DEVICE FOR PACKING AND APPLYING A COSMETIC OR DERMATOLOGICAL PRODUCT

• US 20170095060A1
• Filed: 05/18/2015
• Published: 04/06/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Original Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Inventors: ROUDAUT, Etienne, CAULIER, Eric
• Application Number:
  US15/312,988
• Publication Number:
  US 20170095060A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/04 Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/26 Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball

Abstract

A device for packaging and applying a cosmetic or dermatological product, including a receptacle containing the cosmetic or dermatological product, an applicator head which is supplied with product by the receptacle, the applicator head including a grid defining an application surface for applying the product onto a surface to be treated, a partitioned support element for the grid, against which the grid can rest at least during application, having at least one partition between two regions where the product can pass through the support element.

Claims

1. Device for packaging and applying a cosmetic or dermatological product, comprising:

a receptacle containing said cosmetic or dermatological product,

an applicator head which is supplied with product by the receptacle, the applicator head comprising;

a grid defining an application surface for applying the product onto a surface to be treated,

a partitioned support element for the grid, against which the grid can rest at least during application, having at least one partition between two regions where the product can pass through the support element.

2. Device according to claim 1, the grid being a woven or non-woven textile or an injected or extruded net.

3. Device according to claim 1, the grid being a textile and the textile being a woven.

4. Device according to claim 1, the grid being a textile and the textile being perforated.

5. Device according to claim 1, the grid being a textile and the textile being non-perforated.

6. Device according to claim 1, the grid having an application surface which is domed towards the surface to be treated.

7. Device according to claim 1, the support element being in contact with the grid.

8. Device according to claim 1, the support element comprising a plurality of partitions, the partitions being connection bridges connected to a central region, the connection bridges defining, between them, openings.

9. Device according to claim 8, the central region being open-worked.

10. Device according to claim 1, the support element comprising a plurality of partitions, the partitions being fins connected to a central region, the fins defining, between them, axial passages for the product.

11. Device according to claim 1, the applicator head comprising a sealing skirt which engages in the receptacle.

12. Device according to claim 1, the applicator head comprising a jet break making it possible to improve the distribution of the product over the entire grid.

13. Device according to claim 1, the applicator head being at least partly attached to the receptacle.

14. Device according to claim 1, the applicator head comprising an insert which is attached, onto the receptacle, or which is forced into the receptacle, and a support part which bears the grid and is attached to the insert or the receptacle.

15. Device according to claim 1, the applicator head and the receptacle comprising cooperating anti-rotation reliefs.

16. Device according to claim 14, the support part and the insert or the receptacle comprising cooperating anti-rotation reliefs.

17. Device according to claim 1, comprising a cap by means of which it is possible to cover the applicator head when the device is not in use.

18. Device according to claim 1, the grid being made of a thermoplastic material.

19. Device according to claim 1, the grid comprising a plurality of threads of diameter d between 2 μ

m and 1000 μ

m.

20. Device according to claim 1, the grid comprising between 20 threads/cm and 70 threads/cm.

21. Device according to claim 1, the grid being formed from a woven or a net, the mesh of the grid having openings of cross section S between 0.01 mm² and 1 mm².

22. Device according to claim 1, the applicator head comprising a portion which is overmoulded onto the grid.

23. Device according to claim 1, the applicator head comprising a portion which is fixed onto a support ring which is itself overmoulded onto the grid.

24. Device according to claim 1, the receptacle having a variable internal volume, the supply of product from the receptacle to the applicator head being brought about by pressure on a wall of the receptacle.

25. Method for producing an applicator head for a device according to claim 1 comprising the steps of:

integrating a flexible pre-cut grid onto a support ring, and

integrating the support ring and the grid onto at least one portion of the applicator head.

26. Method according to claim 25, the support ring being overmoulded onto the flexible grid.

27. Method according to claim 25, the portion of the applicator head being overmoulded onto the support ring and the grid.