EP2303061A2 - Brush for applying a cosmetic composition and having synthetic hairs - Google Patents
Brush for applying a cosmetic composition and having synthetic hairsInfo
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- EP2303061A2 EP2303061A2 EP09784481A EP09784481A EP2303061A2 EP 2303061 A2 EP2303061 A2 EP 2303061A2 EP 09784481 A EP09784481 A EP 09784481A EP 09784481 A EP09784481 A EP 09784481A EP 2303061 A2 EP2303061 A2 EP 2303061A2
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- Prior art keywords
- bristles
- section
- brush
- tapered
- groups
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A46—BRUSHWARE
- A46B—BRUSHES
- A46B9/00—Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body
- A46B9/02—Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups
- A46B9/021—Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups arranged like in cosmetics brushes, e.g. mascara, nail polish, eye shadow
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A46—BRUSHWARE
- A46B—BRUSHES
- A46B9/00—Arrangements of the bristles in the brush body
- A46B9/02—Position or arrangement of bristles in relation to surface of the brush body, e.g. inclined, in rows, in groups
- A46B9/028—Bristle profile, the end of the bristle defining a surface other than a single plane or deviating from a simple geometric form, e.g. cylinder, sphere or cone
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A46—BRUSHWARE
- A46D—MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES
- A46D1/00—Bristles; Selection of materials for bristles
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A46—BRUSHWARE
- A46D—MANUFACTURE OF BRUSHES
- A46D1/00—Bristles; Selection of materials for bristles
- A46D1/02—Bristles details
- A46D1/0276—Bristles having pointed ends
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A46—BRUSHWARE
- A46B—BRUSHES
- A46B2200/00—Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
- A46B2200/10—For human or animal care
- A46B2200/1046—Brush used for applying cosmetics
Definitions
- the present invention relates to a brush for applying a powdery cosmetic composition of the type comprising:
- a tuft of synthetic bristles having at least two groups of bristles having, at their free ends, sections of different surfaces;
- Such brushes are used in particular for the removal and application to the skin of powdered cosmetic compositions, compacted or not, such as eyeshadow, loose powders or blushes.
- the tuft of hair of these brushes is usually made of a natural material, such as natural bristles, or animal hair, such as squirrel hair, wild boar or goat hair.
- natural materials such as natural bristles, or animal hair, such as squirrel hair, wild boar or goat hair.
- the use of natural materials to make the brushes considerably increases the cost of making the brush.
- Such a brush is described for example in document US 2007/0151061.
- the manufacture of such brushes is difficult since the bristles of different sections do not distribute easily homogeneously along the entire section of the tuft, when mixing the bristles.
- the invention aims to provide a brush with synthetic bristles reproducing the properties of a brush with natural bristles whose manufacture is simplified, the hair mixture is easily effected.
- the invention relates to a brush of the aforementioned type, characterized in that the groups of bristles have, in section, the same surface along their connecting section.
- the brush comprises one or more of the following features: one of the groups of bristles consists of tapered hairs up to their free end only on an end section;
- the tapered hairs are tapered for a length of between 10% and 50% of the length of the free strand; the ratio of the surfaces of the sections of tapered hairs between the two ends of the pile is between 20 and 50;
- one of the groups of bristles is constituted of hairs of constant section over their entire length
- the bristles whose surface of the section at the free end is the smallest have a length of free strand greater than that of the hairs whose surface of the section at the free end is the largest;
- the bristles whose surface area at the free end is the smallest have a length of free strand less than that of the bristles whose surface of the section at the free end is the largest;
- the hairs of the two groups have, according to their free strand, a difference in length of between 1% and 20% of the length of the longest hairs;
- the section of the bristles along their connecting section is between 50 and 150 microns.
- the bristles whose area of the section at the free end is the smallest preferably represent between 50% and 95% of the total number of hairs of the tuft.
