JP5346887B2 - Cosmetic applicator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cosmetic applicator that can apply cosmetics to hair efficiently and evenly, and with which the hair is less likely to get tangled. <P>SOLUTION: The cosmetic applicator includes an applicator member 15 composed of a rod-like elastic body capable of impregnating cosmetics, and a body 4 provided with a mounting portion 8 for mounting the applicator member 15. The applicator member 15 is mounted freely rotatably in the circumferential direction to the mounting portion 8 of the body 4. The mounting portion 8 of the body 4 is provided with a plurality of comb teeth 16 arranged in lines in the longitudinal direction of the applicator member 15. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a cosmetic applicator used for applying liquid cosmetics such as hair dyes, hair pigments and hair styling agents to hair.

In order to apply cosmetics to the hair, it is common to use a comb or a brush having a large number of comb teeth, but various applicators for applying cosmetics have also been proposed.
For example, Patent Document 1 describes a hair brush in which a member for holding a liquid material is provided on a brush bristle supporting portion, and this member can be impregnated with a liquid material such as a hair dye or a hair liquid. Further, in Patent Document 2, a rotating brush is provided on the brush base flocking surface so as to be buried in a group of brush hairs. The rotating brush takes up hair loss and smoothly feeds out hair mousse and the like by rotation of the rotating brush. A hairbrush that can be applied is described. Further, Patent Document 3 includes a coating liquid container that houses a coating body impregnated with a coating liquid, and a main body having a comb body portion in which a series of comb teeth are juxtaposed, and the coating liquid container is a comb body. The applicator for hair accommodated in the main body so as to be surrounded by the part is described.

Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 4-123120 Japanese Patent Publication No. 6-42848 JP 2009-291881

However, when the liquid material is applied using the hair brush described in Patent Document 1, there is a problem that the hair becomes entangled with the brush hair (member for the liquid material to contact the hair).
Moreover, although the hair brush of patent document 2 has an effect which entangles hair loss with a rotation brush, there exists a possibility that even the hair which is not hair loss may be entangled with a rotation brush.
In the hair applicator described in Patent Document 3, since the coating liquid container is fixed to the main body, when applying the coating liquid by rubbing the coating liquid container on the hair, a large frictional force works, There is a possibility that the hair is sandwiched between the comb teeth formed on the main body and the coating liquid container, and the hair that has grown may be entangled.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a cosmetic applicator that can apply cosmetics uniformly and efficiently to hair, and that does not easily entangle hair.

In order to solve the problem, the cosmetic applicator of the present application is characterized by having the following configuration.
An application member made of a columnar elastic body that can be impregnated with cosmetics;
A main body provided with a mounting portion on which the application member can be mounted,
The application member is attached to the attachment portion of the main body portion so as to be rotatable in the circumferential direction,
The mounting portion of the main body is provided with a plurality of comb teeth that are arranged in a row in the longitudinal direction of the application member.
When the cosmetic material impregnated on the application member is applied, a grip portion that a user grips may be provided in the main body portion.

According to the present invention, the cosmetic material impregnated in the application member is applied to the hair while rotating the application member while combing the hair with the comb teeth of the main body, so that the hair is uniformly and efficiently applied to the hair. Cosmetics can be applied.
In addition, when the application member is pressed against the hair, the application member is compressed and the hair may enter the gap between the comb teeth, but when the application member returns to the original shape, the hair is pushed out from between the comb teeth. Therefore, the hair is less likely to be entangled with the comb teeth.
Furthermore, since the application member rotates, there is no strong frictional force when the application member is rubbed against the hair, and the application member rotates and releases even if the hair is pinched between the application member and the mounting part. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the growing hair from being entangled with the application member.

(A) is a perspective view of the cosmetic applicator (Example 1), and (B) is a front view of the whole housed in a bottle. The perspective view which decomposes | disassembles and shows the cosmetics applicator of Example 1. FIG. The front view which shows a bottle and cosmetics applicators with a partial cross section. The perspective view which expands and shows the mounting part of Example 1, (a) is the state which is not wearing the application member, (b) is the state which is wearing the application member. Sectional drawing which shows the mounting part of Example 1 along the axis | shaft of a longitudinal direction. The bottom view which looked at the cosmetics applicator of FIG. The perspective view of a cosmetics applicator (Example 2). The perspective view of a cosmetics applicator (Example 3). Cosmetic applicator perspective view (Example 4). (A), (B), and (C) are diagrams for explaining the displacement of the application member when the cosmetic applicator of Example 1 is applied with the cosmetic.

FIG. 1A shows the entire cosmetic applicator 1 as the first embodiment. In this embodiment, the cosmetic applicator 1 is used as a so-called hair mascara applicator in combination with a bottle 2 containing a cosmetic made of a liquid hair pigment as shown in FIG.
The cosmetic applicator 1 (FIG. 1A) includes a grip portion 3 and a main body portion 4. For convenience of explanation, in FIG. 1A, the vertical direction is the axial direction, the upper direction is the base side, and the lower direction is the tip side.

