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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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The applicator has a brush (5) including a twisted core (10) with a rectilinear portion (10a) from which bristles (11) are extended. The bristles have free ends that define a covering surface (E). The surface is extended along a longitudinal axis (Y) that is not parallel to a longitudinal axis (X) of the rectilinear portion. The surface has a flat transversal section along a median plane and defines a concave side (12) that is parallel to the axis (X) of the core. Independent claims are also included for the following: (1) a method of manufacturing a product applicator (2) a make-up method for a fimbria of an eyelash and an eyebrow.

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La présente invention concerne les applicateurs destinés à l'application d'un produit sur les cils ou sourcils, notamment un produit cosmétique, de maquillage ou de soin, par exemple du mascara.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.

L'invention concerne plus particulièrement un applicateur comportant une tige s'étendant selon un axe longitudinal et une brosse fixée à la tige, cette brosse comportant une âme et des poils s'étendant à partir de l'âme.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.

On connaît par les demandes de brevet français FR-A-2 749 489 et FR-A-2 749 490 des brosses à âme non rectiligne, par exemple conformée à la courbure de l'oeil. De telles brosses peuvent ne pas convenir à tous les utilisateurs car la courbure de la brosse implique une gestuelle entraînant pour certains une difficulté d'utilisation.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.

La demande de brevet EP-A2-1 236 420 divulgue une brosse dont l'âme est curviligne sur au moins une partie de sa longueur, l'extrémité libre de la brosse étant non alignée avec l'axe de la tige. Une telle brosse peut s'avérer relativement difficile à introduire dans le col du récipient contenant le produit lors de la fabrication du dispositif comprenant le récipient et la brosse.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.

On connaît également par la demande de brevet européen EP-A-1 424 024 un applicateur comprenant une brosse dont l'âme comporte une portion portant les poils faisant un angle non nul inférieur à 20° avec l'axe de la portion distale de la tige.It is also known from the patent application European EP-A-1,424,024 an applicator comprising a brush whose core comprises a portion carrying the bristles forming a non-zero angle less than 20 ° with the axis of the distal portion of the rod.

Une telle brosse demande à l'utilisateur une adaptation de la gestuelle car elle ne permet pas à celui-ci de peigner les cils ou sourcils comme avec une brosse conventionnelle dont l'âme est non inclinée par rapport à l'axe longitudinal de la tige.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 .

On connaît par le brevet US 5 853 011 une brosse à mascara comportant une encoche de largeur variable le long de la brosse, passant par un unique maximum.We know by the patent US 5,853,011 a mascara brush having a notch of variable width along the brush, passing through a single maximum.

On connaît encore par la demande de brevet français FR-A-2 811 525 des brosses dites excentrées, dont l'âme s'étend dans le prolongement de la tige et selon l'axe longitudinal de celle-ci, la brosse présentant des faces formant avec l'axe longitudinal de l'âme un angle non nul. L'axe longitudinal de l'âme et l'axe longitudinal de la surface enveloppe de la brosse sont en général non coplanaires compte tenu de l'inclinaison des faces.We still know by the patent application French FR-A-2,811,525 so-called 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.

Les brosses excentrées présentent l'inconvénient d'un aspect extérieur qui peut s'avérer déroutant pour l'utilisateur. De plus, leur essorage est non symétrique d'un bout à l'autre de la brosse, ce qui peut provoquer un encrassement, au fil des utilisations.The off-centered brushes have the disadvantage of an external appearance that can be confusing for the user. In addition, their spin is unsymmetrical from one end to the other of the brush, which can cause fouling, over uses.

On connaît également des brosses ayant une surface enveloppe de section transversale excentrée par rapport à l'âme, comportant des faces ou arêtes s'étendant toutes sensiblement parallèlement à l'âme.Also known are 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.

Ces brosses présentent une implantation des poils classique, les faces étant taillées parallèlement à l'âme.These brushes have a conventional hair implantation, the faces being cut parallel to the core.

L'axe longitudinal de la surface enveloppe est ainsi parallèle à l'axe de l'âme.The longitudinal axis of the envelope surface is thus parallel to the axis of the core.

La forme de la surface enveloppe ne permet pas une utilisation aisée ni d'obtenir des effets de maquillage et de prise en charge des cils ou sourcils permettant un allongement, une séparation et un recourbement complètement satisfaisants.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.

En outre, il n'est pas facile de maquiller et de peigner les cils ou sourcils situés sur les côtés de l'oeil avec la partie de la surface enveloppe longeant l'âme qui est la plus large.In addition, it is not easy to make up and comb eyelashes or eyebrows located on the sides of the eye with the portion of the envelope surface along the soul which is wider.

Il existe donc un besoin pour améliorer encore les applicateurs destinés à l'application d'un produit sur les cils ou les sourcils afin de bénéficier d'un applicateur permettant une application satisfaisante, notamment en termes d'étalement du produit, d'allongement et de recourbement, et qui soit facile à utiliser.There is therefore a need to further improve the applicators for the application of a product on the eyelashes or eyebrows in order to benefit from an applicator allowing a satisfactory application, especially in terms of product spreading, elongation and bending, and that is easy to use.

L'invention vise à répondre à ce besoin.The invention aims to meet this need.

L'invention a ainsi pour objet un applicateur pour appliquer un produit sur les cils ou sourcils, comportant une brosse comportant :

  • des poils,
  • une âme ayant une portion rectiligne à partir de laquelle s'étendent les poils, les poils ayant des extrémités libres qui définissent une surface enveloppe,
    la surface enveloppe s'étendant selon un axe longitudinal non parallèle à l'axe longitudinal de la portion rectiligne de l'âme et ayant au moins une section transversale de forme aplatie selon un plan médian, la surface enveloppe définissant au moins une face parallèle à l'axe longitudinal de l'âme.
The invention thus relates to an applicator for applying a product to the eyelashes or eyebrows, comprising a brush comprising:
  • hairs,
  • a core having a rectilinear portion from which the bristles extend, the bristles having free ends which define an envelope surface,
    the envelope surface extending along a longitudinal axis not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rectilinear portion of the core and having at least one cross section of flattened shape along a median plane, the envelope surface defining at least one face parallel to the longitudinal axis of the soul.

Grâce à la présence d'au moins une face parallèle à l'âme, la brosse s'avère moins déroutante pour l'utilisateur malgré son caractère excentré, et peut l'inciter à procéder au maquillage comme avec une brosse conventionnelle de surface enveloppe cylindrique de génératrice parallèle à l'axe longitudinal de la tige. L'applicateur selon l'invention s'avère facile à utiliser même par une personne ayant l'habitude des brosses conventionnelles.Thanks to the presence of at least one face parallel to the soul, 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.

La brosse peut permettre une continuité et une uniformité de l'application avec une séparation et un recourbement des cils satisfaisants.The brush can provide continuity and uniformity of application with satisfactory lash separation and curling.

