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Fountain shaving device

Assignee: Teng-Mo Chen
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Filing: 1990-08-30
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Granted: 1992-03-31
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Expires: 2010-08-30
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Abstract

Abstract A fountain shaving device includes an aerosol container of shaving cream, a brush mounted on a first end portion of the aerosol container, a razor having a blade cartridge having blades therein mounted on a second end portion of the container opposite to the brush, and a dispenser controller formed on a brush base having a longitudinal tube linearly connected with a stem of the aersol valve and transversely formed with a lateral wedge portion tapered downwardly outwardly in slidable engagement with another wedge portion tapered upwardly inwardly formed on a lateral push button so that upon a depression of the push button, the two wedge portions may be effected to lower the controller tube and valve stem to open the aerosol valve for conveniently dispensing cream directly into the brush bristles.

Inventors

  • 👤 Teng-Mo Chen

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
B; B26; B26B; B26B21/00; B26B21/40; B26B21/44; B26B21/446; A; A46; A46B; A46B11/00; A46B11/001; A46B11/0017; A46B15/00; A46B15/0055; A46B15/0079; A46B2200/00; A46B2200/10; A46B2200/1033

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim 402 words
A fountain shaving device comprising: an aerosol container of shaving cream serving as a handle having a first end portion provided with an aerosol valve therein, having a central hollow stem of the aerosol valve longitudinally protruding outwardly in said first end portion depressible for opening the aerosol valve for discharging the shaving cream outwardly through said hollow stem, and having a second end portion on a bottom side of said container opposite to said first end portion; a razor means mounted on said second end portion having a blade cartridge mounted thereon; a brush means having a plurality of bristles planted on a base plate and a cylindrical portion formed under said base plate secured to said first end portion of said aerosol container; and a shaving-cream dispensing controller generally formed in said cylindrical portion of said brush means, the improvement which comprises: said shaving-cream dispensing controller including a longitudinal dispenser having a central guide tube with its upper end poking into a bundle of brush bristles and having its lower portion coaxially connected with said central hollow stem of said aerosol valve and reciprocatively moving in a cylindrical jacket formed in the base plate of said brush means, and having a disk portion formed on a lower end of said guide tube perpendicular to said guide tube having a first inclined surface formed on said disk portion tilting downwardly and outwardly; and a lateral actuator generally perpendicular to said guide tube having a push-button portion normally protruding outwardly through a slot formed in said cylindrical portion of said brush means, a bifurcate wedge portion protruding inwardly from said push-button portion to tangentially dispose around said guide tube having an upper flat surface laterally sliding along a bottom flat surface of said base plate of said brush means and having a second inclined surface formed on a bottom of said bifurcate wedge portion tilting upwardly and inwardly to be slidably engageable with said first inclined surface of said longitudinal dispenser, a restoring spring plate resiliently retained between said actuator and an inside wall of said cylindrical portion of said brush means to normally protrude said push-button portion outwardly, whereby upon a depression of said push-button portion, said second inclined surface of said lateral actuator will slidingly thrust said first inclined surface of said longitudinal dispenser downwardly to open said aerosol valve for discharging the shaving cream outwardly into the brush bristles.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 402 words
A fountain shaving device comprising: an aerosol container of shaving cream serving as a handle having a first end portion provided with an aerosol valve therein, having a central hollow stem of the aerosol valve longitudinally protruding outwardly in said first end portion depressible for opening the aerosol valve for discharging the shaving cream outwardly through said hollow stem, and having a second end portion on a bottom side of said container opposite to said first end portion; a razor means mounted on said second end portion having a blade cartridge mounted thereon; a brush means having a plurality of bristles planted on a base plate and a cylindrical portion formed under said base plate secured to said first end portion of said aerosol container; and a shaving-cream dispensing controller generally formed in said cylindrical portion of said brush means, the improvement which comprises: said shaving-cream dispensing controller including a longitudinal dispenser having a central guide tube with its upper end poking into a bundle of brush bristles and having its lower portion coaxially connected with said central hollow stem of said aerosol valve and reciprocatively moving in a cylindrical jacket formed in the base plate of said brush means, and having a disk portion formed on a lower end of said guide tube perpendicular to said guide tube having a first inclined surface formed on said disk portion tilting downwardly and outwardly; and a lateral actuator generally