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EP1938709A1
EP1938709A1 EP07123311A EP07123311A EP1938709A1 EP 1938709 A1 EP1938709 A1 EP 1938709A1 EP 07123311 A EP07123311 A EP 07123311A EP 07123311 A EP07123311 A EP 07123311A EP 1938709 A1 EP1938709 A1 EP 1938709A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B9/00—Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body
    • A46B9/02—Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups
    • A46B9/021—Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups arranged like in cosmetics brushes, e.g. mascara, nail polish, eye shadow
    • 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
    • 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
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B2200/00—Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
    • A46B2200/10—For human or animal care
    • A46B2200/1046—Brush used for applying cosmetics
    • A46B2200/1053—Cosmetics applicator specifically for mascara
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B2200/00—Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
    • A46B2200/10—For human or animal care
    • A46B2200/1046—Brush used for applying cosmetics
    • A46B2200/1053—Cosmetics applicator specifically for mascara
    • A46B2200/106—Cosmetics applicator specifically for mascara including comb like element

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  • the present invention relates to applicators intended for applying a product to eyelashes or eyebrows, in particular a cosmetic, makeup or care product, for example mascara.
  • the invention more particularly relates to an applicator comprising a rod extending along a longitudinal axis and a brush attached to the shaft, this brush comprising a core and bristles extending from the core.
  • Patent applications are known French FR-A-2 749 489 and FR-A-2,749,490 brushes non-rectilinear core, for example shaped to the curvature of the eye. Such brushes may not be suitable for all users because the curvature of the brush involves a gesture resulting for some a difficulty of use.
  • the patent application EP-A2-1,236,420 discloses a brush whose core is curvilinear over at least a part of its length, the free end of the brush being non-aligned with the axis of the rod. Such a brush may be relatively difficult to introduce in the neck of the container containing the product during the manufacture of the device comprising the container and the brush.
  • Such a brush requires the user an adaptation of the gesture because it does not allow it to comb the eyelashes or eyebrows as with a conventional brush whose soul is not inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the rod .
  • eccentric brushes whose core extends in the extension of the rod and along the longitudinal axis thereof, the brush having faces forming a non-zero angle with the longitudinal axis of the core.
  • the longitudinal axis of the core and the longitudinal axis of the envelope surface of the brush are generally non-coplanar given the inclination of the faces.
  • the off-centered brushes have the disadvantage of an external appearance that can be confusing for the user.
  • their spin is unsymmetrical from one end to the other of the brush, which can cause fouling, over uses.
  • brushes having an envelope surface of eccentric cross-section with respect to the core, having faces or edges all extending substantially parallel to the core.
  • These brushes have a conventional hair implantation, the faces being cut parallel to the core.
  • the longitudinal axis of the envelope surface is thus parallel to the axis of the core.
  • the shape of the envelope surface does not allow easy use or to obtain effects of makeup and management of eyelashes or eyebrows allowing elongation, separation and bending completely satisfactory.
  • the invention aims to meet this need.
  • the brush proves less confusing for the user despite its eccentric nature, and can encourage him to proceed with make-up as with a conventional surface brush cylindrical generatrix envelope parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rod.
  • the applicator according to the invention is easy to use even by a person familiar with conventional brushes.
  • the brush can provide continuity and uniformity of application with satisfactory lash separation and curling.
  • the eccentricity of the brush may allow the user to benefit from certain advantages of off-center brushes, particularly in terms of penetration of the hairs in the eyelashes and combing them.
  • the straight core can also improve the quality of the spin, it is relatively homogeneous, and can reduce the risk of fouling of the brush.
  • Such a brush also allows effective eyelash or eyebrow management.
  • the orientation of the bristles changes and the care of the eyelashes or eyebrows by the bristles is changed.
  • the orientation of the envelope surface of the brush relative to the curvature of the eyelashes or eyebrows on the eye can be chosen at best by the user since the envelope surface of the brush is eccentric relative to the rod. For example, it may be sufficient to rotate the brush a non-zero angle, for example a half-turn, to provide better access to eyelashes located at each end of the fringe.