L'excentration de la brosse peut permettre à l'utilisateur de bénéficier de certains avantages des brosses excentrées, notamment en termes de pénétration des poils dans les cils et de peignage de ceux-ci.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.

L'âme rectiligne peut également améliorer la qualité de l'essorage, celui-ci étant relativement homogène, et peut réduire le risque d'encrassement de la brosse.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.

Une telle brosse permet aussi une prise en charge des cils ou sourcils efficace.Such a brush also allows effective eyelash or eyebrow management.

Suivant l'orientation de l'applicateur par rapport à l'oeil, et le côté choisi de la brosse pour l'application, l'orientation des poils change et la prise en charge des cils ou sourcils par les poils est modifiée. L'orientation de la surface enveloppe de la brosse par rapport à la courbure des cils ou sourcils sur l'oeil peut être choisie au mieux par l'utilisateur puisque la surface enveloppe de la brosse est excentrée par rapport à la tige. Par exemple, il peut suffire de faire tourner la brosse d'un angle non nul, par exemple d'un demi-tour, pour offrir un meilleur accès aux cils situés à chaque extrémité de la frange.Depending on the orientation of the applicator relative to the eye, and the selected side of the brush for the application, 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.

L'invention permet de réaliser une brosse offrant des performances satisfaisantes en termes d'allongement des cils et de chargement en produit. La surface enveloppe peut définir des faces planes servant à charger les cils en produit.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.

L'invention permet de bénéficier d'au moins deux types différents d'application et de peignage avec une ergonomie aisée d'adaptation entre les deux types par simple rotation de la brosse, par exemple d'un quart ou d'un demi-tour.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 .

L'invention peut permettre de bénéficier, si on le souhaite, d'une brosse ayant à une extrémité, par exemple l'extrémité distale, des poils de différentes longueurs, par exemple avec une différence de plus de 10 %, mieux 20 %, de la longueur des poils longs relativement aux poils courts.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.

Les poils les plus longs en bout de brosse pourront être utiles pour maquiller les petits cils. Des poils de longueurs différentes peuvent présenter des flexibilités différentes.The longest hairs at the end of the brush may be useful for makeup eyelashes. Hair of different lengths may have different flexibilities.

Une plus grande dimension d'une section transversale de la brosse peut être comprise entre 5 et 13 mm, voire entre 7 et 11 mm, mieux entre 8 et 10 mm.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.

L'axe longitudinal de la surface enveloppe peut être rectiligne.The longitudinal axis of the envelope surface may be rectilinear.

Par « axe longitudinal de la surface enveloppe », il faut comprendre une ligne, qui peut être une droite, reliant au moins la plupart des centres des sections transversales de la surface enveloppe, sinon tous.By "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.

Pour une section transversale polygonale régulière ou circulaire, le centre est confondu avec le centre de symétrie. Pour une section transversale non symétrique, le centre est celui de la forme symétrique d'étendue la plus petite, par exemple un cercle ou un polygone régulier, dans laquelle est inscrite la section transversale non symétrique.For a regular or circular polygonal cross section, the center coincides with the center of symmetry. For a non-symmetrical cross-section, 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.

Par exemple, si la section transversale de la surface enveloppe est rectangulaire avec une petite encoche, sur un grand côté du rectangle, par exemple, le centre sera celui du plus petit rectangle dans lequel s'inscrit la section transversale, c'est-à-dire celui du rectangle sans l'encoche.For example, if the cross-section of the envelope surface is rectangular with a small notch, on a large side of the rectangle, for example, the center will be that of the smallest rectangle in which the cross-section fits, that is, that of the rectangle without the notch.

La brosse peut comporter d'un côté de l'âme une succession d'encoches afin de créer des intervalles entre les poils permettant à la brosse d'agir à la manière d'un peigne.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.

L'axe longitudinal de la portion rectiligne de l'âme de l'applicateur et l'axe longitudinal de la surface enveloppe peuvent être coplanaires. Le plan médian peut contenir les axes longitudinaux de l'âme et de la surface enveloppe.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.

L'axe longitudinal de la surface enveloppe peut former un angle compris par exemple entre 1 et 8 °avec l'axe longitudinal de la portion rectiligne de l'âme.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.

Au moins deux points de la portion rectiligne de l'âme peuvent être situés dans le plan médian précité.At least two points of the rectilinear portion of the core may be located in the aforementioned median plane.

L'âme peut être excentrée au sein d'une section transversale de la surface enveloppe prise en chacun de ces deux points.The core may be eccentric within a cross section of the envelope surface taken at each of these two points.

Par « âme excentrée », il faut comprendre que l'âme ne coïncide pas avec le centre de la section transversale concernée.By "eccentric soul", it must be understood that the soul does not coincide with the center of the cross section concerned.

L'âme peut être excentrée au moins à chacune des extrémités axiales de la brosse.The core may be eccentric at least at each axial end of the brush.

L'âme peut être centrée en au moins une section transversale de la surface enveloppe de la brosse. Cette section transversale peut par exemple être située au milieu de la brosse, ou encore peut être située ailleurs.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.

Selon l'invention, la surface enveloppe présente au moins une face non parallèle à l'axe longitudinal de la portion rectiligne de l'âme, par exemple deux faces opposées non parallèles à l'axe longitudinal de la portion rectiligne de l'âme.According to the invention, 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.

La surface enveloppe peut présenter au moins une face, par exemple deux faces opposées, parallèles à l'axe longitudinal de la portion rectiligne de l'âme.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.

La brosse selon l'invention peut comporter ainsi au moins une face ou arête longitudinale, l'arête étant encore appelée crête, qui n'est pas parallèle à l'âme de la brosse et au moins une face ou arête longitudinale parallèle à l'âme de la brosse.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.

Les faces précitées peuvent être définies géométriquement par le déplacement d'une génératrice parallèlement à elle-même. L'une au moins de ces faces peut être délimitée ou non latéralement par des arêtes longitudinales.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.

L'une au moins des faces définies par la surface enveloppe de la brosse peut être plane, ou sensiblement concave, ou sensiblement convexe.At least one of the faces defined by the envelope surface of the brush may be flat, or substantially concave, or substantially convex.

La surface enveloppe peut définir au moins une face plane, parallèle au plan médian précité.The envelope surface may define at least one plane face, parallel to the aforementioned median plane.

La brosse peut présenter au moins une face convexe, de rayon de courbure, lorsque la brosse est observée en section transversale, supérieur à la longueur du poil le plus long s'étendant à partir de l'âme dans cette section transversale.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.

Une section longitudinale de la surface enveloppe de la brosse peut être de forme choisie dans la liste suivante : triangulaire, trapézoïdale, en forme de diabolo, rectangulaire, lenticulaire, ou oblongue, cette liste n'étant pas limitative.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.

La surface enveloppe peut être de section transversale constante sur la majeure partie de la longueur de la portion rectiligne de l'âme, ou non constante sur la majeure partie de la longueur de la portion rectiligne de l'âme.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.

