CN102258258B - For pusher cosmetic pencil container, assemble the method for this container and pusher cosmetic pencil - Google Patents

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CN102258258B
CN102258258B CN201010192766.6A CN201010192766A CN102258258B CN 102258258 B CN102258258 B CN 102258258B CN 201010192766 A CN201010192766 A CN 201010192766A CN 102258258 B CN102258258 B CN 102258258B
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The present invention relates to for pusher cosmetic pencil container, assemble the method for this container and pusher cosmetic pencil.Described container comprises: holder (4); Pen core keeper (7), this pen core keeper (7) can move axially in holder (4) and the first opening (4a) had towards holder (4) and having is designed to receive the seat (9) of cosmetic material pen core (3); Actuator (13), this actuator (13) can rotate and have from the outstanding operation part (14) of second opening (4b) of holder (4) in holder (4); For the rotation of operation part (14) being changed into the device of the axially-movable of pen core keeper (7).This device comprise as a part for pen core keeper (7) or actuator (13) threaded body (12) and with actuator (13) or pen core keeper (7) integral and there is the radial flexible tab (16) of the threaded portion (17) coordinated with threaded body (12).

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For pusher cosmetic pencil container, assemble the method for this container and pusher cosmetic pencil
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of container for pusher cosmetic pencil, and for the method for assembling this container and the pusher cosmetic pencil comprising this container.
Background technology
Pusher cosmetic pencil is used for cosmetics to apply to be added to human body, and normally face, such as, for outstanding eye contour, eyebrow, lip contour etc.
Knownly comprise the outer body be made up of wooden or plastic material and and comprise rigidity and to introduce regularly in outer body and the core (pen core) of the decorative cosmetic product having of the roughly whole length of extend through outer body.When using pen core end, cosmetic pencil of must fining away is to remove a part for wooden or plastic material and to expose new pen core part.The pen of described type becomes shorter and shorter along with use, until they reach very awkward length and are usually thrown away, thus can not make full use of.In addition, the pen core protection of cap that only removed and put back to.During two kinds of operations, the accidental interference between cap and pen core end can damage described end and/or cap of making dirty.
Also known picture document GB516, that pusher pen disclosed in 189.The pusher pen of the document comprises the external shell being arranged on its one end place, and this housing has tapered mouth, is released by the pen core of cosmetic by this tapered mouth.This pen core is kept by pen core keeper, prevents pen core keeper from rotating in external shell.Pen core keeper moves forward and backward in external shell by being connected to the threaded rod of the rotary head that one end contrary with tapered mouth of housing is arranged.This threaded rod is fitted in the screw shell of pen core end opposite place pen core keeper.Ejecting device makes pen core end only could extract out from external shell when using this.
Applicant has found that the production cost of the pusher pen of the above-mentioned type is subject to the remarkable impact that all parts (usually being obtained by molding plastic material) manufactures the Operating Complexity of complexity and the described component of assembling.In fact, in order to assemble each component, needing a lot of time and using expensive machine and/or a large amount of manpowers.
Summary of the invention
The present invention is intended to eliminate above-mentioned shortcoming by providing a kind of structure simple and can facilitating and assemble the container for pusher cosmetic pencil forming its each component rapidly.
Another object of the present invention proposes a kind of method for assembling this container, and the method can use simply and the machine of cheapness and/or deprofessionalization labour.
Another object of the present invention proposes a kind ofly to guarantee that pen core is correctly saved in the pusher cosmetic pencil used until exhausted completely.
Above-mentioned and other object by for pusher cosmetic pencil container, realize according to the method for pusher cosmetic pencil container of the present invention and pusher pen for assembling.
More particularly, in first aspect, the present invention relates to a kind of container for pusher cosmetic pencil as claimed in claim 1.
In second aspect, the present invention relates to the method for a kind of assembling as claimed in claim 12 for the container of pusher cosmetic pencil.
In the third aspect, the present invention relates to pusher cosmetic pencil as claimed in claim 11.
What in above-mentioned each side, the present invention of at least one aspect also can to have in appended claims in required preferable feature is one or more.
Accompanying drawing explanation
Now with reference to illustrating that the accompanying drawing of the better of pusher cosmetic pencil but nonexclusive example describes the present invention, in accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the partial sectional view according to pusher cosmetic pencil of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is the exploded perspective view of pen shown in Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 illustrates the longitudinal profile of the first component of pen shown in Fig. 1 and 2;
Fig. 3 a is the sectional view of the first component along the III-III of line shown in Fig. 3 intercepting;
Fig. 3 b shows a part of Fig. 3 of scale amplifying;
The second component of pen shown in Fig. 1 and 2 that Fig. 4 illustrates cross-section;
Fig. 4 a is the sectional view of the second component along the IV-IV of line shown in Fig. 4 intercepting;
Fig. 5 illustrates the 3rd component of pen shown in Fig. 1 and 2;
Fig. 5 a illustrates the longitudinal profile of the amplifier section of the 3rd component shown in Fig. 5; And
Fig. 5 b shows another amplifier section of Fig. 5.