  • the invention makes it possible to produce a brush offering satisfactory performance in terms of elongation of the eyelashes and of product loading.
  • the envelope surface may define planar faces for loading the eyelashes product.
  • the invention makes it possible to benefit from at least two different types of application and combing with an easy ergonomics of adaptation between the two types by simple rotation of the brush, for example a quarter or a half-turn .
  • the invention may make it possible to benefit, if desired, from a brush having at one end, for example the distal end, bristles of different lengths, for example with a difference of more than 10%, better still 20%, the length of the long hairs relative to the short hairs.
  • the longest hairs at the end of the brush may be useful for makeup eyelashes. Hair of different lengths may have different flexibilities.
  • a larger dimension of a cross section of the brush may be between 5 and 13 mm, or even between 7 and 11 mm, better between 8 and 10 mm.
  • the longitudinal axis of the envelope surface may be rectilinear.
  • longitudinal axis of the envelope surface is meant a line, which may be a straight line, connecting at least most centers of the cross sections of the envelope surface, if not all.
  • the center coincides with the center of symmetry.
  • the center is that of the smallest symmetrical shape, for example a circle or a regular polygon, in which is inscribed the non-symmetrical cross section.
  • the center will be that of the smallest rectangle in which the cross-section fits, that is, that of the rectangle without the notch.
  • the brush may have on one side of the soul a succession of notches to create intervals between the bristles allowing the brush to act in the manner of a comb.
  • the longitudinal axis of the rectilinear portion of the applicator core and the longitudinal axis of the envelope surface may be coplanar.
  • the median plane can contain the longitudinal axes of the soul and the envelope surface.
  • the longitudinal axis of the envelope surface may form an angle of, for example, between 1 and 8 ° to the longitudinal axis of the rectilinear portion of the core.
  • At least two points of the rectilinear portion of the core may be located in the aforementioned median plane.
  • the core may be eccentric within a cross section of the envelope surface taken at each of these two points.
  • the core may be eccentric at least at each axial end of the brush.
  • the core may be centered in at least one cross section of the envelope surface of the brush.
  • This cross section may for example be located in the middle of the brush, or may be located elsewhere.
  • the envelope surface has at least one non-parallel face to the longitudinal axis of the rectilinear portion of the core, for example two opposite faces not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the straight portion of the core.
  • the envelope surface may have at least one face, for example two opposite faces, parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rectilinear portion of the core.
  • the brush according to the invention may thus comprise at least one longitudinal face or edge, the edge being again called a ridge, which is not parallel to the core of the brush and at least one longitudinal face or edge parallel to the ridge. soul of the brush.
  • the aforementioned faces can be defined geometrically by moving a generator parallel to itself. At least one of these faces may be delimited or not laterally by longitudinal edges.
  • At least one of the faces defined by the envelope surface of the brush may be flat, or substantially concave, or substantially convex.
  • the envelope surface may define at least one plane face, parallel to the aforementioned median plane.
  • the brush may have at least one convex face, radius of curvature, when the brush is observed in cross section, greater than the length of the longest hair extending from the core in this cross section.
  • a longitudinal section of the envelope surface of the brush may be of the form selected from the following list: triangular, trapezoidal, diabolo-shaped, rectangular, lenticular, or oblong, this list not being limiting.
  • the envelope surface may be of constant cross section over most of the length of the rectilinear portion of the core, or not constant over most of the length of the straight portion of the core.
  • the cross section of the envelope surface, in at least one point of the rectilinear portion of the core may have a general shape selected from the list following: circular, polygonal, triangular, rectangular, square, diamond, pentagonal or hexagonal, oblong, oval, lenticular, wedge-shaped, pear-shaped, keyhole, with notches, or other, this list is not limiting.
  • a cross-section of the envelope surface may define notches protruding from at least one side of the cross-section of the envelope surface, in the extension of a face defined by the envelope surface or perpendicular to it.
