ES2323370T3 - PACKAGING AND APPLICATION SET OF A PRODUCT THAT INCLUDES A MASSAGE DEVICE. - Google Patents

Abstract

The assembly has a receptacle (10) for containing a cosmetic/care product. The receptacle has an opening at an end for distribution of the product, where the opening is closed in a reversible manner by a closing unit (20). Two skin massaging rollers (41,42) are mounted free in rotation around a rotation axis at another opposite end of the receptacle.

Description

Packaging and application set of a product comprising a massage device.

The present invention relates to a set of packaging and application of a product comprising a Skin massage device.

Skin massage devices are already known, particularly of the documents EP-B-0 465 348 and US-A-1 999 939. Such devices They are planned only to massage the skin.

Document FR 728 367 describes, on the other hand, a device comprising a handle at one of whose ends is assemble, so that it can rotate, a stone of alum in the form of roller. The alum stone is deposited in this way on the skin while having a massage effect.

Now, to apply certain products Cosmetics or for care, it can be interesting to massage the skin before and / or after application of the product to favor its penetration into the epidermis.

Documents GB 1 023 517, GB 2 374 045, CH 399 217 and US 6 010 264 describe applicators of type products "roll-on" comprising a deposit in one of whose ends a single ball (or a roller) is mounted so I can turn freely. The product can flow around the ball to massage the surface on which the product is Applies at the same time that the product is distributed. The ball or the Massage roller can get dirty in this way as you They make applications.

According to some embodiments of the documents GB 2 374 045 and CH 399 217, the second end of the container comprises another single ball (or a roller) that serves only for massage. However, a single ball does not allow A very effective skin massage.

Therefore, there is a need to make a new device that allows to simultaneously massage the skin and Apply the product.

There is also a need to perform a device such that it is simple to use.

The invention relates to a set of packaging and application of a product according to the purpose of claim 1

In this way, the user can massage easily skin and then apply the product on the area massaged, since it is enough to rotate the set 180º. This allows particularly to be able to perform alternative massage treatments and product application. In addition, said set avoids applying product on an area of the body and massage the area so Simultaneously, which could make the massage device dirty.

The massage elements can be mounted so that can rotate freely around rotation axes that They have oblique directions, even perpendicular.

The directions of the two rotation axes they can form, in the foreground P1, an angle? between 80º and 140º, and preferably between 100º and 120º.

The directions of the two rotation axes they can also form, in the background P2, different from P_ {1}, an angle? Between 0º and 15º, and preferably between 1st and 5th.

The assembly may comprise a means of adjustment of the angle α. This allows to adapt the massage device to the area over which it is applied.

The massage elements can be assembled from removable way, for example in the container or on a fixed support to the vessel

The carrier support of the massage elements can be fixed with respect to the container or can comprise at least a suitable part for pivoting with respect to the container for example a rotating stage. The support can also be removably fixed in the container, particularly by pressure anchoring or screwing. The assembly may then comprise a means for releasing the support to separate the support from the container when the support is fixed by pressure anchoring. In this way, the massage device can be easily removed, for example to clean it after use. This also allows to commercialize the container provided with its closing element in the form of a replacement or reuse the same massage device for each
spare part

The massage elements may include flanges to favor rotation. The massage elements can be mounted in rotation around an inserted axis.

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Massage items can be made in a flexible material, particularly in elastomer. In particularly when the massage elements have a surface smooth, preferably a material that adheres to the skin such as silicone or a SEBS to perform the elements of massage.

When the massage elements are mounted in rotation around an inserted axis, the latter is made of material other than the material of the massage elements. In particular, it is made of rigid material to limit friction and facilitate rotation. Similarly, the flanges can be made of material
rigid.

The massage elements can comprise reliefs on its outer surface, the reliefs being able to be formed at a constant or non-constant level in the elements of massage. With said rotating element profiles, you get during the massage a transverse oscillatory movement as well as a vertical oscillatory movement. The massage device provides a progressive draining effect of the skin but in an interrupted manner and with vibrations The massage action is then softer.

The closure organ can be a capsule, particularly a hinged capsule, a screwed capsule, a capsule with a stopper or a capsule type "push-pull." The closing body can comprise a flat surface that, in the closed position of the organ closure, is perpendicular to the X axis. the assembly can be stored in this way with the closing organ down so that the product is always oriented towards the opening.

The container can form an organ of grip It may also comprise walls suitable for deform in response to a pressure exerted perpendicular to its surface and to resume its initial form when the Pressure.

The set can be used for packaging and the distribution of a cosmetic or care product. He Product can be a fluid product.

