EP1673998B1 - Vorrichtung zum Aufbewahren und Auftragen eines kosmetischen Produkts - Google Patents

Vorrichtung zum Aufbewahren und Auftragen eines kosmetischen Produkts Download PDF

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EP1673998B1
EP1673998B1 EP20050292502 EP05292502A EP1673998B1 EP 1673998 B1 EP1673998 B1 EP 1673998B1 EP 20050292502 EP20050292502 EP 20050292502 EP 05292502 A EP05292502 A EP 05292502A EP 1673998 B1 EP1673998 B1 EP 1673998B1
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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

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  • the present invention relates to a set of packaging and application type "roll on”.
  • the invention can be used in particular for the packaging and application of cosmetic products such as certain personal care products.
  • the packaging and applicator devices with applicator structure type "roll on” comprise a ball, usually spherical, rotatably mounted on itself, in a housing of corresponding shape, surmounting a container containing the product to be applied.
  • the housing includes a first opening for communicating a first surface portion of the ball with the product contained in the container, and a second opening, through which emerges externally, a second surface portion of the marble.
  • the consumer After removing the cap, the consumer returns the container in the upside down position so as to, by gravity, bring product into contact with the first surface portion of the ball.
  • the ball By engaging the second surface portion of the ball with the surface to be treated, and by a suitable movement of the device relative to said surface, the ball is rotated on itself so that the first portion of said ball is facing the second opening, thus depositing said product on the surface to be treated.
  • the container is obtained by blowing a material such as a rigid polypropylene, an acrylobutadiene styrene (ABS), or a high density polyethylene.
  • a material such as a rigid polypropylene, an acrylobutadiene styrene (ABS), or a high density polyethylene.
  • ABS acrylobutadiene styrene
  • the applicator ball may be, for example, polyethylene.
  • these devices are equipped with a removable cap which, when it rests on the ball, constrains the latter to bear tightly on an edge delimiting the first opening so as to achieve a certain seal, thus interrupting the liquid communication between the container and the housing containing the applicator ball.
  • the document EP 0 528 265 describes for example a device of this type which comprises on the one hand a container and, on the other hand, a support for the ball which is fixed on the container.
  • the device comprises a removable cap which constrains the ball sealingly against two sealing lips provided on the inner surface of the support defining the housing for the ball so as to interrupt the liquid communication between the container and the housing containing the applicator ball.
  • the two sealing lips are relatively long so that they tend to deform when they are forced by the cap and in particular to bend outwards. The lips thus tend to keep in memory the deformation they undergo in the closed position of the cap, so that the seal is thus reduced.
  • the document GB 2 044 683 also discloses a device using a spherical ball which comprises, on the one hand, a container for the product in the form of a tube and, on the other hand, a support for the ball, the support being fixed on the tube.
  • the document CA1207278A describes a device with a spherical ball.
  • One of the objects of the application is to provide a device of the type mentioned above, which is simple and economical to produce, and which allows a good level of sealing between the applicator structure, consisting of a ball, and the container containing the product. to apply.
  • the invention is particularly targeted devices of the type mentioned above in which the housing of the ball is obtained by molding with the rest of the container.
  • the two annular sealing zones may be formed from edges or lips obtained by molding with the housing.
  • the cover comprises a support structure which, when mounting the cover, engages with the ball, the bearing structure comprising two concentric skirts, centered on an axis X of the container.
  • the support structure may comprise an inner skirt and an outer skirt, the outer skirt participating in centering the ball in its housing, and being of lower rigidity than the inner skirt.
  • the lid can be screwed onto the container.
  • the two annular zones may be located on the same side of a median plane of the applicator ball perpendicular to a longitudinal axis X of the container, and away from said median plane.
  • the container, the applicator ball and the cover may be formed of at least one thermoplastic material chosen from polyolefins, in particular polypropylene, high density or low density polyethylene, or mixtures thereof.
  • polyolefins in particular polypropylene, high density or low density polyethylene, or mixtures thereof.
  • the product may be a personal hygiene product, especially a deodorant, or a slimming product.
  • the side wall of the housing receiving the ball may be of decreasing thickness in the direction of said opening.
  • the set 1 of packaging and application comprises a container 2 having a portion 15 forming a reservoir, suitable for containing the product.
  • the portion 15 is adapted to be placed in fluid communication with a housing 5 obtained by molding with the portion 15, and containing a spherical ball 6 mounted to rotate freely on itself within the housing.
  • the housing 5 is of spherical shape truncated at its two ends along the axis X of the container 2.
  • An applicator portion 7 of the ball 6 emerges from the container 2 through an opening 3 formed by an edge of said housing.
  • the assembly comprises a cover 11 capable of covering the applicator portion 7 of the ball.
