Classifications

• • 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
  • 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
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A46—BRUSHWARE
  • A46B—BRUSHES
  • A46B13/00—Brushes with driven brush bodies or carriers
  • A46B13/02—Brushes with driven brush bodies or carriers power-driven carriers
  • A46B13/023—Brushes with driven brush bodies or carriers power-driven carriers with means for inducing vibration to the bristles
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A46—BRUSHWARE
  • A46B—BRUSHES
  • A46B15/00—Other brushes; Brushes with additional arrangements
  • A46B15/0002—Arrangements for enhancing monitoring or controlling the brushing process
• • 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
• • 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
  • A45D2200/20—Additional enhancing means
  • A45D2200/207—Vibration, e.g. ultrasound
• • 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

Definitions

• the present invention relates to devices used in cosmetics, comprising an electric motor for subjecting an application member to vibrations during use.
• Such applicators are already known, in particular WO publications
• the electric motor is housed for example in a gripping member of the applicator.
• the invention aims to further improve the vibrating devices, for example to facilitate the integration of the motor in the applicator, including but not exclusively in a gripping member of the applicator.
• the invention achieves this objective, according to one of its aspects, by means of a device for applying a cosmetic or care product, comprising an electric motor rotating an eccentric flyweight in order to produce vibrations on an applicator member, wherein the motor has a disk-shaped metal housing.
• a motor comprising a disk-shaped metal casing, advantageously housing the flyweight, the implantation of the motor into the device is facilitated, and it is possible, in particular, if desired, to arrange the motor in the device such that the motor produces vibrations coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the applicator member, which may be advantageous for certain applications.
• the applicator member is a mascara brush, of the type made by injection of one or more thermoplastic materials or of the twisted-core type with added bristles
• the fact that the vibrations are coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the brush can contribute to the quality of makeup.
• casing is meant the motor casing.
• the housing may comprise two assembled parts, namely a bottom and a hood for example.
• the housing metal is preferably resistant to corrosion, being for example stainless steel.
• the device may comprise a closure cap of a container containing the product to be applied.
• This capsule may constitute the gripping member of the device.
• the device may for example be separated from the container during application.
• the closure cap may comprise means for allowing its attachment to the container, for example a threaded mounting skirt or be arranged to snap onto the container.
• the closure of the container may in particular be a sealed closure.
• the housing may be integral with a tongue extending under two power supply contacts of the motor.
• This tongue may be metallic and made in one piece with a housing wall, defining for example a wall defining one of the main faces of the housing and the bottom thereof.
• the rotational speed of the motor during use can be between
• the supply voltage of the motor can be between 0.8 and 3.5 V.
• the applicator can thus comprise a 1.5 V button cell to power the motor.
• the applicator member may be subjected to longitudinally oriented vibrations relative to the longitudinal axis of the applicator member.
• these vibrations may be transverse, especially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the applicator member.
• the axis of rotation of the motor may be secant to the longitudinal axis of the applicator member.
• a diametrical median plane of the casing may contain the longitudinal axis of the applicator member.
• the plane in which the flyer's center of gravity gravitates may contain the longitudinal axis of the applicator member or be substantially parallel to it and be very close to it, for example being spaced apart by less than 1 mm.
• the motor is advantageously arranged in a housing comprising two half-shells, for example made of thermoplastic material, connected by a film hinge or otherwise assembled.
• This housing can constitute the housing of a vibrating source removably mounted or not on the device.
• the latter may include a housing receiving the vibrating source.
• This housing is for example arranged on the closure cap. If necessary, the housing can retain the vibrating source, so that it maintains the orientation in which it is left by the user.
• the vibrating source may comprise first fixing means, arranged to cooperate with second attachment means of the device.
• Maintaining the vibrating source on the device can be done by friction, latching, screwing, locking by means of an auxiliary piece, magnetization, by mechanical hooking hooks and Velcro type loops or gluing, for example using a repositionable adhesive.
