Coating implements with material supply – Supply container and independent applicator – Applicator provided with material receiver
Patent
1993-02-16
1994-07-12
Bratlie, Steven A.
Coating implements with material supply
Supply container and independent applicator
Applicator provided with material receiver
401135, 401196, 401199, 141 205, 141320, 141321, B43K 1100
Patent
active
053282841
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The invention relates to a refilling container for refilling a writing, painting or drawing implement, a cosmetic applicator implement or the like, wherein the implement comprises an applicator member which projects out of a casing and which has a capillary conveying action for a fluid of relatively low viscosity, a reservoir for the fluid which is in fluid communication with the applicator member, and a vent passage in the vicinity of the applicator member.
In implements of that kind, the applicator member with its capillary conveying action may comprise a fibrous wick material or the like, which is suitable to provide for capillary conveying of the fluid which is stored in the reservoir of the implement. In that arrangement, the vent passage which is disposed in the vicinity of the applicator member is known to serve to avoid a reduced pressure which impedes or prevents the discharge of the fluid from the applicator member.
Hitherto implements of this kind were what are known as one-way or disposable implements which were thrown away after the fluid stored in the reservoir of the implement had been consumed. However that results in environmental pollution which cannot be ignored.
A refilling container of this kind which is intended in particular for writing implements, that is to say fountain pens, is known from DE-C-859 719. Therein the plug element is in the form of a tubular sleeve with a central opening therethrough so that a further element, namely a stopper, is required for sealing off the refilling container. The stopper has to be removed from the plug element when a writing implement is to be filled using the refilling container. That situation involves the problem that the stopper can be lost, whereupon the plug element and thus the refilling container can no longer be sealingly closed.
The object of the present invention is therefore that of providing a refilling container of the kind set forth above, which is suitable for refilling an implement, in a simple and time-saving manner, so that such an implement does not need to be thrown away when the fluid stored in its reservoir has been used up.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to the invention that object is attained by the present invention wherein wherein a plug element is in the form of a cap-like closure plug which is oriented into a refilling container and which is slidably displaceable between a rest position of sealing off the refilling container and a refilling position providing a fluid communication between the interior of the refilling container and a receiving space which is open at one side.
The refilling container can be of a tube-like configuration so that it is simple to produce and can be easily filled with a suitable low-viscosity fluid. That results in an inexpensive refilling container for the purposes of refilling an implement of the kind set forth in the opening part of this specification. As the refilling container is handled only comparatively little, in comparison with the writing, painting or drawing implement or the like, the refilling container can be made from a material which is of thin gauge in comparison with the implement. That reduces the consumption of material, thus resulting in the available resources being saved. Furthermore that gives a reduction in the problems involved in eliminating refuse or garbage.
In the refilling container according to the invention, the neck portion and the closure element may be provided with screwthread portions which are suitably adapted to each other. In that arrangement, it has been found desirable for the neck portion to have an external screwthread portion, while the closure element has an internal screwthread portion which is adapted thereto.
It will be appreciated that the refilling container may also be of any other configuration, that is to say the neck portion and the closure element of the refilling container may be provided for example with bayonet closure members which are adapted to each other.
The refilling container is of another
REFERENCES:
patent: 1854814 (1932-04-01), Terry
patent: 3399020 (1968-08-01), Margolis et al.
Krueckel Peter
Moeck Gerhard
Bratlie Steven A.
Schwan-Stabilo Schwanhaeusser GmbH & Co.
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