EP0923894B1 - Packaging unit for mascara - Google Patents

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EP0923894B1
EP0923894B1 EP99105598A EP99105598A EP0923894B1 EP 0923894 B1 EP0923894 B1 EP 0923894B1 EP 99105598 A EP99105598 A EP 99105598A EP 99105598 A EP99105598 A EP 99105598A EP 0923894 B1 EP0923894 B1 EP 0923894B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B9/00—Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body
    • A46B9/02—Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups
    • A46B9/021—Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups arranged like in cosmetics brushes, e.g. mascara, nail polish, eye shadow
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D40/00—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks
    • A45D40/26—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball
    • A45D40/262—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball using a brush or the like
    • A45D40/265—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball using a brush or the like connected to the cap of the container
    • A45D40/267—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball using a brush or the like connected to the cap of the container comprising a wiper
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S206/00—Special receptacle or package
    • Y10S206/823—Cosmetic, toilet, powder puff

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  • the invention relates to a packaging unit for product, liquid to pasty, in particular for mascara, comprising an applicator and a reservoir fitted with at least one wringer.
  • the applicator comprises a handle supporting at least a tuft of hairs, these hairs being of particular shape and length and suitable to load mascara onto keratin fibers, and in particular eyelashes.
  • mascara generally comprising a rigid tubular body open at one end, containing the makeup product, and an applicator capable of being housed in this body and provided with a rod ending in a brush.
  • a wringer housed in the body wrings out the brush and / or rod when removing the body applicator.
  • the wringer When the makeup product is fluid, the wringer has a portion tightened to scrape the rod and the brush. This avoids leave on the stem of the product likely, when using the brush, to come flow onto the cap of the applicator and therefore soil the thread of the latter, intended for fixing the plug to the body. This tight part contributes to increase the intensity of the suction noise emitted.
  • mascara from the stem scraping accumulates on the periphery of the constricted part of the wringer and forms a heap which is projected, by effect Venturi, on the tip of the brush when the air suddenly enters the body rigid. This projection of mascara at the end of the brush constitutes of course discomfort to the user and loss of product.
  • the present invention aims to meet these needs.
  • the object of the invention is therefore a new packaging unit for product, liquid to pasty, in particular for mascara, comprising a reservoir for product provided with a wringer, an applicator provided with a flat handle and a part hairy formed of hairs, this applicator being able to close this reservoir, the shape of the wringer being complementary to the shape of the hairy part, the wringer being arranged to wring the hairs along their longitudinal axis, the reservoir being made of a flexible material so as to be able to modify the spin of the applicator in response to pressure exerted on the walls of the reservoir at the wringer level.
  • the hairs, or hairy part comprise at least one tuft of bristles implanted parallel to the plane of the handle of the applicator, the width of the free end of the tuft of hairs, measured in a first direction parallel to this plane, being at least equal to a quarter of an arc of eyelashes, the hairs being able to load the product onto keratin fibers along an axis, longitudinal preference, of the latter.
  • the product intended to be applied by the applicator according to the invention can be any liquid to pasty product, such as fluids comprising pigments and / or fillers, and in particular hair dye or mascara.
  • Fibers keratin may be in particular the eyelashes, the eyebrows, the hair, the fur.
  • the wringer is adapted to the shape of the hairy part so as to scrape the hairs parallel to their longitudinal axis when extracting the applicator, thus avoiding shearing of the formula.
  • the wringer can be fixed in the tank. This particular configuration also makes it possible to avoid the suction noise when removing the applicator.
  • the whole includes means for creating a vacuum inside the tank during withdrawal of the applicator, in order to load the hairs with product, in particular mascara.
  • the wiper and / or the handle may include reliefs.
  • the wiper can also be in the form of a foam comprising a slot.
  • the reservoir may include a flexible pocket containing the mascara.
  • the wiper can be molded with the head of this flexible pocket. This ensures a better load of the hairs in mascara: Indeed, the withdrawal of the applicator causes, inside the flexible pouch, a depression which presses the walls of this pocket onto the bristles of the applicator and therefore loads them with mascara.
  • This applicator has the advantage of being washable.
  • all of packaging according to the invention referenced 1 as a whole comprises essentially an applicator 3 and a mascara reservoir 5 6.
