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US20170340089A1 - Device for assembling a bottle and an applicator, applicator and assembly of an applicator and a bottle comprising such a device - Google Patents

Device for assembling a bottle and an applicator, applicator and assembly of an applicator and a bottle comprising such a device Download PDF

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US20170340089A1
US20170340089A1 US15/619,474 US201515619474A US2017340089A1 US 20170340089 A1 US20170340089 A1 US 20170340089A1 US 201515619474 A US201515619474 A US 201515619474A US 2017340089 A1 US2017340089 A1 US 2017340089A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D34/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
    • A45D34/04—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to a device for assembling a bottle and an applicator.
  • the invention also relates to an applicator comprising one of the components of said device.
  • the invention also relates to an assembly consisting of an applicator and bottle comprising such an assembly device.
  • Threaded assemblies do however have the drawback of taking up the time of the user when the applicator and bottle are disconnected. They also have the drawback of occupying both hands of the user during such disconnection.
  • One of the objectives of the present invention consists of proposing an alternative device for assembling a bottle and a cosmetic-product applicator.
  • the invention relates to a device for assembling a bottle and an applicator, said bottle being intended to receive a cosmetic product, said device being intended to occupy a first position in which the bottle and the applicator are assembled, referred to as the assembled position, and a second position in which the bottle and the applicator are free, referred to as the use position.
  • said device comprises a first component intended to be mounted fixedly with respect to one of the elements chosen from between the bottle and the applicator, and a second component, intended to be mounted fixedly with respect to the other element, said first component comprising a cam and said second component comprising a cam track, said cam track being open so as to allow said cam to escape out of said cam track.
  • the device according to the invention introduces cooperation between a cam and a cam track for the assembly and disassembly of an applicator and a bottle. Said device makes it possible to release the applicator from the bottle by a movement of the cam in the cam track, which offers an alternative to the known assembly device in the field, offering an intuitive and fun assembly/disassembly action.
  • the invention also relates to an applicator comprising one of the components of said assembly device.
  • the invention also relates to an assembly consisting of an applicator and a bottle comprising an assembly device as described above.
  • FIG. 1 is a slightly inclined isometric representation of an applicator and a bottle comprising an example embodiment of an assembly device according to the invention, in the so-called assembled position,
  • FIG. 2 is the same representation as FIG. 1 , said device being in the so-called use position,
  • FIG. 3 is a view in cross section of the assembly device shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 , the applicator and the bottle being only partially depicted,
  • FIG. 4 is a detail view of an example embodiment of a cam track according to the invention.
  • the invention relates to a device for assembling a bottle 21 and an applicator 11 .
  • Said bottle 21 is here intended to receive a cosmetic product, in particular mascara, especially for making up the eyelashes of a user.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates an example embodiment of the device according to the invention. It is shown here in a first position in which the bottle 21 and the applicator 11 are assembled, referred to as the assembled position.
  • this position makes it possible to transport the bottle 21 and the applicator 11 , in particular as a portable assembly.
  • FIG. 2 illustrates the same example embodiment of an assembly device, the latter being shown in a second position in which the bottle 21 and the applicator 11 are free. This second position is referred to as the use position.
  • said applicator 11 comprises a rod 13 carrying an applicator end piece 15 .
  • said device comprises a first component 12 intended to be mounted fixedly with respect to one of the elements chosen from between the bottle 21 and the applicator 11 and a second component 22 intended to be mounted fixedly with respect to the other element.
  • Mounted fixedly means a component 12 , 22 made in one piece with the element 11 , 21 , overmoulded with, or adhesively bonded, embedded, snapped or force-fitted in or on said element 11 , 21 .
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 illustrate said first component as being mounted fixedly with respect to the applicator 11 , said first component comprising a cam 12 .
  • Cam 12 means a protrusion of material projecting from the external wall of the applicator 11 .
  • said cam 12 is mounted fixedly with respect to the bottle 21 and therefore projects from the internal wall of said bottle 21 .
  • Said cam 12 is sufficiently rigid to hold the assembly device in the assembled position without time limit.
  • FIG. 4 illustrates in detail an example embodiment of said second component comprising a cam track 22 .
  • the second component is here integrated in the bottle 21 .
  • said cam track 22 will be carried by the applicator 11 .
  • said cam track 22 is open so as to allow said cam 12 to escape from said cam track 22 .
  • said cam 12 and said cam track 22 are configured so as to allow passage from said assembled position ( FIG. 1 ) to said use position ( FIG. 2 ) and/or from said use position ( FIG. 2 ) to said assembled position ( FIG. 1 ).
