Patent Publication Number: US-8123426-B2

Title: Tube-shaped cosmetic container for discharging cream-type cosmetics

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2006-0023509, filed on Mar. 14, 2006, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. 
     BACKGROUND 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a tube-shaped cosmetics container for discharging cream-type cosmetics, and more particularly, to a tube-shaped container containing cream-type cosmetics, an intermediate member  20 , and a cap  30 . As the cap  30  is opened, a pressing step wheel  31 , formed inside the cap  30 , which is pressing a pressing step  21   a  forming a circumference portion of a pressing board  21  of the intermediate member  20 , is separated, thereby as a force being applied to the pressing board  21  is released, a conical elastic portion  26  is sprung, the pressing board  21 , in which a sponge-shaped cap  23  is covered and fixed, rises. And as a discharger, which was closed by touching a upper part of the vertical rod  16 ,  24  is separated from the upper part of a vertical rod  16 , the discharger  24  is opened. And as thread coupled by covering the cap  30 , an inner thread portion  32  is thread coupled to an outer thread portion  14  of a upper moving body, thereby the pressing step wheel  31 , formed inside the cap, presses the pressing step  21   a , the circumference portion  21   a  of the pressing board  21 , formed in the intermediate member  20 , so the pressing board  21  is pressed, thereby the conical elastic portion  26  drops by compression, and the discharger  24 , formed to the center of the intermediate member  20 , is automatically sealed as the discharger  24  comes into contact with the upper part of the vertical rod. Therefore, when the cap is opened, the discharger is opened, and when closed, the discharger is sealed, which makes the discharge of cream-type cosmetics easy. And when not in use, an intermediate member is pressed by being thread coupled, thereby the discharger is naturally sealed so that the discharge of cream-type cosmetics contained in the tube-shaped container is prevented, by which cream-type cosmetics is less wasted, and a clean state is always kept by preventing contamination of surrounding areas of the cosmetic container  1 . 
     2. Discussion of Related Art 
     Generally, a cosmetics container containing cream-type cosmetics according to a conventional art comprises, as illustrated in  FIG. 14  and  FIG. 15 , container body  110 , a discharger  111  having a discharge hole  112  discharging cream-type cosmetics contained in the containing body  110 , and a cap  120  which is thread coupled or insertion coupled. 
     The cosmetics container  100  according to a conventional art consisting of the above components discharges an appropriate amount of cream-type cosmetics inside the container body  110  to a palm of a user so that the cosmetics can be applied to a face or other areas. 
     However, since the user&#39;s palms are stained with cosmetics after using a conventional cosmetics container  110 , the user should wash his or her hands later, and cosmetics applied to palms are also washed when washing the user&#39;s hands so that expensive cosmetics are wasted unnecessarily. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     In order to solve the above-described problems, it is an objective of the present invention to provide a cosmetics container for discharging cream-type cosmetics capable of regulating the discharge of cream-type cosmetics contained in a tube-shaped container by opening/closing a discharger formed to the central portion by a pumping of a conical elastic portion forming an intermediate member as opening and closing a cap which is thread coupled to the upper part of a tube-shaped container, making the discharge of cream-type cosmetics easy by opening the discharger when the cap is opened and by sealing the discharger when not in use, and preventing the discharge of cream-type cosmetics contained in the tube-shaped container as an intermediate member is pressed, thereby a discharge is naturally sealed when not in use, so that a waste of cream-type cosmetics is reduced, and a contamination of a cosmetics container and surrounding areas is prevented, thereby a clean state is always kept. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       These and/or other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of preferred embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which: 
         FIG. 1  is an exploded perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 2  is a sectional view of a first embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 3  is an extended sectional view illustrating a principal part of which cap is opened according to a first embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 4  is an extended sectional view illustrating a different combination structure of an intermediate member and an upper moving body according to a first embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 5  is an exploded perspective view of a second embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 6  is a sectional view of a second embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 7  is a sectional view in which a cap is opened according to a second embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 8  is a sectional view of a third embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 9  is an extended sectional view illustrating a principal part of which cap is opened according to a third embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 10  is a sectional view of a fourth embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 11  is an extended sectional view illustrating a principal part of which cap is opened according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 12  is a sectional view of a fifth embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 13  is an extended sectional view illustrating a principal part of which cap is opened according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention; 
         FIG. 14  is an exploded perspective view illustrating a tube-shaped cosmetics container according to a conventional art; and 
         FIG. 15  is sectional view of a tube-shaped cosmetics container according to a conventional art. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
       FIG. 1  is an exploded perspective view of a first embodiment of the present invention,  FIG. 2  is a sectional view of a first embodiment of the present invention, and  FIG. 3  is an extended sectional view illustrating a principal part of which cap is opened according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 
     A tube-shaped cosmetics container  1  according to the present invention comprises a tube-shaped container  10  containing cosmetics, an intermediate member  20  transferring and discharging cosmetics, and a cap  30 . 
