EP3453285A1

EP3453285A1 - Cosmetic apparatus

Info

Publication number: EP3453285A1
Application number: EP18201129.6A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Yee Keung Kent Wong
Original assignee: Adc Medical Ltd
Current assignee: Adc Medical Ltd
Priority date: 2018-10-18
Filing date: 2018-10-18
Publication date: 2019-03-13

Abstract

A cosmetic apparatus has an operating piece (10A, 10D), a recess (20), and a holder (30A, 30D). The operating piece (10A, 10D) has a seat (11) and a cosmetic head (12). The cosmetic head (12) is mounted on the seat (11). The recess (20) is formed around an outer surface of the seat (11), and is adjacent to a junction of the seat (11) and the cosmetic head (12). The holder (30A, 30D) is made of silicon, is detachably mounted around the operating piece (10A, 10D), and is inserted into the recess (20). The holder (30A, 30D) has a loop (31) and a tab (32).

Description

1. Field of the Invention

The invention relates to a cosmetic apparatus, and more particularly to a cosmetic apparatus which may enhance combination stability with beauty accessories.

2. Description of Related Art

A conventional cosmetic apparatus has infusion and detoxification functions. The infusion function may assist the skin in absorbing skincare products. The detoxification function may assist the pores in discharging dirt. The conventional cosmetic apparatus has a body, a guiding head, and a fixed ring. The guiding head is mounted at and protrudes from a top surface of the body. The guiding head has a distal end and a guiding face. The guiding face is formed at the distal end of the guiding head. Furthermore, the body has an assembly surface. The assembly surface is formed on the top surface of the body. The assembly surface is connected with and mounted around the guiding head. The fixed ring is detachably mounted around the assembly surface of the body and surrounds the guiding head. The fixed ring has a through hole, and the guiding head extends through the through hole.
When the conventional cosmetic apparatus is used to fix a cotton pad, the fixed ring is detached from the body. The cotton pad is put on the guiding surface of the guiding head. Then the fixed ring is pressed and fixed with the assembly surface of the body. At the same time, the cotton pad is pressed and fixed. However, the fixed ring is pressed and fixed with the assembly surface of the body, and the assembly surface is connected with and mounted around the guiding head, which makes an area of the guiding face of the guiding head quite limited.
Another conventional cosmetic apparatus has a body, a guiding head, and a fixed ring. The guiding head is mounted at and protrudes from the body. The guiding head has a distal end and a guiding face. The guiding face is formed at the distal end of the guiding head. The fixed ring is detachably mounted around the guiding head. The fixed ring has a through hole, and the guiding head extends through the through hole.
When the conventional cosmetic apparatus is used to fix a cotton pad, the fixed ring is detached from the guiding head. The cotton pad is put on the guiding surface of the guiding head. Then the fixed ring is pressed and fixed at a surrounding surface of the guiding head. At the same time, the cotton pad is pressed and fixed. However, since the cotton pad has a thickness, the fixed ring will protrude from the guiding face when the fixed ring is pressed and fixed at the surrounding surface of the guiding head. Therefore, the cotton pad is unsmooth, which causes a user to feel uncomfortable in operation. Besides, the cotton pad has a thickness, which will affect a positioning effect of the fixed ring. Therefore, a positioning effect of the cotton pad is poor when the conventional cosmetic apparatus is in use. Furthermore, if the thickness of the cotton pad is too thick, the fixed ring may not be pressed and fixed around the guiding head. That is, the applicable thickness of the cotton pad is limited.
To overcome the shortcomings of the conventional cosmetic apparatus, the present invention provides a cosmetic apparatus to mitigate or obviate the aforementioned problems.
The present invention relates to a cosmetic apparatus that may enhance combination stability with beauty accessories.
The cosmetic apparatus has an operating piece, a recess, and a holder. The operating piece has a seat and a cosmetic head. The cosmetic head is mounted on the seat. The recess is formed around an outer surface of the seat, and is adjacent to a junction of the seat and the cosmetic head. The holder is made of silicon, is detachably mounted around the operating piece, and is inserted into the recess. The holder has a loop and a tab. The loop is mounted around the operating piece, and is inserted into the recess. The tab is formed at the loop and protrudes from a bottom surface of the seat.
Other objects, advantages, and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

IN THE DRAWINGS:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a first embodiment of a cosmetic apparatus in accordance with the present invention;
Fig. 2 is another perspective view of the cosmetic apparatus in Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is a side view of the cosmetic apparatus in Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is a side view in partial section of the cosmetic apparatus in Fig. 1;
Fig. 5 is an operational side view of the cosmetic apparatus in Fig. 1;
Fig. 6 is another operational side view of the cosmetic apparatus in Fig. 1;
Fig. 7 is an operational side view in partial section of the cosmetic apparatus in Fig. 1;
Fig. 8 is an exploded perspective view of a second embodiment of a cosmetic apparatus in accordance with the present invention;
Fig. 9 is another exploded perspective view of the cosmetic apparatus in Fig. 8;
Fig. 10 is a perspective view of the cosmetic apparatus in Fig. 8;
Fig. 11 is a side view of the cosmetic apparatus in Fig. 8;
Fig. 12 is an operational top view of the cosmetic apparatus in Fig. 8;
Fig. 13 is another operational top view of the cosmetic apparatus in Fig. 8; and
Fig. 14 is an operational side view in partial section of the cosmetic apparatus in Fig. 8.

