EP2281478A2 - Brosse à mascara dotée d'un organe de soutien des cils - Google Patents

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EP2281478A2
EP2281478A2 EP10002711A EP10002711A EP2281478A2 EP 2281478 A2 EP2281478 A2 EP 2281478A2 EP 10002711 A EP10002711 A EP 10002711A EP 10002711 A EP10002711 A EP 10002711A EP 2281478 A2 EP2281478 A2 EP 2281478A2
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    • 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
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B9/00—Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body
    • A46B9/06—Arrangement of mixed bristles or tufts of bristles, e.g. wire, fibre, rubber
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46D—MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES
    • A46D1/00—Bristles; Selection of materials for bristles
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46D—MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES
    • A46D1/00—Bristles; Selection of materials for bristles
    • A46D1/02—Bristles details
    • A46D1/0284—Bristles having rounded 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

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  • the invention relates to a mascara brush for applying mascara to the eyelashes.
  • Such brushes are exposed to a variety of requirements. They should not only be able to apply mascara as efficiently as possible, that is, preferably in one go, without having to immerse the mascara brush several times. Rather, they should also make it possible to give the eyelashes a swing, in the sense of a curvature upwards (on the upper song) or down (on the lower song) - a treatment of the eyelashes, which is referred to as "curling".
  • the invention has for its object to provide a mascara brush that is particularly suitable for curling and Extending / Lengthening.
  • the bristle stocking comprises bristles which consist of a bristle trunk and an eyelash retention member adjoining the bristle so that a bristle is provided with an eyelash retention member in the integral (and usually integrally formed).
  • This eyelash retaining member is designed as a retaining projection which projects beyond the surface of the bristle stem lying proximally below it in the direction of the bristle longitudinal axis in at least one direction, preferably along the entire length of the bristle trunk from its base to the point where the eyelash retention organ begins.
  • a holding groove which is incorporated into the distal end of the bristle and is open towards the distal end and towards the flanks of the bristle, is used.
  • the eyelash retaining member in the form of the retaining projection is designed as a thickening on an otherwise usually conventional, slender bristle, i. H. a bristle having a substantially rod-like shape.
  • This thickening is preferably located directly at the distal end of the bristle or in the upper third of the bristle, which adjoins the distal end of the bristle.
  • a conventional, slender bristle is understood to mean an elongate, rod-like structure of its geometry whose largest average diameter is preferably smaller by at least a factor of 10 than its length.
  • the eyelashes are bent, as they are held in a certain way in the spaces between the bristles by the adhesive effect of the mascara mass.
  • the stronger the bend imposed on the eyelashes the more the eyelashes tend to overcome the adhesive action of the mascara mass and slip off the bristle, ie, slide along the bristles toward the distal end thereof. Once there, the eyelashes "snap" out of the bristle field and can no longer be curled.
  • the eyelash retainer is designed to provide a true positive fit to an eyelash that is in contact with it, in the sense that the eyelash engages a surface of the eyelash retainer that is at least substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the bristle which even in the direction of the (potential) movement of the eyelash forms a local depression in which the eyelash lays, and which therefore has been moved by the forces that currently attack the eyelash and have moved it so far approximately parallel to the longitudinal axis of the bristle practically can not be overcome.
  • the eyelash retainer does not necessarily have to be designed to have the said vertical surface or valley - taking into account the holding action of the mascara mass accumulating in the area of the eyelash retention organ, then one finds that quite a less harsh obstacle is sufficient. This is because it is primarily important that the eyelash is imposed a noticeable change in direction, which is sufficient together with the holding action of the mascara mass to prevent further slipping of the eyelash on the bristle.
  • a mere localized constriction or groove in a bristle is not a suitable eyelash retention means, since such a constriction or groove is filled with mascara mass during application and therefore from one bristle to the outside, to the distal End sliding eyelash can be easily overcome.
