The present disclosure relates to the field of cosmetic packaging, in particular to a cosmetic container and a method for using the same.
In traditional cosmetic containers, such as lipstick tubes, lipstick boxes, etc., a material body is placed in a cup body, and when the cup body is ascended and descended, the material body is driven to move out and back.
Since the material body is placed in the cup body, even if the cup body is completely ascended, part of the material body placed in the cup body cannot be used up, resulting in waste. According to statistics, in the traditional cosmetic containers, usually 35% of the material body is placed in the cup body, resulting in a failure to improve a utilization rate of the material body.
If most of the material body sticks out of the cup body, leaving a small part placed in the cup body, the material body needs to be made of a harder material, which reduces a user experience. In addition, most of the material body sticking out of the cup body also easily causes the material body to be broken, which affects the user experience.
Therefore, the utilization rate, the user experience and a service life of the material body cannot be balanced.
The present disclosure provides a cosmetic container and a method for using the same, which can improve a utilization rate of a material body in the cosmetic container, and meanwhile improve a user experience and a service life of the material body.
An aspect of the present disclosure provides a cosmetic container, including: a threaded sleeve, wherein an inner wall of the threaded sleeve is provided with a first guide groove and a second guide groove forming a double helix; a rotating member, rotatably sleeved in the threaded sleeve, wherein a side wall of the rotating member is provided with a hollowed-out slideway pattern, and the slideway pattern includes at least a first slideway and a second slideway both extending axially and connected with each other; a material cup, rotatably sleeved in the rotating member, wherein a side wall of the material cup protrudes outwardly to form at least one first lug, the first lug passes through the slideway pattern and is limited in the first guide groove, and the side wall of the material cup is provided with a third slideway extending axially; and a pushing cup, rotatably sleeved in the material cup, wherein a side wall of the pushing cup protrudes outwardly to form at least one second lug, the second lug passes successively through the third slideway and the slideway pattern and is limited in the second guide groove.
In some embodiments, in the cosmetic container, when the rotating member is rotated relative to the threaded sleeve, the third slideway is successively overlapped with the first slideway and the second slideway, forming a first combined slideway for the pushing cup and the material cup to ascend and descend synchronously and a second combined slideway only for the pushing cup to ascend and descend.
In some embodiments, in the cosmetic container, the first lug and the third slideway are arranged in a same axis; the first combined slideway includes: the third slideway and a part of the first slideway that are overlapped with each other for the pushing cup to ascend and descend, and another part of the first slideway for the material cup to ascend and descend; the second combined slideway includes the third slideway and the second slideway that are overlapped with each other.
In some embodiments, in the cosmetic container, the first slideway is provided with a material cup upper locking position for preventing the material cup from ascending.
In some embodiments, in the cosmetic container, the first slideway is provided with a material cup lower locking position for preventing the material cup from descending and a pushing cup lower locking position for preventing the pushing cup from descending.
In some embodiments, in the cosmetic container, the rotating member includes a cylinder part sleeved in the threaded sleeve and an actuating part extending out of the threaded sleeve, the slideway pattern is hollowed out on a side wall of the cylinder part; and an end surface of the cylinder part connected with the actuating part is provided with first convex ribs for preventing the material cup from descending.
In some embodiments, in the cosmetic container, a lower end surface of the material cup is provided with second convex ribs for preventing the pushing cup from descending.
In some embodiments, in the cosmetic container, an inner wall of the material cup is provided with ribs extending axially, an outer wall of the pushing cup is provided with grooves extending axially, and the ribs are axially slidably limited in the grooves.
Another aspect of the present disclosure provides a method for using a cosmetic container, based on the above-mentioned cosmetic containers, wherein the method includes a first stroke of driving the material cup and the pushing cup to ascend and descend synchronously and a second stroke of only driving the pushing cup to ascend and descend; the first stroke includes a first ascending stroke and a first descending stroke, the second stroke includes a second ascending stroke and a second descending stroke, the first ascending stroke and the second ascending stroke are performed sequentially, and the second descending stroke and the first descending stroke are performed sequentially.