     As the cap  30  is opened, a pressing step wheel  31 , formed inside the cap  30 , which is pressing a pressing step  21   a  forming a circumference portion of a pressing board  21  of the intermediate member  20 , is separated, thereby as a force being applied to the pressing board  21  is released, a conical elastic portion  26  is sprung, the pressing board  21 , in which a sponge-shaped cap  23  is covered and fixed, rises. And as a discharger, which was closed by touching a upper part of the vertical rod  16 ,  24  is separated from the upper part of a vertical rod  16 , the discharger  24  is opened. And as thread coupled by covering the cap  30 , an inner thread portion  32  is thread coupled to an outer thread portion  14  of a upper moving body, thereby the pressing step wheel  31 , formed inside the cap, presses the pressing step  21   a , the circumference portion  21   a  of the pressing board  21 , formed in the intermediate member  20 , so the pressing board  21  is pressed, thereby the conical elastic portion  26  drops by compression, and the discharger  24 , formed to the center of the intermediate member  20 , is automatically sealed as the discharger  24  comes into contact with the upper part of the vertical rod. Therefore, when the cap is opened, the discharger is opened, and when closed, the discharger is sealed, which makes the discharge of cream-type cosmetics easy. And when not in use, an intermediate member is pressed by being thread coupled, thereby the discharger is naturally sealed so that the discharge of cream-type cosmetics contained in the tube-shaped container is prevented. 
     Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the attached drawings. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 1  through  FIG. 3 , a tube-type container  10  constituting a cosmetics container  1  according to the present invention includes an upper moving body in which an opening portion  12  is formed to an upper direction, an inner thread portion  13  to an inner side, and an outer thread portion  14  to an outer circumference portion. 
     Also, an penetrating hole  15  is formed to an inner center of the upper moving body  11  formed like the above, and a vertical rod  16 , which plays a role of opening/closing, is formed at the same time. 
     An intermediate member  20  is placed to the inside of an opening portion  12  of the upper moving body  11  formed to the upper part of the tube-shaped container  10 . Also, a cap holder part  22  is formed to the upper part in the intermediate member  20 , thereby a sponge-type cap  23  is covered and formed to the circumference, and a transporting tube  25  having a discharger  24  in a center is vertically formed, thereby a pressing board  21 , in which a pressing step  21   a  is formed to the outer circumference, is formed. 
     Also, a coupling member  27 , in which an outer thread part  28  is formed to the outside by a conical elastic part  26  to a lower side of the discharger, is provided and formed. 
     A coupling member  27 , which is formed to the lower side, is placed to the inner side of an opening part, formed to the upper side of the upper moving body  11 , thereby an outer thread part  28 , formed to an outer circumference of the coupling member  27  of the opening part  12 , is thread coupled with an intermediate member  20  in which an inner thread part  13 , formed to an inner circumference of the opening part  12 . 
     A cap  30  is coupled to an upper side of a sponge cap  23  covered to the upper side of the thread-coupled intermediate member  20 , and an inner thread pat  32 , formed to the inner lower side of the cap  30  is thread coupled to an outer thread part  14  of the upper moving body  11 , which constitutes a tube-shaped cosmetics container  1  for discharging cream-type cosmetics of the present invention. 
