Applying implement having an application tip shiftable independently of a valve member

Claim 2

An applying implement comprising: a main body having an application fluid storage; a hollow head cylinder mounted on said main body, said hollow head cylinder including a front end portion having an opening, a rear end portion having a communication hole communicating with said application fluid storage, and a tapered portion formed between said front and rear end portions so as to increase its radius as it advances rearward, said front end portion, said tapered portion, and said rear end portion of said hollow head cylinder being formed by a continuous wall of a substantially uniform thickness; a valve body means in said hollow head cylinder, said valve body means comprising a valve body member of a soft and resilient material accommodated inside said hollow head cylinder so as to be slidable in an axial direction; an urging means in said hollow head cylinder for resiliently urging said valve body means forward so that the valve body means can be firmly pressed against the inside surface of the tapered portion by the urging force of said urging means; and an application tip in said hollow head cylinder provided in front of and independent of said valve body means so as to be shiftable in the axial direction until said application tip, protrudes out of said hollow head cylinder, said application tip being spaced from a front edge of said valve body means when said application tip is shifted to an outermost position.

Claim 3

An applying implement in accordance with claim 1, wherein said hollow head cylinder and said application tip are made of a hard material selected from the group consisting of metal and an inorganic material.

Claim 4

An applying implement in accordance with claim 1, wherein said front end portion of said hollow head cylinder has a cross section smaller than that of said rear end portion of said hollow head cylinder.

Claim 5

An applying implement in accordance with claim 1, wherein said valve body means further comprises a guide member interposed between said urging means and said valve body member, said guide member being at least partly formed into a shape capable of slidable contact with the inside surface of said hollow head cylinder.

Claim 6

An applying implement in accordance with claim 1, wherein said application tip has an engaging portion engageable with the inside surface of the tapered portion of said hollow head cylinder.

Claim 7

An applying implement in accordance with claim 1, wherein said application tip is at least partly formed into a shape capable of slidable contact with the inside surface of said front end portion of said hollow head cylinder.

Claim 8

An applying implement in accordance with claim 6, wherein said application tip is at least partly formed with a cross-sectional portion having a plurality of ridges which come into slidable contact with the inner surface of the front end portion of said hollow head cylinder, and surfaces between said ridges formed into a convex arc surface having a radius of curvature larger than the radius of said inner surface of said front end portion of said hollow head cylinder.

Claim 9

An applying implement in accordance with claim 1, wherein said valve body member is formed into a circular column shape.

Claim 10

An applying implement in accordance with claim 1, wherein said valve body member is formed into a ball shape.

Claim 11

An applying implement in accordance with claim 9, wherein said urging means comprises a compression coil spring having an inner diameter smaller than an outer diameter of said valve body member, said valve body member being coupled into an end portion of said compression coil spring.

Claim 12

An applying implement in accordance with claim 10, wherein said end portion of said compression coil spring is formed into an end coil section wherein adjacent wires of said coil spring abut with each other, and the number of turns in said end coil section is selected so that the upper portion of the valve body member is received in said end coil section.

Claim 13

An applying implement in accordance with claim 10, wherein said compression coil spring has the same outer diameter as that of said valve body member.

Claim 14

An applying implement in accordance with claim 1, wherein said hollow head cylinder has a bottom wall having a through hole at the rear end portion thereof, said urging means comprising a compression coil spring interposed between said bottom wall and said valve body means, said main body being formed with a head cylinder installation hole communication with said application fluid storage, said hollow head cylinder being installed in said head cylinder installation hole.

Claim 15

An applying implement comprising: a main body having an application fluid storage; a hollow head cylinder mounted on said main body, said hollow head cylinder including a front end portion having an opening, a rear end portion having a communication hole communicating with said application fluid storage, and a tapered portion formed between said front and rear end portions so as to increase its radius as it advances rearward; a valve body means in said hollow head cylinder, said valve body means comprising a valve body member of a soft and resilient material accommodated inside said hollow head cylinder so as to be slidable in an axial direction; an urging means in said hollow head cylinder for resiliently urging said valve body means forward so that said valve body means can be firmly pressed against the inside surface of the tapered portion by the urging force of said urging means; and an application tip in said hollow head cylinder provided in front of and independent of said valve body means so as to be shiftable in the axial direction until said application tip protrudes out of said hollow head cylinder, said application tip being spaced from a front edge of said valve body means when said application tip is shifted to an outermost position, said application tip having an engaging portion engageable with the inside surface of the tapered portion of said hollow head cylinder.

