U.S. patent application number 15/573274 was filed with the patent office on 2018-04-12 for auto-open compact container.
The applicant listed for this patent is Seong Il KANG. Invention is credited to Seong Il KANG.
Application Number | 20180099789 15/573274 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 57249172 |
Filed Date | 2018-04-12 |
United States Patent
Application |
20180099789 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
KANG; Seong Il |
April 12, 2018 |
AUTO-OPEN COMPACT CONTAINER
Abstract
An auto-open compact container includes an outer container
having a button formed on one side thereof, an outer container lid
hinge-coupled to one side of the outer container to be
opened/closed, an inner container mounted inside the outer
container, an inner container cover coupled to an upper portion of
the inner container and having a cosmetic material suction hole
formed at a center thereof, a pump installed at an upper portion of
the inner container cover to pump a cosmetic material, and a
discharge plate which is coupled to the upper side of the inner
container cover to be vertically moved and coupled to an upper
portion of the pump at the same time, and has a plurality of
cosmetic material discharging holes formed therein, and an upper
portion of which is exposed to the outside such that a user comes
into contact with a puff.
Inventors: |
KANG; Seong Il; (Seongnam-si
Gyeonggi-do, KR) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
KANG; Seong Il |
Seongnam-si Gyeonggi-do |
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KR |
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Family ID: |
57249172 |
Appl. No.: |
15/573274 |
Filed: |
May 10, 2016 |
PCT Filed: |
May 10, 2016 |
PCT NO: |
PCT/KR2016/004866 |
371 Date: |
November 10, 2017 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A45D 2200/056 20130101;
B65D 43/16 20130101; A45D 2200/10 20130101; A45D 34/042 20130101;
B65D 43/22 20130101; A45D 33/008 20130101; A45D 33/34 20130101;
A45D 40/22 20130101; A45D 2040/0006 20130101; A45D 33/006 20130101;
A45D 2040/225 20130101; B65D 77/06 20130101; A45D 33/025
20130101 |
International
Class: |
B65D 43/16 20060101
B65D043/16; B65D 43/22 20060101 B65D043/22; A45D 40/22 20060101
A45D040/22; B65D 77/06 20060101 B65D077/06; A45D 33/34 20060101
A45D033/34; A45D 34/04 20060101 A45D034/04 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
May 12, 2015 |
KR |
10-2015-0065803 |
Claims
1. An auto-open compact container comprising: an outer container
having a button formed on one side thereof; an outer container lid
hinge-coupled to one side of the outer container to be
opened/closed; an inner container mounted inside the outer
container; an inner container cover coupled to an upper portion of
the inner container and having a cosmetic material suction hole
formed at a center thereof; a pump installed at an upper portion of
the inner container cover to pump a cosmetic material; and a
discharge plate which is coupled to the upper side of the inner
container cover to be vertically moved and coupled to an upper
portion of the pump at the same time, and has a plurality of
cosmetic material discharging holes formed therein, and an upper
portion of which is exposed to the outside such that a user comes
into contact with a puff, wherein the button comprises: an inclined
protrusion integrally formed on an upper side of the button to push
up a hook formed on one side of the outer container lid by a
pressing operation of the user; and an air inlet unit configured to
allow external air to be introduced into the inner container
simultaneously while the outer container lid is opened as the
button is pressed.
2. The cosmetic container of claim 1, wherein the air inlet unit
comprises: a transverse air inlet rod transversely protruding from
an inner side of the button and inserted into an air inlet hole
formed on a side wall of the inner container; a U-shaped air
input/output hole having an air inlet formed on one side of the
transverse air inlet rod and an air outlet formed on the other side
of the transverse air inlet rod; and a plurality of cylindrical
contact protrusions protruding from an inner peripheral surface of
the air inlet hole of the inner container and being in close
contact with an outer peripheral surface of the transverse air
inlet rod.
