WO2011092395A1

WO2011092395A1 - Material application wallet device

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Publication number: WO2011092395A1
Application number: PCT/FR2011/000026
Authority: WO
Inventors: Frédéric Bernard; François VANDEPLASSCHE
Original assignee: Vanber
Priority date: 2010-01-28
Filing date: 2011-01-14
Publication date: 2011-08-04
Also published as: JP2013517874A; FR2955476A1; FR2955476B1

Abstract

The invention relates to a polishing and buffing device (1) that includes at least two portions detachably attached to each other, namely, a polishing portion (2) including a mounting (4) onto which a polish-soaked pad (5) covered with a peelable seal (6) is attached, and a glove-shaped buffing portion (3) provided with at least one buffing layer (24, 25). Said device (1) is wallet-shaped, the polishing portion (2) and the buffing portion (3) being attached together by a single side edge (12, 27).

Description

Device for application of a product

The invention relates to a device for applying a product, such as a cleaning product, especially for polishing and polishing leather shoes.

The old method of shoe polishing, consisting in applying a polish to the leather, spreading it over all or part of the shoe surface by means of a cloth, then polishing the shoe with another fabric, has given way to modern methods using combined waxing and polishing devices, which are more suitable for traveling polishing as they are less messy, less cumbersome and even, for the most part, disposable.

An example of a combined waxing and polishing device is described in the French patent application No. FR 2 924 323 (or in the equivalent international application No. WO 2009/098407) in the name of the applicant. This device comprises two mutually detachably secured parts, namely, on the one hand, a wax part comprising a support film on which is fixed a wax impregnated pad covered with a peelable cap, and a part of polishing, shaped glove and comprising a pocket film on which is fixed a polishing pad. The fixing of the polishing part on the waxing part is performed on three edges of the device, an edge remaining free to thread the hand in the manner of a glove.

The wax part and the polishing part are separated then used successively. We put on the glove of waxing and we start by peeling the lid to release the pad impregnated with shoe polish applied on the shoe. Then we put on the glove and rub the waxed shoe to get the desired shine.

This device gives satisfaction. In the opinion of the inventors, however, it deserves to be perfected to make its use simpler and more effective.

For this purpose, a first object of the invention is a polishing and polishing device, comprising at least two mutually detachably secured parts, namely: - a wax part comprising a support on which is fixed a wax impregnated pad covered with a peelable lid,

- A portion of polishing, shaped glove and provided with at least one polishing sheet.

This device is shaped as a wallet, the wax part and the polishing part being fixed to each other by a single side edge.

The fixing of the polishing part on the wax part is carried out for example by heat sealing. The polishing part can be fixed on the wax part on the side of the lid.

According to a preferred embodiment, the support of the waxing part comprises a sheet made of a nonwoven fabric (in particular based on polyester, for example bi-oriented fibers).

Furthermore, the support of the wax part may comprise a sheet made of a thermally weldable polymer material, the nonwoven of the wax part being preferably coated with a layer of a thermally weldable polymer (such as polyethylene) .

The polishing part may comprise two sheets of nonwoven fabric, joined on three edges.

A second object of the invention is a device for applying at least one product, comprising at least two mutually detachably secured parts, namely:

a first portion shaped as a glove and comprising a support on which is fixed a pad impregnated with the product,

a second part, shaped like a glove,

This device is configured as a wallet, the first part and the second part being fixed to each other by a single side edge.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent in the light of the following description of embodiments, with reference to the appended drawings in which:

- Figure 1 is a perspective view of a polishing device and polishing according to the invention, shown before use, the polishing part, shown partially raised, always being attached to the wax part; Figure 2 is a plan view of the polishing and polishing device of the invention, showing the polishing portion and the polishing portion separated;

Figure 3 is an exploded perspective view showing, on the right the structure of the wax part, and left that of the polishing part;

Figure 4 is a perspective view illustrating the use of the wax portion;

Figure 5 is a perspective view illustrating the use of the polishing portion.

A device 1 for polishing and polishing is shown in the figures. This device 1, of rectangular shape, comprises two detachable parts, namely:

a first part 2 intended for waxing one (or more) shoe (s), which will be called a part or a shutter of waxing, and

- A second part 3 provided for polishing the shoe (s), which will be called party or luster.

The shutter 2 of waxing comprises a support 4 on which are fixed, on the one hand, a pad 5 impregnated with waxing, and, on the other hand, a peelable seal 6, made in a sealed material, covering the pad 5.

As can be seen in FIG. 2, the waxing pad 5 is smaller than the support 4. The cover 6, although smaller than the support 4, in particular in width, has dimensions (width, length), greater than those of the waxing pad 5 which it completely covers.

