EP0629366B1 - Applicator for hot-melt products, in particular depilatory wax, with a roller made of two materials - Google Patents
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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
- A45D26/00—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers
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- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B05—SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; APPLYING FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL
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- B05C17/00—Hand tools or apparatus using hand held tools, for applying liquids or other fluent materials to, for spreading applied liquids or other fluent materials on, or for partially removing applied liquids or other fluent materials from, surfaces
- B05C17/02—Rollers ; Hand tools comprising coating rollers or coating endless belts
- B05C17/03—Rollers ; Hand tools comprising coating rollers or coating endless belts with feed system for supplying material from an external source or with a reservoir or container for liquid or other fluent material located in or on the hand tool outside the coating roller
- B05C17/035—Rollers ; Hand tools comprising coating rollers or coating endless belts with feed system for supplying material from an external source or with a reservoir or container for liquid or other fluent material located in or on the hand tool outside the coating roller direct or indirectly to the outer surface of the coating roller
- B05C17/0357—Rollers ; Hand tools comprising coating rollers or coating endless belts with feed system for supplying material from an external source or with a reservoir or container for liquid or other fluent material located in or on the hand tool outside the coating roller direct or indirectly to the outer surface of the coating roller directly from a container attached to the hand tool, e.g. by gravity or dipping
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- the present invention relates to the field general technique of product application devices hot-melt, such as depilatory wax, ointments, creams, or even glues or varnishes, in which the product stored in solid form at room temperature, must be subjected to a heat flux to change state and pass at least in a pasty state so that it can be applied.
- product application devices hot-melt such as depilatory wax, ointments, creams, or even glues or varnishes
- the present invention relates more particularly an applicator of hot-melt products, in particular depilatory wax, comprising a casing associated with a means of gripping, a reservoir of the product to be applied in relation thermal with heating means, and at least one roller applicator disposed in the vicinity of an outlet orifice of the tank.
- hot-melt products it is advisable to understand within the meaning of the invention, all types of products likely to take at room temperature a state solid physical, even semi-solid or pasty, but likely to change state under the action of heat physical to tend towards a liquid state likely to allow its spreading in the form of thin layers.
- the invention more particularly aims to protect a depilatory wax applicator, but it's obvious that the applicator of hot-melt products conforming to the invention is in no way limited to this use specific, and that hot-melt products such as waxes or glues can be applied using the applicator according to the invention.
- the hair removal technique by applying a wax depilatory consists of melting a certain amount of wax, then apply a layer of this wax in the melt on the area to be epilated. After hardening, i.e. after cooling, the cold wax film is removed at using all appropriate means, the hairs then being extracts from the skin due to their attachment to the melted wax.
- hot wax dispensers ready to use, consisting of a heated wax tank by any means, such as a similar device to a bottle warmer.
- These devices are supplemented by a single wax distributor roller independent of the tank, that the user introduces into the wax mass in order to coat it with a mass of wax.
- These devices of great hardiness, no longer meet the needs of depilatory wax users due in particular to numerous disadvantages of use. So the temperature application of the wax is practically uncontrollable as well besides the thickness of application of the wax layer.
- These devices are also considered bulky and give rise to a long, tedious hair removal operation, often messy and also involves over-consumption of wax.
- an applicator assembly comprising a housing provided with heated housings in which are housed manual applicators intended to be implemented by the user.
- the applicators are provided with an internal reservoir of depilatory wax, and a wax applicator roller.
- Such an applicator obviously constitutes a noticeable improvement over previous devices, but it does resolve however not completely the essential problem of the control of the wax application temperature. Indeed, the heating of the wax does not intervene only discontinuously over time when the applicator is in the heated accommodation. It turns out that after a while of application the temperature of the wax decreases rapidly and is only consequence more at a favorable temperature level.
- the object of the present invention therefore aims to remedy to the disadvantages mentioned above, and to provide an applicator for hot-melt products whose design and production are particularly simplified, while allowing control and optimal control of the application temperature of the hot-melt product.
- the applicator according to the invention is simplified by the elimination of the second heating means. This simplification is obtained thanks to the features of claim 1.
- Another object of the invention is to provide an applicator for hot-melt products whose individual parts are particularly simple to make and assemble.
- Another object of the invention is to provide an applicator for easy-to-use hot-melt products when loading products and when dismantling and cleaning it.
- the hot melt applicator shown in the Figure 1 is more particularly intended for the application of depilatory wax and includes a case 1 made for example of a plastic material, said housing having a shape general elongated longitudinal axis x-x '.
- Box 1 is of any cross section and for example substantially circular, and advantageously constitutes a means of grip likely to allow the user to get away from it enter manually.
- a tank 2 made of a material which is a good conductor of the heat, and intended to ensure the storage of the product hot melt to apply.
- the reservoir 2 is made of aluminum, extends substantially over the entire part central unit 1 along the axis x-x 'and has a bottom 2a and an upper opening 2b.
- the tank 2 is provided in its central zone with a fin 3 of heat diffusion extending into the internal volume of said tank from the bottom 2a.
- Tank 2 is in thermal relationship with heating means 4, consisting for example an electrical resistance or a CTP surrounding at least partially the tank 2 or, as is shown in Figure 1, mounted integral with a wall of said tank 2.
- the heating means 4 is conventionally associated with thermal regulation means such as thermostat 5 and a fuse 6.
- thermal regulation means such as thermostat 5 and a fuse 6.
- the applicator according to the invention is provided with a control light 7 power supply visible from the outside by through a light provided through the wall of the box 1.
- the entire electrical system including electrical connections and means for locking the cord supply (not shown in the figures) is preferably mounted on a support flange 8 housed in the lower part of the housing 1, under the bottom 2a of the tank 2.
