EP2575531B1 - Dispositif applicateur pour appliquer au moins un produit sur des matières analogues à des fibres - Google Patents

Dispositif applicateur pour appliquer au moins un produit sur des matières analogues à des fibres Download PDF

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EP2575531B1
EP2575531B1 EP11733784.0A EP11733784A EP2575531B1 EP 2575531 B1 EP2575531 B1 EP 2575531B1 EP 11733784 A EP11733784 A EP 11733784A EP 2575531 B1 EP2575531 B1 EP 2575531B1
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Daniel Eiche
Michael MÜHLBERGER
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Anke Wagner
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D19/00—Devices for washing the hair or the scalp; Similar devices for colouring the hair
    • A45D19/02—Hand-actuated implements, e.g. hand-actuated spray heads
    • A45D19/026—Hand-actuated implements, e.g. hand-actuated spray heads having brush or comb applicators
    • 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
    • A45D19/00—Devices for washing the hair or the scalp; Similar devices for colouring the hair
    • 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
    • A45D19/00—Devices for washing the hair or the scalp; Similar devices for colouring the hair
    • A45D19/012—Devices for colouring or bleaching separated strands of hair, e.g. highlighting
    • 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
    • A45D24/00—Hair combs for care of the hair; Accessories therefor
    • A45D24/22—Combs with dispensing devices for liquids, pastes or powders
    • A45D24/28—Combs with dispensing devices for liquids, pastes or powders with piston pump or other types of pumps
    • 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
    • A45D7/00—Processes of waving, straightening or curling hair
    • A45D7/04—Processes of waving, straightening or curling hair chemical
    • 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
    • A45D19/00—Devices for washing the hair or the scalp; Similar devices for colouring the hair
    • A45D19/0041—Processes for treating the hair of the scalp
    • A45D19/0066—Coloring or bleaching

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  • the invention is based on an applicator device for applying at least one application agent to fiber-like materials.
  • the invention is in particular the object of providing an applicator, which provides easy handling and high protection against accidental leakage of the application agent. It is achieved according to the invention by the features of claim 1 and the independent claims. Further embodiments emerge from the subclaims.
  • WO 2007/044538 A2 discloses an applicator for applying a hair treatment liquid having a body portion and a comb portion.
  • an applicator device for applying at least one application agent to fiber-like materials in particular an applicator device for applying an application agent to hair, is proposed with a housing unit which encloses at least one depot volume for storing the at least one application agent and at least one application volume connected to the depot volume.
  • an applicator device By dividing a total volume into the depot volume and into the application volume, an applicator device can be provided by means of which, in particular, a liquid application agent can be securely applied to fiber-like materials. Due to the division, the application volume can be advantageously made small, which in particular a position dependence of a supply of application sites where the application agent is applied to the materials can be reduced.
  • a “depot volume” is to be understood in particular as meaning a volume enclosed by the housing unit and intended to receive and store the application agent.
  • An “application volume” is to be understood in particular as meaning a volume adjacent to at least one application site, preferably to at least two application sites.
  • the application volume is preferably downstream of the depot volume and provided for storing the application agent immediately prior to application to the fiber-like materials, in particular hair.
  • an “application volume” is not intended to mean a channel, i. a free space, which has an excellent flow direction and which is intended to direct the application agent from a depot volume to an application site.
  • “Provided” is to be understood in particular to be specially equipped and / or designed.
  • an “application agent” is to be understood as meaning, in particular, a liquid, pasty or pulverulent composition which is intended for application to hair, in particular a hair dye, hair treatment agent, hairloss, dispersions, structural altering agents and / or pharmaceutical hair treatment compositions.
  • the application agent may in principle be designed as a one-component agent or as a multi-component agent.
  • a "one-component agent” is to be understood as meaning an agent that is stored in the application agent container ready for use.
  • a “multi-component means” is meant in particular a means comprising two separately stored components intended to be mixed together for one application.
  • the application volume has a size which is smaller than a size of the depot volume. This makes it possible to implement particularly reliable filling of the application volume.
  • the application volume is at most half as large as the depot volume.
  • the applicator device has a pump unit which is provided to at least to fill the application volume with the at least one application agent support.
  • the pump unit is provided to stimulate the application agent to a turbulent flow within the depot volume, whereby on the one hand an advantageous mixing of the application agent can be achieved, in particular if the application means is designed as a multi-component means, and on the other can by the turbulent flow simply a pumping action to fill the application volume can be achieved.
