EP1557371B1 - Kit comprising two containers and an applicator - Google Patents

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EP1557371B1
EP1557371B1 EP05300029A EP05300029A EP1557371B1 EP 1557371 B1 EP1557371 B1 EP 1557371B1 EP 05300029 A EP05300029 A EP 05300029A EP 05300029 A EP05300029 A EP 05300029A EP 1557371 B1 EP1557371 B1 EP 1557371B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D81/00—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents
    • B65D81/32—Containers, packaging elements, or packages, for contents presenting particular transport or storage problems, or adapted to be used for non-packaging purposes after removal of contents for packaging two or more different materials which must be maintained separate prior to use in admixture
    • B65D81/3205—Separate rigid or semi-rigid containers joined to each other at their external surfaces
    • B65D81/3211—Separate rigid or semi-rigid containers joined to each other at their external surfaces coaxially and provided with means facilitating admixture
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D51/00—Closures not otherwise provided for
    • B65D51/24—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes
    • B65D51/32—Closures not otherwise provided for combined or co-operating with auxiliary devices for non-closing purposes with brushes or rods for applying or stirring contents

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  • the present invention relates to devices for packaging and applying a liquid product, for example a product for coloring the hair resulting from the mixing of a first and a second substance packaged separately.
  • Japanese Patent JP 2002-179118 discloses a packaging and application device comprising an applicator and a container in which is disposed a cap separating two compartments for storing two substances to be mixed extemporaneously.
  • the cap can be moved out of a closed position when mixing the two substances.
  • Such a device has a relatively complex structure.
  • US Patent 4,573,506 discloses other devices for separately conditioning two products to be mixed extemporaneously. These devices are not intended for use in cosmetics of the mixture, for example on the hair.
  • the PAVENIK patent US 5,307,847 a A subject of the invention is an applicator comprising a bottle containing a product and a deformable cap.
  • the cap defines a compartment for receiving a supply of product through a closable orifice allowing it to communicate with the bottle when the orifice is open.
  • An applicator element is attached to the end of a hollow rod connected to the cap compartment, so that the applicator element can be supplied with product during the application, when the cap is separated from the cap. bottle.
  • the application element is a brush or a foam.
  • the stem channel can not be closed.
  • the international application DORR WO 03/059118 relates to a cleaning device comprising a container containing a product to be applied, a tube placed at the outlet of the container and a brush formed of a metal support fixed in the tube and maintaining bristles.
  • the bristles are not monolithically molded with the applicator, and the applicator can not take a shutter configuration.
  • the invention makes it possible to use, for applying the mixture, the assembly formed by one of the containers and the applicator, this assembly having a reduced weight relative to the total weight of the kit.
  • the kit is relatively simple to manufacture and use.
  • the first substance may be in particular a hair dye.
  • the second substance can be a hair coloring oxidant.
  • the container intended to be connected to the applicator during the application is preferably made with a flexible, elastically deformable wall, which allows the user to create inside it an overpressure to expel out of the container the product contained inside or to collect the mixture between two uses.
  • the two containers may, where appropriate, each comprise a flexible wall, elastically deformable.
  • the applicator can be made with different shapes, depending on the intended application.
  • the applicator may comprise an application part made with at least one relief, for example a succession of teeth or bristles.
  • the aforementioned channel of the applicator can lead to one end of the elongated portion.
  • this channel can lead to at least one lateral orifice of the application part, this lateral orifice being for example located between two teeth or bristles when the application part comprises at least one succession of teeth or bristles allowing to comb the hair.
  • the applicator may comprise at least one sealing member configured to apply sealingly to at least one of the containers.
  • At least one of the containers may comprise a neck and the applicator may comprise at least one sealing lip arranged to be applied on the radially inner surface of this neck.
  • the applicator can thus be fixed in an unsealed manner on the container in which the elongate portion extends.
  • the applicator may comprise, where appropriate, a sealing surface formed for example by a portion of the elongated portion of the applicator, this portion being arranged to be applied on an inner surface of the container to the inside which the elongated part extends.
  • the applicator may comprise a first tubular skirt, threaded internally, arranged to receive the first container and a second tubular skirt, threaded internally, arranged to receive the second container.
  • the applicator channel through which the substance contained in one of the containers can reach the other container, can be made with an inner section sufficiently small to prevent leakage of this substance when the assembly constituted by the applicator and one of the containers is not yet mounted on the other container.
  • the applicator channel may be closed at one end by closure means arranged to move from a closure configuration to an open configuration allowing the two containers to communicate with each other in response to an action exerted by the user.
  • the closure means may be configured to change configuration by bearing against the bottom of the first container when the applicator is engaged therein.
  • the closure means may comprise a pin connected to the elongate portion of the applicator by a frangible zone.
  • the sealing means can be made monolithically by molding plastic material with the applicator.
  • the device 1 for packaging and application represented in the Figures 1 and 2 comprises a first container 2, a second container 3 superimposed on the first along a longitudinal axis X and an applicator 4 having an inner channel 5 through which the two containers 2 and 3 can communicate.
  • the device 1 comes from the assembly of the kit represented in FIG. figure 4 , wherein the first container 2, which contains a first substance A, is closed by an individual cap 8.
  • the second container 3, which contains a second substance B, is also closed by an individual cap 7.
  • the applicator 4 can be initially separated from containers 2 and 3, as seen on figure 4 .
  • the individual plugs 7 and 8 each comprise an internally threaded mounting skirt 9 and a sealing lip 10. This is arranged to seal on the radially inner surface of the neck 11 of the container 2 with respect to the plug 8 and the neck 12 of the container 3 with respect to the plug 7.
