EP0441667B1 - Device for removing make-up - Google Patents

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EP0441667B1
EP0441667B1 EP91400037A EP91400037A EP0441667B1 EP 0441667 B1 EP0441667 B1 EP 0441667B1 EP 91400037 A EP91400037 A EP 91400037A EP 91400037 A EP91400037 A EP 91400037A EP 0441667 B1 EP0441667 B1 EP 0441667B1
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    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
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  • the present invention relates to a device for removing makeup.
  • the make-up removal operation is usually carried out in two steps consisting in applying two successively to the area to be removed products, namely, generally, a cleansing milk and then a lotion.
  • the present invention proposes to provide a device for remove makeup which, while using only a quantity of absorbent material comparable to that of traditional devices, allows to apply two different make-up removers successively, without the product being applied cannot reach the fingers of the user.
  • the barrier layer may also include additives comprising hydroxyl and / or carboxylic radicals allowing improve adhesion properties by lowering the melting temperature constituent substances of the barrier layer.
  • additives comprising hydroxyl and / or carboxylic radicals allowing improve adhesion properties by lowering the melting temperature constituent substances of the barrier layer.
  • EVA ethylene / vinyl acetate copolymers or derivatives acrylics such as acrylic polyesters.
  • the devices to be removed according to the invention may have any section and be for example disc-shaped like the conventional devices, for example of the order of 60mm in diameter.
  • the first makeup remover Once the first makeup remover is applied, it just turn the device over and apply in the same way on the area to be removed, the second makeup removal product, in particular a lotion placed on the opposite absorbent layer. During of this application of the second makeup remover, the latter, due to the presence of the barrier layer cannot reach the user's fingers.

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Abstract

The invention relates to a device for removing make-up, consisting of absorbent material. The absorbent material is distributed in two layers (2, 3), preferably of the same thickness, disposed on both sides of a thin stop (barrier) layer (1), which is water-repellent and/or leaktight with regard to the make-up removing product, the said layers of absorbent material and/or the said stop (barrier) layer consisting of or containing thermofusible substances and being integrated mutually by the supply of heat and under pressure.

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La présente invention est relative à un dispositif à démaquiller.The present invention relates to a device for removing makeup.

L'opération de démaquillage s'effectue habituellement en deux étapes consistant à appliquer sur la zone à démaquiller successivement deux produits, à savoir, généralement, un lait démaquillant puis une lotion.The make-up removal operation is usually carried out in two steps consisting in applying two successively to the area to be removed products, namely, generally, a cleansing milk and then a lotion.

Pour appliquer chacun de ces produits, on utilise un dispositif à démaquiller, généralement en forme de disque circulaire, constitué d'une couche de matériau absorbant, notamment du coton, ou formé par empilage de couches absorbantes de structures différentes, comme décrit par exemple dans US-A-3 674 617.To apply each of these products, a device is used. remove make-up, generally in the form of a circular disc, consisting of layer of absorbent material, in particular cotton, or formed by stacking absorbent layers of different structures, as described for example in US-A-3,674,617.

Or il s'avère, dans la pratique, que les dispositifs à démaquiller connus, par suite de la quantité de matériau absorbant utilisée, absorbent des quantités de produits démaquillants supérieures aux quantités nécessaires pour assurer un bon démaquillage. Il en résulte un gaspillage de produits démaquillants et un surcoût inutile du dispositif à démaquiller par suite de la présence d'une quantité inutilement élevée de matériau absorbant.However, it turns out, in practice, that the devices to known make-up remover, due to the amount of absorbent material used, absorb more makeup remover products than quantities necessary to ensure good makeup removal. This results in a wastage of make-up removers and an unnecessary additional cost of the device remove makeup due to the presence of an unnecessarily high amount of absorbent material.

De plus, il est nécessaire d'utiliser successivement deux dispositifs à démaquiller pour appliquer successivement les produits démaquillants tels qu'un lait et une lotion.In addition, it is necessary to successively use two make-up removing devices for successively applying the products makeup removers such as milk and lotion.

