JP2004344665A - Applicator device for substance, package and application assembly including applicator device for substance, and method for preparing makeup using applicator device for substance - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an applicator device which is practical, takes little space, reliable in operation, and moreover, relatively simple, and can be inexpensively manufactured. <P>SOLUTION: The applicator device for the substance with the following constitution is provided. It has a body (40) for demarcating a housing (41) with a bottom part (43); an applicator (80), which is stored in the housing (41), and moreover, is laid at least partially on the bottom part of the housing (41); and a housing closing member (50) provided with a part (59), which is movable to the body (40) between an open position capable of accessing to the applicator (80) and a closed position for preventing the access to the applicator (80) and which at least partially pushes the applicator (80) from the housing (41) to the outside when moved from the closed position to the open position. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for applying substances, in particular cosmetics, having a body defining a housing and an applicator adapted to be housed in the housing when not in use.

  Patent Literature 1 describes a powder compact having a main body and a drawer that moves with respect to the main body and functions to accommodate an applicator formed of a powder puff. The drawer has a mirror at the bottom, with the applicator resting on the mirror. Such devices tend to leave powder on the mirror as a disadvantage of the applicator. Further, the drawer can be completely separated from the body of the compact, which can hinder use under certain circumstances.

  Patent Document 2 describes a packaging and dispensing device that takes out a substance through a screen. In one example, the applicator is housed on a screen, and thus is housed in a sealed environment, which can prevent the applicator from drying out between two uses.

  U.S. Pat. No. 6,077,064 describes a device which comprises a number of compartments hinged to one another, but which is not prepared to receive an applicator.

  Patent Literature 4 describes an apparatus similar to that described in Patent Literature 3, but without an applicator.

Patent document 5 describes a powder compact having a rotary drawer for accommodating an applicator. The mirror is mounted on a lid that closes the housing containing the substance.
US Patent No. 5,836,319 European Patent Application No. 1,277,418 UK Patent No. 1,212,209 US Patent No. 6,540,083 US Patent No. 6,378,533

  The invention aims, inter alia, to provide a novel device which is practical, takes up little space, is reliable in operation, is relatively simple and can be manufactured cheaply.

According to one of the features of the present invention, the present invention provides:
A body defining a housing with a bottom;
An applicator adapted to be housed in the housing and at least partially resting on the bottom of the housing;
The body is movable with respect to the body between an open position allowing access to the applicator and a closed position preventing access to the applicator, and at least one outward from the housing when moving from the closed position to the open position. A housing closure member with a portion adapted to press the partial applicator;
An apparatus for applying a substance, comprising: The applicator is pushed out of the housing by the portion of the housing closure member that moves within the housing when moving the housing closure member from the closed position to the open position.

  The invention as defined above allows the applicator to be easily retained when the housing closure is in the open position.

In another aspect of the invention, the invention provides:
A body defining a housing;
An applicator adapted to be housed in the housing;
A mirror movable with respect to the body;
And an apparatus for applying a substance, wherein the reflecting surface of the mirror is located away from the applicator when the mirror is placed in the housing.

  Thus, the reflecting surface of the mirror does not come into contact with the applicator, so that there is no risk of being soiled by the applicator.

  The mirror may be mounted on a member that closes a housing containing the applicator.

  Also, the material is dispersed on the mirror because the mirror is fixed to the inner surface of the lid that closes the compact, so that unlike the device facing the material source, the mirror can be housed in a housing that is not designed to receive the material. Danger can be reduced.

  The housing closure is advantageously hinged to the body so that it is securely captured and retained.

  The mirror may be mounted on the housing closure, with the reflective surface of the mirror facing upward when the device is in use. The housing closing member has a cylindrical recessed portion, for example,

  In the illustrated embodiment, the housing closure member comprises a side wall, the side wall being provided when the housing closure member is in the closed position, to define a portion of an outer surface of the device. The sidewall extends only over a portion of the perimeter of the housing closure member and defines a passage through which at least a portion of the applicator can pass when moving the housing closure member from the open position to the closed position.

  When the housing closing member is moved from the closed position to the open position, the portion of the housing closing member that serves to push out the applicator from the housing is constituted, for example, by one end of a side wall. The closure member is disposed substantially opposite the support surface for the user about the pivotable axis, thereby allowing the user to move the housing closure member from the closed position to the open position. By way of example, the support surface may be defined by at least one step in the side wall.

  Advantageously, the housing closure comprises at least one part of a relief adapted to snap into the body when in the closed position.

  This part of the relief may for example be constituted by a projection on the side wall.

  In the illustrated embodiment, the housing closing member includes an internal partition member that is configured to reduce the force of movement of the applicator within the housing when in the closed position. When the housing closing member is in the closed position, the internal partitioning member has a shape substantially matching the shape of a part of the contour of the applicator, particularly in a plane perpendicular to the rotation axis of the housing closing member. It can have a shape that draws an arc.

