Roller applicator

Claim 1

A SHAVING CREAM APPLICATOR COMPRISING: A HEAD, A TROUGH FORMED IN SAID HEAD, SAID TROUGH BEING PROVIDED WITH A FEED APERTURE AT ITS BOTTOM, A ROLLER HAVING A GENERALLY CYLINDRICAL PERIPHERY OF DIAMETER SMALLER THAN THAT OF SAID TROUGH, MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID ROLLER FOR ROTATION IN SAID TROUGH WITH A PERIPHERAL PORTION OF SAID ROLLER PROTRUDING OUT FROM SAID TROUGH, SAID ROLLER BEING MOUNTED IN A POSITION WHICH SPACES SAID ROLLER FROM THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID TROUGH AND FROM SAID FEED APERTURE, WHEREBY SAID ROLLER IS SUBSTANTIALLY FREE OF ANY CONTACT OF ITS CYLINDRICAL SURFACE BY SAID TROUGH, A SQUEEZABLE CONTAINER HAVING A TOP END AND A BOTTOM END AND INCLUDING MEANS FOR SECURING SAID HEAD TO SAID TOP END OF THE CONTAINER AND IN SEALING ENGAGEMENT THEREWITH, AND A TUBE MEANS FITTED TO SAID HEAD WITH ITS INTERIOR IN COMMUNICATION WITH SAID TROUGH THROUGH SAID FEED APERTURE AND WITH AN UPPER END OF SAID TUBE MEANS BEING SPACED BELOW SAID ROLLER SO THAT SAID ROLLER DOES NOT SEAL THE COMMUNICATION OF SAID TUBE MEANS THROUGH SAID FEED APERTURE, SAID TUBE MEANS EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY WITHIN SAID CONTAINER TO A POINT ADJACENT THE BOTTOM END OF THE CONTAINER, WHEREBY SAID TUBE MEANS FEEDS CREAM TO SAID ROLLER PERIPHERY WHEN SAID CONTAINER IS SQUEEZED, AND WHEREBY A COLUMN OF CREAM IS MAINTAINED WITHIN SAID TUBE MEANS WHEN THE CONTAINER IS NOT SQUEEZED FOR PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE SEALING OF THE CONTENTS OF THE CONTAINER FROM THE ATMOSPHERE WHEN THE APPLICATOR IS NOT IN USE.