  • Applicator 3 is fitted with a flat handle 7 and an extra-flat hairy part 9 directly attached to this handle, parallel to the plane of the latter.
  • the hairy part 9 is made up several tufts 12 of bristles aligned, the bristles 11 may be of lengths, of different shapes, diameters, sections and types, depending on the load, small or large, which one wishes to bring to the keratin fibers. So the load adjustment is done at the bristles depending on configuration and nature hairs. These hairs have a diameter generally ranging from 0.02 to 1.5 mm.
  • the hairy part 9 has an effective overall length to ensure optimal fiber loading keratin, and in particular the eyelashes. In particular, this length goes from 4 to 60 mm, preferably from 5 to 40 mm.
  • the handle 7 is mounted on a cover 15 which acts as a cover and which is able to be slammed (groove 2-bead 4) on the reservoir 5.
  • This reservoir 5 comprises a neck 17, the internal wall 29 of which is provided with a wringer 19, one of which end 22, located opposite the cover 15, is fixed to this neck 17. In a another embodiment of the invention, this end 22 can bear on the neck 17 of the reservoir 5.
  • the handle 7 comprises, at the end 22 of the wringer, a sealing system. This can be a seal 21, like represented in this figure, or a washer which rests on a collar.
  • the wiper 19 comprises, opposite its fixed end 22, a free end 24 in which an oblong-shaped opening 8 is formed or in the form of a flattened ellipse, the largest dimension of which is oriented according to the first direction defined above, so as to smooth the hairs along their axis when removing the applicator and in order to adjust the filling of product in the gaps between the hairs.
  • the wiper may have, at its end 24, another sealing system that can be used alone or in conjunction with the system seal 21 of the handle. It can also include reliefs 31 on its internal wall 23 in order to create a depression in the tank when removing the applicator.
  • the particular configuration of the hairy part and the wringer prevents the unpleasant suction noise and product projection, observed on known packaging.
  • the wringer can be made of rigid or semi-rigid material, this material preferably being chosen from elastomers or thermoplastic materials.
  • the packaging assembly is closed and the opening 8 of the wiper is located opposite the fixed end 26 of the hairy part. It is possible to position this opening 8 opposite the handle 7, as shown in figure 4. Part of handle 7 dives then in the tank 5.
  • the wringer must be shaped according to the shape of the handle to ensure, when removing the applicator, the wringing of the handle and of the hairy part 9, always in the longitudinal direction of the hairs 11.
  • the hairy part has in this case a thickness substantially equal to that of the handle.
  • FIG. 2 is shown in section in more detail the wiper 19 provided of its oblong opening 8, suitable for the applicator conforming to the invention.
  • a wringer can be used to obtain a load of mascara important.
  • the wiper can be provided with reliefs on its opening 8. In particular, it can be provided with serrations 30a, as shown in FIG. 3a. In an other embodiment of the invention shown in Figure 3b, the wiper can be flocked. Its internal wall is then provided with small particles 30b due to flocking. Such wringers are used to obtain a light load of the hairs and therefore keratin fibers.
  • the mascara can be contained in a flexible pocket 20, represented in FIG. 4, and comprising an opening 25.
  • the opening 25 has a section equal to the internal section of the neck 17 of the reservoir, the edge of this opening 25 being taken between the internal wall 29 of the neck 17 and the end 22 of the wiper 19.
  • the end 24 of the wiper 19 is located inside the internal flexible pocket 20.
  • the dotted lines represent the position of the flexible pouch 20 when the applicator has started to be withdrawn.
  • the walls 10 of the flexible bag as a result of a vacuum, are then sucked and stick along the hairy part 9: it is therefore loaded with mascara, the latter being spread over the hairy part 9 by the internal walls 10 of the pocket flexible 20.
  • This flexible pocket also prevents, when removing the applicator, the accumulation of product in the vicinity of the wiper due to the effect of piston observed on known packaging assemblies. It prevents thus the fouling of the wringer.
  • the assembly of packaging object of the invention can be achieved only in materials organic, and in particular only plastics, and therefore be fully recyclable.

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L'invention concerne un ensemble de conditionnement pour produit, liquide à pâteux, en particulier pour mascara, comportant un applicateur et un réservoir muni d'au moins un essoreur.The invention relates to a packaging unit for product, liquid to pasty, in particular for mascara, comprising an applicator and a reservoir fitted with at least one wringer.

De façon plus précise, l'applicateur comporte un manche supportant au moins une touffe de poils, ces poils étant de forme et de longueur particulières et aptes à charger du mascara sur des fibres kératiniques, et en particulier des cils.More specifically, the applicator comprises a handle supporting at least a tuft of hairs, these hairs being of particular shape and length and suitable to load mascara onto keratin fibers, and in particular eyelashes.