  In the illustrated embodiment, the side wall of the housing closure member is connected, where appropriate, to a top wall that can serve to support the mirror, the top wall when the housing closure member is hinged to the body. Possibly extends substantially perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the housing closure. The side wall and the top wall may be integrally formed by molding a plastics material when the housing closure member is hinged to the body, particularly with a projection that functions to pivot the housing closure member.

  The housing closure need not have a bottom wall opposite the top wall so that the applicator can rest on the bottom of the housing. The body of the applicator can include, for example, on its top part, a portion of a relief that can be assembled with the device for packaging the substance, so that if the substance is a cosmetic, in particular a lipstick or a foundation cosmetic, conditioning and application To form an assembly.

  The applicator device may in particular be fixed to a part of the packaging device which defines the bottom of the housing containing the substance, the substance being contained directly in the housing or in a cup in the housing.

  In addition to the portion of the relief that engages the packaging device, the application device may further include at least one portion of the relief that prevents rotation of the application device relative to the packaging device.

  The applicator may for example consist of a powder puff, which may consist of a foam, preferably a flocked foam.

  The packaging device can be provided with a lid which closes the housing containing the substance, which is preferably screwed into a hinge or pivoted about the hinge.

  The invention also provides a packaging and application assembly comprising an application device as defined above and a packaging device in which the application device is particularly releasably secured.

  The present invention also provides a method of preparing makeup, comprising the steps of selecting one packaging device from a number of packaging devices and assembling the selected one packaging device with the application device defined above. By way of example, a user can select a particular color material and bind that material to the applicator so that it can be reused with some other materials.

  The invention will be better understood from the following detailed description of a non-limiting embodiment, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

  The packaging and application assembly 10 shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 has a packaging device 11 and an application device 12 that are assembled together, which assembly is separable in the example described.

  The packaging device 11 is shown separately in FIG. 5, and the application device 12 is shown separately in FIG.

  The packaging device 11 has a base 20, a lid 21 adapted to be screwed to the base 20, and a screen 23 carried by a ring 24 suitable for movement relative to the base 20 along the axis Y. . The ring 24 is adapted to cooperate with a wall 25 of the base 20 extending across the axis X and to define a housing 26 suitable for containing the substance P for application, the housing 26 having a top at the screen 23. It is closed. Ring 24 can be moved downward as material is removed from housing 26. An apparatus having the same movable screen as that shown in FIG. 5 is described in Patent Document 2 of the present applicant's application, and the Patent Document 2 can be referred to for further details.

  The base 20 has an outer skirt 27 at its bottom and peripheral portions, the outer skirt 27 having at its radial inner surface a groove 28 which functions as described below.

  The base 20 also includes an inner skirt 30 concentric with the outer skirt 27 and is connected at the top to the transverse wall 25 and formed on at least one radial inner surface for purposes described in more detail below. It has three projections 31. In the example described, four projections 31 are provided at a uniform angle around the axis X.

  The applicator 12 has a body 40 and a closure member 50, which defines a housing 41 for receiving the applicator 80. In the example described, when the packaging device 11 and the applicator 12 are assembled together, the closure member 50 Is hinged to the body 40 about a pivot axis X parallel to the axis Y of the packaging device 11.

  The body 40 has a bottom wall 42, the top surface 43 of which defines the bottom of the housing 41, and the bottom surface of the applicator 80 in the stowed state rests entirely against the top surface 43 in the described example. .

  The body 40 also includes a top wall 44 parallel to the bottom wall 42, the top wall 44 extending around the axis Y over an angle slightly less than 180 °, as seen in particular in FIGS. Connected to the bottom wall 42.

  The first tubular skirt 46 is connected at the bottom to the top wall 44. The tubular skirt 46 has a bead 47 around it, the bead 47 being adapted to snap fit into the groove 28 and configured to hold the packaging device 11 and the application device 12 together.

  A second tubular skirt 48 is disposed concentrically with the first tubular skirt 46 therein, and its bottom end is connected to the top wall 44. The second tubular skirt 48 is adapted to engage within the inner skirt 30 of the packaging device 11 and comprises a notch 49 with which the projection 31 can engage, whereby the applicator device 12 pivots relative to the packaging device 11. I try not to.

  The top wall 44 and the bottom wall 42 are provided with recesses 51 and 52 of the axis X, and the respective protrusions 53 and 54 supported by the pins 67 of the closing member 50 are engaged with the recesses 51 and 52, respectively. The closing member 50 is hingedly connected.

