EP2064969A2 - Brosse d'application de milieux liquides ou pâteux - Google Patents

Brosse d'application de milieux liquides ou pâteux Download PDF

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EP2064969A2
EP2064969A2 EP08018432A EP08018432A EP2064969A2 EP 2064969 A2 EP2064969 A2 EP 2064969A2 EP 08018432 A EP08018432 A EP 08018432A EP 08018432 A EP08018432 A EP 08018432A EP 2064969 A2 EP2064969 A2 EP 2064969A2
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Sven Kleinhenz
Lorenz Eckers
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Geka GmbH
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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
    • A45D40/00—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks
    • A45D40/26—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball
    • A45D40/262—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball using a brush or the like
    • A45D40/265—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball using a brush or the like connected to the cap of the container
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B9/00—Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body
    • A46B9/02—Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups
    • A46B9/021—Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups arranged like in cosmetics brushes, e.g. mascara, nail polish, eye shadow
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46D—MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES
    • A46D1/00—Bristles; Selection of materials for bristles
    • A46D1/02—Bristles details
    • A46D1/0238—Bristles with non-round cross-section
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46D—MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES
    • A46D1/00—Bristles; Selection of materials for bristles
    • A46D1/02—Bristles details
    • A46D1/0276—Bristles having pointed ends
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B2200/00—Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
    • A46B2200/10—For human or animal care
    • A46B2200/1046—Brush used for applying cosmetics
    • A46B2200/1053—Cosmetics applicator specifically for mascara
    • A46B2200/106—Cosmetics applicator specifically for mascara including comb like element

