CAP FOR VESSEL OF COSMETICS

Abstract

A vessel cap of cosmetics includes a coupling member formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof with a female screw part such that the female screw part is engaged with a male screw part formed on an outer circumferential surface of an opening formed in an upper portion of a vessel which receives liquid-phase contents, a spuit tube which is coupled to the coupling member to suck and discharge the contents received in the vessel, and a pumping unit of the spuit tube, which sucks the contents into the spuit tube after inserting the spuit tube into the vessel in a state that internal air of the spuit tube is partially discharged. The spuit tube is inserted into high-viscosity and liquid-phase contents received in the vessel after the internal air is discharged from the spuit tube, thereby previously preventing the discharged air from being introduced into the spuit tube.

Claims

1. A cap for a vessel of cosmetics comprising: a coupling member (210) which is formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof with a female screw part (212) engaged with a male screw part (102a) formed on an outer circumferential surface of an opening (102) formed in an upper portion of the vessel (100) that receives liquid-phase contents; a spuit tube (220) which is coupled to the coupling member (210) to suck and discharge the contents received in the vessel (100); and a pumping unit of the spuit tube (220), which sucks the contents into the spuit tube (220) after inserting the spuit tube (220) into the vessel (100) in a state that internal air of the spuit tube (220) is partially discharged.

2. The cap of claim 1, wherein the pumping unit of the spuit tube (220) includes: a cylinder (214) which has an open upper portion and protrudes from an upper end of the coupling member (210); a through hole (216) which allows the cylinder (214) to vertically communicate with a lower portion having the female screw part (212); a lower piston (230) which is inserted into the cylinder (214) such that that an outer circumferential surface of the lower piston (230) closely makes contact with an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder (214), and has a coupling hole (232) vertically formed therein and a coupling groove (234) formed around a lower inner circumferential surface thereof such that a coupling protrusion (222) from an upper end of the spuit tube 220, which passes through the through hole (216) upward, is inserted into the coupling groove (234); an upper piston (240) which is spaced apart from the lower piston (230) by a predetermined distance and inserted into the cylinder (214) such that an outer circumferential surface of the upper piston (240) closely makes contact with the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder (214); a pressing member (250) which is inserted into an outer portion of an upper end of the cylinder (214) and has a coupling part (252) formed on a bottom surface thereof and coupled to an upper end of the upper piston (240); an elastic member (260) which is inserted into an outer portion of the cylinder (214) to be securely mounted on a mounting part (218) formed in one of the upper end of the coupling member (210) and a lower outer portion of the cylinder (214), and elastically supports a lower portion of the pressing member (250) to apply elastic force upward; a cover member (270) which is down-inserted into an outer portion of the pressing member (250) to be coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the coupling member (210), and has a narrower upper portion and a wider lower portion to prevent the pressing member (250) and the elastic member (260) from being separating from the cover member (270); and a stop maintaining member (280) for the spuit tube, which temporarily stops the spuit tube (220) down-inserted into the opening (102) of the vessel (100), and maintains the spuit tube (220) in a stopped state.

3. The cap of claim 2, wherein the stop maintaining member (280) of the spuit tube includes a stopper (282) which is coupled to an upper end of the vessel (100), and formed therein with a stop hole (282a) such that the spuit tube (220) is down-inserted into the stop hole (282a) in a press-fitting manner.

4. The cap of claim 2, wherein the stop maintaining member (280) of the spuit tube includes a stopper (282) which is coupled to an upper end of the vessel (100), and formed therein with a stop hole (282a) having a wider upper portion and a narrower lower portion such that the spuit tube (220) is down-inserted into the stop hole (282a) in a press-fitting manner.

5. The cap of claim 2, wherein the stop maintaining member (280) of the spuit tube includes: a stopper (282) which is coupled to an upper end of the vessel (100), and formed therein with an insertion hole (282b) such that the spuit tube (220) is inserted into the insertion hole (282b); and at least one first stop protrusion (282c) protruding from an inner circumferential surface of the insertion hole (282b) such that the spuit tube (220) is down-inserted in a press-fitting manner.