La section transversale de la surface enveloppe, en au moins un point de la portion rectiligne de l'âme, peut présenter une forme générale choisie dans la liste suivante : circulaire, polygonale, triangulaire, rectangulaire, carrée, en losange, pentagonale ou hexagonale, oblongue, ovale, lenticulaire, cunéiforme, piriforme, en trou de serrure, avec des crans, ou autre, cette liste n'étant pas limitative.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.

Une section transversale de la surface enveloppe peut par exemple définir des crans faisant saillie sur au moins un côté de la section transversale de la surface enveloppe, dans le prolongement d'une face définie par la surface enveloppe ou perpendiculairement à celle-ci.For example, 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.

La surface enveloppe de l'applicateur peut être symétrique par rapport au plan médian précité, ou en variante non symétrique par rapport à ce plan médian. Deux côtés d'une section transversale de la surface enveloppe peuvent être non symétriques, l'un et l'autre étant différents ou non et concaves, convexes ou plans.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.

Pour au moins une section transversale de la surface enveloppe, l'âme peut définir un centre de symétrie de cette section.For at least one cross section of the envelope surface, the core may define a center of symmetry of this section.

La surface enveloppe de la brosse peut définir au moins une arête longitudinale, par exemple entre deux et huit arêtes longitudinales. Ces arêtes peuvent être définies aux intersections des faces définies par la surface enveloppe et peuvent être rectilignes, par exemple.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.

La brosse peut comporter au moins une arête ondulée.The brush may comprise at least one corrugated edge.

L'âme peut comporter au moins deux brins métalliques torsadés. Les brins peuvent être torsadés avec un pas à gauche. En variante, les brins peuvent être torsadés avec un pas à droite. Les brins peuvent avoir un diamètre compris entre 0,35 et 1 mm, par exemple.The core may comprise at least two twisted metal strands. The strands can be twisted with a step to the left. Alternatively, 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.

L'applicateur peut comporter une âme torsadée définissant des spires, les poils étant pris entre les spires.The applicator may comprise a twisted core defining turns, the hairs being caught between the turns.

La brosse peut comporter par exemple entre 5 et 80 poils par spire, voire entre 5 et 40, notamment entre 10 et 50 poils par spire. La brosse peut également comporter entre 5 et 20 poils par spire seulement. La brosse peut également comporter plus de 40 poils par spires. Le nombre de poils par spire correspond au nombre d'extrémités de poils dénombrées par un observateur fixe au cours d'une rotation de 180° de la brosse autour de son âme.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.

L'applicateur peut comporter au moins deux poils de diamètres différents. Les poils peuvent avoir une plus grande dimension transversale comprise entre 6,5/100 et 40/100 mm, par exemple. L'applicateur peut comporter au moins un poil réalisé dans une matière élastiquement déformable, notamment un élastomère.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.

La brosse peut comporter au moins deux poils déformés pris entre deux spires adjacentes, ces poils présentant un enlèvement de matière ou un écrasement en au moins un point de leur longueur depuis l'âme et s'étendant non radialement vers l'extérieur à partir de ce point, comme décrit dans la demande US 2004/0240926 , dont le contenu est incorporé par référence. Chaque poil déformé peut comporter deux portions rectilignes formant un coude entre elles. Les deux portions rectilignes peuvent présenter la même section transversale. Tous les poils déformés peuvent définir des coudes tous situés sensiblement à la même distance de l'âme.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.

L'applicateur peut comporter au moins un poil comportant un composé, par exemple particulaire ou autre, permettant d'améliorer le glissement du poil sur les fibres kératiniques, ou au contraire destiné à créer une rugosité de surface et à accroître l'accrochage des fibres.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 .

L'applicateur peut comporter un mélange de poils.The applicator may comprise a mixture of bristles.

L'applicateur peut comporter au moins un poil présentant au moins une ondulation, et peut notamment comporter au moins deux poils comportant chacun au moins un motif périodique présentant au moins une ondulation, au moins deux motifs périodiques étant différents. Les deux motifs périodiques différents peuvent appartenir à deux poils distincts ou à un même poil, et les ondulations peuvent présenter des formes différentes, par exemple une forme de dent de scie ou une forme de sinusoïde, ou encore des amplitudes différentes, ou encore des ondulations de fréquences spatiales différentes. L'expression « motif périodique » désigne, au sein d'un poil, une partie de celui-ci qui se reproduit sensiblement, de manière périodique, le long du poil.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.

L'applicateur peut comporter des poils réalisés autrement que par moulage par injection avec l'âme, et la brosse peut comporter au moins une portion comportant des poils incurvés s'étendant de manière orientée à partir de l'âme, par exemple comme décrit dans la demande US 2004/0168698 . Par « s'étendant de manière orientée », il faut comprendre que les poils incurvés s'étendent avec une orientation générale qui est définie lors de la fabrication de la brosse et non pas avec une orientation totalement aléatoire. Les poils peuvent notamment être orientés dans le même sens circonférentiel autour de l'âme. Les poils de la brosse peuvent être incurvés par contact avec une surface chaude, notamment une surface en mouvement relatif par rapport à la brosse.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 . By "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.

L'applicateur peut comporter des poils torsadés, par exemple tels que décrits dans le brevet US 6 390 708 .The applicator may comprise twisted bristles, for example as described in the patent US 6,390,708 .

L'applicateur selon l'invention peut comporter une tige ayant une portion distale ayant un axe longitudinal, la portion rectiligne de l'âme ayant un axe longitudinal confondu avec celui de la portion distale de la tige. L'axe longitudinal de la tige entière peut être complètement rectiligne.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.

L'âme de la brosse peut être fixée rigidement à la tige ou en variante par l'intermédiaire d'une liaison élastiquement déformable, par exemple grâce à une partie souple réalisée dans une matière différente du reste de la tige, par exemple une matière élastomère.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 .

L'âme de la brosse peut comporter une extrémité fixée à la tige, par exemple insérée dans un logement ménagé à une extrémité libre de la tige.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.

La tige peut se raccorder à un organe de préhension. L'organe de préhension peut être agencé de manière à fermer de manière étanche un récipient contenant le produit à appliquer, comportant par exemple une jupe de montage filetée agencée pour se visser sur un col du récipient.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.

L'invention a encore pour objet un dispositif de conditionnement et d'application d'un produit sur les cils ou les sourcils, comportant un récipient contenant le produit à appliquer et un applicateur tel que défini plus haut. Le produit est par exemple du mascara.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.

Le dispositif peut comporter en outre un essoreur disposé de manière à essorer la brosse à sa sortie du récipient. Cet essoreur peut être fixé dans le col du récipient. L'essoreur peut comporter une lèvre d'essorage, en élastomère par exemple, et peut être floquée.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.