  • assembly and disassembly of the two elements, namely the applicator 11 and the bottle 21 is allowed by means of the movement of the cam 12 in the cam track 22 .
  • the cam track 22 extends on an annular path and has at least one escape portion 23 situated at a top edge 25 of said cam track 22 .
  • This escape portion 23 makes it possible to release the cam 12 from the cam track 22 and to disconnect the applicator 11 from the bottle 21 .
  • the cam 12 Once out of the cam track 22 , the cam 12 , and therefore the applicator 11 , are free from any contact with respect to the bottle 21 , and the user can then make up her eyelashes by means of said applicator 11 .
  • Annular path means a path substantially of revolution, in particular centred on a principal axis of the rod 13 of said applicator 12 .
  • said principal axis of the rod 13 marked X in FIGS. 1 to 3 , will be considered to be coincident with the principal longitudinal-extension direction of the rod 13 .
  • said escape portion 23 is oriented in a direction transverse to said annular path, and therefore in a direction substantially parallel to said principal axis X of the rod 13 .
  • said top edge 25 comprises locking portions 24 alternating angularly with said escape portions 23 .
  • Said locking portions 24 each have a hollow shape making it possible to hold the cam 12 so as to allow the applicator 11 and the bottle 21 to occupy said assembled position. In other words, it is the locking of the cam 12 by said locking portions 24 that provides the holding of said two elements 11 , 21 in the assembled position.
  • cam track 22 comprises a bottom edge 26 (see FIG. 4 ) that has a sawtooth, in particular annular, shape. Said bottom edge 26 then forms, with the top edge 25 , portions referred to as guide portions.
  • Said guide portions direct the cam 12 from one of the escape portions 23 towards one of the locking portions 24 and vice versa.
  • the cam 2 is caused to occupy various positions inside the cam track 22 , in particular between the top 25 and bottom 26 edges of said cam track 22 . It is the positions occupied by said cam 12 with respect to said cam track 22 that allow passage from the assembled position to the use position of the assembly device of the invention.
  • the passage from the use position to the assembled position takes place in accordance with steps 1 to 5 shown in FIG. 4 .
  • Step 1 corresponds to the insertion of the cam 12 (not illustrated in FIG. 4 for reasons of legibility) in the cam track 22 .
  • This insertion takes place through an escape portion 23 that is situated between two locking portions 24 , at said top edge 25 .
  • Step 2 corresponds to the contact of said cam 12 with the bottom edge 26 , in particular with an inclined face of one of the teeth of this bottom edge 26 .
  • This tooth slides said cam 12 towards the position 3 , on a spiral path.
  • An elastic means then acts on said cam 12 and brings it towards the position marked 4 .
  • This elastic means is not illustrated here; it pushes said cam 12 along the axis X, from the bottom edge 26 towards to the top edge 25 of said cam track 25 .
  • said elastic means opposes the movement of the cam 12 when it passes from position 1 to position 2 . It is the action of the user on one of the two elements 11 , 21 that makes it possible to overcome the return force exerted by this elastic means.
  • said cam 12 can no longer leave the cam track 22 since a judiciously placed locking portion 24 prevents this and guides it, on an inclined face of the upper edge 25 of the cam track 22 , from position 4 to position 5 , which is a locking position, on a spiral path.
  • the user actuates the element that carries said cam 12 , here the applicator 11 .
  • Steps 6 to 10 marked in FIG. 4 illustrate the passage of the assembly device from the assembled position to the use position.
  • the user allows the elastic means to push the cam 12 , on an axial movement, towards a new escape portion 23 , at the top edge 25 of the cam track 22 , between two locking positions 24 —steps marked 8 , 9 and 10 in FIG. 4 —and thus allows disconnection of the bottle 21 and applicator 11 .
  • the top edge 25 of the cam track 22 has another inclined face guiding said cam 12 on a spiral path from said position 8 to said position 9 .
  • cam 12 advantageously has a triangular shape. This allows facilitated cooperation with the bottom 26 and top 25 edges of the cam track 22 .
  • top edge 25 of the cam track 22 is formed by blocks of materials.
  • the escape portions 23 are situated between two lateral edges of two locking portions 24 facing each other.
  • the locking portions 24 are situated at a bottom edge of said blocks. They are angularly offset with respect to a vertex of the teeth of the bottom edge 26 of said cam track 22 situated between the inclined plane which is used for assembly and the inclined plane which is used for disassembly.
