EP0743830A1 - Systeme d'application - Google Patents

Systeme d'application

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Publication number
EP0743830A1
EP0743830A1 EP95906885A EP95906885A EP0743830A1 EP 0743830 A1 EP0743830 A1 EP 0743830A1 EP 95906885 A EP95906885 A EP 95906885A EP 95906885 A EP95906885 A EP 95906885A EP 0743830 A1 EP0743830 A1 EP 0743830A1
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Prior art keywords
container
applicator
sleeve
application system
section
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EP95906885A
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EP0743830B1 (fr
Inventor
Georg Röder
Ulrich Griebel
Wolfgang Winkler
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Schwan Stabilo Cosmetics GmbH and Co KG
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Schwan Stabilo Schwanhausser GmbH and Co KG
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B11/00—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water
    • A46B11/0006—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water specially adapted to feed the bristle upper surface
    • 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
    • A45D34/042—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a brush or the like
    • A45D34/045—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a brush or the like connected to the cap of the container
    • A45D34/046—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a brush or the like connected to the cap of the container comprising a wiper

Definitions

  • the invention relates to an application system with an applicator and a container provided for a liquid application medium, into which the applicator member having a handle and an applicator member that can be wetted with the liquid application medium can be introduced with the applicator member beforehand through an opening, the device being introduced into the container Condition of the applicator seals the container.
  • Such application systems are known, for example, as so-called dip liners, which are used in the cosmetic field.
  • Application medium has.
  • the container there forms a closure cap for the pen-shaped applicator.
  • the application medium has a pasty consistency, namely it is an applicator in the manner of a lipstick.
  • the applicator is with his
  • Applicator member can be inserted into the cap-shaped container beforehand, the applicator sealing the container when it is inserted into the container.
  • a threaded spindle is provided in the interior of the cap-shaped container and is fixed to a fastening element.
  • the threaded spindle is screwed through a piston element which is secured against rotation in the cap-shaped container and is provided so as to be axially movable.
  • a rotation of the applicator placed on the cap-shaped container about its longitudinal axis results in a corresponding rotation of the fastening element and with it a rotation of the threaded spindle.
  • This rotation of the threaded spindle is converted into an axial movement of the piston.
  • This axial movement of the piston moves the paste-like application medium in the cap-shaped container toward the applicator member.
  • An application system is also known from DE 37 30 838 AI.
  • the invention has for its object to provide an application system of the type mentioned, which does not have the shortcomings mentioned in a simple design, ie in which, as it were, the applicator member is reformed at any time, and in which the last remnants of the application medium can also be removed from the container.
  • This object is achieved according to the invention in an application system of the type mentioned at the outset by extending from the opening into the receptacle a sleeve which is sealingly fixed to the receptacle by its top end portion and which has the interior of the receptacle on at least one central portion with the recess surrounding the sleeve connecting the interior of the receptacle and which is formed at its lower end section with a conically tapered shaping section for reshaping the applicator member, the shaping section being connected to the front or underside of a sleeve end section which touches the bottom of the receptacle and which is formed with capillary slots.
  • the sleeve can be formed on the upper side with an outer circumferential bead and axially spaced from the bead with likewise outwardly projecting abutment elements, the sleeve in the opening of the container being axially defined by said circumferential bead and the abutment elements is immovably fixed.
  • the container is designed with a neck section that defines its opening which the sleeve is fixed.
  • the clear inner cross section of the neck section is suitably adapted to the outer cross section of the sleeve.
  • the sleeve has at its top end section an inwardly pointing bead which forms a wiper for the applicator moving out of the container.
  • Excess application medium is stripped from the applicator by this scraper when it is pulled out, so that only a precisely defined amount of the application medium is present on the applicator or on the applicator organ when it is removed from the container.
  • the corresponding cosmetic application such as the tracing of an eyelid line, is consequently very precisely possible.
  • At least one mixing body is freely provided in the container of the application system according to the invention.
  • This at least one mixing body is e.g. around a ball made of metal, plastic or the like. Due to the free mobility of said at least one mixing body, shaking the container closed with the applicator and the movement of the at least mixing body caused thereby results in a uniform mixing of the possibly sedimented application medium.
  • the applicator member is fixed to an intermediate piece which is attached to the handle of the applicator. It is expedient if the applicator member is designed with a fixing section with which it is fixed to one end section of the intermediate piece, and if the intermediate piece is designed on the second end section facing away from the first end section with a fastening section with which it attaches to the handle of the applicator is.
  • Applicator organ gives the possibility to combine different applicator organs with different handles as desired.
  • the applicator element can be designed as a small brush, in which the brush bristles protrude from the fixing section.
  • the applicator member it is possible for the applicator member to be made of a porous sintered material, a fiber wick or the like. and to form the fixing section with the applicator organ, for example, in one piece.
  • the handle of the applicator can be used as a thin or comparatively thick handle or as a body with a receiving space for another applicator, i.e. be designed in the manner of a protective cap for such a further applicator or in any other way.
  • a particularly high writing performance is achieved with the application system according to the invention if the intermediate piece is formed with a blind hole in which the applicator element is fixed with its fixing section, the wall of the intermediate piece surrounding the blind hole being formed with at least one capillary recess.