  • the pumping element of the pumping unit is preferably spherical. In principle, however, other pumping units are conceivable.
  • the pumping element movably to the housing unit, for example in the form of a pendulum, which is intended to oscillate within the depot volume.
  • the pump unit is only intended to stimulate the housing unit to a vibration or vibration.
  • a “pumping unit” is to be understood as a unit which is intended to cause a turbulence, a laminar flow and / or a pressure change in the application means.
  • the pumping unit comprises at least one pumping element arranged in the depot volume and / or the application volume, which is intended to achieve a pumping action.
  • a flow can advantageously be generated in the depot volume advantageously by which the application agent can be advantageously mixed and advantageously transported from the depot volume into the application volume.
  • a pump element is to be understood as meaning, in particular, a movable element relative to the housing unit, which is intended to excite the application agent to form a flow, such as, for example, a pendulum, a pump wheel, or another element.
  • the pumping element can in principle be provided for a guided movement, such as, for example, a pump element rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation, or for free movement.
  • the pumping element is arranged to be freely movable in the depot volume enclosed by the housing unit.
  • the pump unit can be configured particularly simply, in particular a simple, manual pumping unit can thereby be realized.
  • freely movable in the depot volume is to be understood in particular that the pumping element is not attached to the housing unit surrounding the depot volume.
  • a movement of the pumping element is limited to the depot volume.
  • the at least one pumping element is spherical. As a result, a particularly simple pumping element can be realized.
  • the applicator device has a mixing unit which has at least one mixing element introduced into the depot volume and / or the application volume and which is intended to mix the application agent.
  • a high degree of homogeneity of the application agent can be achieved, in particular if the application agent is designed as a multi-component agent.
  • the pump unit and the mixing unit are at least partially made in one piece.
  • a number of components can be advantageously reduced.
  • the pumping element and the mixing element are made in one piece.
  • the mixing unit has a mixing element arranged in the application volume.
  • the applicator device has a separation unit which is provided to at least partially decouple the application volume from the depot volume in terms of flow technology.
  • decoupling in terms of flow is understood to mean, in particular, that a volume exchange between the application volume and the depot volume is at least partially hindered.
  • a flow of the application agent in the depot volume in particular a turbulent flow, is at most partially transferred to the application agent in the application volume.
  • the separation unit when the separation unit is provided to at least partially prevent a backflow of the application agent of the application volume in the depot volume, the device is particularly easy to handle.
  • the applicator device can be used at least largely independent of orientation, ie, even after a partial consumption of the application agent, the applicator device can also be used in a tilted state.
  • the separating unit preferably comprises rigid separating elements, which particularly preferably form a labyrinth structure.
  • the separation unit as a valve unit, for example in the form of a diaphragm valve, which forms a check valve.
  • the housing unit is substantially dimensionally stable in order to prevent overpressure of the application agent at least during use.
  • overpressure is meant in particular that with normal handling of the applicator device, i. when the housing unit is encompassed by an operator, the housing unit is at least so dimensionally stable that leakage of the application agent from the application gaps is prevented.
  • the housing unit is at least partially rigid.
  • rigid is to be understood in particular that a force on the housing unit, which is intended to reduce the enclosed by the housing unit application volume or depot volume by at least 10 percent, leads to destruction of the housing unit.
  • an applicator device for applying at least one application agent to fiber-like materials in particular an applicator device for applying an application agent to hair, with a separation unit having at least two separating elements which form at least one application gap, which is for receiving hair for applying the application agent is provided, and proposed with at least one of at least one of the separating elements at least partially enclosed application volume.
  • the application agent can be applied particularly simply and safely to the hair, in particular if the application gaps of the separation unit have a gap width which is very small.
  • the applicator device can be provided particularly advantageously for applying the application agent to individual hairs, whereby in particular an unnaturally uniform coloring of a large number of hairs, in particular of entire hair strands, can be avoided.
  • An “application gap arranged between two separating elements” is to be understood in particular as meaning a free space between two adjacently arranged separating elements which are spaced apart from one another.
  • An “application volume” is to be understood in particular as a volume for receiving and storing the application agent.
  • a “separating element” should be understood to mean, in particular, an element of the separation unit which is intended to be inserted into the separation unit introduced hair introduced into the at least one application gap or past the application gap.
  • at least one of the separating elements at least partially enclosed application volume is to be understood in particular that at least one of the separating elements has an inner contour which forms a wall for the application volume.