  • cam 12 and/or the cam track 22 are preferably obtained from plastics material.
  • the cam 12 and/or the cam track 22 can be obtained from propylene, acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, polyoxymethylene or any thermoplastic polymer that is sufficiently rigid to provide satisfactory cooperation between the cam 12 and the cam track 22 .
  • FIG. 2 gives an example embodiment of the applicator 11 .
  • the applicator 11 comprises the rod 13 carrying the applicator end piece 15 and said cam 12 , which is reproduced on its periphery with a constant angular increment.
  • four cams 12 are provided, each spaced apart by a quarter of a disc around the principal axis X of the rod 13 .
  • the repetition of a plurality of cams 12 around the applicator 11 has the advantage of distributing the force exerted on each of them.
  • the number of cams 12 provided around the applicator 11 , or inside the bottle 21 may be between 2 and 8 without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • the applicator 11 comprises a gripping element 14 .
  • Said gripping element is advantageously able to move with respect to the rod 13 , in particular free to rotate about said rod 13 .
  • Said gripping element 14 is here configured to as to actuate the assembly device of the invention.
  • the user exerts a force counter to the return force of the elastic means mentioned above by actuating said gripping element 14 .
  • the user exerts a manual force by pressing in the gripping element, and therefore the applicator 11 , towards the bottle 21 , along the axis X.
  • the mobility of said gripping element 14 with respect to the rod 13 then allows the rod 13 to turn inside the gripping element without this interfering with the gripping of the user. This is because the rod 13 is rotated by the movement of the cam 12 in the cam track 22 and, in order to prevent this causing unpleasant rubbing for the user, the gripping element 14 allows the rod 13 to turn without driving the gripping element 14 , which is in contact with a finger of the user.
  • said gripping element 14 is shown in the form of a cylinder. This form is not limitative.
  • the gripping element can also be pyramidal or cubic in shape or any other shape without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • said gripping element 14 is situated in the vicinity of a proximal end of said rod 13 .
  • Said rod 13 has a proximal end 16 and a distal end 17 opposite to said proximal end 16 along said principal axis X.
  • said cam 12 is situated in the vicinity of said proximal end 16 of the rod 13 .
  • said cam track 22 is also situated in the vicinity of said proximal end 16 .
  • applicator end piece 15 is situated in the vicinity of said distal end 17 .
  • This applicator end piece 15 may be a plastic brush with a straight or curved core, a fibre brush with a straight or curved metal core, or also a hybrid plastic/fibre brush.
  • This applicator end piece 15 may also be a spatula allowing the application of makeup on the lips or nails of the user, without departing from the scope of the invention, the cosmetic product contained in the bottle 21 then being adapted accordingly.
  • said rod 13 has a part able to close off said bottle sealingly, in particular when the device is in the assembled position. Said part will hereinafter be referred to as the sealing part; it is marked 18 in FIG. 3 .
  • Said sealing part 18 is here shown in the form of a groove 18 , which in particular is annular.
  • This groove 18 is a recessed part of the rod 13 , situated in the vicinity of its proximal end 16 , intended to cooperate with a proximal part 26 of the bottle 21 .
  • Said groove 18 is advantageously configured so as to match the neck of a container 23 housed inside the bottle 21 , said container 23 being intended to receive said cosmetic product.
  • Said groove 18 is situated between a skirt formed by the applicator 11 and the rod 13 , said cam 12 being situated at an external wall of said skirt.
  • said bottle 21 also has a principal longitudinal-extension direction, referred to as the principal axis of the bottle and marked Y in FIGS. 1 to 4 .
  • Said bottle 21 also has a distal end 27 opposite to said proximal end 26 along said principal axis Y, and said cam track 22 , carried here by the bottle 21 , is situated in the vicinity of said proximal end 25 .
  • the bottle 21 carries the cam 12
  • the latter would also be situated in the vicinity of said proximal end 25 .
  • the principal axis X of the rod is substantially coincident with the principal axis Y of the bottle when said device is in the assembled position ( FIGS. 1 and 3 ).

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FR1462247A FR3029755B1 (fr) 2014-12-11 2014-12-11 Dispositif d'assemblage entre une flaconnette et un applicateur, applicateur et ensemble d'un applicateur et d'une flaconnette comprenant un tel dispositif
PCT/EP2015/079326 WO2016092049A1 (fr) 2014-12-11 2015-12-10 Dispositif d'assemblage entre une flaconnette et un applicateur, applicateur et ensemble d'un applicateur et d'une flaconnette comprenant un tel dispositif

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