Applicator attachment
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorLaure Thiebaut
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a product applicator attachment (10) intended to be mounted on a container (20) containing the product that is to be applied, said attachment comprising: fixing means (17) intended to fix the attachment onto the container; an applicator portion (12, 13, 14, 15, 16) comprising a distribution chamber (14) delimiting, at least in part, an applicator surface (12), and able to communicate with the inside of the container (20) via an inlet passage (16) of axis X, said chamber (14) also being equipped with at least one product outlet orifice (13) opening onto the applicator surface (12), and of an axis distinct from the axis of the inlet passage (16).
Claims26
A product applicator attachment for mounting to a container having an inside for containing a product to be applied, said attachment comprising:
- a fixing means adapted to fix the attachment onto the container;
- an applicator portion comprising a distribution chamber defined, at least in part, by an applicator surface, said distribution chamber communicating with the inside of the container via an inlet passage having a first axis, said distribution chamber having a longitudinal second axis substantially transverse to said first axis, said distribution chamber further comprising at least one product outlet orifice opening onto the applicator surface, said product outlet orifice having a third axis distinct and substantially parallel to the first axis of the inlet passage, the applicator attachment comprising an integral single piece.
A method for producing an applicator attachment for mounting to a container having an inside for containing a product to be applied, said attachment comprising:
- a fixing means adapted to fix the attachment onto the container;
- an applicator portion comprising a distribution chamber defined, at least in part, by an applicator surface, said distribution chamber communicating with the inside of the container via an inlet passage having a first axis, said chamber further comprising at least one product outlet orifice opening onto the applicator surface, said product outlet orifice having a third axis distinct and substantially parallel to the first axis of the inlet passage, said method comprising the following steps:
- assembling a mould to delimit a cavity, said mould having at least one moveable part
- injecting a quantity of thermoplastic into the cavity in order to fill it;
- moving the at least one moveable part of the mould in order to increase the volume of the cavity;
- injecting a gas into the cavity so that the thermoplastic spreads out in the increased volume of the cavity and so that an internal void is formed within the injected material, thereby forming the distribution chamber;
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- releasing the applicator attachment from the mould, whereby the applicator is formed as an integral, single piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.