(19)
(11) EP 3 281 550 A1

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(43) Date of publication:
14.02.2018 Bulletin 2018/07

(21) Application number: 16183448.6

(22) Date of filing: 09.08.2016
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A45D 34/04(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
MA MD

(71) Applicant: Amorepacific Corporation
Seoul 100-230 (KR)

(72) Inventor:
  • KIM, Jun Young
    140-777 Seoul (KR)

(74) Representative: Eder, Michael 
df-mp Dörries Frank-Molnia & Pohlman Patentanwälte Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB Theatinerstrasse 16
80333 München
80333 München (DE)

   


(54) SPUIT-TYPE CONTAINER INCLUDING FLOCKING TIP HAVING TEMPORARY STORAGE


(57) A spuit-type container including a flocking tip having a temporary storage is provided. A lid is coupled to an upper portion of a container body, a pressing button is mounted at an inner upper portion of the lid, a spuit bulb is formed under the pressing button to discharge and suck a cosmetic material, a spuit tube is coupled to a lower portion of the spuit bulb, a coupling part of the flocking tip is formed at a lower end portion of the spuit tube to be coupled to the flocking tip, a temporal storage is formed in the flocking tip to temporarily store the cosmetic material, and the temporal storage is formed therein with a distribution hole. The pressing and then releasing operation of the pressing button by a user operate the spuit bulb so that the spuit tube sucks the cosmetic material stored in the container body.




Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION


1. Field of the Invention



[0001] The present invention relates to a spuit-type container including a flocking tip having a temporary storage, and more particularly to a spuit-type container including a flocking tip having a temporary storage, in which a lid is coupled to an upper portion of a container body, a pressing button is mounted at an upper portion of an inner part of the lid, a spuit bulb is formed under the pressing button to discharge and suck a cosmetic material, a spuit tube is coupled to a lower portion of the spuit bulb, a coupling part of the flocking tip is formed at a lower end portion of the spuit tube to be coupled to the flocking tip, a temporal storage is formed in the flocking tip to temporarily store the cosmetic material, and the temporal storage is formed therein with a distribution hole. Accordingly, if a user presses and then releases the pressing button of the lid, the spuit bulb is operated so that the cosmetic material stored in the container body can be sucked into the spuit tube. If the user separates the lid from the container body to allow the flocking tip of the lower end portion of the spuit tube to be close contact with a skin, the cosmetic material stored in the temporal storage of the flocking tip is discharged through the distribution hole of the flocking tip and the skin of the user can be massaged using the flocking tip.

2. Description of the Related Art



[0002] Cosmetics refer to compositions which are used for a human body in order to add charming of the human body by making the human body clean and beautiful, to change the appearance of the human body into being brighter, to maintain skin or hair in a healthy state, or to enhance the skin or the hair, and to exert slight influence on the human body.

[0003] The cosmetics may be mainly classified into basic, color, and functional cosmetics.

[0004] The functional cosmetics are referred to as cosmetics to help with skin whitening skin wrinkle repair, or skin protection from ultraviolet ray.

[0005] The contents of such functional cosmetics are high priced, and packaged in small amount. Accordingly, a container to receive the contents mainly has a compact size. Accordingly, in the case of a cosmetic product simply includes a lid and a container, a user may put on cosmetics with a hand, so that the cosmetics may be contaminated.

[0006] In order to solve the problem, as shown in FIG. 1, a spuit-type cosmetic container is disclosed in Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0463638, in which a lid is coupled to an upper body of a container body, a pressing button is mounted at an upper portion of an inner part of the lid, and a spuit tube (1) is formed at a lower portion of the pressing button. Accordingly, if the pressing button is pressed, a cosmetic material stored in the container body is sucked into the spuit-type tube (1). If a user opens the lid and places the spuit-type tube (1) on a skin and presses the pressing button to discharge the cosmetic material, thereby preventing the cosmetic materials from being contaminated or wasted by the hand.

[0007] However, the spuit tube (1) according to the present invention only discharges the sucked cosmetic material and has no function of massaging a skin. Accordingly, a user must separately prepare a massage appliance.

