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(11) EP 0 617 905 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
24.05.1995 Bulletin 1995/21

(43) Date of publication A2:
05.10.1994 Bulletin 1994/40

(21) Application number: 93114220.2

(22) Date of filing: 04.09.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5A45D 40/06
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE ES FR GB IT

(30) Priority: 29.03.1993 JP 14839/93 U

(71) Applicant: KOTOBUKI & CO., LTD.
Kyoto shi Kyoto ku (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Kageyama, Shuhei c/o Kotobuki & Co., Ltd.
    Kawagoe-shi Saitama-ken (JP)
  • Anzai, Shoji c/o Kotobuki & Co., Ltd.
    Kawagoe-shi Saitama-ken (JP)
  • Mitsuya, Yoshihide c/o Kotobuki & Co., Ltd.
    Kawagoe-shi Saitama-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Walter, Helmut, Dipl.-Ing. 
Aubinger Strasse 81
D-81243 München
D-81243 München (DE)


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    (54) Stick-shaped piece drive container and stick-shaped piece supplying cassette


    (57) A stick-shaped piece drive container capable of preventing a stick-shaped piece from drying out by evaporating moisture is provided. A stick-shaped piece supplying cassette capable of supplying a stick-shaped piece to the stick-shaped piece drive container in a simple way is also provided. The stick-shaped piece drive container is comprised of an outer cylinder and a screw shaft having a helical groove provided on a circumference thereof and a connecting portion provided on a front end thereof, and being inserted in the outer cylinder unrotatably but movable in an axial direction thereof. An inner cylinder has a projection provided on a rear inside thereof that fits the helical groove, and is immovably mounted in the outer cylinder but is rotatable in an axial direction thereof to extend out of it forwardly. A stick-shaped piece holder is detachably coupled with the connecting portion of the screw shaft and slidably provided in the inner cylinder for holding a stick-shaped piece. A cap detachably fits the inner cylinder or the outer cylinder or both. Sealing means provided on a circumference of the stick-shaped piece holder close by fitting the inside of the inner cylinder.





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