CA1259010A - Applicator means for cosmetics - Google Patents
Applicator means for cosmeticsInfo
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- CA1259010A CA1259010A CA000488999A CA488999A CA1259010A CA 1259010 A CA1259010 A CA 1259010A CA 000488999 A CA000488999 A CA 000488999A CA 488999 A CA488999 A CA 488999A CA 1259010 A CA1259010 A CA 1259010A
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
- A45D40/00—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks
- A45D40/26—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The device 2 described and intended for applying cosmetic compositions comprises a sleeve 1 within which there is a column of cosmetic composition adapted to be raised by a lifting mechanism. The delivery end of the sleeve is occluded by a head part 4 which carries over at least a part of its surface an applicator material 7 for holding and subsequently applying the cosmetic composition and which is provided with outlet orifices 5', 5" through which the cosmetic composition can emerge from the sleeve and pass to the applicator material. In consequence, when the lifting mechanism is actuated, the cosmetic composition passes into the applicator material in a measurable quantity and is avail-able there for subsequent application. The applicator material may be a covering of fiber material or foam material which is permeable in respect of the cosmetic composition and which wholly or partly covers the head part, but it may also be a covering of flocking or brush hairs which wholly or partially covers the head part. The outer contours of the applicator material are determined by the outer contours of the head part and may prefer-ably comprise both slightly convex to flat zones and also zones with an outwardly shaped point or edge. In this way, the cosmetic composition can, with the same device and without any additional aids, be applied flat or in linear form as desired without the outer contours changing during use. The device is suitable for all types of cosmetic compositions, i.e. both for hard compositions (e.g. eyebrow pencils) and also for pasty-wax-like compositions (e.g. lipsticks) and for creamy-soft compositions (e.g. rouge, eye shadow). The location, size and configuration of the outlet orifices in the head part can be adapted to particular require-ments, although it must be borne in mind in the case of hard compositions that the maximum radial distance A between the outlet orifices and the sleeve axis ought not to be less than the radius of the column of cosmetic composition. Furthermore, for hard compositions the inside edges of the outlet orifices should expediently be constructed as scrapers.
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The device 2 described and intended for applying cosmetic compositions comprises a sleeve 1 within which there is a column of cosmetic composition adapted to be raised by a lifting mechanism. The delivery end of the sleeve is occluded by a head part 4 which carries over at least a part of its surface an applicator material 7 for holding and subsequently applying the cosmetic composition and which is provided with outlet orifices 5', 5" through which the cosmetic composition can emerge from the sleeve and pass to the applicator material. In consequence, when the lifting mechanism is actuated, the cosmetic composition passes into the applicator material in a measurable quantity and is avail-able there for subsequent application. The applicator material may be a covering of fiber material or foam material which is permeable in respect of the cosmetic composition and which wholly or partly covers the head part, but it may also be a covering of flocking or brush hairs which wholly or partially covers the head part. The outer contours of the applicator material are determined by the outer contours of the head part and may prefer-ably comprise both slightly convex to flat zones and also zones with an outwardly shaped point or edge. In this way, the cosmetic composition can, with the same device and without any additional aids, be applied flat or in linear form as desired without the outer contours changing during use. The device is suitable for all types of cosmetic compositions, i.e. both for hard compositions (e.g. eyebrow pencils) and also for pasty-wax-like compositions (e.g. lipsticks) and for creamy-soft compositions (e.g. rouge, eye shadow). The location, size and configuration of the outlet orifices in the head part can be adapted to particular require-ments, although it must be borne in mind in the case of hard compositions that the maximum radial distance A between the outlet orifices and the sleeve axis ought not to be less than the radius of the column of cosmetic composition. Furthermore, for hard compositions the inside edges of the outlet orifices should expediently be constructed as scrapers.
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Description
- l ~ i'~ S9 O 1 71600-4 Karin Dahm 531/2 Pencil-shaped device for -the application of cosmetic composi-tions Many cosmetics are offered in a pencil-shaped casing which contains a column of cosmetic composition, because this has the advantage that the casing serves both as a container for the composition and also makes it possible to handle the composition when it is applied. For such sticks or pencils, a number of different constrwctions are known, determined largely by the type and consistency of the cosmetic composition. A typical example of a first group of such pencils are the lipsticks, the composition of which is of a pasty-wax-like nature and which is normally contained in a sleeve with a lifting mechanism - in most cases a twist-and-lift mechanism. Another group of such pencils comprises cosmetic compositions of a harder nature which are used in the manner of a writing pencil and which are often encased in a wooden sheath. This type includes eyebrow pencils, kohl pencils and the like.
When any cosmetic pencils are used, two essential reqwire~
ments must be met: on the one hand, the cosmetic composition may need to be appliea to an area of the skin and, on the othex, it is frequently necessary to define sharp lines. These two require-ments are not easily met by the prior art pencils, because the contour of the pencils changes during usage and in particular the pencil point is lost. It is true that even after prolonged use of the pencils, skill and practice can make it possible to control an attractive application of the cosmetic over an area, but in any case, the application of sharp lines necessitates additional aids.
For example, pencil-like cosmetics such as eyebrow penci]s, kohl ~' ~
When any cosmetic pencils are used, two essential reqwire~
ments must be met: on the one hand, the cosmetic composition may need to be appliea to an area of the skin and, on the othex, it is frequently necessary to define sharp lines. These two require-ments are not easily met by the prior art pencils, because the contour of the pencils changes during usage and in particular the pencil point is lost. It is true that even after prolonged use of the pencils, skill and practice can make it possible to control an attractive application of the cosmetic over an area, but in any case, the application of sharp lines necessitates additional aids.
For example, pencil-like cosmetics such as eyebrow penci]s, kohl ~' ~
2 - 12S~0~0 716 do-4 pencils and the like have to be sharpened time and again with a sharpening tool in order to guarantee the production of fine lines.
This is a bothersome and fairly dirty affair during which consider-able quantities of the cosmetic are wasted. In the case of lipstick and similar pencils of a pasty-wax-like nature, such sharpening is not possible and in these cases, many users employ a fine brush with which they take some of the composition out of the pencil and apply it as a line.