  • the substance A is for example a coloring oxidant and the substance B a dye intended to be mixed with the substance A at the time of use.
  • the second container 3 comprises a flexible wall, elastically deformable, on which the user can press to reduce its internal volume.
  • the applicator 4 comprises an elongated portion 14 of axis X, provided with an enlarged portion 20 which is connected to a coupling portion 13, which makes it possible to secure the receptacles 2 and 3.
  • the elongate portion 14 has a lower portion 15.
  • the latter has for example, as illustrated, reliefs 16 made monolithically with the elongate portion 14.
  • the reliefs 16 are constituted for example by a succession of teeth.
  • the coupling portion 13 comprises a first tubular skirt 18 of axis X, threaded internally, arranged to screw on the neck 11 of the first container 2 and a second tubular skirt 19 of axis X also, arranged to screw on the neck 12 of the second container 3.
  • the skirts 18 and 19 may, where appropriate, have different inside diameters, in order to avoid the risk of inverting containers 2 and 3 during the assembly of the device 1.
  • the coupling part 13 also comprises sealing for sealing its fastening on the container 3.
  • sealing means consist, in the example considered, by an annular sealing lip 22 arranged to be applied on the inner surface of the neck 12.
  • the outer surface 21 of the widened portion is sealingly applied to the lower surface of the neck 11.
  • the channel 5 opens at the lower end of the elongated portion 14 through an orifice 25, which may be located for example at a distance relatively close to the bottom 26 of the first container 2, as seen on the figure 2 .
  • the section of the channel 5 is small enough to avoid a significant leakage of the substance A during this operation, better avoid any flow.
  • the user can then press several times the flexible wall of the container 3 to expel the substance A contained inside the first container 2 and stir the resulting mixture. Whenever the user stops exerting pressure on the wall of the second container 3, it resumes elastically its initial shape.
  • the presence of the reliefs 16 may contribute to the homogenization of the mixture M under the effect of the turbulence created in the first container 2 by the variation of the internal volume of the second container 3.
  • the non-completely airtight fastening of the skirt 18 on the neck 11 and the clearance between the enlarged portion 20 and the neck 11 can facilitate the departure of the air contained in the container 2 during its filling by the substance contained in the container 3.
  • the mixture M can be dispensed by again separating the assembly 30 from the first container 2, as illustrated in FIG. figure 3 .
  • the container 3 then serves as a gripping member.
  • the mixture M can be applied to the hair by pressing the wall of the second container 3 and the reliefs 16 can be used to distribute the product on the hair, the hair being engageable between them.
  • the kit may comprise a plug 33 arranged to attach to the skirt 19 of the applicator 4, the latter being proposed to the user already in place on the first container 2.
  • the plug 33 may comprise a central shutter 34 arranged for close the channel 5 of the applicator.
  • the user can for example remove the plugs 7 and 33 and then screw the skirt 19 on the neck 12 of the second container 3.
  • the kit may also include, as illustrated in figure 7 , a shutter 36 fixed to the end of the elongated portion 14 of the applicator 4 to close the channel 5.
  • the applicator 4 can be proposed to the user already in place on the first container 2.
  • the user can remove the cap 7 and screw the skirt 19 on the neck 12 of the second container 3.
  • the shutter 36 is still in place at the end of the applicator 4, which prevents any risk of flow of the substance A out of the first container 2.
  • the user can exert pressure on the wall of the second container 3 to cause the expulsion of the shutter 36 and allow the substances A and B to mix.
  • the kit comprises the container 2 containing the substance A, closed by the cap 8, and the container 3 containing the substance B, closed by the applicator 4, the latter being provided at its free end with a sealing means 40 that was also represented at the figure 9 .
  • This sealing means 40 comprises, for example, as illustrated, a cap comprising a pin 21 connected by a preferential annular zone of rupture 42 to a flange 43 projecting radially inwards at one end of the channel 5.
  • the cap is advantageously made monolithically with the elongated portion 14 of the applicator 4, by plastic molding.
  • the closure means 40 are arranged to automatically switch from a closure configuration to an open configuration allowing the substance B to mix with the substance A, when the elongated portion 14 of the applicator 4 is introduced into the container 2.
  • This configuration change can be obtained for example by cooperation between the closure means 40 and the bottom of the container 2 in which the applicator 4 is introduced.
  • the pin 41 thus bears against the bottom of the container 2 before the end of the screwing of the skirt 18 on the neck 11 of the container 2 and the annular zone 42 breakable breaks, which has the consequence that at the end of the screwing of the applicator, the pin 41 is raised in the channel 5.
  • the diameter of the annular zone 42 is preferably clearly less than the inside diameter of the channel 5.
  • shutter means 40 could be made otherwise.
  • the closure means 40 comprise a shutter attached to the elongated portion 14 of the applicator 4 and held thereon, for example by snapping, friction, gluing or welding.
  • the shutter is for example a heat-sealed cover at the end of the elongated portion 14 that the user can remove or drill before the introduction of the applicator 4 in the container 2. If necessary, the bottom of the latter could be provided with a pin that would perforate the aforementioned operculum.
  • the channel 5 opens through lateral orifices 38 between the reliefs 16.
  • These may for example be constituted by a succession of teeth or bristles, each of these reliefs extending on the outer periphery of the elongate portion.
  • outer periphery is meant a region of the elongate portion extending about the X axis.
  • the reliefs 16, particularly the teeth or bristles, may each extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis X.
  • All orifices 38 may open, if necessary, on the same side of the applicator.
  • the reliefs 16 may possibly not be made in one piece with the elongated portion 14 by molding of material.

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The kit has two containers (2, 3) with respective coloring oxidizer and colorant (A, B). An applicator (4) has an inner channel (5) with smaller section, through which the colorant circulates for mixing with the oxidizer. The applicator has an extended part (14) including a widened portion connected to a coupling part. The part (14) has an applying part that includes embossments with succession of teeth.

