EP1623650A2 - Vorrichtung zum Aufbewahren und Auftragen von Kosmetika oder Pflegeprodukten - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum Aufbewahren und Auftragen von Kosmetika oder Pflegeprodukten Download PDF

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EP1623650A2
EP1623650A2 EP05300580A EP05300580A EP1623650A2 EP 1623650 A2 EP1623650 A2 EP 1623650A2 EP 05300580 A EP05300580 A EP 05300580A EP 05300580 A EP05300580 A EP 05300580A EP 1623650 A2 EP1623650 A2 EP 1623650A2
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • A45D2200/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A45D
    • A45D2200/10—Details of applicators
    • A45D2200/1009—Applicators comprising a pad, tissue, sponge, or the like
    • A45D2200/1018—Applicators comprising a pad, tissue, sponge, or the like comprising a pad, i.e. a cushion-like mass of soft material, with or without gripping means
    • 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

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  • the present invention relates to devices for packaging and applying a cosmetic or care product.
  • French patent application FR 2 771 077 describes a packaging and applicator device comprising an applicator having an applicator element that can be refilled with product by being introduced into a container through a wiper member consisting of at least one partly by an elastically deformable porous material.
  • a wiper member consisting of at least one partly by an elastically deformable porous material.
  • Such a device is relatively complex and expensive to produce and further the rod of the applicator is made with a small diameter so as not to deform the wiper member.
  • the rod is thus relatively flexible, which can affect the accuracy of the makeup.
  • European patent EP 1 053 695 B1 also discloses an applicator comprising an applicator element that can deform on crossing the wiper member.
  • the application surface is relatively narrow and the comfort to the application is not entirely satisfactory.
  • No. 3,692,417 describes a mascara brush whose bristles bend as they pass through the opening of the container.
  • the invention aims in particular to provide an applicator both comfortable and accurate and having sufficient autonomy to allow application in good conditions.
  • the cavity is advantageously at least partially defined by at least two branches, at least partially flocked, of the application element.
  • the applicator element may have a relatively wide application surface, which contributes to making the device relatively fast and comfortable to use, especially in the case of an application on the skin or lips.
  • the application element offers new possibilities of application of the product according to the orientation given to the application element relative to keratinous fibers.
  • the branches can define a larger width of the application element.
  • the cavity may make it possible to constitute, when it is made so as to be able to load the product, a reserve of product providing additional autonomy to the application element or making it easier to deposit a larger quantity of product, in order to to reinforce a makeup effect, for example the gloss of a gloss.
  • the invention makes it possible to use as a wiper member, if desired, a wiper member which deforms relatively little, if not substantially when it is traversed by the applicator element and in particular a wiper member.
  • a wiper member which deforms relatively little, if not substantially when it is traversed by the applicator element and in particular a wiper member.
  • spinning made of a non-cellular material, for example a polyolefin such as low density polyethylene or an elastomer, so that the wiper member can be relatively inexpensive to manufacture and easy to install on the container.
  • the wiper member may comprise one or more slots to facilitate the passage of the applicator element.
  • the applicator element is flocked on at least a portion of its surface for application, and its branches can in particular be fully flocked.
  • the cavity may or may not open to the outside. When the cavity opens out, it can lead to one or more openings.
  • the cavity may for example lead to at least one face of the application element used for the application of the product.
  • the cavity can still lead to two opposite faces of the application element, at least one of which serves for the application of the product.
  • the cavity can still lead to several passes for the product, for example at least three equi-angularly distributed passages about a longitudinal axis of the application element.
  • the cavity may open out as this may facilitate the deposition of the product contained in the cavity on the treated region.
  • the applicator element may comprise at least one flexible membrane adjacent to the cavity, the flexibility of this membrane does not prevent the applicator element from deforming as it passes through the opening of the container.
  • the cavity may for example be located between two flexible membranes, connecting the branches.
  • the membrane may be perforated or not.
  • the application element may for example comprise a flexible grid extending at least partially in the cavity.
  • the cavity Before any contact of the application element with the product, the cavity may be empty, that is to say filled with air.
  • the cavity may be at least partially filled with an elastically deformable material, in particular a material having a deformability greater than that of the portion of the application element defining the cavity, notably a deformability greater than the branches, for example low density foam, felt or flocking.
  • the application element may have several cavities.