La présente invention se propose de réaliser un dispositif à démaquiller qui, tout en n'utilisant qu'une quantité de matériau absorbant comparable à celle des dispositifs traditionnels, permet d'appliquer successivement deux produits démaquillants différents et ce, sans que le produit en cours d'application ne puisse atteindre les doigts de l'utilisateur.The present invention proposes to provide a device for remove makeup which, while using only a quantity of absorbent material comparable to that of traditional devices, allows to apply two different make-up removers successively, without the product being applied cannot reach the fingers of the user.

L'invention a pour objet l'utilisation pour le démaquillage d'un dispositif à démaquiller, comportant une couche d'arrêt centrale hydrophobe et/ou étanche vis-à-vis du produit à démaquiller et de part et d'autre de laquelle adhèrent deux couches de matériau absorbant.The subject of the invention is the use for removing make-up from a make-up removing device, comprising a hydrophobic central barrier layer and / or waterproof vis-à-vis the product to be removed and on either side of which adhere two layers of absorbent material.

L'invention a encore pour objet l'utilisation pour le démaquillage d'un dispositif à démaquiller comportant deux couches de matériau absorbant, de préférence de même épaisseur, disposées de part et d'autre d'une mince couche d'arrêt hydrophobe et/ou étanche vis-à-vis du produit démaquillant, lesdites couches de matériau absorbant et/ou ladite couche d'arrêt étant constituées de ou contenant des substances thermofusibles et étant solidarisées mutuellement par apport de chaleur et sous pression. The invention also relates to the use for removing make-up from a make-up removing device comprising two layers of absorbent material, preferably of the same thickness, arranged on one side and on the other, a thin hydrophobic and / or waterproof barrier layer vis-à-vis the make-up removing product, said layers of absorbent material and / or said barrier layer consisting of or containing substances hot-melt and being joined together by heat and under pressure.

Le matériau absorbant utilisé est de préférence du coton peigné ou cardé et peut contenir, en particulier dans le cas où la couche d'arrêt ne comporte pas de substances thermofusibles, des fibres de liaison thermofusibles telles que par exemple des fibres de viscose, d'acétate, de PVC, de polyester ou de polyamide.The absorbent material used is preferably combed cotton or carded and may contain, especially in the case where the barrier layer does not contain hot-melt substances, binding fibers hot-melt such as for example viscose, acetate, PVC, polyester or polyamide.

La couche d'arrêt peut être constituée par une pellicule formée d'une ou plusieurs matières plastiques souples, telles que par exemple du polyéthylène, du polypropylène ou du polyester.The barrier layer may consist of a film formed one or more flexible plastic materials, such as for example polyethylene, polypropylene or polyester.

La couche d'arrêt peut également comprendre des additifs comprenant des radicaux hydroxyles et/ou carboxyliques permettant d'améliorer les propriétés d'adhésion en abaissant la température de fusion des substances constitutives de la couche d'arrêt. On peut en particulier utiliser des copolymères d'éthylène/acétate de vynile (EVA) ou des dérivés acryliques tels que des polyesters acryliques.The barrier layer may also include additives comprising hydroxyl and / or carboxylic radicals allowing improve adhesion properties by lowering the melting temperature constituent substances of the barrier layer. We can in particular use ethylene / vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymers or derivatives acrylics such as acrylic polyesters.

La couche d'arrêt peut également être réalisée en papier, en particulier en papier contenant des substances thermofusibles, par exemple un papier couché polymère, contenant du polyéthylène ou encore en matériau hydrophobe non tissé, par exemple à base de et/ou contenant des fibres de polypropylène.The barrier layer can also be made of paper, especially paper containing hot melt substances, for example a coated polymer paper, containing polyethylene or in material hydrophobic nonwoven, for example based on and / or containing fibers of polypropylene.

La couche d'arrêt présente avantageusement une épaisseur inférieure à 50 µm et de préférence comprise entre 8 et 25 µm.The barrier layer advantageously has a thickness less than 50 µm and preferably between 8 and 25 µm.

Ainsi l'épaisseur totale du dispositif à démaquiller réalisé selon l'invention est du même ordre que celle des dispositifs à démaquiller conventionnels.Thus the total thickness of the device to be removed made up according to the invention is of the same order as that of the devices to be removed conventional.

