Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
  • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
  • A45D34/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
  • A45D34/04—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
  • A45D34/042—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a brush or the like
  • A45D34/045—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a brush or the like connected to the cap of the container
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A46—BRUSHWARE
  • A46B—BRUSHES
  • A46B11/00—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water
  • A46B11/0006—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water specially adapted to feed the bristle upper surface
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
  • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
  • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
  • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
  • B65D51/32—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with brushes or rods for applying or stirring contents

Definitions

• the present invention relates to a vial with a cap which can be applied, for example, by means of a screw or bayonet closure and which is provided with an integrated element for removing the essentially liquid content of the vial, such as, for example, a brush or pipette.
• a problem with such caps provided with a removal element is that the end of the brush or pipette only reaches the bottom of the vial when the cap is attached to the vial, so that with the cap removed, the end of the removal element is at a distance above the bottom of the vial. This means that a certain amount of residual content cannot be removed from the vial. An attempt is therefore made to be able to remove even more contents from the vial by holding the vial at an angle while the removal element is immersed. This requires not only a certain skill, but also cumbersome.
• the object of the present invention is therefore to change a vial with an attachable cap of the type mentioned in such a way that essentially all of the contents can be removed from the vial in a simple manner with the integrated removal element.
• the measures according to the invention not only ensure that the free end of the removal element, such as, for example, the front end of a brush or the opening of a pipette, can continue to reach the bottom of the bottle even when the bottle is unscrewed, for example, but also that the remaining contents of the vial flow together at a certain interior area and can thus be grasped by the free end of the removal element without further artifacts.
• the removal element By lowering the removal element relative to the cap and into a depression on the bottom of the vial, the contents of the vial can essentially be removed completely.
• the shape of the depression can be designed differently, including depending on whether the vial body is cylindrical or angular. With the features of claim 2 an advantageous shape of the depression is achieved. According to the features of claim 3, the depression can extend directly around the center of the axis of the vial bottom or extend up to the side wall. With an exactly axially aligned removal element, it is expedient to provide the features according to claim 4.
• the axial adjustment or extension of the removal element with respect to the cap can take place continuously or given by the two end positions, whereby in the latter case locking, in particular the final use end position, is advantageous.
• the size of the axial movability depends on whether the residual content with an axially adjusted removal element is to be detected when the cap is in place and removed after the cap has been removed, or whether the residual content should only be recorded with the cap removed and removed at the same time.
• FIG. 1A and 1B in a schematic, longitudinally sectioned illustration, a vial with a cap and an integrated brush according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention in the normal use end position or residual use end position of the brush, 2A and 2B a the Figs. 1A and 1B corresponding representation, but according to a second embodiment,
• a vial 11 or 11 ' is shown, which is provided with a screw cap 10, 10' or 10 '', which is equipped with a removal element in the form of a brush element 12, which in the Screw cap 10, 10 'or 10' 'is held so that it is opposite the screw cap and the vial 11 between a first or starting position or
• the vial 11 contains, for example, nail polish, which can be removed in portions or batches with the brush element 12 and distributed onto the relevant fingernail or toenail.
• the vial 11, 11 ' has on its body 16, 16' an external thread neck 17, onto which the screw cap 10, 10 'or 10''can be screwed with its internal thread recess 18.
• the body 16, 16 'of the vial 11, 11' which can be round or angular, has an interior 15 which receives the content and which, facing the bottom 19, is provided with a depression 30 which serves to hold residual contents in the empty Collect vials.
• the depression 30 is arranged axially and symmetrically about the axis. In this exemplary embodiment, the depression 30 merges into conical surfaces 29, 29 ′ which extend more (FIG. 1) or less (FIG.
• the brush element 12 held axially movably in the screw cap 10, 10 ′ or 10 ′′ has an axially aligned rod 13, the rear end of which is attached to an actuating element 21, 21 that is movably held in or on the screw cap 10, 10 ′ or 10 ′′ 'or 21''is attached and at the front end of a brush 14 is attached.
• the rear end of the rod 13 is fastened in an actuation button 21 which is axially movable within a concentric rear cylindrical receptacle 22.
• the receptacle 22 has a first shoulder 23 at its inner end, parallel to which a second shoulder 25 is provided in a second receptacle 24 of smaller diameter.
• This second shoulder 25 surrounds an opening 26 for the rod 13 of the brush element 12.
