Shaving cream applicator
AssigneeAlps South, LLC
InventorAldo A. Laghi
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Abstract
A shaving gel applicator includes many different embodiments that include an annular brush, a disc-shaped brush, a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart disc-shaped brushes, a pair of straight brushes, a single straight brush, and more. Some of the brushes are mounted for rotary motion and some for reciprocation in a linear motion. Heat is applied to the brushes to heat shaving gel deposited on the brushes. The shaving gel is dispensed from a cartridge that is releasably engaged to the applicator. A detector detects the type of cartridge in use and adjusts the amount of heat to be applied and the brush rotation or reciprocation speed that optimizes the performance of the shaving gel in that cartridge. In alternative embodiments, the gel is heated in a gel pack before it is dispensed onto the brushes.
Claims16
A shaving gel applicator, comprising:
- a hollow housing adapted to be gripped by a human hand;
- said housing having a closed distal end;
- said housing having an open proximal end;
- a base mounted in said open proximal end in closing relation to said open proximal end;
- said base defining at least one brush mounting surface area thereon and at least one heating means area extending therethrough;
- at least one brush of predetermined geometrical configuration mounted on said base in said at least one brush mounting surface area;
- at least one heating means of predetermined geometrical configuration mounted in said base in said at least one heating means area and positioned in heat-transfer relation to said at least one brush;
- a shaving gel cartridge disposed within said hollow interior of said hollow housing;
- at least one throughbore extending through said base exteriorly of said heating means area;
- said throughbore being located in fluid communication with said at least one brush;
- a conduit disposed in fluid communication between said shaving gel cartridge and said throughbore;
- a power source for heating said heating means;
- whereby heat generated by said heating means is transferred to shaving gel that is deposited upon said at least one brush;
- whereby said shaving gel is heated at the moment of application.
The shaving gel applicator of 1, further comprising:
- a cartridge holder disposed within said hollow interior of said housing;
- said cartridge holder adapted to releasably receive said shaving gel cartridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.