- the invention further relates to a method of manufacturing a brush for applying a powdery cosmetic composition, comprising:
- FIG. 1 is an elevational view of a brush according to the invention
- FIG. 2 is a view on a larger scale of a set of bristles of the brush of FIG. 1.
- the brush 10 according to the invention comprises a tuft 12 of bristles 14 retained at one end of a handle 16 by a ferrule 18.
- the handle 16 is formed of an elongate body, for example a profiled wooden rod.
- the ferrule 18 is formed of a metal fitting surrounding one end of the handle 16 and trapping in its seing a connecting section noted 20 of each of the bristles 14 of the tuft.
- All the bristle connecting sections 20 are clamped against each other inside the shell, thus ensuring the maintenance and cohesion of the tuft.
- the connecting sections of the bristles 14 extend beyond the ferrule 20 to each form a free strand 22 terminating at a free end 24 of the hair.
- the bristles 14 all extend generally parallel to each other along the axis of the handle 16 or they slightly diverge from each other towards their free ends 24, to form a tuft generally frustoconical.
- the end of the tuft 12 is, for example, curved thus delimiting a convex surface. In a variant, this end is flat.
- the bristles 14 are synthetic bristles, obtained by extrusion and spinning of a polymer.
- the bristles are formed of polybutylene terephthalate (PBT) or polyamide.
- all the bristles 14 have, according to their connecting section 20, the same section. These hairs are advantageously of circular section and then all have the same diameter. Their diameter is advantageously between 50 microns and 150 microns or better, between 70 microns and 110 microns.
- the tuft 12 comprises at least two groups of bristles having, at their free ends 24, cross sections of different surfaces.
- a first group has bristles whose cross section at the free end 24 has a lower surface area than the bristles of larger cross section contained in the second group.
- a first group of bristles 31 is formed of bristles of constant section while the second group of bristles 32 is formed of bristles whose end portion denoted 34 is tapered, bristles of the first and second groups having, according to their connecting section 20, and more broadly over their entire length outside the tapered sections the same section.
- the bristles 31 and 32 are formed from the same fiber, in particular of circular section and are therefore made of the same material and have a strictly identical section along their connecting section 20.
- the hairs 31 not tapered at their end 24, a sectional plane extending generally perpendicular to the axis of the hair.
- the bristles 32 have on their tapered end portion 34 a gradually decreasing section to the end 24.
- the variation in diameter is effected continuously and preferably linearly along the length of the tapered section 34 from the diameter of the retaining section To a minimum diameter at the end 24.
- the variation in the cross-sectional area of the tapered end-section bristles, depending on the length of the tapered sections 34, is between 1/20 and 1/50, that is, the ratio of the surface area of the Maximum section of the pile at the surface of the section of the hair at its free end 24 is between 20 and 50. This ratio is preferably between 30 and 40.
- the diameter of the section of the bristles 32 at the free end 24 is advantageously between 5 microns and 30 microns, better still between 10 microns and 20 microns, and preferably between 12 microns and 17 microns.
- the length LE of the tapered section 34 is between 0.3 centimeters and 3 centimeters, more preferably between 0.5 centimeters and 1.5 centimeters, and preferably between 0.8 and 1.2 centimeters.
- the tapered section 34 extends over between 10% and 50% of the total length denoted LL1 of the free strand 22 of the bristles 32, better still between 10% and 40% and preferably between 25% and 35%.
- This length LL1 of the free strand 22 is between 0.5 centimeters and 7 centimeters, better between 1 centimeter and 5 centimeters, and preferably between 3 and 4 centimeters.
- the ratio between the number of tapered bristles 31 and the number of tapered bristles 32 is such that the tuft mainly comprises tapered bristles.
- the tapered hairs preferably represent between 50% and 95% of the total number of hairs of the tuft, better between 70% and 95%, and preferably between 75% and 85%.
- the tuft comprises a total number of bristles of between 25,000 and 75,000, for example equal to about 50,000.
