Dispenser and Brush Apparatus

Abstract

A dispenser and brush apparatus (10) has a container (12) with a floor (22) and a top opening. The floor (22) includes an aperture therethrough. A brush (14) is received over the top opening and includes bristles (28) and a passageway (32) between the bristles and a storage interior (35) of the container for containing a flowable substance, such as shaving cream. There is a rotatable base (16) beneath the floor (22), and a stem (18) is connected to the base so as to be rotatable therewith. The stem (18), which extends through the aperture and upwardly in the container, includes a threaded portion. A movable platform (20) is threadably engaged to the stem (18) and defines a lower extent of the storage interior (35) of the container for containing the flowable substance. In use, rotation of the base (16) in a first direction causes the stem (18) to rotate therewith and the movable platform (20) to move upwardly through the container, thereby squeezing flowable substance contained in the storage interior out of the passageway (32) and through the bristles (28).

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a dispenser and brush apparatus and, in particular, to a shaving cream dispenser and brush apparatus.[0002]Although the invention will hereinafter be described with reference to its application to dispensing shaving cream, it will be understood by persons skilled in the art that the invention is not limited thereto, but has wider application to dispensing any flowable substances that may be suited to brushing on surfaces, such as facial cleansers, foams, lotions, adhesives or surface coating compositions. The apparatus may be adapted for use by men or women, who may especially use it for dispensing liquid personal care products onto their skin.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Shaving cream is commonly dispensed or discharged from aerosol containers directly as a lather onto the skin of, say, the face, and then worked or massaged around the skin with a brush that is separate to the aerosol container, before applying a razor...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

[0023]The base may be rotated in a second direction so as to cause the stem to rotate therewith and the movable platform to move downwardly through the container.

Problems solved by technology

Whilst that approach has led to various devices with differing levels of efficiency and associated problems, all of these devices suffer the disadvantage that, by utilizing an aerosol container that contains a propellant gas under pressure, they are expensive to manufacture and, where the propellant gas is a chlorofluorocarbon or a hydrocarbon, harmful to the environment.

Also, the use of an “all or none” responsive button on the aerosol container and the pressurized nature of its contents does not permit very small amounts of shaving cream to be dispensed as may be required when shaving a small patch of whiskers or trimming sideburns, thus leading to wastage of the shaving cream.

Representative of the aforementioned prior art are U.S. Pat. No. 4,636,102: No. 3,981,597; and No. 4,603,992, which are also structurally complex and prone to faulty operation.

Images