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EP1169939B1 - Applicateur cosmétique comportant deux parties assemblées dont une ayant un revêtement de flocage - Google Patents

Applicateur cosmétique comportant deux parties assemblées dont une ayant un revêtement de flocage Download PDF

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EP1169939B1
EP1169939B1 EP01401687A EP01401687A EP1169939B1 EP 1169939 B1 EP1169939 B1 EP 1169939B1 EP 01401687 A EP01401687 A EP 01401687A EP 01401687 A EP01401687 A EP 01401687A EP 1169939 B1 EP1169939 B1 EP 1169939B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/14—Containers for dispensing liquid or semi-liquid contents by internal gaseous pressure, i.e. aerosol containers comprising propellant
    • B65D83/28—Nozzles, nozzle fittings or accessories specially adapted therefor
    • B65D83/285—Nozzles, nozzle fittings or accessories specially adapted therefor for applying the content, e.g. brushes or pads
    • 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
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D83/00—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents
    • B65D83/76—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing fluent contents by means of a piston
    • B65D83/761—Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents for dispensing fluent contents by means of a piston the piston being actuated by a screw-shaft

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  • the present invention relates to the application of a cosmetic or care product, in particular on the lips or the eyelids.
  • US Patent 4,772,148 discloses a flocked tip for application of a product.
  • the invention aims in particular to solve the problem mentioned above.
  • the present invention thus relates to a tip that can be easily manufactured, which is capable of defining an application surface suitable for producing a neat makeup and is comfortable to use.
  • the tip according to the invention is as defined in claim 1.
  • Edge portions are understood to be substantially in contact with edge portions touching or being in the immediate vicinity of each other, taking into account manufacturing tolerances.
  • the invention makes it possible to obtain a flocking coating having a net contour, which contributes to the aesthetics of the mouthpiece and improves the quality of makeup.
  • the use of two assembled parts facilitates the realization of the flocking coating since one of said parts can be separately flocked more easily, with possibly a lower risk of clogging the orifices used for the supply of product by the flocking coating.
  • the second portion comprises a flocking coating extending at least as far as an edge portion of said second portion, this edge portion being substantially in contact with a corresponding, unflocked edge portion of the first part, the edge portion of the second part being defined by an edge.
  • the second portion comprises a flocking coating extending at least as far as an edge portion of said second portion, this edge portion being substantially in contact with a corresponding, unflocked edge portion of the first portion, the edge portion of said second portion being defined by a free edge thereof.
  • the second part comprises a flocking coating extending as far as a line substantially in contact with a corresponding, non-flocked edge portion of the first part, the surface of the second part on which connect the flocking hairs being set back from the outer surface of the edge portion of the first portion.
  • the envelope surface of the flocking coating may lie substantially in the continuity of the outer surface of the edge of the first part.
  • the envelope surface of the flocking coating may be substantially parallel to an axis of the tip or be transverse to an axis of the tip. There may be no overlap of the flocking coating by the edge portion of the first portion.
  • the application surface can be defined by the second part which can be the reported part.
  • the second part may have a fully flocked outer face defining the application surface.
  • the application surface can also be defined at least partially by the first part.
  • the first part comprises a housing in which is fixed the second part.
  • This housing preferably has a shape that is complementary to that of the second part.
  • the first part may comprise an outer annular skirt not flocked.
  • the first and second parts comprise sealing means for ensuring a tight connection of the two parts.
  • the two parts can be fixed one into the other by snapping.
  • the two parts can be fixed to each other by welding, gluing or hot spinning.
  • the second part comprises a grid or consists of a grid.
  • the second part advantageously comprises an annular groove or a cavity extending in a closed curve, possibly other than circular.
  • this groove or cavity does not have a narrowing of its section at its outer opening, so as to allow the surface of the skin or the lips to penetrate deeper inside if necessary, in order to collect of the product.
  • the second part in a particular embodiment, has a variable height so as to define a beveled application surface.
  • the second part may comprise an element cooperating with the first part to form a valve able to move under the effect of the pressure of the product.
