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Definitions

• the invention relates to a mixing system for manufacturing a cosmetic product.
• the invention also relates to a capsule containing a cosmetic compound and intended to be used with the mixing system.
• cosmetic products for example moisturizing creams and / or anti-wrinkles
• a fat forming the fatty phase and containing in particular vegetable oils, butters, emulsifying waxes for use cosmetic
• an aqueous phase generally containing pure or floral water, or any agent soluble in water and at least one adjuvant called active ingredient giving the cosmetic product the desired efficiency.
• this active ingredient may be an anti-aging active agent such as hyaluronic acid.
• the cosmetic product may comprise a natural or synthetic perfume, which makes the application and use of the cosmetic product more pleasant.
• the cosmetic products in emulsion form available do not offer the possibility of freely choosing their fat composition, active principles and perfumes, the fatty phase influencing, in particular, the texture of the cream, its viscosity, its spreading power, its felt at the application.
• the consumer can not always find the combination fat - active ingredient - perfume he desires.
• the present invention aims to overcome the above disadvantages of the prior art.
• the invention relates to a mixing system for manufacturing a cosmetic product comprising:
• a liquid pump connected between an outlet of the liquid reservoir and the inlet of a liquid supply line;
• a movable platen rotatable around a vertical axis and comprising two compartments adapted to respectively comprise two capsules containing one cosmetic texturizing agent and the other a principle cosmetic active and means able to expel by pressure the contents of each capsule out of its corresponding compartment in which it is housed;
• a mixing device comprising on the one hand a container disposed under the movable platen controlled to position above the container the compartment containing the texturing agent capsule and the compartment containing the capsule of active ingredient to receive the texturing agent and the active ingredient expelled from their respective compartments, the container being in fluid communication with the outlet of the liquid supply pipe for introducing liquid into the container, in particular after expulsion of the texturizing agent into the container and secondly a mixing member housed in the container and adapted to create in this container the cosmetic product from the mixture of liquid, cosmetic texturizing agent and cosmetic active ingredient contained in the container.
• the mixing member is a propeller mounted at the bottom of the container on an axis coaxial with the latter, passing through the bottom wall of the container and can be driven by a particular electric motor mounted in the mixing system.
• the container comprises a timed valve opening in its bottom wall to allow the flow of the hot cosmetic product in a storage bottle of the cosmetic product.
• the container is a removable cylindrical tube closed by a bottom wall to allow the storage of the cosmetic product for subsequent use and disposed below the two compartments of the movable plate.
• the movable plate has a third compartment that can be brought above the container and adapted to include a third capsule containing a cosmetic perfume intended to enter the composition of the cosmetic product.
• each capsule comprises a cylindrical wall, a bottom wall with a central orifice closed by a frangible lid and a piston wall housed in the cylindrical wall with the texturing agent or the corresponding active ingredient contained between the bottom wall and the piston wall and in that the pressure expulsion means comprise a rod movable in translation by means of a particularly electric motor mounted in the mixing system, able to exert pressure on the wall; forming a piston of each capsule housed in its compartment of the movable plate causing the piercing of the cap of the bottom wall of the capsule and the forced flow out of the capsule of its contents in the container located under the outlet of the corresponding compartment.
• the movable platen is controlled rotation via a particular electric motor mounted in the mixing system, so that the pressure expulsion means can cause the successive forced flow of the content. of each capsule housed in its corresponding compartment of the movable plate.
• the mixing system comprises a hollow block with coolant circulation surrounding at least part of the container, and the inlet and the liquid outlet of the cooling block are connected to the liquid reservoir. by another pump for cooling the mixture contained in the container.
• the liquid reservoir comprises two compartments separated by an inner wall, one of the compartments being connected to the liquid pump of the mixing system and the other compartment being connected to the cooling block by the intermediate of the other pump.
• the mixing system comprises an electric resistance block interposed between the liquid pump of the mixing system and the liquid supply pipe and intended to heat the liquid, and in that it comprises a means heating means disposed in the compartment adapted to receive the texturing agent capsule, said heating means surrounding the cosmetic texturizing agent capsule housed in the corresponding compartment to melt the texturing agent contained in the capsule before the pressure expulsion of the texturing agent in the container by the pressure expulsion means.