  • bristles which are only curved or angled in the region of its distal end, without a stabilizing thickening is provided (or which at least is taken away from the fact that the diameter of the bristle towards its distal end decreases more and more ), not a bristle with an eyelash retaining member according to the invention.
  • the respective eyelash retaining member consists of at least one hook-like extension which protrudes from the bristle trunk. It is clear that such a hook-like extension into which a bristle trunk sliding outwards Eyelash so to speak "puts into it", represents a particularly effective eyelash retention organ.
  • the preferred eyelash retainer organ has a surface proximally inclined at least locally toward the center of the bristle such that it tends to slide toward the bristle end toward the distal end of the bristle and thus sideways toward the center of the bristle capture what the eyelash tends to sideways the eyelash retention organ.
  • the respective eyelash retaining member consists of a spherical, lenticular, disk-shaped or mushroom cap-shaped thickening and is preferably rotationally symmetrical to the longitudinal axis of the bristle.
  • Such thickening can be easily produced, for example when the bristle is produced by injection molding.
  • the embodiment of the spherical thickening is an example of the already mentioned above fact that - at least in conjunction with the holding effect of the mascara mass - "stop" an eyelash and a less rugged surface may be sufficient than a substantially perpendicular to the bristle longitudinal axis Area.
  • the eyelash retaining member distally has a surface inclined inwardly from the uppermost portion of the eyelash retaining member to the edges of the eyelash retaining member toward the center of the mascara brush such that this surface has a tendency to rest on the eyelashes thereof in contact with the eyelash retaining member or to let slip the gap formed adjacent to the bristles.
  • the outside facing surface of the eyelash retaining member So it is designed so that it directs the eyelashes when first applying the mascara brush to the eyelash curl in the spaces between the bristles.
  • the positioning and the repeat of the juxtaposed bristle rows of bristles arranged one behind the other in the longitudinal direction are selected so that in each case a bristle of a first row of bristles is positioned at the height of a meridian (preferably seen in the longitudinal direction center) through the free space that the eyelash holding organs of two juxtaposed bristles of the adjacent row of bristles release between them.
  • the eyelash retaining members have such a large maximum extent in the direction transverse to the circumferential direction that the eyelash holding members of the bristles of said first row of bristles - projected in the circumferential direction - overlap with the eyelash retaining members of the two nearest bristles of said second row of bristles. In this way it is ensured that between two rows of bristles - seen from the outside - no radially in the radial direction completely continuous along the circumferential direction circular space remains. Instead, such a clearance usually remains only between the bristle stems, below the surface of the brush, which essentially represents a labyrinth.
  • FIGS. 1 a to 1 d show a first embodiment of the invention in which the eyelash retaining members are designed in the form of arrow-shaped barbs
  • FIGS. 2a to 2e show a second embodiment of the invention in which the eyelash retaining members are designed in the shape of arrow-shaped barbs but are positioned differently
  • the FIGS. 3a to 3d show a third embodiment of the invention in which the eyelash retaining members are designed in the form of anchor-shaped barbs
  • the FIGS. 4a to 4d show a fourth embodiment of the invention in which the eyelash retaining members are designed in the form of anchor-shaped barbs but are positioned differently and slightly modified
  • FIGS. 5a to 5d show a fifth embodiment of the invention in which the eyelash retaining members are designed in the form of spherical thickenings
  • FIGS. 6a to 6d show a sixth embodiment of the invention in which the eyelash retaining members are designed in the form of spherical thickenings but are positioned differently
  • the FIGS. 7a to 7e show a seventh embodiment of the invention in which the eyelash retaining members are designed in the form of bristle-side retaining grooves
  • the FIGS. 8a to 8e show an eighth embodiment of the invention in which the eyelash retaining members are in the form of bristle-side retaining grooves, but positioned differently and slightly modified the FIGS.