  • the separating elements preferably partially tension the application volume, as a result of which the hair penetrates and wets when it is introduced into the application gap into the application volume in which the application agent is stored.
  • the application volume preferably has a size of at least one milliliter.
  • the application volume is intended to at least partially accommodate hairs introduced into the at least one application gap.
  • hair can be passed through the application agent stored in the application volume, whereby the hair can be provided with the application means in a particularly simple manner.
  • the application gap preferably has a constant gap width along at least part of its main extension direction.
  • a part of the at least one application gap has a gap width that changes along at least one direction.
  • an opening width in the region of a head line may be greater than the gap width, whereby the gap width may also decrease starting from the head line in the direction of a base line.
  • the at least one application gap can also have a conical, an oblique or a wedge-shaped structure.
  • the application volume and the at least one application gap merge into one another, at least in one subarea.
  • a particularly advantageous embodiment for applying the application agent to the hair can be achieved.
  • "passing over” should be understood in particular to mean that at least part of the volume encompassed by the separating elements can be assigned both to the application gap and to the application volume.
  • the applicator device comprises a depot volume which is connected to the application volume.
  • a particularly advantageous amount of the application agent can be introduced into the applicator device, wherein a particularly secure supply of the application gap with the application agent can be achieved and at the same time it can be avoided that the application agent escapes unintentionally.
  • the applicator device comprises a porous material which is at least partially introduced into the at least one application volume.
  • a porous material should be understood as meaning, in particular, a material which forms cavities which are provided for conducting the application agent, in particular a sintered material, a sponge material or a wick material, for example a fiber material.
  • an applicator device for applying at least one application agent to fiber-like materials having a separation unit, which has a comb-like structure with at least two separating elements and at least one application gap arranged between the separating elements, with a housing unit, which encloses at least one depot volume into which the application agent is introduced, and with at least one application site which is arranged in the region of the at least one application gap, the application gap having a gap width at least in the area of the application site which is smaller than a barrier width.
  • a "barrier width” is to be understood in particular to mean a width that a gap with a constant gap width can maximally have, without the application agent exiting through the gap at a pressure corresponding to a liquid column of the application agent of 5 centimeters.
  • the barrier width thus depends in particular on properties of the application agent, such as, for example, an adhesion force, cohesive force, frictional forces, capillary forces and / or a flow resistance.
  • the at least one application gap is therefore adapted from a width to the application medium used.
  • the application gap may have different gap widths depending on the application agent used.
  • an applicator device for applying at least one application agent to fiber-like materials in particular an applicator device for applying an application agent to hair, with a housing unit which encloses at least one depot volume, in which the application agent is introduced, with at least one application site, which in the region Application gap is arranged, wherein the applicator device comprises at least one porous material which in Area of at least one application site is arranged proposed.
  • a further advantageous applicator device can be realized, which offers easy handling and high protection against unwanted leakage of the application agent.
  • FIG. 1 schematically shows an applicator device according to the invention for applying an application agent 10a on hair.
  • the applicator device is intended for private use and professional use.
  • a multiplicity of different application agents 10a such as, for example, hair dyes, hair treatment agents, hair gels, dispersions, structural altering agents and / or pharmaceutical hair treatment agents, can be applied to the hair.
  • the applicator device is provided in particular for use on human hair.
  • the application agent is formed as a hair dye or a hair tinting agent.
  • the applicator device is designed in particular as a hair dye applicator device, which is intended to produce a mottled color image.
  • the application agent 10a is applied randomly distributed on the hair, ie hair completely or partially provided with the application means 10a are arranged side by side or next to not provided with the application means hair.
  • the applicator device has an application direction 34a, along which it is passed through the hair during application of the application agent 10a.
  • the applicator device comprises a comb-like separation unit 17a.
  • the separation unit 17a is intended to divide the hair which is introduced into the applicator device and passed through the applicator device into a first part, on which the application means 10a is applied, and a second part, which is to remain untreated.
  • the separation unit 17a comprises a plurality of separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a.
  • the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a form a comb-like structure.
  • the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a have a main extension direction, which is oriented substantially parallel to the direction of application 34a.
  • the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a are arranged next to one another along a transverse extension direction 35a, which is oriented perpendicular to the application direction 34a.
  • the two separating elements 18a, 23a are arranged on the outside.
