings 
9a,9a. The spiral member 9 is rotatably disposed in the barrel portion 8 
of the container body 1 with its flange 81 held in a substantially close 
contact with the barrel portion 8. The spiral strings 9a, 9a are so shaped 
that they can scrape solidified makeup liquid component off the inner 
surface of the barrel portion 8 towards the bottom of the container body 1 
when the cap 4 is rotated in the unscrewing direction. 
The ring member 41 is provided with saw-teeth-shaped ratchet teeth 32a of a 
ratchet mechanism 32 formed on the inner peripheral surface thereof. An 
engaging ridge 82 is provided on the inner peripheral surface of the ring 
member 41 at the lower end thereof. The engaging ridge 82 is partly 
cut-out as at 83 so as to facilitate parting from a mold, thus simplifying 
the process for manufacturing the container. 
The bottom member 15 is situated on the bottom of the container body 1 and 
has a bore which is sized to just receive the applicator 10 so that the 
amount of the makeup liquid which remains in the liquid container without 
being used is minimized. Saw-teeth 84 are formed on the outer peripheral 
surface of the bottom member 15 at a lower portion thereof. The saw-teeth 
84 cooperate with the aforementioned claws 74, 74 in forming a lower 
ratchet mechanism 70. The second ratchet mechanism 70 is designed such 
that it transmits torque so as to fix the spiral member 9 against rotation 
when the cap 4 is rotated in the screwing direction, but does not transmit 
torque so as not to impede the scraping action of the spiral member 9 when 
the cap is rotated in the unscrewing direction. 
The function of the lower ratchet mechanism 70 is as follows. If the 
ratchet mechanism 70 is not provided, the spiral member 9 may be rotated 
even during rotation of the cap 4 in the screwing direction, due to a 
phenomenon known a "dragging" occurring in the upper ratchet mechanism. 
Such a rotation of the spiral member 9 causes the solidified makeup liquid 
component to be scraped upward in the container body 1. In consequence, if 
the container body 1 is laid horizontally or if the amount of the makeup 
liquid remaining in the container body 1 is very small, the scraped solid 
component of the makeup liquid is deposited again onto the inner surface 
of the container body without being dissolved in the makeup liquid. The 
lower ratchet mechanism 70, however, effectively overcomes this problem 
because it can present the rotation of the spiral member 9 without fail 
when the cap 4 is being rotated in the screwing direction. 
The provision of the lower ratchet mechanism 70, however, is not essential. 
Namely, when the makeup liquid has a high viscosity, there is no risk for 
the spiral member 9 to be rotated by the dragging in the upper ratchet 
mechanism, so that the lower ratchet mechanism can be dispensed with. 
As will be seen from FIG. 27, the rotatable cylinder 7 has a saucer-shaped 
member which is provided at its upper portion with a flange 85 extending 
outwardly therefrom. The saucer-shaped member also has a downward skirt 
suspending downward from the lower end thereof and claw members 86, 86 
which project in the circumferential direction. Claws 32b, 32b for the 
ratchet mechanism 32 are provided on the free ends of these claw members 
86, 86. A polygonal or square hole 7a formed in the bottom wall of the 
rotatable cylinder 7 fits around the portion of the applicator shaft 5 
having a polygonal or square shape so that the applicator shaft 5 is 
allowed to move up and down relative to the rotatable cylinder 7 but is 
prevented from rotating relative thereto. The rotatable cylinder 7 fits in 
the ring member 41 with its flange 85 resting on the top surface of the 
ring member 41 so as not to move downward therefrom. 
The ratchet mechanism 32 is capable of transmitting torque only when the 
cap 4 is rotated in the unscrewing direction and does not transmits torque 
when the cap 4 is rotated in the screwing direction. Therefore, when the 
cap 4 is rotated in the screwing direction, the spiral member 9 is kept 
stationary due to resistance provided by the ratchet mechanism 70 or the 
makeup liquid itself, though the rotatable cylinder 7 rotates in the same 
direction as the cap 4. Conversely, when the cap 4 is rotated in the 
unscrewing direction, the rotation of the applicator shaft 5 is 
transmitted to the spiral member 9 through the rotatable cylinder 7, 
whereby the spiral member 9 performs scraping action to scrape any 
component of makeup liquid off the inner surface of the barrel portion 8 
of the container body 1. In this state, the lower ratchet 70 is maintained 
in a freed state so as not to impede the rotation of the spiral member 9. 