The invention consists, apart from the provisions set forth above, in a number of provisions that will be explicitly explained to then, with respect to non-limiting embodiments, described in reference to the attached figures, among the which:

- Figure 1 illustrates a perspective view of a first embodiment of a packaging set and of application of the invention;

- Figure 2 illustrates an exploded view Ordering of the packaging and application set of the figure one;

- Figure 3 represents a view according to arrow III of the packaging and application assembly illustrated in the
Figure 1;

- Figure 4 represents the packaging set and of application illustrated in the previous figures during their use for massage;

- Figures 5 to 10 illustrate variants of the packaging and application assembly of the invention;

- Figure 11 represents a view in perspective of another variant of the packaging set and of application of the invention;

- Figure 12 represents a view according to arrow XII of the packaging and application assembly illustrated in the
figure 11;

- Figure 13 represents a view according to the arrow XIII of the packaging and application assembly illustrated in figure 11;

- Figures 14A and 14B illustrate another variant of the packaging and application assembly of the invention; Y

- Figures 15A, 15B to 20A, 20B represent variants of the massage elements of the packaging set and of application.

The packaging and application assembly shown in Figures 1 to 4 comprises a container 10 in the form of a bottle containing the product and a skin massage device 40, the bottle being closed by a
capsule 20.

The bottle 10 comprises an axle body 11 longitudinal X and oblong cross section and in particular practically oval in the example shown. The section transverse increases progressively from a first end 12 of the bottle comprising a neck 13 delimiting an opening 17, up to a shoulder 14 beyond which the cross section is Narrow and end in a background.

The body 11 of the bottle is constituted by deformable walls "elastically" under the effect of a pressure exerted perpendicular to its surface, the walls being suitable to resume its initial shape when the pressure ceases. The bottle is made for example in polyethylene or polypropylene or co-extruded with or without
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On the neck 13 of the bottle it is anchored by pressure one capsule 20.

The capsule 20 comprises a body 21 that comprises a covering skirt 22 of cross section practically oval The lining skirt 22 is open in one end and closed at the other end by a transverse wall 23. When the capsule is mounted in the bottle, the skirt of lining is practically formed in the prolongation of the body from the jar

The capsule also comprises a cap 30 formed by a practically flat wall, the lid being articulated on body 21, by a "film hinge" 31, so which can pivot around a Y axis that constitutes the axis of the hinge. Alternatively, a hinge with effect can be used spring such as a "hinge joint".

The transverse wall 23 of the capsule body it comprises an outlet orifice 24 for the product that flows in the internal passage formed by the neck 13 of the bottle. He product outlet hole 24 is arranged along an X axis that matches the axis of the bottle.

In his face that will be placed in front of the wall transverse 23, the cover 30 has a suitable cylindrical part 32 to fit tightly in the outlet hole 24 to ensure good seal tightness.

A skirt 25 sealed by the transverse wall 23, is formed around hole 24 and centered on the X axis of the capsule. This sealing skirt is will insert tightly inside the neck of the jar.

To hold the capsule in the bottle, two portions of the skirt 26a, 26b, are provided between the skirt of lining 22 and the sealing skirt 25. Each portion of the skirt 26a, 26b comprises, in the vicinity of its free end, a slot 27a, 27b, suitable for receiving a cord 13a provided on the outer surface of the neck of the bottle to fix the neck capsule by pressure anchoring.

The lid 30 is kept in closed position on the capsule body by means of a flange 33 formed in the free edge of the lid, opposite the hinge, which will be housed in a gap 28 formed in the capsule body. As an alternative, Other hitch systems can be used. For example, the piece cylindrical 32 may comprise a small annular weatherstrip in its free end

In the embodiment just described, the Capsule 20 is formed on the X axis of the container. It is evident that the capsule can be formed on a different axis from the axis of the bottle as depicted in figure 5.

On the opposite side of the capsule, the container it is provided with a massage device 40. The device massage is mounted on the bottle 10 by means of a support 60 which has rotating massage elements 41 and 42.

The support 60 comprises a fixing skirt 61 which is removably fixed in the bottle 10. The skirt of fixation 61 is open at a first end, allowing it cover the narrow portion of the bottle formed from the shoulder 14. In this way you get the maximum capacity to hold the product without making a device too bulky.

