Classifications

• • 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
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A46—BRUSHWARE
  • A46B—BRUSHES
  • A46B3/00—Brushes characterised by the way in which the bristles are fixed or joined in or on the brush body or carrier
  • A46B3/18—Brushes characterised by the way in which the bristles are fixed or joined in or on the brush body or carrier the bristles being fixed on or between belts or wires
• • 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
  • 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

Definitions

• the present invention relates to an applicator for applying a cosmetic product to the eyelashes.
• Cosmetic product means any composition as defined in Council Directive 93/35 / EEC of 14 June 1993.
• An application head is thus obtained which is fitted on a rod extending from a gripping member, in the continuity of said rod.
• a gripping member is generally designed to form a means for closing a container containing the product to be applied by means of this application head.
• the application WO 2007/125207 describes another type of mascara brush comprising an applicator with a bent-pinned core on which is threaded a plurality of cores bearing application elements in the form of protrusions extending from the core. The two branches of the core are then twisted so that the application elements form helical layers. With such an applicator, the user has only one type of application elements. There is a need to further improve the applicators, in particular to allow the user to perform with the same applicator, various actions on the eyelashes. There is also a need for applicators that have a behavior during their spinning, out of the container in which they are soaked to load cometic product, which allows an optimal load of product all along the applicator: neither too much , neither too little.
• Another object of the invention is to propose a new applicator which is of particularly simple and inexpensive construction, the construction and manufacture of which are based on simple and proven general technical principles, and which is available in a multitude of variants, all by allowing to obtain an improved makeup result, and or an excellent comfort of use.
• the invention aims to meet all or part of these needs and it succeeds, according to one of its aspects, with an applicator to apply a product on the eyelashes, comprising a core, having two branches twisted between them at least a part of their length, the core retaining successively by clamping a first integrally formed application member having a plurality of application elements, and a second application member having a plurality of fur.
• the two twisted branches may be replaced by any twisting means capable of imparting a twist to at least one of the first and second applicator members.
• the first applicator member may comprise a body and said applicator elements extending from this body, such that the application elements extend in at least two, preferably at least three, directions.
• At least one application element can extend at or even beyond a free end of the core.
• a connecting leg of this application element to the body may be located at or even beyond the free end of the core.
• the bend formed in this strand is the distal end of the soul.
• said applicator elements may abound helically due to the twisting of the core around this first applicator member.
• the degree of twisting of the core may vary over the length of the latter.
• the first applicator member may be made by injection into a mold of thermoplastic material, elastomeric or not, or an elastomer other than thermoplastic or made by casting a resin.
• the invention also relates to a packaging and application device comprising:
• a cosmetic product to be applied to the eyelashes in particular mascara.
• the applicator may be retained by a proximal end at the end of a shaft of the device such that the first applicator member is located at a distal end of the applicator, opposite the proximal end relative to a longitudinal axis of the applicator.
• the first application member allows a fine makeup of the corner of the eye, because its location can to avoid excessive product loading at the distal end of the applicator.
• such a device may comprise a container provided with a wiper to cooperate with the applicator and regulate the charge of the cosmetic product, both at the first applicator member and at the second applicator member.
• This same wiper can also cooperate with said rod to clean it out of the container.
• the invention also relates to a method of manufacturing an applicator according to the invention, comprising the steps of:
• first and second application members When the first and second application members are arranged successively, before twisting, there may be no axial overlap, along the longitudinal axis of the branch, between these two application members.
• FIG. 1 a side view of an applicator mounted at the end of a rod of an application device according to the invention
• FIG. 2 a perspective view of an applicator according to the invention at an intermediate stage of its formation
• FIGS. 4a and 4b partial views of the profile of applicator variants according to the invention at an intermediate stage of their formation;
• Figure 5 a top view from a distal end of an applicator according to the invention at an intermediate stage of its formation.
• FIG. 1 shows an applicator 1 according to a first embodiment of the invention.