  • the cavity may have, in one plane at least, a closed contour.
  • the applicator element may have a thickness of material around the cavity, at least in one plane, which is non-constant.
  • the application member may further have a thickness of material around the cavity that is substantially constant, at least in one plane.
  • the cavity may for example extend over more than half the width of the applicator element.
  • the cavity may extend over more than half the length of the applicator element.
  • the variation of the greatest transverse dimension of the applicator element through the opening of the container is greater than or equal to 20%, better still greater than or equal to 40 % or more.
  • the applicator element may comprise a body made of a thermoplastic material, defining the cavity, and this body may be at least partially covered by a flocking, or even be entirely flocked.
  • the application element may be devoid of metal, which allows for example its passage in a microwave oven.
  • the shape of the application element may depend in particular on the region of the body or face on which the product is to be applied.
  • the cavity may advantageously extend substantially parallel to a plane forming a non-zero angle with the longitudinal axis of a rod to which the applicator element is connected. At least a portion of the applicator element can thus be elongated along a longitudinal axis that forms a non-zero angle with the longitudinal axis of the support rod.
  • the longitudinal axis of the applicator element may be substantially coaxial with that of the rod which carries the applicator element.
  • the application element may have a symmetrical envelope surface of revolution or not.
  • the applicator element may have a symmetrical shape relative to a median plane, in particular a median plane containing the longitudinal axis of the support rod. The latter can be connected to the end opposite to that carrying the applicator element to a closing cap of the container.
  • the applicator element does not have elongate teeth or pins.
  • the container may comprise, as mentioned above, an attached wiper member, which is for example fixed in the neck of the container.
  • the container does not have a wiper member.
  • a smaller cross section of the opening of the container may be circular, whether or not the container has an added wiper.
  • Fixation of the applicator element on the rod can be carried out in various ways and the application element can include a fastening tip engaged in the rod.
  • the applicator element may comprise a tip crimped into the rod or snapped in or on it. Rather than being attached to the rod, the application element can be made at least partially in one piece with the rod.
  • the applicator element comprises a filiform body having two ends engaged in the rod.
  • the rod may have an outer diameter greater than or equal to 2.5 mm, better than or equal to 3 mm, in particular of the order of about 4 mm, which gives it a certain rigidity and can increase the precision of the makeup.
  • the invention further relates, in another of its aspects, the applicator considered in isolation, independently of the wiper member which is possibly associated with it.
  • an applicator is for example associated with a reserve of product that is not necessarily contained in a container having a neck through which the applicator must be introduced.
  • the product reserve is for example a mass of product in the form of bread, possibly contained in a cup.
  • the movement of the two branches towards each other can be performed for example on more than one tenth of the largest transverse dimension, or more than one eighth or fifth.
  • the two branches that come closer can touch or not when crossing the opening of the container.
  • the two branches can delimit between them a cavity which is empty or not.
  • the two portions may extend in a plane which is or is not an angle with the longitudinal axis of the rod.
  • the two branches may be devoid of teeth or pins, being for example smooth or flocked, especially when the applicator is intended to apply a product on the skin or lips.
  • the two branches of the application element may have different shapes.
  • One of the branches is for example thicker, which may allow to decenter the cavity.
  • the cavity can be unique.
  • the cavity may have a relatively elongated shape, with an m / n ratio for example greater than or equal to 3, or 4, or 5 or 6, where m denotes the length of the cavity and n its widest width.
  • the width of the cavity may pass through an extremum between its two free ends, this extremum being for example a maximum.
  • the branches may have a longitudinal outer edge convex outwardly, or concave outwards, or substantially rectilinear over a fraction at least of its length, for example about halfway length.
  • the outer edge of at least one of the branches may be at least partially streaked.
  • the branches can be flocked at least partially.
  • the applicator element may include flocking bristles having different lengths, for example with longer bristles near the distal end of the applicator element.
  • the branches may have, in cross section, a circular shape, oblong, for example elliptical, polygonal, with rounded or not rounded tops, for example triangular, square or rectangular.
  • the branches can be hollow.
  • the branches are for example made of an elastomer, in particular a thermoplastic elastomer.
  • the lateral portions may have longitudinal axes that extend substantially parallel to the same plane, which may be at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the rod.
  • the longitudinal axes can converge towards each other in the direction of the distal portion.