• the mixing system comprises a solenoid valve arranged in the liquid supply line for controlling the flow of liquid in the container.
• the mixing system comprises a flowmeter connected to the liquid pump of the mixing system and in that it comprises a suitable control means, when the movable plate is positioned so that the shaped compartment funnel urges the outlet of the liquid supply line and the container in fluid communication, to open the solenoid valve to ensure circulation for a given time interval of a determined volume of liquid in the container and calculated from flow meter data.
• the mixing member comprises a piston forming the bottom wall of the container and a plurality of radial fins integral with the piston and projecting from the upper face of the piston which is adapted to be rotated with the fins, when the removable container is mounted on the mixing system, by a ring gear mounted in a support base of the container coaxially with the latter and whose axial teeth located on the same side are coupled to the piston, which ring gear can be rotated by an electric motor of the mixing system.
• the mixing device of the mixing device makes it possible to produce an emulsion from liquid from the reservoir, a melted cosmetic texturing agent and a cosmetic active ingredient from the two compartments of the mobile plate, and the case optionally cosmetic perfume from the third compartment of the movable tray to achieve the cosmetic product.
• the invention also relates to a storage and dispensing bottle of a cosmetic product made using a mixing system as described above, comprising the container removed from the mixing system and filled with the cosmetic product produced and a head closing the opening of the container opposite the piston and comprising a dispensing pump of the cosmetic product and a trigger manually operable to dispense a volume of cosmetic product at the outlet of the head when pressing the trigger and create a depression in the container causing the displacement of the piston in the container to the head to fill the volume of cosmetic product dispensed.
• the invention also relates to a cosmetic capsule comprising a cosmetic compound and intended to be used with the mixing system as described above to produce a cosmetic product, the capsule comprising a cylindrical wall, a bottom wall with a central orifice closed by a frangible lid and a piston wall housed in the cylindrical wall with the cosmetic compound contained between the bottom wall and the piston wall.
• the bottom wall of the capsule and the surface of the piston wall located vis-à-vis the bottom wall of the capsule have substantially frustoconical complementary shapes.
• the bottom wall of the capsule comprises a tubular ring of circular section projecting coaxially from the opening of the bottom wall outside the capsule.
• the opening of the cylindrical wall of the capsule located opposite the orifice of the bottom wall is sealed by a circular and frangible membrane.
• the invention also relates to a use of a mixing system as described above with two capsules each as described above and respectively comprising a cosmetic texturizing agent and a cosmetic active ingredient to produce a cosmetic product.
• the mixing system is used with a third capsule containing a cosmetic perfume.
• FIG. 1 represents a three-dimensional perspective view of the mixing system according to the invention
• FIG. 2 represents a view from above and in perspective of a portion of the mixing system of FIG. 1 comprising a mobile plate;
• FIG. 3 represents a perspective and bottom view of the moving plate of FIG. 2, an outlet of a compartment of which is in fluid communication with a container of the mixing system of FIG. 1;
• FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a fin piston forming a bottom wall of the container of FIG. 3;
• FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of a ring gear for driving the piston of Figure 4;
• FIG. 6 is a perspective view of an alternative of the fin piston of FIG. 4, showing a mixing disc provided with fins;
• Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the piston of Fig. 6 showing a drive disk of the mixing disc;
• FIG. 8 shows a perspective view of an alternative ring gear for driving the piston of Figure 6;
• FIG. 9 represents a perspective view of a cosmetic capsule according to the invention.
• the mixing system comprises a liquid reservoir 1.
• This liquid reservoir 1 comprises an inner wall separating the reservoir 1 into a first liquid compartment and into a second liquid compartment, the respective functions of which will be specified below.
• the first liquid compartment comprises the aqueous phase used in the composition of the cosmetic product, which is preferably deionized water or floral water (that is to say a hydrosol), but it can also be act of a more complex aqueous liquid composed of water and additives such as glycerin or a polymer allowing the creation of a three-dimensional network.