[0008] In order to solve the problem, as shown in FIG. 2, a spuit-type cosmetic container having a massage pendulum is disclosed in Korean Utility Model Registration No. 20-0474535, in which a lid is coupled to an upper body of a container body, a pressing button is mounted at an upper portion of an inner part of the lid, and a spuit tube (2) is formed at a lower portion of the pressing button, and a massage pendulum (3) is pivotally coupled to a lower end portion of the spuit tube (2). Accordingly, if the pressing button is pressed, a cosmetic material stored in the container body is sucked into the spuit-type tube (2). If a user opens the lid, places the massage pendulum (3) on a skin and presses the pressing button to discharge the cosmetic material. Thereafter, the user may use the cosmetic material while massaging the skin using the massage pendulum (3) coupled to the spuit tube (2).

[0009] However, according to the related art, when the cosmetic material sucked into the spuit tube (2) is discharged from the spuit tube (2) to the skin by pressing the pressing button, the discharge amount of the cosmetic materials is varied with force of pressing the pressing button, so that the cosmetic material may be wasted.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION



[0010] The present invention is made to solve the problems occurring in the related arts, and an object of the present invention is to a spuit-type container including a flocking tip having a temporary storage in which a lid is coupled to an upper portion of a container body, a pressing button is mounted at an upper portion of an inner part of the lid, a spuit bulb is formed under the pressing button to discharge and suck a cosmetic material, a spuit tube is coupled to a lower portion of the spuit bulb, a coupling part of the flocking tip is formed at a lower end portion of the spuit tube to be coupled to the flocking tip, a temporal storage is formed in the flocking tip to temporarily store the cosmetic material, and the temporal storage is formed therein with a distribution hole. Accordingly, if a user presses and releases the pressing button of the lid, the spuit bulb is operated so that the cosmetic material stored in the container body can be sucked into the spuit tube. If the user separates the lid from the container body to allow the flocking tip of the lower end portion of the spuit tube to be close contact with a skin, the cosmetic material stored in the temporal storage of the flocking tip is discharged through the distribution hole of the flocking tip and the skin of the user can be massaged using the flocking tip.

[0011] Another object of the present invention is to provide a spuit-type container including a flocking tip having a temporary storage, enabling the flocking tip immersed with the cosmetic material to apply the cosmetic material to a skin of a user in contact to the skin of the user as the surface of the flocking tip is formed of a soft fiber material, so that the flocking tip is be immersed with the cosmetic material.

[0012] The present invention provides a spuit-type container including a flocking tip having a temporary storage. The spuit-type container includes a container body having an inner part to receive a cosmetic material and an upper portion formed therein with an opening, a lid coupled to the opening of the container body, a pressing button mounted in an upper portion of the lid movably up and down, a spuit bulb formed under the pressing button to suck or discharge a cosmetic material, a spuit tube coupled to a lower portion of the spuit bulb, and formed at a lower end portion thereof with a coupling part, and a flocking tip couple to the coupling part of the spuit tube. The flocking tip is formed therein with a temporal storage to temporarily store the cosmetic material and formed in an outer circumferential surface thereof with a distribution hole formed through the temporal storage.

[0013] In addition, the opening of the container body is additionally coupled to a wiper to wipe the cosmetic material off the spuit tube or the flocking tip.

[0014] In addition, preferably, the spuit bulb includes an elastic material having restoring force, and the elastic material includes at least one of natural rubber, elastomer, acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR), and silicon rubber.

[0015] Further, a surface of the flocking tip includes a soft fiber material to be immersed with the cosmetic material.

[0016] Further, distribution holes may be formed in both lateral sides of a lower portion of the flocking tip and have a circular shape.

[0017] In addition, distribution holes may be formed in both lateral sides of an upper portion of the flocking tip and have a semicircular shape.

[0018] In addition, one distribution hole may be formed in a flat shaped lower end of the flocking tip.

