PIN-SHAPED DEVICE FOR APPLYING A LIQUID

• US 20120128403A1
• Filed: 03/24/2010
• Published: 05/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Georg Menshen GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Georg Menshen GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Roemer, Frank, Koelsche, Volker, Pradas Cortina, Ramon, Crespo Catalan, Lorenzo
• Application Number:
  US13/321,541
• Publication Number:
  US 20120128403A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 401/206
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/1018 comprising a pad, i.e. a cushion-like mass of soft material, with or without gripping means
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/042 using a brush or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 35/36 for applying contents to surfaces brushes combined or associated with tubular containers A46B11/00
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/42 with pads or like contents-applying means contents-applying means associated to aerosol container nozzles B65D83/285; brushes combined or associated with containers A46B11/00; swabs for applying media to the human body from an integral supply A61F13/40

Abstract

The invention relates to a pin-shaped device for applying a liquid to a surface, having a tank (8) receiving the liquid and an application head (1) connected to the tank, on the exterior of which on the side facing away from the tank a liquid-permeable application body is mounted coaxially, to which liquid is fed from the tank, wherein the outer diameter (1) of the tank (8) is 1/3 to 2/3 of the outer diameter of the application head (1), and the tank (8) protrudes outward coaxially to the application head (1).

Claims

1. A pin-shaped device for applying a liquid onto a surface, comprising

a liquid-receiving tank (8);

an application head (1) coupled to the tank (8);

a liquid-permeable application body (3) coaxially fastened to said application head, to which head liquid from the tank is fed, wherein

the outer diameter (A1) of the tank (8) is ⅓

to ⅔

the outer diameter (A2) of the application head (1) and

the tank (8) projects outward, uncovered, coaxial to the application head (1).

20. The device of claim 1,

further comprising

a disinfecting liquid in said tank (8) for application to the skin of a human or of an animal.

26. The device according to claim 1,

wherein

the application head (1) has two coaxial disk parts (2, 15), rotatable with respect to each other, each having a transit channel (4, 21) for the liquid;

the transit channel (21) of the first disk part (15) being closed by a closure (7);

the second disk part (2) having an opening element, particularly a cutter (6), by means of which the closure can be opened, and

the two disk parts are coupled to each other using a thread and counterthread, through which relative rotation of the disk parts (2, 15) brings them closer to each other.

27. The device of claim 26, wherein

the first disk part forms an upper side of the tank.

28. The device of claim 26,

characterized in that

subsequent to the rotation and the opening of the closure, particularly of the membrane (7), the two disk parts (2, 15) are irreversibly engaged with each other.

29. The device of claim 26,

wherein the rotatable disk part (2) has a grippable ring-shaped outside (20).

30. The device of claim 29,

wherein

on the outside (20) of the rotatable disk part (2), a permissible direction of rotation, for opening of the closure, is indicated.

31. The device claim 1,

wherein

within the application head (1), in the transit channel (4), a metering valve (2, 6) is provided as a surge brake.

32. The device of claim 31,

wherein

the metering valve (26) comprises a coaxial insert part (27) which as metering part partially closes the transit channel and which provides a resistance against liquid flow.

33. The device of claim 32,

wherein

the metering part (27) is movable due to increasing liquid flow in one direction, and thereby further opens the metering valve.

34. The device of claim 1,

wherein

the application body (3) has, in a section perpendicular to the device longitudinal axis, has a triangular form with rounded-off corners and especially, convex sides.

35. The device of claim 1,

wherein

between the application head (1) and a tank portion (15) facing toward the application body (3),

a thread is formed, by which the tank (8) is axially movable toward the application head (1), in order to open the tank.

2. A pin-shaped device for applying a liquid to a surface, comprising

a liquid-receiving tank (8);

an application head (1) coupled thereto, having coaxially mounted, on its exterior tank-remote side, a liquid-permeable application body (3) to which liquid from the tank is fed, wherein

an outer diameter (A1) of the tank (8) is ⅓

to ⅔

the outer diameter (A2) of the application head (1);

the tank (8) is coaxially surrounded by a pot-shaped cover cap (22) having an outer diameter (A3) which is no larger than, the outer diameter (A2) of the application head (1); and

between the tank (8) and the cap (22) an annular hollow space (25) is formed.

21. The device of claim 2,

further comprising

a disinfecting liquid in said tank (8) for application to the skin of a human or of an animal.

22. The device of claim 2,

wherein

the tank (8) extends within the cap (22) over a majority of a length of the interior space within said cap.

23. The device according to claim 2,

wherein

the cap (22) has rounded-off longitudinal corners and sides formed with gripping surfaces.

24. The device according to one of claim 2,

wherein

the cap (22) has a diameter which tapers down as distance from the application head (1) increases.

25. The device according to claim 2,

wherein

the hollow space (25) between tank (8) and cover cap (22) is so sealed that pressure of a hand on the outside of the cover cap elevates pressure in the tank and thereby controls dispensing from it.

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