Molded-on applicators

• US 20090095317A1
• Filed: 10/10/2008
• Published: 04/16/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Schwan-Stabilo Cosmetics GmbH & Company KG (Schwanhäußer Industrie Holding GmbH & Co. KG)
• Original Assignee: Schwan-Stabilo Cosmetics GmbH & Company KG (Schwanhäußer Industrie Holding GmbH & Co. KG)
• Inventors: Weber, Andreas, Poetschl, Norbert, Roeder, Georg
• Application Number:
  US12/248,947
• Publication Number:
  US 20090095317A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 132/320
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/26 Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/262 using a brush or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/106 Cosmetics applicator specifically for mascara including comb like element
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 2045/14327 anchoring by forcing the material to pass through a hole in the article
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 2045/14967 Injecting through an opening of the insert
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/14311 using means for bonding the coating to the articles B29C45/14795 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/14344 Moulding in or through a hole in the article, e.g. outsert moulding
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/1657 using means for adhering or bonding the layers or parts to each other mechanical anchoring B29C37/0082
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 45/1676 using a soft material and a rigid material, e.g. making articles with a sealing part
• CPC Class Codes: B29L 2031/718 Cosmetic equipment, e.g. hair dressing, shaving equipment brushes B29L2031/42, combs B29L2021/005

Abstract

An applicator comprising a hard component and a soft component injected on to the hard component for forming an application surface (W), wherein both the hard component and the soft component at least in parts comprise plastic material and the plastic material of the hard component is harder than the plastic material of the soft component, a joining region arranged substantially in the interior of the hard component is provided between the hard component and the soft component, wherein the joining region has at least a part of the soft component, the part being arranged in the interior of the hard component, in the form of at least one anchoring element.

Claims

1-19. -19. (canceled)

20. An applicator comprising:

a hard component and a soft component injected on to the hard component for forming an application surface (W), wherein both the hard component and the soft component at least in parts comprise plastic material and the plastic material of the hard component is harder than the plastic material of the soft component,

a joining region arranged substantially in the interior of the hard component is provided between the hard component and the soft component, wherein the joining region has at least a part of the soft component, said part being arranged in the interior of the hard component, in the form of at least one anchoring element.

21. An applicator as set forth in claim 20 wherein additionally there is provided at least a part of the hard component, that is arranged in the interior of the soft component, as a stabiliser.

22. An applicator as set forth in claim 20 wherein the soft component is at least portion-wise rotationally symmetrical in relation to the direction of the longitudinal extent of the applicator.

23. An applicator as set forth in claim 20 wherein an outside surface of the soft component at least partially has a surface structure having a plurality of structural elements.

24. An applicator as set forth in claim 23 wherein the structural elements include at least one of knobs, bristles, and bars.

25. An applicator as set forth in claim 20 wherein provided in the hard component is at least one opening for injection of the soft component thereon and/or for venting in the injection operation disposed in the proximity of the end of the anchoring element that is in the interior of the hard component.

26. An applicator as set forth in claim 20 wherein provided in the hard component is at least one aperture for at least one anchoring leg formed by the soft component, wherein the at least one anchoring leg is a join between the part of the soft component, that is in the interior of the hard component, and a part of the soft component, that is arranged at the outside surface of the hard component.

27. An applicator as set forth in claim 26 wherein the external shape of a periphery in the region of a lateral opening of aperture of the hard component is circular or oval or in the form of a polygon.

28. An applicator as set forth in claim 20 wherein the soft component projects in a longitudinal direction beyond the anchoring element.

29. An applicator as set forth in claim 21 wherein the stabiliser is arranged in the soft component concentrically or eccentrically with respect to the longitudinal direction of the applicator.

30. An applicator as set forth in claim 20 wherein one or more claws of the soft component extend substantially radially into the hard component with respect to the longitudinal direction as an additional anchoring means.

31. An applicator as set forth in claim 20 wherein the applicator has a sharpener at the side in opposite relationship to the soft component.

32. An applicator as set forth in claim 20 wherein a removable protection member is provided in the region of the soft component of the applicator.

33. An applicator as set forth in claim 20 wherein the hard component is in the form of a stick.

34. An applicator as set forth in claim 33 wherein a coupling means is provided on the stick for coupling the stick to a handle portion and/or to a closure for a container.

35. An applicator as set forth in claim 20 wherein claws extend substantially radially into the soft component in relation to the longitudinal direction of the applicator.