[0019] As described above, according to the spuit-type container including the tip having the temporary storage of the present invention, the lid is coupled to the upper portion of the container body, the pressing button is mounted at the upper portion of the inner part of the lid, the spuit bulb is formed under the pressing button to discharge and suck the cosmetic material, the spuit tube is coupled to the lower portion of the spuit bulb, the coupling part of the flocking tip is formed at the lower end portion of the spuit tube to be coupled to the flocking tip, the temporal storage is formed in the flocking tip to temporarily store the cosmetic material, and the temporal storage is formed therein with a distribution hole. Accordingly, if a user presses and releases the pressing button of the lid, the spuit bulb is operated so that the cosmetic material stored in the container body can be sucked into the spuit tube. If the user separates the lid from the container body to allow the flocking tip of the lower end portion of the spuit tube to be close contact with a skin, the cosmetic material stored in the temporal storage of the flocking tip is discharged through the distribution hole of the flocking tip and the skin of the user can be massaged using the flocking tip.

[0020] In addition, as the surface of the flocking tip is formed of a soft fiber material, so that the flocking tip is be immersed with the cosmetic material, the flocking tip can be immersed with the cosmetic material to apply the cosmetic material to a skin of a user in contact to the skin of the user.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS



[0021] 

FIGS. 1 and 2 are sectional views showing spuit-type containers according to the related arts.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing a spuit-type container including a flocking tip having a temporary storage according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the spuit-type container including the flocking tip having the temporary storage according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing the spuit-type container including the flocking tip having the temporary storage according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a separation state of a spuit tube of the spuit-type container including the flocking tip having the temporary storage according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing the spuit-type container including the flocking tip having the temporary storage according to one embodiment of the present invention, which applies a cosmetic material to a skin.

FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing a pressing state of a pressing button of the spuit-type container including the flocking tip having the temporary storage according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a view showing various shapes of the flocking tip in the spuit-type container including the flocking tip having the temporary storage according to one embodiment of the present invention.


DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION



[0022] Hereinafter, one embodiment of the spuit-type container including flocking tip having temporary storage according to the present invention will be described with reference to accompanying drawings.

[0023] FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the spuit-type container including the flocking tip having the temporary storage according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view showing the spuit-type container including the flocking tip having the temporary storage according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing the spuit-type container including the flocking tip having the temporary storage according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a sectional view showing a separation state of a spuit tube of the spuit-type container including the flocking tip having the temporary storage according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing the spuit-type container including the flocking tip having the temporary storage according to one embodiment of the present invention, which applies a cosmetic material to a skin. FIG. 8 is a sectional view showing a pressing state of a pressing button of the spuit-type container including the flocking tip having the temporary storage according to one embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 9 is a view showing various shapes of the flocking tip in the spuit-type container including the flocking tip having the temporary storage according to one embodiment of the present invention.

[0024] The spuit-type container including the flocking tip having the temporary storage according to the present invention includes a container body (10) having an inner part to receive the cosmetic material and an upper portion formed therein with an opening (11), a lid (30) coupled to the opening (11) of the container body (10), a pressing button (40) mounted in an upper portion of the lid (30) movably up and down, a spuit bulb (50) formed under the pressing button (40) to suck or discharge the cosmetic material, a spuit tube (60) coupled to a lower portion of the spuit bulb (50), and formed at a lower end portion thereof with a coupling part (62), and a flocking tip (70) coupled to the coupling part (62) of the spuit tube (60).

[0025] The container body (10) receives the cosmetic material therein, has the opening (11) formed at the upper end thereof, and has a body thread (12) formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof.

[0026] A wiper (20) is fitted into the opening (11).

[0027] The body thread (12) is screwed with the lid (30) to seal the container body (10).

[0028] The wiper (20) is formed at an upper end thereof with a locking step (21) and at a lower end thereof with a passage (22).

[0029] As shown in FIG. 5, when the wiper (20) is fitted into the opening (11) of the container body (10), the locking step (21) is hanged on an upper end of the opening (11) to prevent the wiper (20) from being fallen into the container body (10).

[0030] The passage (22) is formed at a lower end of the wiper (230) for the entrance of the spuit tube (60) to wipe the cosmetic material off the spuit tube (60) or the flocking tip (70).

