Coating container

• US 5,988,923 A
• Filed: 12/30/1997
• Issued: 11/23/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Taiho Industries Co., Ltd. (ICHINEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.), Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TOPPAN Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Taiho Industries Co., Ltd. (ICHINEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.), Toppan Printing Co., Ltd. (TOPPAN Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Arai, Hayato
• Primary Examiner(s): Recla, Henry J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Tuan N.
• Application Number:
  US09/001,190
• Time in Patent Office: 693 Days
• Field of Search: 401/261, 401/262, 401/265, 401/266, 401/183, 401/196, 401/202, 401/205, 401/207, 222/546, 222/212, 220/203.04, 220/203.05, 220/203.06, 215/329, 215/377, 215/343, 215/344, 215/247, 215/249, 215/DIG. 1
• US Class Current: 401/262
• CPC Class Codes: B43M 11/04 with pads B43M11/06 takes precedence
• 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

A coating container comprises a flexible container body made of plastics and capable of being depressed, an intermediate plug having a through hole, an inner cap, a coating attachment made of a felt, having a through hole, and held over the inner cap, and an outer cap having a sealing cylinder. The intermediate plug is fitted in an opening of a neck portion of the container body. The outer cap is fitted over the inner cap. The inner cap has a top plate with a through hole at a center area. An outlet cylinder having a blocked upper surface and outlet hole at a side wall is provided over the through hole. A sealing cylinder is provided outside the outlet cylinder. A circumferential wall is provided along an outer edge of the top plate. The outer cap is comprised of a circumferential wall, a top plate, and a sealing cylinder inserted into the through hole in the coating attachment and having a sealing plate at a lower side. A lower outer peripheral surface of the sealing cylinder of the outer cap is closely fitted in the sealing ring of the inner cap.

Claims

1. A coating container comprising:

a flexible container body made of plastics and capable of being depressed;

an intermediate plug having a through hole;

an inner cap;

a coating attachment made of a felt, having a through hole, and held over the inner cap; and

an outer cap having a sealing cylinder, wherein

said intermediate plug is fitted in an opening of a neck portion of the container body;

said outer cap is fitted over the inner cap;

said inner cap has a top plate with a through hole at a center area;

an outlet cylinder having a blocked upper surface and an outlet hole at a side wall is provided over the through hole;

a sealing ring is provided outside the outlet cylinder;

a circumferential wall is provided along an outer edge of the top plate;

said outer cap is comprised of a circumferential wall, a top plate, and the sealing cylinder inserted into the through hole in the coating attachment and having a sealing plate at a lower side; and

a lower outer peripheral surface of the sealing cylinder of the outer cap is closely fitted in the sealing ring of the inner cap.

2. The coating container according to claim 1, wherein the lower end portion of the sealing cylinder of the outer cap is closely fitted on the upper surface of the top plate of the inner cap.

3. The coating container according to claim 1, wherein, a plurality of outlet holes are provided in the side wall of the outlet cylinder.

4. The coating container according to claim 1, wherein a sealing projection is provided under the lower surface of the top plate of the inner cap to be closely contact with the upper surface of a flange of the intermediate plug and a sealing ring is provided under the lower surface of the top plate of the inner cap to be close contact with the inner wall of the intermediate plug.

5. The coating container according to claim 1, wherein a packing is inserted between the top plate of the inner cap and the flange of the intermediate plug.

6. The coating container according to claim 1, wherein an engaging cylinder is provided under the top plate of the inner cap to engaged with the neck portion of the container body.

7. The coating container according to claim 6, wherein a first ratchet is provided at the lower end portion of the engaging cylinder to engage with the container body.

8. The coating container according to claim 7, wherein a second ratchet is provided on the container body in a position corresponding to the first ratchet of the engaging cylinder.

9. The coating container according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of holding projections are provided in an upper inner wall of the circumferential wall of the inner cap.