Vacuum Cream Container that is Operable by Rotation to Squeeze Cream Outward

• US 20120085788A1
• Filed: 10/08/2010
• Published: 04/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Yu-Chu Lu
• Original Assignee: Yu-Chu Lu
• Inventors: Lu, Yu-Chu
• Application Number:
  US12/900,568
• Publication Number:
  US 20120085788A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 222/390
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/055 Piston or plunger for supplying the liquid to the applicator
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/04 Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
• CPC Class Codes: B05C 17/00576 characterised by the construction of a piston as pressure exerting means, or of the co-operating container

Abstract

A container includes a container body, a rotation seat having a shaft tube, a plurality of limit bars mounted in the shaft tube, a threaded rod having a plurality of limit slots slidably mounted on the limit bars, an inner box having a receiving chamber which has an inner threaded portion screwed onto the threaded rod, a fixing cap having an outlet hole, a piston movably mounted in the receiving chamber and moved by the threaded rod, and an outer cover mounted on the fixing cap. Thus, the cream is compressed by rotation of the rotation seat so that a determined amount of cream is squeezed outward from the fixing cap. In addition, the space between the fixing cap and the receiving chamber is disposed at a vacuum state by the piston to prevent the cream from contacting the ambient air.

Claims

1. A container, comprising:

a container body;

a rotation seat rotatably mounted on a bottom of the container body and provided with a shaft tube extending into the container body;

a plurality of limit bars mounted in the shaft tube of the rotation seat;

a threaded rod movably mounted in the shaft tube of the rotation seat and having a periphery provided with an outer threaded portion which has a plurality of limit slots slidably mounted on the limit bars;

an inner box mounted on a top of the container body and having an inner portion provided with a receiving chamber which has a bottom provided with an inner threaded portion screwed onto the outer threaded portion of the threaded rod;

a fixing cap mounted on an open top of the inner box to seal the receiving chamber of the inner box and having a surface provided with an outlet hole connected to the receiving chamber of the inner box;

a piston movably mounted in the receiving chamber of the inner box and connected with the threaded rod to move in concert with the threaded rod relative to the fixing cap, and an outer cover mounted on the fixing cap to cover the outlet hole of the fixing cap.

2. The container of claim 1, wherein

the rotation seat has a periphery provided with a rotation portion abutting the bottom of the container body;

the shaft tube has an inner wall having an upper portion provided with a plurality of axially extending locking grooves;

the shaft tube has an outer wall having an upper portion provided with a shoulder;

the threaded rod has an upper end provided with a connecting stud extended into the receiving chamber of the inner box;

the inner box has a bottom provided with a mounting tube mounted on the shoulder of the shaft tube;

the mounting tube of the inner box has a periphery provided with a plurality of first oneway ratchet teeth;

the container further comprises;

a fixing ring mounted in the shaft tube of the rotation seat and surrounding the threaded rod; and

an elastic member mounted in the shaft tube of the rotation seat and biased between the rotation seat and the fixing ring to push the fixing ring toward the inner box;

the fixing ring has an outer wall provided with a plurality of axially extending locking ribs locked in the locking grooves of the shaft tube;

the fixing ring has a top provided with a plurality of second one-way ratchet teeth engaging the first oneway ratchet teeth of the inner box;

the piston has a bottom provided with a connecting ring mounted on the connecting stud of the threaded rod to connect the piston with the threaded rod.

3. The container of claim 2, wherein

the fixing ring has an inner wall provided with a stepped stop edge to stop the elastic member;

the elastic member has an upper end abutting the stop edge of the fixing ring and a lower end abutting the limit bars;

the shaft tube is located at a central portion of the rotation seat;

the locking grooves of the shaft tube are located above the limit bars;

the shoulder of the shaft tube has an outer wall provided with an annular retaining rib;

the mounting tube of the inner box has an inner wall provided with an annular retaining groove snapped onto the retaining rib of the shoulder;

the container body is a hollow cylinder;

the threaded rod is movable axially in the shaft tube and is extendable into the receiving chamber of the inner box;

the inner threaded portion of the inner box is located at a central portion of the receiving chamber;

the fixing ring has an diameter greater than the diameter of the threaded rod to allow passage of the threaded rod;

the outlet hole of the fixing cap is located at a central portion of the fixing cap.

4. The container of claim 2, wherein

the rotation seat has a surface provided with two opposite locking hooks each located between the shaft tube and the rotation portion;

the bottom of the container body has a periphery provided with an annular flange limited between the rotation portion and the locking hooks of the rotation seat;

the top of the container body has a periphery provided with a first retaining lip;

the inner box has a periphery provided with a retaining lip snapped onto the first retaining lip of the container body so that the inner box can be rotated relative to the container body and cannot be detached from the container body;

the retaining lip of the inner box has a surface provided with a plurality of first locking teeth;

the inner box has an upper end provided with an outer threaded section located above the first locking teeth;

the fixing cap has an inner wall provided with an inner threaded section screwed onto the outer threaded section of the inner box;

the fixing cap has a bottom provided with a plurality of second locking teeth engaging the first locking teeth of the inner box;

the second locking teeth of the fixing cap are located under the inner threaded section;

the fixing cap has an outer wall provided with an outer threaded segment;

the outer cover has an inner wall provided with an inner threaded segment screwed onto the outer threaded segment of the fixing cap.

5. The container of claim 1, wherein

the container body has an inner wall provided with provided with a plurality of axially extending limit channels;

the inner box has a lower end having an outer wall provided with a plurality of axially extending limit blocks mounted in the limit channels of the container body to lock the inner box onto the container body.