Claim 16

An applying implement comprising: a main body having an application fluid storage; a hollow head cylinder mounted on said main body, said hollow head cylinder including a front end portion having an opening, a rear end portion having a communication hole communicating with said application fluid storage, and a tapered portion formed between said front and rear end portions so as to increase its radius as it advances rearward; a valve body means in said hollow head cylinder, said valve body means comprising a valve body member of a soft and resilient material accommodated inside said hollow head cylinder so as to be slidable in an axial direction; an urging means in said hollow head cylinder for resiliently urging said valve body means forward so that said valve body means can be firmly pressed against the inside surface of the tapered portion by the urging force of said urging means; and an application tip in said hollow head cylinder provided in front of and independent of said valve body means so as to be shiftable in the axial direction until said application tip protrudes out of said hollow head cylinder, said application tip being spaced from a front edge of said valve body means when said application tip is shifted to an outermost position, said application tip having an engaging portion engageable with the inside surface of the tapered portion of said hollow head cylinder.

Claim 17

An applying implement in accordance with claim 14 wherein said front end portion, said tapered portion and said rear portion of said hollow head cylinder are formed by a continuous wall of a substantially uniform thickness.

Claim 18

An applying implement in accordance with claim 14 wherein said engaging portion of said application tip has a partial conical configuration.

Claim 19

An applying implement in accordance with claim 14 wherein said application tip is shiftable from said outermost position independently of said valve body means.

Claim 20

An applying implement comprising: a main body having an application fluid storage; a hollow head cylinder mounted on said main body, said hollow head cylinder comprising a single casing which includes a front end portion having an opening, a rear end portion having a communication hole communicating with said application fluid storage, and a tapered portion formed between said front and rear end portions so as to increase its radius as it advances rearward; a valve body means in said hollow head cylinder, said valve body means comprising a valve body member of a soft and resilient material accommodated inside said hollow head cylinder so as to be slidable in an axial direction; an urging means in said hollow head cylinder for resiliently urging said valve body means forward so that said valve body means can be firmly pressed against the inside surface of the tapered portion by the urging force of said urging means; said hollow head cylinder having a bottom wall with a through hole at the rear end portion thereof, said urging means comprising a compression coil spring interposed between said bottom wall and said valve body means, said main body being formed with a head cylinder installation hole communicating with said application fluid storage, said hollow head cylinder being installed in said head cylinder installation hole; and an application tip in said hollow head cylinder provided in front of and independent of said valve body means so as to be shiftable in the axial direction until said application tip protrudes out of said hollow head cylinder, said application tip being spaced from a front edge of said valve body means when said application tip is shifted to an outermost position.

Claim 21

An applying implement comprising: a main body having an application fluid storage; a hollow head cylinder mounted on said main body, said hollow head cylinder comprising a single casing which includes a front end portion having an opening, a rear end portion having a communication hole communicating with said application fluid storage, and a tapered portion formed between said front and rear end portions so as to increase its radius as it advances rearward; a valve body means in said hollow head cylinder, said valve body means comprising a valve body member of a soft and resilient material accommodated inside said hollow head cylinder so as to be slidable in an axial direction; an urging means in said hollow head cylinder for resiliently urging said valve body means forward so that said valve body means can be firmly pressed against the inside surface of the tapered portion by the urging force of said urging means; said hollow head cylinder having a bottom wall with a through hole at the rear end portion thereof, said urging means comprising a compression coil spring interposed between said bottom wall and said valve body means, said main body being formed with a head cylinder installation hole communicating with said application fluid storage, said hollow head cylinder being installed in said head cylinder installation hole; and an application tip in said hollow head cylinder provided in front of and independent of said valve body means so as to be shiftable in the axial direction until said application tip protrudes out of said hollow head cylinder, said application tip being spaced from a front edge of said valve body means when said application tip is shifted to an outermost position.

Claim 22

An applying implement in accordance with claim 18 wherein said front end portion, said tapered portion and said rear portion of said hollow head cylinder are formed by a continuous wall of a substantially uniform thickness.