- the upper zone of the housing 1 is advantageously constituted by a head 11 for example screwed on the part top of tank 2 and overcoming said part upper as well as the upper opening 2b of the tank 2.
- the upper end 11b of the head 11 thus delimits a geometric envelope constituting the outlet orifice proper wax.
- the hot melt applicator conforming to the invention also includes an axis applicator roller 15 of longitudinal revolution y-y 'arranged in the orifice of outlet from tank 2 so as to allow the flow of liquid wax on its periphery, and between it and the internal face of the head 11.
- the applicator roller 15 is consisting of a core 16 made of a good conductive material heat, for example aluminum.
- the core 16 is advantageously cylindrical and of circular section and is provided on each of its two opposite ends constituting the lateral faces of the roller 15, of a journal 17. These the latter are produced, for example by bar turning in the mass of the core 16, the pins 17 extending along the axis y-y ', and forming the axes of rotation of the roller 15.
- the core 16 is surrounded, preferably over its entire peripheral surface by a coating of plastic material, advantageously overmolded, forming the application layer 18 wax.
- the applicator roller 15 is mounted on the head 11 and supported on the latter through pins 17 which form the means of connection with the body of the applicator.
- the roller 15 is removably mounted on the head 11 via slots 20 open at their upper end and formed in the thickness of each of the opposite faces of the head 11.
- the slots 20 are open at their upper end and thus allow the passage of the pins 17 which come then rest in the bottom of each of the slots 20. ( Figure 2a).
- the blocking means are advantageously constituted by a clip 21, generally U-shaped, fixedly mounted on long and against each slot 20, the open part of the U being in correspondence with the opening of each slot 20.
- Each clip 21 has two lateral arms extending substantially in the same direction as the slots 20, said arms forming between them a narrowing 22 in the part upper of the clip 21, so as to block each pin 17 in the bottom of each slot 20.
- the clip 21 is made of a metallic material with elasticity sufficient to allow the side arms to deform elastically when inserting or extracting pins 17 in and out of slots 20, and through the narrowing 22.
- the applicator according to the invention comprises advantageously a head cover 12 intended to be applied on the head 11 and to extend the housing 1.
- a cap of closure 13, removable is attached over the entire part upper part of the applicator.
- the roll in or out applicator 15 can obviously be obtained by direct gripping of the roller 15, but this operation is advantageously carried out using an extraction pliers 30 (Figure 3).
- the latter comprises two arms 31 substantially parallels linked together by a system opening / closing 32 advantageously constituted in the case present by an elastic half-crown 33.
- the constraint elastic exerted by the half-crown 33 is such that the arms 31 adopt a stable position as shown in Figures 3 and 6 in which the distance between each of the arms is slightly less than the length of the applicator roller.
- Each arm 31 is provided on each of these internal faces and substantially towards a end, of a gripping lug 34, each lug being arranged in opposition.
- the ends of the arms 31 opposite the lugs 34 have each a support leg 35 shaped so as to allow the clamp 30 to rest in stable equilibrium on said support feet 35 ( Figure 6).
- the gripping lugs 34 are intended to cooperate with gripping sculptures 40 ( Figure 4) made on and in the walls side of the roller 15.
- the gripping sculptures consist of circular lips forming an extra thickness compared to the surface of the side walls of the roller 15.
- the lips circular are formed in the thickness of the application layer 18.
- the gripping sculptures 40 can be made of grooves in the core 16.
- the extraction clamp 30 also comprises at least one and preferably two support pieces 36 arranged between the arms 31 and susceptible to come into contact with the application layer 18, when on the one hand the clamp extraction 30 is placed on the applicator, and on the other hand the sculptures gripping 40 cooperate with the lugs 34 ( Figure 6).
- the support pieces 36 are constituted by the ends of the elastic circular half-crown 33.
- FIGs 7 and 8 show an alternative embodiment of the invention according to which the applicator roller 15 is mounted movable on the housing 1 and relatively to the latter between a position of working and applying a film of wax in which it extends into the orifice outlet 11b from the reservoir 2 and a position for releasing said orifice for allow the reservoir 2 to be filled.
- the applicator roller 15 is integral a slide 50 mounted movable by longitudinal sliding along the axis x-x 'on the housing 1 and preferably on the head 11 forming the part upper of the housing 1.
- the slide 50 has two legs 51 extending substantially parallel, rigidly connected in opposite position by a spacer 52. Each leg is provided at its upper end axially aligned holes 53 for supporting the pins 17 of the roller applicator 15.
- the slide 50 is intended to be inserted into the body of the case 1, the legs 51 sliding against the internal faces of the head 11 ( Figure 8).
- Each leg 51 comprises in the central part a tongue of blocking 53 cut in the thickness of the jamb 51.
- the tabs 53 are terminate at their upper end with a flange 54 folded in the direction of the axis x-x ', each flange 54 being intended to come to engage, when the slide 50 is in the low working position, as shown in FIG. 8, with an inclined face 55 provided at the bottom of the head 11 to lock the position in position slide 50.
- the locking tabs 53 have sufficient elasticity to deform in the direction of the axis x-x 'and allow, by gripping the applicator roller 15, the erasure of the edges 54 out of the inclined faces 55 and sliding along arrow F1 of the slide out of the outlet orifice 11b to its high release position.
- the slide 50 is provided, towards the lower end of each leg 51, with stops external 56 capable of engaging the inclined faces 55 when the slide 50 is in the high release position to oppose its total extraction. A such an arrangement does not reduce the transmission of thermal energy to the core 16, because in the working position, the pins 17 are supported by columns 57 in the head 11.
- the applicator of hot-melt products according to the invention works as follows.
- the user first extracts the roll applicator 15 in order to clear access to reservoir 2 to ensure its loading with depilatory wax through the opening superior 2b.
