Personal cosmetic dispenser
OwnerJason Litner, Andrew Boweninventors
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Abstract
A custom cosmetic dispensing device includes a communication enabled automated dispenser for dispensing a user-specified cosmetic product. The dispenser has a housing with a plurality of liquid-ingredient cartridges removably coupled to a motor, each cartridge used to dispense a processor memory specified volume of liquid-ingredients. The dispenser interfaces with a software application that accepts, stores and interprets user inputs, assists users in custom formulation, and relays said inputs to the device controller unit for production of a customized cosmetic formula. A collection container may be used for immediate, stored or transported final compositions.
Claims20
A customizing and dispensing device for custom cosmetics comprising:
- an automated dispenser containing at least two liquid-containing ingredient cartridges, each of the at least two cartridges removably coupled to a motor able to dispense controlled amounts of contained liquid from a respective liquid-containing ingredient cartridge;
- each coupled motor linked in communication with a processor with memory;
- at least one user input control;
- the user input control in communication with the processor to direct activation and control of each coupled motor;
- the processor having an external input-output wired or wireless communication link engageable with a source of data transmission;
- the memory configured to store at least one set of instructions to activate motors to dispense specific amounts of the liquid from the respective liquid-containing ingredient cartridges;
- output piping from each of the respective liquid-containing ingredient cartridges leading to a manually moveable receiving chamber;
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- at least the output piping and receiving chamber within a housing having surrounding vertical walls, a coupling for supporting the at least two respective liquid-containing ingredient cartridges;
- a lower support surface to support the moveable receiving chamber, and an opening in the surrounding vertical walls enabling manual removal of the removeable receiving chamber.
The device of claim 4 wherein the individual liquid ingredient-containing cartridges are removably engaged with individual motors that cause processor-controlled discharge of the individual liquids.
A customizing and dispensing device for custom cosmetics comprising:
- an automated dispenser containing at least two liquid-containing ingredient cartridges, each of the at least two cartridges removably coupled to a motor driven gear pump able to create reduced pressure within the dispenser to draw and dispense controlled amounts of contained liquid from a respective liquid-containing ingredient cartridge into a respective nozzle specific to a single contained liquid;
- each coupled gear pump linked in communication with a processor with memory;
- at least one user input control on an external surface of the dispensing device;
- the user input control in communication with the processor to direct activation and control of each coupled motor-driven gear pump;
- the processor having an external input-output wired or wireless communication link engageable with a source of data transmission;
- the memory configured to store at least one set of instructions to activate motors to dispense specific amounts of the liquid from the respective liquid-containing ingredient cartridges into the respective nozzles;
- the nozzles from each of the respective liquid-containing ingredient cartridges leading to a manually moveable receiving chamber;
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- at least the respective nozzles and receiving chamber positioned within a housing having:
- a) surrounding vertical walls;
- b) a coupling for supporting the at least two respective liquid-containing ingredient cartridges;
- c) a lower support surface to support the moveable receiving chamber, and
- d) an opening in the surrounding vertical walls enabling manual removal of the removeable receiving chamber.
A method of customizing and dispensing custom cosmetics from a mechanical device comprising:
- entering a command from a user control to an electric motor;
- the electric motor being switchably engageable with one liquid containing cartridge at a time from among at least two separate liquid containing cartridges, each of the liquid-containing cartridges containing a different liquid cosmetic composition;
- the command from the user accessing a single specific set of motor operations from a memory in the mechanical device that contains tables of possible combinations of the at least two separate liquid-containing compositions;
- the motor directing delivery of one liquid at a time from a single liquid-containing cartridge at a time;
- directed liquid flowing from a respective cartridge into a respective nozzle having a diaphragm tip at a bottom on the respective nozzle and into a receiving chamber;
- the respective nozzle being forced open upon an increase in pressure from a liquid being pumped into the respective nozzle and the diaphragm closing when there is a decrease in pressure from a liquid being pumped into the respective nozzle;
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- when a first liquid has been pumped into the receiving chamber, operation of the motor is transferred to pump an at least second liquid from an at least second cartridge into the receiving chamber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.