6. The cap of claim 2, wherein the stop maintaining member (280) of the spuit tube includes: a stopper (282) which is coupled to an upper end of the vessel (100), and formed therein with an insertion hole (282b) such that the spuit tube (220) is inserted into the insertion hole (282b); and at least one second stop protrusion (224) protruding from an outer circumferential surface of the spuit tube (220) such that the spuit tube (220) is down-inserted into the insertion hole (282b) in a press-fitting manner.

7. The cap of claim 2, wherein the stop maintaining member (280) for the spuit tube includes a stopper (282) which is coupled to an upper end of the vessel (100), and formed therein with a stop hole (282a) such that the spuit tube (220) is inserted into the stop hole (282a), and wherein an outer portion of the spuit tube (220) is formed in multiple steps such that the spuit tube (220) is down-inserted into an insertion hole (282b) in a press-fitting manner, an insertion part (2260) is formed to a predetermined distance of a lower portion of the spuit tube (220) and has an outer diameter smaller than a diameter of the insertion hole (282b), and a fitting part (228) is formed above the insertion part (226) such that the fitting part (228) is press-fitted into the insertion hole (282b).

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0017] FIG. 1 is a view showing the state that air is discharged into high-viscosity and liquid-phase contents from a spuit tube and stays in the high-viscosity and liquid-phase contents according to the related art.

[0018] FIG. 2 is a view showing the structure according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

[0019] FIGS. 3A to 3E are views showing the operating states according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

[0020] FIG. 4 is a view showing the structure according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[0021] FIGS. 5A to 5E are views showing the operating states according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0022] Structures and operations of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5E. FIGS. 2 to 3E show a first embodiment, and FIGS. 4 to 5E show a second embodiment. In the following description, the structure and the operation according to each embodiment will be described.

[0023] First, the common structure of a cap for a vessel of cosmetics according to the present invention will be first described, and then mutually different structures and operations according to the first and second embodiments will be described.

Common Structures in First and Second Embodiments

[0024] A male screw part 102a is formed at an opening 102 in an upper end of a vessel 100 of cosmetics, and a female screw part 212 is formed on an inner circumferential surface of a lower portion of a coupling member 210 so that the male screw part 102a is coupled to the female screw part 212.

[0025] In addition, the spuit tube 220, which has a tubular structure, is inserted into an upper opening hole 102b formed in the opening 102 of the vessel 100, which receives high-viscosity and liquid-phase contents to suck the liquid-phase contents. As shown in FIG. 2, the spuit tube 220 has a coupling protrusion 222 protruding from an upper outer portion of the spuit tube 220 in a circumferential direction.

[0026] According to the present invention, a pumping unit of the spuit tube 220 is provided to discharge internal air of the spuit tube 220 when the spuit tube 220 is inserted into the vessel 100 through the opening hole 102b in the opening 102b, and to suck the contents in the vessel 100.

[0027] As shown in FIG. 2, in the pumping unit of the spuit tube 220, the spuit tube 220 is coupled to the coupling member 210, the spuit tube 220 is inserted into the opening hole 102b in the opening 102, the insertion operation of the spuit tube 220 is stopped and maintained at a specific location, such as a lower end or an intermediate part of the spuit tube 220 to discharge the internal air of the spuit tube 220, and the spuit tube 220 is re-inserted into the vessel 100 through the opening hole 102b to suck the contents.

[0028] In other words, in the pumping unit of the spuit tube 220, a cylinder 214 having an open upper portion protrudes from an upper end of the coupling member 210, a through hole 216 is vertically formed so that the floor of the cylinder 214 communicates with an inner portion of the female screw part 212, the upper end of the spuit tube 220, that is, the coupling protrusion 222 is inserted upward from the lower portion of the through hole 216.

[0029] In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, a lower piston 230 is inserted into the cylinder 214 in such a manner that an outer circumferential surface of the lower piston 230 slides in a close contact state with an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder 214. A coupling hole 232 is formed in the lower piston 230 in a vertical direction, and a coupling groove 234 is formed around a lower inner circumferential surface of the coupling hole 232 so that the coupling protrusion 222 of the spuit tube 220 is inserted into the coupling groove 234 to form a coupling structure.