L'invention a encore pour objet, selon un autre de ses aspects, un procédé de fabrication d'un applicateur tel que défini plus haut, comportant les étapes suivantes :

  • usiner une ébauche de brosse ayant une âme comportant au moins une portion rectiligne et définissant une surface enveloppe généralement cylindrique de révolution, l'usinage étant effectué de façon à former au moins une première face s'étendant longitudinalement de manière inclinée relativement à l'axe longitudinal de l'âme,
  • former sur l'ébauche au moins une deuxième face s'étendant longitudinalement parallèlement à l'axe longitudinal de l'âme.
Another subject of the invention, according to another of its aspects, is a method of manufacturing an applicator as defined above, comprising the following steps:
  • machining a brush blank having a core having at least one rectilinear portion and defining a generally cylindrical envelope surface of revolution, the machining being effected so as to form at least a first face extending longitudinally inclined relative to the axis longitudinal of the soul,
  • forming on the blank at least one second face extending longitudinally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the core.

Chacune de ces faces est par exemple sensiblement plane et ces deux faces peuvent être sensiblement perpendiculaires.Each of these faces is for example substantially flat and these two faces may be substantially perpendicular.

L'usinage de l'ébauche peut avoir pour effet de conférer à la brosse une surface enveloppe de section transversale aplatie en au moins un point de l'âme, mieux sur au moins la moitié voire la totalité de la longueur de la portion rectiligne de l'âme.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.

L'invention a encore pour objet, selon un autre de ses aspects, un procédé de maquillage d'une frange de cils ou sourcils, comportant les étapes suivantes :

  • maquiller au moyen d'un applicateur tel que défini plus haut une première extrémité de la frange de cils ou sourcils avec un premier ensemble de poils,
  • faire tourner l'applicateur sur lui-même d'un angle supérieur à un quart de tour, de manière à maquiller une deuxième extrémité de la frange de cils ou sourcils avec un deuxième ensemble de poils distinct du premier ensemble de poils.
The invention further relates, in another of its aspects, to a process for making up an eyelash or eyebrow fringe, comprising the following steps:
  • makeup by means of an applicator as defined above a first end of the fringe of eyelashes or eyebrows with a first set of bristles,
  • rotating the applicator on itself at an angle greater than a quarter of a turn, so as to make up a second end of the eyelash or eyebrow fringe with a second set of bristles distinct from the first set of bristles.

Ces premier et deuxième ensembles de poils peuvent définir au moins partiellement les première et deuxième faces précitées.These first and second sets of bristles may at least partially define the aforementioned first and second faces.

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 est une vue schématique en élévation, avec coupe axiale partielle, d'un exemple de dispositif de conditionnement et d'application selon l'invention,
  • la figure 2 représente de manière schématique et partielle, en perspective, l'applicateur du dispositif de la figure 1,
  • les figures 3 et 4 représentent partiellement l'applicateur des figures 1 et 2 selon les directions d'observation III et IV de la figure 2 perpendiculaires entre elles,
  • les figures 5 et 6 sont des coupes respectivement transversales selon V-V et VI-VI de l'applicateur de la figure 2,
  • les figures 7 et 8 illustrent l'utilisation de l'applicateur des figures 1 à 6 afin de maquiller une frange de cils,
  • les figures 9 à 12 sont des exemples parmi d'autres, en section longitudinale, de surfaces enveloppes d'ébauches de brosses permettant d'obtenir des applicateurs conformes à l'invention,
  • la figure 16 est une vue en perspective, schématique et partielle, d'une variante de réalisation,
  • les figures 17 à 28 illustrent des exemples de sections transversales de la surface enveloppe, parmi d'autres,
  • les figures 29 à 46 représentent divers exemples de sections transversales de poils,
  • la figure 47 représente en vue de côté un poil ondulé,
  • les figures 48 à 51 représentent de manière schématique et partielle des exemples de poils,
  • les figures 52 et 53 représentent respectivement des âmes torsadées à pas à gauche et à droite,
  • la figure 54 représente schématiquement une âme double formée par l'enroulement de deux âmes élémentaires torsadées, et
  • les figures 55 et 56 sont des vues analogues à la figure 3 de variantes de réalisation.
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 is a schematic view in elevation, with partial axial section, of an exemplary packaging and application device according to the invention,
  • the figure 2 represents schematically and partially, in perspective, the applicator of the device of the figure 1 ,
  • the Figures 3 and 4 partially represent the applicator of Figures 1 and 2 according to the observation directions III and IV of the figure 2 perpendicular to each other,
  • the Figures 5 and 6 are respectively transverse sections according to VV and VI-VI of the applicator of the figure 2 ,
  • the Figures 7 and 8 illustrate the use of the applicator Figures 1 to 6 to make up a fringe of eyelashes,
  • the Figures 9 to 12 are examples, among others, in longitudinal section, of enveloped surfaces of brush blanks making it possible to obtain applicators according to the invention,
  • the figure 16 is a perspective view, schematic and partial, of an alternative embodiment,
  • the Figures 17 to 28 illustrate examples of cross sections of the envelope surface, among others,
  • the Figures 29 to 46 represent various examples of cross sections of bristles,
  • the figure 47 represents in side view a wavy hair,
  • the Figures 48 to 51 represent schematically and partially examples of hair,
  • the Figures 52 and 53 respectively represent twisted souls with left and right steps,
  • the figure 54 schematically represents a double core formed by the winding of two twisted elementary cores, and
  • the figures 55 and 56 are similar views to the figure 3 variants of embodiment.

On a représenté à la figure 1 un dispositif de conditionnement et d'application 1 comportant un récipient 2 contenant un produit P à appliquer sur les cils ou les sourcils, par exemple du mascara, et un applicateur 3 comportant une tige 4, par exemple de section transversale circulaire, munie à son extrémité distale 4a d'une brosse 5 et se raccordant à son extrémité proximale à un organe de préhension 6 constituant également un capuchon de fermeture pour le récipient 2. Ce dernier est équipé d'un essoreur 7, par exemple constitué par une pièce en élastomère insérée dans le col 8 du récipient. L'essoreur 7 peut être conventionnel ou non, voire être réglable.We have shown figure 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.

La tige 4 présente, dans l'exemple considéré, un axe longitudinal X rectiligne, qui coïncide avec l'axe du col 8 du récipient 2 lorsque l'applicateur est en place sur celui-ci.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.

L'organe de préhension 6 est agencé pour fermer de manière étanche le récipient 2 au terme de son vissage sur le col 8, de façon connue en soi.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.

L'essoreur 7 comporte, dans l'exemple illustré, un orifice d'essorage 9 de section circulaire, dont le diamètre correspond sensiblement à celui de la tige 4.In the illustrated example, the wiper 7 comprises a wiping orifice 9 of circular section, the diameter of which corresponds substantially to that of the rod 4.

La brosse 5 comporte une âme 10 formée par deux brins métalliques torsadés, cette âme 10 ayant une portion proximale fixée dans un logement de la tige 4, étant par exemple insérée à force dans ce logement. Les deux brins proviennent par exemple du repliement sur lui-même d'un fil métallique.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.

Les brins de l'âme peuvent être torsadés à gauche ou à droite. Les brins de l'âme peuvent être de diamètre compris entre 0,35 mm et 1 mm, par exemple.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.