  • FIGS. 9a to 9d show a ninth embodiment of the invention in which the eyelash retaining members are designed in needle-like or peat-shaped
  • the FIGS. 10a to 10d show a tenth embodiment of the invention in which the eyelash retaining members are designed in needle-like shape, but modified by a gap
  • the FIGS. 11a to 11d show an eleventh embodiment of the invention in which the eyelash retaining members are executed in needle-like or peat-shaped shape, but positioned differently.
  • FIG. 1 shows a first embodiment of the invention.
  • the bristle body 1 of a mascara brush consists of a projection 2 for connecting the bristle body with the handle and from the rod-shaped bristle carrier 3. Only together with the attachment to be attached to the stem 2, the bristle body forms a full mascara brush.
  • the mascara brush of this embodiment has a pronounced longitudinal axis L, which also represents the longitudinal axis of the bristle field at the same time.
  • the bristle field can be described as cylindrical or roller-shaped / cone-shaped (the latter not shown here).
  • the individual bristles 4 protrude outwardly from the bristle carrier 3 substantially in the vertical direction and together form the bristle facing or the bristle field 5. Their extreme end, which is at a maximum distance from the bristle carrier 3, is referred to as the distal end. Their end forming the foot area, with which they are attached to the bristle carrier 3, is referred to as the proximal end.
  • Each bristle can have a bristle trunk 6 whose contour largely corresponds to the contour of a conventional bristle, but which preferably has a cylindrical cross section with a diameter that remains constant over the length of time.
  • the cross section of this trunk is round in the present embodiments, but may, for. B. also be elliptical or polygonal.
  • the trunk diameter is at least eight times smaller than the length of the trunk in the case of the present embodiment.
  • the bristle field 5 a number of juxtaposed rows of bristles in the longitudinal direction. These consist of bristles in which the bristle trunk 6 carries an eyelash retaining member 7 at its distal end.
  • This eyelash retaining member 7 here consists of an extension designed in the manner of a barb, whose longitudinal axis at the outermost end of the barb forms an angle ⁇ of less than 70 °, better still less than 50 °, with the longitudinal axis of the bristle trunk, cf.
  • FIG. 1 b and in particular 1e The shape of the eyelash retaining member for the present embodiment can be described so that the eyelash retaining member 7 consists of two opposite hook-like extensions 8 of the type described, which protrude laterally from the bristle trunk 6.
  • the eyelash retaining member 7 in the present case, the shape of an arrow whose arrowhead is in line with the longitudinal axis of the bristle and the distal end of the bristle forms, while the "broad side" of the arrow is oriented proximally, that is facing the bristle trunk is.
  • An eyelash which, for example, because the mascara brush is rotated for the purpose of curling, moves in the vicinity of the bristle trunk 6 towards its distal end, slips under the corresponding hook-like extension 8 and is prevented from this from the bristle field 5 slide out.
  • each eyelash retaining member 7 designed in the manner of a barb has a surface distally, ie on its outwardly facing side, which is inclined substantially inwardly from the region of the eyelash retaining member 7 above the center of the bristle to the edges of the eyelash retaining member. This inclination is designed so that it has the tendency to slide lying eyelashes in the space formed together with the adjacent bristle or their eyelash retaining member.
  • the bristles are arranged so that in each case rows of longitudinally successive bristles result and at the same time rows of circumferentially consecutive bristles.
  • a row of bristles and their bristle rows adjacent to both sides are arranged to form a corresponding repeat so that the rows have the same repeat and are substantially offset from each other by half a repeat.
  • the bristles of the two adjacent rows of bristles are respectively in front of the gap, leave the eyelash retaining members of adjacent bristles of the middle bristle row between each other, that is, the bristles of the two adjacent rows of bristles are (in relation to the bristle longitudinal axis) in each case at the level of a meridian positioned centrally through the space between the eyelash retaining members of juxtaposed bristles of the middle row of bristles.
  • the maximum extent of the eyelash retaining members in the longitudinal direction symbolized by the arrow Q is so great that in each case one eyelash retaining member overlaps the two retaining members of the adjacent row closest to it, if they are projected onto one another in the circumferential direction.
