Compact cosmetic containe

Abstract

A compact cosmetic container in which a cosmetic material is taken out through a sifter having a mesh using a cosmetic-applying tool, such as a puff. The sifter is reliably and hermetically coupled to an inner container in which a wet power cosmetic is accommodated. When a lid is closed, a discharge-hole formed in a frame of the sifter is efficiently closed to be airtight by a hermetic packing. The cosmetic material is prevented from leaking while the cosmetic container is carried for use. The cosmetic-applying tool provided integrally on the compact cosmetic container can significantly improve the convenience of use.

1 . A compact cosmetic container comprising:
 an outer container;   an outer cover coupled to the outer container by means of a hinge to be opened and closed;   an inner container coupled within the outer container, with a cosmetic being accommodated therein;   a sifter coupled to an upper portion of the inner container, the sifter having a discharge-hole through which the cosmetic is discharged, the discharge-hole being covered with a mesh; and   a lid coupled to the inner container by means of a hinge to be opened and closed in order to hermetically close the discharge-hole of the sifter, the lid comprising a soft hermetic packing on a lower surface of a bottom thereof and a tool receptacle formed integrally therewith,   wherein a cosmetic-applying tool is accommodated in the tool receptacle,   wherein the sifter coupled within the inner container comprises a frame, an outer wall surface of which is inclined downward, such that the sifter is reliably coupled to the inner container, a hermetic ring is disposed on the outer wall surface, an engagement recess is formed in the frame, a hermetic locking protrusion is formed on a support wall of the inner container to correspond to the engagement recess, such that the engagement recess is elastically engaged with the hermetic locking protrusion, whereby the sifter is hermetically coupled to the support wall of the inner container, and   wherein an anti-push protrusion is formed on the outer wall surface of the frame of the sifter to prevent the outer wall surface from being pushed outwards by compressive close-contact force of the lid closing the discharge-hole of the sifter, whereby hermetic force of the hermetic packing of the lid with respect to the discharge-hole is not lost.   
     
     
         2 . The compact cosmetic container according to  claim 1 , wherein an inner circumferential surface of the discharge-hole formed in the frame of the sifter is an inclined surface narrowing in a downward direction, with at least one contact protrusion being formed on the inclined surface, and the hermetic packing of the lid coming into close contact with the discharge-hole has an inclined surface conforming to the inclined surface of the discharge-hole in order to provide a hermetic seal between the hermetic packing and the discharge-hole, wherein the contact protrusion is partially in linear contact. 
     
     
         3 . The compact cosmetic container according to  claim 2 , wherein the hermetic packing of the lid comprises a ring-shaped protrusion coming into close contact with an upper surface of the bottom of the sifter in order to provide reliable contact force with respect to the sifter. 
     
     
         4 . The compact cosmetic container according to  claim 1 , wherein the anti-push protrusion formed on the outer wall surface of the frame of the sifter comprises one or more anti-push protrusions divided from each other. 
     
     
         5 . The compact cosmetic container according to  claim 1 , wherein the hermetic packing disposed on the lid is formed of elastomer. 
     
     
         6 . The compact cosmetic container according to  claim 1 , wherein the mesh, closing the discharge-hole of the sifter, is fixed by convex-concave engaging portions formed on corresponding portions of a lower portion of the frame of the sifter and an upper portion of the mesh-fixing ring and fixing pins formed on the convex-concave engaging portions such that the mesh is pulled and tensioned, and locking protrusions formed on the convex-concave engaging portions in positions corresponding to locking recesses formed in an inner circumferential surface of the frame outward of the convex-concave engaging portions are elastically engaged with the locking recesses and are integrally and fixedly supported on the locking recesses by ultrasonic fusion. 
     
     
         7 . The compact cosmetic container according to  claim 6 , wherein the convex-concave engaging portions of the mesh-fixing ring further comprise auxiliary fixing pins to fixedly hold the mesh such that the mesh is more tightly pulled. 
     
     
         8 . The compact cosmetic container according to  claim 1 , wherein an inclined surface is formed in a predetermined range of an inner circumferential surface of an upper end of the inner container in order to prevent pressure within the inner container from being lowered due to a leakage when the sifter is coupled to the inner container.