US3471244A - Bottle for holding and cooperating applicator for applying fluid cosmetics and the like - Google Patents

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US3471244A
US3471244A US612467A US3471244DA US3471244A US 3471244 A US3471244 A US 3471244A US 612467 A US612467 A US 612467A US 3471244D A US3471244D A US 3471244DA US 3471244 A US3471244 A US 3471244A
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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
    • A45D40/26—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball
    • A45D40/262—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball using a brush or the like
    • A45D40/265—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball using a brush or the like connected to the cap of the container
    • A45D40/267—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball using a brush or the like connected to the cap of the container comprising a wiper

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  • This invention relates to fluid cosmetics and particularly those known as eye-liners and which must be deposited in very tine lines by means of a brush.
  • These cosmetics are generally sold in small bottles and applied by means of a brush which is dipped directly into the bottles after which it is used to trace a dark line.
  • Several disadvantages result. Not only may the bottle be overturned at any moment, but each time the brush is dipped thereinto it is necessary to drain the excess fluid from the brush by tapping it on the edge of the neck of the bottle. This procedure is difficult to carry out with precision and almost always leaves too much of the fluid on the brush, so
  • the bottle has a wide neck which narrows progressively as it approaches the inside of the bottle to a diameter which barely permits the end of the brush to pass therethrough while squeezing it slightly.
  • the narrow part of the neck is provided with radial, transverse, or helical grooves.
  • This rubber member has a cylindrical wall and an intermediate partition which is pierced by the hole for smoothing the bristles, and comprises an upper conical 3,471,244 Patented Oct. 7, 1969 ICC part which widens toward the top of the bottle and a lower conical part which narrows toward the interior thereof. These two parts are connected to the cylindrical wall by radial webs.
  • This rubber member may simply be cup-shaped, with the hole for smoothing the bristles, of the brush surmounted by a conical entrance portion, said cup carrying on its lower surface a group of triangular ribs so positioned that they are caused to move toward the axis of the member when that member is deformed by withdrawal of the brush, and thereby rub off the excess fluid, and then llip this excess toward the periphery of the bottle when the cup suddenly ceases to be deformed.
  • the brush comprises an inner cylindrical member encircled by and fixed to a shorter outer tube, and an intermediate tubular member slidably mounted on the inner and inside the outer member, and biassed toward the end of the brush by a spring.
  • FIG. 1 is a partial axial cross-section taken through the device when in closed position
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 are like views taken through the device as the brush is being withdrawn for use;
  • FIG. 4 is an axial section taken through the mouthpiece of the bottle
  • FIG. 5 is a top plan view of this mouthpiece
  • FIG. 6 is an axial section through another embodiment of this mouthpiece
  • FIG. 7 is a top plan view of this second mouthpiece.
  • FIG. 8 is a partial axial section through the device showing an alternative embodiment of the rubber member.
  • the device according to the invention comprises a lower part, constituting the bottle proper 1, surmounted by a special brush 2, and closed by a cup 3. When not in use, it takes the form of a cylindrical box.
  • the bottle 1 is formed with a neck 4 which is large enough to easily admit the brush, and which tapers from a cylindrical mouth progressively inward at 5 to terminate in a passage 6 through which the end 7 of the brush can just barely pass.
  • These various parts are formed in a member 8, screwed onto the base 9, and, as shown on FIGS. 4 and 5, this member 8 is provided with a series of radial grooves 10 which extend from the connecting portion 5 through the narrow part 6 to the flat surface 11.
  • This member 8 also contains a member 12 which is made of a semi-elastic material, such as polyethylene, and which is provided with transverse grooves 13.
  • the member 12 may consist of a stack of washers having thin inner edges 14, or be made in one piece and provided with a helically ribbed inner surface, and being itself helically slit in order to facilitate its removal.
  • the thin edges 14 are preferably inclined toward the inside of the bottle as shown in the drawings and squeeze the cylindrical part 7 of the brush lightly as the brush is withdrawn from the bottle.
  • the member 12 is gripped between the flat part of the member 8 and the upper part of a member 15 which is seated inside the cylindrical part 9.
  • Another member 16 having a bottom 17, is also seated in the part 9 and held there by inter-engaging threads 20.
  • a rubber member 21 is positioned between the members 15 and 16 and is formed with an outer cylindrical wall 22 which supports an intermediate partition 23 pierced by a central hole 24.
