EP0456532A1 - Kugelvorrichtung zum Auftragen von flüssigen oder pastösen Produkten und Verfahren zur Herstellung dieser Vorrichtung - Google Patents

Kugelvorrichtung zum Auftragen von flüssigen oder pastösen Produkten und Verfahren zur Herstellung dieser Vorrichtung Download PDF

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EP0456532A1
EP0456532A1 EP91400939A EP91400939A EP0456532A1 EP 0456532 A1 EP0456532 A1 EP 0456532A1 EP 91400939 A EP91400939 A EP 91400939A EP 91400939 A EP91400939 A EP 91400939A EP 0456532 A1 EP0456532 A1 EP 0456532A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43K—IMPLEMENTS FOR WRITING OR DRAWING
    • B43K23/00—Holders or connectors for writing implements; Means for protecting the writing-points
    • B43K23/08—Protecting means, e.g. caps
    • B43K23/12—Protecting means, e.g. caps for pens
    • 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
    • A45D34/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
    • A45D34/04—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
    • A45D34/041—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a roller, a disc or a ball
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C—APPARATUS FOR APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
    • B05C17/00—Hand tools or apparatus using hand held tools, for applying liquids or other fluent materials to, for spreading applied liquids or other fluent materials on, or for partially removing applied liquids or other fluent materials from, surfaces
    • B05C17/002—Hand tools or apparatus using hand held tools, for applying liquids or other fluent materials to, for spreading applied liquids or other fluent materials on, or for partially removing applied liquids or other fluent materials from, surfaces with feed system for supplying material from an external source; Supply controls therefor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B43—WRITING OR DRAWING IMPLEMENTS; BUREAU ACCESSORIES
    • B43K—IMPLEMENTS FOR WRITING OR DRAWING
    • B43K7/00—Ball-point pens