  • the proximal portion may have edges adjacent to the stem that extend obliquely relative to the longitudinal axis thereof.
  • the lateral, proximal and distal portions may define between them a cavity which is empty.
  • the application element may comprise a tip engaged inside the rod. This may have, in the case where its section is circular, a substantially constant outside diameter, at least for its portion introduced into the container in contact with the product.
  • the lateral, proximal and distal portions may be made of thermoplastic material by injection molding, in particular a thermoplastic elastomer.
  • the applicator may comprise, at one end of the rod opposite the applicator element, a cap for closing the container.
  • the applicator element may or may not deform between the moment when it is loaded with product and the one where the product is applied.
  • the device 1 for packaging and application shown in Figure 1 comprises a container 2 containing a product P to be applied and an applicator 3 having a rod 4 of longitudinal axis X, provided at one end with a gripping element 5 also constituting a sealing cap of the container 2 and at the other end of an applicator element 6.
  • the axis X of the rod 4 is rectilinear but it could be curved, alternatively.
  • the container 2 is provided in the upper part with a neck 7 in which is engaged a wiper member 8.
  • the gripping element 5 is screwed on the neck 7 but could alternatively be fixed differently, for example by snapping.
  • the wiper member 8 comprises a flange 9 resting on the upper edge of the neck 7 and a wiper lip 10 defining in the example under consideration a wringing orifice. 11 of circular section, of diameter a , for example substantially equal to that of the rod 4.
  • the latter has a diameter generally greater than 2.5 mm, for example of the order of 4 mm.
  • the wiper member 8 is made in the example shown in a non-cellular material, for example a polyolefin or an elastomer.
  • the polyolefin is for example polyethylene, especially low or high density.
  • the outer surface of the applicator element 6 is flocked.
  • the applicator element 6 could for example not be flocked or at least partially surface-covered with a coating other than flocking, for example a woven fabric, a nonwoven fabric, a foam or present reliefs, for example a grid.
  • the application element 6 has, as can be seen in FIG. 5, a general shape symmetrical with respect to a median plane of symmetry M and comprises a cavity 12 which is delimited laterally by two portions. lateral or branches 13 and axially by distal portions 14 and proximal 15 joining the branches 13.
  • the latter are elongated along respective longitudinal axes Y which extend substantially parallel to a plane B, as can be seen in Figure 4, which makes with the axis X of the rod 4 an angle ⁇ which is for example between about 20 ° and about 30 °.
  • the angle ⁇ between each Y axis and the median plane of symmetry M is for example between 5 and 45 °, as can be seen in FIG.
  • the shape of the distal 14 and proximal portions 15 will advantageously be chosen so as to facilitate the crossing of the opening 11 of the container 2.
  • the proximal portion 15 may thus comprise edges 60, adjacent to the stem 4, extending obliquely relative to the X axis, and the distal portion 14 may have a generally tapered shape.
  • the branches 13 converge towards each other towards the distal portion 14 and the cavity 12 has, when the application element 6 is observed in elevation, a substantially triangular shape.
  • the cavity 12 extends for example, as can be seen in Figure 5 in particular, over more than a quarter of the width b of the applicator element 6 and more than a quarter of its length l .
  • the dimensions of the cavity 12 may be chosen as a function of the deformability required to cross the opening 11 of the container and the amount of product that it is desired to retain optionally, particularly by capillarity, in the cavity 12 after removal of the applicator of the container.
  • the width b of the application element 6 is greater than the smallest diameter a of the wiper member 8, so that, when the wiper member 8 passes through it, the applicator element 6 deforms, as illustrated in Figures 7 to 10.
  • the lateral portions 13 approach each other substantially parallel to the direction D of the largest transverse dimension, to the point that their facing faces can touch each other, the shape of the cavity 12 being modified during the passage of the wiper member 8 by the applicator element 6.
  • the ratio b / a is for example greater than 1.2, or even 1.4 or 1.6, so that the variation experienced by the greatest transverse dimension of the applicator element through the opening 11 can be sensitive.
  • the width b is for example of the order of 9 mm and the dimension has of the order of 4 mm.
  • the widest part of the application element 6 is preferably the one that is the most flexible.
  • the application element 6 After passing through the opening 11 of the container, the application element 6 can resume its own elasticity its original shape, as seen in Figure 10.
  • the product P present in the cavity 12 increases the autonomy of the applicator and can also improve comfort on application, facilitating the sliding of the applicator on the treated surface.