• the second liquid compartment comprises pure or demineralised water, or simply tap water.
• the first and second liquid compartments will be named first and second water compartments.
• the mixing system comprises a liquid pump 2 controlled by a control means of the mixing system and whose input is connected to the output of the mixer.
• the control means is for example an electronic circuit supplied with electricity via a transformer included in the mixing system and connected to the home electrical network.
• this liquid pump 2 will be called water pump 2.
• the water pump 2 is adapted to ensure the flow of water from the first water compartment of the tank 1 to a pipe liquid supply 3, which will be named in the following description of the water supply conduit 3 for simplicity.
• This supply line 3 ensures the flow of liquid for the manufacture of the cosmetic product in a mixing device of the mixing system, as will be explained later.
• the mixing system further comprises a cylindrical movable plate 4, resting on a first support 26 secured to the housing of the mixing system and can be controlled to rotate about a vertical axis 14a connected to a motor 14 integral with the housing of the system mixer, for example an electric motor.
• This mobile plate 4 comprises at least two compartments 5, 6, preferably three compartments 5, 6, 10, formed in the body of the mobile plate 4.
• the bottom wall of each compartment 5, 6, 10 comprises in its center a circular through hole 5a, 6a, 10a whose function will be explained later.
• the compartments 5, 6, 10 of the mobile plate 4 are intended to house capsules 7, 8 containing various compounds for the development of the final cosmetic product.
• the first compartment 5 of the mobile plate is adapted to house a capsule 7 containing a cosmetic texturing agent.
• This texturing agent is preferably a cosmetic fat, optionally supplemented with an emulsifier based on amphiphilic molecules.
• this texturing agent is a polymer for cosmetic use, for example a polysaccharide such as xanthan gum or a carbomer-type acrylic acid polymer.
• this cosmetic texturizing agent capsule 7 will be called a cosmetic fat capsule 7.
• the second compartment 6 of the movable plate is adapted to house a capsule 8 containing a cosmetic active ingredient, that is to say a compound known for its cosmetic properties, for example anti-wrinkle or moisturizing.
• this capsule 8 may comprise a preservative product mixed with the cosmetic active ingredient.
• the third compartment 10 of the movable tray is adapted for housing a capsule containing a cosmetic perfume, to perfume the final cosmetic product.
• Each capsule 7, 8 comprises a cylindrical wall 30, a bottom wall 31 with a central orifice 33 and a piston wall 32 housed in the cylindrical wall 30.
• the central orifice 33 is sealed by a frangible cap 35.
• the mobile plate 4 comprises a funnel-shaped compartment 13 which can be brought above the mixing device, to put the leaving the water supply pipe 3 in fluid communication with the mixing device.
• the outlet of the water supply line 3 is disposed directly in fluid communication with the mixing device.
• the mixing system further comprises pressure expulsion means 9 of the contents of each capsule 7, 8 out of its corresponding compartment 5, 6, 10 in which it is housed.
• the expulsion means 9 comprise a preferably electric motor 9a secured to a second support 27, itself secured to the housing of the mixing system and disposed opposite the movable plate 4 at a distance from the latter, so that the movable plate 4 is disposed between the first and second supports 26, 27.
• the expulsion means 9 also comprise a rod 9b movable in translation through the engine 9a.
• This rod 9b is thus able to exert pressure on the piston wall 32 of each capsule 7, 8 housed in its corresponding compartment 5, 6, 10 of the mobile plate 4, which causes the piercing of the frangible seal 35 sealing the central orifice 33 of the capsule 7, 8 and the forced flow out of the capsule of its contents.
• the products contained in the capsules 7, 8 will flow successively through the through orifices 5a, 6a, 10a respective compartments 5, 6, 10 of the movable plate 4, as will be seen later in the description.
• the bottom wall 31 of the capsule and the surface of the piston wall 32 located opposite the bottom wall. 31 have substantially frustoconical complementary shapes.
• the bottom wall 31 of the capsule may comprise a ring tubular 34 of circular section projecting coaxially from the orifice 33 of the bottom wall 31 of the capsule.
