EP1880633A2 - Vorrichtung und Verfahren zum Aufbringen eines Produkts auf einen Nagel, Lagerungsanordnung und Anwendung eines solchen Produkts - Google Patents
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- EP1880633A2 EP1880633A2 EP07112343A EP07112343A EP1880633A2 EP 1880633 A2 EP1880633 A2 EP 1880633A2 EP 07112343 A EP07112343 A EP 07112343A EP 07112343 A EP07112343 A EP 07112343A EP 1880633 A2 EP1880633 A2 EP 1880633A2
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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
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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
- A45D2029/002—French manicure
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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
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- the present invention relates to the treatment of nails and, more particularly, the application of a make-up or nail treatment product.
- a particularly interesting application of the invention relates to makeup said "French manicure” which consists of depositing a white product at the end of nail varnish to mimic the white nails.
- the application of a product to the nails is carried out by means of a brush mounted on a rod carried by a gripping member which is manipulated so as to plunge the brush into a container filled with the product to apply and put in contact with the outer surface of the nail to deposit a layer of product.
- a treatment of care which consists of applying a treatment product on the end of a fingernail, must provide for the application of a treatment product on both sides of the nail.
- nail that is to say on the outer surface, that is to say the convex surface of the nail, on the inner surface, that is to say the concave surface of the nail the nail.
- a nail care device which comprises a reservoir containing a foam intended to be soaked with a treatment or care liquid.
- a finger When a finger is inserted into the foam, a certain amount of liquid is regurgitated and comes into contact with both the inner and outer surfaces of the nail.
- the device provided is suitable only for treating a nail with a product in a liquid form.
- it is unsuitable for applying a product to a localized surface.
- the invention therefore aims to provide such an applicator, which is further capable of ensuring application of a product on both sides of a fingernail, namely the convex outer face and the concave inner face of a nail, and this, simultaneously.
- the object of the invention is therefore, according to a first aspect, a device for applying a product to a nail, comprising an applicator tip capable of being loaded with product and of applying the product to the nail.
- the tip has a notch defining two facing surfaces for applying the product on two sides of the nail.
- such a nozzle is particularly suitable for applying a product to a localized surface.
- At least one of the application surfaces is curved.
- one of the application surfaces which is intended for the application of the product on the top of the nail, has a concave shape, concavity turned towards the notch.
- This concave face is thus particularly suitable for applying the product to the external surface of the nail.
- This surface is then particularly suitable for treating the internal surface of the nail.
- the tip has two tabs which extend on either side of the notch, each tongue forming one of said surfaces.
- each tab is between about 3 and 10 mm.
- One of the tongues which is intended for the application of the product on the top of the nail, may have an increased length relative to the other.
- the length of this tongue is for example equal to that of the nail.
- the difference in length between the tongues is between 0 and 7 mm.
- the distance between the free ends of the tongues may be between 1 and 6 mm.
- the tabs may form between them a non-zero angle advantageously less than 180 °, and preferably less than 50 °.
- the applicator tip may have a width that may correspond substantially to that of the free edge of the nail.
- the edge of the tongue which is intended for the application of the product on the outer face of the nail has a concave shape complementary to that of the free edge of the nail. nail, especially when it is appropriate to apply a product in a localized way, on the white end of the nail.
- this free edge of tongue can also have a convex shape complementary to that of the base of the nail.
- This tongue will thus preferably be shaped so that its free edge adopts such a convex shape when the tongue has an increased length.
- its end edge preferably has a concave shape.
- the tip has two parallel longitudinal edges that extend from said free end edge.
- the tip may comprise two convergent longitudinal edges which extend from said free end edge.
- the device further comprises a rod and a gripping member, the rod comprising a first end secured to the gripping member and an opposite end on which is mounted the tip.
- the gripping member constitutes a closure cap of a product storage container.
- the tip is at least partly made of elastically deformable material.
- the application surface for application of the product on the underside of the nail comprising a material more rigid than the application surface for application of the product on the top of the nail.
- At least a portion of the tip comprises an elastomer.
- At least a portion of the tip comprises a silicone.
- At least one of the application surfaces is abrasive.
- the notch is a stop on which comes to bear the end edge of the nail. It is thus possible to make the notch in concave form.
- the invention also relates to a product storage assembly and application of said product on a fingernail, comprising a product storage tank and an application device comprising a nozzle for applying said product. on the nail, characterized in that the tip has a notch defining two facing surfaces for applying the product on two sides of the nail.
