EP0161980A2 - Make-up assembly, in particular for eye-lashes, for the use of a predetermined amount of make-up product - Google Patents

Abstract

This set (1) comprises a container (2) for mascara, a cap (3) and a rod (44) carrying a brush (45) which penetrates into the container (2) by a passage axially passing through a wiping member. (7), which has a wringing zone defining a passage (32a) whose cross section S0 is smaller than that S of the brush (45) in the rest state. The member (7) is formed by a lip (32) whose inner edge defines the passage (32a) and which is connected by its peripheral to a ring (32b) of greater thickness, which can be subjected, by compression axial exerted on it, an elastic deformation leading to a variation of the section S0. The compression control means is an adjustment ring (5) cooperating with a reservoir (6) of mascara, housed in a covering body (4). We can therefore adjust the degree of compression on the member (7) and, therefore, the force with which the spin will be performed.

Description

The present invention relates to a make-up set, more particularly intended for making up the eyelashes by means of an eyelash enhancer product, also called mascara, this make-up set making it possible to remove an amount of make-up product that the user can choose, for each application, according to their needs.

A conventional mascara applicator comprises a container containing the mascara and a removable cap which is intended to close the container and which constitutes a handle making it possible to handle a brush carried by the end of a rod secured to the cap. In the closed position of the container, the rod and the brush, which is associated with it, plunge into the container. When the rod is removed from the container, a certain amount of mascara is taken from the brush, which can then be applied to the eyelashes.

The brush generally enters the interior of the container through a substantially circular orifice bordered by a simple lip whose role is to exert a wringing action on the bristles of the brush, in order to remove the excess product. makeup removed by the brush inside the container. The diameter of this circular orifice must be less than the minimum diameter of the brush measured at the top of the bristles, so that the flexible lip which borders the orifice can exert a wringing action of the brush during the extraction of the latter. out of the container.

It can be seen that with this conventional structure of the wiping lip, the quantity of mascara retained by the brush on each extraction of the rod from the container is substantially always the same. However, the fact that the user cannot control the quantity of mascara retained each time by the brush often represents discomfort for him. In fact, the makeup of the lower eyelashes generally requires less mascara than that of the upper eyelashes; moreover, the quantity of mascara applied during a make-up operation depends on the nature of the eyelashes to be made up as well as on the type of make-up desired. Thus, on the one hand, the eyelashes to be made up can be more or less long, more or less thick and more or less close together, and, on the other hand, the user may wish to obtain a thick or light makeup with more separation. or less fine eyelashes.

To facilitate the gestures of making up the eyelashes, we therefore sought a means allowing the user to control the quantity of mascara collected with each sample, for example in order to avoid the user wishing to make a light make-up or a make-up of the eyelashes at the bottom of the eye, to have a brush too loaded with mascara, or even for the user wishing to make a thick make-up or a make-up of the upper eyelashes to have to constantly plunge the brush-holding rod back into the container .

Thus it has been proposed, by European patent No. 0 002 301, to vary the area of the cross section of the orifice provided for the passage of the brush through the wiping member, or, alternatively, to replace one orifice with another having a different cross-sectional area. Thus, for a maximum cross section of this orifice, a low spin is produced, which corresponds to a brush more loaded with makeup product, and, for a minimum cross section of this orifice, a strong spin is produced, which corresponds to a brush less loaded with makeup product.

Different embodiments of wiping members adapted to perform this function are indicated in the aforementioned European patent. However, these embodiments use fairly complex wiper members. plies which require completely modifying the structure of the mascara container with a view to their adaptation in the mouth thereof, and / or to wiping members which, being, by definition, made of a flexible material to allow them playing the role of wringer, and being subjected to helical pivoting, twisting or bending movements, in order to obtain a brush outlet passage having a cross section of variable area, present the risk of being damaged very quickly. In addition, for certain embodiments, the adjustment of the quantity of mascara retained by the brush may be considered imperfect, or else the quantity collected on the brush for an application may not be uniformly distributed around the periphery of the brush.

The present invention overcomes the aforementioned drawbacks. To this end, it offers a wiping member comprising a simple wiping lip, of annular shape, on which no constraint is exerted when the user has to modify, by acting on an appropriate control means, the cross section of the circular orifice bordered by this lip. The modification of this cross section is effected by uniform compression of a relatively thick ring to which the wiping lip is connected at its periphery: it follows, on the one hand, that the risk of damaging the organ d 'wringing during the various maneuvers making it possible to modify the cross section of the orifice bordered by the lip, is zero, and, on the other hand, that this orifice remains substantially circular whatever the surface chosen for its cross section. Thus, to the advantage of a simple structure, is added that of an operation giving all satisfaction. In addition, the general shape of the wiping member according to the present invention remains similar to that of conventional wiping members, so that it is possible to make makeup devices for the eyelashes having a structure. overall not differing significantly from the conventional structure of these devices.

In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the aforementioned control means is constituted by an adjustment ring disposed at the base of the container, the pivoting of this ring - which constitutes a very simple gesture for the user - causing the a reservoir whose upper edge compresses the wiping member as indicated above, this member as well as the reservoir being housed in a covering body the upper part of which comprises, in the usual manner, means for fixing the removable cap with its brush holder rod.

It will also be noted that the adjustment of the diameter of the orifice bordered by the wiping lip according to the invention is extremely reliable, in particular because the above-mentioned adjustment ring can be rotated over a relatively large angle .

Finally, the assembly according to the present invention has the additional advantage of being able to be manufactured from elements that are easy to obtain by molding, easy to assemble, and not posing any problem in achieving the required seal.

The present invention therefore relates to the new industrial product that constitutes a make-up assembly, in particular for the eyelashes, comprising a container containing a fluid or pasty make-up product, a removable cap assembling on the container, a rod secured to the cap. , arranged substantially along its axis and projecting from said cap, and a brush carried by the end of the rod which is opposite to the cap, in the extension of said rod, a wiping member being disposed at the inlet of the container in which the brush penetrates axially by a passage delimited by the inner edge of a wiping lip made of elastic material, the wiping zone defined by the aforementioned passage having a cross section S _o more reduced than the cross section S of the brush state of rest, characterized in that the wiping lip is connected by its periphery to a ring made of elastic material, a ring which has a greater thickness than said lip and which constitutes with it the wiping member, said wiper member being capable of undergoing an elastic deformation leading to a variation in the section S ₀ of the passage intended for the brush under the action of a control means which varies the axial compression of the aforementioned ring.

