EP3729994A1 - Vorrichtung zur bemusterung von parfum - Google Patents

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EP3729994A1
EP3729994A1 EP20170969.8A EP20170969A EP3729994A1 EP 3729994 A1 EP3729994 A1 EP 3729994A1 EP 20170969 A EP20170969 A EP 20170969A EP 3729994 A1 EP3729994 A1 EP 3729994A1
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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
    • A45D40/00—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks
    • A45D40/0087—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks for samples
    • 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
    • A45D2200/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A45D
    • A45D2200/05—Details of containers
    • 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
    • A45D2200/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A45D
    • A45D2200/10—Details of applicators

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  • the invention relates to the field of perfumery. It relates more particularly to a device for sampling fragrant volatile substances as well as its manufacturing process. It also relates to the implementation of the device in magazines and newspapers. Finally, it relates to a method of inhaling perfume or perfuming using the aforementioned device.
  • the sampling of perfumes by perfumers is generally carried out through two main channels, namely either in perfumeries or through newspapers or magazines.
  • perfumery sampling is carried out by means of perfume bottles which are made available free of charge to customers.
  • the customer sprays a dose of perfume either on the skin or on a paper medium, which he then comes to smell as he pleases. While this solution in perfumery is the most common, it can lead to potential problems of environmental pollution due to the presence of alcohol in perfume bottles. In fact, the more customers there are, the greater the quantity of perfume sprayed and the more the atmosphere is loaded with alcohol.
  • the document US 2011/0194983 A1 describes a composite capable of releasing fragrance by compression.
  • This composite essentially consists of a surface layer of perforated polymers, a foam soaked in perfume and a double-sided adhesive film.
  • the device remains stuck in the magazine and the user must renew the pressure exerted on the foam in order to be able to inhale the perfume again.
  • This device has the drawback of remaining attached to the magazine.
  • the foam is soaked in liquid perfume so that once the film is removed, the pages of the magazine are liable to get wet.
  • the document US 4 889 755 A describes a pocket intended to receive a retractable rectangular tongue.
  • the tab is attached to the inner walls of the pouch by means of an adhesive containing microcapsules of perfume.
  • the microcapsules are dispersed within the adhesive so that upon removal of the tab, the microcapsules rupture under the effect of the adhesive being sheared.
  • This solution although interesting, has the drawback of requiring the presence of an adhesive of a synthetic nature which, when the tab is removed, modifies the aromas of the perfumes.
  • the possibilities of reusing the device are limited in that all of the microcapsules available are broken from the first use. Although the inside of the pouch retains some odor, reuse of the system does not allow not guarantee the original aromas. Finally, the manufacturing process for these samples is difficult to industrialize.
  • the problem which the invention proposes to solve is that of developing a device which does not have the above drawbacks.
  • a problem which the invention proposes to solve is that of proposing a device of the type of that described in document US 4 889 755 A , which can restore all of the aromas contained in the perfume, and this repeatedly and which can be manufactured industrially.
  • Another problem which the invention sets out to solve is that of providing a device which can be used both for inhaling perfume but also for perfuming the skin.
  • the invention provides a perfume sampling device, comprising a reservoir in the form of a case having two facing external walls. This case is intended to receive an applicator in the form of a tab.
  • the sampling device is remarkable in that at least one of the faces of the tongue and / or the internal face of at least one of the external walls of the case contains a scented substance and in that the applicator comprises in besides a gripping means connected to the tongue and completely emerging from the reservoir, the applicator being devoid of temporary connection means to the walls of the case.
  • the case may be in the form of a bottle, a jar, a sachet, preferably in the form of a bottle, in particular a bottle in the form of a bottle of perfume.
  • the case has an intermediate wall sandwiched between the two outer walls, the intermediate wall having a precut in the form of the tongue.
  • the precut made in the intermediate wall of the sampling device allows the applicator to be held in place in the case before first use.
  • the tongue of the applicator is fixed to the intermediate wall by means of at least three attachment points.
  • the user will thus be able to remove the applicator from the case without difficulty by breaking these attachment points by removing the tab after having grasped the gripping means.
  • the tongue is removable and free in translation with respect to the reservoir after rupture of the points connecting the tongue to the intermediate wall. The insertion and the guiding of the applicator in the reservoir within the volume occupied by the tongue are thus facilitated.
  • the walls of the case are integral with one another outside the surface occupied by the tongue.
  • an adhesive will be used to secure these walls.
  • the part of the walls integral with one another are not covered with a scented substance.
  • the applicator comprises a tab as well as a gripping means.
  • the latter corresponds to the part emerging from the reservoir and is advantageously in the form of a cover, in particular when the reservoir is in the form of a bottle.
  • the gripping means may correspond to a part attached to the end of the tongue or constitute an extension of the tongue. It is preferably made of the same material as the tongue. It is preferably devoid of perfume substance.
  • the tongue is trapezoidal in shape having a large base and a small base, the large base (corresponding to its maximum width) being located at the opening of the case (upper base) and the small base located near the bottom of the case (lower base).
