Bottle with built-in telescoping applicator head and valve therein

A combined applicator and bottle for storing a fluid and for applying the fluid, said bottle comprising:

• a container having an opening;
• an elongated tube having a longitudinal axis and an outer diameter, said tube being located in said opening, and said tube being slidable along said longitudinal axis relative to said container and being sealed against said container so that an intake end of the tube having an intake opening is located within the container and an outlet end of the tube having an outlet opening is located outside the container;
• said tube having a duct extending at least partially in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the tube, said duct forming a fluid connection between said outlet opening of the tube and said intake opening that is situated within the container;
• an applicator head mounted at the outlet end of the tube and having a dispensing opening and an applicator member for receiving the fluid from said outlet opening through said dispensing opening;
• a valve assembly mounted in the applicator head for one of selectively (a) blocking flow of said fluid to said applicator member, and (b) permitting flow of said fluid to said applicator member, said valve assembly including:
• a hollow area in said applicator head which slidably receives said outlet end of said tube therein, said hollow area having an inner diameter greater than the outer diameter of said tube and said dispensing opening has an axis which is at an angle to a sliding direction of said tube in said hollow area, and
• an annular flange at said outlet end of said tube and positioned within said hollow area, said annular flange having an outer diameter substantially equal to the inner diameter of said hollow area and which forms a seal with said walls of said applicator head in said hollow area;
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• a locking assembly which can releasably lock the outlet end of the tube in a first position in said hollow area such that said annular flange is positioned between said outlet opening and said dispensing opening to block flow of said fluid to said dispensing opening, and a second position in said hollow area in which said annular flange is not positioned between said outlet opening and said dispensing opening to permit flow of said fluid to said dispensing opening from said outlet opening.