- extraction can take place manually or using the pliers 30.
- the user grasps the arms 31 and the deviates slightly against the restoring force exerted by the circular half-crown 33.
- the clamp 30 is then positioning on the applicator roller 15 so that each arm 31 encloses the lateral faces of the roller applicator 15 ( Figure 4).
- Each lug 34 thus cooperates with the circular lip 40 associated therewith. By loosening pressure on the arms 31 these then come grip securely through each lug 34 the gripping sculptures 40.
- the wax After connecting the applicator to a source power supply the wax gradually becomes liquid and the user can then contact the applicator roller 15 on the surface to be depilated in order to allow the flow of wax on the application layer 18.
- the user can again, for cleaning purposes, for example, extract the roller applicator 15 using the pliers 30 according to the steps previously described.
- extraction pliers 30 avoids having to directly grasp the applicator roller 15 still coated with a certain amount of depilatory wax, and also allows to pose without risk of soiling for the medium surrounding the roller 15 by resting the clamp extraction 30 on the support legs 35.
- the invention also relates to an assembly applicator of hot-melt product comprising in combination both a hot melt applicator and a extraction pliers 30.
- the applicator assembly can have a base (not shown in the figures) for the support and storage of the applicator and the pliers.
- the base can be provided with a timer, in particular audible, allowing the user after connecting the applicator to the electrical sector, display the average time required for the wax to melt solid.
- extraction clamp 30 As a variant, it is possible not to make extraction clamp 30 as a separate element of the applicator as shown in Figure 3, but at contrary to integrating the extraction clamp 30 into a cap 45 for closing the applicator head ( Figure 5).
- the extraction clamp 30 is integral with the cap 45 and is provided on its lateral arms with pushers 46 passing through the cap 45 via openings so as to be operated by the user.
- the pushers 46 allow when one wants to extract the applicator roller to set the lugs 34 in motion allow their engagement with the gripping sculptures 40.
- the removability of the applicator roller 15 is then obtained by simultaneous extraction of the cap 45 and the roller applicator 15. Extraction of the cap 45 can be obtained without extracting the applicator roller 15, omitting activate the pushers 46.
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La présente invention se rapporte au domaine technique général des dispositifs d'application de produits thermofusibles, tels que la cire à épiler, les onguents, les crèmes, voire même les colles ou vernis, dans lesquels le produit stocké sous forme solide à température ambiante , doit être soumis à un flux thermique pour changer d'état et passer à un état au moins pâteux afin de pouvoir être appliqué.The present invention relates to the field general technique of product application devices hot-melt, such as depilatory wax, ointments, creams, or even glues or varnishes, in which the product stored in solid form at room temperature, must be subjected to a heat flux to change state and pass at least in a pasty state so that it can be applied.
La présente invention concerne plus particulièrement un applicateur de produits thermofusibles, en particulier de cire à épiler, comportant un boítier associé à un moyen de préhension, un réservoir du produit à appliquer en relation thermique avec des moyens de chauffe, et au moins un rouleau applicateur disposé au voisinage d'un orifice de sortie du réservoir.The present invention relates more particularly an applicator of hot-melt products, in particular depilatory wax, comprising a casing associated with a means of gripping, a reservoir of the product to be applied in relation thermal with heating means, and at least one roller applicator disposed in the vicinity of an outlet orifice of the tank.
Par produits thermofusibles il convient d'entendre au sens de l'invention, tous les types de produits susceptibles de prendre à température ambiante, un état physique solide, voire semi-solide ou pâteux, mais susceptibles sous l'action de la chaleur de changer d'état physique pour tendre vers un état liquide susceptible de permettre son étalement sous forme de couches minces. L'invention vise plus particulièrement à protéger un applicateur de cire à épiler, mais il est bien évident que l'applicateur de produits thermofusibles conforme à l'invention n'est nullement limité à cette utilisation spécifique, et que des produits thermofusibles tels que des cires ou des colles peuvent être appliqués à l'aide de l'applicateur conforme à l'invention.By hot-melt products it is advisable to understand within the meaning of the invention, all types of products likely to take at room temperature a state solid physical, even semi-solid or pasty, but likely to change state under the action of heat physical to tend towards a liquid state likely to allow its spreading in the form of thin layers. The invention more particularly aims to protect a depilatory wax applicator, but it's obvious that the applicator of hot-melt products conforming to the invention is in no way limited to this use specific, and that hot-melt products such as waxes or glues can be applied using the applicator according to the invention.
Quel que soit le type d'applicateur de cire à épiler considéré, la technique d'épilation par application d'une cire dépilatoire, consiste à faire fondre une certaine quantité de cire, puis à appliquer à l'état fondu une couche de cette cire sur la zone à épiler. Après durcissement, c'est-à-dire après refroidissement, la pellicule de cire froide est retirée à l'aide de tous moyens appropriés, les poils étant alors extraits de la peau en raison de leur solidarisation avec la cire fondue.Regardless of the type of depilatory wax applicator considered, the hair removal technique by applying a wax depilatory, consists of melting a certain amount of wax, then apply a layer of this wax in the melt on the area to be epilated. After hardening, i.e. after cooling, the cold wax film is removed at using all appropriate means, the hairs then being extracts from the skin due to their attachment to the melted wax.