• the device may comprise a rod, at a first end of which is fixed, separably or not, the applicator member.
• the rod may have a second end attached to the closure cap of the container containing the product or any other gripping member.
• the vibrating source may be partially or almost completely masked by a wall defining the receiving housing, being for example covered over a major part of its length by the gripping member when it is arranged in the housing.
• the orientation of the vibrating source relative to the closure cap may be fixed, and the orientation of the closure cap relative to the applicator member may optionally be adjustable.
• the housing of the device receiving the vibrating source is located for example at one end of the latter, opening for example in a direction opposite to the applicator member.
• a longitudinal axis of the vibrating source and a longitudinal axis of the closure cap of the container may be parallel.
• the vibrating source may be devoid of removable fastening means to at least one finger.
• the device may comprise a wiper member of the applicator member.
• the wiper member may be held on the container containing the product and wring the applicator member when the latter is removed from the container.
• the thickness of the disk-shaped metal casing (measured between its opposite main faces) is for example between 1.5 mm and 5 mm and its diameter between 8 and 15 mm.
• the device may comprise a contactor allowing the user to start or not the electric motor.
• This contactor may comprise a lever molded in one piece with a motor support, in particular with the aforementioned housing.
• the device may comprise a contactor simultaneously coming into electrical contact with two batteries arranged electrically in parallel. This can allow to obtain a higher current.
• the contactor may comprise a projecting portion engaging between the cells, for example formed by a fold of a conductive blade.
• the device may comprise a contactor configured to selectively come into contact with a battery selected from two batteries, which can be arranged side by side, which can be used to supply the motor from one battery when the other is exhausted. , for example.
• a contactor configured to selectively come into contact with a battery selected from two batteries, which can be arranged side by side, which can be used to supply the motor from one battery when the other is exhausted. , for example.
• Each stack can then be arranged so that it can be removed independently of the other, for example.
• a surinjected button on a part of the housing, for example a half-shell when the housing has two.
• the motor can be connected by an electric wire to a metal contact that comes into contact or not, directly on a battery housed in the applicator, when the user presses or not the contactor.
• This contact may be defined by a metal leaf spring, preferably comprising a good electrical conductor material capable of withstanding a salt spray corrosion test.
• the metal blade may have at a first end a return engaged in a recess of the free end of the lever.
• the housing may include a tab covering the blade at its end opposite the return.
• the housing may comprise two uprights between which the blade is engaged.
• the blade may have an enlarged portion abutting against these amounts on their opposite side to the aforementioned return.
• the device may comprise an electric battery for powering the electric motor, a face of one of the battery and the motor coming for example opposite a slice of the other of the battery and the motor.
• the opposite faces of a button cell may be perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the device while the axis of rotation of the motor is perpendicular thereto.
• the housing may include a hole facilitating the ejection of the battery from its housing.
• the weight may have a total mass of between 0.12 and 0.6 g.
• the weight may be constituted by the rotor itself, contained inside the housing.
• the engine may comprise a rotor bearing a reported metal imbalance.
• the mass of this unbalance can be between 0.08 and 0.18 g, for example 0.09 and 0.15 g or 0.1 and 0.14 g.
• the motor can be DC and brush.
• the motor may include a rotor having a printed circuit board having a friction track for the brushes.
• the printed circuit board may be in the shape of a truncated disc.
• the rotor may comprise a metal imbalance, for example located at its periphery, whose mass is for example as indicated above.
• the device according to the invention may comprise an application member of any type.
• the vibrations produced may depend on the application member.
• the device may comprise a single application member, being for example devoid of a second applicator member or a finishing member, preparation or massage.
• the applicator member may be arranged to apply a product on the eyelashes or the hair and comprise for example a brush or a comb, which may for example be flocked.
• the brush may comprise a twisted core and bristles caught between the turns of the core or be carried out otherwise.
• the soul can be twisted to the right or left, or have two souls twisted between them.
