Patent ID: 7144175

Claim:
An applicator device comprising a casing ( 10 ), a storage means ( 24 ) for a product ( 26 ) to be applied, an application means comprising a ball ( 20 ) held rotatably in a ball holder ( 21 ), a sealing means ( 16 ) which is displaceable along a predetermined path ( 74 , 76 , 78 ) between a first position with respect to the casing ( 10 ) in which it bears sealingly against the ball ( 20 ) and a second position with respect to the casing ( 10 ) in which it releases the ball ( 20 ) for application of the product ( 26 ), and an increased pressure-producing means ( 22 , 30 , 32 , 34 , 36 ) for producing an increased pressure in the storage means ( 24 ), wherein the sealing means ( 16 ) is coupled in a predetermined portion ( 76 ) of the path ( 74 , 76 , 78 ) to the increased pressure-producing means ( 22 , 30 , 32 , 34 , 36 ), wherein the sealing means ( 16 ) is independent of the increased pressure-producing means ( 22 , 30 , 32 , 34 , 36 ) in a first portion ( 74 ) of the path ( 74 , 76 , 78 ) which is delimited by the first position.