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La présente invention concerne les dispositifs de conditionnement et d'application d'un produit liquide, par exemple un produit de coloration de la chevelure résultant du mélange d'une première et d'une seconde substance conditionnées séparément.The present invention relates to devices for packaging and applying a liquid product, for example a product for coloring the hair resulting from the mixing of a first and a second substance packaged separately.

La demande de brevet japonais JP 2002-179118 décrit un dispositif de conditionnement et d'application comportant un applicateur et un récipient dans lequel est disposé un bouchon séparant deux compartiments pour le stockage de deux substances à mélanger extemporanément. Le bouchon peut être déplacé hors d'une position d'obturation lors du mélange des deux substances. Un tel dispositif présente une structure relativement complexe.The request for Japanese Patent JP 2002-179118 discloses a packaging and application device comprising an applicator and a container in which is disposed a cap separating two compartments for storing two substances to be mixed extemporaneously. The cap can be moved out of a closed position when mixing the two substances. Such a device has a relatively complex structure.

Le brevet US 4 573 506 décrit d'autres dispositifs pour conditionner séparément deux produits à mélanger extemporanément. Ces dispositifs ne sont pas prévus pour une utilisation en cosmétique du mélange, par application sur la chevelure par exemple.The US Patent 4,573,506 discloses other devices for separately conditioning two products to be mixed extemporaneously. These devices are not intended for use in cosmetics of the mixture, for example on the hair.

On connaît par ailleurs par les brevets GB 7071 , US 2 926 374 , US 3 178 755 , US 4 690 579 et US 5 345 981 divers dispositifs de conditionnement et d'application comportant un récipient contenant la réserve de produit à appliquer et un applicateur pourvu d'un canal intérieur en communication avec un réservoir secondaire permettant de prélever du produit dans le récipient. De tels dispositifs permettent d'accroître l'autonomie de l'applicateur mais ne sont pas adaptés au conditionnement de deux produits à mélanger extemporanément.We also know from patents GB 7071 , US 2,926,374 , US 3,178,755 , US 4,690,579 and US 5,345,981 various packaging and application devices comprising a container containing the supply of product to be applied and an applicator provided with an internal channel in communication with a secondary reservoir for taking product from the container. Such devices can increase the autonomy of the applicator but are not suitable for packaging two products to mix extemporaneously.

Le brevet PAVENIK US 5 307 847 a pour objet un applicateur comportant un flacon contenant un produit et un capuchon déformable. Le capuchon définit un compartiment destiné à recevoir une réserve de produit par un orifice obturable lui permettant de communiquer avec le flacon lorsque l'orifice est ouvert. Un élément d'application est fixé à l'extrémité d'une tige creuse reliée au compartiment du capuchon, de telle sorte que l'élément d'application puisse être alimenté en produit au cours de l'application, lorsque le capuchon est séparé du flacon. L'élément d'application est un pinceau ou une mousse. D'autre part, le canal de la tige ne peut être obturé.The PAVENIK patent US 5,307,847 a A subject of the invention is an applicator comprising a bottle containing a product and a deformable cap. The cap defines a compartment for receiving a supply of product through a closable orifice allowing it to communicate with the bottle when the orifice is open. An applicator element is attached to the end of a hollow rod connected to the cap compartment, so that the applicator element can be supplied with product during the application, when the cap is separated from the cap. bottle. The application element is a brush or a foam. On the other hand, the stem channel can not be closed.

La demande internationale DORR WO 03/059118 concerne un dispositif de nettoyage comportant un récipient contenant un produit à appliquer, un tube placé à la sortie du récipient et une brosse formée d'un support métallique fixé dans le tube et maintenant des poils. Les poils ne sont pas moulés de façon monolithique avec l'applicateur, et l'applicateur ne peut pas prendre une configuration d'obturation.The international application DORR WO 03/059118 relates to a cleaning device comprising a container containing a product to be applied, a tube placed at the outlet of the container and a brush formed of a metal support fixed in the tube and maintaining bristles. The bristles are not monolithically molded with the applicator, and the applicator can not take a shutter configuration.

Il existe un besoin pour bénéficier d'un dispositif de conditionnement et d'application permettant le conditionnement séparé de deux produits et leur mélange extemporané et l'application du mélange obtenu au moyen d'un applicateur, par exemple un applicateur configuré pour appliquer le mélange sur la chevelure.There is a need to benefit from a packaging and application device allowing the separate packaging of two products and their extemporaneous mixing and the application of the mixture obtained by means of an applicator, for example an applicator configured to apply the mixture. on the hair.

Selon un premier de ses aspects, l'invention a ainsi pour objet un kit de conditionnement et d'application comportant :

  • un premier récipient contenant une première substance,
  • un deuxième récipient contenant une deuxième substance, différente de la première substance,
  • un applicateur avec lequel les deux récipients peuvent être solidarisés, cet applicateur comportant au moins une partie allongée pouvant s'engager dans l'un des récipients et traversée par un canal par lequel la substance contenue dans l'un des récipients peut circuler pour se mélanger avec la substance contenue dans l'autre récipient, la première substance étant un liquide ou une poudre et la deuxième substance étant un liquide.
According to a first of its aspects, the invention thus relates to a packaging and application kit comprising:
  • a first container containing a first substance,
  • a second container containing a second substance, different from the first substance,
  • an applicator with which the two containers can be secured, this applicator comprising at least one elongated part engageable in one of the containers and through which a channel through which the substance contained in one of the containers can circulate to mix with the substance contained in the other container, the first substance being a liquid or a powder and the second substance being a liquid.