Pour mettre en oeuvre cette technique largement répandue, on connaít déjà des distributeurs de cire chaude prêtes à l'emploi, constitués d'un réservoir de cire chauffée par un moyen quelconque, par exemple par un appareil analogue à un chauffe-biberon. Ces dispositifs sont complétés par un simple rouleau distributeur de cire indépendant du réservoir, que l'utilisateur introduit dans la masse de cire afin de l'enduire d'une masse de cire. Ces appareils, d'une grande rusticité, s'avèrent ne plus correspondre aux besoins des utilisatrices de cire à épiler en raison notamment de nombreux inconvénients d'utilisation. Ainsi la température d'application de la cire est pratiquement incontrôlable ainsi d'ailleurs que l'épaisseur d'application de la couche de cire. Ces appareils sont également considérés comme encombrants et donnent lieu à une opération d'épilation longue, fastidieuse, souvent salissante et impliquant en outre une sur-consommation de cire.To implement this technique widely widespread, we already know hot wax dispensers ready to use, consisting of a heated wax tank by any means, such as a similar device to a bottle warmer. These devices are supplemented by a single wax distributor roller independent of the tank, that the user introduces into the wax mass in order to coat it with a mass of wax. These devices, of great hardiness, no longer meet the needs of depilatory wax users due in particular to numerous disadvantages of use. So the temperature application of the wax is practically uncontrollable as well besides the thickness of application of the wax layer. These devices are also considered bulky and give rise to a long, tedious hair removal operation, often messy and also involves over-consumption of wax.
Pour améliorer les dispositifs antérieurs mentionnés précédemment, il a déjà été proposé, notamment dans la demande de brevet FR-A-2520601, un ensemble applicateur comportant un boítier pourvu de logements chauffants dans lesquels sont logés des applicateurs manuels destinés à être mis en oeuvre par l'utilisatrice. Les applicateurs sont pourvus d'un réservoir interne de cire dépilatoire, et d'un rouleau applicateur de cire. Un tel applicateur constitue bien évidemment une amélioration notable par rapport aux dispositifs antérieurs, mais il ne résout cependant pas complètement le problème essentiel de la maítrise de la température d'application de la cire. En effet, le chauffage de la cire n'intervient que de manière discontinue dans le temps lorsque l'applicateur est dans le logement chauffant. Il s'avère en conséquence qu'après un certain temps d'application la température de la cire décroít rapidement et n'est en conséquence plus à un niveau de température favorable. Ceci entraíne une difficulté croissante dans l'application, et en particulier l'apparition d'un phénomène de filage de la cire influençant négativement la qualité de l'épilation. Cet inconvénient s'accompagne d'une sur-consommation de cire et d'une application hétérogène ce qui en définitive conduit à un résultat dépilatoire non satisfaisant. Pour pallier en partie à ce problème l'utilisatrice est alors obligée de remettre fréquemment l'applicateur dans les logements chauffants, ce qui allonge de manière inconsidérée le temps consacré à l'opération d'épilation, sans pour autant garantir une meilleure maítrise de la température de la cire ni au demeurant un meilleur résultat final.To improve the previous devices mentioned previously, it has already been proposed, in particular in the request FR-A-2520601, an applicator assembly comprising a housing provided with heated housings in which are housed manual applicators intended to be implemented by the user. The applicators are provided with an internal reservoir of depilatory wax, and a wax applicator roller. Such an applicator obviously constitutes a noticeable improvement over previous devices, but it does resolve however not completely the essential problem of the control of the wax application temperature. Indeed, the heating of the wax does not intervene only discontinuously over time when the applicator is in the heated accommodation. It turns out that after a while of application the temperature of the wax decreases rapidly and is only consequence more at a favorable temperature level. This results in a increasing difficulty in application, and in particular the appearance of a wax spinning phenomenon negatively influencing the quality of hair removal. This drawback is accompanied by over-consumption of wax and heterogeneous application which ultimately leads to a non-depilatory result satisfactory. To partially alleviate this problem, the user is then obliged to frequently put the applicator back into the heated compartments, which thoughtlessly lengthens the time spent on the hair removal operation, without guaranteeing better control of the temperature of the wax or moreover a better end result.
Il a ainsi été proposé, pour remédier en partie au défaut des ensembles applicateurs séparant le réservoir chauffant de cire de l'unité d'application, de réaliser, par exemple tel que cela est décrit dans la demande de brevet EP-A-0368698 un applicateur manuel comportant dans un même boítier un réservoir de cire, une résistance de chauffe et un rouleau applicateur. Pour améliorer la facilité d'application de la cire, mais également pour tenter de maítriser au mieux la température de la cire, il est prévu en plus du premier moyen de chauffe, un second moyen de chauffe ou un moyen accumulateur de chaleur, disposé au niveau du rouleau. Un tel dispositif assure une certaine maítrise de la température d'application de la cire et réduit d'une certaine manière le risque d'apparition du phénomène de filage mentionné précédemment. La présence d'un moyen de chauffe directement dans le rouleau applicateur peut être à l'origine d'un risque de surchauffe de la cire ou de brûlure de la peau de l'utilisatrice. En outre un tel dispositif s'avère être d'une réalisation délicate dans la mesure où il nécessite le montage de deux moyens de chauffe séparés dans un boítier. En définitive la fiabilité d'un tel dispositif n'est pas assurée et son coût s'avère élevé.It has thus been proposed, to partially remedy the lack of applicator assemblies separating the wax heating tank from the unit application, to perform, for example as described in the request EP-A-0368698 a manual applicator comprising in the same housing a wax tank, a heating resistor and an applicator roller. To improve the ease of application of the wax, but also to try to control the temperature of the wax as well as possible, it is provided in addition to the first heating means, a second heating means or a storage accumulator heat, arranged at the roller. Such a device ensures a certain control of the temperature of application of the wax and reduced by a certain way the risk of occurrence of the mentioned spinning phenomenon previously. The presence of a heating means directly in the applicator roller can cause a risk of overheating the wax or burns on the user's skin. Furthermore, such a device turns out to be of a delicate realization insofar as it requires the mounting of two means separate heaters in a box. Ultimately the reliability of such a device is not insured and its cost is high.
