# US 10,118,740 B2 · Applicator

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- Number: US 10,118,740 B2
- Document ID: US10118740B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/797,987
- Filed: 2015-07-13
- Published: 2016-01-14
- Granted: 2018-11-06
- Earliest claimed: 2014-07-14
- Assignees: Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
- Applicants: Mitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
- Inventors: Kohei Miyamoto; Junya Uehara
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10118740B2

## CPC

- B65D 43/02: Removable lids or covers (with means for piercing, cutting, or tearing a frangible inner closure B65D51/22)
- B43K 23/08: Protecting means, e.g. caps
- B43K 29/02: with rubbers
- B43K 29/05: with applicators for eradicating- or correcting-liquid
- B65D 43/16: hinged for upward or downward movement
- B65D 43/22: Devices for holding in closed position, e.g. clips
- B65D 51/18: Arrangements of closures with protective outer cap-like covers or of two or more co-operating closures {(B65D51/247 takes precedence)}
- B65D 2251/0015: of the 41-type
- B65D 2251/0028: of the 51-type
- B65D 2251/0059: of the 51-type
- B65D 2251/0084: of the B65D43/16-type
- B65D 2251/009: of the 51-type
- B65D: CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
- B43K: IMPLEMENTS FOR WRITING OR DRAWING (containers, casings or accessories for cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soap, lipstick, make-up A45D34/00, A45D40/00)

## Abstract

An applicator includes: an applying part on a front portion thereof; a removable cap that totally covers the applying part; a sealing element that seals up a front end portion of the applying part when the cap is fitted; and an inner cap provided inside the cap. The inner cap includes an inner cap body and a hinged cap that is joined to the inner cap body and can abut the inner cap body. The hinged cap has a hollow mounting portion. An engaging portion for fixing the hinged cap is formed inside the cap. When the inner cap having the sealing element held between the inner cap body and the mounting portion is fitted into the interior of the cap, the hinged cap is engaged by the engaging portion inside the cap.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An applicator comprising:
an applying part on a front side of the applicator;
a removable cap that totally covers the applying part;
an inner cap secured inside the removable cap,
the inner cap comprising:
an inner cap body,
a hinged portion joined to the inner cap body and configured to abut the inner cap body, and
a sealing element secured between said inner cap body and said hinged portion;
the hinged portion having a mounting portion and comprising an opening,
said removable cap comprising an engaging portion on the inside thereof for securing the inner cap therein by engagement with the mounting portion of the hinged portion of the inner cap,
wherein the inner cap having the sealing element held between the inner cap body and the hinged portion thereof is fitted into the interior of the removable cap, the hinged portion being engaged by the engaging portion inside the removable cap with said sealing element exposed through the opening of the hinged portion, whereby
when the removable cap is fitted to the applicator, the front end portion of the applying part comes into contact with the sealing element and is thereby sealed.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The applicator according to claim 1, wherein the inner cap body and the hinged cap are joined by a bendable hinge structure.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The applicator according to claim 2, wherein an engagement structure is provided between the hinged cap and the inner cap body, and
when the hinged cap is folded at the hinge structure in a state that the sealing element is held in the inner cap body, the hinged cap and the inner cap body are engaged with each other by the engagement structure.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The applicator according to claim 1, wherein a sectional area of an opening of the applying part is 0.2 mm2 or greater.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The applicator according to claim 1, wherein an application liquid to be applied by the applicator contains solids content of 5% by weight or greater as a coating component.