With reference to Figs. 1 to 4, a first embodiment of a cosmetic apparatus in accordance with the present invention comprises an operating piece 10A, a recess 20, and a holder 30A.
The operating piece 10A has a seat 11 and a cosmetic head 12. The cosmetic head 12 is mounted on a top surface of the seat 11. With reference to Fig.4, the cosmetic head 12 is a powder puff head. The seat 11 has a bottom board 13, a surrounding wall 14, and a positioning ring 15. The surrounding wall 14 is formed at a top surface of the bottom board 13, and the cosmetic head 12 is enclosed by the surrounding wall 14. The positioning ring 15 is buckled with the surrounding wall 14 and holds the cosmetic head 12 in position. The positioning ring 15 extends out of an outer surface of the surrounding wall 14 and faces the bottom board 13.
The recess 20 is formed around an outer surface of the seat 11, and is adjacent to a junction of the seat 11 and the cosmetic head 12. With reference to Fig. 4, the recess 20 is formed around the surrounding wall 14. Furthermore, the recess 20 is located between the bottom board 13 and the positioning ring 15.
The holder 30A is made of silicone, and is detachably mounted around the operating piece 10A, and is inserted into the recess 20. The holder 30A has a loop 31 and a tab 32. The loop 31 is mounted around the operating piece 10A and is inserted into the recess 20. The tab 32 is formed on the loop 31 and protrudes from a bottom surface of the seat 11.
With reference to Figs. 2 and 4, the seat 11 has a mounting hole 111. The mounting hole 111 is formed in the bottom surface of the seat 11. The holder 30A has a connecting slice 33 and a buckling block 34. The connecting slice 33 is formed on the loop 31. The buckling block 34 is formed at a distal end of the connecting slice 33, is inserted into the mounting hole 111, and is buckled with the bottom board 13 of the seat 11. Furthermore, the operating piece 10A has a holding portion 112. The holding portion 112 is formed on and protrudes from a bottom surface of the bottom board 13.
With reference to Figs. 5 to 7, a beauty accessory 40 can be put on the cosmetic head 12, and the holder 30A is mounted around the operating piece 10A. The holder 30A is inserted into the recess 20, thereby pressing and fixing the beauty accessory 40 between the holder 30A and the operating piece 10A. The beauty accessory 40 may be a cotton pad. After the cotton pad is mounted on the cosmetic head 12, a skincare lotion or make-up remover is poured onto the cotton pad for skin care or makeup removal.
With reference to Figs. 8 to 11, a second embodiment of a cosmetic apparatus in accordance with the present invention comprises an operating piece 10D, a recess 20, and a holder 30D.
The operating piece 10D has a seat 11 and a cosmetic head 12. The cosmetic head 12 is detachably mounted on the seat 11. With reference to Fig. 8, the cosmetic head 12 is replaceable. The cosmetic head 12 can be a make-up remover sponge, a powder puff, a cleansing brush, or an infusion head. With reference to Figs. 9 and 14, the seat 11 has a connecting recess 113 and two sliding recesses 114. The connecting recess 113 is formed in a top surface of the seat 11. The two sliding recesses 114 are formed in the top surface of the seat 11 and are arranged at a spaced interval. The two sliding recesses 114 communicate with the connecting recess 113. Each sliding recess 114 has a first section 115 and a second section 116. The first section 115 is formed in the top surface of the seat 11 in a vertical direction. The second section 116 is formed in a bottom end of the first section 115 in a horizontal direction. The seat 11 further has two stoppers 117. The two stoppers 117 are respectively formed on and extend into the two second sections 116. The cosmetic head 12 has a connecting portion 122 and two mounting blocks 123. The connecting portion 122 is formed on a bottom surface of the cosmetic head 12, and is inserted into the connecting recess 113. The two mounting blocks 123 are formed at an outer surface of the connecting portion 122. The two mounting blocks 123 are inserted into the second sections 116 of the two sliding recesses114 via the first sections 115. Each mounting block 123 has an abutting surface 124, and each abutting surface 124 abuts the corresponding stopper 117 to position the cosmetic head 12.
The recess 20 is formed around an outer surface of the seat 11 and is adjacent to a junction of the seat 11 and the cosmetic head 12.
The holder 30D is made of silicone, is detachably mounted around the operating piece 10D, and is inserted into the recess 20. The holder 30D has a loop 31 and a tab 32. The loop 31 is mounted around the operating piece 10D, and is inserted into the recess 20. The tab 32 is formed on the loop 31 and protrudes from a bottom surface of the seat 11. Furthermore, the holder 30D has a covering layer 35. The covering layer 35 is mounted around the seat 11 of the operating piece 10D and extends into the recess 20. The loop 31 is formed on an end of the covering layer 35.
With reference to Figs. 9, 12, and 13, when the cosmetic apparatus is assembled, the two mounting blocks 123 are inserted into the first sections 115 of the two sliding recesses 114. Then, the cosmetic head 12 is rotated, which allows the two mounting blocks 123 to slide into the two second sections 116. The cosmetic head 12 can be assembled and fixed with the seat 11.
Since the recess 20 is formed around an outer surface of the seat 11 and the holder 30A, 30D is elastic, the holder 30A, 30D can fix beauty accessories 40 of different thicknesses. The beauty accessory 40 may be a makeup removal cotton, a fiber cloth, a coarse fiber cloth, a melon cloth, a face scrub cloth, or a wet tissue.
The cosmetic head 12 may be a makeup remover sponge, a powder puff, a cleansing brush, or an infusion head.
The holding portion 112 can be held by a user to operate, or the holding portion 112 can be mounted on a machine to electrically operate. With reference to Fig. 4, the holder 30A is detachably mounted on the seat 11. Therefore, the loop 31 can still work when the connecting slice 33 is broken. With reference to Fig. 8, the loop 31 can still work when the junction of the loop 31 and the covering layer 35 is broken.
To sum up, the recess 20 is formed around an outer surface of the seat 11 and is adjacent to a junction of the seat 11 and the cosmetic head 12. Therefore, the utilized area of operating piece 10A, 10D is not narrow. The loop 31 of the holder 30A, 30D is inserted into the recess 20 to fix the beauty accessories 40. Therefore, the loop 31 will not extend out of the top surface of the operating piece 10A, 10D and this avoids friction between the loop 31 and the skin of the user. Besides, the loop 31 of the holder 30A, 30D is made of silicon and is elastic, thereby fixing and positioning the beauty accessories 40 on the operating piece 10A, 10D. Therefore, the holder 30A, 30D is adaptable to beauty accessories 40 of different thicknesses. The positioning effect and the applicability of the holder 30A, 30D are both improved.
Besides, the user may hold the tab 32 to apply force on the loop 31 to make the loop 31 extend into or off the recess 20. Furthermore, the cosmetic head 12 can be detachably mounted on the seat 11, and the cosmetic head 12 is replaceable.