  • This valve protects the product, upstream of the tip, dirt or oxidation.
  • the first part may comprise a central part forming a jetbreaker located in or in front of a feed passage of the product.
  • the second part comprises a jet-breaking part, located in front of a feed passage of the product.
  • the tip application surface may include a beveled surface and a side surface extending around the beveled surface, said beveled and lateral surfaces being flocked.
  • the second part may have one or more grooves or cavities and be covered by a flocking coating extending over at least a portion of the inner surface of said grooves or cavities.
  • the orifice (s) through which the product feedthrough passages open into the bottom of the one or more grooves or cavities are set back from the application surface by a distance of at least 1 mm.
  • the groove or grooves may be flocked over part of their height from the application surface without fear that the flocking coating will unduly impede the flow of the product, because the groove or grooves in question can be relatively wide, two opposite edges being for example more than 1 mm apart, the distance between said edges being preferably chosen so that the surface of the lips or the skin can reach the product contained therein.
  • the presence of the groove (s) or cavities is also advantageous in that it can make it possible to absorb excess product present on the application surface and to prevent the product from being driven out of the application surface. when the tip is brought into contact with the surface to be made up or treated.
  • the second portion is in the form of a sleeve, covered by a flocking coating on a front face and at least one of its inner and outer side surfaces, preferably the entire of its lateral surface. outside and part of its inner side surface.
  • the second part can be made of a flexible material.
  • plastics material chosen from the following list: EPDM elastomer, nitrile, latex, thermoplastic elastomer of PS, PET , PU, EVA, PVC, "polynorboren” or relatively rigid thermoplastic such as PP, PE, PS, PET, PC, etc.
  • the flocking coating extends to an edge having corrugations.
  • the second portion comprises a central portion and a peripheral portion connected by material bridges.
  • bridges of material may be non-flocked, especially if they are clearly set back from the application surface.
  • the second part can also be flocked in full.
  • the nozzle comprises at least one eccentric orifice for supplying the product of the application surface.
  • the second part is off-center with respect to the first, which makes it possible, if necessary, to make a more ergonomic endpiece.
  • the second part can provide with the first a space for circulation or recirculation of the product under the second part.
  • the invention further relates to a packaging device and application characterized in that it comprises a nozzle as defined above and a product reservoir for containing the product for feeding the tip.
  • the reservoir can be formed by a body made in one piece with the first part of the tip.
  • the device may include a piston for exerting pressure on the product contained in the reservoir for distribution.
  • the reservoir may also comprise a compressible wall for dispensing the product by means of a pressure exerted on it, for example by the user.
  • the device may further comprise a pump.
  • the tank can be removable, and then constitute a refill.
  • the reservoir is advantageously displaceable relative to the rest of the device so as to actuate the pump and to dispense a dose of product.
  • the device comprises a closure cap comprising at least one inner closure member capable of covering one or more outlet orifices of the product of the nozzle when it is in place thereon.
  • the invention also relates to a method of manufacturing a nozzle as defined above, characterized in that the second part is made with a flocking coating and at least one groove or cavity without drilling this groove or cavity after flocking or insertion of an insert into said groove or cavity during flocking.
  • the manufacture of the tip is relatively simple.
  • FIG. 1 shows a device 10 for packaging and application comprising a tip 11 for the application of the product, a body 18 defining a reservoir 12 containing a cosmetic product P or care and a mechanism 13 for causing the dispensing of a dose of product.
  • the viscosity of the product P is for example between 0.6 and 17 Pa.s.
  • the tip 11 has a first portion or base 14 on which is reported a second portion or grid 15, as will be specified below.
  • the aforesaid mechanism 13 comprises a threaded rod 17, rotating in a bore of the body 18, capable of being rotated by means of a driving wheel 19 located in the lower part of the device 10.
  • a piston 20 meshes with the rod 17 and can move in translation in contact with the body 18, without the possibility of relative rotation relative to the latter, so that a displacement of the wheel 19 is accompanied by an axial displacement. of the piston 20 and allows to expel a dose of product through a passage 30 provided in the upper part of the body 18.