It is preferred that the wiping member consists of a single piece in the vicinity of the median transverse plane of which the wiping lip is arranged. According to a particular embodiment of said wiping lip, it is connected to the end plane of the ring by curved walls whose concavity is turned towards the axis of the passage provided for the brush.

According to advantageous characteristics, the container consists of a movable element and a fixed element, between which is interposed the ring of the wiping member, the movable element being capable of axial translation relative to the fixed element and being connected to the control means; the fixed element of the container consists of a tube connected, at its end opposite to that cooperating with the control means, to a neck comprising complementary means of means carried by the cap for the assembly of the latter on the neck, the connection of said tube and the neck constituting an annular shoulder against which the wiping member is supported; the movable element of the container internally carries, along its upper edge, a support ring ensuring the seal between said movable element and the wiping member and distributing the compressive force applied against the ring of said wiper member; the passage delimited by the wiping lip when the wiping member is in the unstressed state, has a cross section S ₀ equal to or slightly less than that of the portion of the brush holder rod, which plunges into the container; in the assembly position of the cap on the container, the brush rod has a reduced section in its region located in the passage of the wiper member.

In a first alternative embodiment, the mobile element of the container consists of a reservoir, the upper edge of which exerts a bearing force on the wiping member; the fixed element of the container consists of the wall of a covering body surrounding the aforementioned tank; the cylindrical base of the reservoir externally carries a thread cooperating with a complementary thread carried internally by an adjustment ring, said adjustment ring constituting the control means and being mounted integral in translation with the covering body.

The covering body may comprise, along its edge opposite the wiping member, a bead for attaching the adjustment ring.

According to a second alternative embodiment, the movable element of the container consists of a reservoir, the upper edge of which exerts a bearing force on the wiping member; the fixed element of the container consists of the wall of a covering body surrounding the tank; an adjusting ring constituting the control means cooperates by a thread with the covering body, in the zone of the container which is opposite to that which receives the cap, said adjusting ring coming to bear against the bottom of the tank. Preferably, the adjustment ring constitutes a cylindrical bowl, the bottom of which carries, along its axis and inside the bowl, a projecting male thread, said male thread cooperating with a female thread secured to the covering body and arranged along the axis of said body, the end of the male thread bearing against the bottom of the tank. Advantageously, the female thread of the covering body is carried by the bottom of a sleeve which is fixed on that of the ends of the covering body, which does not receive the cap, said end being open.

Furthermore, the makeup assembly according to the present invention advantageously comprises means, indicating the degree of compression exerted on the wiping member.

Thus, in the case of the first aforementioned variant, provision can be made for the adjustment ring to penetrate inside the covering body by a cylindrical wall comprising, on its external face, a succession of marks, which are arranged radially and which appear in turn in front of a window of the covering body during the pivoting of said adjustment ring. These markers are printed in particular by the known technique of hot stamping.

• - en premier lieu, un premier repère formé par une lumière pratiquée dans la paroi latérale de l'une des deux parties que constituent, d'une part, l'élément fixe, et, d'autre part, la bague de réglage, ladite lumière laissant apparaître un organe sous-jacent qui est d'une teinte différente de celle de la partie qui porte ledit premier repère ;
• - en second lieu, plusieurs seconds repères formé chacun par une lumière pratiquée dans la paroi latérale de celle des deux parties précitées qui ne porte pas le premier repère, ladite lumière laissant apparaître un organe sous-jacent qui est d'une teinte différente de celle de la partie qui porte lesdits seconds repères, chacun desdits seconds repères étant susceptible de venir au droit du premier repère pour une position donnée de la bague de réglage.

It is possible, however, in accordance with the present invention, to use locating means which are less costly than those using the hot stamping technique. Thus, in the case where the container of the make-up assembly according to the present invention is constituted by a mobile element and by a fixed element, the mobile element being connected to an adjustment ring which constitutes the control means, it is very interesting that the means indicating the degree of compression of the wiper member comprises:

• - firstly, a first mark formed by a light formed in the side wall of one of the two parts which constitute, on the one hand, the fixed element, and, on the other hand, the adjustment ring, said light revealing an underlying organ which is of a different color from that of the part which bears said first mark;
• - secondly, several second marks each formed by a light formed in the side wall of that of the two aforementioned parts which does not bear the first mark, said light revealing an underlying organ which is of a different shade from that of the part which carries said second marks, each of said second marks being capable of coming in line with the first mark for a given position of the adjusting ring.

According to a preferred embodiment, the fixed element comprises the light which forms the first mark, and the adjustment ring comprises the lights which form the second marks.

Preferably, the lights forming the second marks have different shapes and / or sizes. It is desirable that the shapes and / or sizes of the lights forming the second marks are associated with the state of compression of the wiper member. Thus, the lights forming the second marks may have circular shapes, the diameter of which is associated with the section So of the wiper member.

According to a particular embodiment of the assembly according to the present invention, the axes of the lights forming the second marks are arranged in the same plane perpendicular to the axis of the adjustment ring.

Advantageously, provision will be made for the lights forming the second marks to be three in number.

In the case where the movable element of the container is constituted by a reservoir whose upper edge exerts a bearing force on the wiping member, the fixed element is constituted by the wall of a covering body surrounding the reservoir, capable of receiving the cap at one of its ends, and carrying, at its opposite end, a sleeve whose bottom has a thread cooperating with a complementary thread which is carried by the bottom of the adjustment ring and whose the free end bears against the bottom of the reservoir, provision will advantageously be made for the sleeve to have a color different from that (s) of the adjustment ring and of the covering body, and constitutes the underlying member forming, with the lights made respectively in the covering body and the ring, respectively the first and second marks.

In the aforementioned case and also in the case where it is the fixed element which comprises the light forming the first mark, while the adjustment ring comprises the lights forming the second marks, it will advantageously be provided that the light forming the first mark is constituted by a notch in the edge of the covering body opposite to that which receives the cap, the sleeve carrying a protuberance capable of being accommodated in said notch.