La brosse peut être à pas à gauche.The brush may be left-handed.

Sur la figure 52, on a représenté la brosse 5 avec une âme torsadée à gauche et sur la figure 53 une âme torsadée à droite. On pourra utilement se référer au brevet européen EP 611 170 .On the figure 52 , the brush 5 is shown with a twisted core on the left and on the figure 53 a twisted soul on the right. We can usefully refer to the European patent EP 611 170 .

L'âme 10 comporte une portion rectiligne 10a qui s'étend selon l'axe longitudinal X de la tige 4.The core 10 has a rectilinear portion 10a which extends along the longitudinal axis X of the rod 4.

Si l'on se reporte aux figures 3 et 4, on voit que la portion rectiligne 10a porte des poils 11 maintenus par serrage entre les brins torsadés de l'âme 10 et s'étendant sensiblement radialement à partir de l'âme.If we refer to Figures 3 and 4 it can be seen that 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.

Sur la figure 2, on a représenté la surface enveloppe E définie par les extrémités libres des poils 11 de la brosse 5.On the figure 2 the envelope surface E defined by the free ends of the bristles 11 of the brush 5 is represented.

La surface enveloppe E de la brosse 5 est généralement aplatie selon un plan médian M, comme on peut le voir également sur les figures 5 et 6.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 .

Par « aplatie selon le plan médian M », il faut comprendre que la dimension maximale a de la section transversale parallèlement au plan médian est supérieure à la dimension maximale b perpendiculairement à ce plan M.By "flattened along the median plane M", it should be understood that the maximum dimension a of the cross section parallel to the median plane is greater than the maximum dimension b perpendicular to this plane M.

La surface enveloppe E définit dans l'exemple illustré deux faces opposées 12 s'étendant sensiblement parallèlement à l'axe X, comme on peut le voir sur la figure 4, et deux faces opposées 16 s'étendant sensiblement non parallèlement à l'axe X, comme on peut le voir sur la figure 3.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 .

La surface enveloppe E de la brosse 5 est ainsi excentrée par rapport à l'âme 10.The envelope surface E of the brush 5 is thus eccentric with respect to the core 10.

L'axe longitudinal de l'âme 10 s'étend entièrement dans le plan médian M dans l'exemple considéré, et l'âme est le plus excentré aux extrémités axiales de la portion rectiligne portant les poils.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.

En variante, l'excentration pourrait être maximale ailleurs qu'à une extrémité axiale de la brosse, par exemple en son milieu, ou encore dans une première moitié distale ou proximale de la brosse.Alternatively, 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.

La surface enveloppe E s'étend dans l'exemple illustré selon un axe longitudinal rectiligne Y non parallèle à l'axe X, faisant avec ce dernier un angle α. Les axes longitudinaux X et Y sont contenus dans le plan médian M.The envelope surface E extends in the illustrated example along a straight longitudinal axis Y not parallel to the axis X, forming an angle α with the latter. The longitudinal axes X and Y are contained in the median plane M.

L'angle α peut être suffisamment faible, compte tenu de la longueur de la brosse 5, pour que celle-ci ne vienne pas en contact avec la surface latérale intérieure du récipient 2 lorsque l'applicateur est en place. Bien entendu, on ne sort pas du cadre de la présente invention lorsque le récipient 2 présente des dimensions telles que la brosse 5 vienne en contact avec cette surface.The angle α 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.

L'angle α va par exemple de 1 à 8°.The angle α is for example 1 to 8 °.

La distance d entre l'axe X et l'axe Y à l'extrémité libre 5a de la brosse, comme on le voit à la figure 2, est par exemple inférieure ou égale à 4,5 mm, étant par exemple voisine de 3 mm. Bien entendu, la distance d dépend de la longueur de la brosse et peut être supérieure à 4,5 mm sans que l'on sorte du cadre de la présente invention.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. Of course, 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.

Dans l'exemple considéré, l'âme 10 porte des poils 11 sur sensiblement la totalité de la longueur de la portion rectiligne 10a. En variante, cette dernière peut ne pas comporter de poils sur une certaine distance après la tige 4.In the example considered, the core 10 carries bristles 11 over substantially the entire length of the rectilinear portion 10a. As a variant, the latter may not include bristles for a certain distance after the rod 4.

Dans l'exemple considéré, les faces 12 et 16 de la surface enveloppe sont sensiblement planes, comme on peut le voir sur les figures 2 et 3.In the example considered, the faces 12 and 16 of the envelope surface are substantially flat, as can be seen in the Figures 2 and 3 .

La surface enveloppe E peut présenter une partie distale tronquée, en forme de pyramide ou de cône, comme illustré sur la figure 3. Il pourrait en être de même à proximité de la tige 4, pour faciliter le passage à travers l'essoreur 7.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.

Pour réaliser la brosse 5, on peut par exemple partir d'une ébauche de brosse de surface enveloppe cylindrique de révolution autour de l'axe X de la tige, l'axe longitudinal de la surface enveloppe de l'ébauche étant rectiligne et coaxial avec l'axe X.To produce 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.

On peut usiner cette ébauche afin de lui donner une forme excentrée en section par rapport à l'âme.This blank can be machined to give it an eccentric shape in section relative to the core.

On peut notamment tailler la brosse au moyen d'une tête coupante entraînée en rotation autour d'un axe de rotation perpendiculaire à l'axe longitudinal de la tige de façon à former les faces planes 16 et 12 et la partie distale, les faces planes 16 faisant un angle avec l'axe longitudinal de l'âme.It is possible in particular to cut the brush by means of a cutting head driven in rotation about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the rod so as to form the flat faces 16 and 12 and the distal portion, the planar faces. 16 making an angle with the longitudinal axis of the soul.

Lors de la fabrication de la brosse, on peut usiner un premier côté, puis faire tourner la brosse à chaque fois d'un quart de tour autour de son axe longitudinal X par rapport à la tête coupante pour usiner le côté suivant. En variante, ce peut être la tête coupante qui est entraînée en déplacement par rapport à la brosse, ou les deux.During the manufacture of the brush, one can machine a first side, then rotate the brush every quarter turn around its longitudinal axis X relative to the cutting head to machine the next side. Alternatively, it may be the cutting head that is driven in movement relative to the brush, or both.

L'une des faces 16 peut par exemple être usinée de façon à se rapprocher de l'âme en direction de la tige 4. L'autre des faces 16, opposée à la première, peut être usinée de façon à se rapprocher de l'âme 10 en s'éloignant de la tige 4.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.

L'ébauche peut être taillée alors que l'âme est déjà fixée sur la tige. Dans une variante, la brosse est usinée avant d'être fixée sur la tige.The blank can be cut while the soul is already attached to the rod. In a variant, the brush is machined before being fixed on the rod.

Pour se maquiller, l'utilisateur dévisse l'applicateur et extrait la brosse 5 du récipient 2.For makeup, the user unscrews the applicator and extracts the brush 5 from the container 2.