L'objet de la présente invention vise en conséquence à remédier
aux inconvénients mentionnés précédemment, et à fournir un applicateur de
produits thermofusibles dont la conception et la réalisation sont particulièrement
simplifiées, tout en permettant une maítrise et un contrôle optimal de la
température d'application du produit thermofusible. Notamment, l'applicateur
selon l'invention est simplifié par la suppression du second moyen de chauffe.
Cette simplification est obtenue grâce aux caractéristiques de la revendication 1.The object of the present invention therefore aims to remedy
to the disadvantages mentioned above, and to provide an applicator for
hot-melt products whose design and production are particularly
simplified, while allowing control and optimal control of the
application temperature of the hot-melt product. In particular, the applicator
according to the invention is simplified by the elimination of the second heating means.
This simplification is obtained thanks to the features of
Un autre objet de l'invention vise à fournir un applicateur de produits thermofusibles dont les différentes pièces sont particulièrement simples à réaliser et à monter.Another object of the invention is to provide an applicator for hot-melt products whose individual parts are particularly simple to make and assemble.
Un autre objet de l'invention est de fournir un applicateur de produits thermofusibles d'utilisation facilitée lors de son chargement en produits thermofusibles et lors de son démontage et de son nettoyage.Another object of the invention is to provide an applicator for easy-to-use hot-melt products when loading products and when dismantling and cleaning it.
Diverses autres caractéristiques ressortiront mieux de la description faite ci-dessous en référence aux dessins annexés qui montrent, à titre d'exemples non limitatifs, des formes de réalisation de l'objet de l'invention.
- La Figure 1 montre selon une vue en coupe transversale longitudinale un applicateur de produit thermofusible conforme à l'invention.
- La Figure 2 montre selon une coupe transversale effectuée selon la ligne II-II de la Figure 1, des détails de réalisation de l'applicateur conforme à l'invention.
- La Figure 2a montre selon une vue latérale un détail de réalisation de la partie supérieure de l'applicateur conforme à l'invention.
- La Figure 3 montre selon une vue en perspective une pince d'extraction
- La Figure 4 montre selon une vue en coupe partielle d'un bras de la pince d'extraction, un détail de réalisation de la pince d'extraction.
- La Figure 5 montre selon une vue en coupe transversale partielle d'un applicateur conforme à l'invention, une seconde variante de réalisation d'une pince d'extraction.
- La Figure 6 montre une pince d'extraction en position inversée de maintien sur un support d'un rouleau applicateur.
- La figure 7 montre selon une vue en perspective un coulisseau de support d'un rouleau applicateur selon L'invention.
- La figure 8 montre le montage du coulisseau support du rouleau applicateur dans le boítier d'un applicateur selon l'invention.
- Figure 1 shows a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a hot melt applicator according to the invention.
- Figure 2 shows in a cross section taken along line II-II of Figure 1, details of embodiment of the applicator according to the invention.
- Figure 2a shows in a side view a detail of the upper part of the applicator according to the invention.
- Figure 3 shows in perspective view an extraction clamp
- Figure 4 shows a partial sectional view of an arm of the extraction clamp, a detail of the extraction clamp.
- Figure 5 shows a partial cross-sectional view of an applicator according to the invention, a second alternative embodiment of an extraction clamp.
- Figure 6 shows an extraction clamp in the inverted position for holding on a support of an applicator roller.
- Figure 7 shows in a perspective view a support slide of an applicator roller according to the invention.
- Figure 8 shows the mounting of the support roller of the applicator roller in the housing of an applicator according to the invention.
L'applicateur de produit thermofusible montré à la
Figure 1 est plus particulièrement destiné à l'application de
cire à épiler et comporte un boítier 1 réalisé par exemple en
un matériau plastique, ledit boítier présentant une forme
générale allongée d'axe longitudinal x-x'. Le boítier 1 est
de section transversale quelconque et par exemple sensiblement
circulaire, et constitue de manière avantageuse un moyen de
préhension susceptible de permettre à l'utilisatrice de s'en
saisir manuellement. A l'intérieur du boítier 1 est logé un
réservoir 2, réalisé en un matériau bon conducteur de la
chaleur, et destiné à assurer le stockage du produit
thermofusible à appliquer. Avantageusement, le réservoir 2 est
réalisé en aluminium, s'étend sensiblement sur toute la partie
centrale du boítier 1 selon l'axe x-x' et comporte un fond 2a
et une ouverture supérieure 2b. Avantageusement le réservoir
2 est pourvu dans sa zone centrale d'une ailette 3 de
diffusion de la chaleur s'étendant dans le volume interne