According to a particular embodiment of the present invention, the side walls of the covering body and of the adjustment ring are located in the extension of one another.

To better understand the object of the invention, we will describe below, purely by way of illustration and not limitation, three embodiments shown in the accompanying drawing.

• - La figure 1 est une vue partielle, à échelle agrandie et en coupe axiale, d'un ensemble de maquillage selon le premier mode de réalisation précité, le capuchon étant assemblé sur le récipient et l'organe d'essorage étant à l'état non contraint ;
• - la figure 2 est une vue analogue à la figure 1 du même ensemble de maquillage, le capuchon occupant la même position relative par rapport au récipient que sur la figure 1, mais étant représenté partiellement, et l'organe d'essorage dans un état où il est soumis à une compression ;
• - la figure 3 est une vue en perspective de la bague permettant de régler l'intensité de l'essorage pour l'ensemble de maquillage des figures 1 et 2 ;
• - la figure 4 est une vue, à échelle agrandie, du détail D de la figure 1 ;
• - la figure 5 est une vue à échelle agrandie et en coupe axiale de la partie inférieure d'un ensemble de maquillage selon le deuxième mode de réalisation précité, l'organe d'essorage étant à l'état non contraint, la partie supérieure de cet ensemble de maquillage étant strictement identique à celle de l'ensemble de maquillage de la figure 1 ;
• - la figure 6 est une vue analogue à la figure 5 du même ensemble de maquillage, l'organe d'essorage étant dans un état où il est soumis à une compression.;
• - la figure 7 est une vue en perspective éclatée et à échelle agrandie de la bague de réglage, du manchon et de l'extrémité-base du corps d'habillage d'un ensemble de maquillage selon le troisième mode de réalisation précité ;
• - la figure 8 est une vue partielle, à échelle encore plus agrandie et en coupe axiale, de l'ensemble de maquillage de la figure 1, le capuchon étant assemblé sur le récipient et l'organe d'essorage étant dans un état où il est soumis à une compression axiale maximale.

On this drawing :

• - Figure 1 is a partial view, on an enlarged scale and in axial section, of a makeup assembly according to the aforementioned first embodiment, the cap being assembled on the container and the wiper member being in the state unconstrained;
• - Figure 2 is a view similar to Figure 1 of the same make-up assembly, the cap occupying the same relative position relative to the container as in Figure 1, but being shown partially, and the wiper member in a state where it is subject to compression;
• - Figure 3 is a perspective view of the ring for adjusting the intensity of the spin for the makeup assembly of Figures 1 and 2;
• - Figure 4 is a view, on an enlarged scale, of the detail D of Figure 1;
• FIG. 5 is a view on an enlarged scale and in axial section of the lower part of a make-up assembly according to the aforementioned second embodiment, the wiper member being in the unstressed state, the upper part of this makeup assembly being strictly identical to that of the makeup assembly of FIG. 1;
• - Figure 6 is a view similar to Figure 5 of the same makeup assembly, the wiper member being in a state where it is subjected to compression .;
• - Figure 7 is an exploded perspective view on an enlarged scale of the adjustment ring, the sleeve and the base end of the covering body of a makeup assembly according to the aforementioned third embodiment;
• - Figure 8 is a partial view, on an even enlarged scale and in axial section, of the makeup assembly of Figure 1, the cap being assembled on the container and the wiper member being in a state where it is subjected to maximum axial compression.

If we refer to Figures 1 to 4, we see that we have designated by 1, a set of makeup used for applying mascara to the eyelashes. The assembly 1, in the closed position, as can be seen in FIG. 1, is in the form of a stick which results from the assembly of a cylindrical container 2 and a cylindrical cap 3, slightly smaller outside diameter than container 2.

The container 2 is itself constituted by a covering body 4 at the base of which is assembled a ring 5 for adjusting the intensity of the spin, the covering body 4 and the ring 5 defining an internal space in which is housed a mascara tank 6, surmounted by a wiper member 7, with the interposition of a support ring 8.

The covering body 4, made of a plastic material such as polypropylene, consists of a cylindrical tubular element open at its two ends. Near its upper end, the covering body 4 has an annular shoulder 9 beyond which it has a smaller diameter, so as to constitute a neck 10 externally carrying a thread 11. At its lower end, the internal wall of the covering body 4 comprises a hooking bead 12 whose role is indicated below. In addition, a notch providing a window 13, the role of which is also indicated below, is formed along the lower edge of the body 4. This window 13 is delimited by two opposite edges of the same height arranged at a short distance one of the other according to generatrices of the body 4.

The adjustment ring 5, which closes the body 4 at its lower part, is made of a plastic material such as an impact-resistant polystyrene; it consists of a cylindrical sleeve 14 connected to a bottom 15. The external wall of the sleeve 14 has, substantially at mid-height, an annular radial recess 16, beyond which it has a smaller thickness. The lower part 14a, of larger external diameter, of the sleeve 14 has a thickness greater than that of the bottom 15; in addition, it has externally and over its entire periphery axial grooves 17, and, internally, a thread 18. As for the upper part 14b of the sleeve 14, it ends in a rounded edge 19 and it has externally a groove annular 20 whose lower edge is in the same plane as that of the recess 16. In addition, in the part 14b of the sleeve 14, is formed a hollow zone 21 of small thickness, delimited by two transverse edges arranged along generatrices of the sleeve 14 and two longitudinal edges arranged in transverse planes of said sleeve 14, the lower longitudinal edge being close to the upper edge of the groove 20. The hollow zone 21 carries inscriptions ranging from 1 to 4 for example, arranged parallel to the longitudinal edges of said zone 21, these inscriptions appearing for example on a thin sheet glued against the bottom of zone 21.

In the assembly position of the assembly 1, the adjustment ring 5 is introduced by the upper part 14E of its sleeve 14 into the body 4, the bead 12 of which ensures retention in translation by penetration into the groove 20 of said sleeve 14, the ring 5 remaining free to rotate about the axis of the assembly 1.