In this embodiment, the engagement between the applicator shaft 5 and the 
rotatable cylinder 7 may be attained in various forms, provided that the 
arrangement allows the applicator shaft 5 to move up and down relative to 
the rotatable cylinder 7 while preventing relative rotation therebetween, 
though the illustrated embodiment employs the engagement between the 
applicator shaft having a polygonal cross-section and a mating hole formed 
in the bottom wall of the rotatable cylinder 7. 
As has been described, in the twelfth embodiment of the present invention, 
a rotatable cylinder 7 is splined to the applicator shaft 5 which rotates 
in one and the other directions when the cap 4 is rotated in the screwing 
and unscrewing directions, and a spiral member 9 capable of scraping 
makeup liquid component on the inner surface of the barrel portion 8 of 
the container body 1 is rotatably disposed in the container body such that 
the spiral member 9 is rotated through the ratchet mechanism 32 only when 
the cap 4 is rotated in the unscrewing direction. Therefore, scraping of 
the makeup liquid component on the inner surface of the barrel portion 8 
of the makeup liquid container is effected simultaneously with the 
unscrewing and removal of the cap 4, whereby the operation is facilitated 
and can be conducted without fail. It would be possible to provide the 
saw-teeth 32a of the ratchet mechanism 32 on the inner peripheral surface 
of the barrel portion 8 of the container body 1, so that the thickness of 
the barrel portion 8 and, hence, the diameter increase, with a result that 
the assembly is complicated. In this embodiment, the ratchet mechanism 32 
is provided between the spiral member 9 independent from the barrel 
portion 8 and the rotatable member 7, so that the above-described 
inconvenience can be eliminated. 
Thirteenth to fifteenth embodiments will be described with reference to 
FIGS. 28 to 37. 
These embodiments employs a stirrer 9, 91 which may be a spiral member 9 
rotatably received in the barrel portion 8 of the container body 1 and a 
rotatable bottom member 111 rotatably and liquid-tightly fitting in the 
barrel portion 8 so as to provide a bottom of the container body 1, the 
rotatable bottom 111 being exposed from the lower end opening of the 
barrel portion 8 of the container body 1 so as to be used as a rotary 
actuator. Alternatively, the rotary actuator is constituted by a bottom 
cap 112 secured to the exposed portion of the rotatable bottom 111. 
The thirteenth embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. 28 and 
29. 
The makeup liquid container of the thirteenth embodiment has barrel portion 
8 which is provided with an open neck portion 6 on an upper portion 
thereof. The barrel portion 8 is further provided with a retainer ring 110 
fitted on the inner peripheral edge of the lower opening thereof and 
having an upper surface which is tapered downward towards the center 
thereof. The makeup liquid container further has a rotatable bottom member 
111 of a bottom-equipped funnel-like form. The rotatable bottom member 111 
is fitted in the lower opening of the barrel portion 8 rotatably and in a 
liquid-tight manner so as to constitute the bottom of the container. The 
rotatable bottom member 111 has a spiral member 9 extending upward from 
the upper surface of the bottom member 111 and received in the barrel 
portion 8 so as to make a sliding contact with the inner surface of the 
barrel portion 8. The container further has a squeezing sleeve 3 fitted 
inside the open neck portion 6, a cap 4 screwed to the external surface of 
the open neck portion 6, and an applicator shaft 5 which extends downward 
from the cap 4 into the container body through the squeezing sleeve 3, and 
an applicator 10 such as a brush secured to the lower end of the 
applicator shaft 10. Preferably, a bottom cap 112 is provided so as to fit 
on the outer surface of the portion of the rotatable bottom member 111 
exposed downward from the lower end of the barrel portion 8. 
In the use of the makeup liquid, the user unscrews the 4 to remove it from 
the container body and pulls it upward so as to extract the applicator 
shaft 5 integral with the cap 4. During the extraction, the applicator 
shaft 5 and the applicator 10 are made to forcibly pass through the 
squeezing sleeve 3 so that the squeezing sleeve 3 wipes off any makeup 
liquid off the outer surface of the applicator shaft 5 and squeezes the 
applicator 10 so as to optimize the amount of the makeup liquid held by 
the applicator 10. 