Il a été proposé de nombreux dispositifs d'application et de conditionnement de mascara comportant en général un corps rigide tubulaire ouvert à une extrémité, contenant le produit de maquillage, et un applicateur apte à être logé dans ce corps et muni d'une tige se terminant par une brosse. Un essoreur logé dans le corps assure l'essorage de la brosse et/ou de la tige lorsque l'on retire l'applicateur du corps.Numerous application and conditioning devices have been proposed. mascara generally comprising a rigid tubular body open at one end, containing the makeup product, and an applicator capable of being housed in this body and provided with a rod ending in a brush. A wringer housed in the body wrings out the brush and / or rod when removing the body applicator.

Cependant, un des inconvénients rencontré lors de l'utilisation des dispositifs d'application et de conditionnement connus est que l'applicateur se comporte comme un piston lors de son déplacement dans le corps rigide, entraínant ainsi l'émission d'un bruit désagréable de succion, par retour brutal de l'intérieur du corps à la pression atmosphérique.However, one of the drawbacks encountered when using the devices known application and packaging is that the applicator behaves like a piston during its movement in the rigid body, thus causing the emission of an unpleasant suction noise, by sudden return from inside the body at atmospheric pressure.

Lorsque le produit de maquillage est fluide, l'essoreur comporte une partie resserrée pour effectuer le raclage de la tige et de la brosse. On évite ainsi de laisser sur la tige du produit susceptible, lors de l'utilisation de la brosse, de venir couler sur le bouchon de l'applicateur et donc de souiller le filetage de celui-ci, destiné à la fixation du bouchon sur le corps. Cette partie resserrée contribue à augmenter l'intensité du bruit de succion émis. En outre, lorsque l'applicateur est retiré, du mascara provenant du raclage de la tige s'accumule à la périphérie de la partie resserrée de l'essoreur et forme un amas qui est projeté, par effet Venturi, sur le bout de la brosse lorsque l'air rentre brutalement dans le corps rigide. Cette projection de mascara en bout de la brosse constitue bien entendu une gêne pour l'utilisateur et une perte de produit.When the makeup product is fluid, the wringer has a portion tightened to scrape the rod and the brush. This avoids leave on the stem of the product likely, when using the brush, to come flow onto the cap of the applicator and therefore soil the thread of the latter, intended for fixing the plug to the body. This tight part contributes to increase the intensity of the suction noise emitted. In addition, when the applicator is removed, mascara from the stem scraping accumulates on the periphery of the constricted part of the wringer and forms a heap which is projected, by effect Venturi, on the tip of the brush when the air suddenly enters the body rigid. This projection of mascara at the end of the brush constitutes of course discomfort to the user and loss of product.

Un autre inconvénient présenté par les dispositifs d'application et de conditionnement connus est le cisaillement de la formule du mascara lors de l'essorage de la brosse de la façon décrite ci-dessus. En effet, sur de tels dispositifs, l'essorage, en se faisant perpendiculairement aux poils de la brosse, casse la formule du mascara : cette dernière est sujette à une variation de viscosité, elle peut former des grumeaux entraínant un mauvais lissage des cils. C'est en particulier le cas pour les mascara à forte charge pigmentaire. L'existence de ce phénomène nécessite d'utiliser des compositions insensibles au cisaillement et limite le nombre de compositions de mascara utilisables. Another drawback presented by the application and known conditioning is the shear of the mascara formula when spinning the brush as described above. Indeed, on such devices, wringing, by doing perpendicular to the bristles of the brush, breaks the mascara formula: the latter is subject to a variation of viscosity, it can form lumps causing poor eyelash smoothing. This is particularly the case for mascara with a high pigment load. The existence of this phenomenon requires the use of insensitive compositions shear and limits the number of mascara compositions that can be used.

Il est décrit dans US 5, 137, 387 un ensemble de conditionnement de mascara qui présente une fermeture à vis bien que la tige et l'embout de l'applicateur ne soient pas de forme circulaire. Cependant, les poils de l'applicateur ne sont pas décrits et le cisaillement de la formule lors de l'essorage n'est pas évoqué.It is described in US 5, 137, 387 a set of mascara packaging which has a screw closure although the rod and the tip of the applicator do not are not circular in shape. However, the applicator hairs are not described and the shearing of the formula during spinning is not mentioned.

