MXPA00004831A - Device for storing and applying cosmetic products, especially for lipsticks - Google Patents

Abstract

An applicator element 30 forms an angle with a rod 19. This element 30 has an elastically deformable body and/or a core which is elastically deformed so as to allow the element to pass a wiper member 17 when removing the applicator 12 from a container 11. The deformation degree of the wiper member 17 when the element 30 passes the inside of the wiper member is substantially smaller than the deformation degree of the element 30.

Description

DEVICE FOR CONDITIONING AND APPLYING A COSMETIC PRODUCT, PARTICULARLY FOR MAKE-UP OF LIPS DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a device for packaging and applying a cosmetic product comprising a container for containing the product, a Applicator comprising a rod provided at one end of an application element and a drying member for drying the application element when the applicator is removed from the container. Numerous conditioning and application devices of this type are known. In order to facilitate the application of the cosmetic product, certain applicators comprise an application element that forms an angle with the axis of the rod. Thus, it has been proposed in the North American patent No. 4,165,755 a mask conditioning and application device in which the applicator rod comprises, at its distal end, an articulated part to which the application element is clamped. During use, the applicator is partially removed from the container until the joint of the rod is released from the neck of the container. ref; 120239 Next, when the application element is still engaged in the neck, the rod is tilted in order to tilt the application element and position it in the desired configuration. Such an applicator is of relatively complex manufacture. Curved application elements are still known for the application of makeup on the eyelashes. It has been found that such application elements nc are always completely satisfactory and that a quantity of product considered to be very important in the concavity of the application element sometimes persists. Finally, there is a desire to have an applicator that allows applying a makeup product, in particular on the lips, cor. a different intensity in Z '. .c cr. The result is sought. The present invention seeks to propose a new conditioning and application device that is relatively simple, ergonomic construction and allows to make a careful makeup. The device for conditioning and application of the invention is of the type comprising a container containing the product to be applied, an applicator comprising ur. scion provided, in a former condition, ae ur. application element and a drying member for drying the rod and the application element when the applicator is removed from the container and characterized by the fact that the application element forms an angle with the rod and comprises a body and / or an center or web capable of elastically deforming to pass through the drying member during the retraction of the applicator, the drying member deforms substantially less than the application element during the passage of the drying member by the application element. Thanks to the invention, the application element can be made with an ergonomic configuration that facilitates the operation of make-up without having the desire, as for example is the case in the aforementioned US Patent No. 4,165,755, of providing a joint in the rod in order to allow the application element to pass through the drying member. In other words, the application element can have the same configuration in storage position in the container and during use and can easily traverse the drying member during the retraction of the applicator. The retraction of the applicator can be effected on the axis of the container, but the application element elastically deforms to pass through the drying member.

Thanks to the invention, it is possible to make an application element that has a shape perfectly suited to the nature of the make-up to be made. In addition, the application element rests against the drying element, due to the angle formed with the rod, more strongly to a site at least that drags a non-homogeneous distribution of the product on its surface. It is possible to take advantage of this inhomogeneous distribution of the product on the surface of the application element to constitute one or several reservoirs of the product that make it possible to facilitate the makeup operation. Thus, the application element can be dried with one side more strongly loaded with product than the other. The user can use the most loaded side of product to draw the contour of the lips for example and use the other side, more strongly dried and less loaded product, for application on larger surfaces with a lower makeup intensity . The user can still apply the product on one of the lips with a different intensity in relation to the other lip. Finally, the non-homogeneous drying of the application element can be advantageously applied to the benefit of remedying the flaws of the curved applicators, in particular of masks, by reducing the amount of product left in the concavity of the application element. The application element may comprise a conical or flattened end portion. When the end part is flattened, it may comprise one or two main convex faces towards the outside. In a particular embodiment, the end part can be flattened perpendicular to the plane containing the axis of the rod and that of the application element. The end part may comprise convex side edges towards the outside. The end part can still be flattened parallel to the plane containing the axis of the rod and the element of application. The application element may comprise one or more gaps. The application element may comprise a flocculation on its surface. The body of the application element can be made of an elastomeric material. The application element can have a symmetrical shape in relation to a plane of symmetry that contains the axis of the rod.The application element can still have a non-symmetrical shape of revolution about the axis of the rod. The application element can be constituted by a mask brush or brush in which the core or center (or core) is elastically deformable. The center or core may be surrounded by a coating such as a flocculate, a foam, a fabric or a nonwoven, where the flexibility is different from that of the material constituting the center, this coating is preferably softer than the center . The application element can still comprise an elastically deformable body and serve for the application of product on the lips. The drying member is preferably substantially non-deformable and in a particular embodiment is made of a rigid or semi-rigid plastic material. In a particular embodiment, the application element is arranged to deform more easily in flexion than in extension. Thus, in the case, for example, where the application element forms an elbow, the application element can be easily bent during the application, which makes it comfortable to use while it is more difficult to deform in extension at the moment of passage of the organ. dried, in order to obtain a homogeneous distribution of the product on its surface. In a particular embodiment, the application element is molded of a single content with the rod. Still in a particular embodiment, the rod comprises at least one portion having a diameter smaller than the largest diameter of the application element. Still in a particular embodiment, the elasticity of the body and / or the center of the application element varies depending on the location considered the length of the application element. It is thus possible to have an application element comprising one or more areas more or less strongly dried after passage through the drying member. In a particular embodiment, the tip of the application element is more flexible than an intermediate part or a part by which the rod is connected, which is favorable to the comfort of use. In a particular embodiment, the application element is constituted by a brush or brush for masks made by injection and where the center is elastically deformable.