  • the base 14 of the nozzle 11 is made in the example described in one piece by molding plastic material with the body 18 in a relatively rigid plastic material, and comprises a tubular skirt 23 surrounding a housing 24 in which is fixed the grid 15.
  • the attachment of the grid 15 to the base 14 can be carried out in various ways without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • the grid 15 comprises a central portion 15a and a peripheral portion 15b, connected by material bridges 15c.
  • the parts 15a and 15b form between them an annular groove 25 in which the bridges 15c extend, the latter providing between them passages through which the product can pass through the grid 15.
  • the grid 15 has on its outer face 27 a flocking coating 28, which covers over a certain height the lateral surfaces 25a and 25b of the grid 15 delimiting the groove 25, as can be seen in FIG.
  • the outer face 27 is here planar and extends obliquely with respect to the X axis of the rod 17, so that the tip 11 has a generally beveled shape.
  • the bridges 15c are set back from the outer surface 27 and the flocking coating 28 covers the side surfaces 25a and 25b to a height less than the distance between the outer face 27 of the bridges 15c.
  • the grid 15 is coated with adhesive on its outer face 27 by partial or total immersion thereof in an adhesive bath, and then hairs are deposited electrostatically on the regions of the grid 15 thus coated with adhesive.
  • the adhesive used is chosen to have viscosity and surface tension which prevent the formation of films at the openings of the grid 15, so as not to seal them.
  • the bristles may have diameters, lengths, various natures or substantially identical, depending on the product to be applied.
  • the bristles may be in particular polyamide, rayon, polyester, viscose or cotton.
  • the length of the bristles may be 0.5 mm or more, for example.
  • the flocking coating covers over a certain height the outer edge of the grid 15, as can be seen in FIG.
  • the grid 15 is supplied with product by the aforementioned passage 30, which makes the housing 24 communicate with the interior of the reservoir 12.
  • This passage 30 opens through an orifice 30a in the bottom of the housing 24 in line with a lower region 25c of the groove 25.
  • the user can output a non-central location of the outside face 27 a drop G of product P, as shown in FIG.
  • Drop G is here at the lower region of outer face 27.
  • annular groove 25 being only partially filled with product P when the latter exits through its lower region 25c, its upper region 25d is capable of to absorb the product during spreading thereof on the application surface, as shown in Figure 6.
  • the space 33 may be chosen large enough to allow some recirculation of the product under the grid.
  • the circulation of the product from the passage 30 to the region 25c of the groove 25 tends to create, if the speed of the product is sufficient, a drive and suction effect of the product contained in the space 33, which thus mixing with the product gaining the region 25c and causing at least partial emptying of the region 25d.
  • the latter can therefore again accept a certain amount of product present in excess on the application surface.
  • the width of the groove 25 is chosen so that the surface of the skin or mucous membranes in contact with the tip 11 at the time of application of the product may deform slightly and dive into the product contained in the groove, as shown in Figure 7.
  • the flocking coating 28 extends at least up to the peripheral edge 28a of the grid 15, defined by an edge, this edge 28a being in contact with the unpulterated upper end of the skirt 23, which allows to obtain a flocking having a sharp outline from the outside.
  • FIGS. 8 to 10 show a tip 40 comprising a support or base portion 41 and an insert element or grid 42.
  • the support portion 41 has a lower portion 43 traversed by a central passage 44 communicating with the reservoir containing the product and an upper portion 45 defining a housing 46 in which the attached portion 42 is fixed.
  • This upper portion 45 is in the form of a tubular skirt of variable height, the upper end of this tubular skirt being substantially tangent to a plane inclined relative to the axis of the tip.
  • the insert 42 has an outer face 47 for defining an application surface and covered by a flocking coating 48.
  • the tip 40 has a generally beveled shape.
  • the attached portion 42 has a central portion 42a and a peripheral portion 42b, connected by material bridges 42c, like the grid 15 described above.