     Meanwhile, as illustrated in  FIG. 4 , in the upper moving body  11 , a locking protrusion wheel  13   a  is be formed to the inside, a locking step  27   a  is formed to the outside, thereby the coupling member  27  is forcibly locked into the inside of the upper moving body, thereby locking step  27   a , formed to the outer circumference of the coupling member  27  is locked into a locking protrusion wheel  13   a  to be coupled, which makes another possible structure for the upper moving body  11 . 
     Therefore, the effects of the present invention can be described as follows. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 2 , a cosmetics container  1  of the present invention is normally in a closed state that a cap of an intermediate member  20  locked to the upper side of a tube-shaped container  10  is thread coupled. 
     At this time, an intermediate member  20  locked to an inner side of a upper moving body  11  of the tube-shaped container  10  becomes to be in a sealed state as a pressing step wheel  31  formed to the inner side of the cap  30  presses the pressing step  21   a  formed to the circumference of the pressing board  21  formed in the intermediate member  20 , thereby a conical elastic part  26  formed to the lower middle side of the pressing board  21  is pressed, thereby a discharger  24  formed to the central part of the pressing board  21  is blocked by the upper side of the vertical rod  16  at the central part of the upper moving body  11  forming the tube-shaped container  10 . 
     In the state that the discharger  24  is sealed by the upper side of the vertical rod  16  by the cap&#39;s  30  being thread coupled with the coupling member  27  formed in the intermediate member  20 , if the cap  30  is opened so as to discharge cream-type cosmetics contained in a containing part  10   a , as shown in  FIG. 3 , the pressing step wheel  31  formed in the inner side of the cap  30  pressing the pressing step  21   a  forming the circumference of the pressing board  21  of the intermediate member  20  drops, thereby a force being applied to the pressing boards is released, thereby the conical elastic part  26  pops up, thereby the pressing board, in which the sponge-type cap  23  is covered and fixed, rises up, thereby the discharger  24 , which was closed by coming in contact with the upper side of the sponge-type cap  23 , is separated from the upper side of the vertical rod  16 , thereby the discharger is opened. 
     Likewise, as the user softly presses the tube-shaped container  10  in the opened state, cream-type cosmetics contained in the containing part of the tube-shaped container  10  is discharged to the central part of the sponge-type cap  23  through the discharge  24  and a transporting tube  25  passing through a penetrating hole  15  formed to the central part of the upper moving body  11 , so that a user can apply make-up. 
     Meanwhile, a cup holder part  22 , which is formed by the covering of the sponge-type cap  23  by being formed to the upper part of the intermediate member  20 , has a space layer part  22   d , forming an upper, middle, and lower hold plate  22   a    22   b    22   c . And an upper holder plate  22   a  coming in contact with the sponge-type cap  23  is formed with a thin plate type which is flexibly bent and restored. 
     Likewise, the thin upper holder plate  22   a  prevents a concentrated mass to one position by making cream-type cosmetics soak through the sponge-type cap  23  evenly. And when applying make-up, the bend and the dynamic stability relieves the impact on the skin by the flexible upper holder plate  22   a , helping a user apply make-up softly. 
     After finishing applying make-up like the above, the sponge-type cap  23  is thread coupled by covering the cap  30  to the upper side of the fixed intermediate member  20 , thereby the pressing step wheel  31  formed to the inner side of the cap presses the pressing step  21   a , the circumference part of the pressing board  21  formed in the intermediate member, thereby the pressing board  21  is pressed, thereby the conical elastic part  26  is compressed and lowed, thereby the discharger  24  formed in the central part of the intermediate member  20  comes in contact with the upper side of the vertical rod  16  to be sealed. In this way, it is prevented that cream-type cosmetics is discharged to the sponge-type cap  23 , and when not in use, it is prevented that cream-type cosmetics is leaked. 
