Applicator
AssigneeMitsubishi Pencil Company, Limited
InventorsNao Kumai, Yusuke Nakamura, Kota Fujimoto
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Abstract
A cosmetic liquid applicator that allows easy determination as to the completion state of replacement of an application liquid tank includes a front barrel to which an application liquid tank for storing a liquid cosmetic to be fed to an applying part is attached and a rear barrel attached to the front barrel to cover the application liquid tank. The front barrel has on its peripheral surface a male threaded portion and a first engagement portion formed in the circumferential direction and located in the rear of the male threaded portion while the rear barrel has on its inner circumferential surface a female threaded portion to mate with the male threaded portion and a second engagement portion to be engaged with the first engagement portion.
Claims4
An applicator, comprising:
- a front barrel to which an application liquid tank for storing a liquid cosmetic to be fed to an applying part is attached;
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- a rear barrel attached to the front barrel to cover the application liquid tank, wherein:
- the front barrel has on a peripheral surface thereof a male threaded portion and a first engagement portion formed in a circumferential direction and located in a rear of the male threaded portion;
- the rear barrel has on an inner circumferential surface thereof a female threaded portion to mate with the male threaded portion and a second engagement portion to be engaged with the first engagement portion;
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- wherein the first engagement portion includes bumps, and the second engagement portion includes an annular projection projected inward in a semicylindrical shape over the entire circumference of the inner circumferential surface of a main body of the rear barrel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.