In some embodiments, in the method, the first ascending stroke includes: rotating the rotating member in a positive direction to drive the material cup and the pushing cup to ascend synchronously along the first combined slideway; the second ascending stroke includes: rotating the rotating member in the positive direction to drive the pushing cup to ascend along the second combined slideway; the second descending stroke includes: rotating the rotating member in a negative direction to drive the pushing cup to descend along the second combined slideway; the first descending stroke includes: rotating the rotating member in the negative direction to drive the material cup and the pushing cup to descend synchronously along the first combined slideway.
Compared with the prior art, the present disclosure includes at least the following advantages.
Due to the rotatable material cup and pushing cup, the cosmetic container has at least two strokes. During the first stroke, the material cup and the pushing cup can be ascended and descended synchronously. During the second stroke, the pushing cup can be ascended and descended relative to the material body, so that the material body placed in the material cup can be completely used up, which improves the utilization rate of the material body. In addition, most of the material body can be placed in the material cup to avoid breaking, and soft materials can be flexibly selected to improve the user experience.
The rotating member provides a sliding space for the material cup and the pushing cup; by sharing the slideway pattern between the material cup and the pushing cup, an area of the slideway pattern can be reduced to ensure firmness of the rotating member. Furthermore, with the third slideway extending axially, on the one hand, the material cup and the pushing cup can move in a same direction, and on the other hand, the third slideway can be overlapped with the first slideway and the second slideway of the slideway pattern, respectively, forming the first combined slideway for the material cup and the pushing cup to ascend and descend synchronously and the second combined slideway only for the pushing cup to ascend and descend, which is easy to operate.
It should be understood that the above general description and the following detailed description are only exemplary and explanatory, and cannot limit the present disclosure.
By reading the detailed description of non-limiting embodiments with reference to the following drawings, other features, objects and advantages of the present disclosure will be more obvious.
Example embodiments will now be fully described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the example embodiments can be implemented in various forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments described here; rather, these embodiments are provided to make the present disclosure comprehensive and complete, and to transmit the conception of the example embodiments comprehensively to those skilled in the art. The same reference symbols in the drawings indicate the same or similar structures, so their repeated descriptions will be omitted.
A cosmetic container of the present disclosure is used for containing paste materials, such as lipstick, lip balm, etc. The cosmetic container can also be applied to other similar fields, such as for containing solid glue, paint and the like.
A threaded sleeve 1, wherein an inner wall thereof is provided with a first guide groove 11 and a second guide groove 12 forming a double helix.
A rotating member 2 rotatably sleeved in the threaded sleeve 1, wherein a side wall of the rotating member 2 is provided with a hollowed-out slideway pattern 20. The slideway pattern 20 includes at least a first slideway 21 and a second slideway 22 both extending axially and connected with each other. In
A material cup 3 rotatably sleeved in the rotating member 2, wherein a side wall of the material cup 3 protrudes outwardly to form at least one first lug 31. The first lug 31 passes through the slideway pattern 20 and is limited in the first guide groove 11. The side wall of the material cup 3 is further provided with a third slideway 32 extending axially. In the embodiment, a pair of first lugs 31 and a pair of third slideway 32 can be symmetrically arranged on the side wall of the material cup 3.
A pushing cup 4 rotatably sleeved in the material cup 3, wherein a side wall of the pushing cup 4 protrudes outwardly to form at least one second lug 41. The second lug 41 passes successively through the third slideway 32 and the slideway pattern 20 and is limited in the second guide groove 12.
A material body 5 contained in the material cup 3 and supported by the pushing cup 4, and the material body 5 has a first part 51 placed in the material cup 3 and a second part 52 extending out of the material cup 3.