In order to scrape makeup liquid off the inner surface of the container 
body 1 as required, the user grasps the bottom cap 112 and rotates it in 
one and the other directions as indicated by arrows. As a result, the 
spiral member 9 slides on the inner surface of the barrel portion 8 of the 
container body 1 so a to scrape any makeup liquid off the inner surface of 
the barrel portion 8 of the container body 1. The rotation of the spiral 
member 9 also causes the makeup liquid in the container body 1 to be 
stirred, whereby solidification of the makeup liquid is avoided. 
The thirteenth embodiment will be described in more detail with reference 
to FIGS. 28 and 29. 
The makeup liquid container 1 of this embodiment has a barrel portion 8 
made of a decorative metallic material and a mouth member 11 fitted in the 
upper open end of the barrel portion 8 and provided with an open neck 
portion 6. The open neck portion 6 is externally threaded and is provided 
with an engaging ridge 11a projecting from the inner peripheral surface 
thereof. The lower portion of the mouth member 11 has a mounting 
peripheral wall 13 having an engaging ridge 13a projecting therefrom. An 
elastic ring member 14 having a portion exhibiting a substantially 
U-shaped cross-section has an engaging ridge 14a. The elastic ring member 
14 fits on the lower side of the mounting peripheral wall 13 in such a 
manner as to cover the underside of the mounting peripheral wall 13, with 
the engaging ridge 14a thereof engaging with the aforementioned engaging 
ridge 13a. This elastic ring member 14 serve as a liquid-tight seal member 
and functions also as a buffer member. A multiplicity of vertical grooves 
are formed in the inner surface of the barrel portion 8 at lower portion 
of the latter. 
The retainer ring 110 in the lower end of the barrel portion 8 is a 
composite member composed of an upper member 113 which makes a 
liquid-tight contact with the inner surface of the barrel portion 8 and a 
lower member 115 fitted to the upper member 113. The lower member 115 is 
provided in the outer surface thereof with a multiplicity of vertical 
ridges 114 fitting in the vertical grooves formed in the inner peripheral 
surface of the barrel portion 8. The upper member 113 has a tapered top 
surface. 
The rotatable bottom member 111 has a bottom-equipped funnel-like form and 
is liquid-tightly and rotatably fitting in the lower end opening of the 
barrel portion 8 with its conical portion engaging with the conical 
surface of the retainer ring 110. An engaging rib 116 is formed on a lower 
portion of the rotatable bottom member 111 projecting downward from the 
lower end opening of the barrel portion 8. A multiplicity of vertical 
ridges 117 are formed on the outer surface of the lower end of the 
rotatable bottom member 111. Spiral strings 9a, 9a are provided to extend 
upward from opposite sides of the top surface of the rotatable bottom 
member 111 for sliding engagement with the inner surface of the barrel 
portion 8 of the container body 1. A ring 31 is connected to the upper 
ends of these spiral strings 9a, 9a. 
The squeezing sleeve 3 is made of a soft elastic material such as a rubber 
or a soft synthetic resin and is provided at the upper end thereof with an 
outward flange 21 which is adapted to rest on the top of the open neck 
portion 6. The squeezing sleeve 3 also is provided on the outer peripheral 
surface thereof with an engaging ridge 3a for engagement with the engaging 
ridge 11a on the open neck portion 6. The lower end of the squeezing 
sleeve 3 forms a restricted opening the wall of which makes resilient 
contact with the applicator shaft 5. 
The cap 4 is provided with a screw thread in the inner peripheral surface 
at a lower portion thereof and an engaging ridge 76 projecting from the 
inner peripheral surface thereof at a portion immediately above the 
thread. 
The applicator shaft 5 has a cylindrical upper end portion 78 which fits in 
the peripheral wall of the cap 4. At the same time, an engaging ridge 79 
on the outer surface thereof engages with the aforementioned engaging 
ridge 76. The applicator shaft 5 extends downward through the squeezing 
sleeve 3. A brush or a similar applicator 10 is fixed to the lower end of 
the applicator shaft 5. The applicator 10 is received in a bore formed in 
the bottom member 111. 
