APPLICATOR-EQUIPPED CONTAINER

• US 20120039660A1
• Filed: 04/15/2010
• Published: 02/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Yoshino Kogyosho Company Limited
• Inventors: Suzuki, Kazuo, Sakamoto, Satoshi
• Granted Patent: US 8,926,206 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 401/122
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/267 comprising a wiper

Abstract

An applicator-equipped container capable of rubbing off extra contents when extracting the applicator from a container body and of preventing pressure of the inner portion of the container body from excessively increasing when inserting the applicator is provided. The applicator-equipped container includes: a container body that contains contents; an applicator that is inserted in the container body from an inlet of the container body; and an annular wiping piece that is disposed in the container body, and is elastically deformable so that the rod of the applicator is inserted into an inner periphery of the wiping piece is rubbed to and comes into contact with the outer periphery of a rod, wherein a protrusion protruding to the inside of an inner edge of the wiping piece is provided in the inner periphery of the wiping piece.

Claims

1. An applicator-equipped container comprising:

a container body that contains contents;

an applicator that is inserted in the container body from an inlet of the container body;

and an annular wiping piece that is disposed in the container body, and is elastically deformable so that an inner periphery of the wiping piece is rubbed to and comes into contact with the outer periphery of a rod of the applicator when the rod of the applicator is inserted in the inside of the container body,

wherein a protrusion protruding to the inside of an inner edge of the wiping piece is provided in the inner periphery of the wiping piece.

2. The applicator-equipped container according to claim 1,

wherein only one protrusion is provided in the wiping piece.

3. The applicator-equipped container according to claim 1,

wherein a stepped-portion including a lower surface of the protrusion and an inner edge surface of the wiping piece is formed between a tip of the protrusion and the inner edge of the wiping piece.

4. The applicator-equipped container according to claim 1,

wherein the protrusion is provided on an upper surface of the wiping piece.

5. The applicator-equipped container according to claim 3,

wherein the protrusion is provided on an upper surface of the wiping piece.

6. The applicator-equipped container according to claim 1,

wherein the protrusion is provided so as to extend along the radial direction of the wiping piece.

7. The applicator-equipped container according to claim 3,

wherein the protrusion is provided so as to extend along the radial direction of the wiping piece.

8. The applicator-equipped container according to claim 4,

wherein the protrusion is provided so as to extend along the radial direction of the wiping piece.

9. The applicator-equipped container according to claim 5,

wherein the protrusion is provided so as to extend along the radial direction of the wiping piece.

10. The applicator-equipped container according to claim 2,

wherein a stepped-portion including a lower surface of the protrusion and an inner edge surface of the wiping piece is formed between a tip of the protrusion and the inner edge of the wiping piece.

11. The applicator-equipped container according to claim 2,

wherein the protrusion is provided on an upper surface of the wiping piece.

12. The applicator-equipped container according to claim 10,

wherein the protrusion is provided on an upper surface of the wiping piece.

13. The applicator-equipped container according to claim 2,

wherein the protrusion is provided so as to extend along the radial direction of the wiping piece.

14. The applicator-equipped container according to claim 10,

wherein the protrusion is provided so as to extend along the radial direction of the wiping piece.

15. The applicator-equipped container according to claim 11,

wherein the protrusion is provided so as to extend along the radial direction of the wiping piece.

16. The applicator-equipped container according to claim 12,

wherein the protrusion is provided so as to extend along the radial direction of the wiping piece.