According to a preferred embodiment, corresponding to the drawings, the shutter 2 of waxing is shaped glove, rectangular profile (rounded at the corners to avoid cuts). The support 4 comprises two sheets of shapes and of equal (or substantially equal) dimensions, fixed to one another along three edges, namely:

An upper sheet 7, preferably consisting of a flexible polymer waterproof film (or any other suitable waterproof material), A lower sheet 8, consisting of a nonwoven fabric. According to a preferred embodiment, the film 7 is preferably made of a multilayer plastic film comprising a water barrier layer sealing the compartment in which is housed the buffer 5, lined with a layer superficial heat-sealable. According to a preferred embodiment, the film 7 comprises a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) core film forming the barrier layer and conferring on the film 7 a certain flexibility, sandwiched between two polyethylene (PE) films ensuring the weldability of the film 7 on (and regardless of the orientation of the film 7 during its assembly) the cover 6 and the sheet 8. According to a second embodiment, the film 7 comprises a central film of ethylene-vinyl alcohol polymer (EVOH ), forming the barrier layer and giving the film 7 a certain flexibility, sandwiched between two PE films ensuring the weldability of the film 7 on (and regardless of the orientation of the film 7 during its mounting) the operculum 6 and sheet 8.

As for the non-woven of the lower sheet 8, it is a non-woven polyester, coated, on an upper face 9 facing the upper sheet 7, a layer of PE to allow fixing by heat sealing In fact, if the PE / PE heat-sealing is easy, the PE / polyester heat-sealing is difficult or impossible with the aid of ordinary technological means. Welding on PE also makes it possible to produce a sealed weld while retaining the flexibility characteristics of PET, unlike a high-frequency or high-frequency welding type.

The rear edge 10 is referred to as the straight edge, on which the sheets 7, 8 are not fixed, the front edge 1 1 being the opposite edge, and the side edges 1 2, 13 the parallel edges which connect the edges 1 0 and 1 1. The direction parallel to the lateral edges 1 2, 1 3 is called a longitudinal direction, and the direction transverse to the direction parallel to the front edges 1 1 and rear 1 0.

The nonwoven of the lower sheet 8 is preferably biaxially oriented fibers, predominantly in the longitudinal direction, so as to have a certain transverse extensibility allowing the hand to be placed in the glove 2, and a certain length of rigidity. it gives it to the glove 2 sufficient mechanical force when applying the Polish. The density of the fibers will be chosen sufficient to give the product good sealing characteristics.

As it appears in the drawings, and in particular in FIGS. 1 and 2, the lower sheet 8 is provided on its rear edge with a V-shaped cutout 14 intended to facilitate the spacing of the sheets 7, 8, when threading. the fingers in the glove 2.

The waxing pad 5, preferably made of a nonwoven nonwoven (for example of polyester), is fixed around its periphery, or all or part of a lower face 15, on an upper face 16 of the film 7, opposite to the lower sheet 8 nonwoven.

This attachment can be made by gluing, by ultrasonic or high frequency welding, or by heat sealing. In the latter case, the underside of the nonwoven is coated with a layer of PE, and the impregnation of the pad 5 is performed after the heat-sealing thereof on the film 7.

As can be seen clearly in FIG. 2, the waxing pad 5 has a thick arrow shape, and comprises two rectilinear lateral edges 17, 18, and two broken transverse edges 19, 20, whose tips are directed. to the rear edge 10 of the glove 2. This form makes it possible to achieve a precision polish. The acute angles 21,22 of the buffer 5 at the front edge 11 may impregnate shoe areas of the shoe difficult to access usually, such as the junction of the rod and the sole.

The lid 6 is fixed to the film 7 by sealing, along a bead 23 surrounding the wax pad 5 closest to it. The lid 6 has, on the side of the rear edge 10 of the glove 2, a doubly indented shape laterally, so as to facilitate the grasping of the lid 6 during its peeling (Figure 4). Alternatively, the lid 6 may be made locally adhesive, or formed of a film / adhesive complex leaving on each side of the lid 6 an adhesive side holding strip.

The lid 6 is preferably made of a multilayer plastic film comprising a water barrier layer sealing the compartment in which is housed the buffer 5, lined with a heat-sealable surface layer. According to a mode of preferred embodiment, the lid 6 is formed of a complex comprising a PET film forming the barrier layer and conferring on the lid 6 a certain flexibility, and a PE film ensuring the weldability of the lid 6 on the top sheet 7 (and whatever the orientation of the lid 6 during its assembly). According to a second embodiment, the lid 6 comprises a central film of ethylene-vinyl alcohol polymer (EVOH), forming the barrier layer and conferring on the lid 6 a certain flexibility, sandwiched between two PE films ensuring the weldability of the cap 6 on the top sheet 7 (and whatever the orientation of the cap 6 during its assembly).