  • This at least one capillary recess can be designed as a longitudinal slot which extends in the axial direction from the edge of the intermediate piece adjacent to the applicator element.
  • the wall of the blind hole of the intermediate piece is alternately formed with ribs and capillary channels in the circumferential direction.
  • the capillary channels form an additional capillary storage volume, which makes a corresponding contribution to the writing performance of the application system.
  • the ribs present between adjacent capillary channels serve at the same time for reliable fixing of the applicator element with its fixing section in the blind hole of the intermediate piece.
  • the neck section of the container is designed with an external thread and the handle of the applicator is designed with a corresponding internal thread section.
  • This not only enables reliable attachment of the applicator to the container, but also reliable sealing of the parts of the system mentioned.
  • such a screw connection of the applicator and the container advantageously makes it possible to implement a precisely defined, reliable postforming of the applicator member while the applicator is being screwed into the container.
  • Fig. 3 is an exploded view of a handle, an intermediate piece and one
  • Fig. 4 shows a longitudinal section through a second
  • FIG. 5 shows a second embodiment of the applicator member for an applicator according to FIG. 3,
  • Fig. 7 greatly enlarged a portion of the
  • FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of the application system 10 with a container 12 for an application medium 14, and with an applicator 16 which has a handle 18 and an applicator member 20, the applicator member 20 is connected to the handle by means of an intermediate piece 22.
  • the container 12 is formed with a neck section 24, which defines an opening 26 of the container 12.
  • the neck section 24 is formed with an external thread 28.
  • the handle 18 of the applicator 16 is designed with an internal thread 30, so that it is possible to screw the applicator 16 with its handle 18 onto the container 12 or the neck section 24 of the same.
  • a sleeve 32 is arranged, which is formed at the top end with an outwardly facing circumferential bead 34 and spaced from the bead 34 with contact hooks.
  • the bulge 34 limits the insertion movement of the sleeve 32 into the container 12.
  • the sleeve 32 is in the neck portion 24 of the container 12 by means of a portion 36 adjacent to the bead 34 in the neck portion 24 of the
  • Container 12 set sealing.
  • Adjoining the last-mentioned section 36 of the sleeve 32 is an inward-pointing bead 38 which runs around the inside of the sleeve 32 and forms a wiper 40 which is tightly fitting on the intermediate piece 22 of the applicator 16.
  • the sleeve 32 is provided with recesses 44 which are designed as axially extending longitudinal slots. In Fig. 1 one of these longitudinal slots 44 can be seen on the right side of the sleeve 32.
  • the lower end section 46 of the sleeve 32 is conically tapered and serves as a shaping section 48 for reshaping the applicator member 20 into the container 12 used applicator 16.
  • a sleeve end section 50 which is formed with capillary slots 52.
  • the last-mentioned underside sleeve end section 50 abuts the bottom 54 of the container 12, so that with the help of the capillary slots 52 in the sleeve end section 50, the last remnants of the application medium 14 in the container 12 through the capillary slots 52 into the shaping section 48 of the sleeve 32 are transported in order to appropriately wet the applicator member 20 there.
  • At least one mixing body 56 is provided in the container 12 so that it can move freely, which serves to thoroughly mix the possibly sedimented application medium 14 again by shaking the application system 10. Said at least one mixing body 56 is e.g. around a ball.
  • the applicator member 20 is formed with a fixing section 58 with which it is fixed to the associated end section 60 of the intermediate piece 22.
  • the intermediate piece 22 is formed on its second end section 62, which is remote from the end section 60, with a fastening section 64, with which the intermediate piece 22 is fastened to the handle 18 of the applicator 16. This attachment takes place, for example, by pressing. Accordingly, the applicator member 20 can be mechanically firmly connected to the first end section 60 of the intermediate piece 22 by pressing.
  • FIG. 2 shows the production of an application system 10 as shown in FIG. 1 in successive work steps, with work step a) of FIG. 2 the test of the container 12 for leaks by means of a test head 66 indicates.
  • a suitable application medium 14 is filled into the container 12 equipped with the at least one mixing body 56 by means of a filling device 70.
  • This application medium 14 is, for example, a suitable ink, with approximately 2 to 5 ml of said ink being filled into the container 12, for example.
  • a sleeve 32 is then inserted into the container 12 prepared in this way, which is subsequently moved into the container 12 in the method step e) according to FIG. 2 until the bead 34 on the top of the sleeve 32 on the neck portion 24 of the container 12 is tight. This insertion movement is indicated by arrow 72 in method step e).
  • the sleeve 32 is then immovably fixed by the bead 34 and by spaced contact hooks.
  • the work step f) of FIG. 2 following the work step e) illustrates the placement of an applicator 16 on the container 12, i.e. inserting the
  • FIG. 6 shows an applicator 16 whose handle 18 is drawn in a longitudinal section, while the intermediate piece 22, which is firmly connected to the handle 18, is drawn in a side view with the applicator member 20 projecting from the intermediate piece 22 on the front.
  • FIG. 7 shows a greatly enlarged side view of a section of the intermediate piece 22, which is drawn partially cut away in order to illustrate the fixation of the applicator member 20 in the intermediate piece 22.
  • the intermediate piece is formed at its end section facing the applicator element 20 with a blind hole 84 which extends from the edge 86 facing the applicator element 20 into the interior of the intermediate piece 22.
  • the edge 88 of the wall 88 of the intermediate piece 22 surrounding the blind hole 84 is formed with at least one capillary recess 90.
  • the capillary recess 90 forms a capillary storage for the application medium 14 in the container 12 (see FIG. 1). Another additional capillary storage for
  • Application medium is provided by the capillary channels 92, which — as can be clearly seen from FIG. 8 — are formed in the wall 94 of the blind hole 84 of the intermediate piece 22.
  • the capillary channels 92 are spaced apart from one another by ribs 96 in the circumferential direction of the wall 94 of the blind hole 84.
  • the ribs 96 serve to fix the applicator member 20 in the blind hole 84 of the intermediate piece 22.