  • the attached portion 42 is snapped into the housing 46, as in the previous embodiment.
  • the central portion 42a includes the peripheral portion 42b with an annular groove 49.
  • the flocking coating 48 extends somewhat in the annular groove 49, coming to cover the edges of the portions 42a and 42b bordering this groove.
  • the upper region 49b of the groove 49 makes it possible to recover excess product on the application surface 47, as illustrated in FIG. 10.
  • the central portion 42a acts in the manner of a jetbreaker by its positioning in front of the passage 44.
  • the flocking coating 48 extends to the peripheral edge 48a of the insert portion 42 defined by a ridge, in contact with the non-flocked upper end 45a of the tubular skirt 45.
  • FIG. 11 shows, in a view similar to that of FIGS. 8 to 10, an end piece 50 comprising a support part 51 identical to the support part. 41 previously described, and a reported part 52.
  • the latter comprises a central portion 52a and a peripheral portion 52b interconnected by material bridges 52c.
  • the outer face 57 of the insert 52 defines an application surface.
  • the peripheral portion 52b is identical to the peripheral portion 42b previously described and is fixed in the same manner on the support portion 51.
  • the central portion 52a has in the lower part a shutter portion 54 which is applied at rest against the bottom of the housing 46, to seal the passage 44 communicating the housing 46 with the product supply.
  • the bridges 52c are made to allow a certain mobility of the central portion 52a, under the effect of the pressure of the product in the passage 44.
  • the shutter portion 54 is shaped as a needle so as to allow, when it deviates from the housing bottom 46, a product passage towards the application surface.
  • FIGS. 12 to 17 show various configurations of end pieces to show clearly that the invention is not limited to the two configurations which have just been described.
  • FIG. 12 shows thus a tip 60 which includes a support portion or base 61 which is here identical to the support portion 14 previously described and a grid or insert 62 comprising a central portion 62a and a peripheral portion 62b joined together by bridges 62c.
  • the gate 62 has lower and upper rungs 62d parallel to the bridges 62c.
  • the gate 62 defines a plurality of cavities 63a, 63b, 63c and 63d, the bottom of which is set back from the application surface.
  • the cavity 63a is formed between the peripheral portion 62b and the lower bar 62d.
  • the cavity 63b is formed between the peripheral portion 62b, the lower bar 62d and the central portion 62a.
  • the cavity 63c is formed between the central portion 62a, the upper bar 62d and the peripheral portion 62b.
  • the cavity 63d is formed between the upper bar 62d and the peripheral portion 62b.
  • An orifice 64 opens into the bottom of the housing receiving the gate 62 to supply the product application surface.
  • this orifice 64 opens into the region 63 a above.
  • All the cavities 63a to 63d communicate with each other under the gate 62.
  • Excess product present on the application surface may be recovered by one of regions 63b-63d, in a manner similar to what occurs in the previously described embodiments.
  • the gate 62 is entirely covered on its outer face by a flocking coating, which extends to the annular skirt of the base 61, not flocked, which surrounds the gate 62.
  • FIG. 13 shows a tip 70 which differs mainly from that shown in FIG. 5 in that the central portion 15 a is replaced by a central portion 75 a of larger diameter, which occupies most of the surface of application.
  • the outline of the grid, at its junction with the support portion, may be other than circular.
  • FIG. 14 shows a tip 80 comprising a grid 81 fixed on a support portion 82.
  • the support portion 82 has a front face 83 beveled and a housing opening on this front face to accommodate the grid 81.
  • FIG. 14 shows that the grid 81 comprises a central portion 81a and a peripheral portion 81b interconnected by material bridges 81c, the peripheral portion 81b having a flocking coating to an edge 84, which has corrugations and is in contact with a corresponding edge 85 of complementary non-flocked shape of the end face 83.
  • FIG. 15 shows a nozzle 90 comprising a support portion receiving a grid 91 having a central portion 91a and a peripheral portion 91b.
  • the peripheral portion 91b has a flocking coating to its radially outer edge 92, which is in contact with an unpouched edge 93 of the support portion 94.