  • the envelope surface of the applicator may be symmetrical relative to the aforementioned median plane, or alternatively unsymmetrical with respect to this median plane.
  • Two sides of a cross-section of the envelope surface may be unsymmetrical, both of which are different or different and concave, convex or planar.
  • the core may define a center of symmetry of this section.
  • the envelope surface of the brush may define at least one longitudinal edge, for example between two and eight longitudinal edges. These edges can be defined at the intersections of the faces defined by the envelope surface and can be rectilinear, for example.
  • the brush may comprise at least one corrugated edge.
  • the core may comprise at least two twisted metal strands.
  • the strands can be twisted with a step to the left.
  • the strands can be twisted with a step to the right.
  • the strands may have a diameter of between 0.35 and 1 mm, for example.
  • the applicator may comprise a twisted core defining turns, the hairs being caught between the turns.
  • the brush may comprise for example between 5 and 80 hairs per turn, or between 5 and 40, in particular between 10 and 50 hairs per turn.
  • the brush may also have between 5 and 20 hairs per turn only.
  • the brush may also have more than 40 hairs per turn.
  • the number of hairs per turn corresponds to the number of hair ends counted by a fixed observer during a rotation of 180 ° of the brush around his soul.
  • the applicator may comprise at least two bristles of different diameters.
  • the bristles may have a larger transverse dimension of between 6.5 / 100 and 40/100 mm, for example.
  • the applicator may comprise at least one bristle made of an elastically deformable material, in particular an elastomer.
  • the brush may comprise at least two deformed bristles taken between two adjacent turns, these bristles having a removal of material or crushing at least one point of their length from the core and extending non radially outwardly from this point, as described in the application US 2004/0240926 , whose contents are incorporated by reference.
  • Each deformed hair may comprise two rectilinear portions forming a bend between them.
  • the two rectilinear portions may have the same cross section.
  • Any deformed bristles may define elbows all located substantially at the same distance from the core.
  • the applicator may comprise at least one bristle comprising a compound, for example particulate or otherwise, to improve the sliding of the hair on the keratin fibers, or on the contrary intended to create a surface roughness and increase the adhesion of the fibers .
  • the applicator may comprise a mixture of bristles.
  • the applicator may comprise at least one hair having at least one corrugation, and may in particular comprise at least two bristles each comprising at least one periodic pattern having at least one corrugation, at least two periodic patterns being different.
  • the two different periodic patterns may belong to two distinct hairs or the same hair, and the corrugations may have different shapes, for example a sawtooth shape or a sinusoidal shape, or different amplitudes, or ripples. different spatial frequencies.
  • the expression "periodic motif" designates, within a hair, a part of it that reproduces substantially, periodically, along the hair.
  • the applicator may comprise bristles made otherwise than by injection molding with the core, and the brush may comprise at least one portion having curved bristles extending in a direction directed from the core, for example as described in Requirement US 2004/0168698 .
  • extending in an oriented manner it is to be understood that the curved hairs extend with a general orientation which is defined when making the brush and not with a completely random orientation.
  • the bristles may in particular be oriented in the same circumferential direction around the core.
  • the bristles of the brush may be curved by contact with a hot surface, including a surface in relative motion relative to the brush.
  • the applicator may comprise twisted bristles, for example as described in the patent US 6,390,708 .
  • the applicator according to the invention may comprise a rod having a distal portion having a longitudinal axis, the rectilinear portion of the core having a longitudinal axis coinciding with that of the distal portion of the rod.
  • the longitudinal axis of the entire stem can be completely straight.
  • the core of the brush may be fixed rigidly to the rod or alternatively via an elastically deformable connection, for example by means of a flexible part made of a material different from the rest of the rod, for example an elastomeric material .
  • the core of the brush may comprise an end fixed to the rod, for example inserted into a housing provided at a free end of the rod.
  • the rod can be connected to a gripping member.
