Applicator

Dec. 28, 1937.

S. W. HUGHES

APPLICATOR

2,103,261

Filed Sept. 16, 1935 2 Sheets-Sheet 1

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Dec. 28, 1937.

S. W. HUGHES

APPLICATOR

2,103,261

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Patented Dec. 28, 1937

2,103,261

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE

2,103,261 APPLICATOR Stewart W. Hughes, Evanston, Ill. Application September 16, 1935, Serial No. 40,760

Claims.

This invention relates generally to cream applicators adapted for use with cleansing, massaging and shaving creams and the like; and it relates more particularly to a combination supply con5 tainer and discharge head, by means of which the cream may be fed out at will directly to the face of the user and then, by appropriate manipulation and pressure, spread upon the face with a corresponding simultaneous massage effect.

The main objects of this invention are to provide an improved form of toilet applicator which shall be adapted to deposit appropriate material directly on the face of the user and which may then be used to spread the material uniformly 15 over the face and simultaneously massage the skin upon movement of the applicator thereon; to provide such a device in which the massaging and spreading element and the container may be complementary; to provide such a device which 2o shall give a rolling massage effect by manipulation on the face; and to provide such a device which shall be simple in construction and operation and inexpensive to manufacture.

This invention will be explained in connection 25 with the use of a brushless shaving cream. Heretofore in applying shaving cream to the face, it was customarily spread with a brush and then rubbed into the skin by the Angers to soften the beard; or in the case of a brushless shaving nrpa.m 30 the material was spread on and rubbed in with the Angers.

It will be seen that using the device of this invention automatically spreads the material on the face and massages the skin, and at the same time 35 softens the beard, thus supplanting the old, unsanitary and messy methods of present day practice.

This invention is Illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a sectional view of one embodiment of my improved applicator taken on the line 1—1 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a top view thereof.

Fig. 3 is an axial sectional view showing the ⁰ head, one of the rollers and the cap, all mutually spaced in their assembling relation.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view of a pair of dies, male and female, together with a slug of metal to be 50 formed thereby, the male die being shown in dotted outline.

Fig. 5 is an axial sectional view of a modified form of my invention.

Fig. 6 is a sectional view of another form of 55 my invention taken on the line 6—6 of Fig. 7.

(Cl. 128—65)

Fig. 7 is a top view of the form of my invention shown in Fig. 6 with the cover removed.

Fig.· 8 is a sectional view of another form of my invention.

Fig. 9 is a sectional view of still another form 5 of my invention.

Referring in detail to the drawings, the device of Figs. 1 to 4 consists of a container I haying a head 2 formed integral with the container. Said container I is in the form of a tube, although 10 it is to be understood that it may be made in any shape, size or form.

This container I and head 2 are formed by what is known as the extrusion method. The female die 3 (see Fig. 4) is formed with a central 15 cavity 5 and three semi-spherical protrusions 4, each of the latter being provided with a depression 6.

The male die 7 is conical and has a long neck 8. A slug of ductile metal 9 such as aluminum _9nor the like of predetermined thickness is placed in the die 3 and the die 7 is forcibly applied thereto. The metal 9 being ductile will spread and form the head 2 and the excess metal will be forced rearwardly between the sides of the male and female dies to form the tubular container i The lower portion of Fig. 3 illustrates the appearance of the tube and head after it has been removed from the die.

Spherical rollers 10 such as glass, composition, m or metal balls, agate marbles or the like-are inserted in the sockets 11 and rest on the bearing protrusions 12 located one in each socket so as to space the balls away from the walls.

A cap or roller retaining means 13 of any suit- »₅able material such as hard rubber or the like, is ° frictionally seated on the head 2, but it might be locked to the head by any securing means. Said cap is provided with apertures 14 to allow a portion of each corresponding rollers 10 to project _4nabove the face of the cap.

