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US 7,678,066 B2Granted
Cooling massage device and product dispenser including such a device
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorJacques Habatjou
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Abstract
A massage and/or dispensing device includes a body, and an applicator element intended to be placed in contact with a surface to be massaged and/or a surface to which a product is to be applied. The applicator element is movably retained in the body or mounted for movement relative to the body. The arrangement further includes a cooling arrangement which includes means of expanding a refrigerant liquefied gas directly in contact with the applicator element.
Claims28
A massage device comprising:
- a body;
- an applicator element which can be placed in contact with a surface to be massaged, wherein the applicator element is rotatably mounted in said body such that said applicator element rotates relative to said body during massaging, said applicator element including an outer surface which directly contacts said surface to be massaged during massaging;
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- cooling means comprising means of expanding a liquefied refrigerant gas such that the refrigerant directly contacts said outer surface of the applicator element.
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A massage device comprising:
- a body;
- an applicator element which can be placed in contact with a surface to be massaged, wherein the applicator element is movably retained in said body;
- and
- cooling means comprising means of expanding a liquefied refrigerant gas, and wherein the refrigerant directly contacts the applicator element;
- wherein the cooling means includes a conduit for conveying said refrigerant emerging at the applicator element, wherein the applicator element is disposed against a first free end of the conduit, and wherein a second end of the conduit is in fluid communication with a valve;
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- wherein a plurality of movable applicator elements are retained in the body, and wherein the conduit includes a plurality of first free ends each emerging at one of the applicator elements.
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A massage device comprising:
- a body;
- an applicator element which can be placed in contact with a surface to be massaged, wherein the applicator element is movably retained in said body;
- cooling means comprising means of expanding a liquefied refrigerant gas, and wherein the refrigerant directly contacts the applicator element;
- a reservoir which can contain a product;
- wherein the reservoir is defined around a part of the cooling means;
- wherein the applicator element is in fluid communication with said reservoir;
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- wherein the cooling means includes a conduit which supplies the refrigerant to the applicator element, and wherein at least part of the reservoir is positioned around at least a portion of the conduit, wherein the reservoir is delineated by the body and a bottom, wherein the bottom includes an opening through which the conduit extends, and wherein a dispensing aperture of the reservoir is defined around a first free end of the conduit which is adjacent the applicator element.
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A method of applying a product comprising:
- providing a body having an applicator element rotatably mounted in said body such that said applicator element rotates relative to said body during application of the product, said applicator element including an outer surface which directly contacts a surface to which the product is applied during application of the product, said body further including a product reservoir containing a product in communication with the applicator element;
- providing a supply of refrigerant in communication with a region adjacent the applicator element so that the refrigerant flows to the applicator element to directly contact and cool the outer surface of the applicator element;
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- applying the product to the surface to which the product is applied using the outer surface of the applicator element with the outer surface of the applicator element cooled by refrigerant from said refrigerant supply directly contacting the outer surface of the applicator element.
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A device for applying a product comprising:
- a body;
- an applicator element mounted to said body;
- a refrigerant supply;
- at least one conduit extending from said refrigerant supply to said applicator element for cooling said applicator element;
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- a product reservoir in communication with said applicator element;
- wherein said applicator element applies said product while the applicator element is in a cooled condition by said refrigerant;
- wherein said conduit extends through a portion of said product reservoir;
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- wherein the product reservoir is at least partially delimited within first and second portions of said body, wherein said first portion is wider than said second portion, and wherein said first portion is closer to said refrigerant supply and said second portion is closer to said applicator element.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.