• the comb may for example be made in one piece by molding plastic material, rigid or flexible, by injection or over injection.
• the application member may be eccentric. It may have a cross section of circular shape or not.
• the application member may also include a brush for application to the nails, lips or skin.
• the applicator member may comprise adhered or stapled bristles, twisted bristles, a nonwoven, a woven fabric, a felt, a flocking, a foam.
• the applicator member may also comprise a capillary applicator element, configured to retain the product by capillarity, comprising for example a tubular wall and an inner member defining with the tubular wall a space for retaining the product by capillarity.
• a capillary applicator element configured to retain the product by capillarity, comprising for example a tubular wall and an inner member defining with the tubular wall a space for retaining the product by capillarity.
• Such an applicator member may be useful, for example, for applying a product to the nails.
• the applicator member may comprise a thread or a succession of annular grooves, the applicator member being for example formed by a stack of disks.
• Such an applicator member may be intended for applying the product to the keratinous fibers.
• the applicator member may comprise a tip, in particular a flocked tip, optionally elastically deformable.
• Such application member may be intended for application of the product on the skin, lips or eyelashes, for example.
• the applicator member may comprise an elastically compressible member and / or porous, such as for example a foam or a porous elastomer, optionally flocked.
• the application member may be magnetic.
• the rod of the device may be flexible, which may contribute to increasing the amplitude of the vibrations of the device and / or improve comfort at the application.
• the rod may comprise a flexible portion made of a material less hard than a material used to make the rest of the rod. This flexible portion can allow the transmission of vibrations to the applicator member, for example by damping them or on the contrary by amplifying, according to the geometry of this portion, the direction and the frequency of the vibrations.
• the flexible portion may be made of an elastically deformable material, for example elastomer.
• the product can be a cosmetic, makeup or care product.
• the product is for example a product intended to be applied to the nails, the skin, the keratinous fibers, in particular the eyelashes, eyebrows or hair, the lips being, for example, a mascara, an eyeliner, a nail polish, a lipsticks, lip gloss, foundation, blush, eye shadow, eyeshadow, concealer, concealer, self-tanner, sunscreen, or a care product for the eyelashes, eyebrows, eyelids, lips, skin of the face, skin of the cheeks, nails, hands or feet, this list not being limiting.
• the product may in particular be different from a toothpaste and a product intended for dermo-abrasion, and may especially comprise pigments, especially non-food pigments.
• the product may include fibers, flakes or other macroscopic elements.
• the product may have magnetic properties, if any.
• the product may also be a care product, especially anti-stain, anti-wrinkle, anti-pouch, body, root treatment, especially to promote hair growth.
• the product can still be a massage product for the face or body.
• the product may have a powdery, pasty or liquid form.
• the invention further relates, independently or in combination with the foregoing, to a cosmetic treatment method, comprising the steps of: proceeding to a product application by means of a device as defined above, - modifying the position of the vibrating source, proceed to a new product application and / or combing and / or finishing and / or massage using the device.
• the application member may be configured to allow the application of a product to a region to make up or to treat. It can be used for sampling the product, the application or after the application.
• the invention also relates to the vibrating source as such, independently of any application member, comprising the motor as defined above, in its housing.
• the invention thus also relates to a vibrating source, in particular for an applicator as defined above, comprising a housing comprising two half-shells connected by a film hinge, housing an electric motor having a disk-shaped metal casing, driving in rotation an eccentric flyweight, one or more batteries and a contactor having a lever molded with one of the half-shells.
• the subject of the invention is also a vibrating source comprising a housing housing an electric motor having a metal casing rotating a flyweight eccentric, the center of gravity of the flyweight describing during its rotation a circle in a plane containing the longitudinal axis of the housing or parallel thereto.
• the invention further relates, in another of its aspects, independently or in combination with the foregoing, to a vibrating source comprising an elongate housing comprising two half-shells connected by a film hinge, one of they carrying a motor whose axis of rotation is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the housing.
