JPH064833Y2 - Liquid cosmetic applicator - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial field of application] The present invention relates to a liquid cosmetic applicator for making up around the eye area.

[Conventional technology]

As cosmetics for making up around the eyes,
Eyebrow, eye liner,
Mascara and the like are well known, and these cosmetics are roughly classified into liquid cosmetics and solid cosmetics.

However, most of the applicators used to draw eyelines and eyebrows using a liquid eyeliner or eyebrow, the tip of the rod-shaped member made of felt, fiber bundles, porous rubber, etc. Is a spear-shaped or cannonball-shaped, and an eyebrow is an ax (chisel) -shaped polishing tool to make an applicator, and the base end of the applicator is inserted into a container containing a liquid eyeliner or eyeblow, and a rod-shaped member The liquid cosmetic is applied to a desired part of the eye part by utilizing the capillary force of the.

In addition, a liquid mascara to make eyelashes look long or darken to make your eyes beautiful and attractive is a cylindrical container containing a liquid mascara with a spiral brush or a metal rod with a groove. The eyelashes are entwined with the mascara attached to a spiral brush.

[Problems to be solved by the device]

The liquid eyeliner, eyebrow, and mascara used to make up around the eye area have their own applicators for each application, so the eyeliner, eyebrow, and mascara have the same ingredients. It is necessary to always hold at least three kinds of cosmetics having different forms of the applicator to make up the eye even if they have the same shade.

In addition, since the eyeliner, eyebrow, and mascara are independent products at the time of manufacturing, it is necessary to have an applicator for each application in advance, so it is also possible to manage manufacturing costs and inventory. It has many challenges to solve.

In view of the present situation, the present invention is a liquid cosmetic that can be used with one applicator, for example, either mascara and eyeliner or mascara and eyebrow, and has a simple structure and can be easily manufactured. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an applicator.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the liquid cosmetic applicator of the present invention is configured such that a tip end of a fiber structure having a capillary action formed by concentrating and binding a large number of fibers in a longitudinal direction is ground into a predetermined shape. A cylindrical porous body is integrally formed on the outer peripheral portion of the fibrous structure in the vicinity of the tip end portion, which is formed with an uneven portion for winding eyelashes on the outer peripheral surface, while forming the coating portion. To do.

In this invention, the fiber material forming the fiber structure is preferably an ultrafine synthetic fiber such as polyamide, polyester, or polyvinyl alcohol.

As a binder for binding and binding a large number of ultrafine fiber materials in the longitudinal direction, it is desirable that the obtained fiber structure has flexibility and elasticity. Therefore, for example, an elastomer adhesive such as urethane elastomer is used. preferable.

Then, when the obtained fibrous structure is used, for example, for an eyeliner for drawing an eyeline, when the tip is polished into a spear shape or a bullet shape, and is used for an eyebrow for drawing eyebrows. In the above, the tip portion is ground into an ax (chisel) shape to form an application portion.

On the other hand, the porous body integrally provided on the outer peripheral portion of the fibrous structure is a porous body having a capillary force equal to or higher than that of the fibrous structure, for example, a thermoplastic elastomer porous body in which capillaries are in communication, or A thermosetting synthetic rubber porous body or the like is formed into a cylindrical shape, and an outer peripheral portion thereof has rugged portions for winding eyebrows and allowing liquid cosmetics to efficiently adhere to the eyebrows.

The concavo-convex portion may be formed in a spiral shape on the outer peripheral portion, or a large number of rings may be continuously provided at a predetermined interval.

A method for integrally attaching such a porous body to the fiber structure is, for example, to manufacture the porous body with a thermoplastic material, and heat the porous body in a state where the porous body is fitted into the fiber structure. There is a method of integrally attaching the both, a method of spot bonding with an adhesive, and the like, and there is no particular limitation.

[Action]

Since the liquid cosmetic applicator of the present invention uses a fiber structure having a capillary action calibrated by binding a large number of ultrafine fibers in the longitudinal direction, the liquid cosmetic filled in a container is used. Is reliably sent to the fiber structure,
As the porous body integrally provided on the outer peripheral portion of the fiber structure, by using a porous body having a capillary force equal to or higher than that of the fiber structure, a sufficient amount of liquid cosmetic material is applied to the eyelashes. can do.

The tip of the fibrous structure is formed into a spear shape, a bullet shape, or an ax shape by polishing to form a coating section. When the coating section is formed into a spear shape or a bullet shape, Can be used as both a mascara and an eyeliner, and can be used as both an eyebrow and a mascara in the case of an ax-shaped fiber structure having an application part.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the liquid cosmetic applicator of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a liquid cosmetic applicator that can be used for making up eyelines and eyelashes. The applicator 1 includes a rod-shaped fiber structure 2 and the fiber structure 2. And a porous body 3 integrally attached to the outer peripheral portion of the.

In the fibrous structure 2, a large number of nylon filament tows having a crimp with a fineness of 3 denier are bound in the longitudinal direction with a urethane elastomer to have a porosity of about 62% and a diameter of 2.
A 5 mm rod-shaped fiber structure is formed, a rod-shaped long fiber structure is cut into a size of 45 mm in length, and one end of the obtained rod-shaped body is conically polished to draw a line and applied. It is a part 2a.