3. The auto-open compact container of claim 1, wherein the air
inlet is located outside the air inlet hole even when the button is
pressed, and the air outlet is located inside the inner container
when the button is pressed and is located between the cylindrical
contact protrusions of the air inlet hole in a state in which the
button is not pressed.
4. The auto-open compact container of claim 3, wherein the inclined
protrusion is inclined to push up the hook to open the outer
container lid, when the button is pressed, and at the same time to
allow the button to return to an original position when the outer
container lid is closed.
5. The auto-open compact container of claim 2, wherein the air
inlet is located outside the air inlet hole even when the button is
pressed, and the air outlet is located inside the inner container
when the button is pressed and is located between the cylindrical
contact protrusions of the air inlet hole in a state in which the
button is not pressed.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE(S) TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims priority of Korean Patent
Application No. KR 10-2015-0065803, filed on May 12, 2015, in the
Korean Intellectual Property Office, which is hereby incorporated
by reference in its entirety.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
[0002] The present disclosure relates to an auto-open compact
container, and more particularly, to an auto-open compact container
in which as external air is introduced into an inner container
simultaneously while a button is pressed to open an outer container
lid, a space in the inner container, which is sealed and evacuated,
communicates with the outside, thereby making a pressing operation
of a discharge plate smooth.
Description of the Related Art
[0003] In general, in a compact container, solid powder is
accommodated in a container having a predetermined shape, and when
the compact container is used, the powder is put in a puff which is
an applicator accommodated in the compact container, and is applied
to a face using the puff.
[0004] However, when the solid powder is used as a compact, the
solid powder flies, and when the solid powder is applied to the
face, a contact feeling slightly deteriorates.
[0005] Thus, in order to overcome such a disadvantage, a gel-like
compact obtained by mixing the solid powder with a volatile
material has been developed. Further, the frequency of use of the
compact is increasing due to convenience thereof.
[0006] However, when such a gel-like compact is exposed to the
outside, because the volatile material is evaporated into the
atmosphere, the powder is hardened or is broken due to
cracking.
[0007] In this way, an inner space should be sealed from the
outside such that the gel-like compact is not hardened because the
volatile material is evaporated to the outside.
[0008] A compact container in which a volatile material is
evaporated from a stored gel-like compact has been developed as
disclosed in Utility Model No. 461424 conceived to meet such a
demand.
[0009] However, in the compact container, an outer container lid is
opened, the puff is pressed to mix the gel-like compact with the
powder, and a mixture thereof is used. Because the inner space of
the compact container is sealed from the outside, the inner space
is evacuated, and thus, a plate on which the puff is placed is not
pressed.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0010] The present disclosure is invented to meet the
above-described related art, and an aspect of the present
disclosure is to provide an auto-open compact container in which as
external air is introduced into an inner container simultaneously
while a button is pressed to open an outer container lid, a space
in the inner container, which is sealed and evacuated, communicates
with the outside, thereby making a pressing operation of a
discharge plate smooth.
[0011] An auto-open compact container according to a first
embodiment of the present disclosure may include an outer container
having a button formed on one side thereof, an outer container lid
hinge-coupled to one side of the outer container to be
opened/closed, an inner container mounted inside the outer
container, an inner container cover coupled to an upper portion of
the inner container and having a cosmetic material suction hole
formed at a center thereof, a pump installed at an upper portion of
the inner container cover to pump a cosmetic material, and a
discharge plate which is coupled to the upper side of the inner
container cover to be vertically moved and coupled to an upper
portion of the pump at the same time, and has a plurality of
cosmetic material discharging holes formed therein, and an upper
portion of which is exposed to the outside such that a user comes
into contact with a puff, wherein the button includes an inclined
protrusion integrally formed on an upper side of the button to push
up a hook formed on one side of the outer container lid by a
pressing operation of the user, and an air inlet unit configured to
allow external air to be introduced into the inner container
simultaneously while the outer container lid is opened as the
button is pressed.