[0030] As shown in FIG. 2, a upper piston 240 is inserted into the cylinder 214, that is, an upper portion of the lower piston 230 in such a manner that an outer circumferential surface of the upper piston 240 slides in the close contact with an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder 214 similarly to the lower piston 230.

[0031] In addition, a pressing member 250 is covered on an upper outer portion of the cylinder 214 in such a manner that a coupling part 252 formed on a bottom surface of the pressing member 250 is coupled to the upper piston 240. Accordingly, if the pressing member 250 is pressed down, the upper piston 240 may slide down in the close contact state with an inner circumferential surface of the cylinder 214.

[0032] Further, as shown in FIG. 2, a mounting part 218 is formed in any one of an upper end of the coupling member 210 and a lower outer portion of the cylinder 214. An elastic member 260, which is fitted around the outer portion of the cylinder 214, is securely mounted in the mounting part 218, and the upper end of the elastic member 260 elastically supports the pressing member 250. Accordingly, after the pressing member 250 presses down the upper piston 240 while descending, the pressing member 250 and the upper piston 240 may ascend by elastic force of the elastic member 260.

[0033] A cover member 270 is down-fitted around the outer portion of the pressing member 250 and coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the coupling member 210.

[0034] In this case, the cover member 270 has an upper inner portion narrower than a lower inner portion, and the pressing member 250 has a lower outer portion wider than an upper outer portion. Accordingly, preferably, the cover member 270 is closely brought contact with the lower outer portion of the 250 to prevent the pressing member 250 from being separated from the cover member 270, and the coupling member 210 and the elastic member 260 mounted on the pressing member 250 can be maintained in an elastic installation state by the pressing member 250 and the cover member 270.

[0035] As described above, the first embodiment to the fifth embodiment of the cap for the vessel of cosmetics according to the present invention have a common structure of the coupling member 210 coupled to the vessel 100, the cylinder 214 and the spuit tube 220 formed at the upper portion of the coupling member 210, the lower piston 230, the upper piston 240, the pressing member 250, the elastic member 260, and the cover member 270, except for the design of a stop maintaining member 280 of the spuit tube which is to be described below. Hereinafter, the structure and the operation of the stop maintaining member 280 of the spuit tube will be described.

First Embodiment of Stop Maintaining Member 280 of Spuit Tube

[0036] A stopper 282 is coupled to an upper end of the opening 102 of the vessel 100, and a stop hole 282a is vertically formed through the stopper 282. Accordingly, when the spuit tube 220 is down-inserted, the spuit tube 220 is down-inserted in a press-fitting manner. In this case, an inner diameter of the stop hole 282a is formed to be equal to or greater than an outer diameter of the spuit tube 220, so that the spuit tube 220 is press-fitted into the stop hole 282a. In addition, if a user additionally applies pressure to the pressing member 250 so that predetermined force is added to force to down-insert the spuit tube 220, the spuit tube 220 starts to be down-inserted into the stop hole 282a while passing through the stop hole 282a.

Second Embodiment of Stop Maintaining Member 280 of Sspuit Tube

[0037] Although the second embodiment has the same configuration as that of the first embodiment, the inner sectional surface of the stop hole 282a is formed in a structure that an upper portion is wide and a lower portion is narrow, so that only the lower portion of the stop hole 282a is closely fitted around the outer portion of the spuit tube 220.

Third Embodiment of Stop Maintaining Member 280 of Spuit Tube

[0038] As shown in FIG. 2, the stopper 282 is coupled to the upper end of the opening 102 of the vessel 100. The stopper 282 is formed therein with an insertion hole 282b so that the spuit tube 220 is inserted into the insertion hole 282b and passes through the insertion hole 282b. At least one first stop protrusion 282 protrudes from an inner circumferential surface of the insertion hole 282b so that an outer circumferential surface of the spuit tube 220 closely interferes with the inner circumferential surface of the insertion hole 282b in a press-fitting manner.