• This motor may have a casing, for example in the form of a disc and be an internal flyweight, or be an external flyweight.
• the motor may comprise, for example, an elongate cylindrical casing along the axis of rotation, the rotor rotating with a shaft on which the flyweight is mounted.
• the motor can be arranged between two molded uprights with one of the half-shells.
• the housing may comprise a contactor as defined above, comprising a molded lever with contact blade directly applied to a battery, for example.
• the housing of the vibrating source comprises a narrowing between the engine and the battery or batteries.
• the motor can be housed in the head of the vibrating source, that is to say the furthest part of the applicator member when the vibrating source is in place on the applicator.
• the housing may comprise a tubular portion of oblong cross section, for example elliptical, of major axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the vibrating source.
• the casing of the vibrating source can be molded with a finger or other protuberance, which engages in an interior chimney of the device, for example a chimney molded with the closure cap. This can improve the transmission of vibrations.
• the chimney may be located in the extension of the rod carrying the applicator member.
• the invention also relates to the housing of the vibrating source as such, comprising: two half-shells connected by a film hinge, a contactor lever molded in one piece with one of the half-shells, - a housing for receiving an electric motor, a housing for receiving at least one electric battery.
• FIG. 1 represents an example 2 shows a detail of the device of FIG. 1
• FIG. 3 represents the closure capsule with the vibrating source removed
• FIG. 4 represents, in isolation
• FIG. 5 is a side view along V of FIG. 4
• FIG. 6 represents the vibrating source with the open casing
• FIG. 7 represents the casing of the vibrating source with the electrical components of the vibrating source removed
• FIG. 8 is a view similar to FIG. 1 of an alternative embodiment of FIG.
• FIG. 9 shows a detail of FIG. 8
• FIG. 10 represents the separate vibrating source of the device
• FIG. 11 represents the vibrating source in isolation
• FIG. 12 is a side view along XII of FIG. FIG. 11, - FIGS. 13 and 14 are views similar to FIGS. 6 and 7 of the vibrating source of FIGS. 11 and 12,
• FIG. 15 represents a variant of packaging and application device
• FIGS. 16a and 16b are longitudinal sections, partial and schematic, of the vibrating source of the device of FIG. 15, respectively with the contactor at rest and depressed, FIG. therefore, the housing is disassembled and the rotor separated from the stator
• FIG. 18 represents in isolation the face of the rotor carrying the friction track for the brushes
• FIG. 19 represents the opposite face of the rotor of FIG. 18, in place on the stator
• FIG. 20 represents the magnet in isolation
• FIG. 21 represents the stator after removal of the magnet
• FIG. 22 is a view similar to FIG. 18 of an alternative embodiment of the rotor, FIG. the rotor of FIG. 22 on the opposite side and in place on the stator,
• FIG. 24 is a diagrammatic and partial longitudinal section of an alternative embodiment of a packaging and application device according to the invention
• FIG. 25 is a diagrammatic and partial longitudinal section of another alternative embodiment of a packaging and application device according to the invention;
• FIG. 26 illustrates a configuration in which the axis of rotation of the motor is parallel; , or even merged with the longitudinal axis of the applicator member and / or the applicator
• FIG. 27 represents the unbalance of the rotor of FIGS. 17 to 21
• FIG. 28 represents a vibrating source according to another aspect.
• FIGS. 32 and 33 are diagrammatic views of alternative embodiments, observed along the longitudinal axis of the vibrating source
• FIG. 34 represents an alternative embodiment of FIG. sour Figure 35 illustrates in elevation another example of a vibrating source
• - Figures 36 and 37 show alternative embodiments of the vibrating source.
• FIG. 25 shows a first example of a device 1 for packaging and application made in accordance with the invention.