On the other hand, the porous body 3 is obtained by cutting a cylindrical porous body made of ethylene vinyl acetate and having a diameter of 5 mm into a length of 15 mm, and this porous body is provided on the outer peripheral portion of the fibrous structure 1. After mounting, by holding the outer peripheral portion of the porous body with a heated jig, a plurality of ring-shaped concave portions 3a for winding the eyelashes around the outer peripheral surface of the porous body are formed at a predetermined interval. At the same time, the end portion of the porous body is melted and integrally attached to the outer peripheral portion of the fiber structure 2.

In the figure, reference numeral 4 denotes a container containing a liquid cosmetic for eyeliner and mascara.

FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of a liquid cosmetic applicator that can be used for making up the peripheral part of the eye and eyelashes. This applicator 5 comprises a rod-shaped fiber structure 6 and the fiber structure. The porous body 7 is integrally attached to the outer peripheral portion of the body 6.

The fibrous structure 6 has a diameter of 4 mm and a porosity of about 70% obtained by bundling a number of polyester filament tows having a crimp with a fineness of 1 denier with a urethane elastomer in the longitudinal direction.
The rod-shaped fibrous structure is formed, and a long rod-shaped fibrous structure is cut into a size of 50 mm in length, and one end of the obtained rod-shaped body is ax-shaped polished to shade the peripheral part of the eye. The coating portion 6a is formed by doing so.

On the other hand, the porous body 7 is made of a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer and is a cylindrical porous body having a diameter of 6.2 mm and a length of 25 mm.
A plurality of ring-shaped concave portions 7a for winding the eyelashes are formed at predetermined intervals by cutting the same into the outer periphery and holding a heated jig around the outer periphery of the porous body. The fiber structure 6 is attached to the outer periphery of the fibrous structure 6 by appropriate means, and then the both are integrally bonded by an adhesive at the end of the porous body.

In addition, reference numeral 8 in the figure denotes a container containing a liquid cosmetic for eyebrow and mascara.

In the example, the fibrous structure and the porous body having the uneven portion for winding the eyelashes around the outer peripheral portion are integrally bonded by heat melting or an adhesive. The present invention is not limited to the examples,
For example, as shown in FIG. 3 (a), a conical portion is formed at one end 2 a of the fibrous structure 2 via a step portion 2 b, and the eyelashes are wound from the other end of the fibrous structure 2 to the outer peripheral surface. By fitting the cylindrical porous body 3 having the irregularities formed therein and integrally bonding the porous body 3 to the fibrous structure 2, the tip portion and the irregularities are made to match in diameter and mounted. Good.

Further, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), one end 2a of the fiber structure 2 is polished into a conical shape, and at the same time, a part of the outer peripheral portion of the fiber structure 2 connected to the base of the cone is used for the porous structure. The concave portion 2c for fitting is formed by reducing the diameter by polishing for the length of the body 3, and the porous body 3 having concave and convex portions for winding eyelashes around the outer peripheral portion is fitted into the concave portion 2c. By doing so, they may be combined together,
In short, if the fibrous structure and the porous body can be integrally joined, the joining means is not particularly limited, but a combination in which the diameters of the tip portion and the concavo-convex portion are matched is preferable in practical use.

[Effect of device]

The liquid cosmetic applicator of the present invention is a porous body in which irregularities are formed on the outer peripheral surface for winding eyelashes around the outer periphery of a fiber structure in which fibers are bundled in the longitudinal direction to give a capillary action between the fibers. Is attached integrally, and the tip is polished into a cone shape, a bullet shape, or an ax shape so that the eyeline or the peripheral edge of the eye part can be shaded. One liquid cosmetic by appropriately selecting the shape of the part, for example, applying mascara to the eyeline and eyelashes, or applying two makeups such as applying shadow and mascara to the eye area Is what you can do with.

Further, since the porous body integrally attached to the outer peripheral portion of the fibrous structure has an uneven portion formed on the outer peripheral portion thereof, it can be used for coloring hair or the like by changing the liquid cosmetic stored in the container. Is what you can do.

Further, since the member capable of applying the mascara is formed of the porous body, the application of the mascara to the eyelashes is extremely safe as compared with the conventional mascara applicator, and the eyeliner or the eyebrow is applied. Since it can be extremely easily and easily integrated with the fibrous structure, the structure of the applicator is simple, and the production cost of the applicator can be significantly reduced and provided at a low cost. It has the advantage of.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows an embodiment of a liquid cosmetic applicator of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a front view in which a part of the liquid cosmetic applicator that can be used for makeup of eyelines and eyelashes is cut away. FIG. 2 is a front view in which a part of a liquid cosmetic applicator that can be used to make up the peripheral part of the eye and eyelashes is cut away, and FIGS. 3 (a) and 3 (b) are all fiber structures. It is a front view showing other examples of a body. 1,5 ... Applicator 2,6 ... Fiber structure 2a, 6a ... Applying part 3,7 ... Porous body 4,8 ... Container

Claims (4)

[Scope of utility model registration request] 1. A fiber structure having a capillary action, which is formed by concentrating and binding a large number of fibers in the longitudinal direction, is ground into a predetermined shape to form an application portion, and the vicinity of the tip portion is formed. An applicator for liquid cosmetics, characterized in that a cylindrical porous body having a concavo-convex portion for winding eyelashes on the outer peripheral surface is integrally attached to the outer peripheral portion of the fibrous structure. 2. The liquid cosmetic applicator according to claim 1, wherein the porous body has a capillary force equal to or greater than that of the fibrous structure. 3. The applicator for liquid cosmetics according to claim 1, wherein the applicator is for an eyeline that is ground into a spear or bullet shape. 4. The applicator for liquid cosmetics according to claim 1, wherein the applicator part is for an eyebrow that is abraded in an ax shape.