A further disadvantage of the known pencils lies in the fact that they are only suitable for those cosmetics where the column of cosmetic composition is in itself of a stable form.
This applies to the previously described lipsticks, eyebrow pencils, kohl pencils, etc., but not to the creamy-soft compounds such as for example rouge, eye shadow and the like. In the past, creamy-soft cosmetics have normally been taken from a bowl-like container and applied by means of a fine brush or a pad or a corresponding applicator material which holds (stores) a certain supply of composition and can then deliver it to the skin in the desired quantity.
The object of the invention is to eliminate the disadvantages outlined above. The invention is based on the problem of providing a device for the application of cosmetics and which is suitable for all types of cosmetics ranging from hard through wax-like to creamy-soft and which, without additional aids and even in the case of unskilled users, permits of both a flat application of the cosmetic composition to the skin and also the forming of sharp lines, throughout the entire useful life of the cosmetic.
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The invention provides the cosmetics industry with a novel applicator device, the special feature of which is that there is at the delivery end of the sleeve containing the composition an "applicator head" which consists of the head part and the applicator material. The head part and the sleeve can thereby consist of one piece, although the head part may also be a solid possibly somewhat flexible body which is mounted on the sleeve like a cap or which can be inserted into the sleeve like a plug and screwed, glued or connected in some other way to the sleeve. Its outer contours determine the outer contours of the applicator material which it carries, the applicator material being any material which is capable of accommodating cosmetic composition which is supplied through the outlet orifices of the head part and of passing it on for subsequent application to the skin. For example, the head part can for this purpose be provided with a covering of a woven or knitted material, e.g. a gauze, a thin open-celled sof~: foam material or a tear-resistant fleece material. Similarly, though, it is also possible to provide the _ 4 - ~ Z S9 ~ ~
head part with brush hairs or flocking. Thus, a wide choice of applicator materials is available for cosmetic compositions of different types and consistency.
The application head according to the invention permits of a substantially improved application of the cosmetic composi-tion. As a result of the application head, in fact, the cosmetic composition no longer emerges freely in stick form when the lifting mechanism is actuated and then, as with known liptsticks, have to be applied by direct contact of the stick with the hand, but now passes through outlet orifices in the head part to the applicator material where it is held ready for subsequent applica-tion by means of the applicator material and after use is further supplemented by renewed actuation of the lifting mechanism. This offers numerous advantages which cannot be attained with any of the known pencils.
~ or example, the predetermined outer contours of the applicator head ensure that during the entire period of use of the pencil, constant application conditions apply. The outer contours can for example be cone-like or spatula-like and may expediently be such that they comprise both curved and flat areas as well as areas with a stamped-out point of edge so that the cosmetic composition can be applied with the same stick but either flat or in the form of dots, fine strokes or clearly defined outlines, as desired. Since the outer contours of the applicator head remain unchanged during use, these manners of application are retained in their en1.irety until all the cosmetic composition has been used up, i.e. there is no longer any need for sharpening nor ~.~
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for any additional aid for drawing fine lines and the like.
Accordingly, the cosmetic composition is al~o almost completely utilised since there are virtually no losses.
Furthermore, the application conditions can also be so optimised that even unpractised users can achieve outstanding results. The lifting mechanism can, namely, be actuated easily so that the cosmetic composition is held ready by the applicator material in a controllable quantity which is always accurately matched to the particular application. In consequence, the risk of over-dispensing composition onto the skin which is true with conventional sticks, is avoided. Dispensing of the composition which is held ready for application can be further facilitated in that the lifting mechanism admits of only portionwise emergence of composition from the sleeve, for example in that there are associated with it notches into which the lifting mechanism can successively engage.
The disposition and configuration of outlet orifices in the head part can be chosen according to particular requirements.
It is possible evenly to distribute over the entire outer face of the head part a number of equal-sized outlet orifices in order to provide the applicator material with an even amount of cosmetic composition along the entire outer contours of the head part.
Similarlyl the number and/or size of outlet orifices may also differ in individual partial zones of the head part if it is intended that these partial zones hold ready different quantities of cosmetic composition, for example in the case of sticks where for the most part it is either a more all-over or a more line-wise ~' .
- 6 ~ 5~010 application of the cosmetic composition which is required and therefore a different cross-section of outlet orifice is appropriate in the corresponding areas of the head part. Further-more, it is possible to provide outlet orifices only in one area of the head part, in which case, then, often a single outlet orifice is sufficient, for example in the tip of a cone-shaped head part or in the middle of a spatula-shaped head part. If outlet orifices are provided only in a part of the head part, then the applicator material need not necessarily be provided over the entire outer surface of the head part but can be restricted to this partial zone or to an area around this partial zone.
Several options are open, too, with regard to the location of the outlet orifices in relation to the applicator material. In the case of an applica-tor material which takes the form of a covering of woven material, knitted material, foam or fleece material, the outlet orifices can be disposed beneath the covering so that they are invisible. This first possibility has the advantage that during use the applicator material is constantly "permeated" by fresh composition, so that no residues of old and tired composition can accumulate in the applicator material. The outlet orifices can however also be visible from outside in that the applicator material is disposed longside or around the outlet orifices. This further possibility may be considered for application materials in the form of brush hairs or flocking, but it may also be used in the case of a fabric covering and has the advantage that the user can also visually monitor the amount of emerging composition and is therefore not ~!
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left to depend on controlling it by the lifting movement of the lifting mechanism. Which of these possibilities is preferable will depend upon the particular application.
The device according to the invention is suitable not only for stable-form compositions of a pasty-wax-like nature (such as lipsticks or the like) or of a harder consistency (such as eyebrow pencils, kohl pencils, compressed powder and the like) which have already been available in stick or pencil form, but also for creamy-soft compositions which are not stable in form.