The body 4 and the ring 5 define an interior space in which is housed the reservoir 6 made of a plastic material such as polypropylene. This reservoir 6 consists of a tubular sheath 22 joined, at its base, to a bottom 23 and open at its upper part. Between its free edge and the bottom 23, the tubular sheath 22 successively comprises a cylindrical part 22a whose external diameter is slightly less than the internal diameter of the body 4, then a cylindrical part 22b of smaller diameter, and finally, a cylindrical part 22c even smaller in diameter. The parts 22a and 22b are joined by an annular recess 24 providing an annular outer surface 25 and having an internal wall 26 of frustoconical shape, widening towards the free opening of the reservoir 6. As for the parts 22b and 22c, they are joined by a shoulder 27, of frustoconical shape, widening in the same direction as the wall 26. The part 22c externally carries a thread 28 intended to cooperate with the thread 18 of the sleeve 14 of the adjustment ring 5.

In the vicinity of its free border, the internal wall of the part 22a of the tank 6 carries an annular bead 29 (FIG. 4), above which it has a radial offset 30 towards the outside.

The wiper member 7 is made of rubber and it consists of a cylindrical element having a central passage channel 31 having the shape of a diabolo which has a symmetry of revolution with respect to the axis of said cylindrical element, as well as 'a median plane of symmetry perpendicular to said axis. It is thus thus constituted, in this median plane of symmetry, a wiping lip 32 whose inner edge defines a passage 32a formed for the makeup brush described below, this wiping lip 32 being, at its periphery, connected to a ring 32b with a thickness approximately five times greater than that of the lip 32, when the wiper member 7 is in the unstressed state, as shown in FIG. 1.

In the assembly position, the wiper member 7 is supported by its upper annular wall 33 against the internal wall of the shoulder 9 of the body 4, the internal diameter of this annular wall 33 being slightly less than the internal diameter of the neck 10, and, by its lower annular wall 34, both against the upper face of the ring 8 and the free edge of the reservoir 6.

The ring 8, made of a plastic material such as polypropylene, has a cylindrical internal wall at its upper part 35a if we consider the ring 8 in its mounting position, then frustoconical at its lower part 35b, flaring from the junction zone with the cylindrical part 35a, and a cylindrical external wall with a radial recess 36, lying substantially at the level of the junction zone of the parts 35a and 35b, and dividing the external wall into two zones 37a and 37b, the zone lower 37b, of smaller diameter, carrying an annular groove 38 intended to cooperate with the annular bead 29 of the reservoir 6, the step 36 being, in the mounting position, bearing against the step 30 of said tank 6.

The cover 3 is made of a plastic material of the acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene type. It consists of a cylindrical skirt 39 connected to a bottom 40. At some distance from its free edge, the skirt 39 has an internal recess 41 of its wall beyond which it has a smaller thickness. The thinner end portion has an internal thread 42 intended to cooperate with the thread 11 of the neck 10 of the container 2. In addition, the part of the skirt 39 of larger diameter internally carries two diametrically opposite axial ribs 43.

The cap 3 carries, arranged along its axis, a rod 44 made of a plastic material such as polypropylene and terminated by a brush 45. The rod 44 projects relative to the cap 3. It consists of a main cylindrical element, the outer diameter, from the vicinity of its upper end, gradually increases and then becomes constant. Its upper wall has an axial recess 46, so that the cylindrical main element is, at its upper part, joined to a frustoconical wall 47 then cylindrical 48. The rod 44 comprises, at the junction between the walls 47 and 48, an external annular flange 49 intended to come into abutment against the recess 41 of the internal wall of the skirt 39, and bearing, directed opposite the wall 48, a lip 50, slightly frustoconical, flaring from of said flange 49 and tapering towards its free end.

Furthermore, the cylindrical part 48 has, diametrically opposite, two axial grooves (not referenced) in which the ribs 43 are housed when the rod 44 is assembled on the cap 3.

The main element of the rod 44 also has a throttle 51 of its section over a height substantially corresponding to that of the wiper member 7. In the assembly position, when the wiper member 7 is in the unstressed state (FIG. 1), the region of the throttle 51 is located substantially in the diabolo-shaped through channel 31 of the wiper member 7, and in the fully compressed state, ----------- the wiper lip 32 is still opposite -screw of the region of the constriction 51. Furthermore, the diameter of the rod 44, in the region of the constriction 51, is slightly less, at the equal limit, than the diameter of the opening 32a delimited by the lip wiper 32, when the wiper member 7 is in a state of maximum axial compression.

The brush 45 is constituted by a core 52 which is arranged in the axis of the rod 44; the core 52 is formed by folding a metallic wire over itself, then by twisting this thus doubled wire so as to block around the core 52 a helical row of radial bristles 53. The outside diameter of the brush 45, in the rest state, is substantially constant except at its free end where it gradually decreases. However, the minimum outside diameter of the brush 45 is slightly greater than that of the opening 32a delimited by the wiping lip 32 already when the member 7 is in the unstressed state. Furthermore, the diameter of the main part of the rod 44, except in the region of the constriction 51, is slightly greater than or equal ------- to that of the opening 32a delimited by the inner border of the lip 32, already when the member 7 is not subjected to any constraint.

• On introduit l'organe d'essorage 7 dans le corps d'habillage 4 par son ouverture opposée au goulot 10 jusqu'à la mise en appui d'une face annulaire dudit organe 7 contre l'épaulement 9 du corps 4 ; on visse à fond la bague de réglage 5 sur la partie inférieure filetée 22c du réservoir 6, auquel on a fixé, par encliquetage du bourrelet 29 dans la gorge 38, la bague d'appui 8,dont la face annulaire supérieure vient se placer dans le même plan que la bordure libre du fourreau tubulaire 22 ; on introduit le sous-ensemble constitué par les bagues 5 et 8 et par le réservoir 6 dans le corps 4 par son ouverture opposée au goulot 10 et on le fait coulisser dans ledit corps 4 jusqu'à réaliser son accrochage par pénétration du bourrelet 12 dans la gorge 20. Dans cette position, la bague 8 et le bord supérieur du réservoir 6 se trouvent en simple appui étanche contre la paroi annulaire inférieure 34 de l'organe d'essorage 7, et le chiffre 1, figurant sur la zone en creux 21 de la partie supérieure 14b du manchon 14 de la bague 5 apparaît devant la fenêtre 13 du corps 4, ce qui signifie que l'organe d'essorage 7 est à l'état non contraint.