Detailed description of the invention
With reference to accompanying drawing, always represent according to pusher cosmetic pencil of the present invention with Reference numeral 1.
Cosmetic pencil 1 comprises container 2 and is arranged on pen core 3 in container 2 to be axially moveable mode.
In the present specification and claims, " pen core " represents the cylindrical bar of cosmetic.
The container 2 being in assembled state shown in Fig. 1 comprises shape in a tubular form and has the holder 4 of circular cross-section, and this holder longitudinally axis X-X extends and has the first opening 4a being arranged on the first better taper axial end and the second opening 4b being arranged on second axial end contrary with first end 4a.
On the inner surface of holder, have and be parallel to longitudinal axis X-X extension and preferably offer the rib 5 (as shown in Figure 3 a) put around described axis X-X angle intervals.Providing by way of example in the embodiment of unrestricted object, the quantity of axial rib 5 is three.Inner radial end and the circle roughly equal with the diameter of pen core 3 of axial rib 5 are tangent.Each axial rib 5 preferably extends to the first opening 4a (Fig. 3) from the middle part of holder 4.
Near the region of the second opening 4b on the inner surface that the first annular ridge 6 (Fig. 3 b) defining annular groove is formed in holder 4.In the embodiment provided by way of example, there are three the first annular ridges 6.
The inner surface of holder 4 has conical by its shape (not shown in schematic figures), and this conical by its shape narrows towards first end 4a from the second end 4b, to perform following function.
It is preferred that this taper is only limited to the part extending to the section start of rib 5 from the second end 4b.More preferably, this taper is limited to only from the part C that each rib 5 is not far place.
Container 2 comprises pen core keeper 7 (Fig. 4 and 4a), and this pen core keeper comprises again the cylindrical wall 8 of the pedestal 9 defined for pen core 3.The inner radial surface of cylindrical wall 8 is formed the axial ridges 10 being suitable for interfering with the soft material of pen core 3, thus axially inserts in described pedestal 9 just pen core 3 is held in place (not relative to translation and the rotation of pen core keeper 7) once pen core 3.It is preferred that each axial ridges extends to the half along wall 8 from the closed bottom of pedestal 9.In shown non-limiting embodiments, cylindrical wall 8 is formed with three arcwalls that mutual side direction is arranged side by side.Wall defines three grooves each other or axial cut-outs 11 side by side.Pen core keeper 7 also comprises threaded body 12.It is preferred that threaded body 12 is in the shape being provided with the externally threaded bar extended along axis Y-Y, once pen core keeper 7 is arranged in holder 4, axis Y-Y just overlaps with longitudinal axis X-X.Described axis Y-Y also with the longitudinal axes coincident of cylindrical body 8.Threaded body 12 extends from the part of the closed bottom of the close pedestal 9 of pen core keeper 7.
Container 2 also comprise that longitudinally axis Z-Z extends, be preferably the actuator 13 (Fig. 5,5a and 5b) of cast.Actuator 13 comprises at its first end 13a Part I or the operation part 14 that external diameter is substantially equal to the external diameter of holder 4.Actuator 13 comprises Part II 15, and the external diameter of this Part II 15 is suitable for inserting in holder 4 and its internal diameter makes threaded body 12 can insert in described Part II 15.At the second end 13b place of actuator 13, on the wall of Part II 15, be formed preferably radially with the lug 16 of elastic type flexure.Each lug 16 is defined by U-lag mouth (in Fig. 2 part illustrate), and this U-lag mouth is formed through the wall of Part II 15 and is parallel to longitudinal axis Z-Z from the connecting area of the remainder with described wall towards the second end 13b of actuator 13 and extends.In the embodiment shown, actuator 13 comprises two relative lugs 16.Each lug 16 has the threaded portion 17 be suitable for the threaded engagement of the threaded body 12 belonging to pen core keeper 7 in its inner radial surface, and (Fig. 5 a).
It is preferred that each lug 16 is also provided with the interactional projection 18 with the inwall of holder 4 on its radially-outer surface, (Fig. 5 a).Near the second annular ridge 19 (Fig. 5 b) of the restricted annular groove in Part I 14 place on the outer wall of Part II 15.In shown non-limiting example, there are three the second annular ridges 19.Preferably, between the second annular ridge 19 and Part I 14, annular seating 20 is also formed to hold seal 21 (as shown in Figure 2).