[0012] The air inlet unit may include a transverse air inlet rod
transversely protruding from an inner side of the button and
inserted into an air inlet hole formed on a side wall of the inner
container, a U-shaped air input/output hole having an air inlet
formed on one side of the transverse air inlet rod and an air
outlet formed on the other side of the transverse air inlet rod,
and a plurality of cylindrical contact protrusions protruding from
an inner peripheral surface of the air inlet hole of the inner
container and being in close contact with an outer peripheral
surface of the transverse air inlet rod.
[0013] The air inlet may be located outside the air inlet hole even
when the button is pressed, and the air outlet may be located
inside the inner container when the button is pressed and is
located between the cylindrical contact protrusions of the air
inlet hole in a state in which the button is not pressed.
[0014] The inclined protrusion may be inclined to push up the hook
to open the outer container lid, when the button is pressed, and at
the same time to allow the button to return to an original position
when the outer container lid is closed.
[0015] In an auto-open compact container according to the present
disclosure, as an air inlet unit is provided in a button such that
external air is introduced into an inner container simultaneously
while the button is pressed to open an outer container lid, a space
in the inner container, which is sealed and evacuated, communicates
with the outside, thereby making a pressing operation of a
discharge plate smooth.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0016] The above and other aspects, features and advantages of
certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be more
apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with
the accompanying drawings, in which:
[0017] FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view illustrating an
auto-open compact container according to the present
disclosure;
[0018] FIG. 2 is a detailed perspective view illustrating the
auto-open compact container according to the present
disclosure;
[0019] FIG. 3 is a sectional view illustrating the auto-open
compact container according to the present disclosure; and
[0020] FIG. 4 is a sectional view illustrating a state in which the
auto-open compact container according to the present disclosure is
used.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS
[0021] Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure
will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying
drawings. Further, in description of the present disclosure, when
it is determined that detailed descriptions of well-known
configurations or functions make the subject matter the present
disclosure unclear, the detailed descriptions will be omitted.
Embodiment
[0022] FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view illustrating an
auto-open compact container according to the present disclosure,
FIG. 2 is a detailed perspective view illustrating the auto-open
compact container according to the present disclosure, FIG. 3 is a
sectional view illustrating the auto-open compact container
according to the present disclosure, and FIG. 4 is a sectional view
illustrating a state in which the auto-open compact container
according to the present disclosure is used.
[0023] As illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 4, an auto-open compact
container according to an embodiment of the present disclosure
includes an outer container 10 having a button 11 formed on one
side thereof, an outer container lid 20 hinge-coupled to one side
of the outer container 10 to be opened/closed, an inner container
30 mounted on an inside of the outer container 10, an inner
container cover 40 coupled to an upper portion of the inner
container 30 and having a cosmetic material suction hole 41 formed
at the center thereof, a pump 50 installed on the inner container
cover 40 to pump a cosmetic material, and a discharge plate 60
which is coupled to the upper side of the inner container cover 40
to vertically move and is coupled to an upper portion of the pump
50 at the same time, and has a plurality of cosmetic material
discharging holes 61, and an upper portion of which is exposed to
the outside such that a user may come into contact with a puff
P.
[0024] The button 11 is formed on the one side of the outer
container 10. An upper portion of the button 11 is inclined and is
thus formed integrally with an inclined protrusion 111 configured
to push and lift up a hook 21 formed on one side of the outer
container lid 20 by a pressing operation of the user.
[0025] The outer container lid 20 serves to open/close the outer
container 10, and has the protruding hook 21 formed on one side
thereof to correspond to the inclined protrusion 111 of the button
11.
[0026] Further, a mirror 22 is provided inside the outer container
lid 20 so that the user may easily perform makeup.
[0027] A cosmetic material storage membrane 31 in a form of a soft
thin film is further formed inside the inner container 30.
[0028] It is preferred that the cosmetic material storage membrane
31 is made of one or more of polyethylene phthalate (PET) resin,
polyethylene, polypropylene, and thermoplastic elastomer.