The assembly of the makeup assembly 1 is carried out as follows:

• The wiper member 7 is introduced into the covering body 4 through its opening opposite the neck 10 until an annular face of said member 7 is pressed against the shoulder 9 of the body 4; the adjustment ring 5 is fully screwed onto the threaded lower part 22c of the reservoir 6, to which one has been fixed, by snap-fastening the bead 29 in the groove 38, the support ring 8, the upper annular face of which is placed in the same plane as the free edge of the tubular sheath 22; the subassembly consisting of the rings 5 and 8 and by the reservoir 6 is introduced into the body 4 by its opening opposite to the neck 10 and it is made to slide in the said body 4 until it engages by penetration of the bead 12 in the groove 20. In this position, the ring 8 and the upper edge of the reservoir 6 are in simple sealed abutment against the lower annular wall 34 of the wiping member 7, and the number 1, appearing in the recessed area 21 of the upper part 14b of the sleeve 14 of the ring 5 appears in front of the window 13 of the body 4, which means that the wiper member 7 is in the unstressed state.

At the same time, the rod 44 is forcibly introduced into the cap 3 until the flange 49 bears against the recess 41 of the skirt 39, the grooves formed in the wall 48 ending the rod 44 each receiving a rib 43 of the cap 3.

The container 2 which has just been made up is filled with mascara and the cap 3 and the rod 44 carrying the brush 45 which is fixedly attached thereto are fixed by screwing onto the neck 10 of the body 4.

• Lorsque la brosse 45 est extraite du réservoir 6 alors que la bague de réglage 5 n'a pas été manoeuvrée, la lèvre d'essorage 32 se trouve, comme on l'a indiqué plus haut, dans une position où elle assurera un essorage de force minimale, ce qui signifie que la quantité de mascara recueillie par la brosse 45 sera maximale. Si l'utilisateur désire se maquiller à l'aide d'une brosse moins chargée en mascara, il lui suffit de faire pivoter la bague de réglage 5, cette manoeuvre étant facilitée par la présence de stries 17 sur la paroi externe du manchon 14, et ayant pour résultat de faire monter verticalement le réservoir 6 dont la bordure supérieure et la bague 8 qui lui est associée compriment uniformément la bague périphérique 32b de l'organe d'essorage 7. Suivant l'ampleur que l'on a donné au mouvement de pivotement de la bague 5, apparaissent successivement, devant la fenêtre 13, les chiffres 2, 3 et 4, qui indiquent par conséquent le degré de la compression exercée sur la bague 32b et, de ce fait, la force croissante de l'essorage, la quantité de mascara qui pourra être recueillie sur la brosse 45 diminuant proportionnellement.

This makeup set works as follows:

• When the brush 45 is extracted from the reservoir 6 while the adjustment ring 5 has not been operated, the wiping lip 32 is, as indicated above, in a position where it will ensure a wiping of minimum force, which means that the quantity of mascara collected by the brush 45 will be maximum. If the user wishes to apply makeup using a brush less loaded with mascara, it suffices to rotate the adjustment ring 5, this maneuver being facilitated by the presence of grooves 17 on the external wall of the sleeve 14, and resulting in vertically raising the tank 6, the upper edge and the ring 8 associated therewith uniformly compress the peripheral ring 32b of the wiping member 7. Depending on the magnitude which has been given to the pivoting movement of the ring 5, appear successively in front of the window 13, the numbers 2, 3 and 4, which therefore indicate the degree of compression exerted on the ring 32b and, therefore, the increasing force of the spin, the amount of mascara that can be collected on the brush 45 decreasing proportionally.

During the compression of the member 7, the concavity of the curved walls delimiting, with the lip 32, the passage channel 31 through the member 7, is reversed, as can be seen by comparing Figures 1 and 2 , the diameter of the orifice 32a bordered by the lip 32 decreases, and the height of the inner edge of the lip 32 increases, said lip 32 however not suffering any damage. In addition, the compression being exerted on the ring 32b, of a relatively large thickness, the member 7 as a whole presents no risk of being damaged even after numerous operations to change the diameter of the orifice 32a.

The presence of the throttling zone 51 on the rod of the brush 44 prevents the lip 32 from being in contact with this rod 44, while the cap 3 is in place on the container 2 and whatever the state in which is the member 7. We have seen, moreover, that the diameter of the rod 44 was chosen so that the part of this rod 44 which dips in the mascara can also undergo a wringing even in the case where the organ of spin 7 is not subject to any constraint.

Finally, it is easy to ensure that the magnitude of the rotation which the ring 5 is subjected to is significant and corresponds in particular to approximately one complete revolution: the adjustment of the quantity of mascara which can then be collected on the brush is very weak. Under these conditions, the hollow zone 21 can be replaced by several distinct zones, each carrying a number indicating the degree of compression of the member 7.

Referring now to Figures 5 and 6 relating to a second embodiment of the makeup assembly according to the invention, it can be seen that the container 102 is constituted, as for the first variant, by a cylindrical covering body 104 which surrounds a reservoir 106, the reservoir 106 being capable of sliding in translation inside the covering body 104. For simplicity, the similar elements of the first and second embodiments have been designated, for the second embodiment, by reference numbers increased by 100 compared to the references used for the first embodiment. The upper part of the makeup assembly of Figures 5 and 6 has not been shown, since it is strictly identical to that of the first embodiment. The reservoir 106 contains the makeup product which must be dispensed by means of the brush 145 placed at the end of the rod 144 secured to the cap screwed onto the covering body.

The base end of the covering body 104, that is to say the one which does not carry the cap of the make-up assembly, is an open end internally comprising a snap ring 166. In this open end of the covering body 104 snaps into place the free end of a sleeve 164, the open upper part of which externally comprises a latching groove capable of receiving the latching rod 166 in order to secure the sleeve 164 to the base of the covering body 104. The end of the sleeve 164 which is opposite to that which is fixed on the covering body 104 has a bottom 163 in the central zone of which is disposed a sleeve which internally carries a female thread 162. The sleeve 164 has the shape of a cylindrical bowl and internally receives the lower part of the reservoir 106, said lower part having a diameter slightly smaller than that of the rest of the reservoir 106 to compensate for the thickness of the side wall of the sleeve on 164.

