EP1384416A1 - Product packaging and application device, particularly for a nail polish remover - Google Patents

Product packaging and application device, particularly for a nail polish remover Download PDF

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EP1384416A1
EP1384416A1 EP03291618A EP03291618A EP1384416A1 EP 1384416 A1 EP1384416 A1 EP 1384416A1 EP 03291618 A EP03291618 A EP 03291618A EP 03291618 A EP03291618 A EP 03291618A EP 1384416 A1 EP1384416 A1 EP 1384416A1
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    • 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
    • A45D29/00—Manicuring or pedicuring implements
    • A45D29/007—Nail polish removing devices
    • 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
    • A45D34/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
    • A45D34/04—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
    • A45D34/042—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a brush or the like
    • 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
    • A45D2200/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A45D
    • A45D2200/10—Details of applicators
    • A45D2200/1009—Applicators comprising a pad, tissue, sponge, or the like
    • A45D2200/1018—Applicators comprising a pad, tissue, sponge, or the like comprising a pad, i.e. a cushion-like mass of soft material, with or without gripping means

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  • the present invention relates to a packaging device and application of a product, in particular a fluid product such as for example a nail polish remover.
  • Nail polish removers are mostly packaged in bottles and require the use of cotton for their application.
  • solvent-soaked wipes that have the advantage of being more easily transportable.
  • these two types of application have the major disadvantage of hardly removing the varnish on the nail with one hand without damaging the varnish of other nails with both hands, especially the hand with which you hold the cotton or wipe.
  • it often happens that the varnish of a single nail is damaged and that we only need to remove the varnish from this nail without redoing both hands.
  • use of cotton wool or a wet wipe remover removes nail polish from the hand with which you hold the cotton or wipe.
  • a need has arisen to produce a device of the type which comprises a container containing the product and an applicator member capable of be in communication with the product contained in the container through a passage which can be opened or closed in response to the actuation of a intermediate element disposed between the applicator member and the container.
  • document US 4,279,527 describes a device comprising a bottle on which is screwed a hoop attached to an applicator brush.
  • a hoop When the hoop is screwed to the maximum on the bottle, the brush is isolated from the inside of the bottle because a pin closes a communication opening between the bottle and brush.
  • the user unscrews the hoop which makes it possible to move the orifice away from the pin and thus to release it so as to allow the passage of the product from the bottle to the brush.
  • no closure cap is provided to cover the brush in closed position so that the brush is not protected.
  • a bottle comprising an outlet orifice formed outside the longitudinal axis of the bottle, and which is surmounted by an applicator provided with an inlet orifice also formed outside the longitudinal axis of the bottle.
  • a cap is designed to cover the applicator in the closed position. In position of closure, the two orifices are offset so that the product cannot reach the applicator.
  • the user removes the cap and then rotates the applicator to position the two orifices opposite one another.
  • To close the device the user must first rotate the applicator so as to offset the two holes and then replace the plug. Two independent movements are then necessary both to open and to close the device.
  • the cap used to protect the applicator is also used to close the passage allowing communication between inside the container and the applicator. This is particularly the case for the device described in document US 3,106,742 in which the screwing of the plug closing causes the hoop attached to the applicator to be pushed in.
  • the communication of the applicator with the interior of the container must be made by hand, i.e. the user must first unscrew the cap then pull on the hoop to clear the passage between the inside of the container and the applicator.
  • the opening of the cap causes the setting communication of the applicator with the product contained in the container. It is the case in particular of the devices described in documents US 5,230,579 and US 3,281,887.
  • the cap opens by moving in translation along the longitudinal axis of the device.
  • the plug drives, by friction on an intermediate piece carrying the applicator, the movement of this part and the release of an orifice passage allowing the applicator to communicate with the product contained inside the container.
  • the user can use the plug to push the intermediate piece along the longitudinal axis the applicator.
  • the communication between the applicator and the product inside the container is done by moving along the longitudinal axis of the container, a part carrying the applicator.
  • pressure is exerted on the applicator along this axis, so that the passage opening tends to close during application of the product which is not at all desirable.
  • Patent application FR 2 681 050 describes a pouring spout device provided a plug whose screwing / unscrewing causes the opening / closing of the beak.
  • a pouring spout is not suitable for the application of a product. nail polish remover to remove nail polish.
  • the unscrewing the plug causes the spout to move to open it thanks to the presence of bosses on the side wall of the spout.
  • Such a configuration does not allow, when the spout is closed by hand, to screw the cap on the bottle because of the presence of the bosses.
  • Such a device of relatively elongated shape and comprising a member porous or fibrous application allows to easily apply the product on a nail to remove the varnish without the fingers of the hand holding the device are in contact with the product so that the nails of this hand are not not damaged.
  • the applicator member makes it possible to increase the surface which applies to the area to be treated and which contains product while limiting the flow of product out of the container, in particular in the case where the product is very fluid. It is thus possible to use an applicator member having a surface relatively close to a nail to quickly remove the varnish without the product flowing too abundantly on the nail.
  • the applicator member also makes it possible to remove the dissolved varnish by the solvent by rubbing the application surface on the nail.
  • Using the plug to open and close the communication passage provides an easy to use device that requires only one gesture both for opening and for closing the device. Furthermore, this ensures the user that as soon as the cap is closed, the organ application is conditioned without being in communication with the product contained in the container. This avoids the application member being constantly soaked in product.
  • the movable part of the opening / closing element is suitable to move independently of the cap.
  • the passage can thus be closed to prevent product from flowing out of the container without the cap is not repositioned. This allows in particular to change of application body to dispose of a new one without risk of leakage from the product.
  • the plug is capable of being screwed onto the member opening / closing whatever the position of the movable part of the organ opening / closing. So, in the case where we closed the passage in moving the opening / closing element to for example replace a applicator, there is no need to reopen the passage in manually moving the opening / closing element to be able to screw the plug as is the case in the device described in the request for FR patent 2,681,050.
  • the movable part of the element opening / closing is movable relative to the container only in rotation around the X axis, the passage being formed outside the X axis.
  • the rotational movement of the part movable of the opening / closing element relative to the container is accompanied by a translational movement along the X axis.
  • the mobile part of the opening / closing element can then be movable relative to the container by thread.
  • the passage can be closed by the cooperation of a wall, for example a pin, formed on a fixed part of the opening / closing member and of a orifice formed in the movable part of the opening / closing member.
  • a wall for example a pin
  • the applicator member is removably fixed in the device. It can therefore be replaced as you use the device if for example it is dirty.
  • the device can then include a housing containing at least a second application body, preferably a reserve of several bodies application.
  • the housing can be formed in the closure cap.
  • the applicator member may be a block of foam, in particular of a open cell foam.
  • the foam may be a polyurethane foam (PU), NBR (nitryl-butadiene-rubber), SBR (styrene-butadiene-rubber) or EPDM (ethylene propylene diene monomer).
  • PU polyurethane foam
  • NBR nonryl-butadiene-rubber
  • SBR styrene-butadiene-rubber
  • EPDM ethylene propylene diene monomer
  • the container may include a deformable wall. So the product can be brought into the application member by a simple pressure exerted on the wall of the container. Of course, when using a very fluid product, which is often the case of solvents, it can also flow from inside the container to the applicator only by gravity. The user can press on the deformable wall if it wishes to drain the product faster. Alternatively, a rigid wall container can be used in which the product flows into the applicator member only by gravity.
  • the device is advantageously configured to allow the application of product on the nails.
  • the product contained in the container can be a cosmetic product, in particular a makeup-removing composition for keratin materials, in especially a nail polish remover.
  • the device of the invention is particularly useful for removing makeup from nails.
  • FIGS. 1 to 7 show a device 1 for conditioning and of application according to the invention.
  • the device 1 comprises a container 10, an applicator 20 secured to the container via a hoop 30 and an applicator holder 40, as well as a closure cap 50.
  • the container contains a fluid, for example a nail polish remover.
  • the container 10 has an elongated shape according to a longitudinal axis X, and comprises a body, formed by a side wall 11 and a bottom 12.
  • the container also has a neck 14 of axis X and of section transverse circular.
  • the side wall 11 is elastically deformable and is connects to the neck 14 via a shoulder 13 which defines a flat surface annular.
  • the neck 14 is provided with three angularly spaced pins 15 provided, as will be seen in detail later, to maintain the hoop 30 on the container.
  • the container 10 is for example made of plastic, for example example in polyethylene, and is obtained by molding from a single piece.
  • the hoop 30 is snapped onto the neck 14 of the container by means a fixing skirt 31, cylindrical of revolution.
  • the fixing skirt 31 has three recesses 32, angularly spaced on the internal surface of the skirt, and which each come to receive a lug 15 from the neck of the container.
  • the fret 30 is thus mounted on the container without being able to move relative to this one, neither in translation along the X axis, nor in rotation around the X axis.