Il est également connu du document FR-A-2 564 712 un ensemble de conditionnement pour mascara, comprenant un réservoir éventuellement muni d'un tampon-essuyeur et un applicateur apte à fermer ce réservoir. Cependant, ce tampon-essuyeur est destiné à racler la tige de l'applicateur et n'est pas adapté à l'essorage des poils selon leur axe longitudinal.It is also known from document FR-A-2 564 712 a set of packaging for mascara, comprising a tank possibly provided of a wiper pad and an applicator capable of closing this reservoir. However, this wiper pad is intended for scraping the applicator rod and is not suitable for wringing hairs along their longitudinal axis.

Il est encore connu de DE-1 172 583 un conditionnement étanche, de forme cylindrique, pour des laques ou des peintures comprenant un réservoir et un applicateur muni d'un pinceau. Il n'est cependant pas prévu d'essoreur adapté à la forme du pinceau.It is also known from DE-1 172 583 a sealed packaging, in the form cylindrical, for lacquers or paints comprising a reservoir and a applicator with a brush. However, no wringer suitable for the shape of the brush.

Il subsiste donc le besoin d'un ensemble de conditionnement pour mascara dont les pertes de produit dues à la projection de mascara lors du retrait de l'applicateur seraient évitées et dans lequel l'essorage ne cisaillerait pas la formule, l'utilisatrice pouvant régler l'essorage par simple pression sur le réservoir, au niveau de l'essoreur.There therefore remains the need for a packaging set for mascara, product losses due to the projection of mascara when removing the applicator would be avoided and in which the spin would not shear the formula, the user can adjust the spin by simple pressure on the tank, at the wringer.

La présente invention vise à la satisfaction de ces besoins.The present invention aims to meet these needs.

L'objet de l'invention est donc un nouvel ensemble de conditionnement pour produit, liquide à pâteux, en particulier pour mascara, comportant un réservoir à produit muni d'un essoreur, un applicateur muni d'un manche plat et d'une partie poilue formée de poils, cet applicateur étant apte à fermer ce réservoir, la forme de l'essoreur étant complémentaire de la forme de la partie poilue, l'essoreur étant agencé de façon à essorer les poils selon leur axe longitudinal, le réservoir étant réalisé en un matériau souple de manière à pouvoir modifier l'essorage de l'applicateur en réponse à une pression exercée sur les parois du réservoir au niveau de l'essoreur.The object of the invention is therefore a new packaging unit for product, liquid to pasty, in particular for mascara, comprising a reservoir for product provided with a wringer, an applicator provided with a flat handle and a part hairy formed of hairs, this applicator being able to close this reservoir, the shape of the wringer being complementary to the shape of the hairy part, the wringer being arranged to wring the hairs along their longitudinal axis, the reservoir being made of a flexible material so as to be able to modify the spin of the applicator in response to pressure exerted on the walls of the reservoir at the wringer level.

Ceci peut être obtenu par une ou plusieurs fentes 27 longitudinales découpées sur l'essoreur, selon l'axe longitudinal des poils.This can be obtained by one or more longitudinal slots 27 cut out on the wiper, along the longitudinal axis of the bristles.

De façon avantageuse, les poils, ou partie poilue, comportent au moins une touffe de poils implantée parallèlement au plan du manche de l'applicateur, la largeur de l'extrémité libre de la touffe de poils, mesurée selon une première direction parallèle à ce plan, étant au moins égale à un quart d'un arc de cils, les poils étant aptes à charger du produit sur des fibres kératiniques selon un axe, de préférence longitudinal, de ces dernières.Advantageously, the hairs, or hairy part, comprise at least one tuft of bristles implanted parallel to the plane of the handle of the applicator, the width of the free end of the tuft of hairs, measured in a first direction parallel to this plane, being at least equal to a quarter of an arc of eyelashes, the hairs being able to load the product onto keratin fibers along an axis, longitudinal preference, of the latter.

Le produit destiné à être appliqué par l'applicateur selon l'invention peut être tout produit liquide à pâteux, tels que des fluides comprenant des pigments et/ou charges, et en particulier de la teinture pour cheveux ou du mascara. Les fibres kératiniques peuvent être en particulier les cils, les sourcils, les cheveux, les poils.The product intended to be applied by the applicator according to the invention can be any liquid to pasty product, such as fluids comprising pigments and / or fillers, and in particular hair dye or mascara. Fibers keratin may be in particular the eyelashes, the eyebrows, the hair, the fur.