• This packaging and application device comprises a container 2 containing a product P to be applied, and an applicator 3 comprising a rod 4 provided at its distal end with an applicator member 5 of longitudinal axis Y and connected to its proximal end to a gripping member 6 also constituting a closure cap of the container 2.
• This closure cap can be configured to cover a dispensing opening of the container, and if necessary, to ensure that the closure of the container is sealed.
• the container 2 is equipped with a wiper member 7, for example constituted by an elastomer piece inserted into the neck 8 of the container.
• the wiper member 7 can be conventional or not, or even be adjustable.
• the gripping member 6 is arranged to seal the container 2 during its screwing on the neck 8, in a manner known per se.
• the gripping member 6 comprises a housing 31, formed at its end, which defines at least one fixing position of a vibrating source 20 on the applicator.
• the housing 31 is configured, in the example of FIG. 25, to receive an end portion of the vibrating source 20, for example opposite to a control member defining a control surface 21.
• the control member is for example a trigger switch by depression.
• the control member may be made in various ways and may comprise a flexible metal blade that closes an electrical circuit when deformed by the user.
• the control member is advantageously a fugitive contact, that is to say, it changes state when the user actuates and returns to its initial state as soon as the user releases it.
• the gripping member 6 has a housing 31 which is axially open, on the side opposite the container 2, and which has on the side, from its proximal end, a window 40 which allows the passage of a lever
• the height of the window 40 substantially corresponds to the length of the lever 41 in the illustrated example.
• the vibrating source 20 may comprise a housing 43 which may have, at its end opposite the applicator member 5, once the vibrating source is in place in the applicator, a flange 45. The latter may bear axially against the end edge 47 of the gripping member 6, as shown in FIG. 2.
• the casing 43 On the side opposite to the flange 45, the casing 43 may comprise a finger 48 or any other protrusion which can channel the vibrations of the vibrating source 20 towards the application member 5.
• the finger 48 may come into contact with or near the rod, the closure cap or an applicator holder, to transmit the vibrations.
• the finger can engage in a housing of the closure cap, as shown in Figures 29 or 31, if applicable.
• the housing 43 can be made with two half-shells 51 and 52 connected by a film hinge 54 or assembled otherwise, the two half-shells 51 and 52 for example being molded with one piece in a thermoplastic material or alternatively in another material, for example metal provided that the electrical circuit is modified to prevent the case from creating short circuits.
• the half-shell 51 carries for example the finger 48 while the other half-shell has a opening 56 semi-circular adapted to engage on the finger 48 when the housing is closed.
• Assembly pins 60 for example two in number, made on one of the half-shells, for example that bearing the lever 41, can engage in corresponding housings 62 of the other half-shell, located on the edge opposite the hinge 54, to maintain the closed position of the casing 43.
• the lever 41 is made in the example shown by molding in one piece with the half-shell 52, being delimited laterally by slots 31 and being connected to the half-shell 52 by an end 64 located approximately halfway along the housing 43.
• the vibrating source 20 houses a motor 70, a button cell 80, a first electrical contact 90 and a second electrical contact 92, as can be seen in FIGS. 6 and 7.
• the first electrical contact 90 is in the form of a metal blade which is fixed on the half-shell 52 and has a contact portion 93 which extends under the lever 41 and can flex with it.
• the blade has a return 315 at one end, which is hooked into a recess of the lever 41 at its free end.
• Two uprights 317 are formed on the half-shell 52 substantially at its mid-length.
• the blade passes between these uprights 317 and has an enlarged portion 318 which bears against these uprights 317.
• the half-shell 52 comprises a window 320, visible in FIGS. 4 and 7, for molding a retaining tab 325 under which the blade is positioned at its end opposite the lever 41.
• a hole 450 can be arranged in one of the half-shells to facilitate the ejection of the battery at the end of use during recycling or to replace the battery.
• An electrical wire 95 connects the blade to an electrical contact 101, which can be seen in FIG. 17, of the motor 70.
