Packaging and applicator device
AssigneeL'oreal
InventorJean-Louis Gueret
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Abstract
A packaging and applicator device for applying a composition on the eyelashes and/or the eyebrows, that includes a container defining an inside space containing the composition and including a wiper member; and an applicator having a longitudinal axis and having an applicator member with a twisted-core brush carrying bristles, there being 5 to 55 bristles per turn, the diameter of the brush lying in the range 6/100 mm to 40/100 mm along at least a fraction of the applicator member, a plurality of bristles carried by this portion coming to within a distance of less than 1.5 mm from the inside surface of the container under the wiper member in a storage position or while the applicator is being withdrawn along the longitudinal axis of the container.
Claims20
A packaging and applicator device for applying a composition on the eyelashes and/or the eyebrows, the device comprising:
- a container having a longitudinal axis and defining an inside space containing the composition and including a wiper member;
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- an applicator comprising a stem carrying an applicator member comprising a twisted-core brush having a core that is rectilinear being situated on the axis of the stem and carrying bristles, there being 5 to 55 bristles per turn and the diameter of the bristles lying in a range of from 6/100 mm to 40/100 mm along at least a portion of the applicator member, a plurality of bristles carried by said portion coming to within a distance of less than 1.5 mm from an inside surface of the container under the wiper member in a storage position or while the applicator is being withdrawn along the longitudinal axis of the container.
A packaging and applicator device for applying a composition on the eyelashes and/or the eyebrows, the device comprising:
- a container having a longitudinal axis and defining an inside space containing the composition and including a wiper member;
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- an applicator comprising an applicator member comprising a twisted-core brush carrying bristles, there being 5 to 55 bristles per turn and the diameter of the bristles lying in a range of from 6/100 mm to 40/100 mm along at least a portion of the applicator member, wherein when the applicator member is in a storage position, a plurality of bristles carried by said portion come to within a distance of less than 1.5 mm from an inside surface of the container under the wiper member, over an angular sector of at least 90° around the longitudinal axis of the container.
A packaging and applicator device for applying a composition on the eyelashes and/or the eyebrows, the device comprising:
- a container having a longitudinal axis and defining an inside space containing the composition and including a wiper member;
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- an applicator comprising a stem carrying an applicator member comprising a twisted-core brush, a distal end of the core being situated on the longitudinal axis of the stem, and carrying bristles, there being 5 to 55 bristles per turn and the diameter of the bristles lying in a range of from 6/100 mm to 40/100 mm along at least a portion of the applicator member, a plurality of bristles carried by said portion coming to within a distance of less than 1.5 mm from an inside surface of the container under the wiper member in a storage position or while the applicator is being withdrawn along the longitudinal axis of the container, the maximum cross-section of an envelope surface of the applicator member occupying at least 70% of an inside section of the container.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.