  • the lid 11 when mounted on the container, constrains the ball 6 in sealing engagement with at least two annular sealing zones 9, 10 formed by an inner surface 8 of the housing 5, an annular zone 19 of said inner surface. 8 located between the two zones 9, 10 not being in abutment with the ball when the latter is in sealing abutment on the two annular sealing zones 9, 10.
  • the two annular zones 9, 10 are located on the same side of a median plane of the applicator ball 6 perpendicular to a longitudinal axis X of the container, and at a distance from said median plane.
  • the ridges 9 and 10 are formed at (or at least near) a throttling zone 14 separating the portion 15 of the container containing the product from the housing 5 containing the applicator ball 6.
  • the gap The housing 5 beneath the ball is thus reduced to zero, so that areas, other than inside the reservoir portion 15, which could serve as a reserve for the product and in which the product could dry, are limited. between two uses.
  • the two annular sealing zones are formed of ridges 9, 10 obtained by molding with the housing.
  • edges 9 and 10 is formed without undercut, at the junction of a first wall portion substantially parallel to the axis X, and a second portion substantially perpendicular to the axis X.
  • the edges are formed at the top (more or less rounded) of strings of material 17, 18, the radial width I may be between 0.5 and 1 mm.
  • the edges extend in a plane whose curvature is substantially identical to the curvature of the ball 6.
  • the ball 6 is spaced from the inner surface 8 of its housing 5 on an annular portion.
  • the width perpendicularly to the axis X of the annular space 16 between the ball 6 and the inner surface 8 of its housing decreases continuously between the edge 9 with which the ball bears tightly and the edge delimiting said opening 3.
  • the lid 11 is screwed onto the container 2 and in particular on the outer surface of the reservoir portion 15. It could alternatively be screwed onto the outer surface of the portion of the container forming the housing for the ball. Of course, other modes of attachment can be envisaged.
  • the cover 11 comprises a bearing structure which, when mounting the cover, comes into engagement with the ball 6, the support structure comprising two concentric skirts 12, 13, centered on an axis X of the container: an inner skirt 12 and an outer skirt 13, the outer skirt participating in the centering of the ball 6 in its housing 5, and being of lower rigidity than the inner skirt. After engagement of the ball with the inner skirt 12, the ball stops rotating.
  • the container 2, the applicator ball 6 and the lid 11 are formed of polypropylene. Other materials however can be used.
  • the container 2, the applicator ball 6 and the cover 11 may for example be formed of at least one thermoplastic material chosen from polyolefins, in particular polypropylene, high density or low density polyethylene, or mixtures thereof.
  • the material will be chosen according to its ability to flex elastically.
  • edges being disposed near the throttle zone 14 separating the portion 15 of the container containing the product, the housing 5, they are located closer to the axis X.
  • the force exerted by the ball 6 on the edges 9 and therefore has a component along the X axis, ie parallel to the force exerted by the cap on the ball, the largest possible.
  • the intensity of the force exerted by the ball on the edges is thus greater than if the edges had been disposed closer to the median plane of the ball perpendicular to the X axis, since in this case the force exerted by the ball on the edges would have had a component perpendicular to the X axis larger.
  • the effectiveness of the seal is thus optimal.
  • the width e of the annular space 16 at the lower edge of the edge 9 is equal to 1 mm and gradually decreases to the edge of the housing defining the opening 3 where the ball comes into contact with the inner surface 8.
  • the distance h 1 measured along the X axis between the edge 9 and the edge delimiting the opening 3 is approximately equal to 14 mm.
  • the two edges 9 and 10 are spaced from a height h 2 measured along the X axis approximately equal to 0.8 mm.
  • the product is a personal hygiene product, especially a deodorant.
  • the product may be a slimming and / or firming product.
  • the side wall of the housing 5 receiving the ball 6 is of decreasing thickness in the direction of said opening 3.
  • the wall is thin at the opening which facilitates the establishment of the ball 6 in the housing 5.
  • the wall is thicker towards the throttling zone 14 which limits the space of the housing 5 where the product could dry between two uses.
  • a blowing injection method is advantageously used.
  • the housing 5 extending between the opening 3 and the throttling zone 14 is first injected with, in the extension of the throttling zone, a parison intended to form the portion 15 suitable for containing the product.
  • the portion 15 is then obtained by blowing the parison.
  • the container 2 is thus obtained from a single piece.
  • the user unscrews the lid 11 so that the ball 3 is no longer constrained against the edges 9 and 10.
  • the user can then place the container in the upside down position so as, by gravity, bringing the product into contact with the surface portion of the ball facing the inside of the reservoir portion. It can then apply the applicator portion 7 of the ball 6 on the surface where it wishes to apply the product. Then, it moves the assembly relatively to said surface, so as to cause the ball to rotate on itself so that the portion of said ball on which the product has deposited is placed opposite the opening 3, depositing thus said product on the surface to be treated.
  • the user screws the lid 11 on the container 2 so that the skirts 12 and 13 abut on the ball 3, which itself bears tightly against the edges 9 and 10.
  • the product contained in the reservoir portion 15 can no longer flow out of the container 2.