The bottom cap 112 is a deep-saucer-shaped member having a double 
peripheral wall, and is provided on the upper part of the inner surface of 
the peripheral wall 117 with an engaging ridge 118 which engages with the 
aforementioned engaging ridge 116. The bottom cap 112 is further provided 
at its lower portion with a plurality of vertical grooves formed in the 
inner peripheral surface thereof for engagement with the vertical ridges 
117. The bottom cap 112 is fixedly fitted on the lower outer surface of 
the rotatable bottom member 111. 
The components the materials of which are not specifically mentioned may be 
formed by molding from a synthetic resin. 
As will be understood from the foregoing description, according to the 
present invention, the bottom portion of the container body 1 is 
constructed as a rotatable bottom member 111 which is separate from the 
barrel portion 8 and which is rotatable relative to the barrel portion 8, 
and a spiral member 9 capable of making sliding contact with the inner 
peripheral surface of the barrel portion is formed to protrude upright 
from the rotatable bottom member 111. It is therefore possible to scrape 
makeup liquid off the inner peripheral surface of the barrel portion 8 of 
the container body 1 by rotating the rotatable bottom member 111 as 
desired. The bottom member 111 can be designed as to restrict the internal 
volume of the container body 1 to such an extent as to just receive the 
applicator 10, whereby the amount of makeup liquid remaining in the 
container body without being used is minimized. The shape of the bottom 
cap 112 is not essential provided that the rotatable bottom member 111 
rotatably and liquid-tightly fits in the bottom opening of the barrel 
portion 8 and that the rotatable bottom member 112 projects downward from 
the lower opening of the barrel portion 8 in such a length as to enable 
the user to easily rotate the rotatable bottom member 112 with respect to 
the barrel portion 8. 
Fourteenth and fifteenth embodiments of the present invention will be 
described with reference to FIGS. 30 to 37. These embodiments have, 
besides the features explained in connection with FIGS. 28 and 29, a 
ratchet mechanism which enables the spiral member to rotate only when the 
bottom cap is rotated in a predetermined direction. 
The makeup liquid containers of these embodiments have a container body 1 
having a barrel portion 8 and an open neck portion, a cap 4 screwed onto 
the open neck portion of the container body 1, an applicator shaft 5 
having an applicator 10 fixed to the lower end thereof and extended 
downward into the container body 1, wherein the lower end of the barrel 
portion 8 is opened so as to rotatably and liquid-tightly receive a 
rotatable bottom member 111 which constitutes the bottom of the container 
body, and a bottom cap 112 is integrally fixed to the rotatable bottom 
member 111, the rotatable bottom member 111 being provided with a spiral 
member 9 disposed in the barrel portion 8 and having spiral strings 9a 
held in sliding contact with the inner surface of the barrel portion 8. In 
addition, a ratchet mechanism 32 is provided between the barrel portion 8 
and the bottom cap 112 such as to allow the bottom cap 112 to rotate only 
in a positive direction relative to the barrel portion 8. The direction of 
the spiral form of the spiral string 9a is so determined that, when the 
spiral member 9 is rotated by the rotation of the bottom cap 112 in the 
positive direction, the spiral strings 9a scrapes depositing matters off 
the inner surface of the barrel portion 8 downwards toward the bottom of 
the container body. 
When the bottom cap 112 is rotated from the position of FIG. 30 in the 
positive direction, i.e., clockwise as viewed from the bottom of the 
container body, the spiral member 9 also is rotated in the same direction 
so that the spiral strings 9a, 9a contacting the inner surface of the 
barrel portion 8 scrapes the deposited matters off the inner surface 
downward towards the bottom of the container body. The ratchet mechanism 
32 provided between the barrel portion 8 and the bottom cap 112 prevents 
the spiral strings 9a, 9a from rotating in such a direction as to move the 
deposited matters upward. 
The fourteenth embodiment will be described in more detail. 
The makeup liquid container of the fourteenth embodiment has an elongated 
container body having a barrel portion 8 and an open neck portion 6 
projecting upright therefrom. A squeezing sleeve 3 for optimizing the 
amount of the makeup liquid held by the applicator 10 is fixed in an upper 
portion of the container body. 
The lower end of the barrel portion 8 is opened so as to rotatably receive 
the outer peripheral wall 112a of a bottom cap 112. A ratchet mechanism 32 
is provided between the lower end of the barrel portion 8 and the bottom 
cap 112 such as to allow the bottom cap 112 to rotate only in positive 
direction which is usually clockwise direction relative to the barrel 
portion 8. In the illustrated case, a connecting cylinder 121 is fitted in 
the open lower end of the barrel portion 8 and a plurality of supporting 
legs 122 are suspended from the lower end of the connecting cylinder 121. 
