FR3009171A1 - APPLICATOR DEVICE, APPLICATOR FOR COSMETIC PRODUCT AND APPLICATOR ASSEMBLY - Google Patents

Abstract

An applicator device (4) includes a body (10) and a first applicator member (30) for correcting and / or clearing makeup, said first applicator member (30) projecting from a proximal end ( 18) of the body (10), said applicator device (4) being configured to allow said first applicator element (30) to be applied to an area bearing said makeup by holding said body (10), the first applicator element (30) being unwinding from the inside to the outside of the body (10) so as to be renewed. The invention also relates to an applicator (2) comprising such an applicator device (4) and an applicator assembly (1) comprising the applicator (2).

Description

The invention relates to an applicator device, an applicator for a cosmetic product comprising said applicator device and an applicator assembly comprising said applicator. Corrective markers are known that enable users of cosmetic products to remove their makeup. Such felts comprise a body having walls defining a reservoir in which the cleansing product is contained. They further comprise an applicator tip of the makeup remover product arranged to be loaded with a makeup remover by capillarity. The applicator device generally comprises a stopper covering the applicator tip. The body serves as a gripping area to apply the makeup remover.

The applicator tips, however, get dirty during their use, that is to say when they are applied to makeup in order to remove it. It is known to be able to replace them with new tips without changing the body of the felt. Such a solution, however, causes a loss of time, the need to have spare applicator tips available and a high cost for the user.

The invention aims to improve the situation. It concerns for this purpose a device comprising a body and a first applicator element for correcting and / or erasing a make-up, said first applicator element protruding at a proximal end of the body, said applicator device being configured to enable application to be made. said first applicator element on an area bearing said makeup by holding said body, the first applicator element being reelable from the inside to the outside of the body so as to be renewed. Thus, thanks to the invention, it is possible to renew the first applicator element without having to change it, that is to say without having to remove it from the device and dispose of a new one. It is therefore no longer necessary to have a spare applicator element.

According to one aspect of the invention, the first applicator element extends continuously from the inside to the outside of the body. According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the applicator device comprises a reservoir arranged to contain a first cosmetic product, intended to be applied by the first applicator element and for erasing said makeup. Said first applicator element can then extend at least partially into said reservoir.

Advantageously, the reservoir is hermetic. It is thus possible to manipulate the applicator in all directions, especially during use, without losing a first cosmetic product. According to one aspect of the invention, a first part of the first applicator element is intended to apply the first product and a second part of the first applicator element extends in said reservoir to charge as a first cosmetic product by capillarity. According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the first applicator element 20 comprises a wick. The wick advantageously makes it possible to achieve a very precise application. According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the applicator comprises means for progressively extracting the first applicator element from the inside towards the outside of the applicator device, said extraction means. The extraction means thus makes it possible to renew the first applicator element. It allows in particular to do it without contact with the user, which has the advantage of limiting the pollution of the first applicator element by the user and vice versa to avoid applying the first applicator element on unwanted places 30 as for example the hands of the user. According to one aspect of the invention, the extraction means comprises a mechanism comprising at least one toothed wheel, the teeth of the toothed wheel or wheels pressing on the first applicator element so that a rotation of the one or the less toothed wheels causes a translation of the first applicator element. According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the extraction means comprises a ring provided with a screw thread surrounding said first applicator element, the applicator device comprising a means of anti-rotation of the first applicator element so that an rotation of the ring causes the first applicator element in translation out of the applicator device. The part of the ring intended to be in contact with the user is in this way not the same as that in contact with the first applicator element. This solution further improves the hygiene of the renewal operation. According to one aspect of the invention, the applicator device comprises a means for cutting a portion of the first applicator element. Thus, after being applied, it is possible to cut the portion of the first applicator element that has been used and therefore soiled. The first applicator element being renewable, it is then sufficient to renew it to allow a new application. The user will therefore be able to use a new portion of the first applicator element which will then have been regenerated, without having to perform operation of changing the first applicator element with another first applicator element outside the applicator device. Advantageously, the cutting means is of the guillotine type.