  • the fixing skirt 31 of the hoop 30 is connected in its upper part, by an annular transverse wall 34, with a sealing skirt, concentric with the fixing skirt 31.
  • the sealing skirt comprises a first portion 35a extending parallel to the X axis to a lower free edge. This portion skirt 35a is provided to be inserted inside the neck 14 of the container coming to apply against the internal surface of the neck.
  • the sealing skirt comprises a second portion 35b formed in the axial extension of the first portion, above the annular transverse wall 34, and which cooperates with the applicator holder 40, as will be seen in detail later.
  • a tapered pin 36 is formed in the X axis.
  • the pin is connected to the sealing skirt by three radial tabs 37, angularly spaced, and defining, with the internal surface of the sealing skirt, openings 38 allowing the passage of the product.
  • Picot 36 extends beyond the skirt axially sealing and ends with an upper end 36a intended to be housed in an orifice 45 provided in the applicator holder 40 so as to interrupt communication between the applicator and the product contained inside the container.
  • the fastening skirt 31 of the hoop has, on its external surface, two pins 33 diametrically opposed and intended to cooperate with a thread provided on the applicator holder 40, to allow the applicator holder to move by report to the hoop and put the applicator 20 in communication with the product contained inside the container.
  • the cooperation of the hoop and the applicator holder constitutes an organ for opening / closing the passage allowing communication between the applicator and the product contained inside the container.
  • the applicator holder 40 is mounted on the hoop by means of a fixing skirt 41 cylindrical of revolution.
  • the fixing skirt 41 has a first thread 42 on its internal surface which cooperates with the pins 33 of the hoop. This cooperation allows the screwing and unscrewing of the applicator holder on the hoop between a first position called the bottom position and a second position said high position.
  • the first thread 42 is interrupted, in the portion bottom of the skirt 41, so as to constitute a stop 42a for the pins 33 in order to prevent the applicator holder from detaching from the hoop at the end unscrewing, that is to say in the high position of the applicator holder on the hoop. In the low position of the applicator holder on the hoop, the screwing is also limited as will be seen in detail later.
  • the fixing skirt 41 also has a second thread 43 on its surface external allowing the closure cap 50 to be fixed.
  • the fixing skirt 41 of the applicator holder extends in its part upper by a frustoconical wall 44 to an orifice 45, formed in the axis X, which opens into a support 46 for the applicator 20.
  • the support 46 of the applicator is formed by an annular transverse wall 46a which ends on the periphery by a side wall 46b extending parallel to the axis X up to an upper free edge.
  • a skirt is provided sealing 47, cylindrical of revolution, which extends parallel to the axis X from the frustoconical wall to a lower free edge.
  • This skirt sealing 47 is provided to come into sealing contact with the portion upper 35b of the sealing skirt of the hoop on which it slides axially when moving the applicator holder between its high positions and low. In the low position, the sealing skirt 47 abuts against the annular transverse wall 34 of the hoop, thus limiting the sinking of the applicator holder when screwed to prevent the fixing skirt 41 from sinks into the shoulder 13 of the container.
  • the applicator 20, mounted in the support 46 has the shape of a flattened cylinder of cross section slightly greater than the cross section of the support 46 so that the side wall 46b holds it laterally while allowing it to be removed axially when it is desired to change it.
  • the applicator When the applicator is mounted in the support, it projects axially above the side wall 46b of the support.
  • It consists of a block of cell foam open, especially a relatively flexible polyurethane foam.
  • the applicator is removably mounted in its support so that it can be easily removed without being damaged from its support and replaced by a new applicator or by the same applicator having by example been cleaned.
  • the applicator 20 is housed in a closed housing 51 delimited in part by the closing plug 50 provided for style the applicator.
  • the plug 50 is constituted by a peripheral skirt 52, cylindrical of revolution, closed in its upper part by a wall transverse 53.
  • the internal surface of the skirt 52 has a thread 54 provided to cooperate with the thread 43 of the fixing skirt 41 of the applicator holder.
  • the lower free edge of the skirt 52 abuts against the shoulder 13 of the container so as to prevent the applicator 20 from being compressed in closed position by the transverse wall 53 of the plug in the event of too much screwing.
  • the force exerted laterally by the plug 50 on the applicator holder 40 is more important than that exerted by the applicator holder 40 on the hoop 30.
  • a greater tightening of the plug is provided on the applicator holder than on the applicator holder on the hoop.
  • appropriate materials are chosen to constitute the different parts, playing in particular on their coefficient of friction or still on their surface condition.
  • the lateral force exerted by the cap on the applicator holder must still allow it to be screwed easily.
  • the cap 50 is screwed on the applicator holder by means of the cooperation of complementary threads 54 and 43 respectively provided on the cap and on the applicator holder.
  • the applicator holder 40 is in the low position relative to the hoop 30, that is to say that the pins 33 are in the upper part of the thread 42.
  • the end upper 36a of the pin 36 is housed in the orifice 45 provided in the applicator holder so as to prevent any communication of the product contained in the container with the applicator.
  • the user moves the plug 50 in rotation by report to the container, which causes, first, the unscrewing of the applicator holder and an axial displacement of the applicator holder relative to the hoop as shown in Figure 4.
  • the applicator holder 40 is then in the high position relative to the hoop 30, that is to say that the pins 33 are in the lower part of the thread 42 and abut against the end 42a of the thread.
  • the orifice 45 is then released so as to allow the communication of the product contained in the container with the applicator.
  • the user can then apply the applicator on a nail by positioning the device upside down, namely by placing the applicator under the container so that the product flows by gravity in the applicator, via the openings 38 and the orifice 45. If the user wants the product to flow more quickly into the applicator, it can exert a slight pressure on the side wall 11 of the container so as to push the product towards the applicator 20. She can also use the device head up and push the product towards the applicator by pressing the side wall 11 of the container. Once the applicator is soaked, the user can make circular movements on the nail to remove the nailpolish.
  • the user positions the plug 50 on the applicator holder 40 and performs a rotation movement of the cap by relative to the container 10 during which the applicator holder 40 is screwed back on the hoop 30, to its low position and the cap is screwed back on the applicator holder until it comes into abutment against shoulder 13 of the container.
  • Figures 8 and 9 show a variant of the device which has just been described in accordance with Figures 1 to 7 and which is used in the same way.
  • the container 10 and the hoop 30 are identical to the container and to the fret of the first embodiment.
  • the applicator holder 40 differs from the applicator holder of the first embodiment in the form of the support 46 of the applicator.
  • the support 46 is this time formed by a frustoconical wall 48 which flares from the orifice 45 outwards.
  • the tapered wall 48 is provided with three reliefs 49 making it possible to hold the applicator laterally 20 while allowing it to be removed axially when it is desired to change it.
  • the applicator 20 this time has a frustoconical shape.
  • the plug 50 defines a second housing 55 delimited by an axial extension 56 of the peripheral skirt 52, above the transverse wall 53, closed reversibly in its part upper by a transverse wall 57 articulated by a film hinge 58.
  • a fastening system 59 diametrically opposite to the film hinge 58, is provided to allow the attachment of the transverse wall 57 on the extension 56 of the skirt in order to keep the second housing 55 closed.
  • the second housing 55 makes it possible to house several applicators 20 which are intended to successively replace the applicator already used.
  • the embodiment shown in Figures 10 and 11 differs mainly of the first embodiment shown in Figures 1 to 7 in that the applicator holder 40 is movable relative to the hoop only rotating around the X axis.
  • the thread of the internal surface of the fixing skirt 41 of the applicator holder is replaced by two diametrically opposite grooves 143, in which the lugs 33 move.
  • the two lugs 33 are this time formed at different axial heights.
  • the grooves 143 are also formed at different axial heights and each extend in a transverse plane to the X axis, over an angular portion of approximately 180 ° so as to allow the applicator holder to move 180 ° relative to the hoop 30.
  • the orifice 45 formed in the support 46 is this time formed outside the X axis.
  • the hoop pin is replaced by a transverse wall 136, formed from the axial extension of the sealing skirt, and which is in contact watertight with the transverse wall 46a of the support 46.
  • the transverse wall 136 has an orifice 136a also formed outside the X axis.
  • the orifice 136a is located in the wall 136 so that the orifice 45 of the applicator holder is able to come opposite the orifice 136a when the lugs 33 abut at one end of their respective grooves.
  • the plug 50 in the closed position shown in the figure 10, the plug 50 is screwed onto the applicator holder and the wall 136 closes the orifice 45 so as to prevent any communication of the product contained in the container with the applicator.
  • the pins 33 are each located at a first end of their respective grooves.
  • the user moves the plug 50 in rotation by relation to the container, which initially causes displacement lugs 33 in their respective grooves 143 from the first end of the throat to the second end, because again, the force exerted laterally by the plug 50 on the applicator holder 40 is more important than that exerted by the applicator holder 40 on the hoop 30.
  • the applicator holder is thus moves 180 ° relative to the hoop so that the orifice 45 of the applicator holder comes opposite the orifice 136a of the wall 136 so as to allow the communication of the product contained in the container with the applicator.

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The packaging and application device comprises a container (10), a porous or fibrous application part (20) able to communicate with the product through a passage (45). The passage opening/closing part comprises a movable part able to rotate about the container axis (X) between passage closed and open positions. A closing plug (50) is fixed by means of a thread (54) on the opening/closing part so as to constitute a closed housing (51) for the application part. An Independent claim is included for a use of the device for removing nail varnish.