       FIG. 5  is an exploded perspective view of a second embodiment of the present invention,  FIG. 6  is a sectional view of a second embodiment of the present invention, and  FIG. 7  is a sectional view in which a cap is opened according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 5  through  FIG. 7 , a tube-shaped container forms a upper coupling part  11   a  having a discharger  11   c  and an upper coupling outer thread part  11   b . Also, a upper coupling wheel of which the upper inner thread part  41  and an upper outer thread part  42  is formed, and a penetrating hole  15  is formed to the central side. Also, a vertical rod is put in the upper side, and a upper coupling moving body  40 , in which an upper coupling moving body supporting wheel  44  and an upper moving body coupling part  45  are formed, is coupled. 
       FIG. 8  is a sectional view of a third embodiment of the present invention, and  FIG. 9  is an extended sectional view illustrating a principal part of which cap is opened according to a third embodiment of the present invention. 
     An intermediate member  20  is covered and fixed by a cover  53  as a puff  51 , in which a discharge hole  52  is formed in the upper side of the pressing board having a puff locking part  50 , is locked. 
     As the cap  30  is opened and closed, the discharger  24  formed in the central part of the intermediate member  20  is opened and closed, thereby as the containing part of the tube-type container  10   a  is pressed, cream-type cosmetics contained in the tube-shaped container  10  is discharged to the discharge hole  24  formed to the central part of the puff, thereby the cosmetics is soaked to the inner side of the puff  51  evenly so that a user can apply make-up. So the opening/closing actions of the discharger  24  formed in the intermediate member  20 , and its effects are same with those in the first embodiment. 
       FIG. 10  is a sectional view of a fourth embodiment of the present invention, and  FIG. 11  is an extended sectional view illustrating a principal part of which cap is opened according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. 
     Here, the intermediate member  20  forms a brush locking part  50   a  in the upper side of the pressing board  21 , and a brush  51   a  is locked into the brush locking part  50   a.    
     Also, as a conical elastic part  26  formed in the intermediate member  20  pops up and is compressed, the discharger is  24  is opened and closed. By pressurizing the containing part  10   a  of the tube-shaped part  10  in the state that the discharger is opened as the cap is opened, cream-type cosmetics container in the containing part  10   a  of the tube-shaped container  10  is discharged to the brush side  51   a  through the discharger  24  and the transporting tube  25  through the penetrating hole  15  of the tube-shaped container  10 , thereby the cosmetics is soaked into the inner side of the brush  51   a  evenly so that a user can apply make-up. So the opening/closing actions of the discharger  24  formed in the intermediate member  20 , and its effects are same with those in the first embodiment. 
       FIG. 12  is a sectional view of a fifth embodiment of the present invention, and  FIG. 13  is an extended sectional view illustrating a principal part of which cap is opened according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. 
     The intermediate member  20  forms a brush locking fixing part  50   b  in the upper side of the pressing board  21 , several brushes  51   b  are locked and fixed in the locking fixing part  50   b.    
     The cosmetics container  1 , in which several brushes  51   b  are locked and fixed, can be used for dyeing hair. In this 5 th  embodiment of the present invention, a conical elastic part  26  formed in the intermediate member  20  pops up and is compressed as the cap  30  is opened and closed, thereby the containing part  10   a  of the tube-shaped container  10   a  is pressurized in the state that the discharger  24  is opened and closed, thereby for example, a hairdye as an example of cream-type cosmetics passes through the penetrating hole  15  of the tube-shaped container  10 , then is discharged to the central side of the several brushes  51   b  through the discharger  24  and the transporting tube  25 , thereby the cosmetics is soaked into the inner side of the brushes  51   b  so that a user can apply make-up including dyeing. Here, the opening/closing actions of the discharger  24  formed in the intermediate member  20 , and its effects are same with those in the first embodiment, so they are not explained in detail here. 
     Therefore, when the cap is opened, the discharger is opened, and when closed, the discharger is sealed, which makes the discharge of cream-type cosmetics easy. And when not in use, an intermediate member is pressed by being thread coupled, thereby the discharger is naturally sealed so that the discharge of cream-type cosmetics contained in the tube-shaped container is prevented, by which cream-type cosmetics is less wasted, and a clean state is always kept by preventing contamination of surrounding areas of the cosmetic container  1 .