  • This particular shape allows easier insertion of the tongue within the case.
  • the sampling device is made of a material suitable for contact with the skin and which may contain a scent substance. It will advantageously be produced in whole or in part from paper, cardboard or silicone.
  • the perfumed substance is in the form of a mixture of microcapsules.
  • microcapsules constituting this mixture preferably have membranes with variable resistance: “fragile” or “resistant” membranes thus making it possible to release volatile substances over time in a controlled manner.
  • microcapsules exhibiting “fragile” membranes denote those which release the perfume during the first use, while the microcapsules exhibiting the most “resistant” membranes denote those which release the perfume after several manipulations.
  • the microcapsules are impregnated in at least one, possibly in both sides of the tab. This is achieved by selective perfuming of the surface delimited by the precut of the tongue.
  • the microcapsules are further applied to the inner face of one of the outer walls of the case, advantageously the part of the inner face of the two outer walls of the case, facing each other. the tongue. This offers the possibility of reloading the tab impregnated with a scented substance, by bringing it into contact with the internal faces of the external walls of the case, and thus ensuring that the tab is impregnated with this same substance over time, this, regardless of the number of applications.
  • the perfumed substance contained in the sampling device which is the subject of the invention can be in the form of any product suitable for topical application, for example a cream, a gel or a lotion.
  • the scent substance is applied only to one or both sides of the tab.
  • the invention also covers any type of paper medium, such as, for example, a page of an advertising newspaper or magazine presenting the sampling device that is the subject of the present invention, stuck on its surface.
  • This method is characterized in that it consists in releasing the perfume contained in the perfumed substance, for example the microcapsules by friction between the applicator and the walls of the case when the said applicator is removed, then in inhaling the perfume thus released.
  • the applicator can be recharged with perfume by reinserting the applicator and removing it again from the case.
  • the method relates to a method of applying perfume to the skin using the device that is the subject of the invention.
  • the method is characterized in that it consists in releasing the perfumed substance by friction between the applicator and the external walls of the case when removing said applicator and then in brushing the skin with the applicator.
  • the applicator can be recharged with perfume by reinserting the applicator and removing it again from the case.
  • the device of the invention can thus replace the sampling of perfumes in alcohol, thus avoiding the risks associated with alcohol.
  • the invention also relates to a method of manufacturing a sampling device as described above.
  • selective lamination is understood to mean the bonding of all the surfaces of the outer and intermediate walls except for the zone corresponding to the tongue.
  • the two faces of the tongue are selectively perfumed.
  • the sampling device in a particular embodiment, comprises a reservoir, in the form of a case 1 made of paper.
  • the case is characterized by a general polygonal shape, preferably rectangular, with a length d4 of 7 cm for example, over a width d3 of 4 cm for example. It thus has the shape of a standard perfume bottle. It has a central opening d2 of length for example equal to 1.5 cm, into which an applicator is inserted.
  • the tab of the applicator is shown as a dotted line.
  • the applicator is composed of a tab 2 extending by a cover 3 of height d5 of approximately 1 cm and of width d6 of approximately 2.5 cm.
  • the tongue 2 is generally trapezoidal in shape, its large base being located in line with the opening d2 of the case 1 and its small base of length d1 being located near the lower base of the case 1 .
  • the large base of the tongue is equal to 1.4 cm so that it can be removed without difficulty from the opening d2 of the case 1 .
  • the length of the lower base d1 equal to 0.5 cm in combination with the length d7 of 7 cm of the tongue, gives it a sufficient surface to receive a scented substance.
  • the tab 2 is impregnated, on the visible face, with microcapsules 5 containing an odorous substance such as perfume.
  • the cover 3 is devoid of capsules.
  • microcapsules are in the form of a mixture of microcapsules, the membrane of which has variable mechanical properties. More specifically, the mixture contains microcapsules having fragile membranes which are distributed on the surface of the tab as well as microcapsules having resistant membranes which are included in the thickness of the tab, close to the surface.
  • the sampling device comprises three elements, respectively two outer walls 1a , 1b and an intermediate wall 1c constituting the case.
  • the intermediate wall 1c is the one provided with the applicator, which comprises the tongue 2 and the cover 3 .
  • the tongue 2 is pre-cut 6 in the intermediate wall 1c .
  • the two elements 1a and 1b are laminated to the element 1c with the exception of the surface facing the surface occupied by the tongue.
  • the tab 2 is fixed to the device by the precut 6 .
  • the user removes the tab from the case, which results in the rupture of the precut 6 and at the same time that of the most fragile membranes of the microcapsules, by friction.
  • the user then has the choice, either to inhale the perfume escaped from the microcapsules, or to lightly touch the skin by means of the tab. It is then possible to repeat the operation by inserting and removing the tab again leading to break the membranes of the microcapsules, which would not have been broken in the first pass.
  • the microcapsules located in the mass of the tab close to the surface may reveal the fragrance they contain by exerting pressure on the case when the tab is withdrawn or by rubbing the tab on the skin.
  • an adhesive layer is applied to the support 1c ' except for the surface occupied by the tab 2 .
  • the device of the invention can be representative of a perfume bottle of a given brand, thus allowing users to have the feeling of having the perfume bottle in hand.

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FR3095325B1 (fr) 2022-05-13
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