Device intended to contain and dispense a cosmetic substance

• US 10,239,079 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2015
• Issued: 03/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IntuiSkin SAS (Unilever PLC)
• Original Assignee: IntuiSkin SAS (Unilever PLC)
• Inventors: Ransch, Pascal, Moulinier, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Carroll, Jeremy
• Application Number:
  US15/506,324
• Publication Number:
  US 20170252763A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,299 Days
• Field of Search: 222238
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 33/26 combined with other objects
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/00 Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/0075 with dispensing means
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/18 Casings combined with other objects A45D40/24, A45D42/02 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/1001 Piston pumps B05B11/1087, B05B11/1088, B05B11/109 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/1028 Pumps having a pumping chamber with a deformable wall B05B11/1087 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B05B 11/108 Means for counting the number of dispensing strokes
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/122 Threaded caps

Abstract

The invention relates to a device intended to contain and dispense a cosmetic substance, said device comprising: a container that forms a leaktight volume having an orifice through which the cosmetic substance is introduced so as to be stored temporarily in said leaktight volume; a closure means for shutting off said orifice in the container; characterized in that said closure means has: a detection member for detecting actuation of said closure means with a view to taking said cosmetic substance; a communications interface for transmitting the information output by said detection member to an external data server.

Claims

1. A device intended to contain and dispense a cosmetic substance, said device comprising:

one container allowing formation of a volume intended to contain the cosmetic substance;

one dispensing member whose manual actuation causes the removal, through the dispensing member, of a dose of the cosmetic substance through an orifice of the container;

a detection member for the manual actuation of the dispensing member; and

a communication interface configured to send the information of said detection member to an external data server, wherein the dispensing member further comprises;

a thermoelectric generator that can produce electrical energy upon each contact of a part of the user'"'"'s body with the control member;

or

an electromechanical generator coupled with the control member and that can produce electrical energy upon each manual actuation of the control member.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the dispensing member comprises a control member coupled with an extraction member, whereby the manual actuation of the control member causes at least the removal by the extraction member through the orifice of the container, of a dose of the cosmetic substance contained in the volume, the detection member being shaped to detect said manual actuation of the control member.

3. The device according to claim 2, wherein the dispensing member is in the form of a plunger pump provided with a push button, said push button constituting the control member.

4. The device according to claim 1, wherein the dispensing member constitutes a closure member configured to close said orifice of the container.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the dispensing member further comprises a thermoelectric generator that can produce electrical energy upon each contact of a part of the user'"'"'s body with the control member.

6. The device according to claim 1, wherein the dispensing member further comprises an electromechanical generator coupled with the control member and that can produce electrical energy upon each manual actuation of the control member.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the detection member can generate, upon each detection of said manual actuation of the dispensing member that causes the removal of the dose of cosmetic substance, a signal representative of said actuation.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein the dispensing member further comprises a memory allowing at least temporary storage of information output by at least the detection member upon each actuation of the dispensing member that causes the removal, whereby said communication interface allows data stored in the memory to be sent to said external data server.

9. The device according to claim 8, further comprising a unique device identification code stored in said memory and sent with each transmission of the data stored in the memory to said external data server.

10. The device according to claim 1, wherein the dispensing member further comprises a module for generating a signal containing a timing information upon each actuation of the dispensing member that causes said removal.

11. The device according to claim 1, wherein the communication interface uses a wireless communication protocol.