• the other electrical contact 102 of the motor is connected by an electric wire 104 to the second electrical contact 92, which comes in support against a electrode 81 of the button cell 80.
• the second electrical contact 92 comes, in the example shown, cover a wall 330 of the half-shell, oriented perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis X of the vibrating source.
• the electrical wires 95 and 104 are welded to the electrical contacts 101 and 102 of the motor and to the first and second contacts 90 and 92.
• the housing 110 of the motor 70 is held in the half-shell 51 between two uprights 120 which have been molded by plastic material with the half-shell 51. The housing can be glued by one side to one of these amounts 120.
• a third post 341 may be provided in the longitudinal median plane of the half-shell 51 to block the housing 110. This amount may have a curved edge conforming to the shape of the housing, on the side thereof.
• the first electrical contact 90 can be applied against the second electrode 83 of the stack 80, defined by its circumference, when the user presses on the control surface 21, which closes the electrical circuit connecting the battery to the motor 70 and causes the start of it.
• the casing 110 is secured to a tongue 130 which extends under a printed circuit 131 carrying the electrical contacts 101 and 102.
• the tongue 130 is for example made of a single part with a housing wall defining one of the main faces thereof and its bottom 137.
• the printed circuit 131 is for example glued on the inner face of the bottom 137.
• the housing 110 comprises a metal cover 138, visible on the FIG. 6, which is for example crimped on the bottom 137. The latter may have teeth engaging in corresponding notches in the cover 138.
• the stator of the motor 70 comprises, as can be seen in FIG. 21, brushes 141 and 142 respectively connected to the electrical contacts 101 and 102 and intended to contact a friction track 150 formed on a rotor 151.
• the brushes 141 and 142 are for example welded to the printed circuit 131 and each have for example each two curved, concave shoes to the track 150.
• the track 150 is defined by contacts of a printed circuit 152, for example six contacts 154, equiangularly distributed around the axis of rotation of the rotor and electrically connected to two coils 160 and 161, so that these coils create a magnetic field interacting with an annular magnet 170, concentric with the axis of rotation, of diametrical magnetization axis.
• the housing 110 is for example made of a magnetic metal, magnetized by the magnet.
• the coils 160 and 161 are fed with different polarities, which alternately creates fields of attraction and repulsion with the magnet and maintains the rotation of the rotor.
• the printed circuit board 152 has a disc shape truncated so as to have its center of inertia eccentric with respect to the axis of rotation and can withstand, as seen in Figure 18, an unbalance 190 constituted by a mass metal attached to its periphery.
• the rotor itself can thus constitute an eccentric flyweight.
• the unbalance 190 shown in isolation in Figure 27, is for example made of a non-magnetic metal, and has in the example shown a radially outer edge 190a circular.
• the unbalance may have opposing edges 190b conforming to the shape of the coils and two anchoring fingers 190c on its radially inner side.
• the rotor may carry a bearing 195 by which it is mounted on a fixed shaft 196 of the stator.
• This tree which is metallic is Z axis and carried by the bottom 137 for example.
• the coils 160 and 161 are immobilized by a support 200 made of thermoplastic material or resin.
• the support 200 is for example cast on the face of the printed circuit 151 opposite to the friction track
• the support 200 is not cast or superimposed on the printed circuit 152, the support 200 is for example glued on it.
• FIGS. 17 to 21 and its variant of FIGS. 22 and 23 are suitable for all the exemplary embodiments illustrated, and in particular those whose description follows, among others.
• the device variant 1 of FIGS. 8 to 14 differs from that of FIGS. 1 to 7 in that the vibrating source 20 protrudes further from the gripping member 6, for example by at least a quarter of its total length. which facilitates its grip by the user.
• the gripping member 6 may comprise the housing 31 and a window 40, shorter than the lever 41.
• the casing 43 may be made with a shoulder 220 which bears against the end edge 47 of the gripping member 6, as illustrated in FIG. 9.
