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US 9,788,637 B2Granted
Applicator with a slotted tube and notches
AssigneeGEKA GmbH
InventorChristian Hauger
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Abstract
A cosmetics applicator having a core bearing application organs in the form of bristles and/or comb teeth, wherein the core is formed by a slotted tube equipped with bristles and/or comb teeth on its outer circumferential surface, and the slotted tube comprises at least one weakening groove extending in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tube, which facilitates curling of the tube under the influence of forces acting from outside on the tube or expansion of the tube by means of an eccentric arranged within it.
Claims9
A cosmetics applicator, comprising:
- a slotted tube having a cut-out slot through a wall into an interior of the tube that extends along a full length of the tube parallel to a longitudinal axis of the tube, wherein the slotted tube has two legs defined by the cut-out slot that separates the two legs;
- a plurality of bristles, comb teeth, or a combination of bristles and comb teeth on an outer circumferential surface of the slotted tube and extending radially outward from the outer circumferential surface of the slotted tube;
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- a rotatable support core arranged within the slotted tube, wherein the rotatable support core is a non-cylindrical eccentric that rotates within the tube interior directly against the legs of the slotted tube, and the rotatable support core is configured for flaring and not flaring the legs of the tube as a function of its rotary position.
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A cosmetics applicator, comprising:
- a core consisting of a slotted tube having a cut-out slot through a wall into an interior of the tube that extends along a full length of the tube parallel to a longitudinal axis of the tube, wherein the slotted tube has two legs defined by the cut-out slot that separates the two legs;
- a plurality of bristles, comb teeth, or a combination of bristles and comb teeth on an outer circumferential surface of the slotted tube and extending radially outward from the outer circumferential surface of the slotted tube;
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- a rotatable support core arranged within the slotted tube, wherein the rotatable support core is a non-cylindrical eccentric that rotates within the tube interior directly against the legs of the slotted tube, and the rotatable support core is capable of flaring and not flaring the legs of the tube as a function of its rotary position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.