The grip portion 3 is opened at the tip end side in the axial direction so as to function as a cap, and a female screw 6 is formed on the inner peripheral surface of the opening portion 5 (FIG. 2).
The main body 4 integrally includes a cylindrical plug 7 on the base side in the axial direction, and a mounting portion 8 on the distal end side. The plug body 7 and the mounting portion 8 are integrally connected by an elongated handle 9. The plug body 7 has a cylindrical shape with a slightly tapered base in the axial direction, and a number of anti-rotation ridges 10 on the peripheral surface on the tip side, equally spaced around the circumference. It is formed long. The plug 7 and the handle 9 are integrally formed. The handle 9 has a rod shape with a round cross section, is bent lightly in the middle of the axial direction, and the base side 11 and the distal end side 12 centering on the bent part are shifted in parallel so that the axes of these parts are parallel to each other (Shallow crank shape).

  The mounting portion 8 is configured at the distal end portion 12 on the distal end side 12 of the handle 9 and has an elongated base 13 formed slightly thicker than the diameter of the handle 9, comb teeth rows 14a and 14b on both sides thereof, and an elongated roller shape. The application member 15 is provided. The proximal end side of the elongated base 13 is fixed to the distal end portion of the handle 9 by adhesion or the like. The comb tooth rows 14a and 14b are two parallel rows because each row is along the axial direction. The comb teeth 16 have a shape that becomes a substantially pyramid that becomes thinner toward the top, and the corners of the top and the ridge are rounded so as not to damage the scalp. Since there is a gap between the comb teeth rows 14a and 14b on both sides, a groove-like accommodation space 17 is formed inside the upper surface of the elongated base 13 and the comb teeth 14a and 14b on both sides (FIG. 4A). .

  An application member 15 is disposed in the accommodation space 17. The application member 15 has a long roller shape in the axial direction and includes an axial insertion hole 18 at the center. In this embodiment, the application member 15 is made of relatively soft urethane foam (sponge). Further, in this embodiment, the application member 15 is loaded into the storage space 17 using the shaft member 19 (FIG. 2). The shaft member 19 includes a shaft 20 and a shaft support portion 21. The shaft 20 and the shaft support portion 21 are integrally formed, and the shaft 20 has a length on the base end side that penetrates the storage space 17 in the axial direction and is pivotally supported on the distal end surface of the handle 9.

The mounting portion 8 is assembled as follows. The coating member 15 is housed in the storage space 17 of the elongated base 13, the shaft 20 of the shaft member 19 is inserted from the distal end side into the insertion hole 18 to the proximal end side, and the proximal end side of the shaft 20 is the proximal end of the elongated base 13. The claw 22 of the shaft support portion 21 is inserted into and fixed to the engagement hole 23 formed in the distal end surface of the elongate base 13 while penetrating the side elevational surface and pivotally supporting it. The dimensions of the roller-shaped application member 15 are determined to be a length and a diameter that can rotate around the shaft 20 in this state.
The mounting portion 8 assembled with each portion is fixed by adhering the end surface on the proximal end side to the distal end surface of the handle 9. FIG. 5 shows a cross section along the axial direction in a state in which the mounting portion 8 is attached to the distal end surface of the handle 9.

Then, the main body portion 4 and the grip portion 3 completed as described above are assembled. That is, the plug body 7 formed on the base end side of the handle 9 is pushed and fixed to the grip portion 3 that also serves as a cap by rotating the plug body 7 (FIG. 3). In the fixed state, the plug body 7 is prevented from rotating by the protrusion 10 with respect to the grip portion 2, and in the axial direction by the engagement with the engagement spiral groove formed on the inner surface on the proximal end side of the grip portion 3. Retaining is prevented. Moreover, the axial direction length of the plug body 7 is shorter than the axial direction length of the holding part 2, and the said internal thread 6 is formed in the grip part inner surface location of the difference. Therefore, regardless of the presence of the plug body 7, the grip portion 3 can be screwed to the male screw 24 formed on the neck portion of the bottle 2 as a cap.
As shown in FIG. 6, the protruding direction P of the comb teeth 16 in the mounting portion 8 is not parallel to the surface Q bending the handle 9 to the shallow crank in the axial direction in this embodiment, and is about 45 °. It is tilted upward (there is a twist).

In addition, as shown in a cross section in FIG. 3, the bottle 4 is an elongated cylinder having an open upper end surface, and a neck portion 25 having a slightly smaller diameter is formed at the upper end. The male screw 24 is formed on the neck portion 25.
A cylindrical squeeze rubber 26 is attached to the inner surface of the neck portion 25. The lower end portion of the squeal rubber 26 is a tapered portion 27 whose diameter gradually decreases toward the back of the bottle 2. The bottle 2 contains cosmetics made of liquid hair pigment.