- the invention also relates to a method for applying a product to a nail using a device comprising an applicator tip capable of loading product and able to apply the product on the nail.
- the application surfaces are moved transversely with respect to a main axis of the nail.
- FIGS. 1, 2 and 3 show a first embodiment of a device for applying a product according to the invention, designated by the general reference numeral 1.
- this device 1 is intended for the application of a product on a nail and, in particular, on the inner and outer faces of the nail.
- this device 1 is intended to simultaneously apply a product on the inner and outer faces of the white end of the nail.
- the product applied is for example constituted by a treatment or care product capable of rendering this part of the nail less brittle, less brittle, less sensitive to yellowing or to splitting, that is to say, so general, more resistant.
- the device 1 essentially comprises a tip 2 provided with a proximal end 3 mounted on a rod T and a distal end 4 bifurcated with two tongues 5 and 6 each defining a surface of application, respectively 7 and 8.
- the tip 2 thus comprises a first application surface 7, intended to apply a product on the outer face of the nail and a second application surface 8, for applying the product on the inner face of the nail.
- the rod T carries at one of its ends the applicator tip 2 and is mounted at its other end on a gripping member 9.
- this gripping member 9 constitutes a cap which is intended to come close an open end forming a neck of a storage container of the product to be applied.
- the gripping member 9 then for example has a generally cylindrical or frustoconical shape and may be internally provided with a thread intended to cooperate with an external thread of the neck of the container.
- the tongues 5 and 6 are formed by providing, in the tip, a notch 10 transverse, considering a general geometric axis of the rod T.
- the tip 2 is not shaped by suitably pruning a tuft of bristles or fibers, but providing a transverse notch.
- the bifurcated tip 2 can be of different types of materials, excluding a set of bristles or fibers suitably cut in V.
- this notch 10 has a section in cross section, that is to say in section along a plane parallel to the axis of the stem T, V- shaped whose branches form the two surfaces of application 7 and 8 of the tip 2.
- the tip 2 starting from the proximal end 3, the tip 2 comprises a first portion 11 flaring out from the proximal end, an intermediate portion 12, for example of parallelepipedal shape, and then a distal portion 13 in which are formed the two tongues 5 and 6 by providing the transverse notch 10.
- this notch 10 will be configured, and generally the tip 2, depending on the shape and dimensions of the application surfaces 7 and 8 to obtain.
- each of the tabs has, in this embodiment, a concave shape.
- each application surface 7 or 8 can be made by bending the surface around an axis parallel to the general axis of the rod T. But it is also possible to bend the application surface around another axis , for example around a transverse axis so as to adapt to the morphology of the nail.
- the curvature of the application surfaces can be achieved by suitably conforming the tip or by providing flocking by means of fibers having different lengths.
- the first application surface it preferably adopts a concave surface so as to adapt to the convex surface of the outer face of the nail.
- the other application surface then has a convex shape to correspond to the inner face of the nail.
- the first tongue 7 is particularly suitable for applying a product on the outer surface of the nail, while the other tongue 8 is adapted to the application of a product on the inner surface of the nail.
- the free edge of the first tongue 5 has a slightly concave or rectilinear shape
- This form is particularly advantageous when the first tongue adopts an increased length so as to treat the entire upper surface of the nail.
- the width L of the applicator tip 2 is such that it corresponds globally to that of the nail, and in particular the free edge of the nail, such a tip may adopt a width The least so that the narrowed shape of the tip 2 requires, during application, to provide a transverse movement of the application surfaces relative to the surfaces of the nail ( Figure 6).
- Such movement is advantageous when, as will be described later, the internal application surface 8 is made of a rigid and relatively abrasive material in order to provide a cleaning function to the second tongue 6.
- the middle portion 12 adopts for example, as shown in Figures 1 to 6, a generally parallelepiped shape whose longitudinal edges, which extend the lateral ends of the tongues, extend from rectilinear way, parallel to each other. But it is not beyond the scope of the invention when these edges are slightly curved.
- the longitudinal edges of the tip converge towards the proximal end 3, as shown in Figures 7, 8 and 9.
- the tip 2 has a generally triangular shape.
- this tip can be provided tongues having an end edge indifferently concave or convex.
- one of the tongues namely the tongue designated by the reference numeral 5, which is intended to apply a product to the face external of the nail
- has an increased length ( Figures 10 and 11), for example a length such that the tip simultaneously allows to apply the product on the inner face of the white edge of the nail and on the entire outer surface of the nail.
