Patent Publication Number: US-7722277-B2

Title: Cosmetics case

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
   This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2006-0094530, filed on Sep. 28, 2006, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. 
   BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
   1. Field of the Invention 
   This present invention relates to a cosmetics case, and more particularly, to a tube type liquid cosmetics case including a threaded type combination of the cap protruded from the tube type case to store the liquid cosmetics, the output opening is elevated, and thus the inner ring is occluded to protect leakage of the liquid cosmetics. When the body of the case is compressed, the output opening is lowered and the inner ring is opened and the liquid cosmetics is dispensed. By installing a check valve on the part of the opening hole, it controls input and output of air into the tube type case, to enhance desirable action of repeated serial compression of the tube type case, so that the necessary amount of liquid cosmetics is dispensed or stopped by the consumers need, and it has an effect to protect loss of liquid cosmetics. 
   2. Discussion of Related Art 
   Conventionally, the tube vessel storing liquid cosmetics contains a spring or it is necessary to compress the tube vessel to output the liquid cosmetics, and it contains an extra output route and inside of it, it has a screw bar with a ball in the spring, then it is combined with the body of the vessel. 
   The conventional cosmetics case contains many components, and has a complicated structure and is costly to produce. During use, it needs several to tens of times of rotations of the body holding the upper part of it. Also, there is no additional air input opening to permit air to be infused into the tube vessel, so once the tube vessel is compressed, it is not able to recover to the original state, thus it has a fault to use it for cosmetics by customers. 
   SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
   This invention is to eradicate the faults of the conventional cosmetics case. The output is elevated by a threaded combination of the cap formed on the superior part of the tube vessel, then the inner ring is occluded to prevent leakage of the liquid cosmetics, while compressing a superior part of its body, the output is lowered and the inner ring is opened, to control the input output of air into the tube vessel by the check valve installed in a part of the opening, so that the repeated serial action of compression of it is enhanced desirably. 

   
     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 a perspective illustration of a cosmetics case with opened cover according to the present invention; 
       FIG. 2  is an exploded perspective illustration of the cosmetics case according to the present invention; 
       FIG. 3  is a sectional illustration of A-A line coupling of the cosmetics case according to the present invention; 
       FIG. 4  is a sectional illustration a state in operating of the cosmetics case according to the present invention; 
       FIG. 5  is a sectional illustration of B-B line coupling enlarged illustration of important part of the cosmetics case according to the present invention; 
       FIG. 6  is an exploded sectional illustration of the cosmetics case according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention. 
   

   DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
   Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Referring now to  FIGS. 1-4 , a tube type liquid cosmetics case  1  includes an opening  12  formed on the upper part of the tube type case  10 , an upper body  20  having a brush  22 , coupled on the opening  12  and double coupled with a cap  30 , in which an inner single jaw ring  13  is formed on the inside upper part of the case  10 , the opening  12  formed with a plurality of moving insert grooves  15  on the periphery thereof, the tube type case  10  including a check valve  17  formed at an insert hole  16  on a side, a solution transfer tube  23  is coupled on an upper part of the tube type case  10  and a brush  22  is insert coupled in the solution transfer tube  23 , an insert part  24  and a plurality of moving insert pieces  25  are formed on lower part of inside center of the solution transfer tube  23 . External thread parts  26  are formed on an outside lower peripheral part. An eject hole  27  formed with a divide hole  28  and a sealing jaw ring  29  is inserted in the inserting part  24  which formed on the lower part of the solution transfer tube  23 , and the upper body  20  is insert coupled on an inside of the opening  12 . A cap  30  which formed with an internal threaded part  36  is threaded couple on the upper body  20 . 
   According to the present invention, the ejecting hole  27  is elevated and close seal the inner single jaw ring  13  thus, the ejecting of liquid cosmetics can be stopped by the threaded coupling of the cap  30  which is formed on the upper part of the tube type case  10  storing liquid cosmetics, the eject hole  27  is lowered with pressing of upper body  20  and the inner single jaw ring  13  is opened and the liquid cosmetics is dispensed. 
   By installing the check valve  17  on the part of the opening  12 , it controls input and output of air into the tube type case  10 , to enhance a desirable action of repeated serial compression of the tube type case  10 , so that the necessary amount of liquid cosmetics is dispensed or stopped by the consumers need, and it has an effect to protect loss of liquid cosmetics. 
   Referring to the drawings, a more detailed description of the operating, action and effects according to the present invention is described. Referring to  FIG. 2  to  FIG. 4 , the opening  12  is provided on the tube type case  10 , a check valve  17  is installed in the inserting hole  16  which is formed on a side. The inner single jaw ring  13  is formed in the opening  12 , and a plurality of moving insert grooves  15  are formed vertically on the outside of the periphery of the opening  12 . 
   The upper body  20  is coupled on the upper part of the tube type case  10 . The solution transfer tube  23  is formed on the center upper part of the upper body  20 . The brush insert part  23   a  which is coupled with the brush  22  is formed on the upper body  20 . The insert part  24  is formed protruding on the lower center part of the brush insert part  23   a . The plurality of the moving insert pieces  25  which corresponding to the moving insert grooves  15 , are insertably coupled with each other and formed on the periphery along with the center of the insert part  24 . An external threaded part  26  is provided on the periphery of the outside lower end forming the upper body  20 . 
   The upper body  20  is insert coupled with the insert part  24  formed on the upper body  20  to the inside of opening  12  formed on the tube type case  10 , each of the moving insert pieces  25  which formed to the lower part of the upper body  20  is coupled to insert corresponding with each of the moving insert groove  15  formed along the outside peripherals of the opening  12 . 
   The moving insert grooves  15  and the moving insert pieces  25  which are insertably coupled as above, also by the threaded coupling of the cap  30  described late, the upper body  20  cannot turn, and while, the internal thread part  36  is turning by the turns of the cap  30 , relatively the external thread part  26  of the upper body  20  is turning to be elevated. 
   The eject hole  27  formed a divided opening  28  and sealing jaw ring  29  in inside of the insert part  24  which insert coupled to the inside of the opening  12  thus, the upper body  20  is coupled on the upper part of the tube type case  10  with not able to release by the force joint of the internal protrude ring  24   a  and external protrude ring  27   a.    
   Thus, the cap  30  is double coupled on the upper part of the upper body  20  and the external thread part  26  which formed on lower peripheral of the upper body  20  and the internal thread part  36  of the cap  30  are thread coupling and then the tube type liquid cosmetics case  1  according to the present invention is assembled. Therefore, the tube type liquid cosmetics case  1  according to the present invention is maintained the closed cap  30  state in portable. 
   With the cap  30  in a closed state, the cap  30  is open to be released and the upper body  20  is compressed to the side of the tube case  10  to use for cosmetics, as shown in  FIG. 4 , the eject hole  27  is move to lowered, the internal jaw ring  13  is opened then, the divided hole  28  is communicated with the solution transfer tube  23 . 
   Thus, the tube case  10  is pressed in the state, as shown in  FIG. 4  and  FIG. 5 , the liquid cosmetics included in the tube case  10  is dispensed through the divided hole  28  and the solution transfer tube  23  to the brush  22 . The check valve  17  formed on a side of the opening  12  is formed with a broader upper end and a narrower lower end, and the lower end close engaged. 
   The check valve  17  is mounted on the insert hole  16 , and close the air hole  18  by close shut the lower end engaged with and close shut the air flow. Also, when released the compressed power on the tube type case  10 , the tube type case  10  is reciprocated to the original state, the pressure inside of the tube type case  10  is lowered and lower end of the air hole  18  is opened then, out side air is inflow to inside of the tube case  10  via the air hole  18  to easy restitution of the tube case  10 . 
   Therefore, the check valve  17  is able to permit easy reciprocating compressive action of the tube type case  10  by the control of air inflow and outflow with opening and shutting of the air hole  18 . Thus, with the reciprocating compressing of the tube case  10 , the cosmetics liquid is discharged to the brush  22 . Then after the cosmetic use, the cap  30  is covered on the upper part of the upper body  20  and the cap  30  is turned to close by the threaded coupling of the external thread part  26  and the internal thread part  36  with external thread part  26  by the internal thread part  36  relatively, and the upper body  20  is elevated along with the eject hole  27 , the sealing ring  29  is close engaged with the inside ring  13  then close shut the cosmetics liquid discharge.  FIG. 6  is an exploded sectional illustration of the cosmetics case according to another preferred embodiment of the present invention. 
   Referring to  FIG. 6 , a cap holder  22   a  is formed on a periphery of the cosmetics liquid transfer tube  23  which is formed on the central upper part of the upper body  20 , and a sponge type cap  22   b  is covered. Thus, the cap  30  is opened to use and the tube type case  10  is reciprocating continually compress, then, the cosmetics liquid is discharged to the sponge type cap  22   b  thus, the consumer use the cosmetic with the sponge type cap  22   b.