  The top wall 56 of the closure member 50 extends perpendicular to the axis X and is connected to the top of the side wall 57, which is the outer surface of the assembly 10 when the closure member 50 is in the closed position as shown in FIG. Serves to define part of the.

  In the example described, the top wall 56 and the side wall 57 are formed integrally with the pin 67 and the projections 53, 54 by molding of a plastics material.

  The side wall 57 extends substantially along an arc and includes a first end portion 59 and a second end portion 61, as seen in FIGS. The second end portion 61 includes a step 62 and a retraction portion 63 to allow a user to move the closing member 50 between a closed position and an open position.

  The second end portion 61 snaps into a corresponding portion 66 of a relief formed on the inner surface of the side wall 45 of the body 40 when the closing member 50 is in the closed position, as can be seen from a consideration of FIG. Terminating at a tongue 64 with teeth 65 provided to be engaged.

  The top wall 56 comprises a housing 69, which is open to the top and receives the mirror 70, the reflecting surface 71 of the mirror 70 facing upwards, ie away from the applicator 80. . The mirror 70 is located immediately below the top wall 44 of the main body 40 when the closing member 50 is in the closed position.

  The closing member 50 also has an inner partition 73, which in the example described is formed integrally with the top wall 56.

  The inner partition member 73 is generally arcuate, concentric with the side wall 57, and configured to support the applicator 80 when the closing member 50 is in the closed position, as seen in FIG. This prevents the applicator 80 from moving within the housing 41.

  The closure member 50 has no bottom wall, so that the applicator 80 can rest directly on the bottom wall 42 of the body 40. A passage 76 is defined between the end portions 59, 61 of the side wall 57.

Assembly 10 can be used as follows.
It is assumed that the closing member 50 is in a closed position, as shown in particular in FIGS.

  The user removes the lid 21 so that the substance P stored in the housing 26 can be accessed.

  Thereafter, the user moves the closing member 50 in the direction of arrow F in FIGS. 7 and 8 to rotate it toward the open position. As pivoted, the closure member 50 pushes the applicator 80 through the edge of the second end portion 59, thereby causing the applicator 80 to move into the housing opening along arrow F, as shown in FIG. Pushed in, the applicator 80 slides on the bottom surface 43.

  Thus, when the closing member 50 is in the open position, the applicator 80 projects slightly beyond the bottom wall 42, as seen in FIG. 3, so that the user can easily grip the applicator 80. it can. The reflecting surface 71 of the mirror 70 is opened, and the user can observe the state of application of the substance P by the applicator 80 using the mirror.

  After use, the user returns the applicator 80 into the housing 41 and turns the closing member 50 in the direction opposite to the arrow F to close the housing 41, thereby closing the housing 41.

  During storage, the reflecting surface 71 of the mirror 70 is separated from the applicator 80 by the top wall 56, so that the reflecting surface 71 of the mirror 70 does not become dirty.

  Further, in the illustrated example, the applicator 80 is housed in the housing 41 in a non-hermetic manner, and the housing is hermetically closed. Accordingly, the applicator 80 can be dried even if it is inadvertently subjected to liquid splash during makeup. Thereby, the danger of bacterial growth can be reduced.

  Of course, the invention is not limited to the examples described above. For example, the packaging device 11 and / or the application device 12 can be configured differently.

  In the example of FIG. 10, the packaging device comprises a lid 21 which is connected to the base 20 via a hinge 90 which is constituted for example by a film hinge.

  In the example of FIG. 11, the substance P is stored in the cup 91, and the substance P is accessed through the screen.

In the description of the specification, including the claims, the term "comprising, comprising, or consisting of" is synonymous with "having at least one, comprising at least one, or consisting of" unless otherwise specified. Should be understood.

1 is a schematic perspective view showing an example of a packaging and application assembly configured according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic axial sectional view of the assembly of FIG. 1. FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the assembly of FIG. 1 after removing the closing lid and opening the housing containing the applicator. FIG. 4 is an exploded view of the assembly of FIGS. Sectional drawing which separates and shows a packaging apparatus. Sectional drawing which shows an application device separately. FIG. 7 is a schematic sectional view taken along arrows VII-VII of FIG. 2 showing how the applicator moves when moving the closing member from the closed position to the open position. FIG. 7 is a schematic sectional view taken along arrows VII-VII of FIG. 2 showing how the applicator moves when moving the closing member from the closed position to the open position. FIG. 7 is a schematic sectional view taken along arrows VII-VII of FIG. 2 showing how the applicator moves when moving the closing member from the closed position to the open position. Sectional drawing similar to FIG. 2 which shows a modification. Sectional drawing similar to FIG. 2 which shows a modification.