Thus, for the first time, the invention has made it possible also for creamy-soft compositions such as eye shadow, rouge and the like to be offered in stick form. When they are pressed against the head part as the lifting mechanism is operated, these creamy-soft compositions can perform a flowing motion so that the column of cosmetic composition which is disposed inside the sleeve is - independent of the type and disposition of outlet orifices in the head part. The same applies at least, too, to some of the pasty~x-like compositions. With harder compositions on the other hand, which can be applied to a flat area only with difficulty and which may be rather brittle, it is generally necessary, but at least expedient, for the outlet orifices to have a sufficient cross-section and for the radius of the column of cosmetic composition to be no greater than the maximum radial distance of the outlet orifices from the sleeve axis.
In terms of lifting mechanism, numerous constructions are known in the cosmetics industry and in principle they are all suitable for the device according to the invention. Preferred ~ Ol 71600-4 among them are the simpler constructions, since the column of cosmetic compositionJ in contrast for instance to the known lipsticks r only needs to be raised and not to be lowered again.
For compositions of a harder nature, it is expedient to use a twist-and-lift mechanism and possibly , ~' ~
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to construct the inner edge of the outlet orifices as a scraper in order to Eacilitate detachment of composition from the column. For the more readily flowable compositions, however, a push-, pull- or pressure-operated feed mechanism with no twisting motion is adequate and therefore with these compositions the sleeve no longer requires to have conventional circular cross-section. Instead, an elliptical or otherwise flattened cross-section may be provided. Furthermore, such feed mechanism in conjunction with the applicator head according to the invention makes it also possible to use one and the same 'pencil' for applying two different cosmetics, for example cosmetics of a difEerent colour, in that the slaeve may be divided by a central wall into two longitudinally extending chambers, each chamber having its own feed mechanism and having associated with it one half of the applicator head. This option has not been available in the past, either.
The invention will be explained in greater detail hereinafter with reference to a few basic embodiments and their alternatives, which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 shows two alternatives of a first embodiment of the invention, in side view;
Figures 2A and 2B show a section taken on the line II-II in 20Figure 1 through two different embodiments;
Figures 3A and 3B show cross-section and longitudinal section through a second embodiment of the invention;
Figure 4 is a plan view of a modified form of the embodiment according to FiguFe 3;
_ g _ -':~ :, ' i'~ S9 ~1 ~ 71600-4 Figure 5 shows a cross-section through two alternative forms of another version of the embodiment according to Figure 3;
Figure ~ is a longitudinal section -through a further modified form oE the embodiment shown in Figure 3;
Figure 7 shows a longitudinal section through a third embodiment of the invention, and Figures 8A and 8B are plan and side views respectively of a fourth embodiment of the invention.
In the case of the embodiment shown in Figure 1, a sleeve 1 is provided with an applicator head 2 having a cone-shaped head part 4 which, like a cap, constitutes the outer means of closing the sleeve. The head part 4 may be integral with the sleeve or may be a separate body connected by a base ring 3 to the sleeve 1, e.g. by screwing or gluing. The sleeve 1 is thereby provided with a conventional lifting mechanism and contains a cosmetic composition which is not shown in detail in Figure 1.
The cap 4 consists of synthetic plastics material or metal and has outlet orifices 5. Furthermore, the cap 4 is provided with a covering 7 of for instance gauze or a foam material. This covering 7 which is only shown by broken lines in Fiyure 1, covers the entire outer surface of the cap 4 and is sealed by the base ring 3 against the bottom rim of the cap.
Figure 1 shows the outlet orifices 5 as slits, in two alternative configurations. In the left-hand half (Figure lL) are relatively short slits 5' disposed only in the region close to the tip of the cap 4, while in the right-hand half (Figure lR), long slits 5" extend over virtually the entire length of the cap.
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These two alternatives can be provided singly in that the cap 4 is constructed only with short slits 5' or only with long slits 5".
Equally well, both versions may be provided on one and the same cap, in that the cap is provided on one half with short and on the opposite half with long slits.
Further possibilities which are not shown in the drawings reside in providing not only the slits 5' or 5" but also a central orific~ directly at the point of the cap 4 in order to achieve boosted delivery of cosmetic composition at the tip of the cone. The slits can thereby extend to a point close to this central orifice so that their upper ends are bridged by just a narrow web. If the material of the cap 4 is stab}e enough, then ; the arrangement can also be such that the slits merge into the central orifice at their top ends. Furthermore, it is not necessary, as shown in Figure lR, for a plurality of long slits 5"
to be disposed in a staggered arrangement peripherally; instead, it is possible to provide one slit which extends continuously from the tip of the cap to its bottom rim.
For the rest, construction of the outlet orifices 5 is not confined to the slit shape. Similarly, the outlet orifices may also be circularly, angularly or irregularly shaped holes disposed in a more or less even distribution over the cap 4. In a further example, the cap 4 may be constructed as a grid in which case, then, the intermediate spaces between the grid webs will serve as outlet oriices. This offers a particularly large cross-section of orifice and thus a correspondingly intense emergence of cosmetic composition to the covering 7.
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For flowable compositions, the disposition and construction of the outlet orifices may be chosen solely accord~
ing to whether a more all over application (by means of the cone surface) or a more linear application (by means of the tip of the cone) will more predominantly constitute the norm or whether both types of application will be required with equal frequency. For harder compositions which are not readily flowable or which do not flow at all, however, it is necessary also to take into account the fact that the radius of the column of cosmetic composition may not be any greater than the maximum radial distance"a" between the outlet orifices 5 and the sleeve axis.
Furthermore, in this case the outlet orifices must be so disposed that every area of the surface of the outer end of the column of cosmetic composition wipes over an outlet orifice at least once during one twist.
Figures 2A and 2B show two different embodiments of outlet orifice 5 which are particularly suitable for harder compositions, applied in conjunction with a twist-and-lift mechanism. The apertures 5 according to Figure 2A do not extend radially but in the direction of twist of the lifting mechanism and obliquely through the walls of the cap 4, and in the case of the orifices shown in Figure 2B, their rear edge 6 (in the direction of rotation) protrudes into the interior of the cap 4 to act as a scraper. For such harder compositions, it is expedient to dispose between the lifting mechanism and the column of cosme-tic compositlon also a small thrust spring to prevent the column (as the lifting mechanism is operated) being accidentally i~ ' ' '' ' ,' .,, .. .
