EP0965286B1 - Dispositif pour le maquillage des lèvres - Google Patents

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EP0965286B1
EP0965286B1 EP99401428A EP99401428A EP0965286B1 EP 0965286 B1 EP0965286 B1 EP 0965286B1 EP 99401428 A EP99401428 A EP 99401428A EP 99401428 A EP99401428 A EP 99401428A EP 0965286 B1 EP0965286 B1 EP 0965286B1
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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
    • A45D40/262—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball using a brush or the like
    • A45D40/265—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball using a brush or the like connected to the cap of the container
    • A45D40/267—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball using a brush or the like connected to the cap of the container comprising a wiper
    • 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
    • A45D40/262—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball using a brush or the like
    • A45D40/265—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball using a brush or the like connected to the cap of the container

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  • the present invention relates to the application of a cosmetic product.
  • the application FR 2 730 704 discloses a capillary dosing applicator for the precise local application of a liquid.
  • the application element is wrung out by means of a wiper member constituted by an annular lip whose radially inner edge is circular and has a diameter corresponding to that of the lateral surface of the element application, so that the product available for make-up is only present after spinning on the bevel of the applicator.
  • This depression has the consequence that when the wiper member arrives at level of the bevel of the applicator and that the tank suddenly returns to the pressure atmospheric, the incoming air stream projects the product accumulated on the wiper member towards the bevel of the applicator.
  • the amount of product present on the applicator is variable from one application to another and that the product tends to be in excess and distributed inhomogeneous on the bevel of the applicator, which affects the quality of makeup.
  • the application of the product on a large surface is carried out in moving the bevel of the applicator flat on the skin.
  • the product is then driven off the sides of the applicator and forms furrows detrimental to the quality of makeup.
  • the present invention relates to a new, more efficient device, for making up the lips, of the type comprising a reservoir containing the cosmetic product to be applied, an applicator comprising an element application and a wiper member through which the application element is extracted from the tank.
  • This device is characterized by the fact that at least at the time of crossing of the wiper member by the application element, the application element and the different sections so that the wiper member do not come into spin contact with the entire lateral surface of the element of application and that the product remains on the latter after crossing the organ Spin.
  • the lateral surface of the applicator element is non-cylindrical of revolution and has at least one recess.
  • the entire side surface of the application element is not wiped by the wiper and there is a reserve of product that can be used to make up a large area.
  • the free end of the application element can then be used only to draw the contour of the lips.
  • the lateral surface of the application element makes it possible to recover a excess product left on the skin and level the layer of product deposited so that the makeup is carried out with a relatively homogeneous product thickness and without to form furrows.
  • the autonomy of the applicator is also increased by the fact that It is possible to use for makeup the product present on the lateral surface of the application element and not only the product present on its free end.
  • the wiper member may be constituted by an annular lip whose edge radially inner is circular.
  • the wiper member may also comprise a block of foam.
  • the lateral surface of the application element is continuous, that is to say the recess or recesses made on the lateral surface of the application element are relatively shallow, their depth preferably not exceeding one quarter of the overall diameter of the application element.
  • the wiper member comprises a foam
  • the latter is hard enough not to fit all the contours of the side surface of the element application, so as not to wipe it completely.
  • the shape given to the lateral surface of the application element allows to reduce or even eliminate the phenomenon of swiveling that occurs during removal of the applicator, allowing air or product flow along the element during its passage through the wiper member, so that it is not created too much depression in the tank.
  • the free end of the application element and the (x) indentation (s) present on its lateral surface geometry and surface appearance to achieve the desired effect for make-up, depending on the nature and consistency of the product used, which may be a more or less viscous liquid or a gel for example.
  • the lateral surface of the application element has a grid.
  • the lateral surface of the application element has corrugations.
  • the general form of the free end of the applicator element is obtained by plastic molding, for example an elastomer.
  • the free end of the application element form a tip or bevel, the tip may be pyramidal or tapered or duplicate bevel.
  • the lateral surface of the element application has several recesses extending longitudinally, which after spin contain a predetermined amount of product.
  • the lateral surface of the element application comprises at least one recess opening on its free end.
  • the surface side of the applicator element has in cross section lobes whose vertices are circumscribed at the radially inner edge of this lip.
  • the lateral surface of the application element may also comprise at minus a recess ending in withdrawal from its free end, preferably at a distance of at least 1 mm.
  • the side surface of the application element has several recesses, these are preferably separated by longitudinal ribs, which advantageously have in cross section a convex rounded profile outwards.
  • the aforementioned recesses may be two, four or six, for example, and are preferably arranged so as to substantially respect a axial symmetry.
  • the lateral surface of the applicator element comprises at least two recesses separated by at least two ribs whose vertices lie in a plane containing the longitudinal axis of the applicator and passing through the most forward edge of the beveled end.