As shown in FIGS. 31 and 33, claws 32b are connected at their base ends to 
the lower ends of the supporting legs 122 such that the ends of the claws 
32b engage with the engaging ridges 32a formed on the inner surface of the 
outer peripheral wall 112a of the cap 112. When the outer peripheral wall 
rotates in the positive direction relative to the barrel portion, the ends 
of the claws are deflected inward so as to be kept out of engagement with 
the engaging ridges 32a. However, when the peripheral wall is rotated in 
the counter direction, i.e., counterclockwise as viewed in FIG. 31, the 
claws 32b engage with the engaging ridges 32a so as to prevent the 
rotation of the peripheral wall. The illustrated construction of the 
ratchet mechanism 32b is only illustrative. For instance, the engaging 
ridges 32a may be provided on the outer surface of the inner peripheral 
wall. The claws 32b may be substituted by saw-teeth-shaped ratchet teeth. 
The inner peripheral wall 123, which protrudes upright from the bottom wall 
124 of the bottom cap 4, is provided at the inner surface thereof with a 
plurality of vertical grooves 125 as shown in FIG. 31. Second vertical 
grooves 126 are formed in upper portion of the inner surface of the inner 
peripheral wall 123. 
A rotatable bottom member 111, which constitutes the bottom of the 
container body l, is rotatably and liquid-tightly fitted in the lower end 
opening of the barrel portion 8. The rotatable bottom member 111 has a 
small cylindrical portion 127 from the lower end of which is extended a 
connecting rod 130 which is provided with first ridges 128 and second 
ridges 129 capable of engaging with the first and second grooves 125 and 
126. The rotatable bottom member 112 is rotatable together with the bottom 
cap 112 with respect to the barrel portion 8 of the container body 1. The 
small cylindrical portion 127 having a bottom is received in the 
aforementioned connecting cylinder 121 and also in a seal cylinder 131 
which fits in the upper end of the connecting cylinder 121. A 
large-diameter portion 133 is formed to stand upright from the upper end 
of the small cylindrical portion 127 through a tapered portion 132 and, as 
shown in FIG. 32, a pair of spiral strings 9a, 9a are made to stand 
upright from the upper end of the larger diameter portion 133. A ring 31 
is connected to the upper ends of the spiral strings 9a, 9a. The spiral 
strings 9a, 9a and the ring 31 constitute a spiral member 9. The spiral 
member 9 is disposed in the barrel portion 8 such that it makes a sliding 
contact with the inner surface of the barrel portion 8. The direction of 
the spiral form of the spiral strings 9a, 9a is so determined that they 
scrape the makeup liquid on the inner surface of the barrel portion 8 
downward when the bottom cap 112 is rotated in the positive direction with 
respect to the barrel portion 8. If the positive direction is the 
clockwise direction, the direction of winding of the spiral form of the 
spiral strings 9a, 9a also is clockwise when viewed in the same direction. 
As shown in FIG. 34, the spiral member 9 may be constructed as a separate 
member and connected to the rotatable bottom member 111. FIGS. 35 and 36 
show spiral members 9 which are formed separately while 135 denotes a 
sheet blank 135 from which the spiral member 9 is to be punched out. A 
reference numeral 4 denotes a cap which is screwed to the open neck 
portion 6 of the container body. An applicator shaft 5 having an 
applicator 10 fixed to the lower end thereof is extended downward from the 
cap 4. The applicator 10, which is typically a brush, is fitted in a bore 
formed in the small cylindrical portion 127 
Since the bottom cap 112 fitting in the lower end portion of the barrel 
portion of the container body is rotatable only in the positive direction, 
so that the spiral strings 9a, 9a of the spiral member 9 also are rotated 
in the same direction so as to scrape deposited matters downward towards 
the bottom of the container body 1, whereby the scraped matters are 
dissolved again in the makeup liquid. At the same time, the spiral member 
9 which is rotated by the rotation of the bottom cap 112 causes the makeup 
liquid in the container body to be stirred, whereby solidification of the 
makeup liquid is prevented.