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La présente invention concerne un dispositif de conditionnement et d'application d'un produit, notamment un produit fluide tel que par exemple un dissolvant de vernis à ongles.The present invention relates to a packaging device and application of a product, in particular a fluid product such as for example a nail polish remover.

Les produits dissolvant de vernis à ongles sont la plupart du temps conditionnés dans des flacons et nécessitent l'utilisation d'un coton pour leur application. Il existe également des lingettes imbibées de dissolvant qui présentent l'avantage d'être plus facilement transportables. Toutefois, ces deux types d'application présentent l'inconvénient majeur de difficilement enlever le vernis présent sur l'ongle d'une main sans abímer le vernis des autres ongles des deux mains, en particulier de la main avec laquelle on tient le coton ou la lingette. Or, il arrive souvent que le vernis d'un seul ongle soit abímé et que l'on ait besoin d'enlever le vernis uniquement de cet ongle sans refaire l'ensemble des deux mains. De la même façon, lorsque l'on veut enlever le vernis des ongles des orteils, l'utilisation d'un coton ou d'une lingette imbibée de dissolvant enlève le vernis des ongles de la main avec laquelle on tient le coton ou la lingette.Nail polish removers are mostly packaged in bottles and require the use of cotton for their application. There are also solvent-soaked wipes that have the advantage of being more easily transportable. However, these two types of application have the major disadvantage of hardly removing the varnish on the nail with one hand without damaging the varnish of other nails with both hands, especially the hand with which you hold the cotton or wipe. However, it often happens that the varnish of a single nail is damaged and that we only need to remove the varnish from this nail without redoing both hands. Similarly, when you want to remove the toenail polish, use of cotton wool or a wet wipe remover removes nail polish from the hand with which you hold the cotton or wipe.

C'est pourquoi il est apparu un besoin de réaliser un dispositif d'application pour un produit dissolvant de vernis à ongles qui permette d'enlever le vernis sur un seul ongle si l'on souhaite, sans enlever celui des autres ongles.This is why it appeared a need to realize an application device. for a nail polish remover that removes the varnish on a single nail if desired, without removing that of the other nails.

En particulier, il est apparu un besoin de réaliser un dispositif du type qui comprend un récipient contenant le produit et un organe d'application apte à être en communication avec le produit contenu dans le récipient au travers d'un passage qui peut être ouvert ou fermé en réponse à l'actionnement d'un élément intermédiaire disposé entre l'organe d'application et le récipient. In particular, a need has arisen to produce a device of the type which comprises a container containing the product and an applicator member capable of be in communication with the product contained in the container through a passage which can be opened or closed in response to the actuation of a intermediate element disposed between the applicator member and the container.

De nombreux dispositifs d'application de ce type ont déjà été décrits pour d'autres types de produits.Many application devices of this type have already been described for other types of products.

En particulier, le document US 4,279,527 décrit un dispositif comprenant un flacon sur lequel est vissée une frette solidaire d'un pinceau applicateur. Lorsque la frette est vissée au maximum sur le flacon, le pinceau est isolé de l'intérieur du flacon car un picot obture un orifice de communication entre le flacon et le pinceau. Pour utiliser le dispositif, l'utilisatrice dévisse la frette ce qui permet d'éloigner l'orifice du picot et ainsi de le dégager de manière à permettre le passage du produit provenant du flacon jusqu'au pinceau. Dans ce dispositif, aucun bouchon de fermeture n'est prévu pour coiffer le pinceau en position de fermeture de sorte que le pinceau n'est pas protégé.In particular, document US 4,279,527 describes a device comprising a bottle on which is screwed a hoop attached to an applicator brush. When the hoop is screwed to the maximum on the bottle, the brush is isolated from the inside of the bottle because a pin closes a communication opening between the bottle and brush. To use the device, the user unscrews the hoop which makes it possible to move the orifice away from the pin and thus to release it so as to allow the passage of the product from the bottle to the brush. In this device, no closure cap is provided to cover the brush in closed position so that the brush is not protected.

Le document US 2,409,933 décrit dans un de ces modes de réalisation, un flacon comprenant un orifice de sortie formé en dehors de l'axe longitudinal du flacon, et qui est surmonté d'un applicateur muni d'un orifice d'entrée également formé en dehors de l'axe longitudinal du flacon. Un bouchon est prévu pour coiffer l'applicateur en position de fermeture. En position de fermeture, les deux orifices sont décalés de sorte que le produit ne peut pas atteindre l'applicateur. Pour mettre l'applicateur en communication avec le produit, l'utilisatrice enlève le bouchon puis fait tourner l'applicateur de manière à positionner les deux orifices l'un en face de l'autre. Pour fermer le dispositif, l'utilisatrice doit d'abord faire tourner l'applicateur de manière à décaler les deux orifices et ensuite replacer le bouchon. Deux mouvements indépendants sont alors nécessaires aussi bien pour ouvrir que pour fermer le dispositif.Document US 2,409,933 describes in one of these embodiments, a bottle comprising an outlet orifice formed outside the longitudinal axis of the bottle, and which is surmounted by an applicator provided with an inlet orifice also formed outside the longitudinal axis of the bottle. A cap is designed to cover the applicator in the closed position. In position of closure, the two orifices are offset so that the product cannot reach the applicator. To put the applicator in communication with the product, the user removes the cap and then rotates the applicator to position the two orifices opposite one another. To close the device, the user must first rotate the applicator so as to offset the two holes and then replace the plug. Two independent movements are then necessary both to open and to close the device.

Dans certains dispositifs, le bouchon servant à protéger l'applicateur est également utilisé pour fermer le passage permettant la communication entre l'intérieur du récipient et l'applicateur. C'est le cas notamment du dispositif décrit dans le document US 3,106,742 dans lequel le vissage du bouchon de fermeture entraíne l'enfoncement de la frette solidaire de l'applicateur. Toutefois, la mise en communication de l'applicateur avec l'intérieur du récipient doit se faire à la main, c'est-à-dire que l'utilisatrice doit d'abord dévisser le bouchon puis ensuite tirer sur la frette afin de dégager le passage entre l'intérieur du récipient et l'applicateur.In some devices, the cap used to protect the applicator is also used to close the passage allowing communication between inside the container and the applicator. This is particularly the case for the device described in document US 3,106,742 in which the screwing of the plug closing causes the hoop attached to the applicator to be pushed in. However, the communication of the applicator with the interior of the container must be made by hand, i.e. the user must first unscrew the cap then pull on the hoop to clear the passage between the inside of the container and the applicator.

Dans d'autres dispositifs, l'ouverture du bouchon entraíne la mise en communication de l'applicateur avec le produit contenu dans le récipient. C'est le cas notamment des dispositifs décrits dans les documents US 5,230,579 et US 3,281,887. Dans le document US 5,230,579, le bouchon s'ouvre en le déplaçant en translation selon l'axe longitudinal du dispositif. Lors de son ouverture, le bouchon entraíne, par friction sur une pièce intermédiaire portant l'applicateur, le déplacement de cette pièce et le dégagement d'un orifice de passage permettant la mise en communication de l'applicateur avec le produit contenu à l'intérieur du récipient. Pour interrompre la communication entre l'applicateur et le produit à l'intérieur du récipient, l'utilisatrice peut utiliser le bouchon pour enfoncer selon l'axe longitudinal la pièce intermédiaire portant l'applicateur. Dans le document US 3,281,887, le bouchon est vissé sur le récipient, sous un soufflet formé dans le col du récipient. Dans cette position, le soufflet est comprimé. Lorsque l'on dévisse le bouchon, le soufflet se détend et un orifice de passage est dégagé permettant la mise en communication de l'applicateur avec le produit à l'intérieur du récipient. Lorsque l'on revisse le bouchon sur le récipient, le soufflet se comprime et l'orifice se referme.In other devices, the opening of the cap causes the setting communication of the applicator with the product contained in the container. It is the case in particular of the devices described in documents US 5,230,579 and US 3,281,887. In document US 5,230,579, the cap opens by moving in translation along the longitudinal axis of the device. During its opening, the plug drives, by friction on an intermediate piece carrying the applicator, the movement of this part and the release of an orifice passage allowing the applicator to communicate with the product contained inside the container. To interrupt communication between the applicator and the product inside the container, the user can use the plug to push the intermediate piece along the longitudinal axis the applicator. In document US 3,281,887, the cap is screwed onto the container, under a bellows formed in the neck of the container. In this position, the bellows is compressed. When you unscrew the cap, the bellows relaxes and a passage opening is cleared allowing the communication of the applicator with the product inside the container. When we screw the cap on the container, the bellows compresses and the orifice closes.

Dans ces deux dispositifs, la mise en communication de l'applicateur avec le produit à l'intérieur du récipient se fait en déplaçant, selon l'axe longitudinal du récipient, une pièce portant l'applicateur. Or, lorsque l'on applique le produit sur une zone à traiter, une pression est exercée sur l'applicateur selon cet axe, si bien que l'orifice de passage a tendance à se refermer lors de l'application du produit ce qui n'est pas du tout souhaitable.In these two devices, the communication between the applicator and the product inside the container is done by moving along the longitudinal axis of the container, a part carrying the applicator. However, when we apply the product on an area to be treated, pressure is exerted on the applicator along this axis, so that the passage opening tends to close during application of the product which is not at all desirable.