  • the application element comprises at least a recess made on an insert, which is constituted for example by a muff.
  • the largest transverse dimension of the application element is preferably between 2 and 6 mm and preferably still close to 3 mm.
  • FIG. 18 illustrates the flocking with a mixture of fibers comprising fibers 45 and 46 of different lengths.
  • Another subject of the invention is an applicator for a device for makeup as defined above.
  • the applicator 1 partially shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 comprises a rod 2 whose one end is connected to a conventional gripping element and not represent.
  • the other end of the rod 2 is extended by an application element 3 of which the free end 4 forms a bevel.
  • This bevel is inclined by 30 ° with the longitudinal axis X of the rod 2.
  • the lateral surface 5 of the application element 3 is cylindrical of axis X but not cylindrical of revolution and has recesses 6, four in number the example described.
  • These recesses 6 are evenly distributed around the X axis, extend longitudinally along the entire length of the lateral surface 5, open on the end free 4 and are separated by ribs 7 whose apex is convex towards the outside.
  • the contour of the lateral surface 5 has four cross sections lobes, the bottom of the recesses 6 being concave towards the outside, as can be seen in Figure 3.
  • the applicator 1 is intended to be housed, in the absence of use, in a container R such as that illustrated schematically in FIG. 17, which is provided with a wiper member E consisting of an annular lip.
  • the radially inner edge of the latter is limited to the vertices of the ribs 7.
  • the application element 3 is made for example by injection molding of an elastomeric material and is surface-coated with a flocking which may be a mixture of fibers 45 and 46 of different lengths as illustrated very schematically in Figure 18.
  • the user draws, for example, the outline of the lips by means of the leading edge of the free end 4, in the usual manner, then moves the lateral surface 5 in a direction substantially perpendicular to the X axis, as shown in Figure 4.
  • the presence of the recesses 6 has reduced or eliminated the phenomenon of piston mentioned above, avoiding that it creates a depression in the tank when removing the applicator.
  • the amount of product deposited on the free end 4 is relatively constant and homogeneous from one application to another.
  • FIGS. 5 to 7 show an applicator 9 which differs from the applicator previously described by the number of recesses 12 formed on the surface lateral 10 of the application element 11.
  • the applicator 9 here comprises six recesses 12 opening on the bevelled end 13 and separated by ribs 14.
  • the recesses 12 are distributed around the longitudinal axis X with axial symmetry.
  • the application element 11 has, in cross section, a shape generally oblong, with six lobes, the tops of the ribs 14 being circumscribed to a substantially elliptical curve whose major axis is contained in the plane including the axis longitudinal X and the leading edge of the beveled end 13.
  • the applicator is used as previously described with reference to FIG. the presence of the recesses 12 making it possible to use the lateral surface 10 for the makeup and eliminate the phenomenon of swabbing.
  • FIG. 8 shows an applicator 15 which differs from the applicator described with reference to Figures 5 to 7 in that the recesses, here referenced 16, do not do not open on the free end of the application element but end in the back of the latter to provide a cylindrical portion 17 of revolution about the axis X, defined axially on the side of the rod 2 by a flat surface 18 parallel to the end bevelled 19.
  • this cylindrical portion 17 is small enough not to pose a problem of swabbing when removing the applicator.
  • Portion 17 prevents the product contained in the recesses 16 do not flow on the beveled end 19.
  • the applicator 20 shown in FIGS. 11 to 13 comprises over the entire length of the lateral surface 21 of the application element 22 two recesses 23 diametrically opposed.
  • the applicator element 22 has in cross section two lobes whose vertices are circumscribed to a substantially elliptical curve of major axis Y contained in a median plane of symmetry passing through the most forward edge of the beveled end 19.
  • the ribs 24 formed on each side of the recesses 23 present in cross-section a substantially semi-elliptical contour that bends at its ends to connect without any protrusion with the recesses 23.
  • the relatively wide opening width of the recesses 23 and their shallow relative depth allows the skin to gain the bottom of these if a sufficient pressure is exerted, so that it is possible to use the entire product contained within the recesses 23 for makeup, which provides the applicator a great autonomy.
  • the beveled end of the applicator element can be flat, like this is the case of the embodiments which have just been described, slightly concave towards outside as illustrated in Figure 14 or in a slightly convex variant towards outside, as shown in Figure 15.
  • the free end of the application element could still, without of the present invention, be conical or frustoconical or present any other appropriate form to achieve precise makeup, to draw the outline of lips.
  • FIG. 16 shows an exemplary embodiment in which the applicator element has a tip-shaped end portion 40, connecting to the rod 2 of the applicator.
  • a sleeve 42 is attached to the rod 2, in the extension of the part End 40
  • This sleeve 42 has on its radially outer surface, which constitutes the lateral surface of the application element, recesses 43 which present in the form of longitudinal ridges, as illustrated in FIG.
  • the sleeve can be made of a softer material or more hard as the end part, depending on the desired effect.
  • FIG. 19 shows an applicator 50 whose lateral surface presents these rings 52.
  • the ridges 53 separating the corrugations 52 are preferably rounded as can see it in Figure 19.
  • the end 51 of the applicator comprises two bevels 54 and 55.
  • the applicator element of the applicator 60 shown in FIG. a lateral surface traversed by two helical grooves 62 and 63 which intersect.
  • the end 61 of the applicator element is double beveled.
  • FIG. 21 shows an applicator 70 whose lateral surface the application element is squared by helical lines 73 and 74 and has reliefs 72 shaped diamond tip.
  • the end 71 of the applicator element is in the shape of a double bevel.

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