Patent ID: 7207739

Claim:
A dispenser of personal care material adapted to receive and store an insert of personal material and comprising: a vertical hollow circular cylinder having a vertical axis and open at upper and lower ends; an upper cap assembly removably secured to the upper end of the cylinder to produce an air tight upper end seal; a vertical elongated threaded drive screw disposed within the cylinder and spaced from both cylindrical ends, said screw being disposed along the cylindrical axis; a lower cap assembly including a lower end cap rotatably secured to the lower end of the cylinder, said lower end cap having a centrally disposed opening; a disc that is disposed in said opening, said disc having an inwardly projecting vertical prong which will exhibit an additional forward motion when the disc is manually pressed inward, the disc being engaged with and rotatable with the end cap; air tight seal means disposed in the cylinder below the lower end of the screw assembly and above the prong, said means including a sealing film which encloses the open lower end of the cylinder and produces a lower end air tight seal, the seal being destroyed when the film is penetrated by the prong.