Cosmetic container

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11464314-B2
Application number	US-201816623689-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 9, 2018
Priority date	Aug 11, 2017
Publication date	Oct 11, 2022
Grant date	Oct 11, 2022

Abstract

A cosmetic container according to an embodiment of the present invention may reduce a thickness of the container by improving a structure of the disc value.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A cosmetic container comprising:
a base member;
a housing including a support sleeve placed on an upper surface of the base member, a center sleeve placed on the upper surface of the base member at an inner center of the support sleeve, a partition plate connecting an upper end of the support sleeve and an upper end of the center sleeve, a main storage space formed between the support sleeve and the center sleeve, and a temporary storage space formed inside the center sleeve;
a frame coupled to an upper end of the housing and having a hole of a predetermined size formed therein;
a stem coupled to the frame so as to be movable in a vertical direction while being accommodated in the hole and having a discharge port for discharging a cosmetic solution formed in a center thereof;
a piston assembly mounted on a bottom surface of the stem and accommodated in the temporary storage space; and
a disc valve mounted on a lower end of the center sleeve for selectively communicating the main storage space and the temporary storage space,
wherein the disc valve includes a ring-shaped fixing portion and a flap portion that extends from an end portion of one side of the fixing portion and is more flexible than the fixed portion so as to be warped by flow pressure of the cosmetic solution, and
wherein the flap portion is selectively in contact with a bottom of the base member according to a moving up and down operation of the piston assembly so that cosmetics in the main storage space is selectively moved to the temporary storage space.

2. The cosmetic container of claim 1 , wherein a disc valve coupling portion into which the disc valve is fitted is formed to be recessed at a lower end portion of the center sleeve, and
wherein a depression portion and a protrusion portion are alternately formed at the disc valve coupling portion.

3. The cosmetic container of claim 2 , wherein a protrusion portion fitted into the depression portion of the disc valve coupling portion and a depression portion into which the protrusion portion of the disc valve coupling portion is fitted are formed alternately on an upper surface of the fixing portion.

4. The cosmetic container of claim 2 , further comprising one or a plurality of fitting protrusions protruding from an inner circumferential surface of the fixing portion,
wherein the disc valve coupling portion is formed with a fitting groove into which the one or plurality of fitting protrusions are fitted.

5. The cosmetic container of claim 1 , wherein the flap portion extends downward from an outer end portion of the fixing portion.

6. The cosmetic container of claim 1 , wherein a depression portion having a predetermined size and depth is formed in a bottom of the base,
wherein the bottom of the base includes a first bottom surface defining a bottom of the depression portion, a second bottom surface defining a portion excluding the depression portion, and a stepped surface connecting the first bottom surface and the second bottom surface, and
wherein an outer circumferential surface of the flap portion is selectively in contact with the stepped surface according to the moving up and down operation of the piston assembly.

7. The cosmetic container of claim 6 , further comprising a plurality of guide protrusions protruding along an edge of the depression portion,
wherein an inner surface of the guide protrusion is formed to be inclined so that the flap portion is pressed in a center direction of the base member.

8. The cosmetic container of claim 1 , further comprising a gasket placed on an upper surface of the stem.

9. The cosmetic container of claim 8 , wherein a discharge port for discharging the cosmetic solution is formed at a center of the stem, and
wherein a gasket placing groove on which the gasket is placed is formed on the upper surface of the stem.

10. The cosmetic container of claim 9 , wherein a guide flow path for guiding a flow of the cosmetic solution discharged through the discharge port is formed to be recessed in the upper surface of the stem corresponding to an inside of the gasket placing groove.

11. The cosmetic container of claim 10 , further comprising a palette placed on the upper surface of the stem,
wherein a plurality of outlets are formed in the palette, and
wherein the plurality of outlets are formed along the guide flow path in a state in which the palette is placed on the stem.

12. The cosmetic container of claim 10 , wherein the guide flow path includes:
a first flow path including a plurality of circular flow paths having different diameters around the discharge port; and
a second flow path including a plurality of straight flow paths dividing the first flow path through the discharge port.

13. The cosmetic container of claim 1 , wherein the partition plate is formed of a metal material, and
wherein the support sleeve and the center sleeve are formed of plastic materials that are coupled by insert injection at an outer edge and an inner edge of the partition plate, respectively.

14. The cosmetic container of claim 1 , further comprising:
an outer cover rotatably coupled to the base member by a hinge shaft;
a pressure member mounted on a side surface portion of the outer cover;
a locking protrusion formed on a side surface portion of the outer cover corresponding to an opposite side of the pressure member; and
a push button mounted on the base member at a position aligned with the locking protrusion and having a locking hook selectively coupled with the locking protrusion,
wherein the pressure member presses an outer circumferential surface of the base member at a point spaced apart from the hinge shaft.

15. The cosmetic container of claim 14 , wherein when the locking protrusion is separated from the locking hook, the outer cover is rotated by a rotation moment generated around the hinge shaft by a restoring force accumulated in the pressure member.

Assignees

• Lg Household & Health Care Ltd
• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Dong Hyun

Classifications

• B05B11/029

  located on top of the remaining content · CPC title

• B05B11/1066

  Pump inlet valves (B05B11/1018, B05B11/1019, B05B11/1064 take precedence) · CPC title

• B05B11/1001

  Piston pumps (B05B11/1087, B05B11/1088, B05B11/109 take precedence) · CPC title

• B05B11/1069

  the valve being made of a resiliently deformable material or being urged in a closed position by a spring · CPC title

• A45D34/04 Primary

  Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball · CPC title