  • the peripheral portion 91b has a corrugated edge 95 surrounding the central portion 91a.
  • FIG. 16 shows a tip 100 having a support portion 101 and an attached portion 102, the latter including a central portion 102a and a peripheral portion 102b interconnected by material bridges 102c.
  • the support portion 101 has a tubular skirt 103 whose upper edge 104 has corrugations.
  • the insert 102 also comprises a tubular skirt 105, whose lower edge 106 has a shape complementary to that of the edge 104, so that the two edges 104 and 106 come in full contact with one another, as shown in Figure 16.
  • the insert 102 has a flock coating on both its end face 108 and its side surface 109.
  • This flocking coating extends to the edge 106 and comes into contact with the non-flocked edge 104 of the support portion.
  • Edge 106 is a free edge of the insert.
  • a tip 110 which includes a support portion 111 and an attached portion 112, the latter including a lower portion 112a which comes into contact with the support portion 111 and a remote portion 112b, eccentric to the axis of the support portion 111.
  • the attached portion 112 has an upper face 113 forming a bevel.
  • the entire outer surface of the insert 112 has a flock coating.
  • This flocking coating extends to the unflocked upper edge of the support part 111.
  • Various means can be provided for conditioning the product and supplying the application surface with product.
  • piston reservoir and drive screw of Figure 1 can be replaced by the deformable wall reservoir illustrated in Figure 18.
  • a packaging and application device 120 which comprises a nozzle 121 identical to the nozzle 11 described above and a tank constituted by a tube 122.
  • the base of the nozzle 121 is here made in one piece with the tube but could, alternatively, be constituted by an element attached to the tube.
  • a device 130 which comprises a body 134 surmounted by a tip 131 carrying a grid 132 similar to the gate 42 described with reference to Figures 8 to 10, comprising an annular groove 153 and a support portion 133 fixed on the body 134.
  • the body 134 is open at its lower end 135 to receive a refill 136 comprising a reservoir 137 containing product and a pump 138 having a hollow control rod 139.
  • the rod 139 is inserted by force into a housing 140 located in the upper part of the body 134.
  • This housing 140 has a passage 141 opening into the bottom of the housing 142 of the support portion 133 in which the grid 132 is fixed.
  • the user can, by pressing the bottom 144 of the reservoir 137, push the refill 136 towards the upper portion 145 of the body 134 and cause the actuation of the rod 139 and the dispensing of a dose of product.
  • the product exiting through the upper end of the rod 139 feeds the application surface in a manner similar to that described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 10.
  • the device 130 comprises a closing cap 151 which is able to be fixed in a sealed manner on the body 134 by snap-fastening for example and which comprises an inner skirt 148 whose lower edge 150 is able to engage in the annular groove 153, so as to prevent the product from leaving and to protect the ambient air possibly present under the gate 132 and in the throat 153.
  • endpiece with a grid having an outwardly convex outer face, as shown in FIG. 21 or concave outwards, as illustrated in FIG. 22.
  • the flocking coating extends on the outer face of the nozzle, to the edge 155 of the grid, and that this edge is substantially in contact with the corresponding unbroken edge 156 of the support portion. receiving the grid.
  • the surface used for the application of the product be beveled to facilitate the application of the product and the achievement of a neat makeup, it is not beyond the scope of the present invention when the surface of application extends perpendicularly to the axis of the support portion, as shown in Figure 23.
  • the product arrives in a privileged manner on the application surface in a limited region of a groove or a cavity, as is the case of the devices that have just been described, it is not beyond the scope of the present invention when the product arrives on the application surface uniformly.
  • FIG. 24 shows a tip 160 comprising a gate 163 having a central region 163a.
  • the application surface 161 extends perpendicular to the axis of the tip and the product evenly gains the application surface 161, in that it is fed by a passage 162 opening at the center of the housing receiving the grid 163, the latter having only identical passages 164 made around the central region 163a.
  • the support portion and the grid can be made in many ways without departing from the scope of the present invention.