In two diametrically opposite portions of the skirt, this one comprises two cuts (of which only one is visible in figures 1 and 2) that extend each to the First end of the skirt. Each cut forms a tongue 62 that it allows the reversible hooking of the skirt in the bottle. Every tab 62 is practically rectangular and consists of two portions 62a and 62b separated by a central portion 62c that does not it is trimmed and around which the tongue can swing. Every one of the tabs 62 further comprises a rib 62d formed on its internal surface and that will cooperate with a gap 15 formed in the narrowed portion of the bottle to hold the holder 60 on the bottle by pressure anchoring. Above hole 15, the flask comprises a concave zone 16 in which the portion 62a of the tongue and allow its tilting. The skirt can, as a variant, comprise only a single tongue or also more than two tabs.

The support 60 ends, beyond the skirt of fixing 61, in two pairs of tabs 63a, 63b and 63c, 63d, leading each pair into an open 41 'and 42' housing that you will receive a massage element 41 and 42. Each pair of eyelashes 63a, 63b and 63c, 63d defines an axis of rotation A1 and A2. around which the massage element can rotate correspondent.

The massage elements 41 and 42 are elements swivels that are presented in the form of a roller. Rollers they are made of flexible material, in particular elastomer or elastomer thermoplastic The hardness of the rollers can be comprised between 15 shore A and 90 shore D, preferably between 20 shore A and 40 shore D and more preferably between 30 shore A and 90 shore A.

The two rollers 41 and 42 are identical and have each the global shape of a revolution cylinder and comprise a relatively smooth surface. Each roller 41 and 42 has a longitudinal dimension, according to the direction of its axis of rotation respective A_ {1} and A_ {2}, greater than its largest dimension transverse which in this case is uniform and equal to the diameter of the roller. Rollers 41 and 42 each have, on their axis of rotation, two cavities 43a, 43b and 43c, 43d that each will receive one of the tabs of the pair of eyelashes that flows into the corresponding accommodation. Each roller 41 and 42 can rotate then freely around its associated axis. In accordance with a variant partially represented in figure 6, a piece intermediate 64 in the form of a flange is, on the one hand, mounted to the force in each cavity 43a, 43b of a roller 41 and, on the other hand, mounted so that it can rotate freely in a recess 65a 65b provided on support 60. According to another variant depicted in figure 7, rollers 41 and 42 are mounted of so that they can rotate freely on an inserted shaft 66 whose ends are forcibly mounted in a recess 65a, 65b provided on bracket 60. Instead of being forced by adjustment in a recess, the inserted shaft 66 can also be held by flexible fins 67 provided on the support as shown in Figure 8. Flanges 64 and inserted shaft 66 are preferably made of rigid material to limit friction and favor rotation.

The rollers are mounted in such a way that axes A_ {1} and A_ {2} are practically in the same plane and its virtual extensions are cut at an angle? in a plane P_ {1}. This angle? Is comprised of example between 100º and 120º.

Rollers 41 and 42 are mounted in addition to so that when the device is observed in a plane P_ {1}, while the massage device is placed on its back, as in Figure 1, the two upper circular ends 41a and 42a of each roller 41 and 42 are closer to each other than the ends corresponding 41b and 42b lower. The upper ends 41a and 42a delimit each other an input opening O_ {E} of the order 2 mm and the lower ends 41b and 42b delimit one another outlet opening O_ of the order of 20 mm.

To use the device that has just been describe, hold the bottle and apply the massage device on the skin as depicted in figure 4. Then, It can move on the skin in translation. When the device is shifts to the left of figure 4, the rollers press on the skin sinking slightly into it, they roll and slide with rubbing on the skin. This slip with friction causes a pleated skin, since the skin is first tensioned by the zone delimited by the large opening O_ of the rollers towards the area bounded by the small opening O_ of the rollers. When the device moves in the other direction, the skin does not Experience the same massage. The rollers also slide with rub and roll simultaneously, but the skin suffers a slight elongation or relaxation. Once the skin has been massaged, it flip the device and open the capsule to apply the product contained in the jar over the area of the body that just to massage It is observed, after the massage, a better microcirculation that leads to a greater tonicity of the skin, a significant decrease in water and surface fat of the skin, which means that the device allows, after skin massage, faster product penetration of massage in the epidermis. There is also an increase in skin elasticity.