In another particular embodiment, the application element is constituted by a comb for the application of the product in the eyelashes or the eyebrows, made of elastomer and comprising an elongated body in a non-curved shape, having a longitudinal face convex towards the outside, in which at least one arrangement of teeth is joined, the face forms an angle with the axis of the applicator rod that increases as it moves away from the rod. Advantageously, the comb comprises contoured front and rear parts to facilitate the passage of the comb through the drying member. The comb may comprise, on the side opposite the teeth, at least one groove. The comb can comprise at least one arrangement of teeth of triangular profile, when the comb is observed sideways, of bases close but not joined and on one side at least of this arrangement, another arrangement of teeth. Another object of the invention is the use of a device such as that mentioned above for the makeup of the lips, eyelashes or eyebrows, the application element is suitable for each of these uses. Other features and advantages of the present invention will arise on reading the following detailed description, non-limiting embodiment examples of the invention and examination of the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 is an exploded view in schematic axial section of a conditioning and application device according to a first application example of the invention, Figure 2 represents the device of the figure 1 when the applicator is in place in the container, Figure 3 represents the applicator of figure 1 during its retraction of the applicator, figure 4 represents the device of figure 1 during the passage of the drying member by the application element, figure 5 represents in an enlarged scale, the application element, before its initial assembly in the container, figure 6 represents on an enlarged scale the application element of figure 5, after drying, figures 7 and 8 illustrate the use of the applicator for the makeup of the lips , Figures 9 to 11 represent an application element according to a second application example of the invention, during different stages during the retraction of the container applicator, Figure 12 represents an application element according to a third example of application of the invention, Figure 13 is a side view according to arrow XIII of Figure 12, Figure 14 is a bottom view according to the f FIG. 15 is a top view according to arrow XV of FIG. 13, FIG. 16 is a schematic view of an application element according to a fourth application example of the invention, FIG. figure 17 is a side view according to arrow XVII of figure 16, figure 18 represents an application element according to a fifth application example of the invention, figure 19 represents an application element according to a sixth application example of the invention, figure 20 is a view according to arrow XX of figure 19, figure 21 represents an application element according to a seventh example of application of the invention, figure 22 is a partial view according to the date XXII of figure 21, figure 23 represents an application element according to an eighth application example of the invention, figure 24 represents an application element according to a ninth application example of the invention and FIG. 25 illustrates an array of elements emerging from a face of the application element. The conditioning and application device 10 illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 comprises a container 11 and an applicator 12. The container 11 comprises a cylindrical body 13 of axis X revolution closed at its lower end by a bottom 14 and open in its upper end for receiving a tube 15. The upper part of the tube 15 constitutes the neck 16 of the container and its lower part serves as the drying organ 17. The applicator 12 comprises a rod 19, which in this described example is rectilinear, of axis X, provided at its upper end with a fastening member 20 and at its lower end with an application element 30. The fastening member 20 comprises a skirt 21 internally threaded, so as to be fastened to the neck 16 of the container 11.