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  • the invention relates to a brush for transferring liquid or pasty media, in particular of decorative cosmetics such as mascara, with a rod-shaped carrier made of plastic, which has on its outside a plurality of existing plastic, radially outwardly projecting fingers, each finger in its lower foot area is formed over a foot cross-section of the carrier and tapers to its upper free end.
  • a suitable brush is from the DE 101 02 219 A1 and the EP 1 752 067 A1 known and used in various fields of application.
  • the following is an example of the order of mascara, so-called mascara, are assumed.
  • the invention is not limited thereto and a corresponding brush can be used for applying other cosmetics or in the pharmaceutical and medical field as an applicator for medical products, as a smear brush or as a cleaning brush.
  • a corresponding brush can be used to apply adhesives, paints or shoe care products.
  • a brush of known construction has a rod-shaped carrier, which may be straight or unidirectionally curved.
  • the carrier has a trim of a plurality of radially outwardly projecting fingers, wherein each finger is integrally formed on its lower foot area via a foot cross-section of the carrier.
  • the fingers have a rotationally symmetrical shape in the form of a circular cone or a circular truncated cone, i. they rejuvenate to their outer free end.
  • the wearer has a handle portion or can be attached to a corresponding handle portion on which a user can grasp the brush and hold it during handling.
  • the mascara When the brush is to apply a liquid or pasty medium, for example mascara, the mascara is in a storage container having an insertion opening through which the brush can be introduced into the storage container.
  • the insertion opening is covered by a flexible, flap-like scraper, which is intended to strip an excessive amount of adherent mascara during withdrawal of the brush from the reservoir.
  • the brush After removing the brush from the reservoir, the brush is brought into contact with the eyelashes in combing motion in a known manner, wherein the mascara is transferred to the eyelashes and at the same time the eyelashes are also combed.
  • the fingers of the brush In order to achieve a good combing effect and to ensure sufficient transfer of the mascara to the eyelashes, the fingers of the brush must have sufficient flexural rigidity, i. they must not dodge excessively during the combing and application movement. However, the necessary bending stiffness of the fingers is so high that the extraction of the brush from the reservoir and the resulting stripping excess mascara is difficult. If the fingers are formed with a low bending stiffness, although the brush can be easily inserted into the reservoir and pull out of it, but a good order of the mascara on the eyelashes is no longer given.
  • the invention has for its object to provide a brush of the type mentioned, in which the flexural rigidity of the fingers is adapted to different handling operations.
  • a brush with the features of claim 1. It is provided that at least some of the fingers have a foot cross-section whose dimension b 1 in a first direction is at least 1.5 times the dimension b 2 of a perpendicular thereto extending second direction, the first direction in the circumferential direction of rod-shaped carrier and the second direction in the direction of the longitudinal axis L of the rod-shaped carrier extends.
  • the invention is based on the basic idea that when using the brush, the individual handling operations in usually involve loads and deformations of the fingers in different directions.
  • the fingers When the brush is pulled out of the storage container, the fingers are deformed in the longitudinal direction of the rod-shaped carrier in order to be able to pass through the introduction opening of the storage container. After the brush is removed from the reservoir, the fingers are when applying the mascara on the eyelashes perpendicular to it, ie deformed in the circumferential direction of the rod-shaped support, which is amplified when the user turns the brush when applying the mascara.
  • the bending stiffnesses of the fingers are adapted by their cross-sectional configuration to the expected and desired deformations.
  • the fingers have a conical basic shape, however, the base or the foot cross-section, on which the finger is formed on the support, not circular, but in a first direction by at least 50% greater than in a second direction extending thereto. If the leg cross-section in a preferred embodiment of the invention has an elliptical shape, the longer major axis in the 1st direction and the shorter major axis perpendicular thereto in the 2nd direction.
  • the finger tapers to its upper free end, with the conicity, i. an inclination of the lateral surface, on all sides of the finger or even on some sides of the finger can be given.
  • the dimensions of the foot cross-section are substantially smaller than in the first direction.
  • This embodiment gives the fingers in this second direction a much lower flexural rigidity, which is particularly advantageous when the brush is inserted into the reservoir or pulled out of this.
  • the taper of the finger can be achieved by its lateral surface is inclined inwardly on all four sides in relation to a vertical plane, preferably the conicity is only given on two opposite sides of the lateral surface of the finger, while the other two, also opposite sides no or one have very little conicity.
  • the pointing in the 2nd direction sides of the finger have no or only a very small conicity with a cone angle in the range of 0 ° to 2 °.
  • the sides of the finger pointing in the first direction have a conicity with a cone angle in the range from 10 ° to 30 °.
  • the fingers on the one hand and the carrier on the other hand may consist of different plastics and be produced in a 2-component injection molding process. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, however, it is provided that the fingers and the carrier are made of the same plastic and are produced in a single injection molding process.
  • the number of fingers per finger ring may be, for example, 8 to 16, with preferably 14 to 30 and in particular 20 to 27 finger rings lying one behind the other in the axial direction of the carrier.
  • the length of the fingers should be 1.5mm to 3.0mm and the fingers should have a mutual distance of 0.2mm to 0.5mm in their foot area.
  • the number of finger rings, the number of fingers per finger ring and the mutual arrangement of the fingers and finger rings can be selected and adjusted according to the application.
  • FIG. 1 shows a brush 10 according to the invention with a rod-shaped, straight support 11, which carries on its outer side a trimming 12 of a plurality of radially extending from the rod-shaped support 11 outwardly extending fingers 14, the fingers 14 evenly distributed over the circumference of the rod-shaped support 11 are.
  • a rear end facing away from the trim 12 11a of the rod-shaped support 11 is connected to a receiving sleeve 17 of a handle portion 13.
  • each finger has a conical shape
  • the base or a foot cross-section 16 (s. FIGS. 4 and 5 ), with which the finger 14 is formed on the carrier 11, has a strong rotationally asymmetric shape, as described below with reference to FIG FIGS. 3 to 5 will be explained in detail.
  • the foot cross-section 16 has an elliptical shape (s. FIG. 3 ) having a longer major axis b 1 and a shorter major axis b 2 perpendicular thereto, the longer major axis b 1 being about 2.5 times longer than the shorter major axis b 2 .
  • these two sides can be given a very small conicity with a cone angle of 0 ° to 2 ° in order to facilitate demolding of the fingers after injection molding.
  • the two other sides 14c and 14d of the finger 14, which point in the direction of the longer main axis b 1 and have the mutual distance b 1 in the foot cross-section 16, have a conicity with a cone angle ⁇ (see FIG. FIG. 4 ) with respect to a vertical of about 10 °, wherein the cross section of the finger 14 in the region of its upper free end is at least approximately a circle.
  • the fingers are mounted in a special orientation on the carrier 11.
  • the fingers 14 are aligned so that the shorter main axis of the contemplatquerroughs 16 in the longitudinal direction L of the rod-shaped carrier 11, while the longer major axis of the contemplatquerroughs 16 in the circumferential direction of the rod-shaped Carrier 16 extends.
  • the fingers 14 have a relatively low bending stiffness for loads acting on them in the direction of the longitudinal axis L of the rod-shaped carrier 11, as is the case, for example, during insertion and withdrawal from a storage container.
  • the fingers 14 have a relatively high flexural rigidity when the brush is rotated to obtain a combing movement, ie, a movement perpendicular to the longitudinal axis L is performed.
  • the brush 10 has on the rod-shaped support 11, a plurality of finger wreaths K1, K2, K3 ..., which are arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction of the carrier 11 with the same distance.
  • Each finger ring includes, for example, 10 fingers 14 (see FIG. 7 ), each lying in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis L of the carrier 11 extending plane and are equally distributed over the circumference of the carrier at the same angular distance.
  • the number of finger rings, the number of fingers per finger ring and the arrangement of the fingers and finger rings are different depending on the application and adapted accordingly.
  • FIG. 8 shows a longitudinal section through the brush, from which it can be seen that the carrier 11 and the fingers 14 are made of the same plastic material and form a one-piece, monolithic component, which is produced in a conventional injection molding process.
  • the handle part is preferably formed as a separate component and then connected to the carrier, which can be done by a latching, gluing or thermal welding.

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DE10102219A1 (de) 2001-01-19 2002-07-25 Beiersdorf Ag Applikator für flüssige oder pastöse Medien, insbesondere dekorative kosmetika wie Mascara
EP1752067A1 (fr) 2005-08-11 2007-02-14 Geka Brush Gmbh Pinceau applicateur pour produits cosmétiques

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FR2874798B1 (fr) * 2004-09-03 2007-01-19 Oreal Applicateur pour l'application d'un produit sur les cils ou les sourcils
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DE10102219A1 (de) 2001-01-19 2002-07-25 Beiersdorf Ag Applikator für flüssige oder pastöse Medien, insbesondere dekorative kosmetika wie Mascara
EP1752067A1 (fr) 2005-08-11 2007-02-14 Geka Brush Gmbh Pinceau applicateur pour produits cosmétiques

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IT201800000533A1 (it) * 2018-01-03 2019-07-03 Brivaplast Srl Spazzola per prodotti cosmetici
EP3508091A1 (fr) * 2018-01-03 2019-07-10 Brivaplast S.r.l. Brosse pour produits cosmétiques
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