• This applicator 1 comprises a rod 2 which supports an applicator head 4 and which can extend, as illustrated, substantially rectilinearly along an axis X. Alternatively, the rod 2 may extend along a curvilinear longitudinal axis.
• the rod 2 is connected at a first end 2a to a gripping member 3 designed to be grasped and manipulated manually by a user, for example between two or three fingers.
• the applicator 1 therefore presents, in a conventional manner, a wearable character and is intended for manual use.
• the gripping member 3 is for example configured to be placed on a container, not shown, containing for example mascara, so as to close tightly.
• the product to be applied can be liquid, semi-liquid, for example pasty, or even powdery.
• the gripping member may comprise a mounting skirt arranged to attach to the container, for example to screw on a neck of the container.
• the neck of the container can support a wiper of the rod 2 and the applicator head 4.
• the rod 2 may have a circular cross section, with or without necking at its portion coming to be placed opposite the wiper.
• the rod 2 is connected, at a second end 2b opposite the first end 2a, to the applicator head 4.
• the container may be provided with any type of wiper member of the rod and the applicator head, adjustable or not, elastomeric lip, corrugated or not, split or not.
• the applicator head 4 can be connected to the rod 2 by a flexible, elastically deformable portion.
• the applicator may comprise a vibrating source, where appropriate, and / or be rotatable and / or heating.
• the applicator head 4 may, as shown in Figure 1, extend along a rectilinear longitudinal axis, coincident with the axis X of the rod. In variants not shown, the applicator head 4 extends along a longitudinal axis extending obliquely with respect to the axis X of the rod 2. The applicator head 4 may also extend along a curve.
• the applicator head 4 comprises, according to the invention, a first applicator member 5 and a second applicator member 6.
• the applicator head 4 is designed to take the product to be applied, for example by being immersed in a container containing the latter, and to retain and contain this amount of product taken until released on the eyelashes, preferably performed by contacting and rubbing the applicator head 4 with and against the eyelashes.
• the applicator head provides eyelash coating with mascara, and a combing and lash separation function.
• the first and second application members may be of different colors.
• the bristles 10 of the second applicator member 6 are for example chosen for their ability to load product, for example being numerous and thin, even flocked, while the application elements of the first applicator member 5 can be chosen for their ability to separate the eyelashes, because of greater rigidity than the hairs.
• the two application members 5 and 6 are retained by a core 7 having two branches 8 and 9 twisted at least partially on one another, the application members being retained between these branches.
• the two branches can come from the same wire folded on itself hairpin before being twisted, as shown in Figure 2.
• the diameter of the branches is between 0.3 and 1 mm.
• the wire is for example stainless steel.
• the two branches are for example retained in the same housing made at the end of the rod 2, for example by being screwed hot.
• the second applicator member 6 consists of bundles of bristles 10 arranged between the two branches.
• a bristle 10 of the second applicator member extends through the branches so as to protrude from two distinct sides of the core 7.
• a bristle is generally tubular, with a diameter of between 15 and 35 hundredths of a millimeter. They can for example be full or hollow.
• the bundles of bristles are spread between the branches so as to form a substantially homogeneous layer of bristles. This layer of hair constitutes the plurality of bristles. It is thus possible to count for the second applicator member between 25 and 50 bristles per turn, that is to say from 25 to 50 bristle ends counted over 180 °.
• bristles 10 of the second applicator member 6 may all be identical to each other, or may be formed by a collection of packages of various kinds of bristles. Similarly, various hair shaping operations can be performed when the applicator head is made, from the moment the branches are twisted.
• the bristles 10 may for example be formed by at least two different categories of bristles, the categories differing for example in the diameter of the bristles, the shape of their cross section, the material of which they are made, their color or their measured individual length. between their free end and the core 7. This length can be modified during a shaping operation of the envelope surface of the second applicator member.
• the bristles 10 are for example of synthetic or natural material, for example polyamide or Hytrel®.