In this embodiment, the material of the bottle 2, the grip portion 3, and the main body portion 4 (the plug 7, the mounting portion 8, and the handle 9) is ABS resin, but can be appropriately selected according to the application.
The material of the application member 15 is suitably an open-cell foamed material such as polyurethane foam or a fiber bundle, but it can impregnate and hold a certain amount of the pigment 3 for hair and can easily compress and restore its shape. If there is no particular limitation.

  In order to apply the hair pigment in the bottle 2 to the hair using the cosmetic applicator 1, the handle 3 is rotated by holding the grip 3, and the screwing between the female screw 6 and the male screw 24 is loosened. The bottle 2 is removed from the neck 25 and the main body 4 is pulled out of the bottle 2. At this time, the main body portion 4 rotates together with the grip portion 3, the hair pigment inside the bottle is stirred, and the pigment having a uniform composition is absorbed by the application member 15 of the mounting portion 8. This stirring action is performed more effectively by the handle 9 of the main body 4 being bent to the crank. When the main body 4 is pulled out from the bottle 2, the mounting portion 8 at the tip is rubbed against the tapered portion 27 of the squeak rubber 26 to remove excess hair pigment in the mounting portion 8 including the handle 9. . For this reason, the hair pigment does not drip outside the bottle 2.

Next, the mounting portion 8 is rubbed up so as to be pressed against an appropriate portion such as a hairline. Then, the hair is combed with the comb teeth 16 and at the same time, the application member 15 comes into contact with the hair, and the pigment is applied (dyed) to the hair.
At this time, as shown in FIGS. 10 (a) and 10 (b), the application member 15 is crushed so that the hair a enters between the comb teeth 16 and the hair pigment extruded from the application member 15 is simultaneously applied to the hair a. Although it is applied, the application member 15 can rotate, so that the surface in contact with the hair a moves one after another, and at the same time, while combing the hair a with the comb teeth 16, a gap is formed between the hairs a. Works efficiently and evenly between hairs.
When the application member 15 is separated from the hair a, as shown in FIG. 10C, the application member 15 returns to its original shape by the elasticity of the material, so that the hair a is pushed out from between the comb teeth 16 and the hair a Can be prevented from being entangled with the comb teeth 16.

The handle 9 of the cosmetic applicator 1 is formed by bending a shallow crank, and the direction in which the comb teeth 16 protrude from the mounting portion 8 is arranged with an angle (twist) with respect to the shallow crank plane. Therefore, when the application member 15 loaded in the mounting portion 8 is pressed against the hair with the grip portion 3, the grip portion 3 is positioned in a direction away from the face and hair, so that the hand holding the grip portion 3 Difficult to touch hair.
When the application is completed by repeating this operation, the main body portion 4 is inserted into the bottle 2, and the grip portion 3 is used as a cap to cover the neck portion 25 of the bottle 2 and screwed. Then, the handle 9, the mounting portion 8 and the application member 15 of the cosmetic applicator 1 are immersed in the hair pigment 3 and accommodated in the bottle 2. Since the grip portion 3 is screwed to the neck portion 23 of the bottle 2 with the male screw portion 24 and the female screw portion 6, the ability to seal the bottle 2 is high.

  In the above, Example 1 was demonstrated. The row of comb teeth 16 may be one row. Further, when the comb teeth 16 are provided on both sides along the longitudinal direction of the application member 15, a roller-shaped application member is formed by the comb teeth rows 14 a and 14 b on both sides without providing the shaft 20 penetrating the application member 15. A structure may be employed in which 15 is rotatably surrounded. The application member 15 is not limited to a roller shape, and may be a columnar shape that can be rotated in the axial direction, and the cross section may be extremely square, polygonal, or elliptical. Some have a central insertion hole and some do not.

FIG. 7 shows a second embodiment of the present invention, which differs from the first embodiment mainly in the configuration and arrangement of the mounting portion 8. Since the other configuration is not different from that of the first embodiment, the same reference numerals are used and the detailed description is omitted.
In the mounting portion 8 of the second embodiment, the comb teeth 16 constituting the comb tooth rows 14a and 14b are both in a shape that is rounded in an arcuate shape with the tip ends facing each other. For this reason, the storage space in the mounting portion 8 has a structure in which the upper outlet is narrowed and the internal roller-shaped application member 15 does not easily fall off. This is convenient when the application member 15 is not supported by the shaft member 19 as in the first embodiment. Moreover, since the outer peripheral side of the comb teeth 16 is formed in a round shape, the contact with the skin is soft when combing hair, and a smooth feeling can be given.

