Patent ID: 7249905

Claim:
A thrust-out type container for a rod-like article generally comprising a driving cylinder, a holder and a guide cylinder extending in a vertical direction coaxially one with another, said thrust-out type container further comprising: said driving cylinder including outer and inner cylinders extending coaxially with each other; said outer cylinder being formed on its inner peripheral surface with first double-threaded grooves; said inner cylinder being set inside said outer cylinder so as to be slidably engaged with said first double-threaded grooves thereby to be movable in said vertical direction and being formed on its inner peripheral surface with a second double-threaded grooves; said holder being set inside said inner cylinder and having a pair of projections adapted to be slidably engaged with said second double-threaded grooves so that said holder is moved in said vertical direction wherein a portion of said holder lying above both said outer cylinder and said inner cylinder is formed on its outer peripheral surface of this portion with a pair of projections extending toward said guide cylinder; and said guide cylinder being set outside said holder, having a lower portion slidably engaged with said outer cylinder so as to be moved in a circumferential direction and an upper portion extending upward beyond said outer cylinder and being formed on its inner peripheral surface with a pair of guide grooves extending downward from a top edge of said guide cylinder so that said pair of projections on said outer peripheral surface of said portion of said holder is slidably engaged with said pair of guide grooves, whereby said holder can move in said vertical direction but not rotate with respect to said guide cylinder, wherein said holder comprises an upper member configured so that said rod-like article can be attached thereto and a lower member adapted to be attached to said upper member from below as viewed in said vertical direction, said upper member is configured so as to be inserted into said guide cylinder from above while said lower member is configured so as to be inserted into said inner cylinder and said guide cylinder from below.