perpendicular to said guide tube having a push-button portion normally protruding outwardly through a slot formed in said cylindrical portion of said brush means, a bifurcate wedge portion protruding inwardly from said push-button portion to tangentially dispose around said guide tube having an upper flat surface laterally sliding along a bottom flat surface of said base plate of said brush means and having a second inclined surface formed on a bottom of said bifurcate wedge portion tilting upwardly and inwardly to be slidably engageable with said first inclined surface of said longitudinal dispenser, a restoring spring plate resiliently retained between said actuator and an inside wall of said cylindrical portion of said brush means to normally protrude said push-button portion outwardly, whereby upon a depression of said push-button portion, said second inclined surface of said lateral actuator will slidingly thrust said first inclined surface of said longitudinal dispenser downwardly to open said aerosol valve for discharging the shaving cream outwardly into the brush bristles.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 47 words
A fountain shaving device according to claim 1, wherein said dispensing controller is generally operated in a chamber defined among said base plate of said brush means, an inside wall of said cylindrical portion of said brush means and said first end portion of said aerosol container.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 39 words
A fountain shaving device according to claim 1, wherein said central guide tube is formed with an annular extension in an inner tubular hole to engage with an upper end of said hollow stem of said aerosol valve. .Iadd.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 460 words
A fountain shaving device comprising: an aerosol container of shaving cream serving as a handle having a first end portion provided with an aerosol valve therein, having a central hollow stem of the aerosol valve longitudinally protruding outwardly in said first end portion depressible for opening the aerosol valve for discharging the shaving cream outwardly through said hollow stem; a brush means having a plurality of bristles planted on a base plate and a cylindrical portion formed under said base plate secured to said first end portion of said aerosol container; and a shaving cream dispensing controller generally formed in said cylindrical portion of said brush means, the improvement which comprises: said shaving cream dispensing controller including a longitudinal dispenser having a central guide tube with its upper end poking into a bundle of brush bristles and having its lower portion coaxially connected with said central hollow stem of said aerosol valve and reciprocatively moving in a cylindrical jacket formed in the base plate of said brush means, and having a disk portion formed on a lower end of said guide tube perpendicular to said guide tube having first inclined surface formed on said disk portion tilting downwardly and outwardly; and a lateral actuator generally perpendicular to said guide tube having a push-button portion normally protruding outwardly through a slot formed in said cylindrical portion of said brush means, a bifurcate wedge portion protruding inwardly from said push-button portion to tangentially dispose around said guide tube having an upper flat surface laterally sliding along a bottom flat surface of said base plate of said brush means and having a second inclined surface formed on a bottom of said bifurcate wedge portion tilting upwardly and inwardly to be slidably engageable with said first inclined surface of said longitudinal dispenser; whereby upon a depression of said push-button portion, said second inclined surface of said lateral actuator will slidingly thrust said first inclined surface of said longitudinal dispenser downwardly to open said aerosol valve for discharging the shaving cream outwardly into the brush bristles. .Iaddend. .Iadd.5. A fountain shaving device according to claim 4, wherein said dispensing controller is generally operated in a chamber defined among said base plate of said brush means, an inside wall of said cylindrical portion of said brush means and said first end portion of said aerosol container. .Iaddend. .Iadd.6. A fountain shaving device according to claim 4, wherein said central guide tube is formed with an annular extension in an inner tubular hole to engage with an upper end of said hollow stem of said aerosol valve. .Iaddend. .Iadd.7. A fountain shaving device according to claim 4, further having a razor means mounted on a container end portion, said razor means including a blade carriage mounted thereon.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 71 words
.Iaddend. .Iadd.8. A fountain shaving device according to claim 7, wherein the razor means includes a hollow socket which is mounted on a second container portion opposite the end portion carrying the brush means. .Iaddend. .Iadd.9. A fountain shaving device according to claim 7, wherein the razor means includes a hollow socket which fits over the bristles of the brush means and is secured to said first container end portion. .Iaddend.

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

Annuity Stage Window Opens Payment Deadline Surcharge Period Until Estimated Fee Status
3.5 Years (Year 4) 1995-03-31 1995-09-30 1996-03-31 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1999-03-31 1999-09-30 2000-03-31 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 2003-03-31 2003-09-30 2004-03-31 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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