L'utilisateur peut utiliser l'une des faces planes 12 s'étendant parallèlement à l'axe longitudinal X de la tige pour appliquer le produit P sur les cils ou sourcils et/ou peigner ces derniers de manière conventionnelle.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.

L'utilisateur peut également, le cas échéant, faire tourner la brosse 5 sur elle-même autour de l'axe X.The user can also, if necessary, rotate the brush 5 on itself around the axis X.

L'une des faces 16 peut permettre de maquiller une première extrémité de la frange de cils en particulier la face 16 qui a été usinée de façon à se rapprocher de l'âme en direction de la tige 4, comme on peut le voir sur la figure 7. Une telle face 16 est définie à proximité de l'extrémité de la brosse 5 par des poils de plus grande longueur permettant de bien entrer en contact avec les cils de l'extrémité gauche de la frange de cils.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.

Dans une deuxième étape, l'utilisateur peut faire tourner la brosse autour de l'axe X d'un demi-tour de manière à appliquer sur les cils la face 16 opposée à la première, c'est-à-dire la face 16 usinée de façon à se rapprocher de l'âme en s'éloignant de la tige 4.In a second step, 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.

Cette deuxième face 16 est définie par des poils de plus grande longueur à proximité de l'extrémité de la brosse 5 proche de la tige 4, ces poils permettant un meilleur engagement des cils de l'extrémité droite de la frange de cils, comme illustré sur la figure 8.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 .

Ainsi, la brosse selon l'invention permet de favoriser le peignage et le recourbement des cils, notamment des cils des extrémités de la frange de cils, en permettant une meilleure pénétration des poils de la brosse à l'intérieur de la frange de cils.Thus, 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.

Enfin, lors du maquillage, les arêtes 17 définies par les extrémités des faces 12 et 16 peuvent faciliter la séparation des cils susceptibles d'être collés par un excès de produit à certains endroits.Finally, during makeup, 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.

Bien entendu, on peut apporter diverses modifications à l'applicateur et notamment à la brosse sans sortir du cadre de la présente invention.Of course, one can make various modifications to the applicator and in particular the brush without departing from the scope of the present invention.

Dans l'exemple de réalisation des figures 1 à 6, on est parti d'une ébauche de brosse cylindrique de révolution.In the exemplary embodiment of Figures 1 to 6 we started with a rough cylindrical brush of revolution.

Il peut en être autrement et l'on peut partir d'une ébauche présentant en section longitudinale une forme autre.It may be otherwise and one can start from a blank having in longitudinal section a different shape.

L'ébauche peut par exemple être de section longitudinale triangulaire ou trapézoïdale, comme illustré sur la figure 9, en forme de diabolo comme illustré sur la figure 10, lenticulaire comme illustré sur la figure 11, ou rectangulaire comme illustré sur la figure 12.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 .

De telles formes d'ébauches peuvent permettre d'obtenir des faces planes ou non planes, concaves ou convexes, par exemple.Such forms of blanks may make it possible to obtain flat or non-planar, concave or convex faces, for example.

D'autre part, la surface enveloppe E de la brosse 5 peut présenter une section transversale de forme rectangulaire, comme illustré dans l'exemple des figures 1 à 6.On the other hand, 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 .

On a illustré à la figure 16 un exemple de réalisation comportant une surface enveloppe E de section transversale rectangulaire, la surface enveloppe ayant une forme ondulée en vue de dessus, lorsqu'observée perpendiculairement au plan médian d'aplatissement. Dans cet exemple, la brosse comporte au moins une arête ondulée, présentant au moins un point d'inflexion, voire au moins deux. L'arête définit une face de largeur constante.We illustrated at the figure 16 an embodiment having an envelope surface E of rectangular cross section, the envelope surface having a corrugated shape in top view, when observed perpendicularly to the median flattening plane. In this example, 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.

En variante, la surface enveloppe E de la brosse peut présenter en section transversale, en au moins un point de sa longueur, une autre forme, comme illustré aux figures 17 à 28.Alternatively, 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 .

La section transversale de la surface enveloppe peut par exemple être en losange, comme illustré à la figure 17, ou en trapèze, comme illustré à la figure 18.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 .

La brosse peut aussi, par exemple, comporter une surface enveloppe de section transversale circulaire avec au moins un méplat, comme illustré à la figure 19. Ce méplat peut définir la face 12 de génératrice parallèle à l'axe longitudinal X de la tige 4.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.

Dans tous les exemples qui viennent d'être décrits, la face 12 est plane, mais on ne sort pas du cadre de la présente invention lorsque la face 12 est définie par une génératrice se déplaçant parallèlement à l'axe longitudinal X selon une directrice non rectiligne.In all the examples which have just been described, 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 titre d'exemple, on a représenté à la figure 20 une brosse comportant au moins une face concave 12 de génératrice parallèle à l'axe X, et à la figure 21 une brosse avec au moins une face 12 convexe. Sur cette dernière figure, on voit que la brosse peut présenter une surface enveloppe de section transversale oblongue, en au moins un point de l'âme, notamment lenticulaire.For example, there is shown in the figure 20 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. In this last figure, we see that the brush may have an envelope surface of oblong cross section, at least one point of the core, in particular lenticular.

Au moins une section longitudinale de la surface enveloppe E de la brosse peut être en forme de trou de serrure, comme illustré à la figure 22.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 .

En variante encore, une section transversale de la brosse peut présenter un côté convexe, comme illustré sur la figure 23, ou deux côtés opposés convexes, comme illustré sur la figure 24, la section transversale de la brosse étant dans ce cas symétrique par rapport au plan médian M, tandis que dans l'exemple de la figure 23, la section transversale de la brosse est dissymétrique par rapport au plan médian M.In another variant, 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.

La section transversale de la brosse peut encore être en forme d'aile d'avion, comme illustré sur la figure 25.The cross section of the brush can still be in the shape of an airplane wing, as shown in the figure 25 .

En variante encore, l'un au moins des côtes de la section transversale peut définir au moins un cran s'étendant dans le prolongement d'une face 12, comme illustré sur la figure 26, ou dans le prolongement des faces 16, comme illustré sur la figure 27.In another variant, 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 .

Enfin, les crêtes 17 entre les faces 12 et 16 peuvent être tronquées, comme illustré sur la figure 28.Finally, the ridges 17 between the faces 12 and 16 may be truncated, as shown in FIG. figure 28 .

D'une manière générale, la brosse peut présenter une section transversale constante ou non sur la majeure partie de sa longueur, voire sur la totalité de sa longueur.In general, the brush may have a constant cross section or not over most of its length, or over its entire length.

On peut utiliser dans une brosse réalisée conformément à l'invention toutes sortes de poils. On peut notamment utiliser un mélange de poils de différentes natures ou un mélange de poils de longueurs différentes, de même nature ou non.It is possible to use in a brush made according to the invention all kinds of bristles. In particular, it is possible to use a mixture of bristles of different natures or a mixture of bristles of different lengths, of the same nature or not.