• the tubular ring 34 is housed in the circular through hole 5a, 6a, 10a of the compartment 5, 6, 10 corresponding.
• the expelled content of the corresponding capsule does not come into contact with the cylindrical surface delimiting the through-orifice 5a, 6a, 10a of the corresponding compartment 5, 6, 10.
• the operculum frangible 35 is glued on the free end of the ring 34 so as to seal the central orifice 33
• the mixing device comprises a container 1 1 disposed under the movable plate 4 controlled to position successively above the container 1 1 the outlet 5a, 6a, 10a of each of the compartments 5, 6, 10 and the outlet 13a of the compartment in the form of funnel 13 of the mobile plate 4, so that the container 1 1 can receive successively, the water, the cosmetic fat, the active ingredient and optionally the cosmetic perfume expelled from their respective compartments 13, 5, 6 , 10.
• the mixing device also comprises a mixing member 12 housed in the container 1 1 and able to create the cosmetic product in this container 1 1 from a mixture of water, cosmetic fat and cosmetic active ingredient, and if necessary cosmetic perfume.
• the container 1 1 of the mixing device is a removable cylindrical tube closed by a bottom wall to allow the storage of the cosmetic product produced.
• the mixing member 12 in this embodiment comprises a piston 12a forming the bottom wall of the container January 1 and a plurality of radial fins 22a integral with the piston 12a and projecting from the upper face of the piston 12a.
• the piston 12a is adapted to be rotated with the fins 22a, when the removable container 1 1 is mounted on the mixing system, by a ring gear 23 mounted in a support base 25 of the container 1 1 coaxially with the latter.
• the axial teeth 24a of the ring 23 are all located on the same side of the ring 23 and are adapted to be coupled to the piston 12a.
• the ring gear 23 comprises a portion of axis 24b projecting perpendicularly to the ring gear 23 and also intended to be coupled by clipping to the piston 12a to facilitate the centering of the piston 12a on the ring gear 23 and to prevent any movement of translation of the piston 12a into the container 1 1 when the piston 12a is rotated.
• the ring 23 can in turn be rotated by an electric motor secured to the base 25 and controlled by the control means of the mixing system.
• the support base 25 is displaceable in translation to enable the opening of the receptacle 1 1 to be moved away from or closer to the mobile plate 4.
• the mixing member 12 forming the bottom wall of the container is made in two parts.
• the first part is the piston 12b in itself which is the bottom wall of the container 1 1, the piston 12b being in this alternative motionless in rotation.
• the second part comprises a rod 39 axially traversing the piston 12b at its center, the opposite ends of this rod 39 respectively comprising a mixing disc 28 comprising fins 22b circumferentially integral with the mixing disc 28, and a disc 29 for the driving in rotation of the rod 39, the discs 28, 29 being disposed on either side of the piston body 12b.
• the rotating drive disk 29 is adapted to be rotated with the rod 39 and the finned mixing disc 28b, when the removable container January 1 is mounted on the mixing system, by a ring gear 37 mounted in the base 25 of the container 1 1 coaxially with the latter.
• the teeth 37a of the ring 37 extend radially on one face of the latter and are able to be coupled by clipping to the rotary drive disc 29, in oblong orifices 29a provided for this purpose.
• the ring 37 can itself be rotated by an electric motor of the mixing system controlled by the control means of the mixing system.
• the length of the rod 39 is greater than the thickness of the piston 12b.
• the mixing disc 28 is moved away from the upper surface of the piston 12b in order firstly to prevent any friction of this mixing disc 28 on the upper surface of the piston 12b, and secondly to improve the efficiency of the mixture in the container 1 1, the mixture being sucked through the mixing disc 28.
• the teeth 37a of the wheel 37 initially retain the rotating drive disk 29, which causes the movement of the rod 39 relative to the piston 12b, so that the finned disc 28b comes into contact with the corresponding surface of the piston 12b just before unclipping the rotating drive disc 29.
• the finned mixing disc 28b can be housed in a housing formed in the wall of the piston 12b at the surface this superior of it.