Avantageusement, l'essoreur est adapté à la forme de la partie poilue de façon à racler les poils parallèlement à leur axe longitudinal lors de l'extraction de l'applicateur, évitant ainsi le cisaillement de la formule. L'essoreur peut être fixé dans le réservoir. Cette configuration particulière permet également d'éviter le bruit de succion lors du retrait de l'applicateur. Avantageusement, l'ensemble comporte des moyens pour créer une dépression à l'intérieur du réservoir lors du retrait de l'applicateur, en vue de charger les poils en produit, en particulier en mascara. Ainsi, l'essoreur et/ou le manche peuvent comporter des reliefs. L'essoreur peut également être sous la forme d'une mousse comportant une fente. Ou bien encore, le réservoir peut comporter une poche souple contenant le mascara. Dans ce cas particulier, l'essoreur peut être moulé avec la tête de cette poche souple. Celle-ci assure une meilleure charge des poils en mascara : en effet, le retrait de l'applicateur provoque, à l'intérieur de la poche souple, une dépression qui plaque les parois de cette poche sur les poils de l'applicateur et charge par conséquent ces derniers en mascara.Advantageously, the wringer is adapted to the shape of the hairy part so as to scrape the hairs parallel to their longitudinal axis when extracting the applicator, thus avoiding shearing of the formula. The wringer can be fixed in the tank. This particular configuration also makes it possible to avoid the suction noise when removing the applicator. Advantageously, the whole includes means for creating a vacuum inside the tank during withdrawal of the applicator, in order to load the hairs with product, in particular mascara. Thus, the wiper and / or the handle may include reliefs. The wiper can also be in the form of a foam comprising a slot. Alternatively, the reservoir may include a flexible pocket containing the mascara. In this particular case, the wiper can be molded with the head of this flexible pocket. This ensures a better load of the hairs in mascara: Indeed, the withdrawal of the applicator causes, inside the flexible pouch, a depression which presses the walls of this pocket onto the bristles of the applicator and therefore loads them with mascara.

Cet applicateur présente l'avantage d'être lavable.This applicator has the advantage of being washable.

L'invention et sa mise en oeuvre apparaítront plus clairement à l'aide de la description qui va suivre, faite en référence aux figures annexées dans lesquelles :

  • la figure 1 est une vue en perspective coupée de l'ensemble de conditionnement conforme à l'invention,
  • la figure 2 est une vue en coupe de l'essoreur de l'ensemble de la figure 1,
  • la figure 3a est une vue en coupe d'une variante de l'essoreur de l'ensemble de la figure 1, comportant des dentelures,
  • la figure 3b est une vue en coupe d'une variante de l'essoreur de l'ensemble de la figure 1, l'essoreur ici étant floqué,
  • la figure 4 est une vue en coupe de la poche souple contenue dans le réservoir avant et après retrait de l'applicateur,
  • la figure 5 représente l'essorage du bout des poils.
The invention and its implementation will appear more clearly with the aid of the description which follows, made with reference to the appended figures in which:
  • FIG. 1 is a cut perspective view of the packaging assembly according to the invention,
  • FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the wiper of the assembly of FIG. 1,
  • FIG. 3a is a sectional view of a variant of the wiper of the assembly of FIG. 1, comprising serrations,
  • FIG. 3b is a sectional view of a variant of the wiper of the assembly of FIG. 1, the wiper here being flocked,
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view of the flexible bag contained in the reservoir before and after removal of the applicator,
  • Figure 5 shows the spinning of the tips of the bristles.