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  • the present invention relates to a ball applicator device for a liquid or pasty product, in particular for a cosmetic or pharmaceutical product, device of the type comprising a container and an application means constituted by a ball.
  • the present invention also relates to a method of manufacturing this device.
  • Many applicator devices are known comprising one or more balls; they are widely used for the application of cosmetic products, such as deodorants.
  • These devices generally consist of a glass, rigid plastic or flexible plastic bottle, a housing system for the ball (s), one or more ball (s) and a closing device.
  • the latter device can be arranged upstream of the ball, as for example in FR-A-2 619 689 and 2 623 476, or downstream of the ball.
  • the closure device generally consists of a cover covering the ball.
  • the ball can be made up of a spherical, ovoid or cylindrical rolling body.
  • the term "ball" will be used as a generic term covering all the forms of rolling body mentioned above.
  • the applicator devices with ball (s) are expensive devices as much because of the price of the various parts constituting the device, as because of the cost of the labor necessary for their final assembly in the factory. Indeed, the assembly requires a container filling operation, an installation operation of the ball system (s), and a closing operation of the protective cover of the ball (s).
  • the present invention therefore aims to provide a ball applicator device (s), which is cheaper than the currently known devices.
  • the present invention relates to a ball applicator device (s) for liquid or pasty product, consisting of a container containing the product to be applied, by a housing system of at least one ball, supplied with product to be applied by said container and associated with the corresponding ball (s) and with a protective ball stopper (s), characterized in that it comprises a body obtained by molding in one piece forming the container, the housing system ball (s) and the cap.
  • the part of the body forming a container preferably has the shape of a tubular bottle when the device comprises only one ball; but the shape of the container may be different when the device comprises a plurality of identical or different balls.
  • the part of the body forming the system for housing ball (s) is, for each ball, limited, on the side of the container part, by a rib undercut allowing by deformation the introduction of the ball into its housing from the container and its maintenance in said housing, said rib being sufficient to hold the ball in place after introduction and, on the opposite side, by a bearing of shape complementary to that of the ball concerned, said bearing allowing the ball to grip outside of said housing system, towards the plug.
  • the body preferably comprises, between the part forming the stopper and that forming the bottle, a tearable zone.
  • This zone can consist of a tear-off strip delimited by two lines of weakness. It is advantageously constituted by a thin-walled weakening zone situated between two thicker zones; in the latter case, the plug preferably carries a bar. By action on this bar, it is possible to tear the thin wall to put the applicator device into service.
  • the applicator device according to the invention consists of only two parts: the molded plastic body and the ball; it is therefore inexpensive, since the assembly operations are limited and can easily be automated. Furthermore, in the case where it has a tearable zone between the stopper and the tube, it is tamper-proof and hygienic. It therefore makes it possible to economically condition a product per dose necessary for a single application. Consequently, in a treatment where successive doses are necessary, it is possible to use for each dose different packaging and thus avoid that the product to be applied remains in contact with the air after application of the first dose.
  • the device according to the invention being economical, can also be used for the supply of samples.
  • the user tears off the tearable strip or rotates the bar carried by the stopper so as to break the weakening zone; he then removes the plug to release the ball. He then applies the dose of product contained in the container by rolling the ball over the surface to be treated. When the dose is fully applied, he can throw away the applicator device.
  • the bodies of the applicator devices can be molded simultaneously. Under these conditions, several bodies are molded, filled and welded together. The process is therefore particularly economic.
  • the bodies of the applicator devices can be molded individually, but they can be connected together, in particular on the outer wall of the container, by a breakable or tearable connection, for example a tongue. It is thus possible to propose a set of applicator devices for a cure of cosmetic or pharmaceutical product (s), in which the same product is used several times at various intervals, or several different products in a precise or predetermined order. .
  • FIG. 1 represents the body 1 of the applicator device according to the invention obtained by injection molding of polyethylene which, in thin wall, is a flexible material, weldable to itself.
  • the body 1 comprises a part 2 forming the container of the device; this container 2 has the shape of a tubular bottle, one end of which 3 is open to the outside. At the opposite end of the bottle 2, the body 1 has a housing 4 for a ball 9 and a stopper 5 carrying an external transverse bar 6.
  • the housing 4 of the ball 9 is constituted by a cylindrical zone 41 inside the plug 5 followed by an area 42 consisting of a sphere segment.
  • the zone 42 is bordered by a rib 7 which is undercut, sufficiently weak so that it can nevertheless be removed from the mold.
  • the wall of the body 1 has a weakening zone 8.
  • the bar 6 molded on the plug 5 projects diametrically on the plug 5 and protrudes on either side of that -this.
  • the ball 9 is introduced through the open end 3 of the bottle 2 and it is forced into the housing 4 by snapping beyond the rib 7 which disappears to let the ball pass 9.
  • the tube 2 is filled with the aid of the product P to be applied.
  • the rib 7 forms with the ball a sufficiently tight seal, so that outside of any pressure the product P remains in the container part.
  • the end 3 of the bottle 2 is closed by welding.
  • the ball applicator device is ready for use. It is shown in Figures 4 and 5.
  • the user When the user wishes to apply a dose of product, he grasps the tube 2 with one hand and rotates the bar 6 carried by the cap 5 relative to the rest of the body 1. It thus causes the weakening zone to break 8 and releases the part of the ball 9 which was in the cylindrical zone 41 inside the plug 5. The user can then press the tube 2 to release the product and roll the ball 9 over the surface to be treated.
  • the ball 9 rotates in the part 42 in the form of a portion of a sphere of the housing 4; it is loaded with product on its part in contact with the product P; Then thus loaded part is rotated in contact with the surface to be treated where it deposits the product P.
  • the user can throw away the applicator device.

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Coating Apparatus (AREA)
  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
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EP91400939A 1990-05-10 1991-04-08 Kugelvorrichtung zum Auftragen von flüssigen oder pastösen Produkten und Verfahren zur Herstellung dieser Vorrichtung Expired - Lifetime EP0456532B1 (de)

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FR9005803 1990-05-10
FR9005803A FR2661846B1 (fr) 1990-05-10 1990-05-10 Dispositif applicateur a bille pour un produit liquide ou pateux et procede de fabrication dudit dispositif.

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JP (2) JP3254587B2 (de)
CA (1) CA2040360C (de)
DE (1) DE69102817T2 (de)
ES (1) ES2056596T3 (de)
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CN103086056A (zh) * 2013-02-25 2013-05-08 李泽硕 一种涂擦按摩软管
FR3018783A1 (fr) * 2014-03-19 2015-09-25 Seriplast Flacon pour delivrance de produit
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DE69102817T2 (de) 1995-03-09
CA2040360C (fr) 2001-06-12
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JP3254587B2 (ja) 2002-02-12
ES2056596T3 (es) 1994-10-01
US5180242A (en) 1993-01-19
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