Appeal No. 1998-3312
Application No. 08/354,803
--1. Device for applying a pasty product, presented
in the form of a stick, comprising:
- a tubular element with a slideway in which is
mounted so that it can slide a cup intended to receive the
stick of product and including at least one stub engaged in a
slideway;
- a cylindrical casing in the wall of which there is
provided at least one helical slot, this casing being fitted
tightly onto the tubular element and being held on the latter
by axial abutment means, the stub of the cup being engaged in
a slot of the casing;
- and an outer sleeve in which the casing is
immobilized, while the tubular element can turn relative to
the said casing and sleeve,
- flexible bearing means being provided between the
two components consisting of the casing and the tubular
element, these bearing means including plural tongues, which
are flexible in the radial direction, provided on one of the
two components and designed to interact with a bearing surface
which is inclined radially of the axis of the tubular element,
provided on the other component,
the flexible bearing means (F) consisting of said
plural tongues (15-15d; 115-315) and the inclined bearing
surface (20-20d; 120-320) being situated, in the axial
direction, beyond the lower end of the outer sleeve(14-14d;
114-314), thereby to provide sufficient radial space to
accommodate the flexible bearing means.--
The prior art references of record relied upon by the
examiner as evidence of obviousness are:
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