A threaded plug 15 of any suitable material, such as hard rubber, metal or the like, is seated in the discharge or feed aperture 16 so as to prevent the removal of the contents when the device 45 is not in use. When the container is to be Ailed with cream or the like it is customarily forced therein and the bottom thereof sealed. :

In operation, the plug 16 is removed and the container grasped in the hand of the user and 50 squeezed so that the material therein will be ejected through the aperture 16 directly on the face of the user and then, without restoring the plug, the tube is manipulated at will across the face, whereupon with a-slight-pregsuye against 55

2,103,261 in combination a container and an applicator, the former being adapted for the storage of an appropriate material and the latter having a head thereon adapted to serve as a closure, said head having a central outlet passage and a plurality of sockets in the face of said head, a plurality of rollers seated one in each of the sockets and a retainer cap seated on said head and provided with apertures through which said rollers project. 1

5. A device of the class described comprising in combination a container and an applicator having a head thereon adapted to serve as a closure for said container, said head having a central outlet passage and a plurality of sockets in the face of said head surrounding the outlet passage, rollers seated one in each of the sockets and a retainer cap seated on said head and provided with apertures through which said rollers project.

6. A device of the class described comprising in combination a container and an applicator, the former being adapted; for the storage of an appropriate material and the latter having a head thereon adapted to serve as a closure and an outlet passage for the material in said container, said head haying a plurality of semispherical sockets in the face thereof, rollers adapted to be seated one in each of the sockets, a cap seated on said head and provided with perforatory apertures through which said rollers project and said cap also being adapted to retain said rollers in the sockets, and means on the distal ends of the sockets providing a bearing for said rollers and spacing said rollers away from the walls of the sockets.

7. A device of the class described comprising in combination a container and an applicator, the former being adapted for the storage of an appropriate material and the latter having a ^Q head thereon adapted to serve as a closure and having an internally threaded outlet passage for the material in said container, a plurality of semi-spherical sockets in the upper surface of said head, a plurality of rollers adapted to be ₄₅seated one in. each of the sockets, a cap seated on said head and provided with apertures through which said rollers project and said cap also being adapted to retain said rollers in said sockets,'means on the distal ends of the sockets providing a bearing for said rollers and spacing said rollers away from the walls of the sockets, and a removable externally threaded plug seated in the outlet passage.

8. A device of the class described comprising ₅₅in combination a container and an applicator, the former being adapted for the storage of an appropriate material and the latter having a head thereon adapted to serve as a closure therefor and having a central internally threaded dis- ₆o charge feed aperture therein, said head also being provided with a plurality of semi-spherical spaced sockets located in the upper face of said head and surrounding the discharge aperture, a plurality of rollers seated one in each of the ,₆₅sockets, a roller retainer cap seated on said head and provided with apertures therein through which said rollers project, means integrally formed on the distal ends of the sockets providing a bearing for said rollers: and also spacing' ₇₀said rollers away from the walls of the sockets and a removable externally threaded plug seated in the discharge feed aperture.

STEWARTW. HUGHES.

the skin, the rollers will rotate within the sockets and simultaneously spread the material on the - face, massage the skin and soften the beard.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that 5 the rollers are free to rotate in any direction either sidewise, forward or backward, depending on the direction of movement of the hand manipulating the tube; and that all ordinary toilet creams may be used with this device in a similar manner.

Referring to the embodiment of Fig. 5 the head 2' is detachable from the container I', being screw connected as at 17. Said container I is also provided with a threaded outlet aperture 16 15 so that the contents of the tube may be secured by a threaded plug before the head is attached. The head 2' is formed in a similar manner as the head shown in Fig. 1, with the exception’ that the cap 13' is externally threaded to receive the cover 18. ., „ . ...

In the embodiment of Figs. 6 and 7 the material· in the container I” is fed directly to the rollers 10. The cover 18' is internally threaded as at 19 so that it may be screwed onto the ex25 ternally threaded cap 13. The cap 13 is provided with grooves or notches 20 to accommodate passage of the material in the container I past the rollers 10.

In the Fig. 8 embodiment only one massage roller 10—a is employed. Here: the head 2α has an annular shoulder 21 threaded so as to receive the correspondingly threaded cap 13α. As will be apparent, the cap may be removed from the container and the roller and socket i I a may be readily cleaned. A cover 18 is formed and arranged to enclose the said head and roller.

In the embodiment of Fig. 9 the material is placed in a pressure container 22 and flows through a tube 23 to head 2b. A valve.24 controls the discharge of material from the container 22 to the roller 19b. As will be apparent, this feature may be embodied in any of the devices shown by a simple modification. _

It is to be understood that some of the details set forth may be altered or omitted without departing from the spirit of the invention as defined by the following claims.