  • This partition 23 carries on its upper surface a conical part 25 which opens toward the mouth of the bottle and on its lower surface a conical part 26 which narrows toward the inside of the bottle, as shown in FIGS. 1-3.
  • the ribs or thin webs 27, which may be four in number, connect the two conical parts 25 and 26 to the cylindrical wall 22.
  • the hole 24 has a diameter barely large enough to permit the bristles of the brush to pass freely therethrough, and the lower hole in the conical part is the same size or even slightly smaller.
  • brush 2 positioned axially of the bottle, comprises the cylindrical part 7 and terminates in the bristles 28.
  • the relatively thin upper part 29 of the brush is attached at its upper end 30 to the bottom of a tubular socket 31, as shown in the drawings.
  • a tubular sleeve 32 encircles the part 7 and is preferably internally roughened.
  • the sleeve 32 has a constricted portion 33 which abuts the shoulder between the member 29 and 7.
  • the sleeve carries a collar which forms a grip for the fingers.
  • -a spring 35 is mounted inside the socket 31 to constantly bias the tubular sleeve 32 away from the bottom of the socket 31.
  • the cap 3 When the applicator is to be used, the cap 3 is first removed, and the brush is then inserted in the bottle by pushing on the member 31, as shown in FIG. 2, after which the brush is withdrawn as shown on FIG. 3 and used immediately, holding it by the part 32, reintroducing it into the bottle as necessary in order to pick up a new supply of liquid.
  • the tapered part 5 guides the bristles 28 into the narrow part 6 and thence to the member 12, thus preventing the bristles from becoming disordered and bending back on themselves. From then on the cylindrical part 7 of the brush is guided by the members 6 and 12 and the bristles are centered in the conical entrance 25 to the member 21, after which they pass through the hole 24, into the conical part 26, before reaching the fluid contained in the member 16. While the bristles are being introduced into the bottle, the sleeve 32 is being forced into the socket 31, thus compressing the spring 35, and the cylindrical part of the brush passes clear through the hole 24 in the rubber member 21.
  • the brush When the brush is withdrawn from the bottle, the inverse movement is facilitated by the force exerted by the spring 35, that is to say, the cylindrical part 7 of the brush slides through the hole 24 in the rubber member at the same time that the part 26 successively removes from the rod 7 and the bristles 28 the excess fluid adhering thereto, which fluid is ordinarily rather Viscous.
  • the bristles then pass through the hole 24 which restores the group of bristles to its original diameter, and smooths them so that they carry only a predetermined quantity of fluid, while at the same time bringing the end of the group to a point.
  • the brush may then be freely withdrawn and used in a conventional manner, holding it by the tubular sleeve 32, which has been returned to its original position by the spring 35.
  • the mouthpiece 8 may be made as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, that is to say, by eliminating the radial grooves 10 but increasing the length of the member 12 to cornpensate for this omission, thus increasing the number of edges 14 or the number of turns of the single edge 14, when this is helical.
  • the rubber member 21 is replaced by a member 21a in which there is a flat partition 23 pierced by a hole 24 and surmounted by a conical entrance portion 25.
  • the cylindrical wall may consist merely of a rim 22a.
  • the conical part 26 is then replaced by a certain number of triangular ribs 36, which may be a dozen in number, and shaped as shown in FIG. 8.
  • a hollow stopper may be seated in the hole 24 in the conical part 26 of the member 21 to ensure against leakage during storage. When the applicator is first used, this stopper is pushed into the inside of the bottle by the end of the rod 7.
  • the invention also encompasses as a new article of manufacture, a brush or applicator for a fluid cosmetic comprising a sleeve and a two-part protective cover therefor which is attached to the sleeve, the inner part being retractable by means of an elastic member into an outer member when the sleeve is inserted into a bottle containing the uid, during which step the sleeve may be soiled by the liuid.
  • An applicator for fluids comprising in combination a hollow outer tube member (31), an elongated member (7, 29) within said tube, said inner member being fixed near one end to one end of said tube with the other end of said inner member extending beyond the other end of said tube member, bristle means carried by said other end of said inner member, an intermediate sleeve (32) adapted to be gripped by the ngers to manipulate the applicator, said sleeve encircling and being axially slidable on said inner member and with respect to said outer tube member, resilient means (3S) biassing said intermediate sleeve toward the bristle-carrying end of said inner member and cooperating stop means on one of said members and said intermediate sleeve positioned to stop the movement of said intermediate sleeve toward said bristle-carrying end of said inner member short of a position in which said sleeve reaches said bristles.