  • the two outer separating elements 18a, 23a each have an adjacently arranged separating element 19a, 22a.
  • the remaining separating elements 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a are arranged centrally. They each comprise two adjacently arranged separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a.
  • the middle separating elements 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a each have two rounded tips.
  • the outer dividing elements 18a, 23a each have a tip.
  • the two respective tips of the separating elements 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a are arranged at a distance from one another.
  • the tips of all the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a are arranged along the transverse extension direction 35a in a line. Starting from one of the tips of one of the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a, the tips of adjacent separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a are arranged at a distance.
  • the middle separating elements 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a each comprise two flanks.
  • the flanks make an acute angle with the application direction 34a.
  • the flanks run almost parallel to the application direction 34a.
  • the flanks end in each case at one of the two tips of the corresponding separating element 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a.
  • the outer separating elements 18a, 23a each include a flank, which is formed analogously.
  • flanks of the partition members 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a face each other in pairs, i. the flank of one of the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a faces the flank of the adjacently disposed separating element 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a.
  • the mutually opposite flanks of the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a each span a gap.
  • the baseline 37a and the head line 36a are perpendicular to the direction of application 34a.
  • the middle separating elements 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a each form a bypass clearance 38a, 39a, 40a, 41a.
  • the tips of the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a form a part of the separation unit 17a, which has the greatest distance from the baseline 37a with respect to the application direction 34a.
  • the bypass clearances 38a, 39a, 40a, 41a are formed as an area between the tips, in which the partition members 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a proceed from the head line 36a on which the tips are arranged, in the direction of Baseline 37a directed recess.
  • the bypass clearances 38a, 39a, 40a, 41a are rounded in at least one cross-sectional plane. They have a semicircle-like shape.
  • a depth of the bypass clearances 38a, 39a, 40a, 41a is substantially smaller than a depth of the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a.
  • the depth of the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a, ie an extent of the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a starting from the head line 36a along the direction of application 34a in the direction of the base line 37a, is greater than a corresponding extension of the bypass clearances 38a, 39a, 40a, 41a.
  • the separation unit 17a comprises a lower side 42a and a upper side 43a.
  • the bottom 42a and the top 43a converge at the head line 36a at an acute angle.
  • the bottom 42a is intended to be placed on a scalp.
  • the top 43a faces away from the scalp in one application.
  • the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a form part of the lower side 42a and the upper side 43a.
  • the bottom 42a and the top 43a are curved at least in some areas.
  • the bottom 42a is convexly curved.
  • the top 43a is concavely curved.
  • the bottom 42a has a flatter curvature than the top 43a.
  • the applicator device is guided along the scalp by means of the underside 42a.
  • the preferred application direction 34a is defined by a first, directly adjacent to the head line 36a portion of the bottom 42a.
  • a user thereby moves the applicator device along any directions tangent to the bottom 42a in a roll-and-push motion, similar to a crochet hook, i. first along the preferred direction of application 34a and then along the other, tangential to the bottom 42a directions, whereby the tips of the separation unit 17a are lifted during the movement of a scalp.
  • the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a receive the first part of the hair to which the application agent 10a is to be applied.
  • the bypass clearances 38a, 39a, 40a, 41a when hair is passed through the separation unit 17a, receive the second part of the hair, which should remain untreated.
  • the part of the hair which is thereby taken up by the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a is at least a factor of 5 larger than the part of the hair which is received by the bypass clearances 38a, 39a, 40a, 41a.
  • the applicator device For applying the application agent 10a to the hair, the applicator device comprises an application volume 13a.
  • the application volume 13a is partially enclosed by the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a, ie, the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a form part of a wall which bounds the application volume 13a.
  • the applicator device comprises a housing unit 11a, the further parts of a wall of the application volume 13a formed.
  • the housing unit 11a which forms the upper side 43a and the lower side 42a, and the partitioning elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a are made in one piece.
  • the housing unit 11a is made of a plastic.
  • a material from which the housing unit 11a is made is transparent. In principle, however, the housing unit 11a can also be made of other materials, in particular also of non-transparent materials.
  • the housing unit 11a In a cross-sectional plane which runs perpendicular to the transverse extension direction 35a, the housing unit 11a has an inner contour 44a, which follows an outer contour 45a of the housing unit 11a, in particular in the region of the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a.
  • a wall thickness of the housing unit 11a in the region of the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a is less than the depth of the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a.
  • the housing unit 11a has different wall thicknesses.
