Method of depositing cosmetic pigment material onto surfaces of applicator pads in a pattern, and pigment depositing apparatus

Abstract

A method of applying cosmetic pigment powder onto an applicator structure sheet in a desired pigment pattern includes the steps of providing an applicator structure sheet formed of at least one and preferably several laterally interconnected applicator structures; providing a silk screen apparatus having a piece of stencil silk or equivalent stencil sheet material known a bolting cloth stretched across a wooden frame; dissolving conventional cosmetic pigment powder in a suspension liquid; creating a stencil including a desired pattern for one applicator structure and preferably an array of patterns for several applicator structures; placing the stencil onto the silk screen, which acts as a support; using a squeegee or equivalent device to force the pigment liquid through the open areas in the stencil and through the silk screen onto the applicator structure sheet and thereby printing the one or arrayed several patterns onto the applicator structure sheet; and removing the applicator structure sheet from the apparatus. A second method includes steps of printing a desired pigment material in a desired pattern onto the sheet with an electrostatic printing apparatus.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.