DEVICE FOR DISPENSING AND APPLYING LIQUID MATERIALS

• US 3,554,657 A
• Filed: 07/02/1969
• Issued: 01/12/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/1967
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Bruno D. Aston
• Original Assignee: Bruno D. Aston
• Inventors: Aston, Bruno D.
• Application Number:
  US04/842,434
• Time in Patent Office: 559 Days
• US Class Current: 401/122
• 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 34/046 comprising a wiper
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 35/006 using sponges, foams, absorbent pads or swabs as spreading means
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/32 with brushes or rods for applying or stirring contents droppers B65D47/18; eating utensils or spatulas B65D51/246

Abstract

A BOTTLE FOR A LIQUID HAS A STOPPER WHICH SERVES AS A HANDLE FOR AN APPLICATOR WHICH NORMALLY EXTENDS DOWNWARDLY FROM THE STOPPER THROUGH AN ANNULAR WIPER INTO A BODY OF LIQUID INSIDE THE BOTTLE, WHICH WIPER REMOVES SURPLUS LIQUID FROM THE APPLICATOR AS THE APPLICATOR IS WITHDRAWN FROM THE BOTTLE. THE APPLICATOR COMPRISES AN ELONGATED SUPPORT MEMBER AND A BODY OF SOFT, RESILIENTLY YIELDABLE, OPEN CELL FOAMED PLASTIC WHICH HAS AN EXPOSED DISPENSING PORTION, THE REMAINING PORTION BEING A STORAGE PORTION EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF THE SUPPORT MEMBER. THE FOAMED PLASTIC MAY BE IN THE FORM OF A TUBULAR STOCKING EMBRACING THE ELONGATED SUPPORT OR THE ELONGATED SUPPORT MAY BE OF TUBULAR CONFIGURATION WITH THE STORAGE PORTION OF THE FOAMED PLASTIC BODY INSIDE THE TUBULAR SUPPORT. SUCH AN APPLICATOR MAY BE WITHDRAWN FROM ITS NORMAL POSITION INSIDE THE BOTTLE AND USED FOR EXTENSIVE APLICATION OF THE LIQUID MATERIAL WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF REPEATEDLY DIPPING THE APPLICATOR BACK INTO THE BODY OF LIQUID.

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