The mounting portion 8 of the second embodiment is also formed integrally with the base 13 having a thin tip portion, and a plurality of grooves 28 are formed in this portion in the axial direction, and is configured as a kind of comb teeth. Yes. Each of the grooves 28 is connected to the storage space 17 at the base side so that the hair pigment of the application member 15 can be guided. Therefore, the tip of the cosmetic applicator 1 can be used to apply to a part that has been left unpainted or to a detailed portion that is intricate, and fine makeup is possible.
In addition, the direction in which the comb teeth 16 of Example 2 protrude is a direction parallel to the plane to which the shallow crank of the shaft 9 belongs, and the twist is not added.

  FIG. 8 shows a third embodiment of the present invention, which is different from the first and second embodiments in the form of the comb teeth 16 constituting the comb tooth rows 14a and 14b arranged mainly in the axial direction in the mounting portion 8. FIG. Other configurations are not different from those of the first embodiment and the second embodiment, and therefore, the same reference numerals are used and a specific description is omitted.

  The comb teeth row 14a of the third embodiment has a structure in which each comb tooth 16 is curved in an arc shape like that of the second embodiment. However, most of the comb teeth 16 constituting the other comb tooth row 14b are substantially the same. It is straight and not curved. The comb tooth row 14a has little resistance to the skin when moved in the bending direction, and is excellent as a leading side when the cosmetic applicator 1 is moved. The comb tooth row 14b divides the hair deeply by the straight comb teeth 16. It is effective in spreading hair pigments deeply and widely. Although there are certain restrictions on the direction of operation of the cosmetic applicator 1, efficient application can be performed.

FIG. 9 shows a fourth embodiment of the present invention, which is different from the first embodiment in the form of the comb teeth 16 constituting the comb tooth rows 14a and 14b arranged mainly in the axial direction in the mounting portion 8. FIG. Since the other configuration is not different from that of the embodiment 1-3, the same reference numerals are used and the detailed description is omitted.
The comb teeth rows 14 a and 14 b in the mounting portion 8 according to the fourth embodiment are configured by arc-shaped comb teeth 16 that are curved so as to be in contact with the peripheral surface of the roller-shaped application member 15. The comb teeth 16 are relatively thin and the interval between the comb teeth is increased. Moreover, the diameter of the roller-shaped application member 15 is also relatively large. In the case of Example 4, each comb tooth 16 exerts a function as a comb when the mounting portion 8 is pressed against the hair and the elastic application member 15 is deformed. Since each comb end 16 is greatly curved, it is smooth when the cosmetic applicator 1 is operated, and is less likely to irritate the skin.
Furthermore, since the diameter of the application member 15 is large, the amount of the hair pigment retained is large, and the makeup can be applied over a wide range with a single amount of the bottle 2 being pulled out.

The cosmetic applicator 1 of the present invention can also be used by impregnating the application member 15 with a cosmetic such as a hair dye stored in a tray or the like, without being combined with the bottle 2 containing the hair pigment. .
Since the application member 15 rotates in a deformed state when pressed against the hair, the application member 15 is not limited to a cylindrical shape, and the cross section may be a square, an ellipse, a partial circle, or the like.
The handle 9 of the cosmetic applicator 1 is shown as being bent on a shallow crank. However, the handle 9 is not necessarily crank-shaped, and the handle 9 may be formed into a straight shape up to the mounting portion 8. is there.
The cosmetic applicator 1 can also be used for application of liquid cosmetics other than the application of hair pigments.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Cosmetic applicator 2 Bottle 3 Gripping part 4 Main body part 5 Opening part 6 Female screw 7 Plug body 8 Mounting part 9 Handle 10 Protrusion 11 Base part 12 Tip side 13 Slender base 14a, 14b Comb tooth row 15 Application member 16 Teeth 17 Accommodating space 18 Insertion hole 19 Shaft member 20 Shaft 21 Shaft support portion 22 Claw 23 Engagement hole 24 Male screw 25 Neck portion 26 Squig rubber 27 Tapered portion 28 Groove

Claims (1)

A cosmetic applicator combined with a bottle containing cosmetics,
The cosmetic applicator consists of a gripping part and a body part,
The body part consists of a handle protruding from the gripping part and a mounting part at the tip,
The handle is lightly bent in the middle of the axial direction, and has a shallow crank shape in which the base side and the tip side around the bent portion are shifted in parallel so that the axes of these portions are parallel,
A mounting part is a part which has a comb tooth and attaches an application member which consists of a columnar elastic body which can impregnate cosmetics so that rotation is possible in the peripheral direction,
The bottle 2 has a size that can accommodate a handle and a mounting portion of the cosmetic applicator, and can open and close the opening with the grip portion of the cosmetic applicator. Material applicator.

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