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  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Pens And Brushes (AREA)
  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)

Abstract

La présente invention concerne un système d'application (10) comportant un applicateur (16) et un récipient (12) contenant une substance d'application liquide (14). L'applicateur (16) présente un manche (18) et un organe d'application (20) mouillé par la substance d'application liquide et il peut être introduit à l'avant du récipient (12) par une ouverture (26), avec l'organe d'application (20). En partant de l'ouverture (26), s'étend dans le récipient (12) une douille (32) dont la section terminale supérieure (36) est fixée au récipient (12) de manière étanche et dont la section médiane (42) comporte au moins un évidement (44) reliant l'intérieur de la douille (32) à l'intérieur du récipient (12) entourant la douille (32). Cette douille (32) comporte en outre une section de formage (48) servant au formage ultérieur de l'organe d'application (20).
EP95906885A 1994-02-07 1995-01-24 Systeme d'application Expired - Lifetime EP0743830B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
DE4403689A DE4403689C2 (de) 1994-02-07 1994-02-07 Applikations-System
DE4403689 1994-02-07
PCT/DE1995/000103 WO1995020891A1 (fr) 1994-02-07 1995-01-24 Systeme d'application

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EP0743830A1 true EP0743830A1 (fr) 1996-11-27
EP0743830B1 EP0743830B1 (fr) 1998-04-15

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US (1) US5782568A (fr)
EP (1) EP0743830B1 (fr)
JP (1) JP3026509B2 (fr)
DE (2) DE4403689C2 (fr)
ES (1) ES2115360T3 (fr)
MX (1) MX9600880A (fr)
WO (1) WO1995020891A1 (fr)

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WO1995020891A1 (fr) 1995-08-10
JP3026509B2 (ja) 2000-03-27
DE59501918D1 (de) 1998-05-20
JPH11503621A (ja) 1999-03-30
ES2115360T3 (es) 1998-06-16
EP0743830B1 (fr) 1998-04-15
DE4403689A1 (de) 1995-08-10
MX9600880A (es) 1998-02-28
US5782568A (en) 1998-07-21
DE4403689C2 (de) 1996-08-08

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