APPLICATOR DEVICE FOR A FLUID

• US 20110200383A1
• Filed: 02/16/2011
• Published: 08/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Figie Luxembourg SA
• Original Assignee: Figie Luxembourg SA
• Inventors: GIEUX, Gérard
• Application Number:
  US13/028,352
• Publication Number:
  US 20110200383A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 401/202
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/1018 comprising a pad, i.e. a cushion-like mass of soft material, with or without gripping means
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/042 using a brush or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 47/42 with pads or like contents-applying means contents-applying means associated to aerosol container nozzles B65D83/285; brushes combined or associated with containers A46B11/00; swabs for applying media to the human body from an integral supply A61F13/40

Abstract

The invention relates to an applicator device for a fluid including: a body topped with a head, said head having an upper plate with a substantially planar surface and having an outlet orifice to distribute the fluid, said fluid being contained in the body; and a foam applicator mounted on a support, the foam applicator including an annular groove configured to cooperate with a lateral annular protrusion belonging to said support, where the device is configured so that the lower portion of the applicator situated under the annular groove and intended to be in contact with the head is compressed when the support and the foam applicator are mounted on the head of the body.

Claims

1. An applicator device for a fluid, comprising:

a body topped with a head, said head comprising an upper plate with a substantially planar surface and having an outlet orifice to distribute the fluid, said fluid being contained in the body; and

a foam applicator mounted on a support, the foam applicator including an annular groove configured to cooperate with a lateral annular protrusion belonging to said support,

the device being configured so that the lower portion of the applicator situated under the annular groove and intended to be in contact with the head is compressed when the support and the foam applicator are mounted on the head of the body.

2. The device according to claim 1, wherein the support includes an inner shoulder configured to come into contact on the surface of the upper plate when the support is mounted on the head, the height of the space formed by the contact of the inner shoulder on the head being smaller than the height of the lower portion.

3. The device according to claim 1, wherein the applicator includes a through distribution orifice substantially aligned with the outlet orifice of the head.

4. The device according to claim 3, also comprising a cover configured to top the support and provided with a pin configured to come into the distribution orifice.

5. The device according to claim 1, wherein the upper plate includes, on the substantially planar surface, a protruding ring configured to stress the applicator by compression.

6. The device according to claim 5, wherein the protruding ring is assembled on the head.

7. The device according to claim 1, wherein the support includes teeth on the lateral annular protrusion to maintain the foam applicator.

8. The device according to claim 1, wherein an opening and closing system is inserted between the support and the head to obstruct or free the outlet orifice of the head.

9. The device according to claim 1, wherein the head also includes a toroidal ring in relief relative to the surface on which the applicator support is intended to bear.

10. The device according to claim 1, wherein the foam applicator is made from two different superimposed materials, with different stiffnesses.

11. The device according to claim 1, wherein the fluid is a cosmetic product, a medicinal product, a soap, a detergent, a glue, a waxing product, a glazing product, a repellant or a paint.