  • the gripping member may be arranged to seal a container containing the product to be applied, comprising for example a threaded mounting skirt arranged to screw on a neck of the container.
  • the invention further relates to a device for packaging and applying a product on the eyelashes or the eyebrows, comprising a container containing the product to be applied and an applicator as defined above.
  • the product is for example mascara.
  • the device may further comprise a wiper arranged to wring the brush at its outlet from the container.
  • This wiper can be fixed in the neck of the container.
  • the wiper may comprise a wringing lip, made of elastomer, for example, and may be flocked.
  • Each of these faces is for example substantially flat and these two faces may be substantially perpendicular.
  • the machining of the blank may have the effect of imparting to the brush a cross-sectional envelope surface flattened at at least one point of the core, better over at least half or even the entire length of the straight portion of blade.
  • first and second sets of bristles may at least partially define the aforementioned first and second faces.
  • FIG. 1 a packaging and application device 1 comprising a container 2 containing a product P to be applied to the eyelashes or eyebrows, for example mascara, and an applicator 3 comprising a rod 4, for example of circular cross section, provided with its distal end 4a of a brush 5 and connected at its proximal end to a gripping member 6 also constituting a closure cap for the container 2.
  • the latter is equipped with a wiper 7, for example constituted by an elastomer part inserted into the neck 8 of the container.
  • the wiper 7 may be conventional or not, or even be adjustable.
  • the rod 4 has, in the example considered, a longitudinal axis X straight, which coincides with the axis of the neck 8 of the container 2 when the applicator is in place thereon.
  • the gripping member 6 is arranged to seal the container 2 at the end of its screwing on the neck 8, in a manner known per se.
  • the wiper 7 comprises a wiping orifice 9 of circular section, the diameter of which corresponds substantially to that of the rod 4.
  • the brush 5 comprises a core 10 formed by two twisted metal strands, this core 10 having a proximal portion fixed in a housing of the rod 4, for example being forcibly inserted into this housing. Both strands come for example folding over itself of a wire.
  • the strands of the soul can be twisted left or right.
  • the strands of the core may have a diameter of between 0.35 mm and 1 mm, for example.
  • the brush may be left-handed.
  • the brush 5 is shown with a twisted core on the left and on the figure 53 a twisted soul on the right.
  • EP 611 170 we can usefully refer to the European patent EP 611 170 .
  • the core 10 has a rectilinear portion 10a which extends along the longitudinal axis X of the rod 4.
  • the rectilinear portion 10a carries bristles 11 held by clamping between the twisted strands of the core 10 and extending substantially radially from the core.
  • the envelope surface E of the brush 5 is generally flattened along a median plane M, as can also be seen on the Figures 5 and 6 .
  • the envelope surface E defines in the illustrated example two opposite faces 12 extending substantially parallel to the axis X, as can be seen in FIG. figure 4 , and two opposite faces 16 extending substantially non-parallel to the axis X, as can be seen on the figure 3 .
  • the envelope surface E of the brush 5 is thus eccentric with respect to the core 10.
  • the longitudinal axis of the core 10 extends entirely in the median plane M in the example under consideration, and the core is the most eccentric at the axial ends of the rectilinear portion carrying the bristles.
  • the eccentricity could be maximum elsewhere than at an axial end of the brush, for example in the middle, or in a first distal or proximal half of the brush.
  • the envelope surface E extends in the illustrated example along a straight longitudinal axis Y not parallel to the axis X, forming an angle ⁇ with the latter.
  • the longitudinal axes X and Y are contained in the median plane M.
  • the angle ⁇ may be sufficiently small, given the length of the brush 5, so that it does not come into contact with the inner side surface of the container 2 when the applicator is in place. Of course, it is not beyond the scope of the present invention when the container 2 has dimensions such that the brush 5 comes into contact with this surface.
  • the angle ⁇ is for example 1 to 8 °.
  • the distance d between the X axis and the Y axis at the free end 5a of the brush, as seen in FIG. figure 2 is, for example, less than or equal to 4.5 mm, being for example close to 3 mm.