Fourth Embodiment of Stop Maintaining Member 280 of Spuit Tube

[0039] The stopper 282, which is formed therein with the insertion hole 282b so that the spuit tube 220 is inserted into the insertion hole 282b and passes through the insertion hole 282b, is coupled to the upper end of the opening 102 of the vessel 100. As shown in FIG. 5, at least one second stop protrusion 224 protrudes from the outer circumferential surface of the spuit tube 220 so that the second stop protrusion 224 closely interferes with the inner circumferential surface of the insertion hole 282b in a press-fitting manner.

Fifth Embodiment of Stop Maintaining Member 280 of Spuit Tube

[0040] The stopper 282, which is formed therein with the insertion hole 282b, is coupled to the upper end of the opening 102 of the vessel 100 similarly to that of the fourth embodiment, and the outer circumferential surface of the spuit tube 220 is formed in multiple steps as shown in FIG. 5.

[0041] In other words, as shown in FIG. 5, an insertion part 220 is formed to a predetermined distance from a lower end of the spuit tube 220 and has an outer diameter narrower than a diameter of the insertion hole 282b so that the spuit tube 220 may freely pass through the insertion hole 282b. A fitting part 228 is formed above the insertion part 226 in the spuit tube 220 and has an outer diameter equal to or greater than the diameter of the inner circumferential surface of the insertion hole 282b so that only the fitting part 228 is inserted into the insertion hole 282b and passes through the insertion hole 282b in a press-fitting manner.

[0042] Hereinafter, the operation of the cap for the vessel of cosmetics according to the present invention having the above configuration will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 to 5E.

[0043] FIGS. 2 to 3E show the third embodiment of the present invention. Since the first and second embodiments are substantially identical to that of the third embodiment in description, the details of the first and second embodiments will be omitted, and only the third embodiment will be representatively described below.

[0044] FIG. 2 shows the spuit tube 220 before the spuit tube 220 is inserted into the stop hole 282a of the stopper 282 coupled to the opening 102 in an initial stage. When a user inserts the spuit tube 220 into the stop hole 282a in the state of grasping the pressing member 250 and the 290c in a hand of the user, the outer circumferential surface of the spuit tube 220 interferes with a first stop protrusion 282c protruding the inner circumferential surface of the stop hole 282a, so that the insertion operation of the spuit tube 220 is temporarily stopped and maintained.

[0045] In this case, if the user additionally presses down the pressing member 250, since the pressing member 250 is pressed down in the state that the spuit tube 220 is stopped and maintained, the cylinder 214, the coupling member 210, the pressing member 250, and the cover member 270 descend in the state that the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder 214 closely makes contact with the outer portion of the lower piston 230. Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 3B, the lower surface of the upper piston 240 makes contact with the top surface of the lower piston 230, so that air is discharged from the inner part of the spuit tube 220.

[0046] In this case, if the user additionally presses down the pressing member 250, the coupling part 252 of the pressing member 250 makes contact with the upper piston 240 and the lower piston, and the upper end of the spuit tube 220 is coupled to the lower piston 230. Accordingly, since force to press the pressing member 250 is applied to the spuit tube 220 without change, the spuit tube 220 stopped and maintained by the stopper 282 ascends in the press-fitting manner with the first stop protrusion 282c as shown in FIG. 3C. In this case, the coupling member 210 is stopped and maintained by the opening 102, so that the descending operation of the spuit tube 220 is stopped.

[0047] If the user more strongly presses the pressing member 250, since the coupling member 210 interferes with the opening 102, the pressing member 250 compresses the elastic member 260 while the upper piston 240 and the lower piston descending in the cylinder 214.

[0048] In this case, as shown in FIG. 3C, the air layer formed at a lower portion of the lower piston 230 is discharged through a through hole 216 of the coupling member 210.

[0049] If the force to press the pressing member 250 is released after the spuit tube 220 is inserted into the vessel 100 as described above, since the spuit tube 220 is stopped and maintained in the press-fitting manner with the first stop protrusion 282c, only the pressing member 250 ascends by the elastic restoring force of the elastic member 260. In this case, the upper piston 240 ascends together, so that the contents in the vessel 100 of cosmetics may be sucked into the spuit tube 220.

[0050] Accordingly, as the user grasps the cover member 270 and then lifts up the spuit tube 220, thereby separating the spuit tube 220 from the stopper hole 282a. Then, the user presses down the pressing member 250 again to discharge the contents from the inner part of the spuit tube 220 and to use the contents.

