Patent Application
20190090613
The present invention relates to a cosmetic applicator having a side control button, and more particularly to a cosmetic pencil capable of discharging cosmetic material by simple pressing with one-handed operation.
Makeup is a politeness behavior and the assistance of self-image enhancement for modern people. In response to the need to facilitate makeup use, many types of makeup tools are commonly developed and uses. Commonly used toiletries such as lipstick, lip balm and lip gloss are used every day especially by many females; these toiletries are mainly provided with a storage body, box or tube. Among these, the tube (pen) type toiletry is inbuilt with a inner tube in connection with a rotation part, which is turned to make the head of cosmetics or the makeup solution of an applicator expose to the outer edge of a cosmetics storing body for cosmetics application or moistening, which, however, usually needs a both hands operation, causing inconvenient cosmetics use.
To overcome the deficits mentioned above, take cosmetics to use conveniently, make a one-handed operation possible, the present invention is proposed.
The main object of the present invention is to provide a cosmetic applicator having a side control button, allowing cosmetic material to be discharged by one-handed press control operation for the simple cosmetics use by means of bit-by-bit material discharge operation of an inbuilt driving element in engagement with an inbuilt ratchet-like screw rod when a control button on one side of the screw rod is pressed down, thereby achieving convenient cosmetics use.
To achieve the object mentioned above, the present invention proposes a cosmetics applicator having a side control button, including a long tube body for hand griping, a slotted seat adapted to accommodate a lipstick stripe of cosmetic material, a material holder for the insertion of the slotted seat therein, and an outer cover outside the material holder adapted to cover a top end of the long tube body, wherein a top edge of the long tube body is formed into a stepped edge, allowing the engagement of the material holder therewith, thereby constituting a pencil-like makeup tool structure, wherein one side of the long tube body is configured with a side hole for the assembly of a control button therewith, an inner edge of one end thereof is configured with a protruding push edge adapted to push a driving element assembled on a top end of an inside of the long tube body, an outside of the driving element inside the long tube body is configured with an elastic element adapted for the reset assistance of the driving element after slid vertically, an inner bottom of the long tube body assembled with the control button is fixed with a thrust element pressed and positioned by the elastic element, and a barb-like engagement sheets extended downward is respectively configured on two sides of the thrust element; the slotted seat inside the material holder is used for the accommodation of a cosmetic material, a guide insertion hole is configured on a bottom center of the material holder, a screw rod is passed upward through the bottom of the long tube body to be in engagement with the thrust element and driving element, a guide section configured on a face of the screw rod is passed through an corresponding insertion hole of the material holder up to an inner bottom of the material holder to be in combination with the slotted seat, allowing the screw rod to be turned with the material holder, a lower half of the screw rod is set to be a ratchet surface, two sides thereof are respectively formed into a symmetrical flat surface, allowing ratchets to be engaged with the engagement sheets of the driving element and thrust element; the driving element is slid upward when the control button is pressed down, achieving a stable bit-by-bit material discharge when the control button is pressed down continuously; the screw rod, after makeup is done, is driven by the material holder to turn to a state of the flat surfaces facing the engagement sheets, allowing the ratchet surfaces to be separated from and not engaged with the engagement sheets, and the elastic recovery of the elastic element outside the screw will then cause the lipstick strip to be automatically retreated inside the material holder and stored therein safely.
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When using the cosmetics applicator having a side control button of the present invention to put on makeup, a user only needs to remove the outer cover 40, turns the material holder 20 to the mark “ON” of the material discharge indicated on the top edge of the long tube body 10, and may then use one hand to hold the long tube body 10 to press the control button 13 down directly. The inclined guide push edge 131 protruded out from the top end of the control button 13, after the control button 13 is pressed down, will directly push the corresponding taper arc edge 141 configured on the side of the top of the driving element 14 to cause the driving element 14 to be slid upward. Meanwhile, the screw rod 30 is moved upward because the engagement sheets 142 hooked inward and extended from the two sides of the bottom of the driving element 14 hooks the ratchet surfaces 32 of the screw rod 30. As a result, the slotted seat 21 assembled on the top of the screw rod 30 is thus moved upward simultaneously, and the lipstick stripe 22 is further pushed to rise to the outside of the material holder 20; the lipstick stripe 22 can be extend out a required length depending on use requirements by press the control button 13 continuously, and may be extended out to the position where the slotted seat 21 is risen to the highest limit so that the cosmetic material can be used up, thereby providing a environmentally friendly and convenient makeup use. On the other hand, the material holder is turned back to the mark “OFF” indicated on the top edge of the long tube body 10 after the makeup, and the screw rod 20 is horizontally rotated 90 degrees simultaneously, allowing the ratchet surfaces 32 original engaged with the thrust element 18 to be separated therefrom. At this moment, the elastic recovery of the elastic element 17 inbuilt in the long tube body 10 causes the screw rod 30 to be naturally moved back to the bottom of the tube body 10, and the lipstick stripe 22 extended outside is retreated back to the cylindrical inside of the material holder 20, ensuring the safe storage of the lipstick stripe 22. In addition, the screw rod 30 after turned 90 degrees will not be in engagement with the driving element 14 or thrust element 18 used for transmission because the two sides thereof are flat, preventing the material to be discharged even if the control button 13 is pressed by mistake, thereby ensuring the safe storage of the lipstick stripe 22.
The cosmetics applicator of the present invention is mainly characterized in that one-handed operation can carry out the material discharge simply, and the button pressing operated in coordination with the engagement of ratchet surfaces allows the material to be accurately discharged bit by bit, not only being stable and accurate in the operation, but preventing the button pressing by mistake only by means of the simple turning of the material holder 20 after each makeup use. As to the storage of the lipstick strip 22, the turning of the material holder 20 allows the engagement of the driving element 14 and thrust element 18 with the ratchet surfaces to be released, and the elastic recovery of the elastic element 17 inbuilt in the long tube body 10 allows the screw rod 30 to be simply moved back to the original assembly position, ensuring the safe storage of the lipstick stripe 22 of cosmetic material inside the material holder 20. With the outer cover 40, the long tube body 10 can be covered and sealed accurately.