On the sleeve 164 is arranged externally a adjustment ring 105 which constitutes a cylindrical cup whose side wall is arranged in the extension of the side wall of the covering body 104. The adjustment ring 105 comprises a bottom 161 which comes opposite the bottom 163 of the sleeve 164. The bottom 161 carries along its axis a cylindrical projection on which an external thread 160 is made externally. The end of the male thread 160 which is opposite to the zone of connection with the bottom 161 bears against the bottom 123 of the tank 106. The male thread 160 cooperates with the female thread 162, so that by screwing, the adjusting ring 105 can move axially relative to the sleeve 164 and therefore relative to the covering body 104. During a such displacement, the adjustment ring 105 pushes the reservoir 106 inside the covering body 104 causing it to translate towards the wiper member and, consequently, the compression of the ring of said wiper member. A movement of unscrewing the adjustment ring 105 causes the reverse translation movement of the reservoir 106 which is held in abutment against the end of the male thread 160 by the elastic force exerted on it by the wiping member. To avoid any risk of separation of the adjustment ring 105 from the sleeve 164, an annular rib 167 is provided externally on the sleeve 164 which is housed in an annular countersink 168 formed inside the adjustment ring 105, on the side wall thereof; the height of the annular countersink 168 is sufficient to allow the desired translation of the adjustment ring 105 relative to the sleeve 164. When the adjustment ring 105 is placed on the sleeve 164, the annular rib 167 is positioned in the annular counterbore 168 by elastic deformation of the side wall of the adjustment ring 105.

This second embodiment of the control means ----- ensuring the translation of the reservoir relative to the covering body and the compression of the wiper member has the advantage of great simplicity of realization. tion and mounting. The advantages defined for the first embodiment are found for this second embodiment.

It is possible to associate with the makeup assembly which has just been described locating means making it possible to display the degree of compression of the wiping member. Figures 7 and 8 show an assembly similar to that of Figures 5 and 6 comprising locating means produced in a particularly simple manner, not using the hot stamping technique. The elements of the assembly of FIGS. 7 and 8, analogous to those of the assembly of FIGS. 5 and 6 have, as a general rule, been designated by reference numbers greater than 100 than those used for the latter assembly.

The covering body 204 is identical to the covering body 104-, except that its lower edge has a U-shaped notch 269, of small height and small width, the role of which is indicated below.

The sleeve 264 also has a structure substantially identical to that of the sleeve 164; however, in accordance with this third embodiment, it must necessarily be of a color different from that of the body 204. The sleeve 264, also made of plastic, but having a color different from that of the covering body 204, is constituted by a cylindrical skirt 270 connected to a bottom 263 having a central opening bordered by a skirt 271, also cylindrical, but shorter than the peripheral skirt 270, directed towards the inside of the sleeve 264 and internally carrying a female thread 262.

The internal free edge 272 of the cylindrical skirt 270 is bevelled, so as to facilitate the relative sliding between the reservoir 206 and the sleeve 264, during assembly of the makeup assembly 201.

Furthermore, the skirt 270 carries externally, in the vicinity of the bottom 263 of the sleeve 264, an annular rib 267. Between this rib 267 and the free edge of the skirt 270, the latter successively presents a recess towards the outside, located substantially at mid-height of said skirt 270, so as to provide an annular bearing 267 a, then an annular rib 274, if killed substantially midway between the bearing 267a and the free edge of the skirt 270. Immediately above the rib 274, the skirt 270 has a thickness substantially identical to that which it has in its lower part, then from a point located in the vicinity of the free edge, the thickness of the skirt 270 increases again, so forming an annular bead 273, allowing the coupling of the sleeve 264 in the open end of the body 204, the bead 273 then being placed behind a peripheral snap ring 212 carried by the covering body 204 at its end lower.

The annular rib 274 comprises, in the direction of the free edge of the skirt 270, an appendage which is arranged perpendicular to said rib 274 and which constitutes a lug 275 capable of being received in the notch 269 of the lower edge of the body d dressing 204 in the assembly position of the makeup assembly 201.

The adjustment ring 205, which dulls the assembly 201 at its lower part, is also substantially identical to the ring 105; its color must however be different from that of the sleeve 264; it consists of a cylindrical skirt 276 connected to a bottom 261 having an outside diameter substantially equal to that of the covering body 204 and carrying, along its axis, a cylindrical projection 277 on which a male thread 260 is made externally. In position assembly of the makeup assembly 201, the bottom 261 of the adjusting ring 205 faces the bottom 263 of the sleeve 264 and the male thread 260 cooperates with the female thread 262, the free edge of the projection 277 coming to bear against the bottom 223 of the reservoir 206 which is described below. Thus, by screwing, the adjusting ring 205 can move axially relative to the sleeve 264 and therefore relative to the covering body 204. To avoid any risk of separation of the adjusting ring 205 from the sleeve 264, provision is made an annular counterbore 268 formed inside the skirt 276 of the ring 205. This counterbore 268, the height of which is sufficient to allow the desired translation of the ring 205 relative to the sleeve 264, serves as a housing for the annular rib 267 of sleeve 264.

To facilitate the operation of the adjustment ring 205, the latter has externally, over approximately 2/3 of its height, from the bottom 261, axial grooves 278.

Furthermore, in the vicinity of the free edge of the skirt 276, in the non-striated part thereof and above the counterbore 268, three circular openings 279, 280 and 281 are made, the centers of which are arranged in the same plane. perpendicular to the axis of the ring 205 and whose diameters are increasing.

The covering body 204 and the sleeve 264 delimit an interior space in which is housed the reservoir 206 identical to the reservoir 106 and consisting of --------------------- ------------------ a tubular sheath 222 joined, at its base, to a bottom 223 and open at its upper part. The tubular sheath 222 comprises, between its free edge and the bottom 223, a cylindrical part 222a whose external diameter is slightly less than the internal diameter of the body 204, then, in its lower region, a cylindrical part 222b of smaller diameter, so as to be able to compensate for the thickness of the side wall of the sleeve 264, the parts 22Za and 222b being joined by a shoulder 222c of frustoconical shape, widening towards the free opening of the reservoir 206.

In the vicinity of its free edge, the internal wall of the part 222a of the reservoir 206 comprises an annular bead 229, above which it has an annular recess 230 towards the outside.