Selon le mode de réalisation illustré sur la figure 1, l'ensemble de conditionnement selon l'invention référencé 1 dans son ensemble comporte essentiellement un applicateur 3 et un réservoir 5 à mascara 6. Cet ensemble, contrairement à ceux de l'état de la technique, est extra-plat. L'applicateur 3 est muni d'un manche plat 7 et d'une partie poilue 9 extra-plate directement fixée sur ce manche, parallèlement au plan de ce dernier. La partie poilue 9 est constituée de plusieurs touffes 12 de poils alignées, les poils 11 pouvant être de longueurs, de formes, de diamètres, de sections et de natures différents, selon la charge, faible ou importante, que l'on désire apporter sur les fibres kératiniques. Ainsi, le réglage de la charge se fait au niveau des poils selon la configuration et la nature des poils. Ces poils ont un diamètre allant généralement de 0,02 à 1,5 mm. Au moins une partie de la partie poilue 9 plonge dans le mascara. La partie poilue 9 a une longueur globale efficace pour assurer une charge optimale des fibres kératiniques, et en particulier des cils. En particulier, cette longueur va de 4 à 60 mm, de préférence, de 5 à 40 mm.According to the embodiment illustrated in Figure 1, all of packaging according to the invention referenced 1 as a whole comprises essentially an applicator 3 and a mascara reservoir 5 6. This set, unlike those of the state of the art, is extra-flat. Applicator 3 is fitted with a flat handle 7 and an extra-flat hairy part 9 directly attached to this handle, parallel to the plane of the latter. The hairy part 9 is made up several tufts 12 of bristles aligned, the bristles 11 may be of lengths, of different shapes, diameters, sections and types, depending on the load, small or large, which one wishes to bring to the keratin fibers. So the load adjustment is done at the bristles depending on configuration and nature hairs. These hairs have a diameter generally ranging from 0.02 to 1.5 mm. At minus part of the hairy part 9 plunges into mascara. The hairy part 9 has an effective overall length to ensure optimal fiber loading keratin, and in particular the eyelashes. In particular, this length goes from 4 to 60 mm, preferably from 5 to 40 mm.

Le manche 7 est monté sur un capot 15 qui joue le rôle de couvercle et qui est apte à être claqué (gorge 2-bourrelet 4) sur le réservoir 5. Ce réservoir 5 comporte un col 17 dont la paroi interne 29 est munie d'un essoreur 19 dont une extrémité 22, située en regard du capot 15, est fixée sur ce col 17. Dans une autre forme de réalisation de l'invention, cette extrémité 22 peut prendre appui sur le col 17 du réservoir 5. Le manche 7 comporte, au niveau de l'extrémité 22 de l'essoreur, un système d'étanchéité. Celui-ci peut être un joint 21, comme représenté sur cette figure, ou encore une rondelle qui s'appuie sur une collerette. L'essoreur 19 comporte, opposée à son extrémité fixe 22, une extrémité libre 24 dans laquelle est ménagée une ouverture 8 de forme oblongue ou en forme d'ellipse aplatie, et dont la plus grande dimension est orientée selon la première direction définie ci-dessus, de façon à lisser les poils selon leur axe lors du retrait de l'applicateur et afin de régler le remplissage en produit dans les interstices entre les poils. L'essoreur peut comporter, à son extrémité 24, un autre système d'étanchéité pouvant être utilisé seul ou conjointement avec le système d'étanchéité 21 du manche. Il peut également comporter des reliefs 31 sur sa paroi interne 23 afin de créer une dépression dans le réservoir lors du retrait de l'applicateur. La configuration particulière de la partie poilue et de l'essoreur empêche le désagréable bruit de succion et la projection de produit, observés sur les conditionnements connus. L'essoreur peut être en matériau rigide ou semi-rigide, ce matériau étant de préférence choisi parmi les élastomères ou les matériaux thermoplastiques.The handle 7 is mounted on a cover 15 which acts as a cover and which is able to be slammed (groove 2-bead 4) on the reservoir 5. This reservoir 5 comprises a neck 17, the internal wall 29 of which is provided with a wringer 19, one of which end 22, located opposite the cover 15, is fixed to this neck 17. In a another embodiment of the invention, this end 22 can bear on the neck 17 of the reservoir 5. The handle 7 comprises, at the end 22 of the wringer, a sealing system. This can be a seal 21, like represented in this figure, or a washer which rests on a collar. The wiper 19 comprises, opposite its fixed end 22, a free end 24 in which an oblong-shaped opening 8 is formed or in the form of a flattened ellipse, the largest dimension of which is oriented according to the first direction defined above, so as to smooth the hairs along their axis when removing the applicator and in order to adjust the filling of product in the gaps between the hairs. The wiper may have, at its end 24, another sealing system that can be used alone or in conjunction with the system seal 21 of the handle. It can also include reliefs 31 on its internal wall 23 in order to create a depression in the tank when removing the applicator. The particular configuration of the hairy part and the wringer prevents the unpleasant suction noise and product projection, observed on known packaging. The wringer can be made of rigid or semi-rigid material, this material preferably being chosen from elastomers or thermoplastic materials.

