# US 2014/0197205 A1 · Pump-type cosmetics container

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- Number: US 2014/0197205 A1
- Document ID: US20140197205A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/234,884
- Filed: 2012-07-26
- Published: 2014-07-17
- Earliest claimed: 2011-07-26
- Assignees: Yonwoo Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Sung-Hwan Kim
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140197205A1

## CPC

- A45D 40/00: Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks (features common to containers for handling powdery or liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances A45D33/00-A45D37/00; cosmetic or like preparations A61K8/00, A61Q; sample tables or the like G09F5/00)
- A45D 34/00: Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
- B05B 11/0032: {Manually actuated means located downstream the discharge nozzle for closing or covering it, e.g. shutters (automatically removed during actuation of a spray pump B05B11/1053)}
- B05B 11/1053: {combined with means, other than pressure, for automatically opening a valve during actuation; combined with means for automatically removing closures or covers from the discharge nozzle during actuation}
- B05B 11/1059: {Means for locking a pump or its actuation means in a fixed position (B05B11/1091 takes precedence)}
- B05B 11/1097: {with means for sucking back the liquid or other fluent material in the nozzle after a dispensing stroke}
- B05B 11/0038: {Inner container disposed in an outer shell or outer casing}
- B05B 11/028: {Pistons separating the content remaining in the container from the atmospheric air to compensate underpressure inside the container}
- B05B 11/1023: {having an outlet valve opened by deformation or displacement of the piston relative to its actuating stem}
- A45D: HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT (wigs, toupees or the like A41G3/00, A41G5/00; hairdressers' chairs A47C1/04; hair cutting appliances, razors B26B); EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
- B05B: SPRAYING APPARATUS; ATOMISING APPARATUS; NOZZLES (spray-mixers with nozzles B01F25/72; processes for applying liquids or other fluent materials to surfaces by spraying B05D)

## Abstract

A pump-type cosmetics container is not subject to the risk of a foreign substance entering into a nozzle, due to a moving path through which content is discharged during use that is selectively open by means of an opening/closing bracket, and to the risk of change in quality of the content inside the moving path, by means of a counteraction of a control protrusion pressing a locking protrusion thereby re-aspirating the content remaining inside the moving path, after pumping using a double spring.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A pump-type cosmetics container, comprising:
a container body (100) which stores contents;
a pumping member (200) which pumps out the contents stored in the interior of the container body (100);
a locking member (300) which is engaged to the top of the container body (100) and is formed of a hollow part (310) formed in an upward and downward direction so that the contents pumped out by the pumping member (200) to pass through, an operation space (320) formed in an upward and downward direction, and a locking protrusion (330) which protrudes from its top;
an intermediate member (400) which is engaged to the top of the locking member (300) and is formed of a moving passage (410) communicating with the hollow part (310) for introducing in the contents pumped out by the pumping member (200), and an external operation bracket (440) which is inserted into the operation space (320) and ascends and descends; and
an opening and closing bracket 500 which is engaged to the top of the intermediate ember (400) and is rotatable and is formed of a control protrusion (520) which is disposed at the bottom and contacts with the locking protrusion (330) and allows a selective movement of the intermediate part (400) in an upward and downward direction; and
wherein the locking protrusion (330) comprises a sunk part (331) formed at its top for the control protrusion (510) to be fixedly inserted into, and a slope surface (332) which is formed on the top of the locking protrusion (330) and is continuous from the sunk part (331) and is sloped in one direction, and when an external force is applied to the intermediate member (400), the opening and closing bracket (500) opens the end portion of the moving passage (410).

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, further comprising:
a button (600) including a protrusion part (610) which covers the top of the intermediate member (400) and is operable in an upward and downward direction when the opening and closing bracket (500) rotates, and the control protrusion (520) separates from the locking member (330) for thereby covering the top of the end portion of the moving passage (410).

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, further comprising:
a cover (110) which is engaged to the top of the container body (100) and seals the container body (100) and includes:
a first space 111 in the center of which is installed the pumping member 200;
a second space (112) which is formed at an outer side of the first space (111) and comes into contact with the bottom of a lower spring S1; and
a third space (113) which is provided at an outer side of the second space (112) and covers an exterior of the operation space (320);
a sealing bracket (700) which is inserted into the second space (112) in order for the pumping member (200) to be sealed while covering the exterior of the pumping member (200), so its inner wall can be elastically supported by the top of the lower spring S1, the sealing bracket (700) including a communicating hole (710) communicating with the moving passage (410) and the hollow part (310), and an engaging shoulder (711) disposed in the interior of the communicating hole;
an internal operation bracket (450) which protrudes downward from the inner side surface of the intermediate member (400) and passes through the hollow part (310) and is inserted into the communicating hole (710) and moves the sealing bracket (500) downward when it comes into contact with the engaging shoulder (711); and
an upper spring S2 which is engaged to an outer surface of the internal operation bracket (450), the bottom of the upper spring S2 being supported by the top of the sealing bracket (700), the top of the same being supported by the inner wall of the intermediate member (400).

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The container of claim 3, wherein after the pumping of the pumping member (200) is completed, when the sealing bracket (700) and the intermediate member (400) ascend by means of an elastic recovery force of the lower spring S1 and the upper spring S2, the opening and closing bracket (500) is rotated, and the intermediate member (400) ascends by a counteraction formed as the control protrusion (520) presses the locking protrusion 330, and the contents remaining in the moving passage (410) is sucked back into the communicating hole (710).

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The container of claim 1, further comprising:
a rotation space (420) which is formed on the top of the intermediate member;
a rotation groove (430) which communicates with the rotation space (420) and into which the control protrusion (520) is inserted and is rotatable; and
a rotary shaft (510) which is inserted into the rotation space (420) and is rotatable in a state that it is connected with the control protrusion (520).

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The container of claim 4, wherein the opening and closing bracket (500) comprises an opening and closing part (530) which selectively opens and closes the end portion of the moving passage (410) when it rotates by means of the rotary shaft (510).