Patent ID: 7270495

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 an annular shaped horizontal cross section, the cylinder has a vertical axis, an open upper end and a closed lower end; the lower end of the cylinder having a closed recessed central region with a first central opening therein which communicates with the interior of the cylinder; an upper cap assembly of annular shape containing a first seal and pressed into removable engagement with the open upper end of the cylinder, the assembly producing an air tight upper end seal; the upper end seal being broken when the assembly is separated from the cylinder; 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 and disposed in said first central opening, said lower end cap having a second centrally disposed opening; a circular disc that is disposed in said second 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; and air tight seal means disposed in the cylinder below the lower end of the screw assembly and above the prong, said means including a second seal which encloses the first central opening in the cylinder and produces a lower end air tight seal.