Dans le mode de réalisation de cette figure 1, l'ensemble de conditionnement est fermé et l'ouverture 8 de l'essoreur est située en regard de l'extrémité fixe 26 de la partie poilue. Il est possible de positionner cette ouverture 8 en regard du manche 7, comme représenté sur la figure 4. Une partie du manche 7 plonge alors dans le réservoir 5. Dans ce cas, l'essoreur doit être conformé selon la forme du manche pour assurer, lors du retrait de l'applicateur, l'essorage du manche et de la partie poilue 9, toujours dans le sens longitudinal des poils 11. La partie poilue a dans ce cas une épaisseur sensiblement égale à celle du manche.In the embodiment of this FIG. 1, the packaging assembly is closed and the opening 8 of the wiper is located opposite the fixed end 26 of the hairy part. It is possible to position this opening 8 opposite the handle 7, as shown in figure 4. Part of handle 7 dives then in the tank 5. In this case, the wringer must be shaped according to the shape of the handle to ensure, when removing the applicator, the wringing of the handle and of the hairy part 9, always in the longitudinal direction of the hairs 11. The hairy part has in this case a thickness substantially equal to that of the handle.

De façon concrète, lorsque l'utilisatrice retire l'applicateur 3 du réservoir 5, il se produit un essorage des poils 11 au niveau de l'ouverture 8 de l'extrémité 24 de l'essoreur 19. Cet essorage, en se faisant parallèlement à l'axe longitudinal des poils, ne cisaille pas la formule du mascara. En fin d'extraction de l'applicateur, l'utilisatrice incline légèrement cet applicateur, et le bout des poils s'essore automatiquement par frottement des poils le long de la paroi interne de l'essoreur ou au bord de l'ouverture de l'essoreur, comme représenté sur la figure 5. Pour faciliter l'extraction, une partie du manche peut être flexible. Un tel ensemble de conditionnement permet donc d'utiliser des compositions généralement sensibles au phénomène du cisaillement et ouvre la porte à de nouvelles formulations de mascara.Concretely, when the user removes the applicator 3 from the reservoir 5, it produces a wringing of the hairs 11 at the opening 8 of the end 24 of the wringer 19. This wringing, taking place parallel to the longitudinal axis of the bristles, do not shear the mascara formula. At the end of extraction of the applicator, the user tilts this applicator slightly, and the tips of the hairs are wrung out automatically by rubbing the bristles along the inner wall of the wiper or at the edge of the wiper opening, as shown in Figure 5. For facilitate extraction, part of the handle can be flexible. Such a set of packaging therefore makes it possible to use generally sensitive compositions shear phenomenon and opens the door to new formulations of mascara.

Sur la figure 2 est représenté en coupe de façon plus détaillée l'essoreur 19 muni de son ouverture 8 de forme oblongue, convenant à l'applicateur conforme à l'invention. Un tel essoreur peut être utilisé pour obtenir une charge en mascara importante.In Figure 2 is shown in section in more detail the wiper 19 provided of its oblong opening 8, suitable for the applicator conforming to the invention. Such a wringer can be used to obtain a load of mascara important.

L'essoreur peut être muni de reliefs sur son ouverture 8. En particulier, il peut être muni de dentelures 30a, comme représenté sur la figure 3a. Dans une autre forme de réalisation de l'invention représentée sur la figure 3b, l'essoreur peut être floqué. Sa paroi interne est alors munie de petites particules 30b dues au flocage. De tels essoreurs s'utilisent pour obtenir une charge légère des poils et donc des fibres kératiniques.The wiper can be provided with reliefs on its opening 8. In particular, it can be provided with serrations 30a, as shown in FIG. 3a. In an other embodiment of the invention shown in Figure 3b, the wiper can be flocked. Its internal wall is then provided with small particles 30b due to flocking. Such wringers are used to obtain a light load of the hairs and therefore keratin fibers.