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An example of a plug-shaped applicator head 12 which is only partly provided with applicator material is shown in longitudinal section in Figure 3A and in cross-section in Figure 3B. The applicator head 12 contains a head divided into two parts divided into 14' and 14", of which the part 14" is a solid body whereas the part 14' is provided with axially parallel longitudinal slits 15 which cons'~itute the outlet orifices. Both parts are connected to each other by a base ring 13 and possibly 10 also by an only diagrammatically indicated locking means 18, the base ring 13 at the same time constituting the connection between the applicator head and the sleeve 11. The part 14 is further-more provided with a covering 17 of foam material or some corres-ponding applicator material, its edges being rigidly clamped between the part 14' and the base ring 13 or in the gap 19 between the parts 14' and 14".
The applicator head 12 is preferably designed Eor the application of readily flowable compositions which it was not possible previously to offer in stick form. The head part 14', 20 14" can be conical in shape but the construction may also be such that both parts taper substantially only in the diraction at right-angles to the gap 19, the part 14" being in addition flattened (as shown in Figure 3A, Figure 3B) so that a more spatula-like form is provided. The applicator head 12 can be used for flat or linear application, as desired, in that the applicator head is applied to the skin either in the tangential plane X or in the tangential plane Y (Figure 3B~.
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Figure 5 shows in a sectional view taken on the line IIIB-IIIB in Figure 3A examples of a two-part head part with an elliptical cross-section which can be used in conjunction with an elliptical sleeve but which, with appropriate adaptation of the base ring, not shown in detail, can also be suitable for round sleeves. In Figure 5, as with Figure 1, two alternative forms are combined into one drawing. The left-hand half 34' of the head (Figure 5L) has longitudinally extending slit-shaped outlet orifices 35' which correspond to the outlet orifices 15 in Figure
This is a bothersome and fairly dirty affair during which consider-able quantities of the cosmetic are wasted. In the case of lipstick and similar pencils of a pasty-wax-like nature, such sharpening is not possible and in these cases, many users employ a fine brush with which they take some of the composition out of the pencil and apply it as a line.
A further disadvantage of the known pencils lies in the fact that they are only suitable for those cosmetics where the column of cosmetic composition is in itself of a stable form.
This applies to the previously described lipsticks, eyebrow pencils, kohl pencils, etc., but not to the creamy-soft compounds such as for example rouge, eye shadow and the like. In the past, creamy-soft cosmetics have normally been taken from a bowl-like container and applied by means of a fine brush or a pad or a corresponding applicator material which holds (stores) a certain supply of composition and can then deliver it to the skin in the desired quantity.
The object of the invention is to eliminate the disadvantages outlined above. The invention is based on the problem of providing a device for the application of cosmetics and which is suitable for all types of cosmetics ranging from hard through wax-like to creamy-soft and which, without additional aids and even in the case of unskilled users, permits of both a flat application of the cosmetic composition to the skin and also the forming of sharp lines, throughout the entire useful life of the cosmetic.
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The invention provides the cosmetics industry with a novel applicator device, the special feature of which is that there is at the delivery end of the sleeve containing the composition an "applicator head" which consists of the head part and the applicator material. The head part and the sleeve can thereby consist of one piece, although the head part may also be a solid possibly somewhat flexible body which is mounted on the sleeve like a cap or which can be inserted into the sleeve like a plug and screwed, glued or connected in some other way to the sleeve. Its outer contours determine the outer contours of the applicator material which it carries, the applicator material being any material which is capable of accommodating cosmetic composition which is supplied through the outlet orifices of the head part and of passing it on for subsequent application to the skin. For example, the head part can for this purpose be provided with a covering of a woven or knitted material, e.g. a gauze, a thin open-celled sof~: foam material or a tear-resistant fleece material. Similarly, though, it is also possible to provide the _ 4 - ~ Z S9 ~ ~
head part with brush hairs or flocking. Thus, a wide choice of applicator materials is available for cosmetic compositions of different types and consistency.
The application head according to the invention permits of a substantially improved application of the cosmetic composi-tion. As a result of the application head, in fact, the cosmetic composition no longer emerges freely in stick form when the lifting mechanism is actuated and then, as with known liptsticks, have to be applied by direct contact of the stick with the hand, but now passes through outlet orifices in the head part to the applicator material where it is held ready for subsequent applica-tion by means of the applicator material and after use is further supplemented by renewed actuation of the lifting mechanism. This offers numerous advantages which cannot be attained with any of the known pencils.
~ or example, the predetermined outer contours of the applicator head ensure that during the entire period of use of the pencil, constant application conditions apply. The outer contours can for example be cone-like or spatula-like and may expediently be such that they comprise both curved and flat areas as well as areas with a stamped-out point of edge so that the cosmetic composition can be applied with the same stick but either flat or in the form of dots, fine strokes or clearly defined outlines, as desired. Since the outer contours of the applicator head remain unchanged during use, these manners of application are retained in their en1.irety until all the cosmetic composition has been used up, i.e. there is no longer any need for sharpening nor ~.~
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for any additional aid for drawing fine lines and the like.
Accordingly, the cosmetic composition is al~o almost completely utilised since there are virtually no losses.
Furthermore, the application conditions can also be so optimised that even unpractised users can achieve outstanding results. The lifting mechanism can, namely, be actuated easily so that the cosmetic composition is held ready by the applicator material in a controllable quantity which is always accurately matched to the particular application. In consequence, the risk of over-dispensing composition onto the skin which is true with conventional sticks, is avoided. Dispensing of the composition which is held ready for application can be further facilitated in that the lifting mechanism admits of only portionwise emergence of composition from the sleeve, for example in that there are associated with it notches into which the lifting mechanism can successively engage.
The disposition and configuration of outlet orifices in the head part can be chosen according to particular requirements.
