Surface treated applicators and related methods
AssigneeRevlon Consumer Products Corporation
InventorMelvin E. Kamen
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Abstract
An applicator with a surface having a first wetting angle and a first surface area, which surface area has grafted thereto a layer of ion-producing gas plasma having a second wetting angle and a second surface are, wherein the second wetting angle is less than the first wetting angle and the second surface area is greater than the first surface area.
Claims11
A sponge comprised of a synthetic material capable of bonding with ions generated by an ion-producing gas plasma, said sponge having a surface with a first surface area, said first surface area having chemically bonded thereto an etched layer of ions obtained from said ion-producing gas plasma, said etched layer of ions having a second surface area, wherein said second surface area is greater than said first surface area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.