  • the wall thickness is greatest in the region of the baseline 37a and decreases continuously in the direction of the head line 36a.
  • a creepage distance i. a distance which the application means 10a has to cover in order to be able to emerge from the corresponding application gap 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a is thus greater in the region of the baseline 37a than at an outer end of the subregion facing the head line 36a the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a pass into the application volume 13a.
  • the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a oppose the application means 10a in the region of the baseline 37a in comparison to the outer end of the subregion with increased exit resistance.
  • the inner contour 44a is curved in the portion in which it limits the application volume 13a.
  • a part of the inner contour 44a, which together with the lower side 42a forms a lower part of the housing unit 11a, is concavely curved.
  • a part of the inner contour 44a, which together with the upper side 43a forms an upper part of the housing unit 11a, is convexly curved.
  • the convexly curved part of the inner contour 44a has a greater curvature than the concavely curved part of the inner contour 44a.
  • the application volume 13a has a cross section which has a continuously decreasing height starting from the baseline 37a in the direction of the head line 36a. A width of the cross section is approximately constant.
  • the application volume 13a has a wedge-shaped basic shape. This basic shape is curved by the course of the inner contour 44a.
  • the application volume 13a extends through all central separating elements 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a.
  • the outer separating elements 18a, 23a form a lateral wall of the application volume 13a.
  • the flanks of the separating elements 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a have a triangular structure. Starting from the tips, the flanks each have an upper leg and a lower leg. The upper leg of the flank forms the upper side 43a. The lower leg forms the bottom 42a. The upper side 43a and the lower side 42a thus form part of the wall of the application volume 13a.
  • a hair introduced into one of the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a thereby penetrates into the application volume 13a partially enclosed by the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a.
  • the application volume 13a and the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a merge into one another in a partial region 55a.
  • the portion 55a extends from the baseline 37a in the direction of the head line 36a.
  • the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a form application sites 29a, 30a, 31a, 32a, 33a. Only at the application sites 29a, 30a, 31a, 32a, 33a is the application agent 10a applied to the hair.
  • the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a have an application size which is provided for singulating the hair.
  • the bypass clearances 38a, 39a, 40a, 41a, which are intended to carry hair to be treated past the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a, have a bypass size that is at least a factor of 20 greater than the application size of the Application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a.
  • the number of hairs to which the application agent 10a is applied in a single pass through the separation unit 17a is thus at least a factor of 20 greater than the number of hairs left untreated, i. on a treated hair come at least 20 untreated hair.
  • the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a have an opening width that is at least a factor of 10 greater than an opening width of the bypass clearances 38a, 39a, 40a, 41a.
  • the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a have a gap width which is constant over an entire depth of the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a.
  • the opening width of the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a in the area of the head line 36a is greater than the gap width which the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a have, in particular in the area of the base line 37a.
  • the opposite flanks of adjacent separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a extend in a partial area parallel to each other. In the area of the head line, the flanks split apart.
  • the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a can also have other shapes.
  • the opening width of the bypass clearances 38a, 39a, 40a, 41a is greatest in the area of the head line 36a.
  • the opening width of the bypass chambers 38a, 39a, 40a, 41a is at least a factor of 10 greater than the opening width of the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a.
  • a distance which the two tips of one of the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a have, therefore, is greater by a factor of 5 or more than the distance which the opposing tips of adjacent separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a have , 22a, 23a.
  • a width of the bypass spaces 38a, 39a, 40a, 41a becomes successively smaller.
  • the gap width of the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a is smaller than a barrier width, from which leakage of the application agent 10a is prevented by adhesion forces and / or cohesive forces.
  • the application agent 10a has a surface tension due to the cohesive forces.
  • the gap width of the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a is so small, at least in the region of the application volume 13a, that adhesion forces in particular, but also other forces such as cohesive forces, prevent the application means 10a from being used when not in use, i. in particular during storage, emerges from the application volume 13a.
  • the application volume 13a occupies only a part of the volume encompassed by the housing unit 11a.
  • the applicator device comprises a depot volume 12a, which is connected to the application volume 13a.
  • the depot volume 12a occupies part of the housing unit 11a, which is spaced from the separation unit 17a.
  • the part of the housing unit 11a forming the deposit volume 12a is configured as a handle.
  • the applicator device is intended for one-handed operation. A user wishing to pass the applicator device through hair grips the housing unit 11a in the area where the deposit volume 12a is located.