[0031] The lid (30) has an open upper portion, a locking step (31) is formed at the upper portion of the lid (30), and a lid thread (32) is formed on an inner circumferential surface of the lid (30).

[0032] Regarding the locking step (31), when the pressing button (40) is coupled into the upper portion of the lid (30), the pressing button (40) is locked to the locking step 31 to be prevented from being separated from the lid (30).

[0033] The lid thread (32) is screwed with the body thread (12) of the container body (10) to open or close the container body (10).

[0034] The pressing button (40) is formed on an outer circumferential surface thereof with a locking protrusion (41), and the locking protrusion (41) is locked to the locking step (31) of the lid (30), so that the pressing button (40) is prevented from being separated from the lid (30).

[0035] The spuit bulb (50) is located inside the pressing button (40).

[0036] The spuit bulb (50) is formed in an inside thereof with a coupling groove (51), and the spuit tube (60) is fixedly coupled to the coupling groove (51).

[0037] The spuit bulb (50) is preferably formed of a material which may be deformed by a pressing operation of the pressing button (40) and recovered to an original state thereof, and particularly preferably formed of at least one of natural rubber, elastomer, acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR), and silicon rubber.

[0038] The spuit tube (60) is coupled to the lower portion of the spuit bulb (50).

[0039] The spuit tube (60) is formed at an upper end thereof with an annular locking protrusion (61), at a lower end thereof with a coupling part (62), and in a lower portion thereof with a spuit tube hole (63).

[0040] The annular locking protrusion (61) is fixedly coupled to the coupling groove (51) of the spuit bulb (50) to prevent the spuit tube (60) from being separated from the spuit bulb (50).

[0041] The flocking tip (70) is coupled to the coupling part (62).

[0042] The spuit tube hole (63) serves as a passage allowing the cosmetic material received in the container body (10) to be introduced into the spuit tube (60) or discharged out of the spuit tube (60).

[0043] The flocking tip (70) is coupled to the coupling part (62) of the spuit tube (60).

[0044] The surface of the flocking tip (70) is formed of a soft fiber material to be immersed with the cosmetic material differently from that of a spuit-type container according to the related art.

[0045] Since the surface of the flocking tip (70) is immersed with the cosmetic material, the cosmetic material received into the spuit tube (60) may not be frequently discharged.

[0046] The flocking tip (70) is formed therein with a temporal storage (71) and formed in an outer circumferential surface thereof with a distribution hole (72) formed through the temporal storage (71).

[0047] The temporal storage (71) temporarily stores the cosmetic material.

[0048] As shown in FIG. 6, even if the spuit tube (60) is separated from the container body (10) in the state that the cosmetic material is stored in the temporal storage (71), the cosmetic material stored in the temporal storage (71) is not discharged through the distribution hole (72) because the surface tension force of the distribution hole (72) is greater than the weight of the cosmetic material stored in the temporal storage (71) so that the cosmetic material does not flow down from the temporal storage (71) through the distribution hole (72).

[0049] In order to use the cosmetic material stored in the temporal storage (71) by discharging the cosmetic material from the temporal storage, the pressing button (40) is pressed or the distribution hole (72) of the flocking tip (70) makes contact with the skin so that the cosmetic materials in the spuit tube (60) and the temporal storage (71) may be discharged.

[0050] As shown in FIG. 9, distribution holes (72) may be formed in a circular shape in both lateral sides of the lower portion of the flocking tip (70) and may be formed in a semicircular shape through both lateral sides of the upper portion of the flocking tip (70).

[0051] In addition, one distribution hole (72) may be formed in the lower end of the flocking tip (70) having a flat shape.

[0052] Hereinafter, the assembling method and the use state of the spuit tube of the flocking tip having the temporal storage according to one embodiment of the present invention will be described.

[0053] In order to assemble the spuit-type container including the flocking tip having the temporary storage according to the present invention, the wiper (20) is coupled to the opening (11) of the container body (10) having the cosmetic material received therein.