Les dispositifs à démaquiller selon l'invention peuvent présenter une section quelconque et être par exemple en forme de disque comme les dispositifs conventionnels, par exemple de l'ordre de 60mm de diamètre.The devices to be removed according to the invention may have any section and be for example disc-shaped like the conventional devices, for example of the order of 60mm in diameter.

Un dispositif à démaquiller selon l'invention en forme de disque est illustré sur le dessin annexé et l'on y voit une mince couche d'arrêt centrale 1 sur laquelle sont adhérisées, de part et d'autre, deux couches de matériau absorbant 2,3 en coton peigné ou cardé.A device for removing makeup according to the invention in the form of a disc is illustrated in the accompanying drawing and there is a thin stop layer central 1 on which are adhered, both on the other, two layers of absorbent material 2,3 made of combed or carded cotton.

Pour réaliser le dispositif à démaquiller selon l'invention, on fait passer, dans un mode de réalisation préféré trois nappes correspondant respectivement aux couches 1, 2 et 3 dans un courant d'air chaud, par exemple à 200 ° C, puis on lamine l'ensemble dans une calandre chauffante. On procède alors au découpage des dispositifs à démaquiller selon la forme désirée.To make the device to be removed according to the invention, we pass, in a preferred embodiment three layers corresponding respectively to layers 1, 2 and 3 in a current of hot air, for example at 200 ° C, then laminated the whole in a heating grille. We then proceed to cutting of the devices to be removed according to the desired shape.

Le dispositif à démaquiller selon l'invention est d'un maniement particulièrement simple dans la mesure où l'utilisateur peut appliquer sur l'une des faces constituées de matériau absorbant un premier produit démaquillant, par exemple un lait démaquillant et l'appliquer sur la zone à démaquiller, en tenant le dispositif par la couche absorbante opposée, qui fait alors office de couche de préhension. Compte tenu des propriétés de la couche d'arrêt, le produit démaquillant ne peut parvenir jusqu'aux doigts de l'utilisateur.The device to be removed according to the invention is of a particularly easy to use since the user can be applied to one of the faces made of absorbent material a first make-up removing product, for example a cleansing milk and apply it to the area to be removed, holding the device by the opposite absorbent layer, which then acts as a layer of gripping. Given the properties of the barrier layer, the make-up remover cannot reach the fingers of the user.

Une fois le premier produit démaquillant appliqué, il suffit de retourner le dispositif et d'appliquer de la même manière sur la zone à démaquiller le second produit démaquillant, notamment une lotion mise en place sur la couche absorbante opposée. Au cours de cette application du deuxième produit démaquillant, ce dernier, du fait de la présence de la couche d'arrêt ne peut non plus parvenir aux doigts de l'utilisateur.Once the first makeup remover is applied, it just turn the device over and apply in the same way on the area to be removed, the second makeup removal product, in particular a lotion placed on the opposite absorbent layer. During of this application of the second makeup remover, the latter, due to the presence of the barrier layer cannot reach the user's fingers.

L'invention permet ainsi de réaliser un dispositif à démaquiller double-face, simple et économique à fabriquer, et économique à l'utilisation puisque à lui seul, il permet de remplacer deux dispositifs à démaquiller traditionnels.The invention thus makes it possible to produce a device for double-sided makeup remover, simple and economical to manufacture, and economical to use since it alone allows replace two traditional make-up removing devices.

De plus, la couche d'arrêt sur laquelle sont adhérisées les couches absorbantes assure une meilleure cohésion du matériau des couches absorbantes.In addition, the barrier layer on which are adhered absorbent layers ensure better cohesion of the material absorbent layers.

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  1. Use for the removal of make-up of a device for make-up removal comprising a central stop layer which is hydrophobic and/or waterproof with regard to the make-up product to be removed, on either side of which there is stuck a layer (2,3) of absorbent material.
  2. Use for the removal of make-up of a device for make-up removal comprising two layers of absorbent material, preferably of the same thickness, disposed upon either side of a thin stop layer which is hydrophobic and/or waterproof with regard to the make-up product to be removed, the said layers of absorbent material (2,3) and/or the said stop layer (1) being formed from or containing thermofusible substances and being mutually stuck together by application of heat under pressure.
  3. Use according to claim 2, characterized in that the stop layer (1) has a thickness of less than 50µm, and preferably of between and 8 and 25µm.
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