  • the bristle field formed in this way thus represents a kind of labyrinth which on the one hand separates the eyelashes very well at the beginning of the application (precisely because there are no continuously accessible, circumferentially accessible channels in the circumferential direction into which the eyelashes are inserted in bundles) and which on the other hand the eyelashes, which have once penetrated into the interstices of the bristle field, sustained, ie each eyelash located in the space between the bristle trunks 6 of adjacent rows of bristles (as indicated by the dashed line W) is alternately overlapped from left and right by the hook-like projections 8 of the respective eyelash retaining members and thus securely within the bristle panel 5 retained.
  • Eyelash retaining members 7 functionally shaped like those of FIGS. 1a to 1d shown, thus unfold their function by real positive connection.
  • FIGS. 2a to 2d show a second embodiment, with the exception of what follows the first embodiment fully corresponds, so that the above applies accordingly.
  • the two embodiments differ by the distance that the individual rows of bristles equipped with the eyelash retaining members 7 have. While in the first embodiment four rows of longitudinally successively arranged bristles with eyelash retaining members "cover" an angle W of 90 °, in the second embodiment four such rows only cover an angle of 60 °. For this, however, two opposite sections of the bristle field are provided instead of conventional bristles with such bristles having eyelash retaining members.
  • FIGS. 3a to 3d disclose a third embodiment.
  • this third exemplary embodiment substantially corresponds to the two first-mentioned exemplary embodiments, so that what is said there also applies to this exemplary embodiment, unless otherwise stated in the following description.
  • the two hook-like extensions 8 are designed so that they can bend relatively easily in the direction of the lateral end of the bristle, while still remaining in the distal direction oppose a sufficiently large resistance, so that their function as eyelash retaining member 7 is not called into question.
  • Another difference to the first two embodiments is the arrangement of the bristle rows of conventional bristles and bristles with eyelash retaining organs relative to each other and their repeat.
  • a longitudinal row of bristles having eyelash retention members 7 is flanked on both sides by a longitudinal row of conventional bristles.
  • the repeat is selected so that each bristle is at the same height seen in the circumferential direction as one of the hook-like extensions 8.
  • the repeat is designed so that a bristle circumferentially aligned with the bristle trunk 6 (one of the bristles provided with the eyelash retention members 7), that is on the meridian defined by this bristle trunk 6, while the next conventional longitudinal bristle is in alignment with the clearance between the eyelash retention members of two adjacent bristles. This results in a bristle field that allows the eyelashes to penetrate well and unfolds a good holding action against the penetrated eyelashes.
  • eyelash retaining members are designed in this embodiment, that they on their distal surface have a depot for the mascara mass.
  • the two hook-like projections 8 are designed so that they form where they meet, namely in the vicinity of the bristle longitudinal axis 6, preferably open in the circumferential direction edge open cavity 9, in which mascara mass can accumulate without pulling out the Applicator be stripped from the reservoir.
  • This unobstructed deposition of the mascara mass is thereby promoted by a distally protruding out of the cavity 9 pin 10, which prevents the scraper undesirably far into the protected by him cavity 9 and the deposited mascara mass provides additional support, ie counteracts undesired dripping of the mascara mass under the influence of gravity and the drag effect of the lashes drawn through the mascara depot.
  • the optional open-edge design makes it easier for the eyelashes, which are oriented preferably in the circumferential direction, to find access to the cavity and the mascara mass deposited there.
  • the cavity is generally appropriate, so not only for the concrete embodiment described here has its meaning, but can also be used for differently shaped eyelash retaining organs use.
  • FIGS. 4a to 4d show a fourth embodiment of the invention, which is close to the third embodiment completely corresponds, so that the statements made there also apply here.
  • the third and fourth embodiments differ only in terms of their repeat, the number of longitudinal rows of bristles with eyelash retaining members and their distribution over the circumference. Moreover, the fourth embodiment lacks the useful extra of a pin 10.