[0054] Thereafter, the pressing button (40) having the locking protrusion (41) is locked into the upper portion of the lid (30) having the locking step (31) movably up and down, and the spuit bulb (50) is coupled to the inside of the pressing button (40).

[0055] Further, the spuit tube (60) is coupled to the lower portion of the spuit bulb (50). In this case, the coupling part (62) is formed at the lower end portion of the spuit tube (60), and coupled to the flocking tip (70) formed therein with the temporal storage (71) and in the outer circumferential surface thereof with the distribution hole (72) through the temporal storage (71).

[0056] Thereafter, the lid (30) is coupled to the container body (10) to finish the assembling of the spuit-type container.

[0057] In order to use the cosmetic material of the spuit-type container including the flocking tip having the temporary storage, which is assembled through the above method, the lid (30) is separated from the container body (10) as shown in FIG. 6.

[0058] After the lid (30) has been separated, as shown in FIG. 7, when one distribution hole (72) in the flocking tip (70) makes contact with a skin, the cosmetic material is discharged from the temporal storage (71) due to the surface tension with the skin, so that air is introduced into the other distribution hole (72). Then, the cosmetic material is applied to the skin by the fiber material of the outer circumferential surface of the flocking tip (70).

[0059] Thereafter, in order to further discharge the cosmetic material, as shown in FIG. 8, the pressing button (40) is pressed so that the cosmetic material received in the spuit tube (60) is discharged out of the flocking tip (70) through the distribution hole (72).

[0060] In addition, since the surface of the flocking tip (70) may be immersed with the cosmetic material, the user may use the cosmetic material received in the spuit tube (60) without frequently discharging the cosmetic material

[0061] Although the spuit-type container including the flocking tip having the temporary storage according to the present invention has been described for the illustrative purpose, the present invention is not limited thereto. Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various modifications, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention as disclosed in the accompanying claims.

[List of Reference Numerals]



[0062] 
10:
container body
20:
wiper
12:
body thread
22:
passage
30:
lid
31:
locking step
32:
lid thread
40:
pressing button
41:
locking protrusion
50:
spuit bulb
51:
coupling groove
60:
spuit tube
61:
annular locking protrusion
62:
coupling part
63:
spuit tube hole
70:
flocking tip
71:
temporal storage
72:
distribution hole



Claims

1. A spuit-type container including a flocking tip having a temporary storage, the spuit-type container comprising:

a container body (10) having an inner part to receive a cosmetic material and an upper portion formed therein with an opening (11);

a lid (30) coupled to the opening (11) of the container body (10);

a pressing button (40) mounted in an upper portion of the lid (30) movably up and down;

a spuit bulb (50) formed under the pressing button (40) to suck or discharge the cosmetic material;

a spuit tube (60) coupled to a lower portion of the spuit bulb (50), and formed at a lower end portion thereof with a coupling part (62); and

a flocking tip (70) couple to the coupling part (62) of the spuit tube (60),

wherein the flocking tip (70) is formed therein with a temporal storage (71) to temporarily store the cosmetic material and formed in an outer circumferential surface thereof with a distribution hole (72) formed through the temporal storage (71).


 
2. The spuit-type container of claim 1, wherein the opening (11) of the container body (10) is additionally coupled to a wiper (20) to wipe the cosmetic material off the spuit tube (60) or the flocking tip (70).
 
3. The spuit-type container of claim 1, wherein the spuit bulb (50) includes an elastic material having restoring force, and the elastic material includes at least one of natural rubber, elastomer, acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR), and silicon rubber.
 
4. The spuit-type container of claim 1, wherein a surface of the flocking tip (70) includes a soft fiber material to be immersed with the cosmetic material.
 
5. The spuit-type container of claim 1, wherein distribution holes (72) are formed in both lateral sides of a lower portion of the flocking tip (70) and have a circular shape.
 
6. The spuit-type container of claim 1, wherein distribution holes (72) are formed in both lateral sides of an upper portion of the flocking tip (70) and have a semicircular shape.
 
7. The method of claim 1, wherein one distribution hole (72) is formed in a flat shaped lower end of the flocking tip (70).
 




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