It is possible evenly to distribute over the entire outer face of the head part a number of equal-sized outlet orifices in order to provide the applicator material with an even amount of cosmetic composition along the entire outer contours of the head part.
Similarlyl the number and/or size of outlet orifices may also differ in individual partial zones of the head part if it is intended that these partial zones hold ready different quantities of cosmetic composition, for example in the case of sticks where for the most part it is either a more all-over or a more line-wise ~' .
- 6 ~ 5~010 application of the cosmetic composition which is required and therefore a different cross-section of outlet orifice is appropriate in the corresponding areas of the head part. Further-more, it is possible to provide outlet orifices only in one area of the head part, in which case, then, often a single outlet orifice is sufficient, for example in the tip of a cone-shaped head part or in the middle of a spatula-shaped head part. If outlet orifices are provided only in a part of the head part, then the applicator material need not necessarily be provided over the entire outer surface of the head part but can be restricted to this partial zone or to an area around this partial zone.
Several options are open, too, with regard to the location of the outlet orifices in relation to the applicator material. In the case of an applica-tor material which takes the form of a covering of woven material, knitted material, foam or fleece material, the outlet orifices can be disposed beneath the covering so that they are invisible. This first possibility has the advantage that during use the applicator material is constantly "permeated" by fresh composition, so that no residues of old and tired composition can accumulate in the applicator material. The outlet orifices can however also be visible from outside in that the applicator material is disposed longside or around the outlet orifices. This further possibility may be considered for application materials in the form of brush hairs or flocking, but it may also be used in the case of a fabric covering and has the advantage that the user can also visually monitor the amount of emerging composition and is therefore not ~!
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left to depend on controlling it by the lifting movement of the lifting mechanism. Which of these possibilities is preferable will depend upon the particular application.
The device according to the invention is suitable not only for stable-form compositions of a pasty-wax-like nature (such as lipsticks or the like) or of a harder consistency (such as eyebrow pencils, kohl pencils, compressed powder and the like) which have already been available in stick or pencil form, but also for creamy-soft compositions which are not stable in form.
Thus, for the first time, the invention has made it possible also for creamy-soft compositions such as eye shadow, rouge and the like to be offered in stick form. When they are pressed against the head part as the lifting mechanism is operated, these creamy-soft compositions can perform a flowing motion so that the column of cosmetic composition which is disposed inside the sleeve is - independent of the type and disposition of outlet orifices in the head part. The same applies at least, too, to some of the pasty~x-like compositions. With harder compositions on the other hand, which can be applied to a flat area only with difficulty and which may be rather brittle, it is generally necessary, but at least expedient, for the outlet orifices to have a sufficient cross-section and for the radius of the column of cosmetic composition to be no greater than the maximum radial distance of the outlet orifices from the sleeve axis.
In terms of lifting mechanism, numerous constructions are known in the cosmetics industry and in principle they are all suitable for the device according to the invention. Preferred ~ Ol 71600-4 among them are the simpler constructions, since the column of cosmetic compositionJ in contrast for instance to the known lipsticks r only needs to be raised and not to be lowered again.
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to construct the inner edge of the outlet orifices as a scraper in order to Eacilitate detachment of composition from the column. For the more readily flowable compositions, however, a push-, pull- or pressure-operated feed mechanism with no twisting motion is adequate and therefore with these compositions the sleeve no longer requires to have conventional circular cross-section. Instead, an elliptical or otherwise flattened cross-section may be provided. Furthermore, such feed mechanism in conjunction with the applicator head according to the invention makes it also possible to use one and the same 'pencil' for applying two different cosmetics, for example cosmetics of a difEerent colour, in that the slaeve may be divided by a central wall into two longitudinally extending chambers, each chamber having its own feed mechanism and having associated with it one half of the applicator head. This option has not been available in the past, either.
The invention will be explained in greater detail hereinafter with reference to a few basic embodiments and their alternatives, which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:
Figure 1 shows two alternatives of a first embodiment of the invention, in side view;
Figures 2A and 2B show a section taken on the line II-II in 20Figure 1 through two different embodiments;
Figures 3A and 3B show cross-section and longitudinal section through a second embodiment of the invention;
Figure 4 is a plan view of a modified form of the embodiment according to FiguFe 3;
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Figure ~ is a longitudinal section -through a further modified form oE the embodiment shown in Figure 3;
Figure 7 shows a longitudinal section through a third embodiment of the invention, and Figures 8A and 8B are plan and side views respectively of a fourth embodiment of the invention.
In the case of the embodiment shown in Figure 1, a sleeve 1 is provided with an applicator head 2 having a cone-shaped head part 4 which, like a cap, constitutes the outer means of closing the sleeve. The head part 4 may be integral with the sleeve or may be a separate body connected by a base ring 3 to the sleeve 1, e.g. by screwing or gluing. The sleeve 1 is thereby provided with a conventional lifting mechanism and contains a cosmetic composition which is not shown in detail in Figure 1.
The cap 4 consists of synthetic plastics material or metal and has outlet orifices 5. Furthermore, the cap 4 is provided with a covering 7 of for instance gauze or a foam material. This covering 7 which is only shown by broken lines in Fiyure 1, covers the entire outer surface of the cap 4 and is sealed by the base ring 3 against the bottom rim of the cap.
Figure 1 shows the outlet orifices 5 as slits, in two alternative configurations. In the left-hand half (Figure lL) are relatively short slits 5' disposed only in the region close to the tip of the cap 4, while in the right-hand half (Figure lR), long slits 5" extend over virtually the entire length of the cap.
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These two alternatives can be provided singly in that the cap 4 is constructed only with short slits 5' or only with long slits 5".
Equally well, both versions may be provided on one and the same cap, in that the cap is provided on one half with short and on the opposite half with long slits.