Claims

A cosmetic apparatus characterized in that the cosmetic apparatus comprises:
an operating piece (10A, 10D) having
a seat (11);

a cosmetic head (12) mounted on the seat (11);

a recess (20) formed around an outer surface of the seat (11) and being adjacent to a junction of the seat (11) and the cosmetic head (12); and

a holder (30A, 30D) made of silicon, detachably mounted around the operating piece (10A, 10D), inserted into the recess (20), and having
a loop (31) mounted around the operating piece (10A, 10D) and inserted into the recess (20); and

a tab (32) formed on the loop (31) and protruding from a bottom surface of the seat (11).
The cosmetic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the seat (11) has
a mounting hole (111) formed in the bottom surface of the seat (11); the holder (30A, 30D) has

a connecting slice (33) formed on the loop (31); and

a buckling block (34) formed on a distal end of the connecting slice (33), inserted into the mounting hole (111), and buckled with the seat (11).
The cosmetic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the holder (30D) has
a covering layer (35) mounted around the seat (11) of the operating piece (10D) and extending into the recess (20); and

the loop (31) is formed on an end of the covering layer (35).
The cosmetic apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cosmetic head (12) is detachably mounted on the seat (11).
The cosmetic apparatus as claimed in claim 4, wherein
the seat (11) has
a connecting recess (113) formed in a top surface of the seat (11); and

two sliding recesses (114) formed in the top surface of the seat (11), arranged at a spaced interval, and communicating with the connecting recess (113), and each sliding recess (114) having
a first section (115) formed in the top surface of the seat (11) in a vertical direction; and

a second section (116) formed in a bottom end of the first section (115) in a horizontal direction; and

the cosmetic head (12) has
a connecting portion (122) formed on a bottom surface of the cosmetic head (12) and inserted into the connecting recess (113);

two mounting blocks (123) formed on an outer surface of the connecting portion (122), and inserted into the second sections (116) of the two sliding recesses (114) via the first sections (115).
The cosmetic apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the operating piece (10A, 10D) has a holding portion (112) formed on and protruding from the bottom surface of the seat (11).
The cosmetic apparatus as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the cosmetic head (12) is a makeup remover sponge, a powder puff, a cleansing brush, or an infusion head.