Casing for lipstick or ball point pen refills
AssigneeTeleplastics Industries S.A.
InventorsFrancois X. Speitel, Robert F. M. Speitel
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Abstract
A container for rigid products such as small, ball-pen refills and the like comprising a body and an opening, a flexible element sliding in guide means by means of a push button, and a cover for holding the contents thereof. The casing is characterized in that the push button is mounted elastically relative to the body. According to a modification this elasticity is attained by attaching the push button to one end of the flexible element, with said end being made thinner so as to be capable of extending toward the outside of a slot.
Claims4
A container comprising an elongated body with an opening in the terminal face for the passage of the contents therein, a slot along a longitudinal lateral side of said body, said slot ending in said opening through a rounded part and merging in the internal chamber of said body, guide means forming grooves in the lateral sides of said slot, a flexible element sliding in said guide means forming grooves and attached at its one end within said internal chamber to the contents which is slidingly guided in said chamber and at its other end to an actuation push button which can slide outside of the body along said slot and over said opening so as to cover said opening, second guide means forming grooves in the lateral sides near the bottom of said slot ending in grooves on the lateral sides of the opening parallel to said slot through a rounded part, a sliding block slidingly mounted in said second guide means forming grooves, fastening means joining said sliding block and said push button and means biasing said push button toward said sliding block.
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