Cartridge for a cosmetic pen
AssigneeA. W. Faber-Castell Cosmetics GmbH
InventorStefan Hornfeck
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Abstract
A cartridge for a cosmetic pen includes a cartridge body, a cosmetic refill, and a refill adapter that drives – and preferably retains – the end of the cosmetic refill. The cosmetic refill can be pushed out of the cartridge body by means of the refill adapter. A drive sleeve is rotatably mounted within the cartridge body, the sleeve forming an external thread upon which a threaded nut can move translationally between the drive sleeve and the cartridge body, and the threaded nut drives the refill adapter when the drive sleeve rotates within the cartridge body.
Claims19
A cartridge for a cosmetic pen comprising:
- a cartridge body;
- a drive sleeve rotatably mounted in the cartridge body, which forms an external thread on which a threaded nut moves translationally between the drive sleeve and the cartridge body;
- a cosmetic refill;
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- a refill adapter that drives and holds an end of the cosmetic refill, wherein the cosmetic refill can be pushed out of the cartridge body using the refill adapter, and wherein the threaded nut drives the refill adapter when the drive sleeve rotates in the cartridge body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.