According to one aspect of the invention, the applicator device comprises a cover covering the first applicator element. Said cutting means can then be located at said hood. The invention also relates to an applicator comprising an applicator device 30 as described above and a second applicator element for applying a second cosmetic product, said second applicator element protruding from a distal end of the body, opposite the proximal end. from the body.

Thanks to the invention, it is possible to combine the aforementioned advantages of an applicator whose first applicator element is renewable and those of an applicator having the two applicator elements together.

According to one aspect of the invention, the body comprises a shaft, said second applicator element protruding at a distal end of the shaft corresponding to the distal end of the body. The reservoir may then be between a proximal end of the shaft, opposite the distal end of the shaft, and the proximal end of the body, opposite the shaft.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the body comprises an elongated hollow tube, said second applicator element projecting from a distal end of the elongate hollow tube corresponding to the distal end of the body, and said first applicator element extending to the less partly inside the elongated hollow tube. Thanks to the invention, it is possible to use the interior volume of the elongate hollow tube to accommodate at least part of the first applicator and thus reduce the overall size of the applicator. According to one aspect of the invention, said reservoir is located between a proximal end of the elongate hollow tube opposite the distal end of said elongated hollow tube and the proximal end of the body opposite the elongate hollow tube. Advantageously, the first cosmetic product is located at least partly in the elongated hollow tube. The elongated hollow tube can thus both accommodate the first applicator element and the first cosmetic product.

According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, which can be accumulated with the above, said first applicator element passes through the reservoir to be charged as the first cosmetic product, in particular by capillarity.

According to one aspect of the invention, the applicator comprises a common gripping means or zone for applying the first applicator element and the second applicator element while holding said applicator by said common gripping means in a first orientation to use said first applicator element and the second applicator element. applicator element and in a second orientation for applying said second product.

The common gripping means reduces the size of the applicator. It also makes it possible to further facilitate the use of the applicator by holding it by a single and same gripping means to apply the two applicator elements.

Advantageously, the reservoir is located in the gripping means. The reservoir is thus integrated with the applicator so that the size of the applicator is limited.

The invention also relates to an applicator assembly comprising an applicator as described above and a housing for receiving the second cosmetic product. Other objectives, features and advantages will become apparent on reading the following detailed description with reference to the drawings given for illustrative and non-limiting purposes, among which: FIG. 1 is a sectional view of an applicator assembly comprising an applicator and an applicator device according to the invention; - Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 showing the applicator assembly according to an alternative embodiment; FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a proximal end of the applicator assembly shown in FIG. 2; FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the applicator separated from the casing of the applicator assembly; - Figures 5 and 6 are perspective views of a cover of the applicator assembly comprising a cutting means of an applicator member of the applicator device.

An applicator assembly 1 for a cosmetic product according to the invention is shown in FIG. 1. Such an applicator assembly 1 comprises a housing 3 and an applicator 2 removably mounted on the housing 3, for example screwed.

The applicator 2 comprises an applicator device 4 comprising a body 10 and a first applicator element 30 making it possible to correct and / or erase a make-up, for example mascara. The applicator device 4 is configured to allow the first applicator element 30 to be applied to an area bearing said makeup by holding the body 10 at a means or gripping zone 11 of the body. According to the invention, the first applicator element 30 is reelable from the inside to the outside of the body 10 so as to be renewed. It can be applied and renewed, for example when it is soiled. In addition, the first applicator element 30 can be applied from a proximal end 18 of the body 10. The first applicator element 30 extends continuously from the inside to the outside of the body 10, thus facilitating its unwinding and therefore its renewal. The first applicator element 30 protrudes relative to the body 10 at the proximal end 18 of the body 10 leaving only a small portion 32 of the first applicator element 30 outside the body 10, said first portion 32. It is is the first part 32 to be applied by the user. This portion 32 may in particular be cut and / or beveled, so as to improve the accuracy of the application.

