Adjustable cosmetic wiper

• US 4,433,928 A
• Filed: 05/26/1982
• Issued: 02/28/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/1977
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Property Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Plough, Incorporated (Merck & Co., Inc.)
• Inventors: Kingsford, Ted I.
• Primary Examiner(s): Coughenour, Clyde I.
• Application Number:
  US06/382,272
• Time in Patent Office: 643 Days
• Field of Search: 401/5, 401/121, 401/122, 401/129, 138/45, 138/46
• US Class Current: 401/122
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 34/047 with adjustable wiping action
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/268 with adjustable wiping action
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 3/18 the bristles being fixed on or between belts or wires
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/021 arranged like in cosmetics brushes, e.g. mascara, nail polish, eye shadow
• CPC Class Codes: B65D 51/32 with brushes or rods for applying or stirring contents droppers B65D47/18; eating utensils or spatulas B65D51/246

Abstract

A wiper for a cosmetic applicator in which the size of the wiper orifice is adjustable.

Claims

1. A package comprising:

a. a container having a fluent material therein;

b. a container closure;

c. a wiper having an orifice means adapted to wipe excess fluent material from the applicator, said wiper comprising a truncated cone having a single slit forming portions which overlap each other along the longitudinal axis of said container;

d. means for attaching the cone to permit adjustment of the degree of overlap;

e. an applicator attached to said closure and adapted to be passed through said wiper orifice and immersed in said fluent material when said closure is attached to said container;

f. a calibrated adjusting means to vary the cross sectional area of said orifice.

2. A package as in claim 1 further comprising a driving member located above said wiper wherein said adjusting means comprises mating guide means in the container neck.

3. A package as in claim 2 wherein said mating guide means comprises a screw thread.

4. A package as in claim 1 wherein one of the overlap portions of said truncated cone is attached to said container and wherein said adjusting means comprises a means adapted to rotate the other overlap portion.

5. A package as in claim 1 wherein said applicator is a radial bristle brush.

6. A package as in claim 5 wherein said brush has an overall diameter of 3-10 mm and an overall length of 5-35 mm.

7. A package as in claim 1 wherein said fluent material is a cosmetic composition and said adjusting means is adapted to adjust the cross-sectional area of the orifice between 6 and 15 mm².

8. A package as in claim 7 wherein said applicator is made of compressible foam material.

9. A package as in claim 7 wherein said orifice is substantially circular.

10. A package as in claim 1 wherein said cosmetic composition is a pasty, liquid or semi-liquid material.