The shining flap 3, also shaped as a glove, of rectangular profile rounded at the corners, comprises two sheets 24,25 of nonwoven fabric. The sheets 24, 25 of shapes and dimensions that are equal (or substantially equal) are fixed to each other along three edges: a front edge 26 and two lateral edges 27, 28, a rear edge 29 remaining free of fixation.

The sheets 24, 25 are preferably made of a polyester nonwoven, which has the advantage of being supple, pleasant to the touch and hydrophobic, which avoids excessive absorption of the aqueous component of the shoe polish when polishing operation. The nonwoven is preferably bi-oriented fibers, with a predominance in the longitudinal direction, so as to have a certain transverse extensibility for putting the hand into the glove 3 formed by the meeting of the sheets 24,25, and a certain longitudinal rigidity giving the glove 3 sufficient mechanical strength during polishing. The density of the fibers will be chosen to give the product sealing characteristics.

In order to ensure their weldability, the 24.25 sheets of nonwoven polyester are coated on each side with a layer of a heat-sealable polymer, such as PE. This heat-sealable layer not only allows the mutual welding of the sheets 24,25, but also the attachment of the glove 3 of polishing on the glove 2 of waxing by heat-sealing. The PE weld also makes it possible to produce a sealed weld while retaining the flexibility characteristics of the PET, unlike a welding type ultrasonic or high frequency.

The fixing of the glove 3 of the polishing glove 2 is carried out along a single lateral edge, which is delimited in FIG. 2 by the dashed lines on the left lateral edge 12 of the glove 2 of waxing and on the right side edge 27 of the glove 3 polishing. Thus, the device 1 is configured as a wallet.

More specifically, the heat-sealing is carried out between one of the sheets 24 of the glossing glove 3, and the film 7 of the waxing glove 2, their respective materials (in this case the PE) being compatible with the heat-sealing. As can be seen in FIG. 2, one of the sheets of the glove-glove 2 (for example, the sheet 24 heat-sealed on the glove 2 of waxing) is provided on its free edge 29 with a cut-out 30 with a profile. V intended to facilitate the spacing of the sheets 24,25 when threading the fingers in the glove 3 of polishing.

The manufacture of the waxing and polishing device 1 is illustrated in FIG. 3, on which the components, to the right, of the shoe polishing glove 2, and to the right of the glove 3, are exploded.

To manufacture the glove 2 of waxing, it is first fixed on the upper sheet 7 of polymer film (in this case PE / PET / PE), by gluing or heat sealing, the waxing pad 5. The pad 5 is then impregnated. Then the lid 6 is applied to the pad 5 impregnated with waxing. We then proceed to the heat sealing of the cover 6 on the film 7, along the edges 17,18,19,20 of the buffer 5 to achieve the weld bead 23. Given the width of the cover 6 less than that of the film 7, the lateral edges of the cover 6 are slightly spaced from those of the film 7 inwardly, which leaves free a strip 31 of film along the lateral edge 12, this strip 31 being intended to allow the fixing the glove 3 by soldering. Then the lower layer 8 of the nonwoven and the upper layer 7 are superimposed, and they are fixed by heat-sealing along the front edge 11 and the lateral edges 12, 13, leaving the rear edge 10 free of welding to form the glove. 2 of polish.

In order to manufacture the glove 3 for polishing, the sheets 24, 25 are superposed in nonwovens. Then they are fixed by heat sealing along the edge front 26 and side edges 27,28, leaving the rear edge 29 free of welding to form the glove 3 polishing.

The glove 3 is then fixed to glove 2 of shoe polish. To do this, it comes to apply the glove 3 polishing glove 2 polishing, the side of the lid 6 (that is to say, the side of the wax pad 5). The glove glove 2 is then fixed on the glove 3 of waxing along a single lateral edge 12, 27, by heat-sealing. The welding takes place either on the free band 31 of the film 7, or on a free band 32 of the nonwoven 8 (in the case where the nonwoven 8 is wider than the film 7), on the side of its face superior 9.

The device 1 thus formed can then be packaged in a plastic bag, paper or any packaging device, for sale.

The use of the device 1 is illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5.

In Figure 4 is illustrated the use of the glove 2 waxing, after one has separated therefrom glove 3 polishing.