  • the depot volume 12a has a substantially cylindrical basic shape.
  • the housing unit 11a is formed from a dimensionally stable plastic.
  • the dimensionally stable housing unit 11a prevents the application means 10a from being pushed out via the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a during use, in particular when the housing unit 11a is gripped by the operator.
  • the housing unit 11a is rigid.
  • the depot volume 12a and the application volume 13a are fluidically at least partially decoupled from each other. Between the depot volume 12a and the application volume 13a, a separation unit 16a is arranged. In an area in which the depot volume 12a adjoins the application volume 13a, the inner contour 44a of the housing unit 11a has a constriction, through which the application agent 10a can flow only to a limited extent independently due to its adhesion forces. In the illustrated embodiment, the inner contour 44a of the housing unit 11a has two opposite shoulders 46a, 47a forming the constriction. The two paragraphs 46a, 47a have in this embodiment, a distance of about 4 millimeters.
  • a passage opening 48a formed by the separation unit 16a, through which the application agent 10a can flow from the depot volume 12a into the application volume 13a, has a slot-shaped form.
  • the passage opening 48a Perpendicular to the transverse extension direction 35a, the passage opening 48a has an extension which corresponds to the distance between the two shoulders 46a, 47a.
  • Parallel to the transverse extension direction 35a, the passage opening 48a has an extension which is substantially greater than the extension perpendicular to the transverse extension direction 35a.
  • the extent of the passage opening 48a parallel to the transverse extension direction 35a is greater than 1 centimeter. In the illustrated embodiment, it is about 2.5 centimeters.
  • the applicator device comprises a mixing unit 56a, which has a mixing element 57a introduced into the depot volume 12a.
  • the mixing unit 56a is provided to generate a turbulent flow for mixing the application agent 10a in the application means 10a.
  • the mixing unit 56a is manually operated. A user who moves the housing unit 11a with a shaking motion excites the mixing element 57a to move within the depot volume 12a. A mixing operation, in particular of a multi-component agent, can thereby be carried out within the housing unit 11a.
  • the applicator device is a pumping unit 14a.
  • the pumping unit 14a comprises a movable pumping element 15a, which is intended to effect a flow at least in the area of the separating unit 16a.
  • the pumping element 15a is mounted freely movable in the depot volume 12a.
  • the pumping element 15a is designed as a ball.
  • the pumping element 15a has a diameter that is greater than the extent of the passage opening 48a perpendicular to the transverse extension direction 35a. The pumping element 15a can thus not pass through the passage opening 48a from the depot volume 12a into the application volume 13a.
  • the flow generated by the pump unit 14a is greater than in the area of the head line. Due to the wall thickness, which is greater in the area of the baseline 37a than in the area of the head line 36a, the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a in the area of the baseline 37a provide a greater resistance to the application means 10a than in the area of the head line 36a.
  • the mixing unit 56a is integrally formed with the pumping unit 14a.
  • the pumping element 15a simultaneously forms the mixing element 57a.
  • the mixing unit 56a has an additional mixing element, preferably with a dimension, by means of which it can be introduced both into the application volume 13a and into the depot volume 12a.
  • the housing unit 11a For filling, the housing unit 11a has a refill opening 49a and the applicator device has a closure element 50a closing the refill opening 49a.
  • the entire applicator device is recyclable. In principle, however, it is also conceivable to design the applicator device partially or completely as a disposable product.
  • the refilling opening 49a has a diameter that is greater than an extension of the pumping element 15a.
  • the pumping element 15a can be introduced into the housing unit 11a through the refill opening 49a after the housing unit 11a has been completely formed.
  • the housing unit 11a is preferably made in a single manufacturing step by thermoforming a blank. In principle, however, it is also conceivable to first design the housing unit 11a in several parts and then by a suitable one Joining connection method to a component. Preferably, individual parts are materially connected to each other, whereby the housing unit 11a is integrally formed.
  • the applicator device For applying the application agent 10a, the applicator device is passed through the hair. As a result of the design of the separation unit 17a, the application means 10a is applied at most to one of 20 hairs. During the passage of the applicator device through the hair, the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a share the hair. The first part of the hair is passed through the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a. The second part comes to rest in the bypass clearances 38a, 39a, 40a, 41a.
  • the application agent 10a is not applied to all the hairs that are arranged in the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a.
  • Applicant 10a is applied only to sporadic hair, i. After use of the applicator device, only individual hairs of a strand of several hairs are provided with the application means 10a.
