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  • US 5,782,568 A
  • Filed: 03/26/1996
  • Issued: 07/21/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/07/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An applicator system comprising an applicator having a handle and an applicator member, a container having a liquid medium into which the applicator is inserted through an opening for wetting the applicator member with the liquid medium, wherein the applicator seals off the container when in a closed position, the improvement which comprises a hollow sleeve member extending into the container from the opening wherein the hollow sleeve member receives the applicator when in the closed position, said hollow sleeve member comprising an upper end, a middle portion and a lower end portion;

  • said upper end of said hollow sleeve is sealingly fixed to the container at the opening;

    said middle portion is provided with at least one aperture communicating the hollow sleeve with the medium in the interior of the container surrounding the sleeve; and

    said lower end portion is formed of a conically tapered shaping portion for re-shaping the applicator member, wherein adjoining the shaping portion at the lower end portion of the hollow sleeve is a sleeve end portion which touches the bottom of the container, said sleeve end portion being provided with a plurality of capillary slots for communicating the medium in the interior of the container with the hollow sleeve portion.

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