Les brosses illustrées sont par exemple réalisées avec des poils de section circulaire de diamètre compris entre 6,5 centièmes de millimètre et 40 centièmes de millimètre.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.

On peut utiliser des poils pleins ou creux, de section circulaire pleine ou présentant en section transversale par exemple l'une des formes représentées aux figures 29 à 46 de manière schématique, par exemple une forme circulaire avec un méplat comme illustré à la figure 29, aplatie comme illustré à la figure 30, étoilée, par exemple en forme de croix comme illustré à la figure 31 ou à trois branches comme illustré sur la figure 32, en forme de U comme représenté à la figure 33, de H comme représenté à la figure 34, de T comme représenté à la figure 35, de V comme représenté à la figure 36, une forme évidée, par exemple circulaire comme représenté à la figure 37 ou carrée comme représenté à la figure 38, formant des ramifications, par exemple en forme de flocon comme illustré à la figure 39, de section prismatique, par exemple triangulaire comme représenté à la figure 40, carrée comme représenté à la figure 41 ou hexagonale comme représenté à la figure 42, ou encore une forme oblongue, notamment lenticulaire comme représenté à la figure 43, ou en forme de sablier comme représenté à la figure 44. On peut utiliser des poils ayant des parties articulées les unes par rapport aux autres, comme représenté à la figure 45. On peut encore utiliser des poils présentant au moins une rainure capillaire 36, comme illustré à la figure 46.It is possible to use 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. 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 . It is also possible to use bristles having at least one capillary groove 36, as illustrated in FIG. figure 46 .

Les poils 11 qui sont retenus entre les brins torsadés de l'âme peuvent présenter, avant mise en place entre les brins de l'âme, une forme rectiligne ou non, par exemple une forme ondulée comme illustré à la figure 47.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 .

On peut faire subir aux poils un traitement visant à former à leurs extrémités des boules 37 comme illustré à la figure 48, ou des fourches 38 comme illustré à la figure 49.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 .

On peut utiliser des poils floqués comme illustré à la figure 50 ou encore des poils réalisés par extrusion d'une matière plastique comportant une charge de particules 39, par exemple des particules d'un matériau absorbant l'humidité, afin de conférer un micro-relief à la surface des poils, comme illustré à la figure 51, ou leur donner des propriétés magnétiques ou autres.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.

Les poils peuvent encore être réalisés avec un matériau présentant des propriétés favorisant le glissement et/ou leur élasticité.The bristles may also be made of a material having properties promoting sliding and / or elasticity.

Les poils peuvent être naturels ou synthétiques et par exemple être fabriqués dans une matière choisie parmi : PE, PA, notamment PA6, PA6/6, PA6/10 ou PA6/12, HYTREL®, PEBAX®, silicone, PU, cette liste n'étant pas limitative.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.

L'âme peut encore être une âme double, formée par deux âmes élémentaires torsadées entre elles, comme illustré à la figure 54. Chaque âme élémentaire peut comporter deux brins torsadés ensemble et enserrant des poils. Les deux âmes élémentaires peuvent être chacune constituées par une branche d'une seule âme torsadée repliée en forme de U, les deux branches étant torsadées ensemble.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.

Les poils de la brosse peuvent subir un traitement d'abrasage, de meulage, ou de matriçage ou de fusion à chaud, notamment à l'extrémité des poils.The bristles of the brush may undergo an abrasive treatment, grinding, or stamping or hot melt, particularly at the end of the bristles.

On a représenté à la figure 55 une brosse dans laquelle on a réalisé une succession d'encoches 100. Ces encoches 100 s'étendent d'un côté de l'âme lorsque la brosse est observée de côté, comme sur la figure 55.We have shown 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 .

Les encoches 100 permettent de ménager entre des paquets de poils des intervalles permettant à la brosse de se comporter du côté des encoches comme un peigne. Du côté des encoches, le contour de la surface enveloppe peut être rectiligne en vue de côté comme sur la 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. On the side of the notches, the contour of the envelope surface can be rectilinear in side view as on the figure 55 .

On a illustré à la figure 56 la possibilité pour la brosse d'être fixée ou surmoulée sur une partie souple 101 en élastomère par exemple, conférant de la flexibilité à l'application et à l'extraction du récipient.We illustrated at the figure 56 the possibility for the brush to be fixed or overmolded on a flexible portion 101 of elastomer, for example, giving flexibility to the application and extraction of the container.

Bien entendu, l'invention n'est pas limitée aux exemples de réalisation qui viennent d'être décrits.Of course, the invention is not limited to the embodiments which have just been described.

La brosse peut comporter une ou plusieurs encoches, qui peuvent s'étendre jusqu'à l'âme de la brosse.The brush may have one or more notches, which may extend to the core of the brush.

L'expression « comportant un » doit être comprise comme étant synonyme de « comportant au moins un », sauf si le contraire est spécifié.The expression "having one" shall be understood as being synonymous with "having at least one", unless the opposite is specified.