L'invention permet d'utiliser, pour appliquer le mélange, l'ensemble formé par l'un des récipients et l'applicateur, cet ensemble présentant un poids réduit par rapport au poids total du kit. En outre, le kit est de fabrication et d'utilisation relativement simples.The invention makes it possible to use, for applying the mixture, the assembly formed by one of the containers and the applicator, this assembly having a reduced weight relative to the total weight of the kit. In addition, the kit is relatively simple to manufacture and use.

La première substance peut être notamment un colorant capillaire.The first substance may be in particular a hair dye.

La deuxième substance peut être un oxydant de coloration capillaire.The second substance can be a hair coloring oxidant.

Le récipient destiné à être lié à l'applicateur lors de l'application est de préférence réalisé avec une paroi flexible, élastiquement déformable, ce qui permet à l'utilisateur de créer à l'intérieur de celui-ci une surpression pour expulser hors du récipient le produit contenu à l'intérieur ou pour prélever du mélange entre deux utilisations.The container intended to be connected to the applicator during the application is preferably made with a flexible, elastically deformable wall, which allows the user to create inside it an overpressure to expel out of the container the product contained inside or to collect the mixture between two uses.

Les deux récipients peuvent, le cas échéant, comporter chacun une paroi flexible, élastiquement déformable.The two containers may, where appropriate, each comprise a flexible wall, elastically deformable.

L'applicateur peut être réalisé avec différentes formes, selon l'application visée. Notamment dans le cas où les première et deuxième substances sont destinées au traitement de la chevelure, l'applicateur peut comporter une partie d'application réalisée avec au moins un relief, par exemple une succession de dents ou de poils.The applicator can be made with different shapes, depending on the intended application. In particular, in the case where the first and second substances are intended for the treatment of the hair, the applicator may comprise an application part made with at least one relief, for example a succession of teeth or bristles.

Le canal précité de l'applicateur peut déboucher à une extrémité de la partie allongée.The aforementioned channel of the applicator can lead to one end of the elongated portion.

En variante ou additionnellement, ce canal peut déboucher par au moins un orifice latéral de la partie d'application, cet orifice latéral étant par exemple situé entre deux dents ou poils lorsque la partie d'application comporte au moins une succession de dents ou poils permettant de peigner les cheveux.Alternatively or additionally, this channel can lead to at least one lateral orifice of the application part, this lateral orifice being for example located between two teeth or bristles when the application part comprises at least one succession of teeth or bristles allowing to comb the hair.

L'applicateur peut comporter au moins un organe d'étanchéité configuré pour s'appliquer de manière étanche sur l'un au moins des récipients.The applicator may comprise at least one sealing member configured to apply sealingly to at least one of the containers.

L'un au moins des récipients peut comporter un col et l'applicateur peut comporter au moins une lèvre d'étanchéité agencée pour s'appliquer sur la surface radialement intérieure de ce col.At least one of the containers may comprise a neck and the applicator may comprise at least one sealing lip arranged to be applied on the radially inner surface of this neck.

Il peut s'avérer souhaitable que l'air puisse s'échapper du récipient à l'intérieur duquel s'étend la partie allongée afin de faciliter l'écoulement de la substance contenue dans l'autre récipient. L'applicateur peut ainsi se fixer de manière non étanche sur le récipient dans lequel la partie allongée s'étend.It may be desirable for air to escape from the container within which the elongate portion extends to facilitate flow of the substance contained in the other container. The applicator can thus be fixed in an unsealed manner on the container in which the elongate portion extends.

En variante, l'applicateur peut comporter, le cas échéant, une surface d'étanchéité constituée par exemple par une portion de la partie allongée de l'applicateur, cette portion étant agencée pour s'appliquer sur une surface intérieure du récipient à l'intérieur duquel la partie allongée s'étend.As a variant, the applicator may comprise, where appropriate, a sealing surface formed for example by a portion of the elongated portion of the applicator, this portion being arranged to be applied on an inner surface of the container to the inside which the elongated part extends.

L'applicateur peut comporter une première jupe tubulaire, filetée intérieurement, agencée pour recevoir le premier récipient et une deuxième jupe tubulaire, filetée intérieurement, agencée pour recevoir le deuxième récipient.The applicator may comprise a first tubular skirt, threaded internally, arranged to receive the first container and a second tubular skirt, threaded internally, arranged to receive the second container.

Le canal de l'applicateur, par lequel la substance contenue dans l'un des récipients peut atteindre l'autre récipient, peut être réalisé avec une section intérieure suffisamment faible pour éviter une fuite de cette substance lorsque l'ensemble constitué par l'applicateur et l'un des récipients n'est pas encore monté sur l'autre récipient.The applicator channel, through which the substance contained in one of the containers can reach the other container, can be made with an inner section sufficiently small to prevent leakage of this substance when the assembly constituted by the applicator and one of the containers is not yet mounted on the other container.

L'applicateur peut comporter un opercule sécable avant la première utilisation, fermant le canal précité à une extrémité.

  • Des bouchons peuvent être agencés pour fermer de manière étanche les premier et second récipients en l'absence de l'applicateur.
  • L'applicateur agencé pour se fixer sur les deux récipients afin d'établir une communication entre les récipients, peut comporter au moins une succession de reliefs sur son pourtour extérieur, par exemple réalisés par moulage de matière de façon monolithique avec l'applicateur, notamment au moins une succession de dents ou poils réalisés par moulage de matière de façon monolithique avec l'applicateur.
The applicator may comprise a breakable lid before the first use, closing the aforementioned channel at one end.
  • Caps may be arranged to seal the first and second containers in the absence of the applicator.
  • The applicator arranged to be fixed on the two receptacles in order to establish a communication between the receptacles may comprise at least one succession of reliefs on its outer periphery, for example made by molding material monolithically with the applicator, in particular at least one succession of teeth or bristles made by molding material monolithically with the applicator.