• Figures 15 and 16 differs from that of Figure 8 in particular in that the lever 41 has its distal end 64 free.
• the first contact 90 also has a different shape, having a bend 90c engaged in a corresponding recess of the lever 41.
• the vibrating source 20 may have a larger diameter of between 9 mm and 25 mm, for example between 14 and 19 mm, the length of the vibrating source being for example between 20 and 50 mm, preferably 30 to 40 mm.
• the invention is not limited to a particular application member.
• FIG. 24 shows a device 1 for packaging and application in which the applicator member 5 is formed by a foam or any other organ that is porous or flocked on the surface.
• the applicator can take product through a screen 270.
• the applicator member 5 is integral with a gripping member 6 which carries the vibrating source 20.
• the latter comprises a motor 70 as defined above, which can be arranged with its axis of rotation Z for example perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the applicator 3 or parallel and coaxial thereto, depending on the desired orientation of the vibrations.
• the battery can be mounted differently in the housing of the vibrating source. It is also possible to use two batteries, in particular two button cells arranged electrically in parallel or in series.
• the thickness of the housing of the motor 70 is, for example, between 2 and 3.5 mm.
• the housing may be made with at least one window 900, as shown in FIG. 16A, for example facing or in which the motor housing engages, which makes it possible, if necessary, to use a motor more without unduly increasing the size of the case of the vibrating source.
• the housing can also be made with a window that allows an organ the applicator to come directly into contact with the metal housing of the engine, for better transmission of vibrations for example. The window can also facilitate adjustment.
• axis of rotation Z is oriented parallel to the X and Y axes, as shown in FIG. 26, being for example merged with the Y axis.
• a transverse orientation of the vibrations may be useful for some applications.
• the starting voltage of the motor is for example between 0.8 V and 1.3 V, but other starting voltages are possible.
• the motor is fixedly mounted, without possibility of being removed, on the applicator. For example only the battery (s) can be replaced.
• the half-shells can be molded in various thermoplastic materials such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyamides such as Nylon ® , PET, polyurethane, POM or PVC, but also polymerizable materials such as polyester and polyurethane, or thermosetting materials such as urea-formaldehyde resins, for example.
• thermoplastic materials such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyamides such as Nylon ® , PET, polyurethane, POM or PVC, but also polymerizable materials such as polyester and polyurethane, or thermosetting materials such as urea-formaldehyde resins, for example.
• the battery (s) and the motor may optionally be glued or welded into the casing of the vibrating source.
• An applicator member may be mounted directly on the vibrating source, if appropriate.
• Oscillations produced on the applicator member can promote the organization, anchoring or cleaning of the product applied to the skin, eyelashes or hair.
• the choice of the speed of the oscillations, their orientation as well as their amplitude may be adapted to each type of application, depending on the desired result, for example a change in the rheology of the composition and / or an improvement in the deposition of the product or generally make-up.
• the vibrating source can be proposed to the user already mounted on the container or the applicator, within a packaging which is for example a box, a bag, a blister, a box. Alternatively, the vibrating source may be unassembled with the applicator or container within the package. The vibrating source can be proposed with at least two containers or two different application organs, within the same packaging.
• FIG. 28 shows a vibrating source produced in accordance with another aspect of the invention, for which the motor 70 is no longer necessarily a disk motor, but may be a motor comprising a housing 700 of elongated shape according to FIG. Z axis of rotation, provided with an axis 702 rotating a flyweight 701 located outside the housing 700.
• the motor 70 can be fixed on one of the half-shells, for example the half-shell 51 as illustrated , thanks to the amounts 710, for example the number of two, which are molded with the half-shell 51 and for example each have a curved shape towards the housing 700, so as to marry the shape.
• the motor 70 may be bonded to at least one of these uprights 710.
• the axis of rotation Z is oriented in the illustrated example perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis X of the vibrating source 20, the Z axis being in the example considered secant to the X axis.