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Applicateur pour appliquer un produit sur les cils ou les sourcils, comportant une brosse (5) comportant : - des poils (11), - une âme (10) ayant une portion rectiligne (10a) à partir de laquelle s'étendent les poils (11), les poils ayant des extrémités libres qui définissent une surface enveloppe (E),
la surface enveloppe s'étendant selon un axe longitudinal (Y) non parallèle à l'axe longitudinal (X) de la portion rectiligne (10a) de l'âme et ayant au moins une section transversale de forme aplatie selon un plan médian (M), la surface enveloppe définissant au moins une face (12) parallèle à l'axe longitudinal (X) de l'âme. An applicator for applying a product to the eyelashes or eyebrows, comprising a brush (5) comprising: - bristles (11), a core (10) having a rectilinear portion (10a) from which the bristles (11) extend, the bristles having free ends which define an envelope surface (E),
the envelope surface extending along a longitudinal axis (Y) not parallel to the longitudinal axis (X) of the rectilinear portion (10a) of the core and having at least one cross section of flattened shape along a median plane (M ), the envelope surface defining at least one face (12) parallel to the longitudinal axis (X) of the core. Applicateur selon la revendication 1, le plan médian (M) contenant les axes longitudinaux (X) de l'âme et (Y) de la surface enveloppe.Applicator according to claim 1, the median plane (M) containing the longitudinal axes (X) of the core and (Y) of the envelope surface. Applicateur selon l'une des deux revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'axe longitudinal (Y) de la surface enveloppe (E) forme un angle (α) compris entre 1 et 8° avec l'axe longitudinal (X) de la portion rectiligne de l'âme.Applicator according to one of the two preceding claims, wherein the longitudinal axis (Y) of the envelope surface (E) forms an angle (α) of between 1 and 8 ° with the longitudinal axis (X) of the rectilinear portion. of soul. Applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'âme (10) est excentrée au moins à chacune des extrémités axiales de la brosse.Applicator according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the core (10) is eccentric at least at each axial end of the brush. Applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'âme est centrée en au moins une section transversale de la surface enveloppe (E).Applicator according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the core is centered in at least one cross section of the envelope surface (E). Applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la surface enveloppe (E) présente au moins une face (16) non parallèle à l'axe longitudinal (X) de la portion rectiligne de l'âme.Applicator according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the envelope surface (E) has at least one face (16) not parallel to the longitudinal axis (X) of the straight portion of the core. Applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, la surface enveloppe présentant deux faces (16) opposées non parallèles à l'axe longitudinal (X) de la portion rectiligne de l'âme.Applicator according to any one of the preceding claims, the envelope surface having two faces (16) opposite non-parallel to the longitudinal axis (X) of the straight portion of the core. Applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la surface enveloppe (E) présente deux faces (12) opposées parallèles à l'axe longitudinal (X) de l'âme.Applicator according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the envelope surface (E) has two faces (12) opposite parallel to the longitudinal axis (X) of the core. Applicateur selon l'une des deux revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'une au moins des faces définies par la surface enveloppe de la brosse est plane.Applicator according to one of the two preceding claims, wherein at least one of the faces defined by the envelope surface of the brush is flat. Applicateur selon la revendication précédente, la surface enveloppe (E) définissant au moins une face plane parallèle au plan médian.Applicator according to the preceding claim, the envelope surface (E) defining at least one plane face parallel to the median plane. Applicateur selon l'une des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'une au moins des faces est sensiblement concave ou convexe.Applicator according to one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one of the faces is substantially concave or convex. Applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la surface enveloppe (E) est de section transversale constante sur la majeure partie de la longueur de la portion rectiligne de l'âme.An applicator according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the envelope surface (E) is of constant cross section over most of the length of the straight portion of the core. Applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 11, dans lequel la surface enveloppe (E) de la brosse est de section transversale non constante sur la majeure partie de la longueur de la portion rectiligne de l'âme.An applicator according to any one of claims 1 to 11, wherein the envelope surface (E) of the brush is of non-constant cross section over most of the length of the straight portion of the core. Applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la section transversale de la surface enveloppe (E), en au moins un point de la portion rectiligne de l'âme, présente une forme générale choisie dans la liste suivante : circulaire, polygonale, triangulaire, rectangulaire, carrée, pentagonale ou hexagonale, en losange, oblongue, ovale, lenticulaire, cunéiforme, piriforme, en trou de serrure, avec des crans.Applicator according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the cross-section of the envelope surface (E), in at least one point of the rectilinear portion of the core, has a general shape chosen from the following list: circular, polygonal , triangular, rectangular, square, pentagonal or hexagonal, rhombus, oblong, oval, lenticular, wedge shaped, pear-shaped, keyhole, with notches. Applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la surface enveloppe de la brosse (5) définit au moins une crête longitudinale (17), voire entre deux et huit crêtes longitudinales.Applicator according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the envelope surface of the brush (5) defines at least one longitudinal ridge (17), or even between two and eight longitudinal ridges. Applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, la surface enveloppe (E) étant symétrique par rapport au plan médian (M).Applicator according to any one of the preceding claims, the envelope surface (E) being symmetrical with respect to the median plane (M). Applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 15, la surface enveloppe (E) étant non symétrique par rapport au plan médian (M).Applicator according to any one of claims 1 to 15, the envelope surface (E) being unsymmetrical relative to the median plane (M). Applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comportant au moins une arête ondulée.Applicator according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising at least one corrugated edge. Applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel l'âme (10) comporte au moins deux brins métalliques torsadés, notamment de diamètre compris entre 0,35 et 1 mm.Applicator according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the core (10) comprises at least two twisted metal strands, in particular of diameter between 0.35 and 1 mm. Applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comportant une tige (4) ayant une portion distale ayant un axe longitudinal, la portion rectiligne de l'âme ayant un axe longitudinal (X) confondu avec celui de la portion distale de la tige.Applicator according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising a rod (4) having a distal portion having a longitudinal axis, the rectilinear portion of the core having a longitudinal axis (X) coinciding with that of the distal portion of the rod. Applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, présentant à son extrémité distale des poils de longueurs différentes ayant des flexibilités différentes.An applicator according to any one of the preceding claims, having at its distal end bristles of different lengths having different flexibilities. Applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comportant un mélange de poils de diamètres, natures et/ou sections différents.Applicator according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising a mixture of bristles of diameters, natures and / or different sections. Applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, la brosse comportant d'un côté de l'âme des intervalles (100) entre les poils.An applicator as claimed in any one of the preceding claims, the brush having on one side of the core gaps (100) between the bristles. Applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, comportant des poils traités par matriçage ou meulage.Applicator according to any one of the preceding claims, comprising bristles treated by stamping or grinding. Applicateur selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, la brosse étant surinjectée ou montée sur une partie souple (101).Applicator according to any one of the preceding claims, the brush being surinjected or mounted on a flexible part (101). Dispositif de conditionnement et d'application d'un produit sur les cils ou les sourcils, comportant un récipient (2) contenant le produit (P) et un applicateur (3) selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes.Device for packaging and applying a product on the eyelashes or the eyebrows, comprising a container (2) containing the product (P) and an applicator (3) according to any one of the preceding claims. Procédé de fabrication d'un applicateur tel que défini dans l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 25, comportant les étapes suivantes : - usiner une ébauche de brosse ayant une âme comportant au moins une portion rectiligne et définissant une surface enveloppe généralement cylindrique de révolution, l'usinage étant effectué de façon à former au moins une première face (16) s'étendant longitudinalement de manière inclinée relativement à l'axe longitudinal de l'âme, - former sur l'ébauche au moins une deuxième face (12) s'étendant longitudinalement parallèlement à l'axe longitudinal de l'âme. A method of manufacturing an applicator as defined in any one of claims 1 to 25, comprising the steps of: machining a brush blank having a core comprising at least one rectilinear portion and defining a generally cylindrical envelope surface of revolution, the machining being carried out so as to form at least a first face (16) extending longitudinally in a relatively inclined manner; at the longitudinal axis of the soul, forming on the blank at least one second face extending longitudinally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the core. Procédé de maquillage d'une frange de cils ou sourcils, comportant les étapes suivantes : - maquiller au moyen d'un applicateur tel que défini dans l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 25, une première extrémité de la frange de cils ou sourcils avec un premier ensemble de poils, - faire tourner l'applicateur sur lui-même d'un angle supérieur à un quart de tour, de manière à maquiller une deuxième extrémité de la frange de cils ou sourcils avec un deuxième ensemble de poils distinct du premier ensemble de poils. A method of making up an eyelash or eyebrow fringe, comprising the steps of: - makeup by means of an applicator as defined in any one of claims 1 to 25, a first end of the eyelash or eyebrow fringe with a first set of bristles, rotating the applicator on itself at an angle greater than a quarter of a turn, so as to make up a second end of the eyelash or eyebrow fringe with a second set of bristles distinct from the first set of bristles.
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