La demande de brevet FR 2 681 050 décrit un dispositif à bec verseur muni d'un bouchon dont le vissage/dévissage entraíne l'ouverture/la fermeture du bec. Toutefois, un tel bec verseur n'est pas adapté à l'application d'un produit dissolvant de vernis à ongles pour enlever du vernis sur un ongle. En outre, le dévissage du bouchon entraíne le déplacement du bec pour son ouverture grâce à la présence de bossages sur la paroi latérale du bec. Une telle configuration ne permet pas, lorsque le bec est fermé à la main, de revisser le bouchon sur le flacon à cause de la présence des bossages.Patent application FR 2 681 050 describes a pouring spout device provided a plug whose screwing / unscrewing causes the opening / closing of the beak. However, such a pouring spout is not suitable for the application of a product. nail polish remover to remove nail polish. In addition, the unscrewing the plug causes the spout to move to open it thanks to the presence of bosses on the side wall of the spout. Such a configuration does not allow, when the spout is closed by hand, to screw the cap on the bottle because of the presence of the bosses.

Aussi, est-ce un des objets de l'invention que de réaliser un dispositif de conditionnement et d'application d'un produit fluide qui ne présente pas les inconvénients de la technique antérieure.Also, is it an object of the invention to provide a device for packaging and application of a fluid product which does not have the disadvantages of the prior art.

C'est en particulier un objet de l'invention que de réaliser un dispositif qui permette d'enlever le vernis à ongles d'un ongle sans abímer celui des autres ongles.It is in particular an object of the invention to produce a device which removes nail polish from one nail without damaging that of others nails.

C'est encore un autre objet de l'invention que de réaliser un dispositif qui soit facilement utilisable et qui permette de conditionner le produit et l'applicateur en isolant l'applicateur du produit contenu dans le récipient.It is yet another object of the invention to produce a device which is easy to use and which allows to condition the product and the applicator by isolating the applicator from the product contained in the container.

C'est également un autre objet de l'invention que de réaliser un tel dispositif qui permet de changer d'organe d'application sans risque de fuite du produit hors du récipient.It is also another object of the invention to produce such a device which allows to change the applicator body without risk of product leaking out of the container.

Selon l'invention, ces objets sont atteints en réalisant un dispositif de conditionnement et d'application d'un produit comprenant :

  • a) un récipient d'axe longitudinal X apte à contenir le produit ;
  • b) un organe d'application poreux ou fibreux apte à être en communication avec le produit contenu dans le récipient au travers d'un passage ;
  • c) un organe d'ouverture/fermeture du passage comportant une partie mobile en rotation autour de l'axe X par rapport au récipient, entre une première position dans laquelle le passage est obturé et une seconde position dans laquelle le passage est ouvert,
  • d) un bouchon de fermeture apte à se fixer, au moyen d'un filetage, sur l'organe d'ouverture/fermeture de manière à constituer un logement fermé pour l'organe d'application ;
    •    un mouvement de rotation du bouchon autour de l'axe X étant apte à ouvrir et fermer le passage.According to the invention, these objects are achieved by producing a device for packaging and applying a product comprising:
  • a) a container with a longitudinal axis X capable of containing the product;
  • b) a porous or fibrous applicator member capable of being in communication with the product contained in the container through a passage;
  • c) a member for opening / closing the passage comprising a part which is able to rotate about the axis X relative to the container, between a first position in which the passage is closed and a second position in which the passage is open,
  • d) a closure plug capable of being fixed, by means of a thread, on the opening / closing member so as to constitute a closed housing for the application member;
    • a rotational movement of the plug around the X axis being able to open and close the passage.

    Un tel dispositif de forme relativement allongée et comprenant un organe d'application poreux ou fibreux permet de facilement appliquer le produit sur un ongle pour en retirer le vernis sans que les doigts de la main tenant le dispositif soient en contact avec le produit de sorte que les ongles de cette main ne sont pas abímés. En outre, l'organe d'application permet d'augmenter la surface qui s'applique sur la zone à traiter et qui contient du produit tout en limitant l'écoulement de produit hors du récipient, notamment dans le cas où le produit est très fluide. On peut ainsi utiliser un organe d'application ayant une surface d'application relativement proche de celle d'un ongle pour rapidement enlever le vernis sans que le produit ne s'écoule de façon trop abondante sur l'ongle. Par ailleurs, l'organe d'application permet également de retirer le vernis dissout par le dissolvant par frottement de la surface d'application sur l'ongle.Such a device of relatively elongated shape and comprising a member porous or fibrous application allows to easily apply the product on a nail to remove the varnish without the fingers of the hand holding the device are in contact with the product so that the nails of this hand are not not damaged. In addition, the applicator member makes it possible to increase the surface which applies to the area to be treated and which contains product while limiting the flow of product out of the container, in particular in the case where the product is very fluid. It is thus possible to use an applicator member having a surface relatively close to a nail to quickly remove the varnish without the product flowing too abundantly on the nail. Furthermore, the applicator member also makes it possible to remove the dissolved varnish by the solvent by rubbing the application surface on the nail.

    L'utilisation du bouchon pour ouvrir et fermer le passage de communication permet d'obtenir un dispositif facile à utiliser qui ne nécessite qu'un seul geste aussi bien pour l'ouverture que pour la fermeture du dispositif. En outre, cela permet de garantir à l'utilisatrice que dès que le bouchon est fermé, l'organe d'application est conditionné sans être en communication avec le produit contenu dans le récipient. On évite ainsi que l'organe d'application soit constamment imbibé de produit.Using the plug to open and close the communication passage provides an easy to use device that requires only one gesture both for opening and for closing the device. Furthermore, this ensures the user that as soon as the cap is closed, the organ application is conditioned without being in communication with the product contained in the container. This avoids the application member being constantly soaked in product.

    En outre, pour fermer le passage, il est nécessaire d'effectuer un mouvement de rotation si bien qu'une simple pression exercée sur l'organe d'application selon un axe, notamment lors de l'application du produit, ne suffit pas à fermer le passage. L'organe d'application peut donc toujours être alimenté par le produit provenant du récipient lors de l'application de l'organe d'application sur la zone à traiter.In addition, to close the passage, it is necessary to perform a movement rotation so that a simple pressure exerted on the applicator member along an axis, especially when applying the product, is not enough to close the passage. The applicator member can therefore always be supplied by the product from the container when applying the applicator to the area to be treated.

    Avantageusement, la partie mobile de l'élément d'ouverture/fermeture est apte à se déplacer indépendamment du bouchon. Le passage peut ainsi être fermé pour empêcher le produit de s'écouler hors du récipient sans que le bouchon de fermeture ne soit repositionné. Cela permet notamment de changer d'organe d'application pour en disposer un nouveau sans risque de fuite du produit.Advantageously, the movable part of the opening / closing element is suitable to move independently of the cap. The passage can thus be closed to prevent product from flowing out of the container without the cap is not repositioned. This allows in particular to change of application body to dispose of a new one without risk of leakage from the product.

    Avantageusement encore, le bouchon est apte à se visser sur l'organe d'ouverture/fermeture quelle que soit la position de la partie mobile de l'organe d'ouverture/fermeture. Ainsi, dans le cas où on a refermé le passage en déplaçant l'élément d'ouverture/fermeture pour par exemple remplacer un organe d'application, il n'est pas nécessaire d'ouvrir de nouveau le passage en déplaçant à la main l'élément d'ouverture/fermeture pour pouvoir revisser le bouchon comme c'est le cas dans le dispositif décrit dans la demande de brevet FR 2 681 050.Advantageously also, the plug is capable of being screwed onto the member opening / closing whatever the position of the movable part of the organ opening / closing. So, in the case where we closed the passage in moving the opening / closing element to for example replace a applicator, there is no need to reopen the passage in manually moving the opening / closing element to be able to screw the plug as is the case in the device described in the request for FR patent 2,681,050.

    Selon un mode de réalisation, la partie mobile de l'élément d'ouverture/fermeture est mobile par rapport au récipient uniquement en rotation autour de l'axe X, le passage étant formé en dehors de l'axe X.According to one embodiment, the movable part of the element opening / closing is movable relative to the container only in rotation around the X axis, the passage being formed outside the X axis.

    Selon un autre mode de réalisation, le mouvement de rotation de la partie mobile de l'élément d'ouverture/fermeture par rapport au récipient s'accompagne d'un mouvement de translation selon l'axe X. La partie mobile de l'élément d'ouverture/fermeture peut alors être mobile par rapport au récipient au moyen d'un filetage.According to another embodiment, the rotational movement of the part movable of the opening / closing element relative to the container is accompanied by a translational movement along the X axis. The mobile part of the opening / closing element can then be movable relative to the container by thread.

    Le passage peut être obturé par la coopération d'une paroi, par exemple un picot, formée sur une partie fixe de l'organe d'ouverture/fermeture et d'un orifice formé dans la partie mobile de l'organe d'ouverture/fermeture. The passage can be closed by the cooperation of a wall, for example a pin, formed on a fixed part of the opening / closing member and of a orifice formed in the movable part of the opening / closing member.

