Patent attributes
A cosmetic stick has a stick housing, a refill extendable therefrom out of a refill opening as well as a feed device for extending the refill. The refill is in push connection with a piston guided in the housing. The feed device has a piston push rod and an actuating push rod. The actuating push rod is in push connection with an actuating element. The actuating push rod is in push connection with the piston push rod via a pair of stops. A stop alternating device allows alternation between the first stop and one of a plurality of second stops. The stop alternating device has a driver body fixed to the actuating push rod. A ramp cooperates with the driver body. The ramp incline is such that the first stop disengages from the instantaneous second stop as soon as the driver body has covered an advance path which is at least identical to the distance between two adjacent second stops. A pretensioning spring biases the actuating push rod in an unactuated rest position. A cosmetic stick is produced, the production costs of which are reduced with a given operational reliability of the stop alternating device.