The wiper 207, the ring 208, the cover 203, the rod 245 and the brush 244 are strictly identical to those of the first embodiment described. Their elements bear reference numbers 200 greater than those of similar elements of this first embodiment.

The assembly of the makeup assembly 201 is carried out like that of the assembly 101.

If the screwing is carried out fully, as is the case shown in FIG. 8, the rib 267 bears against the edge of the counterbore 268 which is close to the bottom 261 of the ring 205, and the free edge of the latter comes close to the rib 274 of the sleeve 264.

Furthermore, when the ring 205 is placed on the sleeve 264, it can be seen, through the orifices 279, 280 and 281, the color of the sleeve 264, which, as indicated above, is different that of the ring 205. Three marks are thus formed, the role of which is described below.

When introducing the sub-assembly consisting of the sleeve 264 and the adjusting ring 205 in the body 204 with its opening opposite to the neck 210 and that _the slides in said body 204 to perform its fastening by passing of the bead 273 of the sleeve 264 behind the bead 212 body 204, lug 275 of sleeve 264. appears in the notch 269 of the body 204. As the body 204 and the sleeve 264 are of different color, a mark is thus formed whose role is also indicated below.

If the sleeve 264 is completely screwed inside the ring 205, the lug 275 is located to the right of the orifice 279 of smaller diameter, and the wiper member 207 is in the compression state maximum axial, which is the case in FIG. 8. Indeed, the adjustment ring 205, has, in this position, by the free end of the projection 277, completely pushed the reservoir 206 inside the body d 'covering 204 by causing it to translate towards the wiper member 207, and consequently the maximum compression of the ring 232b of said wiper member 207.

A movement of unscrewing the adjustment ring 205 causes the reverse translation movement of the reservoir 206 which remains constantly pressed against the free end of the projection 277 by the elastic force exerted on it by the wiping member 207 .

In this unscrewing movement, the orifice 280 of average diameter then the orifice 281 of larger diameter come successively opposite the lug 275, which indicates that the wiper member 207 is respectively in a position of medium axial compression, then in a minimum axial compression position.

Then, the container 202 which has just been made up is filled with mascara and then the cap 203 is fixed, from which the rod 244 carrying the brush 245 has been made integral, by screwing onto the neck 210 of the body 204.

• Lorsque la brosse 245 est extraite du réservoir 206 alors que la bague de réglage 205. se situe dans une position telle que l'orifice 281 se situe au droit de l'ergot 275, la lèvre d'essorage 232 se trouve dans une position où elle assurera un essorage de force minimale, ce qui signifie que la quantité de mascara recueillie par la brosse sera maximale. L'utilisateur associe donc l'idée d'une ouverture 281 de plus grand diamètre à une ouverture maximale de la lèvre d'essorage 232, donc à un maquillage avec une quantité importante de mascara.

This makeup set works as follows:

• When the brush 245 is extracted from the reservoir 206 while the adjustment ring 205. is located in a position such that the orifice 281 is located in line with the lug 275, the wiping lip 232 is in a position where it will ensure a minimum force spin, which means that the quantity of mascara collected by the brush will be maximum. The user therefore associates the idea of an opening 281 of larger diameter with a maximum opening of the wiping lip 232, therefore with makeup with a large amount of mascara.

If the user wishes to apply makeup using a brush less loaded with mascara, it suffices to rotate the adjustment ring 205, this maneuver being facilitated by the presence of the grooves 278 on the outer wall 276 of the ring 205, and having the result of raising the tank 206 vertically, the upper edge and the ring 208 which is associated with it uniformly compress the peripheral ring 232b of the wiper member 207. According to the magnitude which has been given to the pivoting movement of the ring 205, appear successively, opposite the lug 275, the orifice 280 of medium diameter, then the orifice 279 of small diameter, respectively indicating that the quantity of mascara which can be collected on the brush 245 decreases proportionally, taking into account the increasing force of the spin.

It is understood that the embodiments described above are in no way limiting and may give rise to any desirable modifications, without departing from the scope of the invention.