The proximal end 18 of the body 10 is here cone-shaped, the widest part of which is directed towards the gripping means 11 while the narrowest part points towards the first part 32 of the first applicator element 30. The shape of the cone of the proximal end promotes the application with great precision of the first applicator element 30. The proximal end 18 of the body 10 is here covered with a cap 40, covering the first portion 32 of the first applicator element 30. The hood 40 is, for example, removably attached to the body 10 and in particular the gripping means 11. The cap 40 comprises for this a tapping 41 cooperating with a thread 42 of the body 10. Said thread 42 is located, in particular, at the level of a piece 47, called terminal, comprising said cone-shaped portion of the proximal end 18 of the body 10.

In FIG. 1, it may be noted that the applicator device 4 is designed to receive a first cosmetic product 35, for example a product making it possible to correct and / or erase the said makeup, that is to say here a makeup remover mascara.

The body 10 of the applicator device 4 may comprise a reservoir 50, located here in the gripping means 11, receiving the first cosmetic product 35. The body 10 of the applicator comprises, for example, a base 45 defining said reservoir 50, capped by a piece 46, said intermediate, defining at least in part said gripping zone 11. The first applicator element 30 also comprises a second portion 33 extending at least partly in the reservoir 50. Thus, the second part 33 of the first applicator element 30 is configured to charge as a first cosmetic product 35 which then rises by capillarity to the first portion 32 of the first applicator element 30, so as to be applied from the proximal end 18 of the body 10, in the manner of 'a mine of felt. The reservoir 50 is advantageously hermetic. Indeed, although the reservoir 50 has an opening 51 through which the first applicator element to allow it to exit the applicator device 4, the connection between the opening 51 and the first applicator element 30 is sealed. Thus, even when the cover 40 is not present, the first cosmetic product 35 contained in the reservoir 50 will not be able to escape from the applicator device 4, whatever the positioning of the latter. The applicator device 4 may also comprise means for progressively extracting the first applicator element 30 from the inside to the outside of the applicator device 4, said extraction means 60. The extraction means 60 is advantageously located at the level of the applicator device. of the gripping zone 11. This extraction means 60 makes it possible to avoid any contact of the first applicator element 30 with the user, thus improving the hygiene of the renewal operation of the first applicator element 30.

In the embodiment of Figure 1, the extraction means 60 comprises a ring 61 surrounding the first applicator member 30. This is the end piece 47 which comprises the ring 61. The ring portion 61 of the piece terminal 47 cape the intermediate piece 46 which here caps the cap 45.

Said end piece 47 is free to rotate relative to the intermediate piece 46. The gripping zone 11 may also comprise the ring 61. The connection between the ring 61 and the first applicator element 30 is a helical connection so that a rotation of the ring 61 causes a translation of the first applicator element 30 out of the applicator device 4. The ring 61 is for this purpose provided with a screw thread 62 surrounding the first applicator element 30 and playing the helical connection function between the ring 61 and the first applicator element 30. In order that the ring 61 does not rotate the first applicator element 30, the applicator device 4 comprises an anti-rotation means, not shown. The first applicator element 30 being fixed in rotation relative to the ring 61, a rotation of the latter will thus cause a translation of the first applicator element 30. In the embodiment shown, the body 10 comprises a tapping 12 cooperating with a neck 13, threaded, housing 3 for screwing / unscrewing the applicator device 4 on the housing 3. As mentioned above, the applicator device 4 is here part of an applicator 2. The latter also comprises here an elongate hollow tube 15 to the distal end of which is a second applicator element 20 for applying a second cosmetic product 25 that includes the housing 3, including mascara. The second applicator element 20 projects at the distal end of the elongated hollow tube 15. This is for example a brush, in particular for applying mascara. The distal end of the elongated hollow tube corresponds to a distal end 17 of the body 10. The elongated hollow tube 15 is blind at its distal end. By elongated tube is meant a tube whose longitudinal dimension is greater than its diameter. The applicator 2 can be positioned on the housing 3, as illustrated in FIG. 1, so that the second applicator element 20 is loaded with the second cosmetic product 25. Thus, the body of the applicator 2 extends along a longitudinal axis from its distal end to its proximal end 18, both located on the longitudinal axis. The second applicator element 20 then extends the body 10 along its longitudinal axis, beyond the distal end of the body 10. The two applicator elements 20, 30 are in this way located at the two opposite longitudinal ends of the applicator 2. The elongated hollow tube 15 is here derived from the base 45. It contains, for example, at least partly the first cosmetic product 35. The anti-rotation means mentioned above is located, in particular, in the elongate hollow tube. 15. In the example shown, the base 45 defines said tapping 12 of said applicator 2.