  • said resilient web means is formed with a frusto-conical entrance portion (25) on its outer surface which narrows as it approaches the inside of said bottle, and a plurality of radial flaps (36) on its inner surface, said aps having inner edges which diverge toward the inside of said bottle.

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US4403624A (en) * 1981-09-25 1983-09-13 Montgomery Robin M Cosmetic applicator and container system
US4428388A (en) 1981-11-06 1984-01-31 Cassai Gino H Adjustable cosmetic wand
US4470425A (en) * 1981-05-04 1984-09-11 L'oreal Serrated wiper
US4627454A (en) * 1974-01-08 1986-12-09 Dahm Klaus Peter Cosmetic stick with applicator
US4628950A (en) * 1983-02-18 1986-12-16 Reiner Bitzer Container for an applicator mass, particularly for a toilet product or a cosmetic product
US4687364A (en) * 1985-07-17 1987-08-18 Plough, Inc. Retractable mascara applicator
US4886387A (en) * 1984-06-01 1989-12-12 Estee Lauder, Inc. Cosmetic container and applicator
US5054946A (en) * 1987-12-11 1991-10-08 Societe De Conseils Et D'etudes Des Emballages Scee Applicator device for cosmetics
US5349972A (en) * 1992-12-18 1994-09-27 The Procter & Gamble Company Dual wiper mascara package having residual chamber with bypass channel
US5722436A (en) * 1994-09-12 1998-03-03 Sanofi Applicator assembly for a cosmetic product, such as mascara, and corresponding applicator
US5791800A (en) * 1995-06-01 1998-08-11 Georg Karl Geka-Brush Gmbh Device for applying paste-like materials, in particular mascara
US6276856B1 (en) 1999-01-12 2001-08-21 The Procter & Gamble Company Self cleaning dip-in package for liquids
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US4627454A (en) * 1974-01-08 1986-12-09 Dahm Klaus Peter Cosmetic stick with applicator
US4194848A (en) * 1977-12-05 1980-03-25 Plough, Inc. Adjustable cosmetic wiper
US4332494A (en) * 1977-12-05 1982-06-01 Plough, Inc. Adjustable cosmetic wiper
US4470425A (en) * 1981-05-04 1984-09-11 L'oreal Serrated wiper
US4403624A (en) * 1981-09-25 1983-09-13 Montgomery Robin M Cosmetic applicator and container system
US4428388A (en) 1981-11-06 1984-01-31 Cassai Gino H Adjustable cosmetic wand
US4628950A (en) * 1983-02-18 1986-12-16 Reiner Bitzer Container for an applicator mass, particularly for a toilet product or a cosmetic product
US4886387A (en) * 1984-06-01 1989-12-12 Estee Lauder, Inc. Cosmetic container and applicator
US4687364A (en) * 1985-07-17 1987-08-18 Plough, Inc. Retractable mascara applicator
US5054946A (en) * 1987-12-11 1991-10-08 Societe De Conseils Et D'etudes Des Emballages Scee Applicator device for cosmetics
US5349972A (en) * 1992-12-18 1994-09-27 The Procter & Gamble Company Dual wiper mascara package having residual chamber with bypass channel
US5722436A (en) * 1994-09-12 1998-03-03 Sanofi Applicator assembly for a cosmetic product, such as mascara, and corresponding applicator
US5791800A (en) * 1995-06-01 1998-08-11 Georg Karl Geka-Brush Gmbh Device for applying paste-like materials, in particular mascara
US6276856B1 (en) 1999-01-12 2001-08-21 The Procter & Gamble Company Self cleaning dip-in package for liquids
US20040168701A1 (en) * 2001-07-11 2004-09-02 Hiroshi Hiyama Liquid paint coater
US7223034B2 (en) * 2001-07-11 2007-05-29 Sinwa Corporation Liquid paint coater
US20100129133A1 (en) * 2006-12-05 2010-05-27 De Laforcade Vincent Wringing-out member and device comprising such a member
US8403580B2 (en) * 2006-12-05 2013-03-26 L'oreal Wringing-out member and device comprising such a member
US8307491B1 (en) * 2008-04-06 2012-11-13 Matthew Justin Michel Whisk wiper
FR3029080A1 (fr) * 2014-11-28 2016-06-03 Oreal Dispositif de conditionnement et d'application

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