# US 2014/0193188 A1 · Stick applicator > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0193188 A1 - Document ID: US20140193188A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/241,588 - Filed: 2012-08-30 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-08-31 - Assignees: Sika Technology AG - Inventors: Janine Bintig; Edmund Bonna - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140193188A1 ## CPC - B05C 1/00: Apparatus in which liquid or other fluent material is applied to the surface of the work by contact with a member carrying the liquid or other fluent material, e.g. a porous member loaded with a liquid to be applied as a coating (B05C5/02, B05C7/00 take precedence) - B43M 11/06: Hand-held devices - B65D 47/42: with pads or like contents-applying means - A61M 35/003: {Portable hand-held applicators having means for dispensing or spreading integral media (hand-held massage devices with liquid delivery A61H7/003)} - A61M 35/006: {using sponges, foams, absorbent pads or swabs as spreading means} - B05C: APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL (spraying apparatus, atomising apparatus, nozzles B05B; plant for applying liquids or other fluent materials to objects by electrostatic spraying B05B5/08) - B43M: BUREAU ACCESSORIES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (stapling devices B25C5/00; devices for temporarily attaching sheets together B42F) - 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 - A61M: DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY (introducing media into or onto the bodies of animals A61D7/00; means for inserting tampons A61F13/26; devices for administering food or medicines orally A61J; containers for collecting, storing or administering blood or medical fluids A61J1/05); DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROM THE BODY (surgery A61B; chemical aspects of surgical articles A61L); DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR {(Electrotherapy, e.g. producing anaesthesia by the use of alternating or intermittent currents A61N1/36021)} ## Abstract A stick applicator for applying a liquid stored in a hard ampoule, comprising a hollow plastic stick body, designed for receiving the ampoule and having a closed end and an open end, the wall of which is sufficiently flexible to allow the ampoule held in the plastic stick body to be broken without using an implement and thereby let the liquid out into the interior of the plastic stick body, and comprising an applicator head, which is fitted on the open end of the plastic stick body and comprises a foam, felt or fibre body, wherein the plastic stick body has at least in certain portions a separate sheathing layer to increase its perforation resistance to ampoule fragments and near its open end retaining means for securely holding the applicator head and/or retaining means for securely holding the ampoule inside it. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A stick applicator for areal discharge of a liquid stored in a hard ampule, having a hollow plastic stick body designed for receiving the ampule and including a closed and an open end, the wall of which is sufficiently flexible to allow the ampule held in the plastic stick body to be ruptured without the use of a tool and to thereby cause the liquid to escape into the interior of the plastic stick body, and an applicator head which is attached to the open end of the plastic stick body and which comprises a foam, felt or fiber body, wherein the plastic stick body includes at least in sections a separate sheathing layer for strengthening its perforation resistance to ampule fragments and near its open end retaining means for securely holding the applicator head and/or retaining means for securely holding the ampule in the interior thereof. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The stick applicator according to claim 1, wherein the separate sheathing layer functions simultaneously as an inscription carrier. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The stick applicator according to claim 1, wherein the separate sheathing layer is adhesively bonded to the outer wall of the plastic stick body. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The stick applicator according to claim 1, wherein the separate sheathing layer is formed from a polypropylene or similar film. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The stick applicator according to one claim 1, wherein the separate sheathing layer is single or multi-layered, in particular, double-layered in design and has a total thickness in the range of between 80 μm and 160 μm, in particular in the range of between 100 μm and 140 μm. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The stick applicator according to claim 1, wherein the retaining means for securely holding the ampule is designed as projections on the interior surface, which are formed in particular from the outside by an impression in the sheathing layer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The stick applicator according to claim 1, wherein the plastic stick body is cylindrically shaped at least in the region of its open end and the applicator head includes an annular groove or an annular cut into which the open end of the plastic stick body engages, and wherein formed on the outer surface of the plastic stick body at or near the open end thereof are snap-in hooks and/or a thread section for securely holding the applicator head on the plastic stick body and/or projections for securely holding the ampule in the plastic stick body against an axial, forward acting force. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The stick applicator according to claim 7, wherein the thread section formed on the outer surface is designed to be elastically deformable as a result of locally thinned sections or recesses in the wall. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The stick applicator according to claim 8, wherein the thread section with locally thinned sections formed on the outer surface is closed over its entire circumference such that no liquid is able to escape through it. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The stick applicator according to claim 7, wherein the snap-in hooks exhibit a barbed-hook characteristic such that they offer relatively little resistance to the attachment of the applicator head, but offer strong resistance to a removal of the applicator head. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The stick applicator according to claim 7, wherein the thread section is designed with sharp edges for securely holding the applicator head. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The stick applicator according to claim 7, wherein the projections formed on the interior wall have a rounded saw-toothed shape, a section pointing toward the open end of the plastic stick body having an angle of inclination smaller than the section pointing toward the closed end. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The stick applicator according to claim 7, wherein the projections formed on the interior wall are formed by impressions from the outside in the wall of the stick body.