  • FIG. 25 a nozzle 170 having a support portion 171 and a grid 172 attached thereto.
  • the support portion 171 has a passage 173 for feeding the gate 172 product.
  • a jetbreaker 174 is made in one piece with the support portion 171.
  • the grid 172 is extended downwards at its periphery by a fixing skirt 175 which snaps tightly onto a godron 176 formed on the support piece 171.
  • This gadroon is formed recessed from the lateral surface 177 of the support piece 171.
  • the outer surface of the skirt 175 is covered by a flocking coating 178 which extends to its lower edge 179, in contact with a corresponding edge 180 of the support part 171, not flocked, defined by a recess.
  • envelope surface S defined by the free ends of the bristles of the flocking coating extending on the skirt 175 is parallel to the Y axis of the nozzle and is located substantially in the extension of the lateral surface of the part. support 171.
  • a tip 190 having a support portion 191, comprising an outer skirt 192 at its upper part, which defines a housing 193 receiving a grid 194.
  • the grid 194 has a central portion 194a and a peripheral portion 194b, connected by bridges of material 194c.
  • the central portion 194a is covered by a flocking coating on its outer face.
  • the peripheral part 194b is not flocked.
  • the upper end of the skirt 192 is covered by a flocking coating 197 coming into contact with the unblistered peripheral portion 194b of the grid 194.
  • the gate 194 is fed by a passage 196 opening in line with the middle of the central portion 194a.
  • the gate is powered by an eccentric passage, to create a preferred product outlet at a predetermined location of the application surface.
  • FIG. 27 There is shown in Figure 27 a tip 200 which has a support portion 201 and a grid 202 attached thereto.
  • the gate 202 comprises a central portion 202a whose lower face has a protrusion 203 forming a shutter, able to close a passage 204 for feeding the gate 202 product.
  • the central portion 202a is connected to a peripheral portion 202b by material bridges 202c.
  • the peripheral portion 202b extends to an edge 202d lying in the extension of the lateral surface 205 of the support portion 201.
  • the grid 202 is covered on its front face as well as to the edge 202d by a flocking coating.
  • FIG. 28 shows a nozzle 210 comprising a support portion 211, for example made in one piece with a body 215 forming a reservoir, and an attached portion 212.
  • the support portion 211 has a central passage 213 defined by a collar 214 forming a shoulder 216 by connecting to the body 215.
  • a jetbreaker 217 is made in one piece, by molding of material, at the upper end thereof.
  • This jetbreaker 217 closes the major section of the passage 213 and defines inside the neck 214 passages 219 for the product.
  • the attached portion 212 is in the form of a sleeve whose outer side surface 222 and the front face 223 are covered by a flocking coating.
  • This flocking coating is also present on the inner side surface portion 224 which extends between the end face 223 and the upper end 225 of the neck 214, the height of the insert 212 being greater than that of the neck 214.
  • the lateral surface 222 is positioned in the continuity of the outer lateral surface 227 of the body 215, not flocked.
  • FIG. 29 shows a dispensing nozzle 230 that includes a support portion 231 and a gate 232 attached thereto.
  • the gate 232 has a peripheral portion 232a fixed on the support portion 231 and an annular portion 232b, connected to the peripheral portion 232a by material bridges 232c.
  • a jet breaker 232d is formed in the middle of the annular portion 232b, at the right of a passage 235 through which the product is fed to the grid.
  • the jetbreaker 232d is connected by material bridges 232e to the annular portion 232b.
  • the support portion 231 has a skirt 236 defining a housing for receiving the grid 232, the latter being held on the support portion 231 by hot embossing of the upper end of the skirt 236.
  • the flocking coating 239 covering the gate 232 extends to a line 239a set back from the edge 232f of the gate 232. This line 239a is located substantially at the free end 236a of the skirt 236 , not flocked.
  • envelope surface S defined by the free ends of the bristles of the flocking coating of the grid 232 is substantially in the extension of the outer surface 236b of the folded portion of the skirt 236.
  • the second part of the tip can be made of a flocked foam, for example.

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