EP1428454B1 - Applikator sowie Verpackung- und Auftragungseinheit mit einem solchen Applikator - Google Patents

Applikator sowie Verpackung- und Auftragungseinheit mit einem solchen Applikator Download PDF

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EP1428454B1
EP1428454B1 EP03293090A EP03293090A EP1428454B1 EP 1428454 B1 EP1428454 B1 EP 1428454B1 EP 03293090 A EP03293090 A EP 03293090A EP 03293090 A EP03293090 A EP 03293090A EP 1428454 B1 EP1428454 B1 EP 1428454B1
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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
    • 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
    • A45D34/041—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a roller, a disc or a ball
    • 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
    • A45D34/045—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a brush or the like connected to the cap of the container

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  • the present invention relates to applicators used to apply cosmetic products, especially care products.
  • No. 3,111,703 discloses a deodorant applicator comprising a receptacle on which is fixed a cage housing a ball.
  • the cage has a bottom wall provided with a closed slot at rest.
  • the bottom wall has two abutments disposed on either side of the slot and against which the ball abuts during application, so as to exert on the abutments a constraint causing the opening of the slot and allowing the passage of the product contained in the container to the ball.
  • Patent application FR 2 734 131 discloses a packaging and application device comprising a container and a removable application element.
  • the latter comprises a gripping member defining a housing for a ball, which is biased towards the opening of the housing by a spring disposed in the bottom thereof.
  • the patent application EP 0 506 564 describes a container with an applicator member slidably mounted on a tip of the container, the applicator member being biased towards a high rest position by means of a spring.
  • the patent application FR 2 676 339 describes a container having a ball for applying a cosmetic product.
  • the ball can be returned to the up position by means of a spring.
  • the invention meets this need by means of a device as defined in claim 1.
  • the invention makes it possible to offer the user, during the application, a feeling of comfort thanks to the fact that the pressure exerted by the applicator on the skin is transmitted to the ball by the elastically deformable connecting element.
  • the ball can more easily follow the application of the relief of the body, including the face, because of the mobility of the cage relative to the gripping member.
  • the connecting element can be made separately from the cage, and assembled therewith during the manufacture of the device.
  • the connecting element can be made at least partially in one piece with the cage, for example by molding plastics material.
  • the gripping member having an axis which may be an axis of symmetry of the applicator for example, the connecting element is advantageously arranged to allow the cage, during application at least, to move along said axis or to deviate from it, to allow the cage to move in three directions orthogonal to each other relative to the gripping member.
  • the connecting element may comprise a foam, for example polyurethane.
  • the connecting element may comprise a spring, in particular a helical spring. This spring may, if necessary, be made in one piece by molding plastic with the gripping member or the cage, or with both. The spring can still be metallic.
  • the connecting element can also be realized differently.
  • the gripping member comprises a cover and an insert fixed in the cover, the connecting element being integral with the insert, which may comprise a mounting skirt for fixing of the connecting element.
  • the applicator is arranged to be able to close, in particular in a sealed manner, a container containing the product to be applied and the applicator comprises, for example, a sealing lip intended for apply tightly against a neck of the container.
  • the cage may be made of a relatively rigid plastic such as polyethylene or polypropylene, for example, and have an inner surface portion of sphere that conforms to the shape of the ball.
  • the cage and the ball may be arranged to provide a clearance between them allowing movement of the ball in the cage other than a pure rotational movement around the center of the cage.
  • the container has a wall defining a housing for receiving the ball when the applicator is in place on the container.
  • This wall can also define a seat for the ball.
  • the wall may comprise at least one annular portion against which the ball applies when the applicator is in place on the container. This can prevent the housing receiving the ball from filling too easily with product during transportation of the device in a bag, for example.
  • the connecting element when the applicator is in place on the container, the connecting element is compressed, so as to apply the ball against its seat.
  • the contact may be between an edge of the cage and said wall.
  • the latter may comprise at least one orifice for the passage of the product contained in the container to the ball.