Further possibilities which are not shown in the drawings reside in providing not only the slits 5' or 5" but also a central orific~ directly at the point of the cap 4 in order to achieve boosted delivery of cosmetic composition at the tip of the cone. The slits can thereby extend to a point close to this central orifice so that their upper ends are bridged by just a narrow web. If the material of the cap 4 is stab}e enough, then ; the arrangement can also be such that the slits merge into the central orifice at their top ends. Furthermore, it is not necessary, as shown in Figure lR, for a plurality of long slits 5"
to be disposed in a staggered arrangement peripherally; instead, it is possible to provide one slit which extends continuously from the tip of the cap to its bottom rim.
For the rest, construction of the outlet orifices 5 is not confined to the slit shape. Similarly, the outlet orifices may also be circularly, angularly or irregularly shaped holes disposed in a more or less even distribution over the cap 4. In a further example, the cap 4 may be constructed as a grid in which case, then, the intermediate spaces between the grid webs will serve as outlet oriices. This offers a particularly large cross-section of orifice and thus a correspondingly intense emergence of cosmetic composition to the covering 7.
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ing to whether a more all over application (by means of the cone surface) or a more linear application (by means of the tip of the cone) will more predominantly constitute the norm or whether both types of application will be required with equal frequency. For harder compositions which are not readily flowable or which do not flow at all, however, it is necessary also to take into account the fact that the radius of the column of cosmetic composition may not be any greater than the maximum radial distance"a" between the outlet orifices 5 and the sleeve axis.
Furthermore, in this case the outlet orifices must be so disposed that every area of the surface of the outer end of the column of cosmetic composition wipes over an outlet orifice at least once during one twist.
Figures 2A and 2B show two different embodiments of outlet orifice 5 which are particularly suitable for harder compositions, applied in conjunction with a twist-and-lift mechanism. The apertures 5 according to Figure 2A do not extend radially but in the direction of twist of the lifting mechanism and obliquely through the walls of the cap 4, and in the case of the orifices shown in Figure 2B, their rear edge 6 (in the direction of rotation) protrudes into the interior of the cap 4 to act as a scraper. For such harder compositions, it is expedient to dispose between the lifting mechanism and the column of cosme-tic compositlon also a small thrust spring to prevent the column (as the lifting mechanism is operated) being accidentally i~ ' ' '' ' ,' .,, .. .
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An example of a plug-shaped applicator head 12 which is only partly provided with applicator material is shown in longitudinal section in Figure 3A and in cross-section in Figure 3B. The applicator head 12 contains a head divided into two parts divided into 14' and 14", of which the part 14" is a solid body whereas the part 14' is provided with axially parallel longitudinal slits 15 which cons'~itute the outlet orifices. Both parts are connected to each other by a base ring 13 and possibly 10 also by an only diagrammatically indicated locking means 18, the base ring 13 at the same time constituting the connection between the applicator head and the sleeve 11. The part 14 is further-more provided with a covering 17 of foam material or some corres-ponding applicator material, its edges being rigidly clamped between the part 14' and the base ring 13 or in the gap 19 between the parts 14' and 14".
The applicator head 12 is preferably designed Eor the application of readily flowable compositions which it was not possible previously to offer in stick form. The head part 14', 20 14" can be conical in shape but the construction may also be such that both parts taper substantially only in the diraction at right-angles to the gap 19, the part 14" being in addition flattened (as shown in Figure 3A, Figure 3B) so that a more spatula-like form is provided. The applicator head 12 can be used for flat or linear application, as desired, in that the applicator head is applied to the skin either in the tangential plane X or in the tangential plane Y (Figure 3B~.
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Figure 5 shows in a sectional view taken on the line IIIB-IIIB in Figure 3A examples of a two-part head part with an elliptical cross-section which can be used in conjunction with an elliptical sleeve but which, with appropriate adaptation of the base ring, not shown in detail, can also be suitable for round sleeves. In Figure 5, as with Figure 1, two alternative forms are combined into one drawing. The left-hand half 34' of the head (Figure 5L) has longitudinally extending slit-shaped outlet orifices 35' which correspond to the outlet orifices 15 in Figure
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half towards the two more intensely curved edges. In the right-hand half 34" of the head (Figure 5R) there are outlet orifices 35" in the form of longitudinal channels, for example bores which open out into the outer face of the head part hal 34". With these longitudinal channels, the stock of cosmetic composition held is all in all less than with the longitudinal slots. Each of the two head part halves 34' and 34" is provided with a covering 37' or 37ll of foam material or some corresponding applicator material.
The head part halves 34' and 34" shown in Figure 5 can be used to form applicator heads after the fashion of the head 12 described in Figure 3 in that either the head part half 34' or the head part 34" is combined with a (not shown) second solidly constructed head part half in the manner described with reference to Figure 3. These possibilities are not shown in detail in the drawings but can be derived from Figure 5 in that either the slots 35' and the covering 37' are omitted from the head part half 34' or the lonyitudinal channels 35" and the covering 37" are omitted from the head part half 34". Compared with the applicator head 20 12 according to Figure 3, such an elliptical applicator head offers the advantage that flat zones with a very large radius of curvature and on the other hand also with a very small radius of curvature are ~' created, Eacilitating both flat and also linear application of the composition.
A two-part head part does however also open up what is fundamentally a new option of using a single pencil-shaped applicator to apply two cosmetic compositions which differ in colour and/or consistency. To achieve this, it is necessary only to sub-divide the sleeve into two longitudinally extending chambers by providing a central wall and by associating with each chamber a respective lifting mechanism (which in this case is expediently constructed as a push-, pull- or pressure-operated feed mechanism) and its own head part half which is provided with outlet orifices. Figure 5 can also be regarded as an example of such a possibility if it is assumed that the two head part halves 34' and 34" are so inserted into a sleeve sub-divided into two chambers that the head part half 34' belongs to one chamber while the head part half 34" belongs to the other chamber. In this case, as already explained with reference to Figure 3, the two head part halves can be comtected to each other by a locking device 38 and inserted into the sleeve by means oE a base ring, not shown in detail in the drawings, rather like the base ring 13 in Figure 3A, the middle wall of the sleeve expediently extending as far as into the gap 39 between the two head part halves, in order to ensure that the cosmetic compositions disposed in the chambers in the sleeve can only emerge through the head part half associated-with them.