The rod 19 has, in the example described, a circular section. The drying member 17 is constituted by a symmetrical annular laoic of revolution around the X axis, in donating the inner edge of the lower end 24 defines a circular opening 25 of diameter substantially equal to the stem 19, in order to dry the latter when the heater 12 is removed from the container, as will be explained later herein. The inner surface of the annular lip 17, immediately above the hole 25, is slightly The annular shape 17 advantageously forms a measuring cone 2c aestmacc to facilitate the retroduction of the applicator to the container. The annular labyrinth 1"is made in the example aescptc ae ur rigid plastic material and is not deformed s_stanc -.alrer.te curante the retraction or the applicator.It is represented separately in figure 5 el elemente ae application 3C, comprising a body For example, in the case of a real material, for example, by means of an e-mail, the body 31 comprises a part 32 of the conical end 32 which is connected to a reusable part 32.

The part of the end 32 is joined by an intermediate part 34 cylindrical to a fixing part 35, of the X axis. The end 32 and intermediate 34 parts are coated with a flock 36, softer than the body 31, improving the retention of the product and comfort to use. The fixing parts 35 and intermediate 34 have the same outer diameter, slightly smaller than that of the rod 19. In the following, the side of the application element 30 located on the side of the concavity of the elbow formed by the axes will be designated by the inner side 37. A and X and on the outer side 38 the opposite side. When the applicator 12 is removed from the container 11 with the rod 19 substantially confused with the axis X of the container, the drying lip 17 begins to dry the rod 19, as illustrated in Figure 3. Next, the drying lip 17 dries the application element 30, which is suitable, thanks to the fact that the body 31 is made of an elastically deformable material, to be deployed to the passage of the drying lip 17, as illustrated in figure 4. During the passage of the lip of dried 17 by the application element 30, the angle alpha, not zero, formed ^ £ s ^ ¡¡Between the axis A of the part of the extremity 32 and the X axis of the container decreases. The alpha angle can be greater than 25 degrees, 35 degrees, approximately 45 degrees. On the other hand, it is understood that the application element 30, which tends by its own elasticity to resume its initial configuration, is applied more strongly to the drying lattice 17 on the inner side 37 than on the outer side 38. As a result, the application element 30 is dried more strongly on the inner side 37 than on the opposite side and thus a larger thickness of product P remains on the outer side 38 once the applicator is completely removed or the container, as illustrated in figure c. This most important product thickener on the outer side 38 can be applied er. benefit of makeup to oiou ar per e emole the contour of the yarns. As illustrated in FIG. 7 and in solid lines in FIG. 6, the applicator can be used by being moved er. the upper lacio with the outer lip 3E to the contact of the misrrtc. Deciac to the thickness to the most important product in this external laao 3E, the maauillaie is intense.

To make up the lower lip, the user can use the outer side 38 or the inner side 37, as illustrated in broken lines in figure 8. The inner side 37, due to the thickness of the less important product on its surface, provides a makeup less intense Thus, the invention allows, by choosing the inner side 37 or outer 38, to act on the intensity of the makeup. The user can thus draw the outline of the lips with the outer side 38, then cover one or the other of the lips or both when using the outer side or inner side, depending on the desired effect. The user can still make up one of the lips with the inner side 37 and the other side with the outer side 38. In the example described, by the frayed shape of the application element, the tip thereof deforms more easily than the region of the application element that forms an elbow with the rod. The application element is thus more easily deformed in flexion than in extension. A conditioning and application device 40 according to a second application example of the invention is partially shown in FIGS. 9 to 11. i, -. " ., t ,. "",, »-? * " , .., tn, -. "-« «--iim,. . ufflii.Hi m ir - "•! i rr? t? - • • 't «t f \» * - «-.

This device comprises a container 41 which is only represented partially, in which the opening is provided with a drying member 42 and an applicator 43 comprising a rod 44 provided at its distal end with an application element 45. dried 42 has an interior surface 46 slightly conical, converging towards the interior of the container and wherein the inner edge defines a circular hole 47 of diameter suitable for drying the rod 44. The application element 45 comprises a body made of an elastically deformable material , coated with a flocculate. The body of the applicator element comprises a fastening part 48 fastened to the rod 44, an intermediate part 49 of axis B that forms an angle with the axis X of the rod and a part of the extremity 50 unraveled, of axis C forming an angle b with the axis B 'of the intermediate part 49. The intermediate part 49 and end 50 give the application element 45 a curved shape with an inner side 51 concave towards the outside and towards the X axis and an outer side 52 convex towards the outside, as illustrated in figure 9.