[0051] In the first and second embodiments, the stop hole 282a is press fitted with the spuit tube 220 in the state that only the first stop protrusion 282 is not formed. Accordingly, the descriptions of the operations in the first and second embodiments will be substituted with the description of the operation in the third embodiment.

[0052] Meanwhile, FIG. 4 shows the fourth and fifth embodiments of the present invention. The fifth embodiment is shown in FIGS. 4 to 5E, and the description of the operation in the fourth embodiment will be substituted with the operation of the structure of the second stop protrusion 224 protruding from the outer portion of the spuit tube 220 of FIG. 4.

[0053] According to the fifth embodiment, as shown in FIG. 4, the outer portion of the spuit tube 220 is designed in multiple steps. The size of the lower diameter of the spuit is formed to be smaller than the diameter of the insertion hole 282b to form the insertion part 226, so that the spuit tube 220 may be freely inserted into the insertion hole 282b or separated from the insertion hole 282b. The fitting part 228 is formed above the insertion part 226 of the spuit tube 220 to have the outer diameter equal to or larger than the inner diameter of the insertion hole 282b so that the spuit tube 220 interferes with the insertion hole 282b of the stopper 22 in the press-fitting manner.

[0054] Accordingly, if the spuit tube 220 is inserted into the insertion hole 282b, the insertion part 226 is freely inserted into the insertion hole 282b without interference with the insertion hole 282b as shown in FIG. 5A, the fitting part 228 formed above the insertion part 226 interferes with the insertion hole 282b, so that the fitting part 228 is stopped and maintained as shown in FIG. 5A.

[0055] In this case, if the user additionally presses down the pressing member 250, the cylinder 214 descends in the state that the inner circumferential surface of the cylinder 214 closely makes contact with the outer circumferential surface of the lower piston 230. Accordingly, the upper surface of the lower piston 230 closely makes contact with the lower surface of the piston 240 as shown in FIG. 5B, so that the air is discharged from the inner part of the spuit tube 220.

[0056] In addition, if the user additionally presses down the pressing member 250, since the coupling part 252 of the pressing member 250 is coupled to the upper piston 240, the lower piston 230 closely makes contact with the upper piston 240, and the upper end of the spuit tube 220 is coupled to the lower piston 230, the spuit tube 220 descends until the coupling member 210 interferes with the opening 102 as shown in FIG. 5C in the state that the fitting part 228 of the spuit tube 220 is press-fitted into the insertion hole 282b.

[0057] In addition, if the user more additionally presses down the pressing member 250, the pressing member 250 compresses the elastic member 260 while pressing down the upper piston 240 and the lower piston as shown in FIG. 5D, so that the lower piston 230 descends to the bottom surface of the cylinder 214.

[0058] In this case, the air layer formed at the lower portion of the lower piston 230 shown in FIG. 5C is discharged through the through hole 216 of the coupling member 210.

[0059] Accordingly, as shown in FIG. 5D, after the lower piston 230 descends to the bottom surface of the cylinder 214, the force to press the pressing member 250 is released. In this case, as shown in FIG. 5E, the pressing member 250 and the upper piston 240 ascend by the elastic restoring force of the elastic member 260 while the contents are sucked into the spuit tube 220.

[0060] Therefore, the user separates the spuit tube 220 from the insertion hole 282b by lifting up the spuit tube 220 after grasping the cover member 270, and presses down the pressing member 250 again so that the contents are discharged from the inner part of the spuit tube 220 and used.

[0061] In the fourth embodiment, the spuit tube 220 is press-fitted into the insertion hole 282a by the second stop protrusion 224 in the state that only the second stop protrusion 224 is formed on the outer portion of the spuit. Accordingly, the description of the operation in the fourth embodiment will be substituted with the description of the operation in the fifth embodiment.

[0062] Although the exemplary embodiments of the present invention have been described, it is understood that the present invention should not be limited to these exemplary embodiments but various changes and modifications can be made by one ordinary skilled in the art within the spirit and scope of the present invention as hereinafter claimed.