• the bottom of the container 1 1 has notches 1 1 a to fit into corresponding stops on the base 25, which prevents the container 1 1 of turn during the rotation of the piston 12a or of the mixing disk 28, so that only the latter or the piston 12a rotate.
• the shape and position of the fins 22a of the piston 12a or, alternatively, of the fins 22b of the mixing disk 28 make it possible, preferably, to produce an emulsion from the fatty phase originating from the fat capsule 7 and from the water from the corresponding water compartment.
• preference will be given to emulsion, but any other type of cosmetic product that is simpler to produce, for example a gel or a lotion, may be used with the mixing system.
• a heating resistor 19 is integrated in the compartment 5 of the mobile plate 4 of the cosmetic fat capsule 7.
• This heating resistor 19 is in the form of a tubular ring and is intended to surround the cylindrical wall of the cosmetic fat capsule.
• this electrical resistance 19 comprises an elastic material so that the resistor 19 exerts a pressure on the cylindrical wall 30 of the capsule 7 when the latter is housed in its corresponding compartment 5.
• means 20 for heating water controlled by the control means of the mixing system is integrated in the mixing system and connected to the water pump 2 of the mixing system and to the water supply line 3.
• This heating means 20 is preferably an internal electrical resistance block for heating.
• the mixing system comprises a hollow block with cooling water circulation 17 partially surrounding the container January 1. The water inlet and outlet of this block
• the mixing system comprises a solenoid valve 15 controlled by the control means and disposed between the water pump 2 and the internal heating resistance block 20 for controlling the circulation of water in the container January 1.
• the inlet and the outlet of the solenoid valve are respectively connected to the outlet of the water pump 2 of the mixing system and to the inlet of the heating block 20 via flexible or rigid pipes. 16. It is also possible to place the solenoid valve elsewhere in the system, in particular between the heating block 20 and the inlet of the water supply pipe. In addition, all the connections are made through such flexible or rigid conduits 16, for example polyvinyl chloride.
• the mixing system also comprises a flowmeter 21 connected to the outlet of the water pump 2 of the mixing system. As will be seen below, the data of the flowmeter 21 are used by the control means to deliver the necessary and sufficient volume of water through the water supply line 3 for the manufacture of the cosmetic product.
• the user puts the base 25 in the low position, if it is not already, and closes the mixing member 12 on the teeth of the ring gear 23, 37, then it closes the container 1 1 over the piston 12a, 12b, the piston 12a, 12b then being inside the container January 1. It can then mount the base 25 in the high position, the top of the bottle being then just under the mobile plate 4. It is also possible to clip the container 1 1 while the base 25 is in the up position, if the height of the container 1 1 allows it.
• the user then turns on the mixer system and initiates, for example by pressing a button provided for this purpose, a cosmetic product manufacturing program stored in a memory space of the control means of the mixing system, this program being executed by the control means for enabling the implementation of the manufacturing process of the cosmetic product.
• the control means controls the rotation of the movable plate 4 so that the compartment 5 of the movable plate 4, intended to receive the cosmetic fat capsule 7, is accessible to the user. so that it can accommodate a cosmetic fat capsule 7.
• the second support 27 has an opening 38 notched in the wall of the second support 27 from the edge of this wall and allowing successive access to each compartment 5, 6, 10 of the mobile plate 4.
• the control means controls the rotation of the mobile plate 4 so that the compartment 6 of the mobile plate 4, intended to receive the capsule of cosmetic active ingredient 8, is vis-à-vis the opening 38 of the second support 27 to be accessible to the user so that it can accommodate a capsule of cosmetic active ingredient 8.
• the control means control the rotation of the mobile plate 4 so that the compartment 10 of the mobile plate 4, intended to receive the cosmetic perfume capsule, is accessible to the user so that he can log there er a cosmetic perfume capsule.
• the cosmetic capsules 7, 8 comprise a circular frangible membrane 36 sealing the opening of the cylindrical wall 30 of the capsule located opposite the orifice 33 of the bottom wall 31 of the capsule 7, 8.
• Each frangible membrane 36 may comprise a bar code or any other identification means that can be read by the detection means 40 of the mixing system, in order to determine in particular the type of fat, the type of principle active or the type of cosmetic perfume.