  • the product P is for example intended to be applied to the lips and the user can deposit it on them by bringing for example the rear face 20 of the applicator element 6 to their contact, as shown in FIG. 12
  • the rear face 20 corresponds to that located on the rear side when the application element 6 is observed with the lateral portions 13 extending forward.
  • the deposited product thickness may be different, which may allow the user to vary, for example, the brightness of the makeup.
  • the product P present in the cavity 12 can be deposited and the product-loaded surface P coming into contact with the lips can be relatively large, so that the lips can be made up sufficiently quickly.
  • the application can be made only with the end of the distal portion 14, to draw an outline for example.
  • the wiper member 8 can be made with a smaller diameter. If necessary, the rod 4 can be made with a necking 40, as shown in FIG. 13, this necking 40 avoiding mechanically biasing the wiper member 8 when the container is closed.
  • the device 1 can also be produced without added wiper member in the neck 7 of the container, as shown in Figure 14.
  • the neck 7 may have a smaller internal diameter a which is smaller than the width b of the applicator element 6, so that the applicator element 6 deforms as it passes through the opening 11 of the container.
  • the container 2 is made with an overmoulded wringing member.
  • FIG. 15 illustrates the possibility of using an attached wiper member 8, other than that shown in FIG. 1.
  • the wiper member 8 is constituted by a block of a cellular material, elastically compressible.
  • the wiper member 8 may be traversed at its center by a recess 42 defining the opening 11 of the container, as can be seen in FIG.
  • the diameter of the recess 42 may for example correspond substantially to that of the rod 4.
  • the wiper member may still, regardless of its nature, alveolar or not, have one or more slots, which may be contiguous edges or not.
  • the applicator can be used in combination with a slotted wiper.
  • a wiper member 8 having a central opening for the passage of the rod and the application member and several slots 100, which may be radial.
  • Fixing the application element 6 on the rod 4 can be effected by various means.
  • the proximal portion 15 is extended, as can be seen in FIG. 5, by a tip 18 engaged inside the rod 4.
  • This tip 18 is for example glued, stapled or welded in the rod 4. The latter can be crimped onto the tip, as shown in Figure 17.
  • Figure 18 illustrates the possibility of securing the application element and the rod snap.
  • the tip 18 is for example configured to snap onto a head 70 made at the end of the rod 4.
  • the outer diameter of the tip 18 may then, for example, correspond substantially to that of the rod 4.
  • the body of the applicator element can also be made in one piece with the rod 4, as illustrated in FIG. 19.
  • FIG. 20 illustrates the possibility for at least a portion of the application element 6 to extend along a longitudinal axis Z which makes an angle ⁇ with the longitudinal axis X of the rod 4, the X axes and Z being contained in the same plane and the cavity 12 extending substantially parallel to this plane.
  • FIG. 21 illustrates the possibility for the applicator element 6 to have a non-symmetrical shape with respect to the axis X of the rod 4. Where appropriate, as illustrated in FIG. 6 may have an edge 72 extending substantially in alignment with the rod 4.
  • the application element 6 may also comprise more than one cavity 12, for example two cavities 12 as shown in FIG. 23.
  • the two cavities 12 are for example aligned along the longitudinal axis of the applicator element 6.
  • the latter may have, for example, in front view, the general shape of an eight.
  • the application element 6 extends obliquely with respect to the longitudinal axis X of the rod 4.
  • the applicator element 6 can be further extended, in a non-illustrated variant, along a curvilinear longitudinal axis.
  • each branch 13 may for example extend with its longitudinal axis Y contained in a plane which is parallel to the longitudinal axis X of the rod 4, as illustrated in FIG. 24 .
  • the cavity 12 opens at the front and rear of the application element 6, when it is viewed from the front, as in Figure 2.
  • the application element 6 may have a substantially symmetrical envelope surface of revolution about its longitudinal axis.
  • the envelope surface may have another shape, especially when the applicator element 6 has an oval cross section, as shown in FIG. 27.
  • the applicator element 6 comprises more than two intermediate portions 13 joining the proximal and distal portions 14.
  • the intermediate portions 13 are for example three or four in number and are arranged around the cavity 12, which opens out through openings formed between the intermediate portions 13.
  • the latter have for example an arched shape, concave inwardly.