• the underside of the second shoulder 25 is formed by an annular sealing surface, which in the closed state of the vial 11, 11 'according to FIGS. 1A, 1B and 2A does not in the manner shown in detail sits sealingly on the ring end face of the external thread neck 17 of the vial 11.
• the rear end of the rod 13 facing the button 21 is surrounded by a compression spring 27 which is supported at one end on the inside of the button 21 and at the other end on the second shoulder 25.
• the first shoulder 23 serves as an end stop for the inside of the button 21 in the End use position of the brush element 12.
• FIG. 1A shows the starting position or normal use end position of the brush element 12 held on the screw cap 10. In this position, the free end of the brush 14 of the brush element 12 extends to just above the bottom 19 of the vial 11. In this normal use end position of the brush element 12 With the screw cap 10 removed from the vial 11, it is possible to remove the contents of the vial 11 with the help of the brush 14 up to a certain residual fill level, which corresponds approximately to the length of the screw thread closure.
• the free end of the brush element 12 in the normal use end position is at a distance from the bottom of the depression 30 at the bottom 19 of the vial 11 ', which distance approximately the path of the axial movement of the brush element 12 when the button 21 is pressed. If the button 21 is pressed, it will Brush element 12 is brought from its normal use end position shown in FIG. 2A to its end use position shown in FIG. 2B, namely with the cap 10 still screwed on detected, whereupon the cap 10 is unscrewed and the liquid can be applied to a fingernail or the like using the brush.
• This configuration is advantageous, for example, if the removal element is formed by a pipette.
• the axial displacement of the brush element 12 or, so to speak, extension of the brush element 12 relative to the screw cap 10 is achieved by finger pressure on the button 21 and possibly held.
• the brush element 12 moves back into its initial or normal use end position by the action of the compression spring 27, so that the screw cap 10 can be screwed onto the vial 11, 11 'again without the end of the Brush 14 reaches the bottom 19 of the vial 11.
• FIGS. 1A, 1B and 2A, 2B The in Figs. 3A and 3B illustrated third exemplary embodiment, in which the previously described vial 11 or 11 'with depression 30 is used, but which is only partially or not shown, differs from the exemplary embodiments according to FIGS. 1A, 1B and 2A, 2B by the actuator 21 'used for the axial brush element movement.
• the actuating element 21 ' is formed by a rocker arm which is pivotable in a receptacle 22' of the screw cap 10 'about an axis 31 fastened in the screw cap 10'.
• the end of the rod 13 of the brush element 12 is in a manner not shown in the Rocker arm 21 'is pivotally mounted eccentrically to axis 31, so that when pivoting rocker arm 21' relative to screw cap 10 ', brush element 12 or its rod 13 moves axially.
• the rod 13 of the brush element '12 penetrates a hole in an intermediate wall 25' and is within the réellegewindeausEnglishung 18 with a sealing member 32 to rest on the externally threaded neck 17 of the vial 11 is provided. It is also possible to provide the rocker arm 21 'with a sliding track against which the rod 13' is pressed resiliently and which moves the rod 13 axially during its pivoting movement.
• the rocker arm 21 'with its handle 33 is pivoted into a circumferential axial groove 34 of the screw cap 10'. If this handle 33 is pivoted upward in the direction of arrow A, the rod 13 moves axially relative to the screw cap 10 'relative to the screw cap 10' due to the eccentricity of the pivot axis 31 from the rocker arm 21 'and the screw cap 10' to the hinge axis between the rod 13 and the rocker arm 21 ' there is an extension of the brush element 12 or an increase in the distance of the brush 14 of the brush element 12 from the lower edge of the screw cap 10 '(FIG. 3B).
• the two end positions (upper end of normal use position and lower end of use position according to FIG. 3B) are fixed or locked.
• the actuating element 21 ′′ is formed by a screw element, on the inner end of which the rod 13 of the brush element 12 is fastened.
• the screw element 21 ′′ is not shown in detail by a relatively steep thread from, for example, a single thread in the receptacle 22 ′′ of the screw cap Held 10 ''.
• An external thread is arranged on a pin 37 of the screw element 21 ′′, a plate 36 serving as a handle being integral with the pin 37 on the outside.
• the receptacle 22 ′′ of the screw cap 10 ′′ is naturally provided with a corresponding internal thread. For example.
• an opening is made (milled) in the receptacle 22 '', which runs spirally around 90 ° around the cap.
• a pin is inserted which, on the one hand, sits firmly in the pin 37 and, on the other hand, is located in the opening mentioned. If the actuating element 21 ′′ is now rotated, the desired axial brush element movement is produced.
• the rotary element 21 ′′ can be brought from its normal use end position shown in FIG. 4A to a residual use end position shown in FIG. 4B, in which, as in the above exemplary embodiments, an extension of the brush element 12 or an increase in the distance of the end of the brush 14 from the underside of the screw cap 10 '' results. Both end positions are also set here.
• the actuating element can be designed in the manner of a lockable push-button mechanism used in ballpoint pens.
• the screw cap is not equipped with a brush element 12, but with a pipette element, which is held in the screw cap in a correspondingly axially movable manner and can thus be lengthened such that the opening of the pipette is at a distance from the lower edge of the Screw cap is changeable.
• the constructions or mechanics used in the exemplary embodiments shown in the drawings can be used. It understands It is clear that the depression 30 for collecting residual liquid can also be designed in different ways.

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