Le canal de l'applicatur peut être fermé à une extrémité par des moyens d'obturation agencés pour passer d'une configuration d'obturation à une configuration ouverte permettant aux deux récipients de communiquer entre eux, en réponse à une action exercée par l'utilisateur.The applicator channel may be closed at one end by closure means arranged to move from a closure configuration to an open configuration allowing the two containers to communicate with each other in response to an action exerted by the user.

Les moyens d'obturation peuvent être configurés de manière à changer de configuration en venant en appui contre le fond du premier récipient lorsque l'applicateur est engagé dans celui-ci. Les moyens d'obturation peuvent comporter un picot relié à la partie allongée de l'applicateur par une zone frangible. Les moyens d'obturation peuvent être réalisés de façon monolithique par moulage de matière plastique avec l'applicateur.The closure means may be configured to change configuration by bearing against the bottom of the first container when the applicator is engaged therein. The closure means may comprise a pin connected to the elongate portion of the applicator by a frangible zone. The sealing means can be made monolithically by molding plastic material with the applicator.

L'invention pourra être mieux comprise à la lecture de la description détaillée qui va suivre, d'exemples de mise en oeuvre non limitatifs de celle-ci, et à l'examen du dessin annexé, sur lequel :

  • la figure 1 représente en perspective, de manière schématique, avec arrachement partiel, un exemple de dispositif de conditionnement et d'application réalisé conformément à l'invention,
  • la figure 2 est une coupe longitudinale schématique du dispositif de la figure 1,
  • la figure 3 représente en coupe longitudinale l'ensemble constitué par l'applicateur et le récipient servant d'organe de préhension,
  • la figure 4 représente de manière schématique un exemple de kit de conditionnement et d'application réalisé conformément à l'invention,
  • la figure 5 illustre l'utilisation du kit de la figure 4,
  • les figures 6 à 8 représentent trois exemples de kits conformes à l'invention,
  • la figure 9 représente à échelle agrandie le détail IX de la figure 8, et
  • la figure 10 est une coupe longitudinale partielle et schématique d'une variante de réalisation de l'applicateur.
The invention will be better understood on reading the following detailed description, non-limiting examples of implementation thereof, and on examining the appended drawing, in which:
  • the figure 1 represents in perspective, schematically, partially broken away, an exemplary packaging and application device produced according to the invention,
  • the figure 2 is a schematic longitudinal section of the device of the figure 1 ,
  • the figure 3 represents in longitudinal section the assembly constituted by the applicator and the container serving as a gripping member,
  • the figure 4 schematically represents an example of a packaging and application kit made according to the invention,
  • the figure 5 illustrates the use of the kit of the figure 4 ,
  • the Figures 6 to 8 represent three examples of kits according to the invention,
  • the figure 9 represents on an enlarged scale detail IX of the figure 8 , and
  • the figure 10 is a partial and schematic longitudinal section of an alternative embodiment of the applicator.

Le dispositif 1 de conditionnement et d'application représenté aux figures 1 et 2 comporte un premier récipient 2, un deuxième récipient 3 se superposant au premier selon un axe longitudinal X et un applicateur 4 comportant un canal intérieur 5 par lequel les deux récipients 2 et 3 peuvent communiquer.The device 1 for packaging and application represented in the Figures 1 and 2 comprises a first container 2, a second container 3 superimposed on the first along a longitudinal axis X and an applicator 4 having an inner channel 5 through which the two containers 2 and 3 can communicate.

Le dispositif 1 est issu de l'assemblage du kit représenté à la figure 4, dans lequel le premier récipient 2, qui contient une première substance A, est fermé par un bouchon individuel 8. Le deuxième récipient 3, qui contient une deuxième substance B, est également fermé par un bouchon individuel 7. L'applicateur 4 peut être initialement séparé des récipients 2 et 3, comme on le voit sur la figure 4.The device 1 comes from the assembly of the kit represented in FIG. figure 4 , wherein the first container 2, which contains a first substance A, is closed by an individual cap 8. The second container 3, which contains a second substance B, is also closed by an individual cap 7. The applicator 4 can be initially separated from containers 2 and 3, as seen on figure 4 .

Les bouchons individuels 7 et 8 comportent chacun une jupe de montage 9 filetée intérieurement et une lèvre d'étanchéité 10. Celle-ci est agencée pour s'appliquer de manière étanche sur la surface radialement intérieure du col 11 du récipient 2 en ce qui concerne le bouchon 8 et du col 12 du récipient 3 en ce qui concerne le bouchon 7.The individual plugs 7 and 8 each comprise an internally threaded mounting skirt 9 and a sealing lip 10. This is arranged to seal on the radially inner surface of the neck 11 of the container 2 with respect to the plug 8 and the neck 12 of the container 3 with respect to the plug 7.

La substance A est par exemple un oxydant de coloration et la substance B un colorant destiné à être mélangé à la substance A au moment de l'utilisation.The substance A is for example a coloring oxidant and the substance B a dye intended to be mixed with the substance A at the time of use.

Le deuxième récipient 3 comporte une paroi flexible, élastiquement déformable, sur laquelle l'utilisateur peut appuyer pour diminuer son volume intérieur.The second container 3 comprises a flexible wall, elastically deformable, on which the user can press to reduce its internal volume.