  • FIGS. 29 and 30 show an application element 6 which is formed by a filamentary body 30, solid or hollow, having two ends 31 and 32 engaged in corresponding housings of the rod 4.
  • FIG. 311a illustrates the possibility of producing the application element 6 with a non-constant thickness of material around the cavity 12, in at least one plane.
  • the thickness of material may vary from a maximum thickness e 1 to a minimum thickness e 2 , for example at the level of the branches 13.
  • the branches 13 may have, over at least a portion of their length, a solid cross section, of circular shape for example.
  • FIG. 32 illustrates the possibility for the branches 13 to present a shape other in section, with, for example, facing faces 77 substantially planar.
  • the branches 13 are hollow.
  • the cavity 12 is filled with air before any contact of the application element 6 with the product contained in the container. It could be otherwise.
  • the cavity 12 may for example be at least partially occupied by the flocking extending over the body of the applicator element 6, as is the case in the example illustrated in FIG. 37.
  • flocking covering the body of the application element 6 may for example be long enough for the bristles located on the facing faces of the branches 13 meet.
  • FIGS. 37A to 37E illustrate the possibility for the branches 13 to have various shapes in section, for example substantially polygonal, in particular triangular, as shown in FIG. 37A or square as shown in FIG. 37D, flattened substantially parallel to the plane of the cavity 12 as shown in Figure 37B, or flattened and oriented obliquely so that the cavity 12 opens outwardly through two unequal openings as shown in Figure 37C.
  • the branches 13 may for example have a height h which is greater than the width w of the cavity 12 between the branches, as shown in Figure 37E.
  • the applicator element 6 may, as illustrated in FIG. 33, comprise two cavities 12 which are separated by a flexible membrane 80 joining the branches 13 and situated for example at mid-thickness thereof.
  • This membrane 80 may be flocked or not. Its flexibility does not prevent the application element 6 to deform sufficiently to cross the opening of the container, if necessary.
  • the membrane 80 may be replaced by a grid 81, as shown in FIG. 40.
  • the cavity 12 may only open on one face of the application element 6, as illustrated in FIG. 34, the application element may comprise a membrane 82 defining for example at least partially the application surface by its outer face 83.
  • This membrane 82 may for example be flocked externally. In a variant not shown, at least one orifice allows the product contained in the cavity 12 to gain the outer face 83, through the membrane 82.
  • the membranes 80 or 82 may be molded in one piece with the branches 13.
  • the membrane 82 may be replaced by an attached membrane 84, as illustrated in FIG. 35.
  • the membrane 84 may for example comprise a woven or a nonwoven, a foam, a perforated film, a grid, a felt, among others. and can be fixed by welding or gluing, for example.
  • the membrane 84 may be permeable or not to the product P contained in the cavity 12.
  • the cavity 12 is formed between two flexible membranes 86, which can, for example, join the branches 13.
  • the membranes 86 may be attached to the remainder of the applicator element or alternatively may be made integral with the body thereof.
  • the membranes 86 may or may not be permeable to the product P.
  • the membranes 80, 82, 84 or 86 may or may not be elastically deformable.
  • the cavity 12 may also be at least partially filled, as can be seen in FIGS. 38 and 39, by a material 43 that does not excessively prevent the deformation of the application element 6 at the crossing of the opening of the container, when necessary.
  • the material 43 may for example be a low-density foam, with very open cells, more easily deformable than the body of the applicator element 6 surrounding the cavity 12.
  • the material 43 may, if appropriate, be flocked externally, as can be seen in FIG. 39. At least one of its outer faces 90 can at least partially deflect the application surface.
  • the body of the application element 6 is for example made at least partially by injection molding in a thermoplastic material, for example PVC, PU, EVA, SIS-SEB, nitrile, silicone, EPDM, Hytrel®, Pebax® , Santoprene®, or other thermoplastics, elastomers.
  • a thermoplastic material for example PVC, PU, EVA, SIS-SEB, nitrile, silicone, EPDM, Hytrel®, Pebax® , Santoprene®, or other thermoplastics, elastomers.
  • the applicator element 6 may also be made of non-thermoplastic materials, for example flexible resins, or be made other than by molding, for example by cutting, as illustrated in FIG. 41.
  • FIGS. 43 and 44 show an application element 6 which has upper and lower faces 131 which converge towards the distal end of the applicator element, at least along a portion of the cavity 12.