The first applicator element 30 may extend at least partially inside the elongated hollow tube 15. The first applicator element 30 is arranged to slide inside the elongate hollow tube 15. It is translated relative to the elongated hollow tube When it is extracted from the applicator device 4, in particular by means of the extraction means 60. The first applicator element 30 is for example a wick 31. The wick 31 extends inside the body 10. Wick 31 has, for example, the shape of a bead having a circular cross section whose diameter is slightly smaller than the inner diameter of the elongate hollow tube 15 so as to be able to lodge there. This is a corrective wick. Because of its small diameter, it allows a very precise application.

The reservoir 50 is located between the elongate hollow tube 15 and the proximal end 18 of the body 10. In other words, it is located between a proximal end 16 of the elongate hollow tube 15, opposite to the distal end of the elongate hollow tube 15, and the proximal end 18 of the body 10, opposite to the elongate hollow tube 15. The reservoir 50 has for example here a volume of 3 ml. The first applicator element 30 crosses, in particular, the reservoir 50. The housing 3 may comprise a wiper 14, here located at the neck 13, for squeezing out the surplus of second cosmetic product 25 present on the second applicator element 20. also allows to spin the second cosmetic product 25 possibly present on the elongate hollow tube 15. Said neck 13 is, for example, derived from a body of said body 3 defining the volume in which the mascara is.

The elongated hollow tube 15 is sealed so that when it extends inside the housing 3, that is to say in contact with the second cosmetic product 25, the first applicator element, although extending to the interior of the elongate hollow tube 15 is isolated from the second cosmetic product 25 and does not come into contact therewith. Furthermore, being located inside the elongated hollow tube 15 and the latter being completely hermetic to the second cosmetic product 25, the first applicator element 30 does not undergo spinning by the wiper 14 when removing the applicator 2 of the housing 3. An alternative embodiment of the extraction means 60 is made in FIG. 2 and seen in detail in FIG. 3. The extraction means 60 comprise in this variant a mechanism 63 with wheels or with toothed wheels which comprises here two toothed wheels 64, 65. The toothed wheels 64, 65 are for example positioned on either side of the first applicator element 30. The teeth of each toothed wheel 64, 65 rest on the first applicator element 30 so that a rotation of one of the two gears 64, 65 causes a translation of the first applicator element 30 out of the applicator device 4. It can be seen in FIG. The base 45 and the end piece here are one and the same piece.

The invention also relates to a variant (not shown) in which the applicator comprises in the place of the hollow tube a rod, the first applicator element 30 then extending into the gripping means 11, that is to say in the intermediate piece 46. FIG. 4 illustrates the applicator 2 separated from the case 3 so as to allow the use of the second applicator element 20 and possibly the first applicator element while removing the cover 40.

In FIGS. 1, 2 and 4, it may be noted that the gripping means 11 advantageously allows the user to apply the first and the second applicator elements 20, 30. More specifically, it makes it possible to apply the first applicator element. 30 by holding it in a first orientation as illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 (by removing the cap 40) and the second applicator member 20 holding it in a second orientation, substantially opposite to the first orientation, as shown in Figure 4. The invention thus makes it possible to apply the two applicator elements 20, 30 while holding the applicator at one and the same gripping zone. Said gripping means 11 may thus be described as common.