Selon une forme préférée de réalisation de l'invention, le mascara peut être contenu dans une poche souple 20, représentée sur la figure 4, et comportant une ouverture 25. L'ouverture 25 a une section égale à la section interne du col 17 du réservoir, le bord de cette ouverture 25 étant pris entre la paroi interne 29 du col 17 et l'extrémité 22 de l'essoreur 19. L'extrémité 24 de l'essoreur 19 est située à l'intérieur de la poche souple interne 20. Les pointillés représentent la position de la poche souple 20 lorsqu'on a commencé à retirer l'applicateur. Les parois 10 de la poche souple, par suite d'une dépression, sont alors aspirées et se collent le long de la partie poilue 9 : celle-ci se charge donc en mascara, ce dernier étant étalé sur la partie poilue 9 par les parois internes 10 de la poche souple 20. Cette poche souple empêche également, lors du retrait de l'applicateur, l'accumulation de produit au voisinage de l'essoreur dû à l'effet de piston observé sur les ensembles de conditionnement connus. Elle empêche ainsi l'encrassement de l'essoreur.According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the mascara can be contained in a flexible pocket 20, represented in FIG. 4, and comprising an opening 25. The opening 25 has a section equal to the internal section of the neck 17 of the reservoir, the edge of this opening 25 being taken between the internal wall 29 of the neck 17 and the end 22 of the wiper 19. The end 24 of the wiper 19 is located inside the internal flexible pocket 20. The dotted lines represent the position of the flexible pouch 20 when the applicator has started to be withdrawn. The walls 10 of the flexible bag, as a result of a vacuum, are then sucked and stick along the hairy part 9: it is therefore loaded with mascara, the latter being spread over the hairy part 9 by the internal walls 10 of the pocket flexible 20. This flexible pocket also prevents, when removing the applicator, the accumulation of product in the vicinity of the wiper due to the effect of piston observed on known packaging assemblies. It prevents thus the fouling of the wringer.

L'applicateur pouvant ne pas comporter d'âme centrale métallique, l'ensemble de conditionnement objet de l'invention peut être réalisé uniquement en matières organiques, et en particulier uniquement en matières plastiques, et être de ce fait entièrement recyclable.Since the applicator may not include a metallic central core, the assembly of packaging object of the invention can be achieved only in materials organic, and in particular only plastics, and therefore be fully recyclable.

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  1. Unit for packaging product, particularly mascara, comprising a reservoir (5) for product (6) equipped with a wringing-out member (19), an applicator (3) equipped with a flat stem (7) and a bristly part formed of bristles (11), this applicator being able to close this reservoir, the wringing-out member being arranged in such a way as to wring out the bristles along their longitudinal axis, the wringing-out member being of a shape that complements the shape of the bristly part, characterized in that the reservoir is made of a flexible material so that the wringing-out of the applicator can be modified in response to pressure exerted on the walls of the reservoir in the region of the wringing-out member.
  2. Packaging unit according to Claim 1, characterized in that the bristly part comprises at least one tuft (12) of bristles embedded parallel to a plane of the stem.
  3. Packaging unit according to Claim 2, characterized in that the width of the free end of the tuft of bristles, measured in a first direction parallel to this plane, is at least equal to one quarter of a bow of lashes, the bristles being able to load product onto keratinous fibres along a longitudinal axis thereof.
  4. Packaging unit according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a means (20, 31) which, when the applicator is withdrawn from the reservoir, creates a depression in this reservoir so as to load the bristles with product.
  5. Packaging unit according to Claim 4, characterized in that the means consists of reliefs (31) on an internal wall (23) of the wringing-out member.
  6. Packaging unit according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a means (20) for preventing the wringing-out member from becoming soiled.
  7. Packaging unit according to Claim 6, characterized in that the means is a flexible pouch (20) contained in the reservoir, this flexible pouch containing the product.
  8. Packaging unit according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that this wringing-out member has, in cross section in a plane perpendicular to the stem, an opening (8) of oblong shape for the passage of the bristly part.
  9. Packaging unit according to Claim 8, characterized in that a fixed end (26) of the bristly part is situated near the opening of the wringing-out member.
  10. Packaging unit according to Claim 8 or 9, characterized in that the wringing-out member has reliefs (30a, 30b) on its opening.
  11. Packaging unit according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the wringing-out member comprises at least one longitudinal slot (27).
  12. Packaging unit according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the wringing-out member is flocked.
  13. Packaging unit according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the wringing-out member is formed from a material chosen from elastomers and thermoplastics.
  14. Packaging unit according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the bristly part has an effective overall length for optimal loading of the lashes.
  15. Packaging unit according to Claim 14, characterized in that this length ranges from 4 to 60 mm, preferably from 5 to 40 mm.
  16. Packaging unit according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the stem of the applicator is mounted on a cap (15) which can be snap-fastened onto the reservoir.
  17. Packaging unit according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the stem has a sealing system (21).
  18. Packaging unit according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is made solely of plastics materials.
  19. Packaging unit according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the wringing-out member is arranged in such a way that the ends of the bristles are wrung out along the internal wall of the wringing-out member as the applicator is inclined at the end of its extraction.
  20. Packaging unit according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the said product is mascara.
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