dudit réservoir à partir du fond 2a. Le réservoir 2 est en
relation thermique avec des moyens de chauffe 4, constitués
par exemple d'une résistance électrique ou d'une CTP entourant
au moins partiellement le réservoir 2 ou, tel que cela est
montré à la Figure 1, montée solidaire d'une paroi dudit
réservoir 2. The hot melt applicator shown in the
Figure 1 is more particularly intended for the application of
depilatory wax and includes a
Le moyen de chauffe 4 est de manière classique
associé à des moyens de régulation thermique tels qu'un
thermostat 5 et un fusible 6. Avantageusement l'applicateur
conforme à l'invention est pourvu, d'un voyant 7 de contrôle
d'alimentation électrique visible de l'extérieur par
l'intermédiaire d'une lumière ménagée à travers la paroi du
boítier 1. L'ensemble du système électrique y compris les
connexions électriques et les moyens de blocage du cordon
d'alimentation (non montrés aux figures) est de préférence
monté sur une bride support 8 logée dans la partie inférieure
du boítier 1, sous le fond 2a du réservoir 2.The heating means 4 is conventionally
associated with thermal regulation means such as
La zone supérieure du boítier 1 est avantageusement
constituée par une tête 11 par exemple vissée sur la partie
supérieure du réservoir 2 et venant surmonter ladite partie
supérieure ainsi que l'ouverture supérieure 2b du réservoir
2. L'extrémité supérieure 11b de la tête 11 délimite ainsi une
enveloppe géométrique constituant l'orifice de sortie
proprement dit de la cire.The upper zone of the
L'applicateur de produit thermofusible conforme à
l'invention comporte également un rouleau applicateur 15 d'axe
de révolution longitudinal y-y' disposé dans l'orifice de
sortie du réservoir 2 de manière à permettre l'écoulement de
la cire liquide sur sa périphérie, et entre cette dernière et
la face interne de la tête 11. Le rouleau applicateur 15 est
constitué d'un noyau 16 réalisé en un matériau bon conducteur
de chaleur, et par exemple en aluminium. Le noyau 16 est
avantageusement cylindrique et de section circulaire et est
pourvu sur chacune de ses deux extrémités opposées constituant
les faces latérales du rouleau 15, d'un tourillon 17. Ces
derniers sont réalisés, par exemple par décolletage dans la
masse même du noyau 16, les tourillons 17 s'étendant selon
l'axe y-y', et formant les axes de rotation du rouleau 15.The hot melt applicator conforming to
the invention also includes an
Le noyau 16 est entouré, de préférence sur toute sa
surface périphérique par un revêtement en matériau plastique,
avantageusement surmoulé, formant la couche d'application 18
de la cire.The
Le rouleau applicateur 15 est monté sur la tête 11
et supporté sur cette dernière par l'intermédiaire des
tourillons 17 qui forment les moyens de liaison avec le corps
de l'applicateur. De manière avantageuse le rouleau 15 est
monté de manière amovible sur la tête 11 par l'intermédiaire
de fentes 20 ouvertes à leur extrémité supérieure et ménagées
dans l'épaisseur de chacune des faces opposées de la tête 11.
Les fentes 20 sont ouvertes à leur extrémité supérieure et
permettent ainsi le passage des tourillons 17 qui viennent
alors reposer dans le fond de chacune des fentes 20. (Figure
2a).The
Le maintien en position des tourillons 17 au fond
de chaque fente 20 est assuré par l'intermédiaire d'un moyen
de blocage susceptible de s'effacer pour permettre
l'amovibilité et l'extraction du rouleau 15. A cet effet les
moyens de blocage sont avantageusement constitués par une
agrafe 21, de forme générale en U, montée de manière fixe le
long et contre chaque fente 20, la partie ouverte du U étant
en correspondance avec l'ouverture de chaque fente 20. Chaque
agrafe 21 comporte deux bras latéraux s'étendant sensiblement
selon la même direction que les fentes 20, lesdits bras
formant entre eux un rétrécissement 22 dans la partie
supérieure de l'agrafe 21, de manière à bloquer chaque
tourillon 17 dans le fond de chaque fente 20. L'agrafe 21 est
réalisée dans un matériau métallique possédant une élasticité
suffisante pour permettre aux bras latéraux de se déformer
élastiquement lors de l'insertion ou de l'extraction des
tourillons 17 dans et hors des fentes 20, et à travers le
rétrécissement 22.Maintaining the
La réalisation d'un rouleau applicateur 15 bi-matière,
et possédant un noyau 16 à base d'un matériau bon
conducteur de la chaleur permet d'éviter une trop forte
déperdition thermique de la cire lors de l'opération
d'application, par stockage d'une partie de l'énergie
thermique de la cire liquide dans le noyau 16. Les pertes
thermiques sont ainsi limitées d'autant que la conduction
thermique entre les parois du réservoir 2 et le rouleau 15 est
amélioré significativement par l'intermédiaire des ponts
thermiques que constituent les tourillons 17 lesquels outre
leur fonction de support mécanique assument donc également une
fonction de conducteur thermique. L'optimisation de la
température d'application de la cire nécessite cependant de
ne pas risquer de brûler la peau de l'utilisatrice, et en même
temps d'éviter le phénomène d'apparition du filage de la cire.