  • a longitudinal row of bristles having eyelash retention members is flanked on both sides by a longitudinal row of conventional bristles.
  • the repeat and the arrangement are chosen such that one bristle per circumferentially is at the same height as one of the hook-like extensions 8, ie on a meridian of the hook-like extension 8 goes.
  • FIGS. 5a to 5d show a fifth embodiment.
  • the fifth embodiment corresponds in sections to the previously described embodiments. Due to this, what has been said for the previous exemplary embodiments applies correspondingly for this fifth exemplary embodiment, unless otherwise stated below or clearly different from the function of the fifth exemplary embodiment.
  • the eyelash retaining member 7 is formed as a spherical thickening at the distal bristle end.
  • the eyelash retaining member 7 forms a kind of projection here. In contrast to the embodiments described above, however, this projection does not develop a truly positive holding force in the generally understood sense.
  • the eyelash retaining member forms a protrusion that an eyelash that slides along the bristle trunk toward the distal end of the bristle can only overcome by changing its direction. Since the ball-like thickening, which now serves as eyelash retention member 7, even after stripping an increased amount of mascara mass is having a not inconsiderable adhesive effect, the eyelash can not readily overcome the spherical-like thickening, although it a real form fit is missing.
  • the positioning and rapport of the individual bristle rows of bristles standing one behind the other in the longitudinal direction is chosen so that the eyelash retaining members 7 of the bristles of a first row lie with their center exactly on the meridian passing through the center of the free space provided by the eyelash retaining members two juxtaposed bristles of the adjacent row between each other.
  • the field of bristles with the eyelash retaining members 7 extends over a quarter of the circumference of the brush. As already shown above, therefore, the user can also choose here whether she currently wants to work with the field of conventional bristles or the field of bristles with the eyelash retention organs according to the invention.
  • the eyelash retaining member of spherical shape in this fifth exemplary embodiment may alternatively also consist of a lens, disk or mushroom cap-shaped thickening. Even such thickenings meet, provided their radius is large enough so that the thickening protrudes sufficiently far in relation to the bristle trunk carrying them, the eyelash holding function according to the invention.
  • the maximum diameter of the thickening preferably at least 1.5 times better than twice the diameter of the adjacent bristle stem should be.
  • FIGS. 6a to 6d show a sixth embodiment.
  • the sixth embodiment fully corresponds to the fifth embodiment, differs from this only by the distribution of the various bristles on the circumference of the bristle carrier 3. Therefore, the said for the fifth embodiment also applies mutatis mutandis to the sixth embodiment, unless otherwise stated below.
  • the arrangement and repeat are chosen so that the bristles of the conventional row of bristles are arranged on a meridian which passes centrally through the space which the eyelash retaining members of two juxtaposed bristles of the adjacent row leave between them.
  • FIG. 6d shows - there is always a row of bristles with eyelash retention members and a row of conventional bristles alternating over the circumference or at least part of the circumference.
  • FIGS. 7a to 7d show a seventh embodiment.
  • the seventh embodiment follows a slightly different from the previously described embodiment concept.
  • FIGS. 7a and 7c to 7e again show the actual bristle body 1 of a mascara brush.
  • the bristle body consists of a lug 2 for connecting the bristle body with the handle and from the rod-shaped bristle carrier 3. Only together with the stem to be attached to the stem 2 forms the bristle body a full mascara brush.
  • the individual bristles 4 protrude outwardly from the bristle carrier 3 in the vertical direction and together form the bristle trimming 5.
  • each bristle on a bristle trunk 6 which here preferably has a rectangular cross-section, but theoretically may also be round or elliptical, if its shape is not optimized exclusively from the viewpoint of the manufacturing cost of the tool.
  • the cross-sectional area of the bristle trunk 6 becomes larger toward the distal end, so that the bristle becomes wider in the longitudinal direction.