• the cylindrical wall 30 of the capsule 7, 8 may comprise, at its opening opposite the orifice 33 of the bottom wall 31, a fallen edge on which the membrane 36 is glued.
• the mixing system controls the power supply of the heating means 19 disposed in the compartment 5 in which the cosmetic fat capsule 7 is housed, so as to melt the cosmetic fat. Meanwhile, the control means controls the power supply of the electrical resistance of the heating block 20 to subsequently heat the water to be supplied to the block 20 at a temperature of the order of 90 ° C.
• the bar code of the capsule 7, 8 also allows the mixing system to calculate the necessary volume of water that will enter the manufacture of the final product in the container 1 1.
• the detection means detect that the capsule 7 comprises a texturing agent that does not require heating, then neither the water nor the capsule 7 are heated, because the control means will not feed. in energy the electrical resistance of the heating block 20 and the heating means 19 of the capsule 7. Thus, the second stage of the process is avoided.
• the pilot control means controls the opening of the solenoid valve 15 and starts the water pump 2 so that a determined volume of hot water calculated from the data of the flowmeter 21 passes through the heating block 20 to be heated to 90 ° C. As soon as the temperature of the water in the heating block reaches 90 ° C, the water flows into the container 1 1, via the water supply pipe 3. Once this volume of water hot water flowed into the container 1 1, the control means controls the closing of the solenoid valve 15 and the water pump 2, and stops the power supply of the resistance of the water heating block 20.
• the capsules 7, 8 do not include bar codes, it is the user who chooses via an interface means included in the mixer system on the one hand if the heating of the capsule texturizing agent 7 and water is necessary, and secondly the volume of water necessary for producing the cosmetic product.
• the mixing system may comprise means for selecting a "hot” manufacturing method, means for selecting a "cold” manufacturing process, and a slider for adjusting the volume of water needed.
• the control means controls the rotation of the movable plate 4 so that the outlet 5a of the compartment 5 in which the fat capsule 7 is housed either vis-à-vis the 1 1 container, and that the piston wall 32 of the capsule 7, or more precisely the frangible membrane 36 covering the opening of the cylindrical wall 30 of the capsule 7, is vis-à-vis the movable rod 9b of the 9. Then, the motor 9a of the pressure expulsion means 9 is started by the control means to vertically move the movable rod 9b towards the piston wall 32 of the capsule 7.
• the rod mobile 9b then ruptures the frangible membrane 36 and then abuts against the piston 32, exerting a pressure on the latter to cause the piercing of the frangible cap 35 of the bottom wall 31 and the forced flow of the cosmetic fat of the capsule 7 in the container 1 1.
• the control means controls the rise of the movable rod 9b via the corresponding motor 9a.
• control means energizes the motor connected to the toothed wheel 23, 37 to drive the latter in rotation and consequently to rotate the piston 12a and / or the fins 22a, 22b of the mixing device 12 for producing the emulsion from the melted cosmetic fat and hot water contained in the container 11.
• the water pump 18 connected to the second water compartment of the tank 1 and the cooling water circulation block 17 is turned on for a given time to cool the emulsion in the container 1 1 during the fifth step of the process.
• the control means eventually stops the water pump 18 connected at the cooling water circulation block 17 and controls the rotation of the mobile plate 4 so that the outlet 6a of the compartment 6 in which the active principle capsule 8 is housed is opposite the container 1 1, and that the piston wall 32 of the capsule 8, or more precisely the frangible membrane 36 covering the opening of the cylindrical wall 30 of the capsule 8, is vis-à-vis the movable rod 9b means of expulsion by Then, the motor 9a of the pressure expulsion means 9 is turned on by the control means to vertically move the movable rod 9b towards the piston wall 32 of the capsule 8.
• the movable rod 9b then rips the frangible membrane 36 then comes in support contr e piston 32, exerting pressure on the latter to cause the piercing of the frangible cap 35 of the bottom wall 31 and the forced flow of the cosmetic active ingredient of the capsule 8 in the container 1 1.