  • the hairs are not necessarily provided over their entire length with application means 10a, but may optionally also be only partially colored.
  • the application device comprises a cover unit 51a.
  • the lid unit 51a is provided for attachment to the separation unit 17a.
  • the lid unit 51a mounted on the separation unit 17a encloses the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a.
  • the cover unit 51a in this case has a width which is smaller, at least in partial regions, than a width of the separation unit 17a oriented along the transverse extension direction 35a.
  • the lid unit 51a exerts a force on the outer dividing elements 18a, 23a, which is directed in the direction of the central dividing elements 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a.
  • the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a are partially flexible.
  • the outer partition members 18a, 23a and the adjacent central partition members 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a are bent inwardly.
  • the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a thereby have a gap width when the lid unit 51a is plugged in, which is almost zero.
  • the cover unit 51a prevents leakage of the application agent 10a on the one hand by the compression of the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a and on the other hand by enclosing the separation unit 17a.
  • the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a in this case have a flexibility by which they are provided, solely by a force which, when the applicator device is passed through the hair, onto the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a acts to be deformed.
  • the individual application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a can have a different gap width.
  • the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a have a substantially constant gap width.
  • the separating elements 18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a also have a gap width which varies along the direction of application 34a.
  • the application gaps 24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a have a larger gap width in the area of the head line 36a than in the region of the base line 37a.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 a further embodiment of the invention is shown.
  • the following descriptions are essentially limited to the differences between the embodiments, with respect to the same components, features and functions on the description of the other embodiments, in particular the FIGS. 1 and 2 , can be referenced.
  • the letter a in the reference numerals of the embodiment in the FIGS. 1 and 2 by the letter b in the reference numerals of the embodiment of FIGS. 3 and 4 replaced.
  • identically designated components in particular with regard to components with the same reference numerals, can in principle also to the drawings and / or the description of the embodiment of FIGS. 1 and 2 to get expelled.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 show a further embodiment of an applicator device according to the invention.
  • the applicator device is provided for applying an application agent 10b to hair.
  • the applicator device comprises a separation unit 17b, which has a comb-like structure.
  • the separation unit 17b comprises a plurality of application gaps 24b, 25b, 26b, 27b, 28b, which are provided for receiving part of the hair for application of the application agent 10b , and a plurality of bypass clearances 38b, 39b, 40b, 41b provided for passing a part of the hair to the application gaps 24b, 25b, 26b, 27b, 28b.
  • the application gaps 24b, 25b, 26b, 27b, 28b have an application variable which is smaller by at least a factor of 5 than a bypass size of the bypass clearances 38b, 39b, 40b, 41b.
  • the separation unit 17b comprises a plurality of separating elements 18b, 19b, 20b, 21b, 22b, 23b. Between each of the separating elements 18b, 19b, 20b, 21b, 22b, 23b, one of the application gaps 24b, 25b, 26b, 27b, 28b is arranged. Furthermore, the applicator device comprises a housing unit 11b. The housing unit 11b encloses two depot volumes 12b, 12b ', in which different application means 10b, 10b' are introduced, and two application volumes 13b, 13b '.
  • the housing unit 11b of the application device which is formed integrally with the separation unit 17b, has an L-shaped form.
  • the housing unit 11b comprises a short leg which forms the separation unit 17b and a long leg in which the deposit volume 12b is arranged.
  • the application volumes 13b, 13b ' are arranged in the short leg.
  • the separation unit 17b comprises a plurality of application sites 29b, 30b, 31b, 32b, 33b.
  • the applicator device comprises a guide unit 52b.
  • the guide unit 52b is provided to guide the application agent 10b from the depot volume 12b to the application sites 29b, 30b, 31b, 32b, 33b.
  • the guide unit 52b includes a plurality of channels 53b, 54b.
  • the channels 53b, 54b connect the depot volumes 12b, 12b 'with the application sites 29b, 30b, 31b, 32b, 33b.
  • the application points 29b, 30b, 31b, 32b, 33b are each arranged on a baseline 37b of the separating elements 18b, 19b, 20b, 21b, 22b, 23b of the separation unit 17b.
  • the channels 53b, 54b have an average diameter that is greater than a barrier width.
  • the application agent 10b thereby flows autonomously from the depot volumes 12b, 12b 'to the application sites 29b, 30b, 31b, 32b, 33b.