    Avantageusement, l'organe d'application est fixé de manière amovible dans le dispositif. Il peut donc être remplacé au fur et à mesure que l'on utilise le dispositif si par exemple il s'est encrassé.Advantageously, the applicator member is removably fixed in the device. It can therefore be replaced as you use the device if for example it is dirty.

    Le dispositif peut alors comporter un logement contenant au moins un second organe d'application, de préférence une réserve de plusieurs organes d'application. Le logement peut être formé dans le bouchon de fermeture.The device can then include a housing containing at least a second application body, preferably a reserve of several bodies application. The housing can be formed in the closure cap.

    L'organe d'application peut être un bloc d'une mousse, notamment d'une mousse à cellules ouvertes. La mousse peut être une mousse de polyuréthane (PU), de NBR (nitryl-butadiène-rubber), de SBR (styrène-butadiène-rubber) ou d'EPDM (éthylène propylène diène monomère). La mousse est avantageusement souple de manière à faciliter le prélèvement du vernis.The applicator member may be a block of foam, in particular of a open cell foam. The foam may be a polyurethane foam (PU), NBR (nitryl-butadiene-rubber), SBR (styrene-butadiene-rubber) or EPDM (ethylene propylene diene monomer). The foam is advantageously flexible so as to facilitate the removal of the varnish.

    Le récipient peut comprendre une paroi déformable. Ainsi, le produit peut être amené dans l'organe d'application par une simple pression exercée sur la paroi du récipient. Bien entendu, lorsque l'on utilise un produit très fluide, ce qui est souvent le cas des dissolvants, il peut également s'écouler depuis l'intérieur du récipient jusqu'à l'organe d'application uniquement par gravité. L'utilisatrice peut appuyer sur la paroi déformable si elle souhaite faire s'écouler le produit plus rapidement. Alternativement, on peut utiliser un récipient à paroi rigide dans lequel le produit s'écoule dans l'organe d'application uniquement par gravité.The container may include a deformable wall. So the product can be brought into the application member by a simple pressure exerted on the wall of the container. Of course, when using a very fluid product, which is often the case of solvents, it can also flow from inside the container to the applicator only by gravity. The user can press on the deformable wall if it wishes to drain the product faster. Alternatively, a rigid wall container can be used in which the product flows into the applicator member only by gravity.

    Le dispositif est avantageusement configuré pour permettre l'application de produit sur les ongles.The device is advantageously configured to allow the application of product on the nails.

    Le produit contenu dans le récipient peut être un produit cosmétique, notamment une composition de démaquillage des matières kératiniques, en particulier un dissolvant de vernis à ongles. The product contained in the container can be a cosmetic product, in particular a makeup-removing composition for keratin materials, in especially a nail polish remover.

    Le dispositif de l'invention est particulièrement utile pour le démaquillage des ongles.The device of the invention is particularly useful for removing makeup from nails.

    L'invention consiste, mis à part les dispositions exposées ci-dessus, en un certain nombre d'autres dispositions qui seront explicitées ci-après, à propos d'exemples de réalisation non limitatifs, décrits en référence aux figures annexées, parmi lesquelles :

    • la figure 1 illustre une vue en perspective du dispositif de conditionnement et d'application selon l'invention ;
    • la figure 2 illustre une vue éclatée du dispositif de la figure 1 ;
    • la figure 3 représente en coupe axiale partielle le dispositif de la figure 1, en position de fermeture ;
    • la figure 4 représente en coupe axiale partielle le dispositif de la figure 1, en cours d'ouverture ;
    • la figure 5 représente en coupe axiale partielle le dispositif de la figure 1, en position d'ouverture ;
    • la figure 6 représente une vue de dessus suivant la flèche 6 de la frette du dispositif de la figure 2 ;
    • la figure 7 représente en coupe axiale le porte-applicateur du dispositif représenté à la figure 1 ;
    • la figure 8 représente en coupe axiale une variante du dispositif de la figure 1 ;
    • la figure 9 représente une vue de dessus du porte-applicateur du dispositif représenté à la figure 8, qui ne contient pas d'applicateur ;
    • la figure 10 représente en coupe axiale un deuxième mode de réalisation d'un dispositif selon l'invention, en position de fermeture ; et
    • la figure 11 représente en coupe axiale le deuxième mode de réalisation du dispositif selon l'invention, en position d'ouverture.
    The invention consists, apart from the arrangements set out above, of a certain number of other arrangements which will be explained below, with reference to nonlimiting exemplary embodiments, described with reference to the appended figures, among which:
    • Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of the packaging and application device according to the invention;
    • Figure 2 illustrates an exploded view of the device of Figure 1;
    • Figure 3 shows in partial axial section the device of Figure 1, in the closed position;
    • Figure 4 shows in partial axial section the device of Figure 1, during opening;
    • Figure 5 shows in partial axial section the device of Figure 1, in the open position;
    • 6 shows a top view along arrow 6 of the hoop of the device of Figure 2;
    • Figure 7 shows in axial section the applicator holder of the device shown in Figure 1;
    • Figure 8 shows in axial section a variant of the device of Figure 1;
    • Figure 9 shows a top view of the applicator holder of the device shown in Figure 8, which does not contain an applicator;
    • FIG. 10 shows in axial section a second embodiment of a device according to the invention, in the closed position; and
    • Figure 11 shows in axial section the second embodiment of the device according to the invention, in the open position.

    Dans toute la description, les termes "en dessus" et "position haute", "en dessous" et "position basse" désignent respectivement des positions orientées respectivement vers le haut ou le bas des figures. Throughout the description, the terms "above" and "high position", "in below "and" low position "respectively designate oriented positions respectively up or down the figures.

    On a représenté sur les figures 1 à 7 un dispositif 1 de conditionnement et d'application conforme à l'invention. Le dispositif 1 comporte un récipient 10, un applicateur 20 solidaire du récipient via une frette 30 et un porte-applicateur 40, ainsi qu'un bouchon de fermeture 50. Le récipient contient un produit fluide, par exemple un produit dissolvant de vernis à ongles.FIGS. 1 to 7 show a device 1 for conditioning and of application according to the invention. The device 1 comprises a container 10, an applicator 20 secured to the container via a hoop 30 and an applicator holder 40, as well as a closure cap 50. The container contains a fluid, for example a nail polish remover.

    Dans l'exemple illustré, le récipient 10 présente une forme allongée selon un axe longitudinal X, et comporte un corps, formé par une paroi latérale 11 et un fond 12. Le récipient comporte également un col 14 d'axe X et de section transversale circulaire. La paroi latérale 11 est déformable élastiquement et se raccorde au col 14 via un épaulement 13 qui définit une surface plane annulaire. Le col 14 est muni de trois ergots 15 angulairement espacés prévus, comme on le verra en détail par la suite, pour maintenir la frette 30 sur le récipient. Le récipient 10 est par exemple réalisé en matière plastique, par exemple en polyéthylène, et est obtenu de moulage à partir d'une seule pièce.In the example illustrated, the container 10 has an elongated shape according to a longitudinal axis X, and comprises a body, formed by a side wall 11 and a bottom 12. The container also has a neck 14 of axis X and of section transverse circular. The side wall 11 is elastically deformable and is connects to the neck 14 via a shoulder 13 which defines a flat surface annular. The neck 14 is provided with three angularly spaced pins 15 provided, as will be seen in detail later, to maintain the hoop 30 on the container. The container 10 is for example made of plastic, for example example in polyethylene, and is obtained by molding from a single piece.

    La frette 30 est fixée par encliquetage sur le col 14 du récipient au moyen d'une jupe de fixation 31, cylindrique de révolution. La jupe de fixation 31 comporte trois creux 32, angulairement espacés sur la surface interne de la jupe, et qui viennent chacun recevoir un ergot 15 du col du récipient. La frette 30 est ainsi montée sur le récipient sans pouvoir se déplacer par rapport à celui-ci, ni en translation selon l'axe X, ni en rotation autour de l'axe X.The hoop 30 is snapped onto the neck 14 of the container by means a fixing skirt 31, cylindrical of revolution. The fixing skirt 31 has three recesses 32, angularly spaced on the internal surface of the skirt, and which each come to receive a lug 15 from the neck of the container. The fret 30 is thus mounted on the container without being able to move relative to this one, neither in translation along the X axis, nor in rotation around the X axis.

    La jupe de fixation 31 de la frette 30 se raccorde dans sa partie supérieure, par une paroi transversale annulaire 34, à une jupe d'étanchéité, concentrique de la jupe de fixation 31. La jupe d'étanchéité comprend une première portion 35a s'étendant parallèlement à l'axe X jusqu'à un bord libre inférieur. Cette portion de jupe 35a est prévue pour s'insérer à l'intérieur du col 14 du récipient en venant s'appliquer contre la surface interne du col. La jupe d'étanchéité comprend une seconde portion 35b formée dans le prolongement axial de la première portion, au-dessus de la paroi transversale annulaire 34, et qui coopère avec le porte-applicateur 40, comme on le verra en détail ultérieurement.The fixing skirt 31 of the hoop 30 is connected in its upper part, by an annular transverse wall 34, with a sealing skirt, concentric with the fixing skirt 31. The sealing skirt comprises a first portion 35a extending parallel to the X axis to a lower free edge. This portion skirt 35a is provided to be inserted inside the neck 14 of the container coming to apply against the internal surface of the neck. The sealing skirt comprises a second portion 35b formed in the axial extension of the first portion, above the annular transverse wall 34, and which cooperates with the applicator holder 40, as will be seen in detail later.