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meet, mixing effects can take place which permit of particularly interesting cosmetic designs. However, should such mixed effects be undesirable, then it is possible to insert into the gap 39 an additional separating film 36 to prevent the two compositions blending. Instead of a separating film 36, it is also possible to use a somewhat broader solid intermediate part (not shown) which fills the gap 39 and spaces somewhat farther apart the two head parts 34' and 34". As such a solid intermediate part it is possible also to use the centre wall through the sleeve if this extends as far as the outer edge of the two head part halves which are connected to each other. The elliptical shape shown in Figure ~ 5, in which the gap 39 extends in the direction of the long axis ; of the ellipse, is particularly advantageous for flat application of the two compositions. If, however, a more linear application has priority, then the gap 39 can also be disposed in the direction of the short axis of the ellipse, so that the sharply curved portions of the surface are shifted into the centre of the two head part halves.
The construction of applicator head for applying two different compositions, explained with reference to the example shown in Figure 5, does not presume that the outlet orifices in the two head part halves differ from each other in disposition and cross-section of aperture. Differences of this type are expedient if for example one composition is normally applied more thinly or more rarely than the other composition. Then, too, the : . :
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middle wall in the sleeve may be so disposea that the chamber containing the composition which is to be applied more rarely has a smaller capacity than the other chamber. In general, however, it is preferable for the two head part halves to be constructed identically to each other and also to make the two chambers in the sleeve the same size as each other. For the rest~ the two head part halves do not need to be elliptical but may also adopt any other shape and may for example be conically round or have a polygonal cross-section with outwardly shaped edge zones. Two-part caps are also possible although technically they are somewhatmore difficult to produce.
In the examples of embodiment which have been described ; thus far, the applicator material is in each case a covering of a woven material, knitted material, foam or fleece material and the outlet orifices are in each case underneath this covering. It is however equally possible for the outlet orifices to be so disposed that they are not covered by the applicator material. An example of this is shown in Figure 6. The applicator head 42 shown in that drawing and inserted by a base ring 43 into a sleeve 41 has a solid head part 44 and is provided with a fabric coverin~ 47. In the head part 44 is a port 46 which opens out into a somewhat widened outlet orifice 45. The covering 47 is provided with a cut-out, in other words has a hole 48 in it, in the region of the outlet orifice 45, so that the quantity of cosmetic composition emerging from the outlet orifice 45 and distributed in the covering 47 during use is visible and can be monitored from outside. Such a disposition of the outlet orifice is naturally also possible with . :
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Figure 7 shows an example of embodiment of externally visible outlet orifice which is not enclosed on all sides by applicator material but which is situated in front of the appli-cator material in the direction of flow of the cosmetic composition. The applicator head 52 according to Figure 7 has a plug-like base 53 by which it is inserted into a sleeve 51 and has an elongated head part 54 which extends in the axial direction of the sleeve 51 or at an angle thereto and which may be constructed for example as a rod or as a narrow spatula. In the base part 53 there is a port 56 which opens out inko an outlet orifice at the start of the head part 54. The head part 54 is covered with fine brush hairs or is provided with a velvet like flocking but it may also carry a covering of one o~ the fabric materials.
An applicator material in the form of a velvet-like flocking or a covering of brush hairs may also be used in all the other embodiments of the applicator head instead of using a cover-ing of one of the fabric materials and thus it is possible also to provide further novel opportunities for the application of cosmetic compositions. As an example, Figure 8 shows an applicator head 62 which makes it possible to apply hard compounds such as for example compressed powder, directly by means of a brush. For this purpose, the applicator head 62 is inserted into a sleeve 61 which has a lift-and-twist mechanism and has a head ~?~
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It will be appreciated that the afore-described examples can constitute only a selection of the numerous possibilities which exist with regard to practical execution of the device according to the invention and that further modifications of these examples, such as for example different shapes and outer contours of head part, different configurations of outlet orifices and other dispositions and constructions of applicator material are readily discernible and belong within the framework of the invention. Therefore, the invention is not limited to the examples which have been described.
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half towards the two more intensely curved edges. In the right-hand half 34" of the head (Figure 5R) there are outlet orifices 35" in the form of longitudinal channels, for example bores which open out into the outer face of the head part hal 34". With these longitudinal channels, the stock of cosmetic composition held is all in all less than with the longitudinal slots. Each of the two head part halves 34' and 34" is provided with a covering 37' or 37ll of foam material or some corresponding applicator material.
The head part halves 34' and 34" shown in Figure 5 can be used to form applicator heads after the fashion of the head 12 described in Figure 3 in that either the head part half 34' or the head part 34" is combined with a (not shown) second solidly constructed head part half in the manner described with reference to Figure 3. These possibilities are not shown in detail in the drawings but can be derived from Figure 5 in that either the slots 35' and the covering 37' are omitted from the head part half 34' or the lonyitudinal channels 35" and the covering 37" are omitted from the head part half 34". Compared with the applicator head 20 12 according to Figure 3, such an elliptical applicator head offers the advantage that flat zones with a very large radius of curvature and on the other hand also with a very small radius of curvature are ~' created, Eacilitating both flat and also linear application of the composition.
A two-part head part does however also open up what is fundamentally a new option of using a single pencil-shaped applicator to apply two cosmetic compositions which differ in colour and/or consistency. To achieve this, it is necessary only to sub-divide the sleeve into two longitudinally extending chambers by providing a central wall and by associating with each chamber a respective lifting mechanism (which in this case is expediently constructed as a push-, pull- or pressure-operated feed mechanism) and its own head part half which is provided with outlet orifices. Figure 5 can also be regarded as an example of such a possibility if it is assumed that the two head part halves 34' and 34" are so inserted into a sleeve sub-divided into two chambers that the head part half 34' belongs to one chamber while the head part half 34" belongs to the other chamber. In this case, as already explained with reference to Figure 3, the two head part halves can be comtected to each other by a locking device 38 and inserted into the sleeve by means oE a base ring, not shown in detail in the drawings, rather like the base ring 13 in Figure 3A, the middle wall of the sleeve expediently extending as far as into the gap 39 between the two head part halves, in order to ensure that the cosmetic compositions disposed in the chambers in the sleeve can only emerge through the head part half associated-with them.