  • a retaining groove 11 open towards the distal end and sides of the bristle is formed in the end face of the distal end of the bristle.
  • the retaining groove 11 is designed so that its width viewed in the longitudinal direction increases from the distal end of the distal end in the proximal direction. In this way, the retaining groove 11 receives a clip-like or dovetail-like profile which exerts a holding action on eyelashes which have lodged in the retaining groove 11.
  • the holding groove also serves as a generous reservoir to which the scraper has no influence and in which therefore a considerable amount of mascara mass remains stored even after stripping off the mascara brush.
  • the retaining groove 11 imparts so much support to the soft mascara mass stored in it that, nevertheless, there is no risk of dripping - because the width of the retaining groove 11 (or the entire dimension of the retaining groove 11) is correspondingly designed in the case of the present exemplary embodiment.
  • the stored mascara mass supports the holding action of the retaining groove 11 considerably, but at the same time also makes the application of the mascara mass to the eyelashes more effective, since the eyelashes are pulled through the considerable mascara volume stored in the retaining groove 11, and so on be coated specifically.
  • a chicane 12 is provided, which protrudes from the groove base or the retaining groove on the inside bordering surface in the retaining groove and is designed here in the form of a cylindrical pin.
  • This chicane can be provided for various purposes. As a rule, it serves to lend better support to the mascara mass stored in the area of the groove bottom, so that the risk is less that the mascara mass will run out of the groove bottom and drip off in an undesired manner - especially under the influence of the drag effect through the groove pulled eyelash exerts. Accordingly, the holding is dimensioned taking into account the properties of the mascara mass to determine the specific dimensioning in individual cases by professional experiments, is not a problem for the expert.
  • FIGS. 7a to 7e How the individual rows of bristles standing one behind the other in the longitudinal direction are arranged and what rapport they have.
  • a next, second row of conventional bristles which in turn adjoin the first row of conventional bristles, is designed so that their bristles each lie on a meridian which passes through the longitudinal axis of the bristles with the eyelash retaining members.
  • the bristle carrier is occupied at all over a quarter of its circumference with a bristle field. It is the two rows of successively standing bristles with eyelash retention organs, which border the bristle field, so that connect on one side no more bristle rows. In this way, it is easier for the user to thread the eyelashes into the retaining grooves 11 more than just by chance, in which they are held for the purpose of curling and at the same time are coated very effectively with the mascara mass stored there - which is not least the extending / Lengthening facilitates.
  • FIGS. 8a to 8d show an eighth embodiment.
  • the eighth embodiment is substantially identical to the seventh embodiment, so that what is said there also applies to the eighth embodiment, with the exception of the differences described below.
  • the chicane 12 is dimensioned somewhat generous in this embodiment, which may be useful, for example, if the mascara mass has a much more fluid consistency.
  • the arrangement of the different rows of bristles is chosen slightly differently.
  • a first row of conventional bristles each arranged to lie on a meridian passing through the longitudinal axis of an adjacent bristle with an eyelash retainer.
  • the first row The second row of conventional bristles, which also consists of conventional bristles, is designed such that their bristles each lie on a meridian that passes centrally through the space between two adjacent bristles with an eyelash retaining member.
  • the eyelash retaining members are designed here as a holding device on the front side of the distal end of a bristle, in which the eyelash concerned can be introduced if necessary by a rotational movement, which leads the eyelash obliquely to the longitudinal axis of the bristle coming from outside into the holding device inside.
  • the areas of the bristle laterally bordering the retaining groove 11 must, of course, be made so strong that they are strong enough to ensure the retention effect and / or the storage effect for the mascara mass.
  • FIGS. 9a to 9d show a ninth embodiment.
  • the ninth embodiment is characterized in that in each case two bristles have a common eyelash retaining member 7, which is designed such that it forms with the relevant bristles in a plane substantially completely closed opening into which at least one eyelash can be threaded.