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  1. Anordnung (1) zum Verpacken und Auftragen eines kosmetischen Produkts mit einem Behälter (2), der Folgendes umfasst:
    i) einen Abschnitt (15), der das Produkt enthalten kann und geeignet ist, mit einer Aufnahme (5) in Fluidverbindung gebracht zu werden, die durch Formen mit dem Abschnitt (15) erhalten worden ist und eine sphärische Kugel (6) enthält, die frei drehbar im Inneren der Aufnahme montiert ist, wobei ein Auftrageabschnitt (7) der Kugel durch eine Öffnung (3), die von einem Rand der Aufnahme gebildet wird, aus dem Behälter (2) hervortritt, und
    ii) einen Deckel (11), der geeignet ist, den Auftrageabschnitt (7) der Kugel abzudecken, und die Kugel (6) in dichte Anlage an mindestens zwei ringförmige Dichtungsbereiche (9, 10), die durch eine innere Oberfläche (8) der Aufnahme (5) gebildet werden, zwingt, wenn er auf dem Behälter montiert ist, wobei ein ringförmiger Bereich (19) der inneren Oberfläche (8), der zwischen den beiden Dichtungsbereichen (9, 10) liegt, nicht mit der Kugel in Kontakt steht, wenn diese sich in dichter Anlage an den beiden ringförmigen Dichtungsbereichen (9, 10) befindet, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Deckel (11) eine Stützstruktur umfasst, die bei der Montage des Deckels mit der Kugel (6) in Eingriff kommt und zwei konzentrische Schürzen (12, 13) umfasst, die auf eine Achse X des Behälter zentriert sind.
  2. Verpackungs- und Auftrageanordnung (1) nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die beiden ringförmigen Dichtungsbereiche aus Stegen (9, 10) oder Lippen gebildet sind, die durch Formen mit der Aufnahme erhalten worden sind.
  3. Anordnung (1) nach Anspruch 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Stützstruktur (12, 13) eine innere Schürze (12) und eine äußere Schürze (13) umfasst, wobei die äußere Schürze an der Zentrierung der Kugel (6) in ihrer Aufnahme (5) beteiligt ist und weniger starr als die innere Schürze ist.
  4. Anordnung (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Deckel (11) auf den Behälter (2) geschraubt ist.
  5. Anordnung (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die beiden ringförmigen Dichtungsbereiche (9, 10) auf derselben Seite wie eine mittlere Ebene der Auftragekugel (6), senkrecht zu einer Längsachse X des Behälters und von der mittleren Ebene entfernt angeordnet sind.
  6. Anordnung (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der Behälter (2), die Auftragekugel (6) und der Deckel (11) aus mindestens einem thermoplastischen Material, ausgewählt unter den Polyolefinen, insbesondere Polypropylen, Polyethylen hoher Dichte oder niederer Dichte oder ihren Gemischen, gebildet sind.
  7. Anordnung (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die ringförmigen Dichtungsbereiche (9, 10) unter dem Druck der Auftragekugel (6) mindestens teilweise deformiert/gequetscht werden, wenn die Kugel (6) dicht an ihnen anliegt.
  8. Anordnung (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass es sich bei dem Produkt um ein Körperhygieneprodukt, insbesondere ein Deodorant oder ein Schlankheitsprodukt handelt.
  9. Anordnung (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Dicke der Seitenwand der Aufnahme (5), die die Kugel (6) aufnimmt, in Richtung der Öffnung (3) abnimmt.
  10. Anordnung (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die senkrecht zur Achse X verlaufende Breite eines ringförmigen Raums (16) zwischen der Kugel (6) und der inneren Oberfläche (8) ihrer Aufnahme kontinuierlich zwischen einem ringförmigen Dichtungsbereich (9), an dem die Kugel dicht anliegt, und einem die Öffnung (3) begrenzenden Rand abnimmt.
  11. Anordnung (1) nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass der/die ringformige/n Dichtungsbereich/e (9, 10) in der Nähe eines Einschnürungsbereichs (14) ausgebildet ist/sind, der den Abschnitt (15), der das Produkt enthalten kann, von der die Kugel enthaltenden Aufnahme (5) trennt.
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FR0550634A FR2879906B1 (fr) 2004-12-23 2005-03-10 Ensemble de conditionnement et d'application d'un produit cosmetique

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