US1824029A - Container - Google Patents

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L. J. MOST ET AL CONTAINER Filed May 9, 1928 Sept. 22, 1931.

Patented I Sept. 22, 19,31

uiten sterne LUGHEB J. MOST AND RALPH W. WILSON, F NEW YCRK, N..

CONTAINER Appncafion mea may s, was. serial No. eresie.

Our invention relates to containers suitable for cosmetics or other material capable of being fed forth and back, such for example, as lipstick 'or similar articles, and it is char- 5 acterized by a container provided with a cover which opens automatically when the material is fed out o the container and closes when the material is retracted.

Another object of the invention is to prolo vide a container which has few parts, is simple in construction and will not get out o order.

ln the ap ended drawings the container is illustrated or the use of a lipstick but the same may be used for soap or any other suitable material that may be fed in Nid out of the container. "V in the drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section through the container in the closed position.

Figure 2 is a-horizontal section on line SJ- 2, Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a vertical fragmentary section on line 3-3 Figure 1 when the lipstick is extended out of the casing for use.

Figure l is a cross-section on line l--4-4-4, Figure 1, and

Figure 5 is a cross-section on line 5-5 Figure 1. p

1n the Figures 10 is a cosmetic carrier,

preferably in the shape of a tubular member,

the upper portion of which is made to tightly g engage the pencil type of cosmetic 12. The carrier 10, preferably on its lower end is provided with a pin 13 which extends through 1 the longitudinal slot 14C of an actuator 15, tubular in form, and in which the carrier with the cosmetic pencilis housed. rlhe slot 14 eX- tends substantiall through the entire length of the actuator. llt has another short longitudinal slot 16 at the upper end thereof which receives a pin 17 extending from the cover opener 18, also tubular in shape.

Interposed between the cover opener 18 and the actuator is a tubular member 19 rovided with helical slots 20' and 21. The elical slot 2() is engaged by the pin 13 of the carrier and the helical slot 21 is enga d by the pin 17 of the cover opener. The elical slot 20 has a full convolution on the tubular member and extends from the lowermost point of the actuator slot 14. The helical slot 21 has a quarter of a convolution extending from the lowest part of the slot 16 of the actuator. The helical slot 21 at the upper end 55, of its quarter turn merges into a circular slot 22 which extends through three-quarter of the circumference of the tubular member 19.

The actuator 15 is anchored to a head-23 by means of which it may be rotated. 'T he head am is preferably recessed to accommodate the carrier, member 19 and a s acer tube 24 secured to the member 19. his spacer is in turn secured within an outer shell or case 26 which abuts at the lower end against the' es head 23; thus, the shell, the member 19 and the spacer form a unit. The upper end of the case 26 extends the same height as the upper end of the cover opener when the same is in a retracted osition. The actuator 15, at its *ge upper end, as a washer or collar 25 which permits the actuator to revolve but prevents the relative longitudinal movement thereof in the case. -V

The up er end of the outer shell 26 is pro- Vg5 vided wit hinged covers 27 which are normally maintained closed by springs 28. By rotating the head 23 while holding the outer shell 26, the carrier 10 is forced by the helical slot 2G to rise. Simultaneously, the cover s@ opener 18 .is also forced to rise due to the enagement of its pin 17 with the slot of the helix 21, but after a. quarter of a revolution o the actuator, the cover opener will enter the circular slot and thereafter will not move longitudinally while the carrier will continue to rise. through the other three-quarter revo-4 lutions or the actuator. 'See Figure 3 and dash and dot outline in Figure 1.

The first quarter revolution of the actuator o is suficient to open the covers 27 and thus provide an unobstructed passage for the cos-- metic pencil secured to the carrier. In the drawings, the iitch ofthe helixes 20 and 21 are identical ut do not have to bev such. When the pencil is to be retracted the carrier is revolved in the proper direction and for the first three-quarter of a revolution of the carrier the only lon tudinal movement is imparted to the carrier and for the last quarter l of the revolution, both thel carrier and the cover are moved longitudinally and therefore the springs 28 of the covers are free to bring the covers to their normal closed'position.

. From the above, it will be seen that in our container, the outward feed of the material and the opening of the cover are concomitant, the carrier and cover opener are both moved longitudinall for the first quarter of their revolution. or the remaining part of their revolution, the only longitudinally movable art is the carrier, the cover opener remainin in its extended position until its pin 17 is rought back into the engagement with its helical slot 21 on the retracting movement of the actuator.

We claim:

1. A container havin a cover, cover operating means, a carrier or material movable to and from the cover, an actuator for revolving simultaneously the carrier and lcover operating means, and means associated with the container engaging the carrier and cover operatin means for imparting .a greater longitudinal movement to the carrier than to the cover operating means when they are rotatedby the actuator.

2. A container having a cover, a cover openermounted to revolve and move longitudinally, a carrier for material mounted to revolve and move longitudinally to and from the cover opener, and means associated with the container engaging the carrier and; cover opener to impart longitudinal movement to bot-h the carrier and cover opener when they are rotating, said means permitting a greater longitudinal displacement of the carrier than of tqhe cover opener. p

3. A container having a cover, a cover opener, a carrier for material, an actuator to move the carrier to and from the cover and means engaging the actuator to the cover opener for operating the same at the initial movement of the carrier to the cover and the end movement ofthe carrier from the cover.

4. A container having a spring cover normally maintained closed, a carrier for material mounted to move to and from the cover, a cover opener, a single actuator for the cover opener and `carrier and means coupling the' carrier and the cover opener to the actuator, so that the cover opener is operative at the bcginning of the lcarriers movement to the cover and at the end of the carriers movement from the cover.

5. A container having a hinged cover, a carrier for material movable to and from the cover, a cover opener, an actuator revolubly mounted in the container and engagin the carrier and cover opener and revolving oth, a member secured to the container having a full convolution helical slot engaged by the carrier, said member having also a quarter convolution helical slot mer 'ng into a three quarter circular slot engage by the carrier,

' whereby a (greater longitudinal displacement is imparte to the carrier than to the cover opener when both are revolved by the actuator.

volved, and means for revolving simultaneously said cover operating means and carrier.

8. A container having a cover, revoluble cover operating means, a revoluble carrier for material, and means engaging the cover 0perating means and carrier to impart thereto a longitudinal movement when they are rotated, said means being arranged to impart a greater longitudinal movement to the carrier than to the cover opener.

9. A container having a cover revoluble cover operating means, a revoluble carrier for material, and means engaging the cover operating means and carrier to impart thereto a longitudinal movement when they are rotated, said means being arranged to impart a greater longitudinal movement to the carrier than to the cover opener, and an actuator for simultaneous rotation of the cover operating means and carrier.

l0. A container having a Cover, cover op erating means, a carrier for material, helical means engaging the cover operating means and carrier, and means for rotating the -cover operating means and carrier whereby the helical means impart a longitudinal movement to said cover operating means and carrier, said helical means being arranged to impart a greater longitudinal movement to the carrier than to the cover operating means.

11. A container having a cover, cover operating means mounted to move in a helical path, a carrier for material also mounted to move in a helical path which is longer than the helical path of the cover operating means, and means for moving the cover operating means and carrier.

l2. A container having a cover, cover operating means mounted to move in a helical 13. A container having a cover, a carrier for material movable to and from the cover,

is revolved.

LUCFER J. MOST. RALPH W. SON.

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