  • the eyelash retaining device could also be described in a striking way so that it forms at least essentially a needle eye intended for threading an eyelash.
  • the eyelashes can more or less into the eye of the needle slide in and are then coated on all sides with mascara, you have so to speak a "hugging" bristle or bristle arrangement.
  • the eyelash retaining member here has a rod-like shape with ideally circular cross-section.
  • the mascara brush is preferably designed so that it is not completely covered with a bristle field but only over part of its circumference, so that the bristle field has an easily accessible edge, like that FIG. 9d shows.
  • the bristle row which is equipped with the eyelash retaining member 7 in question here, forms at least one row of bristles bordering the bristle field.
  • this row of bristles with the eyelash retaining members consists of bristles which have a greater length than the remaining or at least the adjacent bristles of the bristle field. In this way, it is facilitated the user from the edge of the eyelashes in the substantially forming a Nadelschreib opening of the eyelash retaining member 7 and so for example, quite effective to curling or Extending / Lengthening to undergo.
  • the eyelash retention member 7 in question here also improves the wetting of the eyelashes with the mascara mass, since it is also the case here that an additional amount of mascara mass can settle on the eyelash retaining member without pulling the mascara brush through the mascara brush Scraper to be removed.
  • the needle eye formed here by the eyelash retainer (in the broader sense) is only closed completely preferably on the distal side - in principle It would also be conceivable that the rod-shaped body which forms the eyelash retaining member 7 has at some point a gap which is so small that it does not substantially jeopardize the described function but, if necessary, allows eyelashes to be threaded from the distal side and not just by a movement in the circumferential direction.
  • FIGS. 10a to 10d show a tenth embodiment, which is characterized in that the eyelash retaining member used in this embodiment extends between two adjacent bristles, but is provided with a gap, so basically consists of two rod-shaped bodies, each projecting from one of the adjacent bristles and to meet in the space between these two bristles.
  • the gap may be such that it opens only under the influence of the forces acting on the application, or so that it is open from the outset, wherein it should then preferably have a width which is smaller than 15 diameter of an average eyelash
  • the tenth embodiment corresponds to the ninth embodiment, so that the said for the latter also applies to the tenth embodiment, unless otherwise stated below.
  • the said gap is made so that at the point where in use the gap is to be available, a predetermined breaking point is made, which then tears open during use of the mascara brush and thus forms the gap.
  • a predetermined breaking point is made, which then tears open during use of the mascara brush and thus forms the gap.
  • the Fig. 11a to 11d show an eleventh embodiment.
  • This eleventh embodiment corresponds to the ninth and tenth embodiments, and differs in particular from the ninth embodiment only in that here also in the middle of the bristle field, a row of bristles is provided having the eyelash retaining members 7 described for the ninth embodiment. Because of this, in the eleventh embodiment, a bristle row extending in the longitudinal direction with eyelash holding members and a bristle row extending in the longitudinal direction with conventional bristles are always alternately provided in the circumferential direction.
  • the conventional bristles are arranged to lie on a meridian that passes (preferably centrally) through the eye of the needle between two adjacent bristles with a common eyelash retainer.
  • the eyelash retaining agent according to the invention in all variants shown here additionally have the great advantage that a significant additional amount of mascara mass is deposited on them, without the risk of unwanted dripping of the mascara mass, which is a very Effective application is possible without having to reload the mascara brush several times.
  • the eyelash retaining means designed as thickening have special purpose where a relatively hard material is used for the bristles or the bristles for other reasons.
  • the advantage is that they improve the haptic effect of the mascara brush - the user no longer has the impression that the bristles "prick" when they are brought too close to the eyelid and thus leads the mascara bust involuntarily closer to the eye, which improves the application effect. Even inexperienced users will be easier in this way, the application.
  • the bristles and bristle fields according to the invention can be produced by means of various methods, in particular the one-component and two-component technology and the so-called moltrusion, and if appropriate also production by metal or ceramic injection molding.

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