  • the distance d depends on the length of the brush and may be greater than 4.5 mm without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • the core 10 carries bristles 11 over substantially the entire length of the rectilinear portion 10a.
  • the latter may not include bristles for a certain distance after the rod 4.
  • the faces 12 and 16 of the envelope surface are substantially flat, as can be seen in the Figures 2 and 3 .
  • the envelope surface E may have a truncated distal portion, in the form of a pyramid or cone, as illustrated in FIG. figure 3 . It could be the same near the rod 4, to facilitate the passage through the wiper 7.
  • the brush 5 it is possible, for example, to start from a surface brush blank having a cylindrical envelope of revolution about the axis X of the rod, the longitudinal axis of the envelope surface of the blank being rectilinear and coaxial with the X axis.
  • This blank can be machined to give it an eccentric shape in section relative to the core.
  • One of the faces 16 may for example be machined to approach the soul in the direction of the rod 4.
  • the other faces 16, opposite to the first, may be machined to approach the soul 10 moving away from the rod 4.
  • the blank can be cut while the soul is already attached to the rod.
  • the brush is machined before being fixed on the rod.
  • the user unscrews the applicator and extracts the brush 5 from the container 2.
  • the user can use one of the flat faces 12 extending parallel to the longitudinal axis X of the rod to apply the product P on the eyelashes or eyebrows and / or comb these in a conventional manner.
  • the user can also, if necessary, rotate the brush 5 on itself around the axis X.
  • One of the faces 16 may make it possible to make up a first end of the eyelash fringe, in particular the face 16 which has been machined so as to move closer to the core in the direction of the shank 4, as can be seen on FIG. figure 7 .
  • Such a face 16 is defined near the end of the brush 5 by bristles of greater length making it possible to come into contact with the eyelashes of the left end of the eyelash fringe.
  • the user can rotate the brush about the axis X by half a turn so as to apply on the eyelashes the face 16 opposite to the first, that is to say the face 16 machined to get closer to the soul away from the rod 4.
  • This second face 16 is defined by bristles of greater length near the end of the brush 5 close to the shaft 4, these bristles allowing better engagement of the eyelashes of the right end of the eyelash fringe, as illustrated. on the figure 8 .
  • the brush according to the invention makes it possible to promote combing and bending of the eyelashes, in particular the eyelashes of the ends of the eyelash fringe, by allowing better penetration of the bristles of the brush inside the eyelash fringe.
  • the ridges 17 defined by the ends of the faces 12 and 16 can facilitate the separation of eyelashes may be stuck by an excess of product in some places.
  • the blank may for example be of triangular or trapezoidal longitudinal section, as illustrated in FIG. figure 9 , shaped diabolo as shown on the figure 10 , lenticular as illustrated on the figure 11 , or rectangular as illustrated on the figure 12 .
  • Such forms of blanks may make it possible to obtain flat or non-planar, concave or convex faces, for example.
  • the envelope surface E of the brush 5 may have a cross section of rectangular shape, as illustrated in the example of Figures 1 to 6 .
  • the brush comprises at least one corrugated edge, having at least one inflection point, or at least two.
  • the edge defines a face of constant width.
  • the envelope surface E of the brush may have in cross section, in at least one point of its length, another shape, as illustrated in FIGS. Figures 17 to 28 .
  • the cross section of the envelope surface may for example be diamond-shaped, as illustrated in FIG. figure 17 , or trapezoidal, as shown in figure 18 .
  • the brush may also, for example, have a circular cross-sectional envelope surface with at least one flat, as illustrated in FIG. figure 19 .
  • This flat part can define the generatrix face 12 parallel to the longitudinal axis X of the rod 4.
  • the face 12 is flat, but it is not beyond the scope of the present invention when the face 12 is defined by a generator moving parallel to the longitudinal axis X in a non-directional direction. straight.
  • a brush having at least one concave face 12 of generatrix parallel to the axis X, and at the figure 21 a brush with at least one convex face 12.