• the bristles may also be subjected to heat treatment, end fusion treatment, abrasion treatment or mechanical shock, for example to form forks or elbows.
• the first application member 5 comprises application elements 1 1 raised from a body 12.
• the body 12 may have a circular cross section or other, for example cruciform, polygonal or elliptical. It is for example obtained by injection, for example, from elastomeric material, thermoplastic, for example styrene-ethylene-butadiene-styrene (SEBS) or a polyester elastomer such as Hytrel ®. Preferably, it is made of a flexible, deformable material, for example with a hardness of about 40 Shore, from a plastic or elastomeric material, for example polymer.
• SEBS styrene-ethylene-butadiene-styrene
• Hytrel ® polyester elastomer
• it is made of a flexible, deformable material, for example with a hardness of about 40 Shore, from a plastic or elastomeric material, for example polymer.
• the application elements 1 1 are obtained by molding in the same material as the body or in a different material, being in this case for example overmolded on the body 12.
• the application elements 1 1 can be distinct and independent of the body 12 and be fixed on the latter by any appropriate means, and for example by gluing, flocking, heat sealing, crimping or mechanical assembly, without departing from the scope of the invention.
• the first application member is preferably made in one piece, that is to say it is monoblock, or in other words that it has a unitary character. This implies that it is not formed by the union of a plurality of distinct and independent elementary parts, but is in itself a unitary entity.
• This unitary character, monobloc contributes to simplify the manufacture and construction of the applicator 1 according to the invention, which is invaluable for the industrialization of the manufacture of the instrument 1 and the mechanical strength of the latter .
• the body 12 is substantially elongate and has a main axis of elongation materialized by the Y axis, which is preferably coincident with the longitudinal axis of the applicator head 4.
• the application elements 1 1 are arranged on the body 12, prior to the twisting thereof, so as to extend in at least three distinct radial directions around said main elongation axis Y, and preferably in at least four radial directions D1, D2, D3, D4 distinct around said axis Y.
• the application elements 1 1 are located in at least three different angular positions around the main axis of elongation Y, such that so that they adopt a three-dimensional arrangement on the body 12 not yet twisted (illustrated in Figures 2 to 5).
• some of these application elements extend from the body 12 not twisted in a first radial direction D1, while other elements extend from the body 12 in a second radial direction D2 distinct from the first radial direction D1, while still other elements 1 1 respectively extend in a third and fourth radial direction D3, D4 distinct.
• the application elements 1 1 are attached to the body 12 at attachment points which are arranged on the body 12 so that when the body 12 is in the non-twisted state, said points 12 fastener belong to at least three distinct rays relative to the main axis of elongation Y.
• Such a three-dimensional distribution of the application elements 1 1 on and around the body 12 provides an optimized makeup effect, which combines the advantages conventional twisted mascara brushes and those associated with molded brushes.
• the application elements 1 1 are disposed on the body 12, prior to the twisting of the latter, in at least four distinct radial directions D1, D2, D3, D4 equidistributed around said main elongation axis Y.
• the elements of FIG. application extend substantially perpendicular to the Y axis.
• the application elements 1 1 of the first applicator member may have a different pitch or not along the main elongation axis Y of the applicator head, the pitch denoting the spacing between two consecutive application elements d a row constituted by the elements protruding from a main radial direction.
• the pitch may vary along a row.
• Each row may have the same number of application elements or, alternatively, a different number of application elements.
• the bases of the application elements may be aligned or arranged in staggered rows.
• the application elements 1 1 have a constant height but, in variants not shown, the height of the application elements 8 can vary, monotonically or not, as one moves along. blade.
• the height of the application elements can be between 0.5 and 8 mm, preferably being 4 mm.
• the width at the base of the application elements 1 1 is advantageously between approximately 0.2 and 3 mm, preferably between approximately 0.3 and 1 mm.
• the invention is not limited to a particular structure of the (or of) application elements, said structure being essentially dictated by the consistency of the product to be applied, and the desired makeup characteristics.