During the retraction of the applicator of the container, the application element 45 is able to unfold to pass through the orifice 47 of the drying member 42. The intermediate part 49 deforms when approaching the X axis and the end portion 50 tends to rotate towards the outside, as illustrated by the arrows in figure 9. It will be noted in the examination of figure 10 that the edge delimiting the orifice 47 of the drying member 42 tends to scrape the outer side of the intermediate part 49 and the End portion 50 of the application element, which is thus dry in a non-homogeneous manner. As a result, as can be seen in FIG. 11, the concavity of the application element 45 does not include excess product, while a larger product thickness is left on the outer side 52 of the end portion 50. This The most important product thickness can be used to draw a contour, similar to the one described above. An application element 60 according to a third embodiment of the invention is shown in FIGS. 12 to 15. This application element 60 comprises a body 61 made of an elastically deformable material.

This body 61 comprises a fixing part 62, of axis X, intended to be fastened to the rod of the applicator and an end portion 63 of axis A which forms an angle with the axis X. The end part 63 is flattened in accordance with a plane S perpendicular to the plane defined by axes A and X and having two opposite main faces 64 and 65 convex to the outside, delimited laterally by rounded edges 66. During the passage of the drying member, the application element 60 is unfolded, that is, that the angle formed between axes A and X decreases. The application element also undergoes a lateral compression on the end part 63 because the spacing between the opposite lateral edges 66 is higher in this example than the diameter of the orifice of the drying member. In the same way as the embodiments described above, the inner side 68 is more strongly dry than the outer side 69. An application element 70 according to a fourth embodiment of the invention is shown in figures 16 and 17. This application element 70 comprises a body 71 made of an elastically deformable material.

The body 71 comprises a fixing part 72 on the applicator rod and a generally frayed end portion 74, of axis A that forms an angle with the axis X. The end portion 74 may comprise hollows 75 intended to constitute reserves or deposits of the product. The application element may comprise a flocculation 77, as illustrated in FIG. 18. An application element 80 is shown in FIGS. 19 and 20 according to a sixth exemplary embodiment of the invention. This application element 80 comprises a body 81 made of an elastically deformable material, comprising a fixing part 82 on the applicator rod and a bevelled end part 83. This end part 83 extends according to an ee A that forms a non-zero angle with the axis X of the rod, as can be seen in figure 19. An application element 90 according to FIGS. 21 and 22 is shown in accordance with FIG. With a seventh embodiment of the invention, comprising a body 91 made of an elastically deformable material, this body 91 comprises a fixing part 92 on the stem of the applicator and an end portion 93 of axis A.

^^^^ This limb portion 93 is identical to the limb portion 63 described above, except for the fact that the plane S according to which it is flattened is not perpendicular to the plane defined by axes A and X as in the embodiment example of figure 12, but confused with this plane. Partially represented in figure 23 is an applicator 100 comprising an application element 110 constituted by a mask brush or brush made by injection of plastic material in which the center or core (or core) 111 is elastically deformable, taking at rest a curved shape. The brush or brush 110 is dry at its end portion more strongly on its inner side 112 than on its outer side 113. The amount of makeup product in the concavity of the center or core 111 is thus reduced. It is represented in the figure 24 an application element 130 according to a ninth application example of the invention, made of a single elastomer content by injection molding. This application element 130 constitutes a comb for the application on the eyelashes or the eyebrows.

The comb 130 comprises a tube 133 which serves for its fixation on the free end of the applicator shaft, of axis X. The tube 133 is connected to an elongated body 134, curved around an axis perpendicular to the X axis and to a median plane of symmetry for the body 134, this median plane is parallel to the plane of figure 24. The body 134 comprises forward 131 and rear 132 shaped portions to facilitate the passage of the comb through the drying member. The body 134 has a convex longitudinal face 135 in which an array of teeth 136 is connected. The front parts 131 and rear 132 extend practically to the same height as the teeth 136. The body 134 comprises, on the side opposite the teeth 136, a longitudinal groove 137. Two consecutive teeth 136 form, when the comb is observed sideways as is the case in figure 24, a V-shaped throat. Thanks to the curved shape of the comb, the eyelashes can be easily coupled between the teeth 136. After drying, the comb 130 straightens; the product contained between the teeth 136 is ejected to the sides substantially.