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1 - Make-up assembly, in particular for the eyelashes, comprising a container (2, 102, 202), containing a fluid or pasty make-up product, a removable cap (3, 203) assembling on the container (2, 102, 202), a rod (44, 144, 244), integral with the cap (3, 203), arranged substantially along its axis and projecting relative to said cap (3, 203), and a brush (45, 145, 245) , carried by the end of the rod (44, 144, 244), which is opposite the cap (3, 203), in the extension of said rod (44, 144, 244), a wiping member (7, 207) being disposed at the inlet of the container (2, 102, 202) into which the brush (45, 145, 245) penetrates axially by a passage (32a, 232a) delimited by the inner edge of a wiping lip (32, 232) made of elastic material, the wringing zone defined by the passage (32a, 232a) having a cross section So more reduced than the cross section S of the brush (45, 145, 245) in the state rest, characterized by the fact that the wiping lip (32, 232) is connected by its periphery to a ring (32b, 232b) made of elastic material, ring which has a greater thickness than said lip (32, 232) and which constitutes with it the member of wiping (7, 207), said wiping member (7, 207) being ---- liable to undergo elastic deformation leading to a variation in the section So of the passage (32a, 232a) under the action of 'a control means which varies the axial compression of the ring (32b, 232b). 2 - makeup assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the wiping member (7, 207) consists of a single piece in the vicinity of the median transverse plane of which is disposed the wiping lip (32 , 232). 3 - Make-up assembly according to one of claims 1 or 2, characterized in that the wiping lip (32, 232) is connected to the end plane of the ring (32b, 232b) by curved walls, the concavity is turned towards the axis of the passage (32a, 232a) provided for the brush (45, 145, 245). 4 - Make-up assembly according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the container (2, 102, 202) consists of a movable element (6, 106, 206) and a fixed element ( 4, 104, 204) between which is interposed the ring (32b, 232b) of the wiper member (7, 207), the movable member being capable of axial translation relative to the fixed member and being connected to the control means (5, 105, 205). 5 - makeup assembly according to claim 4, characterized in that the fixed element (4, 104, 204) of the container (2, 102, 202) consists of a connected tube, at its end opposite to that cooperating with the control means (5, 105, 205), to a neck (10, 210) comprising means complementary to means carried by the cap (3, 203), with a view to assembling the latter on the neck ( 10, 210), the connection of said tube and the neck (10, 210) constituting an annular shoulder (9, 209) against which the wiper member (7, 207) is in abutment. 6 - Make-up assembly according to one of claims 4 or 5, characterized in that the movable element (6, 106, 206) of the container (2, 102, 202) porte.intérieurement, along its upper edge , a support ring (8, 208) sealing between said movable element (6, 106, 206) and the wiping member (7, 207) and distributing the compression force applied against the ring (32b , 232b) of said wiping member (7, 207). 7 - Make-up assembly according to one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the passage (32a, 232a) delimited by the wiping lip (32, 232), when the wiping member (7, 207) is in the unstressed state, has a cross section So equal to or slightly less than that of the portion of the rod (44, 144, 244), which plunges into the container (2, 102, 202). 8 - Make-up assembly according to one of claims 1 to 7, characterized in that, in the assembly position of the cap ( ₃ , 203) on the container (2, 102, 202), the rod, (44 , 144, 244) of the brush (45, 145, 245) has a reduced section in its region (51, 251) located in the passage (32a, 232a) of the wiper member (7, 207). 9 - assembly according to claim 4 taken alone or in combination with one of claims 5 to 8, characterized in that the movable element of the container (2) is constituted by a reservoir (6), the upper edge of which exerts a pressing force on the wiping member (7), that the fixed element of the container (2) is constituted by the wall of a covering body (4) surrounding the reservoir (6), and that the cylindrical base (22c) of the reservoir (6) externally carries a thread (28) cooperating with a complementary thread (18) carried internally by an adjustment ring (5), said adjustment ring (5) constituting the control means and being mounted integral in translation with the covering body (4). 10 - Make-up assembly according to claim 9, characterized in that the covering body (4) comprises, along its edge opposite the wiping member (7), an attachment bead (12) of the adjusting ring (5). 11 - Make-up set according to claim 4 taken alone or in combination with one of claims 5 to 8, characterized in that the movable element of the container (102, 202) consists of a reservoir (106, 206) , whose upper edge exerts a force bearing on the wiper member (7, 207), that the fixed element of the container (102, 202) is constituted by the wall of a covering body (104, 204) surrounding the reservoir (106 , 206), and that an adjustment ring (105, 205) constituting the control means cooperates by threading with the covering body (104, 204), in the zone of the container (102, 202) which is opposite to that which receives the cap (3, 203), said adjustment ring (105, 205) coming to bear against the bottom of the tank (106, 206). 12 - Make-up assembly according to claim 11, characterized in that the adjustment ring (105, 205) constitutes a cylindrical bowl, the bottom (161, 261) of which carries, along its axis and inside the bowl , a male thread (160, 260) projecting, said male thread cooperating with a female thread (162, 262) integral with the covering body (104, 204) and arranged along the axis of said body, the end of the thread male (160, 260) bearing against the bottom of the tank (106, 206). 13 - Make-up assembly according to claim 12, characterized in that the female thread (162, 262) of the covering body (104, 204) is carried by the bottom (163, 263) of a sleeve (164, 264), which is fixed on that (165) of the ends of the covering body (104, 204), which does not receive the cap (3, 203), said end (165) being open. 14 - makeup assembly according to one of claims 1 to 13, characterized in that it comprises means indicating the degree of compression exerted on the wiper member (7, 207). 15 - assembly according to claims 9 and 14 taken simultaneously, characterized in that the adjusting ring (5) penetrates inside the covering body (4) by a cylindrical wall (14b) comprising, on its external face , a succession of marks, which are arranged radially and which appear alternately in front of a window (13) of the covering body (4) during the pivoting of said adjustment ring (5). 16 - Makeup assembly according to claims 4 and 14 taken simultaneously, wherein the control means (5, 105, 205) is an adjustment ring, characterized in that the means indicating the degree of compression of the member d 'spin (207) includes: - firstly, a first mark formed by a light (269) formed in the side wall of one of the two parts which constitute, on the one hand, the fixed element (204), and, on the other hand, the adjusting ring (205), said lumen (269) revealing an underlying member which is of a different shade from that of the part which bears said first mark; - in the second place, several second marks each formed by a light (279, 280, 281) formed in the side wall of that of the two aforementioned parts (205, 204) which does not carry the first mark, said light (.279, 280, 281) revealing an underlying member which is of a different shade from that of the part which carries said second marks, each of said second marks being capable of coming in line with the first mark for a given position of the ring. adjustment (205). 17 - assembly according to claim 16, characterized in that the fixed element (204) comprises the light (269) which forms the first mark, and the adjustment ring (205) comprises the lights (279, 280, 281) which form the second landmarks. 18 - assembly according to one of claims 17et18, characterized in that the lights (279, 280, 281) forming the second pins have different shapes and / or sizes. 19 - assembly according to claim 18, characterized in that the shapes and / or sizes of the lights (279, 280, 281) forming the second pins are associated in the state of compression of the wiper member (207). 20 - assembly according to one of claims 18et19, characterized in that the lights (279, 280, 281) forming the second pins have circular shapes. 21 - makeup assembly according to one of claims 16 to 20, characterized in that the axes of the lights (279, 280, 281) forming the second marks are arranged in the same plane perpendicular to the axis of the ring adjustment (205). 22 - Make-up assembly according to one of claims 1 to 21, characterized in that the lights (279, 280, 281) forming the second pins are three in number. 23 - assembly according to one of claims 16 to 22, taken in combination with claim 13, characterized in that the sleeve (264) has a different color from that (s) of the adjusting ring (205) and the covering body (204) and constitutes the underlying member forming, with the openings (269, 279, 280, 281) formed respectively in the covering body (204) and the ring (205), respectively the first and the second benchmarks. 24 - Makeup assembly according to claims 17 and 23 taken simultaneously, characterized in that the light forming the first mark is formed by a notch (269) of the edge of the covering body (204) opposite to that which receives the cap (203), the sleeve (264) carrying a protuberance (275) capable of being housed in said notch (269). 25 - assembly according to one of claims 9, 11 and 16, characterized in that the side walls of the covering body (204) and the adjusting ring (205) are located in the extension one of the 'other.

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