    Un picot 36 de forme tronconique est formé dans l'axe X. Le picot est relié à la jupe d'étanchéité par trois pattes radiales 37, espacées angulairement, et délimitant, avec la surface interne de la jupe d'étanchéité, des ouvertures 38 permettant le passage du produit. Le picot 36 déborde axialement la jupe d'étanchéité et se termine par une extrémité supérieure 36a destinée à se loger dans un orifice 45 prévu dans le porte-applicateur 40 de manière à interrompre la communication entre l'applicateur et le produit contenu à l'intérieur du récipient.A tapered pin 36 is formed in the X axis. The pin is connected to the sealing skirt by three radial tabs 37, angularly spaced, and defining, with the internal surface of the sealing skirt, openings 38 allowing the passage of the product. Picot 36 extends beyond the skirt axially sealing and ends with an upper end 36a intended to be housed in an orifice 45 provided in the applicator holder 40 so as to interrupt communication between the applicator and the product contained inside the container.

    La jupe de fixation 31 de la frette comporte, sur sa surface externe, deux ergots 33 diamétralement opposés et destinés à coopérer avec un filetage prévu sur le porte-applicateur 40, pour permettre au porte-applicateur de se déplacer par rapport à la frette et mettre l'applicateur 20 en communication avec le produit contenu à l'intérieur du récipient. La coopération de la frette et du porte-applicateur constitue un organe d'ouverture/fermeture du passage permettant la communication entre l'applicateur et le produit contenu à l'intérieur du récipient.The fastening skirt 31 of the hoop has, on its external surface, two pins 33 diametrically opposed and intended to cooperate with a thread provided on the applicator holder 40, to allow the applicator holder to move by report to the hoop and put the applicator 20 in communication with the product contained inside the container. The cooperation of the hoop and the applicator holder constitutes an organ for opening / closing the passage allowing communication between the applicator and the product contained inside the container.

    Le porte-applicateur 40 est monté sur la frette au moyen d'une jupe de fixation 41 cylindrique de révolution. La jupe de fixation 41 comporte un premier filetage 42 sur sa surface interne qui coopère avec les ergots 33 de la frette. Cette coopération permet le vissage et le dévissage du porte-applicateur sur la frette entre une première position dite position basse et une seconde position dite position haute. Le premier filetage 42 s'interrompt, dans la portion inférieure de la jupe 41, de manière à constituer une butée 42a pour les ergots 33 afin d'empêcher le porte-applicateur de se désolidariser de la frette en fin de dévissage, c'est-à-dire en position haute du porte-applicateur sur la frette. En position basse du porte-applicateur sur la frette, le vissage est également limité comme on le verra en détail par la suite. The applicator holder 40 is mounted on the hoop by means of a fixing skirt 41 cylindrical of revolution. The fixing skirt 41 has a first thread 42 on its internal surface which cooperates with the pins 33 of the hoop. This cooperation allows the screwing and unscrewing of the applicator holder on the hoop between a first position called the bottom position and a second position said high position. The first thread 42 is interrupted, in the portion bottom of the skirt 41, so as to constitute a stop 42a for the pins 33 in order to prevent the applicator holder from detaching from the hoop at the end unscrewing, that is to say in the high position of the applicator holder on the hoop. In the low position of the applicator holder on the hoop, the screwing is also limited as will be seen in detail later.

    La jupe de fixation 41 comporte en outre un second filetage 43 sur sa surface externe permettant la fixation du bouchon de fermeture 50.The fixing skirt 41 also has a second thread 43 on its surface external allowing the closure cap 50 to be fixed.

    La jupe de fixation 41 du porte-applicateur se prolonge dans sa partie supérieure par une paroi tronconique 44 jusqu'à un orifice 45, formé dans l'axe X, qui débouche dans un support 46 pour l'applicateur 20. Le support 46 de l'applicateur est formé par une paroi transversale annulaire 46a qui se termine en périphérie par une paroi latérale 46b s'étendant parallèlement à l'axe X jusqu'à un bord libre supérieur.The fixing skirt 41 of the applicator holder extends in its part upper by a frustoconical wall 44 to an orifice 45, formed in the axis X, which opens into a support 46 for the applicator 20. The support 46 of the applicator is formed by an annular transverse wall 46a which ends on the periphery by a side wall 46b extending parallel to the axis X up to an upper free edge.

    Pour empêcher le produit de s'écouler dans le filetage 42, on prévoit une jupe d'étanchéité 47, cylindrique de révolution, qui s'étend parallèlement à l'axe X depuis la paroi tronconique jusqu'à un bord libre inférieur. Cette jupe d'étanchéité 47 est prévue pour venir en contact étanche avec la portion supérieure 35b de la jupe d'étanchéité de la frette sur laquelle elle coulisse axialement lors du déplacement du porte-applicateur entre ses positions haute et basse. En position basse, la jupe d'étanchéité 47 vient en butée contre la paroi transversale annulaire 34 de la frette, limitant ainsi l'enfoncement du porte-applicateur lors de son vissage afin d'éviter que la jupe de fixation 41 ne s'enfonce dans l'épaulement 13 du récipient.To prevent the product from flowing into the thread 42, a skirt is provided sealing 47, cylindrical of revolution, which extends parallel to the axis X from the frustoconical wall to a lower free edge. This skirt sealing 47 is provided to come into sealing contact with the portion upper 35b of the sealing skirt of the hoop on which it slides axially when moving the applicator holder between its high positions and low. In the low position, the sealing skirt 47 abuts against the annular transverse wall 34 of the hoop, thus limiting the sinking of the applicator holder when screwed to prevent the fixing skirt 41 from sinks into the shoulder 13 of the container.

    L'applicateur 20, monté dans le support 46, a la forme d'un cylindre aplati de section transversale légèrement supérieure à la section transversale du support 46 de sorte que la paroi latérale 46b le maintient latéralement tout en permettant de le retirer axialement lorsque l'on souhaite le changer. Lorsque l'applicateur est monté dans le support, il déborde axialement au-dessus de la paroi latérale 46b du support. Il est constitué par un bloc de mousse à cellules ouvertes, notamment une mousse de polyuréthanne relativement souple. Avantageusement, l'applicateur est monté dans son support de façon amovible de manière à pouvoir être facilement retiré sans être détérioré de son support et remplacé par un nouvel applicateur ou par le même applicateur ayant par exemple été nettoyé.The applicator 20, mounted in the support 46, has the shape of a flattened cylinder of cross section slightly greater than the cross section of the support 46 so that the side wall 46b holds it laterally while allowing it to be removed axially when it is desired to change it. When the applicator is mounted in the support, it projects axially above the side wall 46b of the support. It consists of a block of cell foam open, especially a relatively flexible polyurethane foam. Advantageously, the applicator is removably mounted in its support so that it can be easily removed without being damaged from its support and replaced by a new applicator or by the same applicator having by example been cleaned.

    En position de fermeture du dispositif, l'applicateur 20 est logé dans un logement 51 fermé délimité en parti par le bouchon de fermeture 50 prévu pour coiffer l'applicateur. Le bouchon 50 est constitué par une jupe périphérique 52, cylindrique de révolution, fermée dans sa partie supérieure par une paroi transversale 53. La surface interne de la jupe 52 comporte un filetage 54 prévu pour coopérer avec le filetage 43 de la jupe de fixation 41 du porte-applicateur. Le bord libre inférieur de la jupe 52 vient en butée contre l'épaulement 13 du récipient de manière à empêcher que l'applicateur 20 ne soit comprimé en position de fermeture par la paroi transversale 53 du bouchon en cas de vissage trop important.In the device closed position, the applicator 20 is housed in a closed housing 51 delimited in part by the closing plug 50 provided for style the applicator. The plug 50 is constituted by a peripheral skirt 52, cylindrical of revolution, closed in its upper part by a wall transverse 53. The internal surface of the skirt 52 has a thread 54 provided to cooperate with the thread 43 of the fixing skirt 41 of the applicator holder. The lower free edge of the skirt 52 abuts against the shoulder 13 of the container so as to prevent the applicator 20 from being compressed in closed position by the transverse wall 53 of the plug in the event of too much screwing.

