Patent ID: 7503717

Claim:
A cosmetic stick ( 1 ) with a stick housing ( 2 ), with a refill ( 9 ) which may be moved out of the housing ( 2 ) through a refill opening ( 10 ), with a feed device ( 11 ) positioned in the housing ( 2 ) for extending the refill ( 9 ), wherein the refill ( 9 ) is in push connection with a piston ( 12 ) guided in the housing ( 2 ), wherein the feed device ( 11 ) comprises a piston push rod ( 15 ) in push connection with the piston ( 12 ) and positioned on the side of the piston ( 12 ) remote from the refill ( 9 ), an actuating push rod ( 16 ) in push connection with an actuating element ( 21 ) positioned on an end, opposite the refill opening ( 10 ), of the actuating push rod ( 16 ), wherein the actuating push rod ( 16 ) is in push connection with the piston push rod ( 15 ) via a pair of stops ( 17 , 18 ) consisting of a first stop ( 17 ) positioned on one of the two push rods ( 15 , 16 ), and a plurality of second stops ( 18 ) positioned successively at an equal distance from one another axially along the other push rod ( 16 , 15 ), with a stop alternating device ( 27 ) with which the first stop ( 17 ) alternates between a second instantaneous stop of the second stops ( 18 ), with which the first stop ( 7 ) instantaneously cooperates, and an axially adjacent second target stop ( 18 ), to advance the refill, wherein the stop alternating device ( 27 ) comprises a driver body ( 28 ) fixed to the actuating push rod ( 16 ), at least one ramp ( 29 ) fixed to the housing ( 2 ) and cooperating with the driver body ( 28 ), the ramp incline of said ramp ( 29 ) being such that in an actuating position of the actuating push rod ( 16 ), the first stop ( 17 ) disengages from the instantaneous stop ( 18 ) as soon as the driver body ( 28 ) has covered an advance path which is at least identical to the distance between two adjacent second stops ( 18 ), a pretensioning spring ( 23 ) which biases the actuating push rod ( 16 ) relative to the housing ( 2 ) in an unactuated rest position in which the actuating element ( 21 ) is pushed out of the housing ( 2 ).