  • This orifice can open into a recess in the wall.
  • This recess may be delimited by the aforementioned annular portion.
  • the recess can form with the ball a space capable of retaining the product, this space can facilitate the loading of the ball product.
  • the container may be made by assembling on a first reservoir portion a second portion defining the housing receiving the ball.
  • FIG. 1 shows a packaging and application device 1 comprising a container 2 and an applicator 3.
  • the container 2 comprises a first part 4 forming a reservoir, containing a product P, for example a milk for the body, this first part having at its upper end a neck 5 extending along an axis X.
  • a product P for example a milk for the body
  • the first part also comprises a bottom 7 connected by two successive shoulders 8 and 10 to the neck 5.
  • the neck 5 is provided on its outer surface reliefs 12 whose role will be explained later.
  • the container 2 further comprises a second part 13 constituted in the example described by an insert on the first part 4.
  • This second portion 13 comprises an outer skirt 14, X axis, abutting by its lower edge against the shoulder 8 and snapping on the intermediate portion 9 connecting the shoulders 8 and 10 of the first part.
  • the second part 13 also has, internally to the skirt 14, ribs 16 extending along the X axis on either side of the reliefs 12 of the neck 5, so as to prevent relative rotation of the second part 13 by report to the first part 4.
  • the skirt 14 is connected by a transverse portion perpendicular to the axis X to a tubular wall 17.
  • the latter defines above the transverse portion 15 a neck 18, threaded externally, and is sealingly applied by its lower portion 19, below the portion 15, against the inner surface of the neck 5 of the first part 4.
  • the wall 17 is closed at its lower end by a bottom wall 22, which has an annular portion 23 whose surface 23a is spherical on its upper side, forming a seat for an applicator ball 30 carried by the applicator 3, as this will be detailed later.
  • the bottom wall 22 may also comprise a recess 25 connected at its periphery to the annular portion 23, concavity directed towards the ball 30 and whose bottom is traversed by a plurality of orifices 26 allowing the product P contained in the part forming tank 4 to gain recess 25.
  • the applicator 3 comprises a cover 31, in which is fixed an insert 32.
  • the assembly consisting of the cover 31 and the insert 32 forms a gripping member 33.
  • the insert 32 comprises an internally threaded skirt 34, enabling the applicator 3 to be screwed onto the neck 18 of the container 2, a sealing lip 35 intended to be sealingly applied to the inner surface of the neck 18 and a skirt.
  • inner 36 for mounting on the insert of a connecting member 37 by which the ball 30 is secured to the gripping member.
  • the connecting element 37 is constituted by a block of foam, for example polyurethane, fixed to the insert 32 by gluing, for example.
  • This foam block may have a substantially cylindrical shape, of X axis.
  • the ball 30 is retained with a possibility of rotation in a cage 40 defining a spherical housing 41 allowing to exceed a lower portion of the ball 30 for the application.
  • the ball 30 can be placed in the cage 40 by elastic deformation of the latter, for example.
  • the cage 40 comprises at its upper part an attachment skirt 42 of axis X, shouldered, serving to fix it to the connecting element 37, for example with an adhesive 43.
  • the distance between the lower edge of the skirt 36 and the upper edge of the skirt 42 is non-zero, being sufficient to allow some compression of the connecting element 37 and a certain deflection of the cage 40 around geometric axes of rotation perpendicular to each other and perpendicular to the X axis.
  • the device 1 can be used in the following manner.
  • the user returns the container 2 to allow the flow of product P in the recess 25, through the orifices 26, the latter being permanently open in the example in question.
  • the ball 30 can then be loaded with the product P.
  • the user can roll the ball 30 on the skin S, the connecting element 37 being able to deform according to the relief thereof, as illustrated in FIG.
  • the cage housing the ball may be connected to the gripping member 33 via a helical spring 37 'of axis X.
  • This spring may be constituted by an insert as shown in the drawing or be made by plastic molding with at least one of the cage 40 and the insert 32.