- the tabs are formed by providing a transverse notch at the free end of the applicator tip, the application surfaces 7 and 8 extending transversely, relative to the general axis of the rod T being slightly inclined, due to the V- shaped notch.
- the illustrated embodiment is advantageous in that it combines the advantages of using a tip of increased width and a first tongue of increased length to apply product on the outer surface. of the nail.
- each tongue 5 and 6 will be made so that their length each corresponds to the surface to be treated.
- Such an embodiment is particularly suitable for making a make-up of French manicure type nails.
- the free edge of each tongue will preferably be concave.
- the first tongue 5 when it is desired to simultaneously treat the internal surface of the free edge of the nail and the entirety of the outer surface, with reference to FIGS. 14 and 15, the first tongue 5 will have an increased length, which corresponds to that of the surface of the nail.
- the free end of the first tongue is convex so as to treat the entire surface of the nail.
- the tongues are formed by a notch V or square or rectangular cross section.
- the bottom of the notch that is to say the line or the junction surface extending between the tongues, is an abutment against which is supported the end of the nail makeup.
- This line or junction surface may then be straight but preferably the tip will be made so that the line or junction surface is curvilinear or concave, concavity facing outwardly of the tip, that is to say say to the nail to make up.
- the inclined application surfaces form between them a non-zero angle.
- this angle is non-zero and in particular less than about 180 °. But we will do it preferably the tip 2 so that the angle ⁇ is an acute angle, for example less than 50 °, but preferably less than 10 °.
- this angle is measured by taking into consideration the tangent to this surface or the tangents to the application surfaces if they are both curved.
- the angular values mentioned above can be measured from the surface or line of junction of the two application surfaces.
- tabs advantageously have a pointed shape.
- angles ⁇ 1 and ⁇ 2 respectively formed by the tongues 5 and 6 and each delimited by an application surface and by an outer surface 51 or 61 of these tongues are non-zero, particularly acute, advantageously less than 50 ° and preferably between 5 and 30 °.
- one of the angles, namely the angle ⁇ 1 formed by the tongue intended to be applied against the inner face of the nail may preferably present a value between 5 and 30 °, while the other angle ⁇ 2 formed by the tongue intended to apply the product on the outer face of the nail, may preferably have a value between 10 and 50 °.
- the application surfaces 7 and 8 can be used to come substantially simultaneously in contact with the upper and lower faces of the nail. They can also be brought into contact alternately on the upper face and then on the underside of the nail, where appropriate in an alternating back-and-forth movement, as previously envisaged with reference to FIG. when it is desired to simultaneously bring the application surfaces in contact with the upper and lower faces of the nail, the distance "1" between the ends of the tongues must be as small as possible and be for example between 1 and 6 mm.
- this length is preferably between 3 and 10 mm, the tongues having, as indicated above, an identical or different length.
- the distance h between the free ends of each tongue can be between 0 and 5 mm, or even 7 mm or more, depending on how one wish the longest tab covers the upper face of the nail.
- this value h is between 2 and 3 mm.
- the rod T is preferably secured to a prevention member 9 which constitutes a closure cap for a reservoir R for storing the product to be applied.
- the neck of the tank R may be provided with a wringing device, for example made in the form of a ring.
- the tip 2 can be made from different materials.
- the second tongue will be made in a rigid form.
- the application surface of the second tongue may be made from a slightly abrasive material in order to perform this cleaning function or to increase it.
- the tip of flexible material, elastically deformable, in order to provide great flexibility to adapt as best as possible to the curvature of the nail both with respect to the outer surface and the inner surface. But it can also achieve the tip so as to provide a relatively rigid tab for the underside of the nail, possibly abrasive, and a softer tongue for the top of the nail so as, for example, confer a gloss function to this tongue.
- the tip may be made of elastomeric material, silicone, or from all types of materials suitable for the intended use excluding a tuft of hairs or cut fibers. It is also possible to provide the application surfaces in the form of smooth surfaces or a flocking on the tip to further improve the smoothness of the application or use a slightly more abrasive sintered tip that will act, in use, like a file or polisher at the time of application.
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FR0606564A FR2903869B1 (fr) | 2006-07-19 | 2006-07-19 | Dispositif et procede pour appliquer un produit sur un ongle ensemble de stockage et d'application d'un tel produit |
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EP1880633A2 true EP1880633A2 (de) | 2008-01-23 |
EP1880633A3 EP1880633A3 (de) | 2011-01-12 |
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