L'applicateur 4 comporte une partie allongée 14 d'axe X, munie supérieurement d'une portion élargie 20 se raccordant à une partie de couplage 13, laquelle permet de solidariser les récipients 2 et 3. La partie allongée 14 comporte inférieurement une partie d'application 15. Cette dernière présente par exemple, comme illustré, des reliefs 16 réalisés de façon monolithique avec la partie allongée 14. Les reliefs 16 sont constitués par exemple par une succession de dents.The applicator 4 comprises an elongated portion 14 of axis X, provided with an enlarged portion 20 which is connected to a coupling portion 13, which makes it possible to secure the receptacles 2 and 3. The elongate portion 14 has a lower portion 15. The latter has for example, as illustrated, reliefs 16 made monolithically with the elongate portion 14. The reliefs 16 are constituted for example by a succession of teeth.

La partie de couplage 13 comporte une première jupe tubulaire 18 d'axe X, filetée intérieurement, agencée pour se visser sur le col 11 du premier récipient 2 et une deuxième jupe tubulaire 19 d'axe X également, agencée pour se visser sur le col 12 du deuxième récipient 3.The coupling portion 13 comprises a first tubular skirt 18 of axis X, threaded internally, arranged to screw on the neck 11 of the first container 2 and a second tubular skirt 19 of axis X also, arranged to screw on the neck 12 of the second container 3.

Les jupes 18 et 19 peuvent, le cas échéant, présenter des diamètres intérieurs différents, afin d'éviter le risque d'inverser des récipients 2 et 3 lors de l'assemblage du dispositif 1. La partie de couplage 13 comporte également des moyens d'étanchéité permettant d'assurer l'étanchéité de sa fixation sur le récipient 3.The skirts 18 and 19 may, where appropriate, have different inside diameters, in order to avoid the risk of inverting containers 2 and 3 during the assembly of the device 1. The coupling part 13 also comprises sealing for sealing its fastening on the container 3.

Ces moyens d'étanchéité sont constitués, dans l'exemple considéré, par une lèvre annulaire d'étanchéité 22 agencée pour s'appliquer sur la surface intérieure du col 12.These sealing means consist, in the example considered, by an annular sealing lip 22 arranged to be applied on the inner surface of the neck 12.

Dans une variante non illustrée, la surface extérieure 21 de la partie élargie s'applique de manière étanche sur la surface inférieure du col 11.In a non-illustrated variant, the outer surface 21 of the widened portion is sealingly applied to the lower surface of the neck 11.

Dans l'exemple considéré, le canal 5 débouche à l'extrémité inférieure de la partie allongée 14 par un orifice 25, lequel peut être situé par exemple à une distance relativement proche du fond 26 du premier récipient 2, comme on le voit sur la figure 2.In the example considered, the channel 5 opens at the lower end of the elongated portion 14 through an orifice 25, which may be located for example at a distance relatively close to the bottom 26 of the first container 2, as seen on the figure 2 .

Pour mélanger les substances A et B, l'utilisateur peut procéder comme suit.To mix substances A and B, the user can proceed as follows.

Il ôte les bouchons 7 et 8 puis visse l'applicateur 4 sur le deuxième récipient 3 et enfin introduit l'ensemble 30 formé par l'applicateur 4 et le deuxième récipient 3 dans le premier récipient 2, comme illustré à la figure 5.It removes the caps 7 and 8 then screws the applicator 4 on the second container 3 and finally introduces the assembly 30 formed by the applicator 4 and the second container 3 in the first container 2, as illustrated in FIG. figure 5 .

La section du canal 5 est suffisamment faible pour éviter une fuite importante de la substance A durant cette opération, mieux éviter tout écoulement.The section of the channel 5 is small enough to avoid a significant leakage of the substance A during this operation, better avoid any flow.

L'utilisateur peut ensuite presser plusieurs fois la paroi flexible du récipient 3 pour chasser la substance A contenue à l'intérieur dans le premier récipient 2 et brasser le mélange obtenu. Chaque fois que l'utilisateur cesse d'exercer une pression sur la paroi du deuxième récipient 3, celle-ci reprend par élasticité sa forme initiale. La présence des reliefs 16 peut contribuer à l'homogénéisation du mélange M sous l'effet des turbulences créées dans le premier récipient 2 par la variation du volume intérieur du deuxième récipient 3. La fixation non totalement étanche à l'air de la jupe 18 sur le col 11 et le jeu existant entre la partie élargie 20 et le col 11 peut faciliter le départ de l'air contenu dans le récipient 2 lors de son remplissage par la substance contenue dans le récipient 3.The user can then press several times the flexible wall of the container 3 to expel the substance A contained inside the first container 2 and stir the resulting mixture. Whenever the user stops exerting pressure on the wall of the second container 3, it resumes elastically its initial shape. The presence of the reliefs 16 may contribute to the homogenization of the mixture M under the effect of the turbulence created in the first container 2 by the variation of the internal volume of the second container 3. The non-completely airtight fastening of the skirt 18 on the neck 11 and the clearance between the enlarged portion 20 and the neck 11 can facilitate the departure of the air contained in the container 2 during its filling by the substance contained in the container 3.

Le mélange M peut être distribué en séparant à nouveau l'ensemble 30 du premier récipient 2, comme illustré à la figure 3. Le récipient 3 sert alors d'organe de préhension. Le mélange M peut être appliqué sur la chevelure en appuyant sur la paroi du deuxième récipient 3 et les reliefs 16 peuvent être utilisés pour répartir le produit sur la chevelure, les cheveux pouvant s'engager entre eux.The mixture M can be dispensed by again separating the assembly 30 from the first container 2, as illustrated in FIG. figure 3 . The container 3 then serves as a gripping member. The mixture M can be applied to the hair by pressing the wall of the second container 3 and the reliefs 16 can be used to distribute the product on the hair, the hair being engageable between them.

