Coating implements with material supply – Brush – broom – or mop – Including feeder
Patent
1997-10-01
1999-02-02
Bratlie, Steven A.
Coating implements with material supply
Brush, broom, or mop
Including feeder
132218, 401129, 401282, 401284, 401288, A46B 1102
Patent
active
058655565
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has essentially as its subject a brush for the application of a liquid, pasty or powdery product of any nature, such for example as mascara.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
One has already proposed brush structures the bristles of which are distributed in a more or less random manner over their support. Thus, the application of the product to be effected with the brush may not be very precise or pinpoint-like, which represents an inconvenience notably in the case where it is a matter of applying mascara onto eyelashes. In effect, in such a case, mascara should be applied as close as possible to the root of the lash.
Moreover with the current mascara brushes comprising a more or less random distribution of the bristles, the product tends to accumulate in the manner of pies on certain zones of the brush and notably at the end thereof, thereby of course making difficult a precise and homogenous application of the product.
Therefore, the present invention has as its object to remedy these inconveniences as well as others by proposing a brush with a particular design permitting a precise, effective and homogenous application of the product to be applied.
For that purpose, the invention has as its subject a brush for the application of any liquid, pasty or powdery product such as mascara for example and of the type comprising a stem or the like carrying one or several rows of bristles along at least one generatrix, characterized in that this stem is a tube split along at least one generatrix and in which is accommodated at least one insert around which are applied flexible filaments the free ends of which project from the slit of the tube to thus constitute the bristles of the brush.
According to a preferred embodiment, the aforesaid filaments are held around the insert by a split envelope interposed between the insert and the tube.
The insert could exhibit substantially the shape of a split cylinder the mutually facing free edges of which project from the slit of the tube to constitute bearing and orientation surfaces for the bristles.
One therefore understands that the bristles of the brush will be organized and positively held by the free edges of the insert in two sheets of bristles permitting a homogenous retaining of the product and an application thereof with precision.
According to another embodiment, the insert exhibits the shape of a T-like piece the vertical leg of which projects from the slit of the tube.
This slit preferably exhibits a trapezoidal shape diverging towards the free end of the tube which will be closed by a plug.
One should further specify here that the aforesaid envelope exhibits substantially the shape of a split cylinder the mutually confronting edges of which project from the slit of the tube.
Thus the bristles of the brush projecting from the slit of the tube will advantageously be clamped between the free edges of the insert and the free edges of the tube.
According to another characteristic of this brush, the tube is closed at its free end by a plug.
One should further specify here that the brush comprises two lugs made fast to the plug and to the tube, respectively, for closing the side ends of the rows of bristles above the slit of the tube.
The brush according to this invention is further characterized by the fact that the aforesaid tube is connected to a handle stick forming a tank for the product to be applied such as mascara for example.
According to another embodiment, the aforesaid tube is connected to a handle stick or itself forms a handle for gripping the brush and is associated with a plug or the like for the protection of the brush forming a tank for the product in which the brush is dipped.
It should be noted that the aforesaid gripping handle could form a tank for a liquid for the dilution of the product contained in the protective plug of the brush.
According to still another embodiment, the tube is connected to a handle stick forming a mascara tank and the insert assumes the shape of a split cylinder the mutually fa
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Bratlie Steven A.
LVMH Recherche
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