    Afin que le vissage/dévissage du bouchon 50 entraíne le vissage/dévissage du porte-applicateur 40, l'effort exercé latéralement par le bouchon 50 sur le porte-applicateur 40 est plus important que celui exercé par le porte-applicateur 40 sur la frette 30. A cet effet, on prévoit un serrage plus important du bouchon sur le porte-applicateur que du porte-applicateur sur la frette. Alternativement ou en complément, on choisit des matériaux appropriés pour constituer les différentes pièces, en jouant notamment sur leur coefficient de frottement ou encore sur leur état de surface. Bien entendu, l'effort latéral exercé par le bouchon sur le porte-applicateur doit quand même lui permettre d'être vissé facilement.So that the screwing / unscrewing of the plug 50 causes the screwing / unscrewing of the applicator holder 40, the force exerted laterally by the plug 50 on the applicator holder 40 is more important than that exerted by the applicator holder 40 on the hoop 30. For this purpose, a greater tightening of the plug is provided on the applicator holder than on the applicator holder on the hoop. Alternately or in addition, appropriate materials are chosen to constitute the different parts, playing in particular on their coefficient of friction or still on their surface condition. Of course, the lateral force exerted by the cap on the applicator holder must still allow it to be screwed easily.

    En position de fermeture représentée à la figure 3, le bouchon 50 est vissé sur le porte-applicateur au moyen de la coopération des filetages complémentaires 54 et 43 prévus respectivement sur le bouchon et sur le porte-applicateur. Le porte-applicateur 40 est en position basse par rapport à la frette 30, c'est-à-dire que les ergots 33 sont dans la partie haute du filetage 42. L'extrémité supérieure 36a du picot 36 est logée dans l'orifice 45 prévu dans le porte-applicateur de manière à empêcher toute communication du produit contenu dans le récipient avec l'applicateur.In the closed position shown in Figure 3, the cap 50 is screwed on the applicator holder by means of the cooperation of complementary threads 54 and 43 respectively provided on the cap and on the applicator holder. The applicator holder 40 is in the low position relative to the hoop 30, that is to say that the pins 33 are in the upper part of the thread 42. The end upper 36a of the pin 36 is housed in the orifice 45 provided in the applicator holder so as to prevent any communication of the product contained in the container with the applicator.

    Pour ouvrir le dispositif, l'utilisatrice déplace le bouchon 50 en rotation par rapport au récipient, ce qui entraíne, dans un premier temps, le dévissage du porte-applicateur et un déplacement axial du porte-applicateur par rapport à la frette comme on l'a représenté à la figure 4. Le porte-applicateur 40 se trouve alors en position haute par rapport à la frette 30, c'est-à-dire que les ergots 33 sont dans la partie basse du filetage 42 et viennent en butée contre l'extrémité 42a du filetage. L'orifice 45 est alors dégagé de manière à permettre la communication du produit contenu dans le récipient avec l'applicateur.To open the device, the user moves the plug 50 in rotation by report to the container, which causes, first, the unscrewing of the applicator holder and an axial displacement of the applicator holder relative to the hoop as shown in Figure 4. The applicator holder 40 is then in the high position relative to the hoop 30, that is to say that the pins 33 are in the lower part of the thread 42 and abut against the end 42a of the thread. The orifice 45 is then released so as to allow the communication of the product contained in the container with the applicator.

    L'utilisatrice poursuit ensuite son mouvement de dévissage de manière à dévisser cette fois le bouchon du porte-applicateur afin de dégager l'applicateur, comme on l'a illustré à la figure 5. L'utilisatrice peut alors poser l'applicateur sur un ongle en positionnant le dispositif tête en bas, à savoir en plaçant l'applicateur en dessous du récipient de sorte que le produit s'écoule par gravité dans l'applicateur, via les ouvertures 38 et l'orifice 45. Si l'utilisatrice souhaite que le produit s'écoule plus rapidement dans l'applicateur, elle peut exercer une légère pression sur la paroi latérale 11 du récipient de manière à pousser le produit vers l'applicateur 20. Elle peut également utiliser le dispositif tête en haut et pousser le produit vers l'applicateur en appuyant sur la paroi latérale 11 du récipient. Une fois que l'applicateur est imbibé, l'utilisatrice peut effectuer des mouvements circulaires sur l'ongle afin d'enlever le vernis. En fin d'application, l'utilisatrice positionne le bouchon 50 sur le porte-applicateur 40 et effectue un mouvement de rotation du bouchon par rapport au récipient 10 au cours duquel le porte-applicateur 40 est revissé sur la frette 30, jusqu'à sa position basse et le bouchon est revissé sur le porte-applicateur jusqu'à ce qu'il vienne en butée contre l'épaulement 13 du récipient. The user then continues her unscrewing movement so as to unscrew this time the cap of the applicator holder to release the applicator, as illustrated in Figure 5. The user can then apply the applicator on a nail by positioning the device upside down, namely by placing the applicator under the container so that the product flows by gravity in the applicator, via the openings 38 and the orifice 45. If the user wants the product to flow more quickly into the applicator, it can exert a slight pressure on the side wall 11 of the container so as to push the product towards the applicator 20. She can also use the device head up and push the product towards the applicator by pressing the side wall 11 of the container. Once the applicator is soaked, the user can make circular movements on the nail to remove the nailpolish. At the end of the application, the user positions the plug 50 on the applicator holder 40 and performs a rotation movement of the cap by relative to the container 10 during which the applicator holder 40 is screwed back on the hoop 30, to its low position and the cap is screwed back on the applicator holder until it comes into abutment against shoulder 13 of the container.

    Lorsque l'utilisatrice, après avoir utilisé le dispositif pour enlever du vernis estime que l'applicateur est trop encrassé et qu'elle souhaite le remplacer, elle revisse le porte-applicateur sur la frette à la main, c'est-à-dire sans le capuchon de manière à obturer l'orifice 45 par le picot 36. Elle peut ensuite, sans risque de fuite du produit, retirer facilement l'applicateur de son support 46 et en repositionner un nouveau. Alternativement, elle peut laver l'applicateur qu'elle vient de retirer et le repositionner dans le support. L'utilisatrice peut ensuite revisser le bouchon sur le porte-applicateur qui se trouve dans sa position basse puisque le filetage le permet.When the user, after using the device to remove varnish feels that the applicator is too dirty and wants to replace it, she screw the applicator holder back onto the hoop by hand, i.e. without cap so as to close the orifice 45 with the pin 36. It can then, without risk of product leakage, easily remove the applicator from its support 46 and reposition a new one. Alternatively, she can wash the applicator that it has just removed and repositioned in the support. The user can then screw the cap back on the applicator holder which is in its low position since the thread allows it.

    Les figures 8 et 9 représentent une variante du dispositif qui vient d'être décrit en conformité avec les figures 1 à 7 et qui s'utilise de la même manière.Figures 8 and 9 show a variant of the device which has just been described in accordance with Figures 1 to 7 and which is used in the same way.

    Selon cette variante, le récipient 10 et la frette 30 sont identiques au récipient et à la frette du premier mode de réalisation. Le porte-applicateur 40 diffère du porte-applicateur du premier mode de réalisation dans la forme du support 46 de l'applicateur. Le support 46 est cette fois formé par une paroi tronconique 48 qui s'évase, à partir de l'orifice 45 vers l'extérieur. La paroi tronconique 48 est munie de trois reliefs 49 permettant de maintenir latéralement l'applicateur 20 tout en permettant de le retirer axialement lorsque l'on souhaite le changer. L'applicateur 20 a cette fois une forme tronconique.According to this variant, the container 10 and the hoop 30 are identical to the container and to the fret of the first embodiment. The applicator holder 40 differs from the applicator holder of the first embodiment in the form of the support 46 of the applicator. The support 46 is this time formed by a frustoconical wall 48 which flares from the orifice 45 outwards. The tapered wall 48 is provided with three reliefs 49 making it possible to hold the applicator laterally 20 while allowing it to be removed axially when it is desired to change it. The applicator 20 this time has a frustoconical shape.

    Selon ce mode de réalisation, le bouchon 50 définit un second logement 55 délimité par un prolongement axial 56 de la jupe périphérique 52, au-dessus de la paroi transversale 53, fermée de manière réversible dans sa partie supérieure par une paroi transversale 57 articulée par une charnière-film 58. Un système d'accrochage 59, diamétralement opposé à la charnière-film 58, est prévu pour permettre l'accrochage de la paroi transversale 57 sur le prolongement 56 de la jupe afin de maintenir le second logement 55 fermé. Le second logement 55 permet de loger plusieurs applicateurs 20 qui sont destinés à successivement remplacer l'applicateur déjà utilisé. According to this embodiment, the plug 50 defines a second housing 55 delimited by an axial extension 56 of the peripheral skirt 52, above the transverse wall 53, closed reversibly in its part upper by a transverse wall 57 articulated by a film hinge 58. A fastening system 59, diametrically opposite to the film hinge 58, is provided to allow the attachment of the transverse wall 57 on the extension 56 of the skirt in order to keep the second housing 55 closed. The second housing 55 makes it possible to house several applicators 20 which are intended to successively replace the applicator already used.

    Le mode de réalisation représenté sur les figures 10 et 11 diffère principalement du premier mode de réalisation représenté sur les figures 1 à 7 en ce que le porte-applicateur 40 est mobile par rapport à la frette uniquement en rotation autour de l'axe X.The embodiment shown in Figures 10 and 11 differs mainly of the first embodiment shown in Figures 1 to 7 in that the applicator holder 40 is movable relative to the hoop only rotating around the X axis.