Explanation of reference numerals

10: Packaging and application assembly 11: Packaging device 12: Application device 20: Base 21: Lid 23: Screen 24: Ring 25: Lateral wall 26 of base 20: Housing 27: Outer skirt 28: Groove 30: Inner skirt 31 : Projecting portion 40: Main body 41: Housing 42: Bottom wall 43: Top surface 44 of bottom wall 42: Top wall 46: First tubular skirt 47: Bead 48: Second tubular skirt 50: Closing member 51: Depression 52 : Recess 53: Projection 54: Projection 56: Top wall 57: Side wall 67: Pin 59: First end portion 61: Second end portion 62: Step 63: Retracting portion 64: Tongue 65: Tooth 66: part 69: housing 70: mirror 71: reflective surface 73: inner partition member 76: passage 80: applicator 90: hinge 91: cup P: substance

Claims (20)

A body (40) defining a housing (41) with a bottom (43);
An applicator (80) adapted to be received in the housing (41) and to rest at least partially on the bottom of the housing (41);
Movable with respect to the body (40) between an open position allowing access to the applicator (80) and a closed position preventing access to the applicator (80) and moving from the closed position to the open position. A housing closure member (50) with a portion (59) adapted to at least partially push the applicator (80) outwardly from the housing (41);
An apparatus for applying a substance, comprising:   A mirror (70) movable with respect to the main body (40), wherein the mirror (70) is inserted into the housing (41), and when the mirror (70) is stored in the housing (41), 2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the reflecting surface of the mirror is located on a side remote from the applicator.   2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the housing closing member (50) is hinged to the body (40).   4. Apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the mirror (70) is mounted on the housing closure (50).   The housing closure member (50) comprises a side wall (51) such that when the housing closure member (50) is in the closed position, such side wall (51) is provided to define a portion of the outer surface of the device (12). The apparatus for applying a substance according to claim 1, wherein:   When moving the housing closure member (50) from the closed position to the open position, the portion (59) of the housing closure member (50) used to push the applicator (80) out of the housing (41) includes side walls (59). An apparatus for applying a substance according to claim 5, characterized in that it is constituted by one end of (57).   One end of the side wall (57) is positioned on the side of the axis (X), and the housing closing member (50) can rotate around the axis (X) in the opposite direction from the support surface for the user, and the housing closing member ( 7. Apparatus according to claim 6, characterized in that (50) can be moved from a closed position to an open position.   The substance according to claim 1, characterized in that the housing closure (50) comprises at least one part (65) of a relief adapted to snap into the body (40) when in the closed position. Coating equipment.   The housing closure member (50) comprises an internal partition (73) adapted to reduce the force of movement of the applicator (80) within the housing (41) when in the closed position. An apparatus for applying the substance according to claim 1.   When the housing closing member (50) is in the closed position, the inner partition member (73) has a shape substantially conforming to a part of the contour of the applicator (80), in particular, the rotation axis of the housing closing member (50). 10. The apparatus for applying a substance according to claim 9, wherein the apparatus has a shape that draws a substantially circular arc in a plane perpendicular to (X).   The side wall (57) is connected to a top wall (56) supporting the mirror (70), and when the top wall (56) hinges the housing closing member (50) to the main body (40), the housing closing member ( An apparatus for applying a substance according to claim 5, characterized in that it extends substantially perpendicularly to the axis of rotation (X) of (50).   The side walls (57) and the top wall (56), when the housing closing member (50) is hingedly connected to the main body (40), in particular, the projections (53, 54) serving as pivot axes for the housing closing member (50). The apparatus for applying a substance according to claim 11, wherein the apparatus is integrally formed by molding a plastics material together with the material.   12. Apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the housing closing member (50) does not have a bottom wall facing the top wall and the applicator (80) rests on the bottom (43) of the housing. .   14. The body according to claim 1, wherein the body (40) comprises a relief part (47) which can be assembled together with the device (11) for packaging the substance, especially at the top part. Applicator for substance.   15. Apparatus for applying a substance according to claim 14, characterized in that it is fixed to a part (20) of the packaging device (11) which defines the bottom of a housing (26) for containing the substance.   Claims characterized in that, in addition to the part of the relief that engages with the packaging device, at least one part of the relief that prevents rotation is provided to prevent the application device from rotating with respect to the packaging device. Item 15. An apparatus for applying a substance according to Item 14.   17. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the applicator (80) comprises a powder puff.   15. Apparatus for applying a substance according to claim 14, characterized in that the packaging device (11) comprises a lid for closing a housing containing the substance.   Packaging and application assembly, characterized in that it comprises a device (12) for applying a substance according to any one of claims 1 to 18, and a packaging device (11) in which the application device is particularly releasably secured.   19. The step of selecting one packaging device (11) from a number of packaging devices and the step of assembling the selected one packaging device (11) with the substance application device (12) according to any one of claims 1 to 18. A method for preparing makeup characterized by including:

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