- the tapered section 24 of the bristles 32 is preferably obtained by chemical treatment of a bristle of constant section. This treatment is carried out for example by dipping the only portion to be tapered in an acid bath. The reduction in the diameter of the pile obtained along the tapered section is directly proportional to the residence time of the portion of the pile in the acid bath.
- the hair is soaked perpendicular to the surface of the acid bath. It is introduced into the bath and out of the bath with a constant speed of movement, leading to a continuous and linear variation of the section of the hair.
- the tapered hairs have, as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, a length of the free strand LL1 of the tapered hair 32 greater than the length LL2 of the free strand of the untapered hairs 31.
- the free ends of the tapered hairs 32 protrude beyond the free ends of untapered hairs 31.
- the difference in length denoted DL between the two groups of bristles 31 and 32 is between 0.1 centimeter and 1 centimeter, better still between 0.2 centimeter and 0.7 centimeter, and preferably between 0.3 centimeter and 0.5 cm or even between 0.3 cm and 0.4 cm.
- the difference in length of the bristles is between 1% and 20% of the longest hairs, better still between 5% and 15% and preferably between 8% and 12%.
- the brush may be easily manufactured since it is formed of bristles which, along their connecting section 20, and in particular over a substantial part of their length, have the same section.
- the bristles of the first group having a constant section and the bristles of the second group having a tapered end are each manufactured separately. Their mixing is then carried out in a vibrating hopper ensuring a homogeneous mixture of the bristles. Since all the hairs have the same length of the same section, rheological mixing is easy and homogeneous.
- the binding of the bristles mixed by the ferrule at the end of the handle is effected in a manner known per se by compressing the bristles against each other and crimping the ferrule.
- the tuft of the brush has bristles of constant section and tapered bristles at their free end.
- the two groups of bristles are tapered at their free ends, but the rate of taper is different from one group to another, the surfaces of the sections of the free ends of the bristles being different from one group to the other. other, while their surfaces in section on the connecting section are identical for the two groups of bristles.
- a brush having the following characteristics is particularly suitable for cosmetic applications.
- the sections are advantageously taken transversely to the local axis of the hair at the section.
- each hair 32 has, over the entire length of the tapered section 34, a cross section relative to the axis of the pile 32 which is of homothetic contour at the contour of the cross section of the pile 32 in the retaining section.
- the tapered section 34 has an equally circular cross section of diameter D2 less than D1 and decreasing towards the free end 24.
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Applications Claiming Priority (3)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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FR0854676A FR2933587B1 (en) | 2008-07-09 | 2008-07-09 | BRUSH FOR APPLYING A COSMETIC COMPOSITION WITH SYNTHETIC HAIR |
US9191108P | 2008-08-26 | 2008-08-26 | |
PCT/FR2009/051347 WO2010004207A2 (en) | 2008-07-09 | 2009-07-07 | Brush for applying a cosmetic composition and having synthetic hairs |
Publications (2)
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EP2303061A2 true EP2303061A2 (en) | 2011-04-06 |
EP2303061B1 EP2303061B1 (en) | 2018-08-22 |
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EP09784481.5A Not-in-force EP2303061B1 (en) | 2008-07-09 | 2009-07-07 | Brush for applying a cosmetic composition and having synthetic hairs |
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US (1) | US8549692B2 (en) |
EP (1) | EP2303061B1 (en) |
ES (1) | ES2697875T3 (en) |
FR (1) | FR2933587B1 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2010004207A2 (en) |
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US9320335B2 (en) | 2013-12-30 | 2016-04-26 | L'oreal | Grooming devices and methods therefor |
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US9675167B2 (en) * | 2014-09-10 | 2017-06-13 | Sigma Enterprises, Llc | Multidimensional applicator |
USD768998S1 (en) * | 2015-05-28 | 2016-10-18 | Nexagen Corp. | Portion of a make-up brush |
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