    Le filetage de la surface interne de la jupe de fixation 41 du porte-applicateur est remplacé par deux gorges 143, diamétralement opposées, dans lesquelles se déplacent les ergots 33. Les deux ergots 33 sont cette fois formés à des hauteurs axiales différentes. Les gorges 143 sont également formées à des hauteurs axiales différentes et s'étendent chacune dans un plan transversal à l'axe X, sur une portion angulaire d'environ 180° de manière à permettre au porte-applicateur de se déplacer de 180° par rapport à la frette 30. L'orifice 45 formé dans le support 46 est cette fois formé en dehors de l'axe X.The thread of the internal surface of the fixing skirt 41 of the applicator holder is replaced by two diametrically opposite grooves 143, in which the lugs 33 move. The two lugs 33 are this time formed at different axial heights. The grooves 143 are also formed at different axial heights and each extend in a transverse plane to the X axis, over an angular portion of approximately 180 ° so as to allow the applicator holder to move 180 ° relative to the hoop 30. The orifice 45 formed in the support 46 is this time formed outside the X axis.

    Le picot de la frette est remplacé par une paroi transversale 136, formée depuis le prolongement axial de la jupe d'étanchéité, et qui est en contact étanche avec la paroi transversale 46a du support 46. La paroi transversale 136 comporte un orifice 136a également formé en dehors de l'axe X. L'orifice 136a est situé dans la paroi 136 de manière telle que l'orifice 45 du porte-applicateur est apte à venir en regard de l'orifice 136a lorsque les ergots 33 viennent en butée à une extrémité de leur gorge respective.The hoop pin is replaced by a transverse wall 136, formed from the axial extension of the sealing skirt, and which is in contact watertight with the transverse wall 46a of the support 46. The transverse wall 136 has an orifice 136a also formed outside the X axis. The orifice 136a is located in the wall 136 so that the orifice 45 of the applicator holder is able to come opposite the orifice 136a when the lugs 33 abut at one end of their respective grooves.

    Selon ce mode de réalisation, en position de fermeture représentée à la figure 10, le bouchon 50 est vissé sur le porte-applicateur et la paroi 136 obture l'orifice 45 de manière à empêcher toute communication du produit contenu dans le récipient avec l'applicateur. Les ergots 33 sont chacun situés à une première extrémité de leur gorge respective.According to this embodiment, in the closed position shown in the figure 10, the plug 50 is screwed onto the applicator holder and the wall 136 closes the orifice 45 so as to prevent any communication of the product contained in the container with the applicator. The pins 33 are each located at a first end of their respective grooves.

    Pour ouvrir le dispositif, l'utilisatrice déplace le bouchon 50 en rotation par rapport au récipient, ce qui entraíne dans un premier temps, le déplacement des ergots 33 dans leur gorge respective 143 depuis la première extrémité de la gorge jusqu'à la seconde extrémité, car là encore, l'effort exercé latéralement par le bouchon 50 sur le porte-applicateur 40 est plus important que celui exercé par le porte-applicateur 40 sur la frette 30. Le porte-applicateur se déplace ainsi de 180° par rapport à la frette de sorte que l'orifice 45 du porte-applicateur vient en regard de l'orifice 136a de la paroi 136 de manière à permettre la communication du produit contenu dans le récipient avec l'applicateur.To open the device, the user moves the plug 50 in rotation by relation to the container, which initially causes displacement lugs 33 in their respective grooves 143 from the first end of the throat to the second end, because again, the force exerted laterally by the plug 50 on the applicator holder 40 is more important than that exerted by the applicator holder 40 on the hoop 30. The applicator holder is thus moves 180 ° relative to the hoop so that the orifice 45 of the applicator holder comes opposite the orifice 136a of the wall 136 so as to allow the communication of the product contained in the container with the applicator.

    L'utilisatrice poursuit ensuite son mouvement de dévissage de manière à dévisser cette fois le bouchon du porte-applicateur afin de dégager l'applicateur, comme on l'a illustré à la figure 11.The user then continues her unscrewing movement so as to unscrew this time the cap of the applicator holder to release the applicator, as illustrated in Figure 11.

    Dans la description détaillée qui précède, il a été fait référence à des modes de réalisation préférés de l'invention. Il est évident que des variantes peuvent y être apportées sans s'écarter de l'esprit de l'invention telle que revendiquée ci-après.In the foregoing detailed description, reference has been made to modes of preferred embodiments of the invention. It is obvious that there are variations be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed below.

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    Dispositif de conditionnement et d'application (1) d'un produit comprenant : a) un récipient (10) d'axe longitudinal X apte à contenir le produit ; b) un organe d'application (20) poreux ou fibreux apte à être en communication avec le produit contenu dans le récipient au travers d'un passage (45) ; c) un organe d'ouverture/fermeture (30, 40) du passage comportant une partie mobile (40) en rotation autour de l'axe X par rapport au récipient, entre une première position dans laquelle le passage est obturé et une seconde position dans laquelle le passage est ouvert, d) un bouchon de fermeture (50) apte à se fixer, au moyen d'un filetage (54), sur l'organe d'ouverture/fermeture de manière à constituer un logement (51) fermé pour l'organe d'application ;    un mouvement de rotation du bouchon autour de l'axe X étant apte à ouvrir et fermer le passage.Device for packaging and applying (1) a product comprising: a) a container (10) with a longitudinal axis X capable of containing the product; b) a porous or fibrous applicator member (20) capable of being in communication with the product contained in the container through a passage (45); c) an opening / closing member (30, 40) of the passage comprising a movable part (40) rotating around the axis X relative to the container, between a first position in which the passage is closed and a second position in which the passage is open, d) a closure plug (50) capable of being fixed, by means of a thread (54), on the opening / closing member so as to constitute a housing (51) closed for the application member ; a rotational movement of the plug around the X axis being able to open and close the passage. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la partie mobile (40) de l'organe d'ouverture/fermeture est apte à se déplacer indépendamment du bouchon (50).Device according to claim 1, characterized in that the movable part (40) of the opening / closing member is able to move independently of the plug (50). Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le bouchon (50) est apte à se visser sur l'organe d'ouverture/fermeture quelle que soit la position de la partie mobile (40) de l'organe d'ouverture/fermeture.Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the plug (50) is capable of being screwed onto the opening / closing member whatever the position of the movable part (40) of the member 'open close. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la partie mobile (40) de l'élément d'ouverture/fermeture est mobile par rapport au récipient uniquement en rotation autour de l'axe X et en ce que le passage est formé en dehors de l'axe X. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the movable part (40) of the opening / closing element is movable relative to the container only in rotation about the X axis and in that the passage is formed outside the X axis. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisé en ce que le mouvement de rotation de la partie mobile (40) de l'élément d'ouverture/fermeture par rapport au récipient s'accompagne d'un mouvement de translation selon l'axe X.Device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the rotational movement of the movable part (40) of the opening / closing element relative to the container is accompanied by a translational movement according to the X axis. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que la partie mobile (40) de l'élément d'ouverture/fermeture est mobile par rapport au récipient au moyen d'un filetage (42).Device according to claim 5, characterized in that the movable part (40) of the opening / closing element is movable relative to the container by means of a thread (42). Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le passage (45) est obturé par la coopération d'une paroi (36a; 136) formée sur une partie fixe (30) de l'organe d'ouverture/fermeture et d'un orifice (45) formé dans la partie mobile de l'organe d'ouverture/fermeture.Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the passage (45) is closed by the cooperation of a wall (36a; 136) formed on a fixed part (30) of the opening / closing member and an orifice (45) formed in the movable part of the opening / closing member. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'organe d'application (20) est fixé de manière amovible dans le dispositif.Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application member (20) is removably fixed in the device. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un logement (55) contenant au moins un second organe d'application (20).Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a housing (55) containing at least a second application member (20). Dispositif selon la revendication 9, caractérisé en ce que le logement (55) contient une réserve de plusieurs organes d'application (20).Device according to claim 9, characterized in that the housing (55) contains a reserve of several application members (20). Dispositif selon la revendication 9 ou 10, caractérisé en ce que le logement (55) est formé dans le bouchon de fermeture (50).Device according to claim 9 or 10, characterized in that the housing (55) is formed in the closure plug (50). Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que l'organe d'application (20) est un bloc d'une mousse, notamment d'une mousse à cellules ouvertes. Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the application member (20) is a block of foam, in particular an open cell foam. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il est configuré pour permettre l'application de produit sur les ongles.Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it is configured to allow the application of product to the nails. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le récipient (10) comprend une paroi déformable (11).Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container (10) comprises a deformable wall (11). Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que le produit contenu dans le récipient (10) est un produit cosmétique.Device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the product contained in the container (10) is a cosmetic product. Dispositif selon la revendication 15, caractérisé en ce que le produit est une composition de démaquillage des matières kératiniques, notamment un dissolvant de vernis à ongles.Device according to claim 15, characterized in that the product is a composition for removing makeup from keratin materials, in particular a nail polish remover. Utilisation d'un dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes pour le démaquillage des ongles.Use of a device according to any one of the claims for removing make-up from the nails.
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