[0029] A first sealing ring 32 and a second sealing ring 33 are
coupled to each other between an upper end of the cosmetic material
storage membrane 31 and the inner container cover 40 to improve a
sealing force of a gel-like cosmetic material accommodated in the
cosmetic material storage membrane 31 of the inner container
30.
[0030] Further, a cylindrical coupling protrusion 34 is formed in
an inner periphery of a lower side of the inner container such that
a lower extending protruding ring 46 of the inner container cover
40 is inserted and coupled thereto.
[0031] A first pump mounting groove 42 and a second pump mounting
groove 43 on which the pump 50 is mounted are spaced apart from
each other by a specific interval and are sequentially formed on an
upper surface of an outer side of the cosmetic material suction
hole 41.
[0032] A first upper extending protruding ring 44 extends upward
from an outer side of the second pump mounting groove 43, a second
upper extending protruding ring 45 is spaced a specific interval
from and extends upward from an outer side of the first upper
extending protruding ring 44, and the lower extending protruding
ring 46 extends downward from the outer side of the second upper
extending protruding ring 45.
[0033] A fastening protrusion 47 is formed on the upper side of the
second upper extending protruding ring 45, and a coupling
protrusion 48 is formed in an inner periphery of the lower side of
the lower extending protruding ring 46 and is coupled to the
cylindrical coupling protrusion 34 of the inner container 30.
[0034] Further, a sealing ring inserting groove 49 into which the
first sealing ring 32 and the second sealing ring 33 are inserted
is formed inside the lower extending protruding ring 46.
[0035] The pump 50 includes a pump base plate 51 having a suction
pump 511 formed at the center thereof, a pump body 52 integrally
extending from an upper portion of the pump base plate 51, a pump
top plate 53 coupled to an upper portion of the pump body 52, a
discharge valve 54 coupled to an upper central portion of the pump
top plate 53, a fixing member 55 configured to fix the discharge
valve 54, and an elastic member 56 mounted between the pump base
plate 51 and the pump body 52.
[0036] A suction valve 511 made of an elastic material and
configured to selectively open/close the cosmetic material suction
hole 41 of the inner container cover 40 is formed at the center of
the pump base plate 51, and a first pump mounting protrusion 512
and a second pump mounting protrusion 513 inserted into the first
and second pump mounting grooves and 43 are spaced apart from each
other by a specific distance and are sequentially formed on an
outer side of the suction valve 511.
[0037] The pump body 52 is integrally formed at an upper portion of
the pump base plate 51, and includes a cylindrical elastic support
521 made of an elastic material, and a transverse extending piece
522 transversely extending from an upper end of the elastic support
521.
[0038] The pump top plate 53 has a blocking member 531 formed at
the center thereof, a plurality of cosmetic material discharging
holes 532 formed in an outer periphery of a lower portion of the
blocking member 531, and a top plate mounting protrusion 533 on
which the discharge valve 54 is mounted on an outer side of the
cosmetic material discharging holes 532.
[0039] Further, a first extension piece 534 is formed on the lower
side of the pump top plate 53, a second extension piece 535 and a
third extension piece 536 are sequentially formed outside the first
extension piece 534, a transverse extension piece 522 of the pump
body 52 is fitted between the first extension piece 534 and the
second extension piece 535, and the third extension piece 536 is
located outside the first upper extending protruding ring 44 of the
inner container cover 40.
[0040] Further, a pump discharge space 57 in which cosmetic
materials are filled is formed between an outer side of the
blocking member 531 of the pump top plate 53 and the discharge
plate 60, and a top plate coupling groove 537 to which the fixing
member 55 is coupled is formed on an inner surface of the pump
discharge space 57.
[0041] The discharge valve 54 is made of an elastic material to
selectively open/close the cosmetic material discharging holes 532
while coming into contact with or being spaced apart from an outer
periphery of the blocking member 531 of the pump top plate 53.