  • a container can be made without the recess 25, the annular portion 23 surrounding for example a single central opening through which the ball 30 can be loaded product.
  • the ball 30 can be flocked and be made of various materials, including a load of particles intended to exert an effect on the product or on the surface treated with the product. This effect can be a magnetic field or the release of a substance, for example ions.

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  1. Verpackungs- und Auftragvorrichtung, umfassend
    - einen Behälter (2), der ein aufzutragendes insbesondere kosmetisches Produkt enthält,
    - ein Auftragorgan (3), umfassend:
    - ein Greiforgan (33),
    - einen Käfig (40), der mit dem Greiforgan fest verbunden ist und eine Aufnahme (41) zum Aufnehmen einer Auftragkugel (30) mit einer Möglichkeit der Drehung der Kugel in der Aufnahme bildet,
    dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Käfig (40) bezüglich des Greiforgans beweglich ist, wobei er mit letzterem durch mindestens ein elastisch verformbares Verbindungselement (37; 37') verbunden ist, wobei das Greiforgan ausgebildet ist, um den Behälter (2) schließen zu können.
  2. Vorrichtung nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, wobei das Greiforgan eine Achse (X) aufweist, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Verbindungselement ausgebildet ist, um dem Käfig (40) zu gestatten, sich mindestens bei dem Auftrag gemäß dieser Achse zu bewegen und/oder sich von dieser zu entfernen.
  3. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Verbindungselement (37) einen Schaumstoff umfasst.
  4. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 1 und 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Verbindungselement (37') eine insbesondere schraubenförmige Feder umfasst.
  5. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Greiforgan eine Kappe (31) und einen in der Kappe befestigten Einsatz (32) umfasst und dass das Verbindungselement (37; 37') mit dem Einsatz (32) fest verbunden ist.
  6. Vorrichtung nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Einsatz einen zur Befestigung des Verbindungselements dienenden Mantel (36) umfasst.
  7. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Greiforgan eine Dichtungslippe (35) umfasst, die dazu bestimmt ist, sich an einen Hals (18) des Behälters anzulegen.
  8. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Käfig (40) aus starrem Kunststoff hergestellt ist.
  9. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Käfig (40) die Form eines Kugelabschnitts aufweist, der sich an die Form der Kugel anschmiegt.
  10. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Verbindungselement (37; 37') von dem Käfig (40) verschieden ist.
  11. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Greiforgan ausgebildet ist, um den Behälter (2) dicht verschließen zu können.
  12. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Behälter eine Wand (22) umfasst, die einen Sitz für die Kugel bildet, wenn das Auftragorgan auf dem Behälter an seinem Platz ist.
  13. Vorrichtung nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Wand (22) mindestens einen ringförmigen Abschnitt (23) umfasst, an dem die Kugel anliegt, wenn das Auftragorgan auf dem Behälter an seinem Platz ist.
  14. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 12 und 13, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Wand (22) mindestens eine Öffnung (26) umfasst, die den Durchgang des in dem Behälter enthaltenen Produkts zur Kugel gestattet.
  15. Vorrichtung nach dem vorhergehenden Anspruch, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Wand (22) eine Vertiefung (25) umfasst, die in der Lage ist, mit der Kugel, wenn das Auftragorgan auf dem Behälter an seinem Platz ist, einen Raum zu bilden, in den mindestens eine Öffnung (26) mündet.
  16. Vorrichtung nach einem der Ansprüche 12 bis 15, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Behälter einen ersten, ein Reservoir bildenden Teil (4) umfasst, der in der Lage ist, ein Produkt zu enthalten, und einen zweiten, mit dem ersten zusammengefügten Teil, der die Aufnahme (41) bildet und die Wand (22) umfasst.
  17. Vorrichtung nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass das Verbindungselement (37; 37') komprimiert ist, wenn das Auftragorgan auf dem Behälter an seinem Platz ist.
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