According to a variant of the first embodiment shown in figure 9, rollers 41 and 42 are attached to a first adjustment means 50 of the angle α. From according to this embodiment, rollers 41 and 42 are mounted on the fixing skirt 61 by means of forks 68 and 69 which they end respectively in tabs 68a, 68b and 69a, 69b that are they house in cavities 43a, 43b and 43c, 43d of rollers 41 and 42.  Each fork continues in its central part through a tube 70, 71 that it penetrates with friction in a hole formed in the fixing skirt 61. The adjustment means 50 comprises an elastically flexible sheet 51 which gathers each fork 68 and 69 bearing rollers 41 and 42, each end 51a and 51b of the sheet being fixed respectively to a tube 70, 71. The sheet 51 is fixed in the vicinity of its center to a sliding rod 52 according to a direction parallel to the X axis. This rod 52 slides on a stop 53 in the form of a roller, accessible from the outside of the skirt of fixation 61 and can be locked there in various positions of glide. These different locking positions will correspond different values of angles? for the rotating elements

According to an unrepresented variant of this last embodiment, the rollers can be mounted in the same way, namely by means of hairpins, without being joined without However to a means of adjustment. The rollers can be oriented then independently of each other, turning them to hand. The tubes can rotate, for example, freely in their hole corresponding or also understand stable positions indicated.

According to another variant represented in the Figure 10, rollers 41 and 42 may be mounted so that can rotate, not on a support 60, but directly on the bottle 10.

Figures 11 to 13 show another embodiment of a device with two rotating elements consisting of rollers The characteristics analogous to those of figures 1 to 3 receive a reference number increased by 100.

The angle α of the device of the figure 11 is equal to the angle α of the device of Figure 1. Without However, rollers 141 and 142 are mounted this time so that, when the device is observed in a plane P_ {1} while that the massage device is placed face up, as in the figure 11, the two upper circular ends 141a and 142a of each roller 141 and 142 are further apart than the ends corresponding 141b and 142b lower. Upper ends 141a and 142a delimit each other an input opening O_ of the order of 20 mm and the lower ends 141b and 142b delimit between yes an exit opening O_ {S} of the order of 2 mm. This means that the rollers of the apparatus of figure 11 have a position on the symmetrical skin with respect to the position of the rollers of Figure 1 and that, consequently, the action of the device according to figure 13 it will be practically identical to that of apparatus of figure 4, obtaining the rolled-pleated device of figure 13 by shifting to the right while the same rolled-pleated was obtained by displacement to the left for the apparatus of figure 4. Also, in this device axes A_ {1} and A_ {2} form an angle? in a plane P 2 perpendicular to P 1, as seen in the figure 12.

According to another embodiment variant represented in figures 14A and 14B, the support 60 may be mobile with respect to the container to be able to orient the rollers. The support can be, for example, in the form of a mounted plate 72 on a rod 73 that can rotate around its axis in a hole. It can be provided that the rod can rotate freely in the hole or also that it comprises stable positions indicated.

Figures 15A to 20B show in more detail Various roller shapes for devices according to the present invention

The lateral surfaces of the rollers of the Figures 15A to 19B present reliefs. All these rollers they comprise a straight cylindrical base surface of revolution a from which different reliefs that extend in a radial direction with respect to the axis of rotation of the roller.

These rollers of figures 15A to 19B, equipped with these various displaced protuberances longitudinally, they have a vibratory or oscillatory action on the skin in addition to its pleated-rolled action or, in Another sense of skin relaxation.

The rotating element of figures 15A and 15B it comprises a revolution cylinder 241 around an axis Z_ {1}. This cylinder 241 extends in a radial direction by a plurality of reliefs 241a each having the Shape of a circular disk.

The rotating element of figures 16A and 16B it has a revolution cylinder 341 around a Z2 axis, extending the cylinder in a radial direction by means of reliefs which are globally shaped like 341A squares whose edges 341b have been rounded. These squares are regularly separated from one another according to the axial direction of the roller. All the 341a squares have a practically identical shape but the 341b edges of two successive squares are offset angularly a 45º angle around the axis of the roller. The rounded tops of edges 341b are all inscribed in a revolution wrapped around the Z_ {2} axis.

The rotating element shown in the figures 17A and 17B shows a 441 revolution cylinder around an axis Z_ {3}. The cylinder 441 extends in a radial direction by a plurality of waves 441a that each form a continuous wall whose middle plane passes through the Z3 axis. These walls 441a have a radial edge 441b in the form of waves that develop in the longitudinal direction defined by the axis Z_ {3}.

The rotating element of figures 18A and 18B comprises a revolution cylinder 541 around an axis Z_ {4}. This cylinder 541 extends in a radial direction by a plurality of reliefs 541 each having the shape of a disk that presents a succession of waves 541b that extend radially. Each disk has an axis of symmetry of order 4 oriented according to the longitudinal direction defined by the axis Z_ {4}. The 541b waves of two successive disks are displaced angularly an angle practically equal to 45 ° around the axis Z_ {4}.