  • the longitudinal axis X of the rod 4 is for example substantially parallel to one of these faces, for example the upper face 130.
  • the application element 6 also has, when viewed from above as shown in Figure 44, substantially rectilinear longitudinal edges which converge towards the distal end.
  • the application elements shown in Figures 45 to 61 may advantageously be used for the application of a product, makeup or care, on keratin fibers, for example eyelashes or eyebrows.
  • the single cavity 12 has an elongated shape, the ratio of the length m of the cavity to the greatest width n thereof being, for example, greater than or equal to 3, or 4, or 5 or 6. For example, there is 3 ⁇ m / n ⁇ 6.
  • FIG. 45 represents an application element whose cavity 12 has a substantially constant width over at least half of its length.
  • the longitudinal edges of the branches 13 are rectilinear and parallel to each other, on either side of a median portion located mid-length of the cavity.
  • the applicator element 6 is flocked and its distal portion is covered by bristles longer than those covering the branches 13. This distal portion serves, for example, to make up the corner of the eye. .
  • the branches 13 have unequal widths and the cavity 12 is off-center.
  • Figure 49 illustrates the possibility for the branches 13 of the application element to have concave longitudinal edges outwardly.
  • the cavity may then have a width passing through a minimum between its two axial ends.
  • the longitudinal edges of the branches are convex outwardly, and the cavity 12 has when viewed from above a lenticular shape.
  • the application element represented in FIG. 51 has a curvilinear longitudinal axis Y and the free end of the applicator element is not situated on the longitudinal axis X of the rod.
  • One of the branches has an outwardly convex outer edge and the other branches an outwardly concave outer edge.
  • the applicator element of Figure 52 has a branch having an outwardly convex outer edge and another branch having a straight outer edge.
  • the cavity 12 can be relatively narrow and form a capillary slot.
  • the cavity 12 is wider than in the example of Figure 52 and has a variable width, passing through an extremum.
  • FIG. 54 illustrates the possibility for the applicator element to comprise two branches, one of which has a rectilinear outer edge and the other a concave outer edge towards the outside.
  • the applicator element has a curvilinear longitudinal axis, as in the example of FIG. 51, and the free end of the applicator element is located on the same side, relatively to the longitudinal axis X of the rod, that virtually all the rest of the application element.
  • Figure 56 illustrates the possibility for one of the branches of the application element to have grooves while the other branch is devoid of it. These grooves extend for example transversely to the branch.
  • Figures 57 and 59 show application members having a third limb 16 joining the distal and proximal portions of the applicator member.
  • the third branch is located on one side of the plane defined by the longitudinal axes of the two branches 13, as can be seen in FIG. 58.
  • the third branch 16 has, for example, an arcuate shape. .
  • the first two branches 13 and the third branch 16 are arranged regularly around the longitudinal axis Y of the application element, the proximal portion of the application element having a cross-section generally in the shape of a triangle or a star with three branches, as can be seen in FIG.
  • FIG. 61 illustrates the possibility of making the body of the applicator element monolithic with the rod and with the gripping member, which can also serve as a closure member for the container.
  • the application elements of Figures 45 to 61 are for example made at least partially by molding material, including a thermoplastic material.
  • the application elements of Figures 45 to 61 can be used to load the eyelashes with a relatively large amount of product.
  • Two branches of the application element can be used simultaneously or successively to apply the product on the eyelashes.
  • the application of the product may optionally be carried out in various ways depending on the desired result, the application element being for example used flat, on the edge or with various inclinations , the chosen orientation allowing the user to control for example the intensity of makeup.
  • the application element may have shapes other than those illustrated, for example diamond, circle or ellipse when the application element is observed from the front.
  • the application elements may comprise magnetic particles.
  • the applicator element When the applicator element is deformable, its deformability can be used to recover product that adheres to the inner surface of the container.
  • An application element having a clearly elongated shape is advantageously designed to allow this deformation.
  • the rod of the applicator may be devoid of the gripping element 5.
  • the product P is for example contained, in the form of a paste, a compacted powder or a loose powder or otherwise, in a cup of a housing 110, as illustrated in FIG. 62.
  • the applicator is for example received in a corresponding housing 112 of the housing.
  • the application element can be loaded into product by being brought into contact with it. Deformation of the application element may or may not occur at the moment the product is taken.

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