Refilling container for refilling a writing, painting or drawing implement

A refilling device for refilling a writing, painting or drawing implement, a cosmetic applicator implement or the like, which comprises:

• a casing;
• an implement to be refilling including an applicator member which projects out of the casing and which has a capillary conveying action for a fluid of relatively low viscosity, wherein the casing adjoins the applicator member;
• a reservoir for the fluid which is in fluid communication with the applicator member;
• a vent passage in the vicinity of the applicator member;
• a refilling container having a neck portion thereof;
• a plug element which projects into the refilling container in the neck portion;
• wherein, the implement to be refilled can be inserted with the applicator member and the casing portion into the plug element such that a sealing is made between the neck portion of the refilling container, the plug element and said casing portion and a fluid communication is made through the vent passage between the refilling container and the reservoir in the implement;
• wherein the plug element is in the form of a cap-like closure plug having an end portion, with the closure plug oriented into the refilling container and which is slidably displaceable between a rest position sealing off the refilling container and a refilling position providing a fluid communication between the interior of the refilling container and a receiving space in the closure plug, which is open at one side, wherein the closure plug is provided for accommodating the applicator member and at the same time for sealingly receiving a portion of the casing of the implement to be refilled, said casing portion being adjacent to the applicator member and having said vent passage;
• wherein the receiving space is of a configuration which enlarges towards said open side, with the receiving space comprising an axial succession of spaces which are of a configuration which enlarge in a step-wise manner, starting from the end portion of the closure plug, with stepped transitional portions between adjacent spaces and with each stepped transitional portion provided as a contact or pressure surface for a portion of the casing of the implement, which portion is adjacent to the applicator member of the implement to be refilled.