Several fingers of one hand are introduced into the glove 2 of waxing, by orienting the operculum 6 on the palm side. The peelable lid 6 is then removed by pulling on the indented free portion thereof, on the side of the rear edge 10 (FIG. 4). After removing the cap 6, we can apply the shoe polish on the shoe, rubbing the pad 5 thereon. Once this operation is completed, the glove 2 can be thrown away or put aside.

Once the polish has been applied, the polishing operation is carried out, illustrated in FIG. 5. Several fingers of one hand are inserted into the glove-glove 3, and the waxed shoe is rubbed to make it shine. Once this operation is completed, it is possible to directly discard the glove 3 of polishing, or to use it as a reservoir for glove 2 for polishing, in order to avoid the dispersion of the unwanted polish. It is also possible to use the polishing glove 3 as a protector of the hand holding the shoe during the polishing operation.

It can be seen that the use of the device 1 is simple. The detachment of the glove glove 3 and the wax glove 2 is facilitated by the configuration of the device 1 in the wallet. In order to make this detachment even easier, it is possible to provide a pre-cut on the fastening edge 27 of the shining glove 3 and / or on the fastening edge 1 2 of the wax glove 2.

In addition, in order to make the use of the device more comfortable, the film 7 can be coated on the inner side of the glove 2 with a nonwoven inner layer. Similarly, the yarn 7 may be coated with an outer layer of nonwoven on the opposite side, around the periphery of the polishing pad. It will be necessary to ensure, then, that this outer layer of non-woven material around the polishing cloth sufficient space to allow the welding or gluing of the lid on the film 7.

In order to complete the polishing pad 5, it is also possible to provide, bonded or welded to the film 7, on the outer side, a secondary pad 33 made of non-woven, preferably non-impregnated, which increases the comfort of use. Glove 2 of waxing covering the extremity of the middle finger of the ma in. This pad 33 can be of any shape, in particular rectangular, triangular, or a combination of these two forms, as illustrated in FIG. 2. It is positioned between the front edge 20 of the polishing pad 5 and the edge 1 1 front of the glove 2 of waxing, outside the weld 21. Even if it is not impregnated, it can be used to spread the polish deposited by the pad 5, particularly in certain areas of the accesses on the shoe to wax.

In addition, the structure of the device 1 is not limited to a single glove 2 of ci rage and a single glove 3 polishing. As a variant, the device 1 could comprise a number of gloves (of waxing and / or polishing) greater than or equal to two, so that the single device 1, presented in a single package, makes it possible to produce several successive polishes. .

It should be noted that the device 1 is not limited to the application of polishing. Indeed, the first component 2 could provide other functions than polishing, be impregnated with other products (for example cosmetics), or even accommodate one or more objects.

Similarly, the second component 3 of the device 1 could provide other functions than polishing; it could even be impregnated and accommodate one or more objects, depending on the intended applications. In addition, the device 1 comprising a number of gloves greater than two could allow the successive application of different products and perform different functions.

Claims

A waxing and polishing device (1) comprising at least two mutually detachably secured parts, namely:

- a part (2) of wax comprising a support (4) on which is fixed a pad (5) impregnated with waxing covered with a seal (6) peelable,

- a portion (3) polishing, shaped glove and provided with at least one sheet (24,25) of polishing,

this device being characterized in that it is configured as a wallet, the part (2) of polish and the part (3) of polishing being fixed to each other by a single side edge (12,27).

2. Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the fixing of the portion (3) of polishing on the part (2) of waxing is performed by heat sealing.

3. Device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the portion (3) of polish is fixed on the part (2) of waxing side of the lid (6).

4. Device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the carrier (4) of the portion (2) of waxing comprises a sheet (8) made of a nonwoven fabric.

5. Device (1) according to claim 4, characterized in that the nonwoven is based on polyester.

6. Device (1) according to claim 5, characterized in that the nonwoven is bi-oriented fibers.

7. Device (1) according to one of claims 4 to 6, characterized in that the support (4) of the portion (2) of waxing comprises a sheet (7) made of a thermally weldable polymer material.

8. Device (1) according to claim 7, characterized in that the nonwoven is coated with a layer of a thermally weldable polymer.

9. Device (1) according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that said polymer is a polyethylene.

10. Device (1) according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the portion (2) of lustrage comprises two sheets (24,25) of nonwoven fabric, joined on three edges (26,27, 28).

1 1. Device (1) for applying at least one product, comprising at least two mutually detachably secured parts, namely:

- a first portion (2) shaped like a glove and comprising a support (4) on which is fixed a buffer (5) impregnated with the product,

a second part (3), shaped like a glove,

characterized in that the device is in the form of a wallet, the first part (2) and the second part (3) being fixed to one another by a single lateral edge (12, 27).