By in the second end 13b of first free end of threaded body 12 being inserted the actuator 13 and edge making described threaded body 12 slide axially into the second end 13b in Part II 15 against transverse to axis Y-Y and the annular surface 22 (Fig. 2 and 4) belonging to the cylindrical wall 8 of pen core holder 7 carries out the installation of container 2.In this relative sliding process, the threaded portion 17 slight interference ground of flexible tab 16 slides on the screw thread of threaded body 12, and due to the radial elastic deformability of described lug 16, this interference can hinder slip in no instance.
Therefore, by tubular body 8 being inserted through the second opening 4b and making seat 9 be arranged in holder 4 together with actuator 13 by threaded body 12 towards the first opening 4a.
Due to the conical by its shape of the inner surface of holder 4, so when lug 16 is when the given axial component C of holder 4, they force them to contact towards the inner surface of threaded body 12 with radial direction, therefore guarantee engaging each other of screw thread.
Each rib 5 enters the axial cut-outs 11 of tubular body 8, thus prevents the mutual rotation between pen core keeper 7 and holder 4.
This insertion will proceed to make transverse to axis Z-Z always and till the annular surface 23 (Fig. 2 and 5) belonging to operation part 14 abuts the edge of the second opening 4b.
Second annular ridge 19 blocks crosses the first annular ridge 6 ordinatedly, until the annular ridge of a component is aimed at the annular groove of another component in two components, and till actuator 13 axial lock fixes in holder 4 by they.Actuator 13 all freely can rotate in holder 4 around longitudinal axis X-X in all cases.
Seal 21 remains between the inner surface of holder 4 and the annular seating 20 of actuator 13.
In installation constitution, each lug 16 is kept in touch by the inwall of holder 4 and threaded body 12, thus guarantees engaging each other of screw thread.So by rotating operation part 14, the pen core nut-screw between pen core keeper 7 with actuator 13 connects makes pen core keeper 7 and pen core 3 mounted thereto along axis X-X translation.
Preferably after the assembling completing container 2, pen core 3 is installed, and it is from the first opening 4a insertion and by interfering with axial ridges 10, and also utilizes the radial elastic of three of cylindrical wall 8 arcwalls and lock in present 9.
Each component is sized to the seat 9 being used for pen core 3 to be moved on to as far as the first opening 4a place, from it steadily being pulled out very in short-term at pen core 3.
According to unshowned alternate embodiment, external thread rod and operation part 14 are integrated and are therefore the parts of actuator 13, and flexible tab 16 be arranged on seat 9 all-in-one-piece tubular body on and be therefore the part of pen core keeper 7.Operating principle is constant.
Container 2 is also provided with annex.Such as, as illustrated in fig. 1 and 2, only the fine away penknife of pen core 3 of little sponge 24 and being suitable for inserts in the housing 26 that is formed in operation part 14.Penknife 25 is subject to the protection of cap 27.
In the embodiment that there is not little sponge and penknife, housing 26 is closed by suitable plug member (not shown).
It is preferred that have nothing to do with specific embodiment, container 2 comprises cap 28 on the first end being arranged on holder 4 to protect pen core end, if or pen core end retract completely, then for preventing dust or other material through the first opening 4a.
Present invention achieves wanted object and achieve important advantage.
First, the present invention enables container conveniently and assembles rapidly because all connections be all by parts between relative linear movement and realized by card cooperation or frictional fit.In addition, all parts of container only insert from one end of holder.Therefore, can built-up time be reduced and provide and use the artificial of better simply machine and/or small amount, in being reduction of assembly cost.
The installation of pen core is also simple, because the pen core keeper be made up of the arcwall being provided with axial ridges enables pen core be locked by means of only axially-movable.
The present invention enables end user's removable container before changing pen core with new pen core clean its inside.
This cap is removable and put back to when pen core end is in holder, and therefore this cap can not be damaged.
In addition, seal make user guarantee together with cap the volatizable material of cosmetic material can not be distributed and contribute to keeping cosmetics quality for a long time.
Each axial rib not only prevents pen core keeper from rotating, but also avoids pen core to jolt in container, thus is not damaged in carrying or In transit when making it such as carry in handbag.