Bien entendu, l'invention n'est pas limitée à l'exemple de réalisation qui vient d'être décrit et diverses modifications peuvent être apportées aux récipients ainsi qu'à l'applicateur.Of course, the invention is not limited to the embodiment which has just been described and various modifications can be made to the containers and the applicator.

Par exemple, comme illustré à la figure 6, le kit peut comporter un bouchon 33 agencé pour se fixer sur la jupe 19 de l'applicateur 4, ce dernier étant proposé à l'utilisateur déjà en place sur le premier récipient 2. Le bouchon 33 peut comporter un obturateur central 34 agencé pour obturer le canal 5 de l'applicateur. Pour mélanger les substances A et B, l'utilisateur peut par exemple ôter les bouchons 7 et 33 puis visser la jupe 19 sur le col 12 du deuxième récipient 3.For example, as shown in figure 6 , the kit may comprise a plug 33 arranged to attach to the skirt 19 of the applicator 4, the latter being proposed to the user already in place on the first container 2. The plug 33 may comprise a central shutter 34 arranged for close the channel 5 of the applicator. To mix the substances A and B, the user can for example remove the plugs 7 and 33 and then screw the skirt 19 on the neck 12 of the second container 3.

Le kit peut encore comporter, comme illustré à la figure 7, un obturateur 36 fixé à l'extrémité de la partie allongée 14 de l'applicateur 4 pour obturer le canal 5. Comme dans l'exemple précédent, l'applicateur 4 peut être proposé à l'utilisateur déjà en place sur le premier récipient 2. Pour mélanger les substances A et B, l'utilisateur peut ôter le bouchon 7 et visser la jupe 19 sur le col 12 du second récipient 3. Durant cette opération, l'obturateur 36 est encore en place à l'extrémité de l'applicateur 4, ce qui empêche tout risque d'écoulement de la substance A hors du premier récipient 2. Une fois le deuxième récipient assemblé sur la partie de couplage 13, l'utilisateur peut exercer une pression sur la paroi du second récipient 3 pour provoquer l'expulsion de l'obturateur 36 et permettre aux substances A et B de se mélanger.The kit may also include, as illustrated in figure 7 , a shutter 36 fixed to the end of the elongated portion 14 of the applicator 4 to close the channel 5. As in the previous example, the applicator 4 can be proposed to the user already in place on the first container 2. To mix the substances A and B, the user can remove the cap 7 and screw the skirt 19 on the neck 12 of the second container 3. During this operation, the shutter 36 is still in place at the end of the applicator 4, which prevents any risk of flow of the substance A out of the first container 2. Once the second container assembled on the coupling portion 13, the user can exert pressure on the wall of the second container 3 to cause the expulsion of the shutter 36 and allow the substances A and B to mix.

Dans l'exemple des figures 8 et 9, le kit comporte le récipient 2 contenant la substance A, fermé par le bouchon 8, et le récipient 3 contenant la substance B, fermé par l'applicateur 4, celui-ci étant pourvu à son extrémité libre d'un moyen d'obturation 40 que l'on a également représenté à la figure 9.In the example of Figures 8 and 9 , the kit comprises the container 2 containing the substance A, closed by the cap 8, and the container 3 containing the substance B, closed by the applicator 4, the latter being provided at its free end with a sealing means 40 that was also represented at the figure 9 .

Ce moyen d'obturation 40 comporte par exemple, comme illustré, un opercule comportant un picot 21 relié par une zone annulaire de rupture préférentielle 42 à une collerette 43 faisant saillie radialement vers l'intérieur à une extrémité du canal 5. L'opercule est avantageusement réalisé de manière monolithique avec la partie allongée 14 de l'applicateur 4, par moulage de matière plastique.This sealing means 40 comprises, for example, as illustrated, a cap comprising a pin 21 connected by a preferential annular zone of rupture 42 to a flange 43 projecting radially inwards at one end of the channel 5. The cap is advantageously made monolithically with the elongated portion 14 of the applicator 4, by plastic molding.

Avantageusement, comme c'est le cas dans l'exemple représenté sur les figures 8 et 9, les moyens d'obturation 40 sont agencés de manière à passer automatiquement d'une configuration d'obturation à une configuration ouverte permettant à la substance B de se mélanger avec la substance A, lorsque la partie allongée 14 de l'applicateur 4 est introduite dans le récipient 2. Ce changement de configuration peut être obtenu par exemple par coopération entre les moyens d'obturation 40 et le fond du récipient 2 dans lequel l'applicateur 4 est introduit.Advantageously, as is the case in the example shown on the Figures 8 and 9 , the closure means 40 are arranged to automatically switch from a closure configuration to an open configuration allowing the substance B to mix with the substance A, when the elongated portion 14 of the applicator 4 is introduced into the container 2. This configuration change can be obtained for example by cooperation between the closure means 40 and the bottom of the container 2 in which the applicator 4 is introduced.

Dans l'exemple des figures 8 et 9, le picot 41 vient ainsi en appui contre le fond du récipient 2 avant la fin du vissage de la jupe 18 sur le col 11 du récipient 2 et la zone annulaire 42 sécable rompt, ce qui a pour conséquence qu'au terme du vissage de l'applicateur, le picot 41 est remonté dans le canal 5. Cela permet à la substance B de s'écouler dans l'intervalle qui existe dans le canal 5 autour du picot 41. Le diamètre de la zone annulaire 42 est de préférence nettement inférieur au diamètre intérieur du canal 5.In the example of Figures 8 and 9 , the pin 41 thus bears against the bottom of the container 2 before the end of the screwing of the skirt 18 on the neck 11 of the container 2 and the annular zone 42 breakable breaks, which has the consequence that at the end of the screwing of the applicator, the pin 41 is raised in the channel 5. This allows the substance B to flow in the gap that exists in the channel 5 around the pin 41. The diameter of the annular zone 42 is preferably clearly less than the inside diameter of the channel 5.