• the degree of twisting of the core 7 at the first applicator member is for example between 0 and 5 turns, especially between 1 and 3 turns.
• the degree of twisting of the applicator means the angle of which the section has turned.
• the degree of twisting of the core varies over the length of the latter, it is less twisted around the first applicator member than around the second applicator member.
• the degree of twisting of the core being maximal in a portion of the core where there is no application member.
• the degree of twisting of the core 7 varies along its length, and in particular increases from its free end 13 towards its proximal end retained in the rod 2.
• the first applicator member 5 is located at a distal end 14 of the applicator head 4, opposite a proximal end 15 of this head relative to a longitudinal axis Y.
• the first application member 5 is located at a distal end 14 of the applicator head 4, opposite a proximal end 15 of this head relative to a longitudinal axis Y.
• the first application member 5 is located at a distal end 14 of the applicator head 4, opposite a proximal end 15 of this head relative to a longitudinal axis Y.
• the first application member 5 successively starting from the distal end 14 of the applicator in the direction of end 2b of the rod where it is attached by its proximal end 15: the first application member 5, and then the second application member 6.
• At least one applicator element extends at or even beyond a free end 13 of the core 7.
• the base of these elements 1 1 ' is located beyond the free end 13. It is these application elements 1 1' which then form the distal end of the applicator 1.
• this free end 13 is formed by the elbow of the wire folded on itself before being twisted.
• a second row diametrically opposed to that having the elements 11 'is configured in the same way. This configuration makes it possible to mask the free end 13 of the core 7.
• the application elements 11, which protrude beyond the free end 13, are arranged on the outer periphery of the body 12 to respectively present different angular positions relative to the Y axis. angular positions are successive and thus allow to present elements perpendicular to the Y axis, and or others forming an acute angle with this axis Y, and or advantageously at least one element 1 15 having an elongation substantially parallel to the axis Y.
• FIG. 4b the application elements 11, which protrude beyond the free end 13, are arranged on the outer periphery of the body 12 to respectively present different angular positions relative to the Y axis. angular positions are successive and thus allow to present elements perpendicular to the Y axis, and or others forming an acute angle with this axis Y, and or advantageously at least one element 1 15 having an elongation substantially parallel to the axis Y.
• each row comprises two elements 1 1 1 'at 90 ° with the axis Y, three other elements 1 12, 1 13 and 1 14 each respectively making an angle of approximately 17 ° , 45 ° and 72 °, and finally a last element 1 15 parallel to the axis Y.
• the core 7 has a twisted portion in the clockwise direction when progressing from the proximal end 15, attached to the stem, towards the free end 13. By varying e, this twisted portion can also be anti-clockwise. In another variant, the twisting of the core takes place in two different directions on two distinct successive portions. These portions may correspond to the portions in which the first and second application members are respectively retained.
• the total length, along the Y axis, of the applicator head 4 is for example between 10 and 40 mm, preferably between 20 and 30 mm.
• the portion of the core retaining the first applicator member is less than half, or even less than one third, better less than a quarter of this total length. Due to the twisting of the core, the twisting of the application members is obtained, and a helical expansion of both the bristles and the application elements successively along the Y axis.
• the invention is not limited to a particular orientation and / or dimensioning of the application elements, which can adopt any shape desired by those skilled in the art.
• the body 12 is inserted between the two branches 8 and 9 in its non-twisted state, as are the bundles of bristles 10, as illustrated in FIG. 2.
• the branches 8 and 9 are initially substantially straight, straight and parallel to each other, while the body 12 is initially not twisted when slid between said branches.
• a twisting force is then exerted simultaneously on the two branches, resulting in a twisting helix around the Y axis, each helix corresponding to one of the branches. Twisting the core 7 simultaneously causes the capture of the body 12 and the bristles 10, and imparted their profusion propeller.
• the expression "comprising one" must be understood as being synonymous with “having at least one" unless the contrary is specified.

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