La présence de la couche d'application 18 en matériau
plastique évite les brûlures de la peau. A cette fin il
s'avère intéressant de respecter des rapports spécifiques
d'épaisseur entre l'épaisseur 'e' de la couche d'application
18 et l'épaisseur ou le rayon 'R' du noyau 16. Il s'est avéré
qu'un rapport e/R compris entre 0,3 et 0,5, et de préférence
sensiblement égal à 0,4 donnait satisfaction sur la base d'un
échantillon représentatif des différentes cires à épiler
disponibles.The production of a
L'applicateur conforme à l'invention comporte
avantageusement un cache-tête 12 destiné à venir s'appliquer
sur la tête 11 et à prolonger le boítier 1. Une coiffe de
fermeture 13, amovible est rapportée sur toute la partie
supérieure de l'applicateur.The applicator according to the invention comprises
advantageously a
La mise en place ou l'extraction du rouleau
applicateur 15 peut bien évidemment être obtenue par
préhension directe du rouleau 15, mais cette opération est
avantageusement réalisée à l'aide d'une pince d'extraction 30
(Figure 3). Cette dernière comporte deux bras 31 sensiblement
parallèles reliés entre eux par un système
d'ouverture/fermeture 32 avantageusement constitué dans le cas
présent par une demi-couronne 33 élastique. La contrainte
élastique exercé par la demi-couronne 33 est telle que les
bras 31 adoptent une position stable telle que montrée aux
Figures 3 et 6 dans laquelle la distance entre chacun des bras
est légèrement inférieure à la longueur du rouleau applicateur. Chaque bras 31
est pourvu sur chacun de ces faces internes et sensiblement vers une
extrémité, d'un ergot de préhension 34, chaque ergot étant disposé en
opposition. Les extrémités des bras 31 opposées aux ergots 34 comportent
chacune un pied d'appui 35 conformé de manière à permettre à la pince 30 de
reposer en équilibre stable sur lesdits pieds d'appui 35 (Figure 6).The roll in or out
Les ergots de préhension 34 sont destinés à coopérer avec des
sculptures de préhension 40 (Figure 4) ménagées sur et dans les parois
latérales du rouleau 15. De manière avantageuse les sculptures de préhension
sont constituées de lèvres circulaires formant sur-épaisseur par rapport à la
surface des parois latérales du rouleau 15. Avantageusement les lèvres
circulaires sont ménagées dans l'épaisseur de la couche d'application 18. A titre
de variante les sculptures de préhension 40 peuvent être constituées de
rainures ménagées dans la masse du noyau 16.The gripping lugs 34 are intended to cooperate with
gripping sculptures 40 (Figure 4) made on and in the walls
side of the
La pince d'extraction 30 comporte également au moins une et de
préférence deux pièces d'appui 36 disposées entre les bras 31 et susceptibles
de venir en contact avec la couche d'application 18, lorsque d'une part la pince
d'extraction 30 est mise en place sur l'applicateur, et d'autre part les sculptures
de préhension 40 coopèrent avec les ergots 34 (Figure 6). Dans l'exemple
montré aux figures 3 et 6 les pièces d'appui 36 sont constituées par les
extrémités de la demi-couronne circulaire élastique 33.The
Les figures 7 et 8 montrent une variante de réalisation
préférentielle de l'invention selon laquelle le rouleau applicateur 15 est monté
déplaçable sur le boítier 1 et relativement à ce dernier entre une position de
travail et d'application d'une pellicule de cire dans laquelle il s'étend dans l'orifice
de sortie 11b du réservoir 2 et une position de dégagement dudit orifice pour
permettre le remplissage du réservoir 2. Le rouleau applicateur 15 est solidaire
d'un coulisseau 50 monté déplaçable par coulissement longitudinal
selon l'axe x-x' sur le boítier 1 et de préférence sur la tête 11 formant la partie
supérieure du boítier 1. Le coulisseau 50 comporte deux jambages 51
s'étendant sensiblement parallèlement, reliés rigidement en position d'opposition
par une entretoise 52. Chaque jambage est pourvu à son extrémité supérieure
de perçages 53 axialement alignés pour le support des tourillons 17 du rouleau
applicateur 15. Le coulisseau 50 est destiné à être inséré dans le corps du
boítier 1, les jambages 51 coulissant contre les faces internes de la tête 11
(Figure 8). Chaque jambage 51 comprend en partie centrale une languette de
blocage 53 découpée dans l'épaisseur du jambage 51. Les languettes 53 se
terminent à leur extrémité supérieure par un rebord 54 replié en direction de
l'axe x-x', chaque rebord 54 étant destiné à venir engager, lorsque le coulisseau
50 est en position basse de travail, tel que montré à la figure 8, un pan incliné
55 ménagé à la partie inférieure de la tête 11 pour bloquer en position le
coulisseau 50. Les languettes de blocage 53 possèdent une élasticité suffisante
pour se déformer en direction de l'axe x-x' et permettre, par préhension du
rouleau applicateur 15, l'effacement des rebords 54 hors des pans inclinés 55 et
le coulissement selon la flèche F1 du coulisseau hors de l'orifice de sortie 11b
jusqu'à sa position haute de dégagement. Avantageusement, le coulisseau 50
est pourvu, vers l'extrémité inférieure de chaque jambage 51, de butées
externes 56 aptes à venir engager les pans inclinés 55 lorsque le coulisseau 50
est en position haute de dégagement pour s'opposer à son extraction totale. Un
tel montage ne diminue pas la transmission de l'énergie thermique au noyau 16,
car en position de travail, les tourillons 17 sont supportés par des colonnes 57
ménagées dans la tête 11.Figures 7 and 8 show an alternative embodiment
of the invention according to which the
L'applicateur de produits thermofusibles conforme à l'invention fonctionne de la manière suivante.The applicator of hot-melt products according to the invention works as follows.