The cosmetic container of the embodiment has at least two strokes, including a first stroke during which the material cup 3 and the pushing cup 4 are ascended and descended synchronously and a second stroke during which only the pushing cup 4 is ascended and descended. During the first stroke, with a rotation of the rotating member 2 relative to the threaded sleeve 1, the first guide groove 11 guides the first lugs 31 of the material cup 3 to ascend and descend along the slideway pattern 20, and the second guide groove 12 guides the second lugs 42 of the pushing cup 4 to ascend and descend along the slideway pattern 20. At this time, the material body 5 is ascended and descended along with the material cup 3 and the pushing cup 4, and the second part 52 of the material body 5 can be extended out of the rotating member 2 for use, and returned back to the rotating member 2 for storage. When the material cup 3 is ascended to a certain level (for example, an upper end surface of the material cup 3 is ascended to be flush with or slightly higher than an upper end surface of the rotating part 2), the first stroke ends and the second stroke starts. During the second stroke, the pushing cup 4 is ascended and descended relative to the material cup 3, and drives the first part 51 of the material body 5 placed in the material cup 3 to extend out of and return back to the material cup 3. The third slideway 32 extending axially keep the material cup 3 and the pushing cup 4 moving in a same direction during the first stroke, and make the pushing cup 4 move axially relative to the material cup 3 during the second stroke.
Under a combined action of the material cup 3 and the pushing cup 4, firstly, the material body 5 can be completely extended out of the material cup 3, so that the material body 5 can be used up and a utilization rate can be improved; secondly, most of the material body 5 can be placed in the material cup 3, for example, the first part 51 can occupy for about 70% of an overall length of the material body 5, so as to avoid breaking and prolong a service life of the material body 5; thirdly, since most of the material body 5 is placed in the material cup 3, the material body 5 can be made of softer materials to improve a user experience. In addition, a height of the material cup 3 can be increased. A height of a traditional material cup accounts for about 30% of an overall height of a tube body, to avoid too much material being wasted in the material cup. Using the cosmetic container of the present disclosure, the material body 5 can be completely extended out, so that the height of the material cup 3 can be greatly increased, for example accounting for 50%˜90% of a height of the rotating member 2, thereby 50%˜90% of the material body 5 can be placed in the material cup 3. Of course, in actual productions, the specific height of the material cup 3 can be flexibly determined as required.
In a specific embodiment, referring to the rotating member shown in
In a further embodiment, the first lug 31 and the third slideway 32 on a same side are arranged in a same axis. In the present disclosure, since both the rotatable material cup 3 and the rotatable pushing cup 4 are sleeved in the rotating member 2, the slideway pattern 20 hollowed out on the rotating member 2 is correspondingly increased. In the embodiment, by arranging the first lug 31 and the third slideway 32 in the same axis (for example, the first lug 31 is arranged above the third slideway 32), on the one hand, it can facilitate an alignment during molding to improve accuracy, on the other hand, the first lugs 31 and the second lugs 41 can share part of the slideway pattern 20, thereby reducing an area of the slideway pattern 20 hollowed out on the rotating member 2, to improve firmness of the rotating member 2. For example, the first lugs 31 and the second lugs 41 share the first slideway 21 of the slideway pattern 20. Referring to
Furthermore, the first slideway 21 can be provided with material cup upper locking positions to lock the material cup 3 when the material cup 3 is ascended to a certain level, thereby making the pushing cup 4 ascend and descend relative to the material cup 3. As the above-mentioned embodiment in which the first lug 31 is coaxially arranged above the third slideway 32, and referring to the rotating member shown in
Furthermore, the first slideway 21 is further provided with material cup lower locking positions 301 for preventing the material cup 3 from descending and pushing cup lower locking positions 401 for preventing the pushing cup 4 from descending, respectively. Under an action of the material cup lower locking positions 301, when the material cup 3 is descended to the first lugs 31 thereof reaching the material cup lower locking positions 301, the material cup 3 is locked and can not continue to descend. Similarly, under an action of the pushing cup lower locking positions 401, when the pushing cup 4 is descended to the second lugs 41 thereof reaching the pushing cup lower locking positions 401, the pushing cup 4 is locked and can not continue to descend. All of the material cup lower locking positions 301, the material cup upper locking positions 302 and the pushing cup lower locking positions 401 can be extended in a circumferential direction as shown in
Specifically, as shown in
In the cosmetic container of the present disclosure, referring to
Furthermore, a lower end surface of the material cup 3 may be provided with second convex ribs (not shown in the drawings) for preventing the pushing cup 4 from descending. When the pushing cup 4 is descended to its lower end surface being pressed against the second convex ribs, its descending stops, so that the pushing cup 4 will not be descended unrestrictedly, thereby avoiding damage to the cosmetic container.