The applicator of the invention also comprises a cutting means 70 of a portion of the first applicator element, shown in FIGS. 5 and 6. This is the first part of the first applicator element which comprises this portion intended to be cut off. . The cutting means 70 is, for example, at the cover 40. This is particularly a guillotine 71. In this embodiment, the cover 40 comprises a ring 73 having an opening 74 and a push button 75 inserted in the ring 73. The push button 75 is coaxially arranged in the ring 73 so that it can translate with respect to the ring 73. The push button 75 comprises a blade 76. The ring 73 and the push button 75 are arranged so that the opening 74 and the blade 76 are located vis-a-vis and thus form the guillotine 71. The worn portion of the first applicator element can thus be inserted into the opening 74 and then be cut by the blade 76 by pressing the push button 75 so as to translate it relative to the ring 73. The push button 75 comprises flexible blades 78 abutting so as to define the stroke of the push button 75 relative to the ring 73.

The invention also relates to any other cutting means 70 located on the applicator device 4 and in particular at the end piece 47 or inside the cover 40. When the user wishes to renew the first applicator element, it cuts the portion used the first applicator element 30 with the cutting means 70 and then extracts a portion of the first applicator element 30 from the inside of the body 10 to the outside by actuating the extraction means 60 so that it replaces the cut portion.

The cutting means 70 advantageously allows the first applicator element to be cut in such a way as to give it an arrow shape or at least one pointed shape, thus enabling a high degree of application precision.

Claims (14)

REVENDICATIONS1. An applicator device (4) comprising a body (10) and a first applicator element (30) for correcting and / or erasing makeup, said first applicator element (30) projecting from a proximal end (18) of the body ( 10), said applicator device (4) being configured to allow said first applicator element (30) to be applied to an area bearing said makeup by holding said body (10), the first applicator element (30) being reelable from the inside outwardly of the body (10) so as to be renewed. The applicator device (4) of claim 1, wherein the first applicator member (30) extends continuously from the interior to the exterior of the body (10). An applicator device (4) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the applicator device (4) comprises a reservoir (50) arranged to contain a first cosmetic product (35), intended to be applied by the first applicator element. (30) and for erasing said makeup, said first applicator member (30) extending at least in part into said reservoir (50). An applicator device (4) according to claim 3, wherein a first portion (32) of the first applicator member (30) is for applying the first cosmetic product (35) and a second portion (33) of the first applicator member ( 30) extends into said reservoir (50) to charge as first cosmetic product (35) by capillarity. An applicator device (4) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the first applicator member (30) comprises a wick (31). An applicator device (4) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the applicator device (4) comprises means (60) for progressively extracting the first applicator element (30) from the inside to the outside the applicator device (4), said extraction means (60). An applicator device (4) according to claim 6, wherein the extraction means (60) comprises a mechanism (63) having at least one toothed wheel (64, 65), the teeth of the toothed wheel or wheels (64). , 65) pressing the first applicator element (30) so that rotation of the at least one of the gears (64, 65) causes translation of the first applicator element (30). An applicator device (4) according to claim 7, wherein the extraction means (60) comprises a ring (61) provided with a screw thread (62) surrounding said first applicator member (30), the applicator device (4) comprising anti-rotation means of the first applicator element (30) so that a rotation of the ring (61) causes the first applicator element (30) to translate out of the applicator device (4). An applicator device (4) according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the applicator device (4) comprises a cutting means (70) for a portion of the first applicator member (30). 10. applicator device (4) according to claim 9, wherein the cutting means (70) is of the guillotine type (71). An applicator device (4) according to claim 9 or 10, wherein the applicator device (4) comprises a cover (40) covering the first applicator element (30), said cutting means (70) being located at said cover (40). Applicator (2) comprising an applicator device (4) according to any one of the preceding claims and a second applicator element (20) for applying a second cosmetic product (25), said second applicator element (20) projecting from a distal end (17) of the body (10) opposite the proximal end (18) of the body (10). An applicator (2) according to claim 12, wherein the body comprises an elongated hollow tube (15), said second applicator member (20) projecting from a distal end of the elongate hollow tube (15) corresponding to the distal end (17) of the body (10), and said first applicator member (30) extending at least partially within the elongate hollow tube (15). 14. Applicator assembly (1) comprising an applicator according to claim 12 or 13 and a housing (3) intended to receive the second cosmetic product (25).