• the control means controls the rise of the movable rod 9b via the corresponding motor 9a.
• the electric motor that drives the piston 12a and the fins 22a or alternatively the mixing disc 28 and the fins 23b of the mixing member 12 into rotation remains fed, allowing incorporation into the emulsion of the active ingredient cosmetic.
• the movable plate 4 is rotated by the corresponding motor so as to make accessible the compartment 6 for housing a capsule of active ingredient 8 by the user.
• the latter can then remove the capsule 8 of active ingredient used and install a new one.
• the sixth step is then repeated, so that the final cosmetic product comprises two cosmetic active principles with different and / or complementary virtues.
• the sixth step is repeated after the seventh step which will be described below, that is to say after the introduction of the cosmetic perfume into the container 1 1.
• the control means controls the rotation of the movable plate 4 so that the outlet of the compartment 10 in which the perfume capsule is housed is vis-à-vis the container 1 1 and that the piston wall 32 of the capsule, or more precisely the frangible membrane 36 covering the opening of the cylindrical wall 30 of the capsule, is opposite the movable rod 9b of the expulsion means.
• pressure 9 9.
• the motor of the pressure expulsion means 9 is turned on by the control means to vertically move the movable rod 9b to the piston wall 32 of the capsule.
• the movable rod 9b then ruptures the frangible membrane 36 and then bears against the piston 32, exerting a pressure on the latter to cause the piercing of the frangible cap 35 of the bottom wall 31 and the forced flow of the cosmetic perfume of the capsule in the container 1 1.
• the control means controls the raising of the movable rod 9b via the corresponding motor 9a.
• the electric motor that drives the piston 12a and the fins 22a or alternatively the mixing disc 28 and the fins 23b of the mixing member 12 in rotation remains energized, allowing incorporation into the emulsion of the cosmetic perfume.
• the seventh step of the process does not take place.
• the control means de-energizes the motor for driving the ring gear 23, 37, which puts the piston 12a and / or the fins 22a, 22b of the mixer member. 12 when the cosmetic product reaches a temperature below 35 ° C, or even 30 ° C, or after a time determined.
• the user can then recover the container 1 1 with the piston 12a, 12b which serves as a bottom wall.
• a lid can be placed on the opening of the container 1 1 to put the cosmetic product out of the air and keep it. More specifically, the user lowers the base 25, closes the lid on the container 1 1 and unclips the container 1 1 of the ring gear 23, 37.
• the user can use the container 1 1 removed from the mixing system and filled with the cosmetic product made using the mixing system as a bottle for storing and dispensing the cosmetic product.
• a head closes the opening of the container 1 1 opposite the piston 12a, 12b, this head comprising a dispensing pump of the cosmetic product provided with a manually operable trigger.
• the head comprises a rigid tube immersed in the cosmetic product.
• This dispensing pump head and trigger is well known to those skilled in the art, and is found for example on some bottles of cosmetic creams.
• a volume of cosmetic product is dispensed at the output of the head.
• the mixing system of the invention is not limited to the embodiment described above and shown in the figures. It has been given only as a non-limiting example. Multiple modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.
• the container 1 1 of the mixing device can be non-removable and the mixing member 12 then comprises a propeller mounted at the bottom of the container 1 1 on an axis coaxial with the latter.
• This axis is mounted in the bottom wall of the container January 1 and can be driven by an electric motor mounted in the mixing system and controlled by the control means of the mixing system.
• the container January 1 comprises a timed valve in its bottom wall to allow the flow of the emulsion by gravity.
• this valve is manually operable, and the cosmetic product flows by gravity into the bottle if the latter is relatively fluid, or by pressure applied in the container 1 1 by a suitable hydraulic or pneumatic system if the product is too thick or viscous.
• a cooling block 17 without water circulation this block 17, comprising a cold storage liquid, being placed in the freezer before use of the mixing system.
• the liquid reservoir 1 is a single compartment and the second water pump 18 is not necessary.
• the water heating block with an electric resistance heating means housed in the funnel-shaped compartment 13 so as to heat the water flowing in the shaped compartment. funnel 13 directly into the latter.

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