A dispenser, such as for lip balm, has a casing, a manually operable dispense mechanism with an actuation dial, lip balm in the casing, and a cap for covering a dispense end. The dispense mechanism included a snap-in actuator that interfaces with cantilevered fingers unitary with the casing. Finger tips interface the actuator at a retention flange for rotatably retaining the actuator within the casing, the finger tips further interface with circumferentially spaced ribs or nubs rearward of the flange for providing a user perceivable tactile clicking and/or a variable rotation resistance upon rotation of the dial. The casing having an enlarged dispense end, a narrowed lower waist region, an exterior surface include an overmolded softened high friction gripping surface on the casing. The exterior surface may include light transmissive portions defining indicia that extend into the casing interior.

A feeding pencil includes a main body, a leading tube, a middle tube, and a ratchet mechanism. The middle tube is engaged to the leading tube to be relatively rotatable. A relative rotation between the leading tube and the main body in one direction moves a drawing material forward. The ratchet mechanism allows the relative rotation between the leading tube and the main body in the one direction, and regulates the relative rotation in another direction. The ratchet mechanism includes an elastic projecting part and a concave-convex part. The concave-convex part engages with the elastic projecting part to be movable in an axial direction and rotatable. A protrusion disposed at a center tube removably engages with an annular convex part disposed at an outer surface of the leading tube in the axial direction.

A feeding pencil includes a main body, a leading tube, a middle tube, and a ratchet mechanism. The middle tube is engaged to the leading tube to be relatively rotatable. A relative rotation between the leading tube and the main body in one direction moves a drawing material forward. The ratchet mechanism allows the relative rotation between the leading tube and the main body in the one direction, and regulates the relative rotation in another direction. The ratchet mechanism includes an elastic projecting part and a concave-convex part. The concave-convex part engages with the elastic projecting part to be movable in an axial direction and rotatable. A protrusion disposed at a center tube removably engages with an annular convex part disposed at an outer surface of the leading tube in the axial direction.

Writing instrument (1) comprising a writing element (20) having a body (21) delimited by an end (22) coated with a metal material suitable to trace signs on paper through oxidation, and method for producing the writing element (20).

Writing instrument (1) comprising a writing element (20) having a body (21) delimited by an end (22) coated with a metal material suitable to trace signs on paper through oxidation, and method for producing the writing element (20).

A rotary advancing container includes: a cylindrical front barrel; a cylindrical rear barrel arranged in a rear of the front barrel so as to be rotatable relative to the front barrel; a holding member inserted inside the front barrel or the rear barrel to support a stick-like member; and a threaded rod that is screwed into an interior part of the rear barrel. The stick-like member having a non-circular shape is moved in an axial direction relative to the front barrel by rotating the front barrel relative to the rear barrel, a front end of the threaded rod is formed in approximately the same shape with the rod-like member, and, a rear side portion of the threaded rod has a non-circular shape and is formed with a thread.

A lip application device, such as a lipstick, may have four peripheral portions in its cross section. The cross section may have a center through which a radial axis extends in parallel to the cross section, dividing the cross section into left and right sides. A first portion may form a first arc centered at the radial axis and having an outward radial direction stemming from the center. A second portion may form a second arc centered at the radial axis and having an outward radial direction stemming from the center, the second arc being opposite to the first arc and being longer than the first arc. A third portion and a fourth portion may be substantially straight lines, one connecting the ends points of the two arcs in the left side and other connecting the end points of the two arcs in the right side.

A cup for retaining a cosmetic substance includes a cup body having a first end, a second end, and an inner sidewall forming a cup cavity and a stepped retention member disposed on the inner sidewall of the cup body and extending into the cup cavity. The stepped retention member has a first width value extending around the periphery of the inner sidewall.

A feeding pencil includes a body, a leading tube, a middle tube, a pipe member including drawing materials, a movable body, a holding member, and a sliding part. The drawing material moves forward in the leading tube when the pipe member engages with the leading tube in a rotating direction by moving the sliding part forward by a predetermined amount, when the leading tube and the body are rotated relatively in one direction while the pipe member is engaged with the leading tube in the rotating direction. The sliding part includes a stick-like part with a spring, and the stick-like part is inserted into an opening of a housing, and the sliding part is urged rearward by the spring when one end of the spring abuts the housing, and the other end of the spring abuts a face protruding radially outwardly from the stick-like part.

A feeding pencil includes a body, a leading tube, a middle tube, a pipe member including drawing materials, a movable body, a holding member, and a sliding part. The drawing material moves forward in the leading tube when the pipe member engages with the leading tube in a rotating direction by moving the sliding part forward by a predetermined amount, when the leading tube and the body are rotated relatively in one direction while the pipe member is engaged with the leading tube in the rotating direction. The sliding part includes a stick-like part with a spring, and the stick-like part is inserted into an opening of a housing, and the sliding part is urged rearward by the spring when one end of the spring abuts the housing, and the other end of the spring abuts a face protruding radially outwardly from the stick-like part.