[0042] A discharge valve mounting groove 541 is formed on a lower
surface of the discharge valve 54 and is coupled to a top plate
mounting protrusion 533 of the pump top plate 53.
[0043] A fixing member coupling protrusion 551 is formed on an
outer periphery of the fixing member 55, is coupled to the top
plate coupling groove 537 of the pump top plate 53, and serves to
fix the discharge valve 54.
[0044] The elastic member 56 is mounted between the upper surface
of the pump base plate 51 and the transverse extension piece 522 of
the pump body 52 to elastically support the transverse extension
piece of the pump body 52 and the pump top plate 53.
[0045] The suction valve 511 of the pump base plate 51, the elastic
support 521 of the pump body 52, and the discharge valve 54 is made
of one selected from elastomer, silicone rubber,
acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR), polyethylene, and
polypropylene.
[0046] Further, a radial cosmetic material diffusing space 58 is
formed at an upper end of the pump top plate 53 of the pump 50 such
that the gel-like cosmetic material is widely spread and is
discharged through the discharge plate 60.
[0047] The discharge plate 60 has an inner wall 63 coupled to the
pump top plate 53 of the pump 50 and extending downward, and an
outer wall 64 spaced outward apart from the inner wall 63, coupled
to the inner container cover 40 to be vertically moved, and
extending downward.
[0048] An inner wall protrusion 65 is formed in an inner periphery
of the inner wall 63 and is coupled to an edge of the pump top
plate 53, and an outer wall protrusion 66 is formed in an inner
periphery of the outer wall 64 and is fastened to the fastening
protrusion 47 of the inner container cover 40.
[0049] The cosmetic material discharging holes 61 of the discharge
plate 60 is formed above the radial cosmetic material diffusing
space 58.
[0050] An in-mold film 70 is attached to the upper surface of the
discharge plate 60.
[0051] The upper surface of the in-mold film 70 is embossed. The
embossing is various kinds of patterns or characters.
[0052] The button 11 has an air inlet unit formed therein to allow
external air to be introduced into the inner container 30
simultaneously while the outer container lid 20 is opened by
pressing the button 11.
[0053] The air inlet unit includes a transverse air inlet rod 112
transversely protruding from an inner side of the button 11 and
inserted into an air inlet hole 35 formed on a side wall of the
inner container 30, a U-shaped air input/output hole 113 having an
air inlet 113a formed on one side of the transverse air inlet rod
112 and an air outlet 113b formed on the other side of the
transverse air inlet rod 112, and a plurality of cylindrical
contact protrusions 351 protruding from an inner peripheral surface
of the air inlet hole 35 and being in close contact with an outer
peripheral surface of the transverse air inlet rod 112.
[0054] The air inlet 113a is located outside the air inlet hole 35
even when the button 11 is pressed, and the air outlet 113b is
located inside the inner container 30 when the button 11 is
pressed, and is located between the cylindrical contact protrusions
351 of the air inlet hole 35 in a state in which the button 11 is
not pressed.
[0055] When the button 11 is pressed, the inclined protrusion 111
is inclined to push up the hook 21 to open the outer container lid
20, and at the same time, to allow the button 11 to return to an
original position thereof.
[0056] A method for assembling the above-described auto-open
compact container according to the present disclosure will be
described below.
[0057] In order to assemble the auto-open compact container
according to the present disclosure, first, the inner container 30
in which the cosmetic material storage membrane 31 is installed is
fitted in the outer container 10, and then a cosmetic material is
injected into the cosmetic material storage membrane 31.
[0058] Next, the inner container cover 40 is fixed and installed in
an upper portion of the inner container 30, to seal the inner
container 30. The first and second sealing rings 31 and 32 may be
further coupled between the inner container 30 and the inner
container cover 40 to improve a sealing force.
