Applicator for liquid cosmetics

• US 4,370,989 A
• Filed: 09/19/1979
• Issued: 02/01/1983
• Est. Priority Date: 08/11/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Spiveco, Inc. (Caran Precision Engineering & Mfg., Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Charles H. Taylor
• Inventors: Taylor, Charles H.
• Primary Examiner(s): McNeill, G. E.
• Application Number:
  US06/077,093
• Time in Patent Office: 1,231 Days
• Field of Search: 132/79, 132/88.5, 132/88.7, 169/30, 222/212, 222/190, 222/207, 222/211, 222/145, 222/95, 222/189, 222/207, 222/124, 239/343
• US Class Current: 132/317
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2034/005 with a cartridge
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/042 using a brush or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/045 connected to the cap of the container

Abstract

An apparatus for applying a liquid or light fluid paste cosmetic preparation to the eyes or face is disclosed. The apparatus includes a handle connected to a wand which has an applicator affixed to it at its free end. The wand, when in use, is angularly positioned whereby the center line of the applicator is angularly oriented with respect to the center line of the handle. In some embodiments of the invention, the angle may be varied by a flexible joint or pivot.

Claims

1. A hand held applicator for applying a cosmetic preparation which comprises:

a hollow handle comprising enclosing, flexible walls defining an interior space containing a quantity of air, the walls having an interior surface facing toward the interior space and an exterior surface facing away from the interior space, both the entire interior wall surface and exterior wall surface normally being exposed and contacted by air;

the handle walls being provided with an unobstructed hole therethrough, the hole communicating with the interior space to permit free passage of air into and out of the interior space;

the handle walls being squeezable from a first position wherein no cosmetic preparation flows to a squeezed position wherein the cosmetic preparation flows from the applicator;

a wand operably connected to the handle, said wand having a cosmetic passage wherein the cosmetic preparation flows therethrough,

the wand being connected to the handle in in an air tight junction whereby air within the handle is completely separated from the cosmetic passage;

an applicator carried by the wand for applying the cosmetic preparation delivered through the cosmetic passage; and

a replaceable container positioned within the interior space and holding the cosmetic preparation, said container having flexible sidewalls and a cosmetic opening in fluid communication with the cosmetic passage, the cosmetic passage carrying the preparation from the container to the applicator,

the container sidewalls, the cosmetic opening and the cosmetic passage forming a fluid path that is entirely closed whereby the cosmetic preparation is always separated from the air within the handle,

the container sidewalls having a first, unsqueezed condition when the handle walls are in their first position, and a second squeezed condition when the handle walls are in their said squeezing position;

the handle walls being in direct contact with the container sidewalls when the handle walls are urged to the said squeezed position, to force a portion of the cosmetic preparation through the cosmetic opening and a portion of the air through the unobstructed hole,

the portion of the interior space not occupied by the container being filled with air, the air leaving the interior space through the said hole when the handle is squeezed to the squeezed position, the air entering through the hole and surrounding substantially the entire container when the handle is in its said first position,

the walls of the handle not being in contact with the sidewalls of the container when in the said first position;

whereby a hand held apparatus is provided which may be easily and simply used by one hand to apply the cosmetic preparation.

2. The hand held applicator of claim 1 wherein the junction between the handle and the wand comprises angle variation means to permit variation of the angle between the longitudinal axis of the handle and the longitudinal axis of the wand.

3. The hand held applicator of claim 2 wherein the angle variation means is adjustable.

4. The hand held applicator of claim 1 and a one way valve operably connected between the container and the wand, the one way valve being adapted to permit the flow of cosmetic preparation from the container to the wand passage and to prevent cosmetic preparation flow from the wand passage back to the container.