The product is left in the slot 137, in order to constitute a stock of the product after application, the tabs can be provided at the contact of the edge or edge of the comb 130. The tooth arrangement 136 can be replaced by other configurations of teeth, for example that illustrated in figure 25. Three arrangements of teeth 140, 141 and 142 are shown in this figure, which, for example, are connected to the convex face 135 of the comb 130 instead of the teeth 136. The teeth 140 and 141 are of identical shapes and are arranged on both sides of the teeth 142. The latter have, when viewed from the side, a triangular profile, with unbonded bases 143. Of course, the invention is not limited to the embodiments that have been described. In particular, it is possible to modify the shape of the application element and that of the drying member without departing from the scope of the present invention. It is thus possible to make other application elements that have ergonomic shapes. The applicator rod is not necessarily rectilinear and can be curved.

In this case, it should be understood that the axis of the application element forms an angle with the axis of the portion of the rod adjacent to the application element. It is noted that, in relation to this date, the best method known by the applicant to carry out the aforementioned invention is the conventional one for the manufacture of the objects to which it relates. ^. ..,.,. «... , ^. j --_ a -.! -,? aj, --..- .-., -......... -f -. - -_- ._.,. *.-..- mam ^^ M

Claims (23)

1. CLAIMS Having described the invention as above, it is claimed as property contained in the following claims: 1. A conditioning and application device comprising a container intended to contain the product to be applied, an applicator comprising a rod provided on a limb of an application element and a drying member for drying the rod and the application element when the applicator is removed from the container, characterized in that the application element forms an angle with the rod and comprises a body and / or an elastically deformable center or core apt to deform elastically for the passage of the drying member during the retraction of the applicator, the drying member deforms substantially less than the application element during the passage of the drying member by the application element. The device according to claim 1, characterized in that the drying member is substantially non-deformable. 3. The device according to claim 2, characterized in that the drying member is made of a rigid or semi-rigid plastic material. 4. The device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application element comprises a conical end part. The device according to any of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the application element comprises a flattened end portion. The device according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the end part comprises one or two main faces convex to the outside. The device according to any of the preceding two claims, characterized in that the end part is flattened perpendicularly to a plane containing the axis of the rod and the axis of the end part. The device according to any of claims 5 and 6, characterized in that the end part is flattened parallel to a plane containing the axis of the end part and the axis of the rod. 9. The device according to any of claims 5 to 8, characterized in that -ftTf- "J ****** *** * the end part comprises convex side edges towards the outside 10. The device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application element it comprises one or more gaps 11. The device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application element comprises on its surface a flocculation 12. The device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized by the fact that the application element comprises a body made of an elastomeric material 13. The device according to any of claims 1 to 11, characterized in that the application element comprises an elastically deformable center or core. 14. The device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that The center or core is surrounded by a coating and by the fact that this coating is softer than the center or core. 15. The device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application element is provided to deform more easily in flexion than in extension. 16. The device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application element is molded of a single content with the rod. 17. The device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the rod comprises at least one portion having a smaller diameter than the largest diameter of the application element. 18. The device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the elasticity of the body and / or the center or core of the application element varies depending on the location considered the length of the application element. 19. The device according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the tip of the application element is more flexible than an intermediate part or that a part by which the rod is connected. 20. The device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application element has a symmetrical shape in relation to a plane containing the axis of the rod. ..- .. •, »- &.« ... .- .- ,, _-,., .. _U. ^ .- dil > -to 21. The device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application element has a non-symmetrical shape of revolution about the axis of the rod. 22. The device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application element is constituted by a mask brush or brush made by injection, wherein the center or core is elastically deformable. 23. The device according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application element is constituted by a comb for the application of the product on the eyelashes or eyebrows, made of elastomeric material and comprising an elongated body , curved in shape, having a convex longitudinal side towards the outside, in which at least one arrangement of teeth is joined, the face forms with the axis of the applicator rod an angle that increases as it moves away from the rod.
2. 2 . The device according to claim 23, characterized in that the comb comprises profiled front and rear parts to facilitate the passage of the comb through the drying member. 25. The device according to any of claims 23 or 24, characterized by the fact i .. i i. & ¿. that the comb body comprises, on the side opposite the teeth, at least one groove. 26. The device according to any of claims 23 to 25, characterized by the fact that 5 that the comb comprises at least one arrangement of teeth of triangular profile when the comb is observed sideways, bases close but not joined and on one side at least of this arrangement another arrangement of teeth. 27. The use of the device as defined in any one of claims 1 to 21 for lip makeup. »». *, * • * "_____________ ^