Cream dispenser

July 31, 1934.

1,968,686

A. JANER

CREAM DISPENSER

Filed Sept. 11, 1931

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Andre Jccner /

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Patented July 31,, 1934

1,968,686

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

1,968,888 ' , CREAM DISPENSER

Andre Janer, Flushing·, N. Y., assignor to The a. J. & K> Company, Incorporated, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York

Application September 11,1931, Serial No. 562,238

Claim. (Cl 91—67.4)

This invention relates to devices for dispensing cosmetic creams or pastes, and is particularly designed to be used for lip rouge paste, eye shadow paste, and such creams as are to be smoothed over * the surface to which they are applied.

X am aware that it has been proposed to provide holders or dispensers of this sort so arranged that a portion of the holder may be employed for smearing the contents on the surfaces to be rouged 10 or colored, but it is the usual practice for the user to dip her finger into the cream and apply 'the cream with the fingers, a practice which is open to many objections, including the difficulty of picking up on the finger the desired amount 3S unnecessary waste of the cream, deterioration of -the cream owing to it being exposed to the atmosphere, discoloration of the fingers, et cetera.

The aim of the present invention is to provide an. improved device by means of which the con20 tents of the holder may be dispensed and applied with great nicety and very conveniently in the desired amounts and without any mussiness or soiling of the fingers. The original fragrance and other desirable qualities, of the cream or 25 paste are maintained regardless of how slowly it is being used. ..

A further aim of the invention is to provide an improved holder or dispenser having various features of novelty and advantage and which is par30 ticularly characterized by its simplicity in construction, it comprising a relatively few number of parts each of which may be economically manufactured, and these parts may be readily assemsg Other .objects will be in part obvious, and in gsart pointed out more in detail hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the feaiures of construction, combination of elements and Estrangement of parts which will be exemplified .4® in the construction hereinafter set forth and- the seopd of the application of which will be indicated is the appended claim.

Ea the accompanying drawing, wherein is · . shown, for illustrative purposes, one emboriimmf. .4# which the present invention may take.

W. 1 is a side view of the device, the cover being shown in dotted lines;

Mg. 2 is a central sectional view through the complete dispenser;

Mg. 3 is a sectional view taken on line 3—3 of Fig. 2; and

Mg. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4—4 of

- Mg-2.

Referring to the drawing in detail, 10 designates .55 a casing which may, of course, be of any suitable shape or construction and which may be formed of any suitable material, such as celluloid, casein, et cetera. The casing is, by preference, of cylindrical or tubular shape and has at its upper end a reduced portion or nipple 11 internally threaded, « as at 12, and externally threaded, as at 13. The numeral 15 designates a cap or cover internally threaded so as to be screwed onto the complementary thread 13. The casing is adapted to contain the paste or cream, designated generally by « the -letter C, and this cream is adapted to be forced ' from the casing by feeding mechanism, which will be hereinafter described more in detail. In de scribing the invention, it will be assumed, byway of example, that the cream’ to be dispensed is to wt serve as si rouge for lips.

In accordance with, the present invention, the device has an applying element in the form of a conical tip, the rounded point of which may be employed to even up and smooth the rouge on v® the lips, the tip having at one side of the point and adjacent thereto an opening through which the cream is squeezed out. In the present illustrated disclosure, this applying member has a conical head 16 provided with an externally gn threaded nipple 17 adapted to be received by the internal thread 12 of the casing 10. The head 16 has a generally conical form, and has a slightly rounded point 18. The applying member is hollowed out so as to provide a chamber 19 35 which is in direct communication with the chamber of the casing 10. Leading from the chamber 19 to the exterior surface of the head is a discharge opening 20, and this opening is located adjacent to, but to one side of, the tip or point _M18. It is of distinct advantage to have the discharge opening located as described with respect to the tip. With this arrangement, a girl may readily apply, the desired amount of rouge to the lips by squeezing out of the opening 20 a _Msmall amount of rouge; then, holding the casing at an angle with the opening against the lips, the rouge will be deposited on the lips. Then, the girl can. use the unobstructed, point or tip 18 to even up and smooth the rouge without add- io® ing any more, if not wanted. These operations may be very easily and neatly carried out in a sanitary manner and without soiling the fingers. The cream will be dispensed in the desired gnantity, thus avoiding waste and inconvenience. 105 Obviously, the size and dimensions of the smoothing point may be varied to suit requirements.

The means which I employ for forcing the cream in the desired amounts through the discharge opening 20 is somewhat similar to eon- 11®

1,968,686 structions already proposed for use in devices of this sort, but it has certain features of novelty and advantage which lend simplicity-to the arrangement. This means includes the follower or 5 piston 25, preferably constructed of fabric or the like and comprising a round disk or block provided with an external thread 26 which is complementary to' a thread 27 on the interior wall of the casing, and which thread 27 extends sub10 stantially throughout the length of the casing.

The block has a square opening 28 in which is slidably but closely fitted a similarly shaped or square shaft 29 having at its lower end a square axial stud 30. The numeral 31 designates a 15 knob or operating member of substantially the same diameter as that of the casing 10. This operating member has a central boss 32 upon which seats a metal washer 33. The stud 30 extends through an opening in this washer and 20 is driven into an aperture 34 in the center of the knob 31. This opening 34 is initially round and is of lesser diameter than the greatest cross dimension of the stud 30, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3, so that, when the stud is driven into 25 the opening, the edges or corners of the stud would cut into the walls of the opening; thus, a close, tight interlock is formed between the stud ahd the operating member without the addition of any separate securing means. The casgC ing, adjacent its lower end, has an internal rib

35. About this rib is an annular groove 36. The operating member has an intermediate portion 37 rotatably fitting in the lower end of the casing below the rib. 35. In order to prevent with33 drawal of the operating member from the casing, a retaining spring 38 is provided. This spring is generally in the form of a U-shaped member made from a length of resilient wire. The arms of this spring chordally extend across the groove 40 or space between the washer 33, and the intermediate portion 37 of the operating member and the ends of the arms, together with a cross portion of the spring, engage in the annular groove 36 behind the rib 35. It will be observed that 4« this arrangement is a very simple one which may be manufactured at a relatively low cost and yet it is of very effective construction. The parts may be readily assembled together, the use of screws or the like being avoided and, after the operating member has been secured in place by the spring 38, it cannot be displaced. It is, of SO course, obvious that when it is desired to feed a given amount of rouge through the discharge opening 20, the knob or operating member is slightly turned in the proper direction, thereby turning the follower 25 and, owing to the coop- 85 erating threads 26 and 27, this follower is moved axially when thus rotated.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made SO without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. ©5

It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claim is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of lan- iqq guage, might be said to fall therebetween.