In a preferred embodiment, referring to the material cup shown in
Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a method for using the above-mentioned cosmetic containers, the method includes a first stroke of driving the material cup 3 and the pushing cup 4 to ascend and descend synchronously and a second stroke of only driving the pushing cup 4 to ascend and descend. The first stroke includes a first ascending stroke and a first descending stroke, the second stroke includes a second ascending stroke and a second descending stroke, the first ascending stroke and the second ascending stroke are performed sequentially, and the second descending stroke and the first descending stroke are performed sequentially. The first ascending stroke includes: rotating the rotating member in a positive direction, driving the pushing cup and the material cup to ascend synchronously along the first combined slideway; and the second ascending stroke includes: rotating the rotating member in the positive direction, driving the pushing cup to ascend along the second combined slideway. The second descending stroke includes: rotating the rotating member in a negative direction, driving the pushing cup to descend along the second combined slideway; and the first descending stroke includes: rotating the rotating member in the negative direction, driving the material cup and the pushing cup to descend synchronously along the first combined slideway.
Referring to positive rotation processes of the cosmetic container shown in
Referring to negative rotation processes of the cosmetic container shown in
During actual use processes of the cosmetic container, the second part 52 of the material body 5 exposed out of the material cup 3 is usually used firstly, after the second part 52 is used up, the first part 51 of the material body 5 placed in the material cup 3 will then be used. During the use process of the second part 52 of the material body 5, the first ascending stroke shown in
In addition, during production processes of the cosmetic container, firstly assemble the threaded sleeve 1, the rotating member 2, the material cup 3, the pushing cup 4 and other components, then rotate the rotating member 2, make the material cup 3 and the pushing cup 4 enter into the state shown in
In conclusion, due to the rotatable material cup 3 and the pushing cup 4, the cosmetic container of the present disclosure has at least two strokes. During the first stroke, the material cup 3 and the pushing cup 4 can be ascended and descended synchronously, and during the second stroke, the pushing cup 4 can be ascended and descended relative to the material cup 3, realizing that the material body 5 contained in the material cup 3 is completely used up, which improves the utilization rate of the material body 5, and the material body 5 can be made of soft materials flexibly according to needs, thereby improving the user experience. For the rotating member 2 that provides a sliding space for the material cup 3 and the pushing cup 4, since the material cup 3 and the pushing cup 4 share the slideway pattern 20, the area of the slideway pattern 20 can be reduced to ensure the firmness of the rotating member 2. Furthermore, with the third slideway 32 extending axially, on the one hand, the material cup 3 and the pushing cup 4 can be moved in the same direction, and on the other hand, the third slideway 32 can be respectively overlapped with the first slideway 21 and the second slideway of the slideway pattern 20, forming the first combined slideway for the material cup 3 and the pushing cup 4 to ascend and descend synchronously and the second combined slideway only for the pushing cup 4 to ascend and descend, which increases flexibility of the rotation of the material cup 3 and the pushing cup 4.
The above is a further detailed description of the present disclosure with reference to the specific preferred embodiments, and it cannot be considered that the specific implementation of the present disclosure is limited to these descriptions. For those of ordinary skill in the art of the present disclosure, several simple deductions or substitutions can be made without departing from the concept of the present disclosure, which should be regarded as falling within the scope of protection of the present disclosure.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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202010316636.2 | Apr 2020 | CN | national |
Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
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PCT/CN2021/088259 | 4/20/2021 | WO |