L'utilisatrice procède tout d'abord à l'extraction du rouleau
applicateur 15 afin de dégager l'accès au réservoir 2 pour assurer son
chargement en cire à épiler par l'ouverture
supérieure 2b. Pour ce faire l'extraction peut avoir lieu
manuellement ou à l'aide de la pince 30. Dans ce dernier cas
l'utilisatrice saisit entre deux doigts les bras 31 et les
écarte légèrement à l'encontre de la force de rappel exercée
par la demi-couronne circulaire 33. La pince 30 est ensuite
mise en place sur le rouleau applicateur 15 de manière que
chaque bras 31 enserre les faces latérales du rouleau
applicateur 15 (Figure 4). Chaque ergot 34 coopère ainsi avec
la lèvre circulaire 40 qui lui est associée. Par relâchement
de la pression sur les bras 31 ces derniers viennent alors
enserrer solidement par l'intermédiaire de chaque ergot 34 les
sculptures de préhension 40. L'utilisatrice peut faire glisser
les tourillons 17 dans les fentes 20 et extraire le rouleau
applicateur 15 en développant une force supérieure à
l'élasticité des bras latéraux de l'agrafe 21. Après avoir
procédé au remplissage du réservoir 2 le rouleau applicateur
15 est remis en place à l'aide des mêmes opérations que celles
décrites précédemment, les pièces d'appui 36 permettant de
transmettre aux tourillons 17 la force nécessaire pour écarter
au niveau du rétrécissement 22 les bras latéraux de l'agrafe
21.The user first extracts the
Après branchement de l'applicateur sur une source
d'alimentation électrique la cire devient progressivement
liquide et l'utilisatrice peut alors mettre en contact le
rouleau applicateur 15 sur la surface à épiler en vue de
permettre l'écoulement de la cire sur la couche d'application
18. A la fin de l'application l'utilisatrice peut à nouveau,
à des fins de nettoyage par exemple, extraire le rouleau
applicateur 15 à l'aide de la pince 30 selon les étapes
décrites précédemment. La recours à la pince d'extraction 30
évite d'avoir à saisir directement le rouleau applicateur 15
encore enduit d'une certaine quantité de cire à épiler, et
permet également de poser sans risque de salissement pour le
milieu environnant le rouleau 15 en faisant reposer la pince
d'extraction 30 sur les pieds d'appui 35.After connecting the applicator to a source
power supply the wax gradually becomes
liquid and the user can then contact the
L'invention concerne également un ensemble
applicateur de produit thermofusible comportant en combinaison
à la fois un applicateur de produit thermofusible ainsi qu'une
pince d'extraction 30. En outre l'ensemble applicateur peut
comporter un socle (non représenté aux figures) pour le
support et le rangement de l'applicateur ainsi que de la
pince. Avantageusement le socle peut être pourvu d'un
minuteur, en particulier sonore, permettant à l'utilisatrice
après branchement de l'applicateur sur le secteur électrique,
d'afficher le temps moyen nécessaire pour la fonte de la cire
solide.The invention also relates to an assembly
applicator of hot-melt product comprising in combination
both a hot melt applicator and a
A titre de variante il est envisageable de ne pas
réaliser la pince d'extraction 30 en tant qu'élément séparé
de l'applicateur tel que montré à la Figure 3, mais au
contraire d'intégrer la pince d'extraction 30 dans un capuchon
45 de fermeture de la tête de l'applicateur (Figure 5). Dans
cette variante la pince d'extraction 30 est solidaire du
capuchon 45 et est pourvue sur ses bras latéraux de poussoirs
46 passant à travers le capuchon 45 par l'intermédiaire
d'ouvertures de manière à être actionnées par l'utilisatrice.
Les poussoirs 46 permettent lorsque l'on veut extraire le
rouleau applicateur de mettre en mouvement les ergots 34 pour
permettre leur engagement avec les sculptures de préhension
40. L'amovibilité du rouleau applicateur 15 est alors obtenue
par extraction simultanée du capuchon 45 et du rouleau
applicateur 15. L'extraction du capuchon 45 peut être obtenue
sans extraction du rouleau applicateur 15 en omettant de
mettre en action les poussoirs 46.As a variant, it is possible not to
make
Claims (13)
- An applicator for applying heat-fusible substances, in particular depilatory wax, said applicator comprising a housing (1) forming grasping means, a reservoir (2) for the substance to be applied, which reservoir is thermally connected to heater means (4), and a head (11) constituted by at least one applicator roller (15) disposed in the vicinity of an outlet orifice of the reservoir (2), said roller including a core (16) surrounded by an applicator layer (18) of a plastics material, said applicator being characterized in that:the reservoir (2) is made of a material that is a good conductor of heat, and is preferably made of aluminium;said core (16) is made of a material that is a good conductor of heat; andsaid core (16) is solid, and both of its ends are provided with thermal bridges providing heat conduction between the roller (15) and the reservoir (2).
- An applicator according to claim 1, characterized in that the thermal bridges are constituted by stub axles (17).
- An applicator according to claim 2, characterized in that said stub axles (17) are shaped from the mass proper of the core (16), and they form the pins on which the roller (15) rotates.
- An applicator according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the applicator layer (18) has a given thickness e and the core (16) has a radius R, the ratio e/R lying in the range 0.3 to 0.5, and preferably substantially equal to 0.4.
- An applicator according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the applicator roller (15) is removably mounted on the reservoir (2).
- An applicator according to claim 5, characterized in that the top portion of the reservoir (2) is provided with two slots (20) open at their top ends, disposed facing each other on the faces of the housing (1), and on the bottoms of which respective ones of the stub axles (17) rest, each slot (20) being associated with locking means for locking the stub axles (17) in position, said means being suitable for moving out of the way so to make the roller (15) removable.
- An applicator according to claim 6, characterized in that each locking means is constituted by a U-shaped clip (21) mounted in fixed manner against each slot (20) and in the same direction, each clip (21) having side arms forming a neck (22) between them so as to lock the stub axles (17) at the bottom of each slot (20), the side arms further being resilient enough to be deformed and to enable the stub axles (17) to pass through the necks (22).
- An applicator according to claim 6 or 7, characterized in that the slots (20) are provided in a separate head (11) forming the top portion of the reservoir (2) and defining the outlet orifice of the reservoir (2).
- An applicator according to any one of claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the applicator roller (15) is mounted on the housing (1) to be displaceable between a working position in the outlet orifice (11b) of the reservoir (2), and a disengagement position in which said orifice is unobstructed to enable said reservoir (2) to be filled.
- An applicator according to claim 9, characterized in that the applicator roller (15) is secured to a slider (50) mounted to be displaceable by sliding longitudinally on the housing (1), and preferably on the top portion of the reservoir (2).
- An applicator according to any one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the applicator roller (15) is provided with grasping latches (40) on both of its ends, enabling it to be removable.
- An applicator according to claim 11, characterized in that the grasping latches (40) are constituted by circular lips forming surplus thicknesses on the ends of the roller (15).
- An applicator according to claim 12, characterized in that the circular lips are provided in the thickness e of the applicator layer (18).
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