  • the application volumes 13b, 13b ' form the application sites 29b, 30b, 31b, 32b, 33b. Each of the application volumes 13b, 13b 'is associated with at least two of the application sites 29b, 30b, 31b, 32b, 33b.
  • the guide unit 52b passes the application agent 10b, 10b 'from the corresponding depot volume 12b, 12b' to the associated application volume 13b, 13b '.
  • the application gaps 24b, 25b, 26b, 27b, 28b have a gap width which is less than the barrier width, the application means 10b only fills the application volumes 13b, 13b '.
  • the application gaps 24b, 25b, 26b, 27b, 28b are thus provided with the application means only in the region of the application sites 29b, 30b, 31b, 32b, 33b.
  • a porous material is introduced in each case.
  • the porous material has a sponge structure.
  • the porous material in particular due to capillary effects, sucks up completely with the application means 10b, 10b'.
  • the porous material thus causes a suction effect, by which the application means 10b, 10b 'are transported from the depot volume 12b, 12b' into the application volume 13b, 13b '.
  • wicking materials such as fiber materials
  • wicking materials such as fiber materials
  • sintered material or another material which appears suitable to a person skilled in the art.
  • the application sites 29b, 30b, 31b, 32b, 33b are likewise formed by means of the porous material.
  • the application sites 29b, 30b, 31b, 32b, 33b are formed as contact points at which the hair can come into contact with the porous material. It is quite conceivable that a part of the application means 10b, 10b 'emerges from the porous material and penetrates into the application gaps 24b, 25b, 26b, 27b, 28b. The application gaps 24b, 25b, 26b, 27b, 28b are thereby partially filled with the application means 10b, 10b '. However, since the gap width of the application gaps 24b, 25b, 26b, 27b, 28b is smaller than the barrier width, leakage of the application agents 10b, 10b 'from the application gaps 24b, 25b, 26b, 27b, 28b is prevented.
  • the hair When passing hair through the applicator device, the hair is separated and introduced into the different application gaps 24b, 25b, 26b, 27b, 28b, in which the application agent 10b is then applied to the hair.
  • the individualized hairs are guided past the porous material which fills the application volumes 13b, 13b '.
  • the application means 10b, 10b 'applied to the hair are about the porous material.
  • the depot volume 12b of the application unit is refillable.
  • the applicator device comprises a refill opening 49b and a closure element 50b for the refill opening 49b.
  • the applicator device is substantially the same as that in the FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrated embodiment executed.
  • the applicator device comprises an application volume which is filled with a porous material.
  • Another embodiment is analogous to that in the FIGS. 1 and 2 illustrated embodiment.

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  1. Dispositif applicateur pour appliquer au moins un agent d'application (10a) sur des matières analogues à des fibres, en particulier dispositif applicateur pour appliquer un agent d'application (10a) sur des cheveux, avec une unité de séparation (17a), qui présente au moins deux éléments de séparation (18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a), qui forment au moins une fente d'application (24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a), qui est prévue pour le logement de cheveux en vue de l'application de l'agent d'application (10a), et avec au moins un volume d'application (13a), qui est entouré au moins en partie par lesdits au moins deux éléments de séparation (18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a), dans lequel les éléments de séparation (18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a) présentent respectivement un contour intérieur (44a), qui forme une paroi pour le volume d'application (13a) et entoure au moins en partie le volume d'application (13a), et dans lequel les fentes d'application (24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a) formées par les éléments de séparation (18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a) commencent à une ligne de tête commune (36a) et se terminent à une ligne de base commune (37a), caractérisé en ce que l'épaisseur de paroi de la paroi est la plus grande dans la région de la ligne de base (37a) et diminue de façon continue en direction de la ligne de tête (36a).
  2. Dispositif applicateur selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que le volume d'application (13a) et ladite au moins une fente d'application (24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a) se prolongent l'un dans l'autre au moins dans une région partielle.
  3. Dispositif applicateur selon une revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé par au moins un autre élément de séparation (18a, 19a, 20a, 21a, 22a, 23a) et au moins une autre fente d'application (24a, 25a, 26a, 27a, 28a), qui se prolonge dans le volume d'application (13a) dans au moins une région partielle.
  4. Dispositif applicateur au moins selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par un volume de dépôt (12a), qui est relié au volume d'application (13a).
  5. Dispositif applicateur au moins selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par un matériau poreux, qui est introduit au moins en partie dans ledit au moins un volume d'application.
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