Wringing-out member and device comprising such a member

• US 8,403,580 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2007
• Issued: 03/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Original Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Inventors: De Laforcade, Vincent
• Primary Examiner(s): WALCZAK, DAVID J
• Application Number:
  US12/516,219
• Publication Number:
  US 20100129133A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,939 Days
• Field of Search: 401/9, 401/11, 401/12, 401/121, 401/122, 401/126, 401/129, 151/049.2, 151/60, 151/64, 151/040.4, 152/570.5, 152/630.3
• US Class Current: 401/129
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 40/267 comprising a wiper
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/1053 Cosmetics applicator specifically for mascara
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 2200/106 Cosmetics applicator specifically for mascara including comb like element
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 9/021 arranged like in cosmetics brushes, e.g. mascara, nail polish, eye shadow

Abstract

A wringing-out member configured to rid an applicator of the brush type of excess product, the said wringing-out member extending along a main axis of elongation and comprising an internal face provided with wringing-out elements, in which the said wringing-out elements comprise at least three protrusions, two protrusions between them defining a slot and a third protrusion anchored on the said internal face of the wringing-out member at a different axial height from the said two protrusions, the said third protrusion projecting at least partially opposite the said slot.

Claims

1. A wringing-out member configured to rid an applicator of a brush type of excess product, the wringing-out member extending along a main axis of elongation, the wringing-out member comprising:

wringing-out elements projecting outwardly from an internal face of the wringing-out member,

wherein the said wringing-out elements comprise at least three protrusions, two of the protrusions defining a slot and provided on a first plane secant to the main axis of elongation, and a third protrusion anchored on the internal face of the wringing-out member provided on a second plane secant to the main axis at a different axial height from the first plane, the third protrusion projecting at least partially opposite the slot,

wherein the wringing-out member includes a frustoconical portion extending along the main axis and the protrusions on each of the planes extend from the frustoconical portion, and

wherein the protrusions of the different planes have different lengths.

2. The wringing-out member according to claim 1, wherein each plane is defined by at least two protrusions.

3. The wringing-out member according to claim 1, wherein the protrusions extend from a respective generatrix of the wringing-out member, at least some protrusions of one plane extending from different generatrices from which protrusions of another plane extend.

4. The wringing-out member according to claim 1, wherein the planes are mutually parallel.

5. The wringing-out member according to claim 1, wherein the planes are perpendicular to the main axis of elongation.

6. The wringing-out member according to claim 1, wherein the planes are equally spaced.

7. The wringing-out member according to claim 1, wherein each of the protrusions has a free end configured to bear against the applicator.

8. The wringing-out member according to claim 1, wherein the protrusions are produced as one piece with the said wringing-out member.

9. The wringing-out member according to claim 1, wherein two adjacent protrusions extending in one of the planes define a circular sector with the main axis of elongation, and the circular sector, when considered from the main axis of elongation, covers an angle β

of between 10 and 45°

.

10. The wringing-out member according to claim 1, wherein the protrusions have a cylindrical shape chosen from a circular cylindrical, conical or frustoconical shape.

11. A device for packaging and applying a product, the device comprising:

a container configured to contain a cosmetic product,

the wringing-out member according to claim 1, and

an applicator mounted in the wringing-out member.

12. The device according to claim 11, wherein the applicator comprises a product-application part comprising a brush produced by injection-moulding a plastic.

13. The device according to claim 12, wherein the applicator comprises means of off-centering the product-application part relative to the main axis of elongation of the wringing-out member.

14. The device according to claim 13, wherein the applicator comprises a support wand, and the off-centering means comprises a discontinuity in a form of a dogleg positioned between the product-application part and the support wand.

15. The device according to claim 12, wherein the product-application part comprises at least one row of teeth, the row of teeth comprising teeth of different lengths.

16. The device according to claim 15, wherein the at least one row of teeth comprises a first tooth portion and a second tooth portion, the first tooth portion comprising teeth of increasing length and the said second tooth portion comprising teeth of constant length.

17. The device according to claim 11, wherein the applicator comprises two or more rows of teeth, each row of teeth configured to define an angle of between 20 and 45°

with an adjacent row of teeth.

18. The device according to claim 11, wherein the container comprises a neck defining an opening in which the wringing-out member is mounted.

19. The device according to claim 11, wherein the wringing-out member comprises a retaining means for holding the wringing-out member in the container.

20. The device according to claim 19, wherein the retaining means comprises a corolla projecting externally from the wringing-out member, the corolla configured to nestle under a shoulder of the container.