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meet, mixing effects can take place which permit of particularly interesting cosmetic designs. However, should such mixed effects be undesirable, then it is possible to insert into the gap 39 an additional separating film 36 to prevent the two compositions blending. Instead of a separating film 36, it is also possible to use a somewhat broader solid intermediate part (not shown) which fills the gap 39 and spaces somewhat farther apart the two head parts 34' and 34". As such a solid intermediate part it is possible also to use the centre wall through the sleeve if this extends as far as the outer edge of the two head part halves which are connected to each other. The elliptical shape shown in Figure ~ 5, in which the gap 39 extends in the direction of the long axis ; of the ellipse, is particularly advantageous for flat application of the two compositions. If, however, a more linear application has priority, then the gap 39 can also be disposed in the direction of the short axis of the ellipse, so that the sharply curved portions of the surface are shifted into the centre of the two head part halves.
The construction of applicator head for applying two different compositions, explained with reference to the example shown in Figure 5, does not presume that the outlet orifices in the two head part halves differ from each other in disposition and cross-section of aperture. Differences of this type are expedient if for example one composition is normally applied more thinly or more rarely than the other composition. Then, too, the : . :
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middle wall in the sleeve may be so disposea that the chamber containing the composition which is to be applied more rarely has a smaller capacity than the other chamber. In general, however, it is preferable for the two head part halves to be constructed identically to each other and also to make the two chambers in the sleeve the same size as each other. For the rest~ the two head part halves do not need to be elliptical but may also adopt any other shape and may for example be conically round or have a polygonal cross-section with outwardly shaped edge zones. Two-part caps are also possible although technically they are somewhatmore difficult to produce.
In the examples of embodiment which have been described ; thus far, the applicator material is in each case a covering of a woven material, knitted material, foam or fleece material and the outlet orifices are in each case underneath this covering. It is however equally possible for the outlet orifices to be so disposed that they are not covered by the applicator material. An example of this is shown in Figure 6. The applicator head 42 shown in that drawing and inserted by a base ring 43 into a sleeve 41 has a solid head part 44 and is provided with a fabric coverin~ 47. In the head part 44 is a port 46 which opens out into a somewhat widened outlet orifice 45. The covering 47 is provided with a cut-out, in other words has a hole 48 in it, in the region of the outlet orifice 45, so that the quantity of cosmetic composition emerging from the outlet orifice 45 and distributed in the covering 47 during use is visible and can be monitored from outside. Such a disposition of the outlet orifice is naturally also possible with . :
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other embodiments of head part, for example in the case of the two-part head 12 shown in Figure 3 or in the case of a head part after the fashion of Figure 5 for applying two different compositions.
Figure 7 shows an example of embodiment of externally visible outlet orifice which is not enclosed on all sides by applicator material but which is situated in front of the appli-cator material in the direction of flow of the cosmetic composition. The applicator head 52 according to Figure 7 has a plug-like base 53 by which it is inserted into a sleeve 51 and has an elongated head part 54 which extends in the axial direction of the sleeve 51 or at an angle thereto and which may be constructed for example as a rod or as a narrow spatula. In the base part 53 there is a port 56 which opens out inko an outlet orifice at the start of the head part 54. The head part 54 is covered with fine brush hairs or is provided with a velvet like flocking but it may also carry a covering of one o~ the fabric materials.
An applicator material in the form of a velvet-like flocking or a covering of brush hairs may also be used in all the other embodiments of the applicator head instead of using a cover-ing of one of the fabric materials and thus it is possible also to provide further novel opportunities for the application of cosmetic compositions. As an example, Figure 8 shows an applicator head 62 which makes it possible to apply hard compounds such as for example compressed powder, directly by means of a brush. For this purpose, the applicator head 62 is inserted into a sleeve 61 which has a lift-and-twist mechanism and has a head ~?~
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It will be appreciated that the afore-described examples can constitute only a selection of the numerous possibilities which exist with regard to practical execution of the device according to the invention and that further modifications of these examples, such as for example different shapes and outer contours of head part, different configurations of outlet orifices and other dispositions and constructions of applicator material are readily discernible and belong within the framework of the invention. Therefore, the invention is not limited to the examples which have been described.
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PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A pencil-shaped device for the application of cosmetic compositions, including a sleeve within which there is a column of cosmetic composition which can be raised by means of a lifting mechanism to a sleeve delivery end, a head part attached to said sleeve at said delivery end and carrying over at least part of its surface an applicator material for holding and subsequently apply-ing the cosmetic composition, said head part being provided with at least one outlet orifice through which the cosmetic composition can emerge from the sleeve towards the applicator material, said applicator material being disposed adjacent to said orifice but not disposed over said orifice wherein said cosmetic composition may pass through said orifice in an unimpeded manner and subsequen-tly be engaged by said applicator material.
2. The device according to claim 1 wherein the outlet ori-fices are distributed over the entire outer surface of the head part.
3. The device according to claim 1 wherein the aperture cross-section of the outlet orifices differs in individual partial zones of the outer surface of the head part.
4. The device according to claim 1 wherein one or more out-let orifices are disposed only in a partial zone on the outer sur-face of the head part.
5. The device according to claim 1 wherein the rear inner edges of at least one outlet orifice are constructed as scrapers.
6. The device according to claim 1 wherein the applicator material is a flat covering of a fibre material or foam material permeable to the cosmetic composition and at least partially covering the head part.
7. The device according to claim 1 wherein the applicator material is a flocking or brush hair covering which wholly or partially covers the head part.
8. The device according to claim 1 wherein the lifting mechanism operates to cause the cosmetic composition to emerge in a controlled amount from the outlet orifice.
9. The device according to claim 8 wherein notches are associated with the lifting mechanism into which the lifting mech-anism successfully engages.
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