• the motor 70 is a motor of short length measured along the axis of rotation Z, which enables it to be arranged with the axis Z perpendicular to the axis X.
• the total length of the motor 70 including flyweight, measured according to the Z axis, for example from 6 to 16 mm.
• the mass of the weight 701 is for example between 0.08 and 0.6 g.
• the motor 70 may be a DC brush motor, the rotor being disposed inside the stator and rotating inside thereof.
• the gap is for example radial.
• the motor 70 which may be arbitrary and in particular as defined above, is located in the lower half of the vibrating source 20 when it is observed vertically, with the protuberance 48 oriented towards the bottom. This can facilitate the transmission of vibrations.
• FIG. 30 illustrates the possibility for the motor 70 to be located in the upper half of the vibrating source 20. This may make it possible to use a larger motor while remaining within the diameter of the closure cap.
• the protuberance 48 constituted by an axis finger X in the illustrated example, is engaged in a housing 800 provided on the packaging and application device, when the vibrating source 20 is in place. on the device.
• the housing 800 is for example made in a chimney 802 which can be molded in one piece with at least part of the closure cap.
• the chimney 802 may for example be molded in one piece with the rod 4, which may be solid or hollow.
• FIG. 31 illustrates the possibility of producing the vibrating source 20, whatever the way in which the motor 70 is made, for example by taking the same one as that of the example of FIG. 28, with a constriction 820 separating a head 821 from the vibrating source containing the motor of a base 822 containing for example one or more stacks
• the vibrating source may be made with a housing having a tubular portion of oblong cross section, for example elliptical, as shown in Figure 33, which may allow to use a motor 70 longer.
• the vibrating source to include an engine with external weight, whose axis of rotation is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing.
• the latter is advantageously made with two half-shells 51 and 52 connected by a film hinge 54, the lever 41 of the contactor being molded with one of the half-shells.
• the motor 70 can be maintained by a series of transverse partitions 950 to 952, the partition 950 also delimiting the housing receiving the battery 80 and being able to carry the second electrical contact 92, as the partition 330 of the embodiment of FIG.
• a partition 953 may extend between the flyweight 701 and the motor housing.
• the vibrating source comprises a relatively short motor, for example less than 16 mm in length, arranged as the motor of Figure 34, with its axis of rotation parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing.
• An engine suitable for any of the variants described above absorbs, for example, operating at rated speed an intensity ranging from 15 mA to 130 mA, or even 20 to 110 mA, for example 30 to 90 mA.
• FIG. 35 represents an example where the casing 43 of the vibrating source comprises a button 1000 overmoulded on a half-shell, to actuate an electrical contact disposed in the casing.
• the button 1000 comprises for example an elastomeric membrane.
• Figure 36 illustrates the possibility of having two batteries 80 inside the housing.
• the device may comprise a contactor that can selectively come into contact with one or the other.
• Each of the stacks 80 can be removed independently of each other, for example.
• Figure 37 illustrates the possibility of having a contactor that can simultaneously come into contact electrically with two button cells 80 disposed in the housing.
• This contactor may comprise a projecting portion 1011, for example formed by a V-fold of a conductive blade, electrically engaging between the batteries 80 to electrically connect in parallel.
• the blade may be carried by a lever 21.
• the lever 21 may comprise a relief 1013 engaging in the concavity 1011 of the conductive blade.
• the two stacks 80 are for example each supported by a same pole, for example the + pole, on respective contacts 1030, for example formed of folded metal blade and engaged on reliefs of the housing.
• the projecting portion 1011 comes to establish contact between the two battery housings, the same polarity.
• the conductor blade having the projecting portion 1011 is connected to a power supply terminal of the motor.
• the contacts 1030 are connected to the other terminal.
• FIG. 37 does not show the electric wires connecting the motor to the different contact blades.
• the batteries 80 are electrically connected in series when the contactor is actuated.
• the housing may be formed by two half-shells not interconnected by a hinge-film.

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