Bien entendu, les moyens d'obturation 40 pourraient être réalisés autrement encore.Of course, the shutter means 40 could be made otherwise.

Dans des variantes non illustrées, les moyens d'obturation 40 comportent un obturateur rapporté sur la partie allongée 14 de l'applicateur 4 et maintenu sur celle-ci par exemple par encliquetage, friction, collage ou soudage. L'obturateur est par exemple un opercule thermosoudé à l'extrémité de la partie allongée 14 que l'utilisateur peut enlever ou percer avant la mise en place de l'applicateur 4 dans le récipient 2. Le cas échéant, le fond de ce dernier pourrait être pourvu d'un picot qui viendrait perforer l'opercule précité.In non-illustrated variants, the closure means 40 comprise a shutter attached to the elongated portion 14 of the applicator 4 and held thereon, for example by snapping, friction, gluing or welding. The shutter is for example a heat-sealed cover at the end of the elongated portion 14 that the user can remove or drill before the introduction of the applicator 4 in the container 2. If necessary, the bottom of the latter could be provided with a pin that would perforate the aforementioned operculum.

La partie de l'applicateur servant à l'application peut être réalisée de différentes façons et dans la variante illustrée à la figure 10, le canal 5 débouche par des orifices latéraux 38 entre les reliefs 16. Ces derniers peuvent par exemple être constitués par une succession de dents ou poils, chacun de ces reliefs s'étendant sur le pourtour extérieur de la partie allongée. Par « pourtour extérieur », il faut comprendre une région de la partie allongée s'étendant autour de l'axe X. Les reliefs 16, notamment les dents ou poils, peuvent s'étendre chacun dans une direction sensiblement perpendiculaire à l'axe longitudinal X.The portion of the applicator for the application can be made in different ways and in the variant illustrated in FIG. figure 10 , the channel 5 opens through lateral orifices 38 between the reliefs 16. These may for example be constituted by a succession of teeth or bristles, each of these reliefs extending on the outer periphery of the elongate portion. By "outer periphery" is meant a region of the elongate portion extending about the X axis. The reliefs 16, particularly the teeth or bristles, may each extend in a direction substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis X.

Tous les orifices 38 peuvent déboucher, le cas échéant, d'un même côté de l'applicateur. Les reliefs 16 peuvent éventuellement ne pas être réalisés d'un seul tenant avec la partie allongée 14 par moulage de matière.All orifices 38 may open, if necessary, on the same side of the applicator. The reliefs 16 may possibly not be made in one piece with the elongated portion 14 by molding of material.

Dans toute la description, y compris les revendications, l'expression « comportant un » doit être comprise comme étant synonyme de « comportant au moins un », sauf si le contraire est spécifié.Throughout the description, including the claims, the phrase "having one" should be understood as being synonymous with "having at least one", unless the opposite is specified.

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  1. A packaging and applicator kit comprising:
    - a first receptacle containing a first substance;
    - a second receptacle containing a second substance that is different from the first substance;
    - an applicator to which both receptacles can be secured, said applicator comprising at least an elongate portion, said portion being capable of engaging in one of the receptacles and having a through channel through which the substance contained in one of the receptacles can flow for mixing with the substance contained in the other receptacle, wherein the first substance is a liquid or a powder and wherein the second substance is a liquid.
  2. A kit according to claim 1, comprising:
    stoppers arranged to close the first receptacle and the second receptacle in leaktight manner, in the absence of the applicator.
  3. A kit according to claim 1 or 2, the applicator comprising at least a succession of projections on its outer periphery, in particular at least one succession of teeth or bristles, that are molded integrally with the applicator.
  4. A kit according to any preceding claim, the channel being closed at one end by closure means arranged to move away from a closed configuration to an open configuration, thereby enabling the receptacles to communicate with each other, in response to an action exerted by the user.
  5. A kit according to claim 1, wherein the first substance is a liquid, in particular a hair dye.
  6. A kit according to claim 1, wherein the second substance is a hair coloring oxidant.
  7. A kit according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein at least one of both receptacles is made in a flexible and elastically-deformable wall.
  8. A kit according to claim 7, wherein at least the receptacle, which is secured to the applicator during application of the mixture, has a flexible and elastically-deformable wall.
  9. A kit according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein both receptacles each have a flexible and elastically-deformable wall.
  10. A kit according to claim 1, wherein the applicator has an applicator portion made with at least one projection, in particular a succession of teeth or of bristles.
  11. A kit according to claim 1, wherein the channel opens out at one end of the elongate portion.
  12. A kit according to claim 1, wherein the channel opens out on the outside through at least one side hole, said at least one outside hole being in particular situated between two teeth or two bristles.
  13. A kit according to any one of claims 1 to 12, wherein the applicator includes at least one sealing member configured to be pressed in leaktight manner against one of the receptacles.
  14. A kit according to claim 13, wherein the applicator is arranged to be fastened to the receptacle in which the elongate portion extends, in a manner that is not completely airtight.
  15. A kit according to any one of claims 1 to 14, wherein the applicator includes both a first tubular skirt that has an inside thread and that is arranged to receive the first receptacle, and a second tubular skirt that has an inside thread and that is arranged to receive the second receptacle.
  16. A kit according to claim 4, wherein the closure means are configured to change the configuration by bearing against the bottom of the first receptacle when the applicator is engaged therein.
  17. A kit according to claim 16, wherein the closure means comprises a spike connected to the elongate portion by a breakable zone.
  18. A kit according to claim 16 or claim 17, wherein the closure means are made integrally with the applicator by molding a material.
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