  • the brush may have an envelope surface of oblong cross section, at least one point of the core, in particular lenticular.
  • At least one longitudinal section of the envelope surface E of the brush may be in the form of a keyhole, as illustrated in FIG. figure 22 .
  • a cross section of the brush may have a convex side, as illustrated in FIG. figure 23 , or two opposite convex sides, as illustrated on the figure 24 , the cross section of the brush being in this case symmetrical with respect to the median plane M, while in the example of the figure 23 , the cross section of the brush is asymmetrical with respect to the median plane M.
  • the cross section of the brush can still be in the shape of an airplane wing, as shown in the figure 25 .
  • At least one of the ribs of the cross section may define at least one notch extending in the extension of a face 12, as shown in FIG. figure 26 , or in the extension of the faces 16, as illustrated on the figure 27 .
  • the ridges 17 between the faces 12 and 16 may be truncated, as shown in FIG. figure 28 .
  • the brush may have a constant cross section or not over most of its length, or over its entire length.
  • the brushes illustrated are for example made with bristles of circular section with a diameter of between 6.5 hundredths of a millimeter and 40 hundredths of a millimeter.
  • solid or hollow bristles of solid circular section or having in cross-section, for example, one of the shapes represented in FIGS. Figures 29 to 46 schematically, for example a circular shape with a flat as illustrated in FIG. figure 29 flattened as shown in figure 30 , star-shaped, for example in the form of a cross as illustrated in figure 31 or three branches as shown on the figure 32 , U-shaped as shown in FIG. figure 33 , of H as shown in figure 34 , of T as shown in figure 35 , from V as shown in figure 36 , a recessed form, for example circular as shown in FIG. figure 37 or square as shown in the figure 38 , forming branches, for example flake-shaped as illustrated in FIG.
  • FIG. figure 39 of prismatic section, for example triangular as shown in FIG. figure 40 , square as shown in figure 41 or hexagonal as shown in the figure 42 , or an oblong, in particular lenticular shape as shown in FIG. figure 43 , or hourglass-shaped as shown in the figure 44 .
  • Hair having articulated portions relative to one another can be used as shown in FIG. figure 45 .
  • the bristles 11 which are retained between the twisted strands of the core may have, before placement between the strands of the core, a rectilinear shape or not, for example a wavy shape as illustrated in FIG. figure 47 .
  • the bristles may be treated to form balls 37 at their ends as illustrated in FIG. figure 48 , or forks 38 as shown in FIG. figure 49 .
  • Flocked hairs can be used as illustrated in figure 50 or else bristles made by extrusion of a plastic material having a charge of particles 39, for example particles of a moisture-absorbing material, in order to impart a micro-relief to the surface of the bristles, as illustrated in FIG. figure 51 , or give them magnetic or other properties.
  • the bristles may also be made of a material having properties promoting sliding and / or elasticity.
  • the bristles may be natural or synthetic and for example be made of a material selected from: PE, PA, in particular PA6, PA6 / 6, PA 6/10 or PA-6/12, HYTREL ®, PEBAX ®, silicone, PU, this list n not being limiting.
  • the soul can still be a double soul, formed by two elementary souls twisted together, as illustrated in figure 54 .
  • Each elementary soul may comprise two strands twisted together and enclosing hairs.
  • the two elementary cores can each be constituted by a branch of a single twisted core folded U-shaped, the two branches being twisted together.
  • the bristles of the brush may undergo an abrasive treatment, grinding, or stamping or hot melt, particularly at the end of the bristles.
  • figure 55 a brush in which a succession of notches 100 has been made. These notches 100 extend from one side of the core when the brush is viewed from the side, as on the figure 55 .
  • the notches 100 allow to arrange between packets of bristles intervals allowing the brush to behave on the side of the notches as a comb.
  • the contour of the envelope surface can be rectilinear in side view as on the figure 55 .
  • the brush may have one or more notches, which may extend to the core of the brush.
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