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1., for a container for pusher cosmetic pencil, comprising:
-tubulose holder (4), described tubulose holder (4) has the first opening (4a) and second opening (4b) contrary with described first opening (4a), and has inner surface;
-pen core keeper (7), described pen core keeper (7) can move axially and has towards described first opening (4a) and have the seat (9) being designed to the pen core (3) receiving cosmetic material in described tubulose holder (4), and the rotation of described pen core keeper (7) in described tubulose holder (4) is locked;
-actuator (13), described actuator (13) can rotate and have from the outstanding operation part (14) of described second opening (4b) in described tubulose holder (4);
-for the rotation of described operation part (14) being changed into the reforming unit of the axially-movable of described pen core keeper (7);
Wherein, described reforming unit comprises: threaded body (12), and described threaded body is a part for described pen core keeper (7) or described actuator (13); And lug (16), described lug (16) with the radial deflection of elastic type and with described actuator (13) or described pen core keeper (7) integral and there is the threaded portion (17) coordinated with described threaded body (12);
It is characterized in that, the inner surface of described tubulose holder (4) has the axial component (C) that the internal diameter that arranges near described lug (16) reduces, to keep the described threaded portion (17) of described lug (16) against described threaded body (12) and to guarantee engaging each other of screw thread.
2. container as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, described actuator (13) shape comprise described lug (16) in a tubular form, and described threaded body (12) is external thread rod as a part for described pen core keeper (7) and inserts in described actuator (13).
3. container as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, the axial component (C) of the described inner surface of described tubulose holder (4) has the conical by its shape spread towards described second opening (4b).
4. container as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, comprise axial rib (5), described axial rib (5) is inner and be engaged in the groove (11) that is formed on described pen core keeper (7) to prevent described pen core keeper (7) from rotating in described tubulose holder (4) described tubulose holder (4).
5. container as claimed in claim 4, it is characterized in that, described axial rib (5) roughly extends to described first opening (4a) and guides described pen core (3) with axis and prevent the radial displacement of described pen core (3).
6. container as claimed in claim 5, it is characterized in that, described seat (9) for described pen core (3) is defined by cylindrical wall (8), described groove (11) is formed in the axial cut-outs on described cylindrical wall (8), and described axial rib (5) to be inserted in described groove (11) and towards the inside of described seat (9).
7. container as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, comprise card adapting device, described card adapting device is also arranged near described second opening (4b) between described actuator (13) and described tubulose holder (4), thus relative to the axially described actuator of the locking (13) of described tubulose holder (4).
8. container as claimed in claim 7, it is characterized in that, the second annular ridge (19) that described card adapting device comprises the first annular ridge (6) on the inner surface being arranged on described tubulose holder (4) and is arranged on the outer surface of described actuator (13).
9. container as claimed in claim 1, it is characterized in that, comprise lip ring (21), described lip ring (21) is between described actuator (13) and described tubulose holder (4) and be arranged on described second opening (4b).
10. a pusher cosmetic pencil, is characterized in that, comprises the container as described in claim 1 to 9 and cosmetic material pen core (3) in pen core keeper (7) as described in being arranged on.
11. 1 kinds of assemblings are used for the method for the container of pusher cosmetic pencil, comprise the following steps:
Tubulose holder (4) i) is provided, described tubulose holder (4) have the first opening (4a) and contrary with described first opening (4a) to the second opening (4b), and there is inner surface;
Ii) provide pen core keeper (7), described pen core keeper (7) has the seat (9) being designed to the pen core (3) holding cosmetic material;
The actuator (13) with operation part (14) iii) is provided;
Iv) make with described pen core keeper or described actuator (13) all-in-one-piece threaded body (12) with the threaded portion (17) of described actuator (13) or described pen core keeper (7) all-in-one-piece radial flexibility lug (16) on slide axially;
V) described actuator (13) and described pen core keeper (7) are axially inserted through described second opening (4b) of described tubulose holder (4), the described seat (9) of described pen core keeper (7) is towards described first opening (4a) and the described operation part (14) of described actuator (13) remains on from the outstanding position of described second opening (4b);
Vi) by the twist-lock of described pen core keeper (7) in described tubulose holder (4);
Vii) described actuator (13) axial lock is fixed in described tubulose holder (4).
12. methods as claimed in claim 11, it is characterized in that, also in step v) in also comprise step v'): by radial for described radial flexibility lug (16) near on described threaded body (12), thus guarantee engaging each other of screw thread.
13. methods as claimed in claim 12, is characterized in that, the part reduced near the internal diameter of described tubulose holder (4) by making described lug (16) and implementation step v').
14. methods as claimed in claim 11, it is characterized in that, to be engaged in the axial groove (11) that is formed on described pen core keeper (7) and implementation step vi in the axially-movable of described tubulose holder (4) by axial rib (5)).
15. methods as claimed in claim 11, it is characterized in that, to be blocked with second annular ridge (19) of described actuator (13) in the axially-movable of described tubulose holder (4) by the first annular ridge (6) and coordinate and implementation step vii).
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