Liquid paint coater

Abstract

A liquid-cosmetic applicator capable of avoiding pumping phenomenon without lowering the scraping function of its wiper is provided. The liquid-cosmetic applicator has a wiper (15) formed on the inside of an opening (12) of a liquid-cosmetic container (10) for scraping off the liquid cosmetic (13) that adheres to the stem (36) of a stemmed brush (30). The wiper has an axially offset region occupying a certain peripheral domain of the wiper and an axially non-offset region occupying another peripheral domain including another scraping section. The offset region and non-offset region include scraping sections (17A, 17B), respectively, that overlap in the axial direction, leaving a gap formed between, and along the peripheries of, the overlapping scraping sections (17A, 17B). A minute gap (air passage) (19) communicating with the spaces (S1, S2) above and below the wiper (15), respectively, is formed along the outer surface of the stem (36) of the stemmed brush (30) in tight contact with the axially overlapping region of the scrapping section, allowing the air in the container to freely escape from the container. Hence, no pumping phenomenon will occur. The scraping sections (17A, 17B) are continuous in the their peripheral direction, thereby leaving no cosmetic on the stem of the brush.

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