The rotating element shown in the figures 19A and 19B comprises a cylinder of revolution 641 around a Z5 axis, the cylinder extending in a radial direction by a plurality of spaced cylindrical pieces 641a. These cylindrical pieces 641a are inscribed at the same time in a plurality of envelopes that each have the shape of a disk circular of equal dimension, being these geometric envelopes regularly spaced longitudinally from each other. In this embodiment, the cylindrical pieces have an equal dimension and, therefore, the ends 641b of all cylindrical parts they enroll in a cylindrical shell of revolution around the Z5 axis. These ends 641b are spaced according to the direction  axial and peripheral direction of the rotating element.

The rotating element illustrated in the figures 20A and 20B comprises a revolution cylinder 741 around a Z_ {6} axis. The cylinder has a cross section that varies between its two extremes to go through a maximum to have the form of olive. The outer surface of the rotating element is practically smooth.

With the device of the invention equipped with rollers with particular profiles defined above, it obtains during the massage a transverse oscillatory movement, so as a vertical oscillatory movement. The massage device provides a progressive draining effect of the skin but in a way interrupted and with vibrations.

In the above detailed description, it has been referenced to preferred embodiments of the invention. Is It is evident that variants of this can be provided without departing from the invention as claimed below. The support of rollers can for example overflow one of the widths of the bottle to get a better gesture of application. The massage device it can comprise a single roller or also more than two rollers, by example several pairs of rollers.

Claims (23)

1. Packaging and application assembly of a product comprising a container (10) of longitudinal axis X, suitable for containing the product, the container being provided at a first end, with an opening (17) for the distribution of the product, reversibly closed by a closing member (20), at least two massage elements (41, 42) mounted so that they can rotate freely, characterized in that the first end of the container is devoid of a massage device so that the opening It is configured to distribute the product without massage, and because said at least two massage elements are provided at a second end of the container opposite the first. 2. Assembly according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the massage elements (41, 42) are mounted so that they can rotate freely around rotation axes (A_ {1}, A_ {2}) which have oblique directions or perpendicular. 3. Assembly according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the directions of the two axes of rotation (A 1, A 2) form, in a first plane P 1, an angle α between 80 ° and 140º and preferably between 100º and 120º. 4. Assembly according to any one of claims 2 or 3, characterized in that the directions of the two axes of rotation (A_ {1}, A_ {2}) form, in a second plane P_ {}, other than P_ {1}, an angle? Between 0 ° and 15 ° and preferably between 1 ° and 5 °. 5. Assembly according to any one of claims 3 or 4, characterized in that it comprises an adjustment means (50) of the angle α. 6. Assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the massage elements (41, 42) are removably mounted. 7. Assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the massage elements (41, 42) are mounted on the container (10). 8. Assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the massage elements (41, 42) are mounted on a support (60) fixed to the container. Assembly according to the preceding claim, characterized in that at least a part of the support (60) is suitable for pivoting with respect to the container (10). 10. Assembly according to any one of claims 8 or 9, characterized in that the support (60) is removably fixed on the container, particularly by pressure anchoring or screwing. 11. Assembly according to the preceding claim, characterized in that it comprises a means for releasing (62) the support (60) when it is fixed by pressure anchoring. 12. Assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the massage elements (41, 42) comprise flanges (64) to favor rotation. 13. Assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the massage elements (41, 42) are mounted so that they can rotate around an inserted shaft (66). 14. Assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the massage elements (41, 42) are made of a flexible material, particularly elastomer. 15. Assembly according to the two immediately preceding claims, characterized in that the inserted shaft (66) is made of material different from the material of the massage elements (41, 42). 16. Assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the massage elements (41, 42) comprise reliefs on their external surface. 17. Assembly according to the preceding claim, characterized in that the reliefs are formed at a constant level in the massage elements (41, 42). 18. Assembly according to claim 16, characterized in that the reliefs are formed at a non-constant level in the massage elements (41, 42). 19. Assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the closure member (20) is a capsule, particularly a hinged capsule, a screwed capsule, a capsule with a stop or a "push-pull" type capsule ". 20. Assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the closure member (20) comprises a flat surface (30) which, in the closed position of the closure member, is perpendicular to the
X axis. 21. Assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container forms a holding member. 22. Assembly according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the container comprises walls (11) suitable to deform in response to a pressure exerted perpendicular to its surface, and to resume its initial shape when the pressure ceases. 23. Use of a set according to any one of the preceding claims for packaging and the distribution of a cosmetic or care product.