[0059] Thereafter, the pump 50 is installed on the inner container
cover 40. In detail, the pump body 52 is integrally formed, the
first pump mounting protrusion 512 and the second pump mounting
protrusion 513 of the pump base plate 51 having the elastic member
56 mounted on an outer side thereof are inserted into the first and
second pump mounting grooves 42 and 43 of the inner container cover
40, the pump top plate 53 is coupled to an upper portion of the
pump body 42, and the transverse extension piece 522 of the pump
body 52 is fitted between the first extension piece 534 and the
second extension piece 535 of the pump top plate 53.
[0060] Next, the discharge valve 54 is mounted on an outer side of
the blocking member 531 of the pump top plate 53, and after the
fixing member 55 is coupled to prevent separation of the discharge
valve 54, the discharge plate 60 is coupled to the pump top plate 5
and an upper portion of the inner container cover 40 to be
vertically moved.
[0061] Finally, the outer container lid 20 is hinge-coupled to one
side of the outer container 10. The assembling of the auto-open
compact container according to the present disclosure is
completed.
[0062] Use of the above-described auto-open compact container will
be described below.
[0063] In order to use the auto-open compact container, first, when
the button 11 on a side surface of the container is pressed, the
transverse air inlet rod 112 transversely protruding from the
center of an inner side of the button 11 is moved to an inner side
of the air inlet hole 35 of the inner container 30, the air outlet
113b is located inside the inner container 30, external air is
introduced into the inner container 30, and an sealed inside of the
inner container 30 communicates with the outside.
[0064] At the same time, the inclined protrusion 111 pushes up the
hook 21 of the outer container lid 20 to open the outer container
lid 20.
[0065] In this way, in a state in which the outer container lid 20
is opened, the discharge plate 60 is pressed by using the puff
P.
[0066] When the discharge plate 60 is pressed, the pump top plate
53 coupled to a lower portion of the discharge plate 60 is moved
downward. Further, while the pump body 52 is pressed by the
downward movement of the pump top plate 53, the elastic support 521
of the pump body 52 is folded, and at the same time, the volume of
a temporary cosmetic material storage space is reduced.
Accordingly, a pressure is generated in the temporary cosmetic
material storage space, and as a cosmetic material in the temporary
cosmetic material storage space is to be discharged to the outside
by the pressure, a discharge pressure is generated, so that the
suction valve 511 of the pump base plate 51 closes the cosmetic
material suction hole 41 of the inner container cover 40.
[0067] At the same time, the discharge valve 54 made of an elastic
material and being in close contact with an outer surface of the
blocking member 531 of the pump top body 53 is spaced apart from
the blocking member 531 by the cosmetic material in the temporary
cosmetic material storage space, to open the cosmetic material
discharging holes 532. Further, the cosmetic material is discharged
through the cosmetic material discharging holes 532 and is then
introduced into the cosmetic material diffusing space 58.
[0068] After the cosmetic material is fully filled in the cosmetic
material diffusing space 58, the cosmetic material is
simultaneously discharged through the plurality of cosmetic
material discharging holes 61 formed in the discharge plate 60.
[0069] Thereafter, when the discharge plate 60 is unpressed, as the
shape of the elastic support 521 of the pump body 52 is restored by
elasticity of the elastic member 56 and the elastic support 521,
the volume of the temporary cosmetic material storage space
increases, so that a vacuum pressure is generated.
[0070] Accordingly, the discharge valve comes into contact with the
blocking member 531 of the pump top plate 53 to close the cosmetic
material discharging holes 532, and at the same time, as the
suction valve 511 of the pump base plate 51 is lifted up by the
vacuum pressure generated in the temporary cosmetic material
storage space, the cosmetic material suction hole 41 of the inner
container cover 40 is opened. Because of this, contents
accommodated in the cosmetic material storage membrane 31 of the
inner container 30 is introduced into a temporary content storage
space through the cosmetic material suction hole 41.
[0071] As described above, although the detailed embodiments have
been described in the detailed description of the present
disclosure, it is obvious that the technology of the present
disclosure is easily modified by those skilled in the art, and the
modified embodiments are included in the technical spirit claimed
in the appended claims of the present disclosure.
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