System for making a cosmetic product by mixing components from several single-use packaging units

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10967342-B2
Application number	US-201515517024-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 5, 2015
Priority date	Oct 7, 2014
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

Disclosed is a system for production of a cosmetic product including: at least one first single-use packaging unit including a preset quantity of a first phase of a cosmetic product, at least one second single-use packaging unit including a preset quantity of a second phase of a cosmetic product, a machine including a mixer inside of which the mixture of the preset quantity of the first phase and the preset quantity of the second phase is done automatically in order to end up with a cosmetic product directly consumable by the end consumer. The mixing is done in a manner such that neither the first phase nor the second phase are in direct contact with any part of the mixer which is not single use, thus avoiding dirtying the mixer.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for production of a cosmetic product including:
at least one first single-use packaging unit ( 13 ) including a preset quantity of a first phase of the cosmetic product;
at least one second single-use packaging unit ( 14 ) that is linkable to at least one first single-use packaging unit, the at least one second single-use packaging unit ( 14 ) including a preset quantity of a second phase of the cosmetic product,
the at least one first single-use packaging unit being linkable in fluid communication with the at least one second single-use packaging unit,
wherein the first phase of the cosmetic product within the at least one first single-use packaging unit ( 13 ) is comprised of ingredients different from ingredients that comprise the second phase of the cosmetic product within the at least one second single-use packaging unit ( 13 ),
wherein, prior to mixing, said first phase of the cosmetic product in the at least one first single-use packaging unit ( 14 ) is physically separated from and free of contact with said second phase of the cosmetic product in the at least one second single-use packaging unit ( 14 ); and
a machine ( 15 ) that, with the at least one first single-use packaging unit linked in fluid communication with the at least one second single-use packaging unit, is configured to automatically bring the first phase of the cosmetic product and the second phase of the cosmetic product into contact with each other and mix said preset quantity of said first phase of the cosmetic product and said preset quantity of said second phase of the cosmetic product together to provide the cosmetic product ( 10 ) in a form directly consumable by an end consumer,
the machine including a housing defining an interior space of the machine,
the machine also including a mixer ( 2 , 7 , 16 ) located within the interior space of the machine,
the mixer ( 2 , 7 , 16 ) comprising a motorized device that, with the at least one first single-use packaging unit linked in fluid communication with the at least one second single-use packaging unit, is configured to automatically mix said preset quantity of said first phase of the cosmetic product and said preset quantity of said second phase of the cosmetic product to end up with the cosmetic product ( 10 ) in the form directly consumable by the end consumer,
wherein said mixing is done in an automatic manner and during the mixing neither the first phase of the cosmetic product nor the second phase of the cosmetic product are in direct contact with any part ( 2 , 7 , 16 ) of said mixer which is not single use, thus avoiding dirtying said mixer,
wherein the at least one first single-use packaging unit ( 13 ) is comprised of a first capsule defining a first capsule compartment with the preset quantity of the first phase of the cosmetic product, and the at least one second single-use packaging unit ( 14 ) is comprised of a second capsule defining a second capsule compartment with the preset quantity of the second phase of the cosmetic product, and
wherein the first capsule is insertable by the end consumer into the interior of the housing and the second capsule is insertable by the end consumer into the interior of the housing for the mixing to be done in the automatic manner where during the mixing neither the first phase of the cosmetic product from the first capsule compartment nor the second phase of the cosmetic product from the second capsule compartment are in direct contact with any part of said mixer which is not single use.

2. The system for production of a cosmetic product according to claim 1 , further comprising a channel element ( 3 ) formed between the first capsule compartment of the at least one first single-use packaging unit ( 13 ) and the second capsule compartment of the at least one second single-use packaging unit ( 14 ),
wherein said mixture does not come out of the environment formed by both the at least one first single-use packaging unit ( 13 ) and the at least one second single-use packaging unit ( 14 ) and also by a junction ( 3 ) formed between the at least one first single-use packaging unit ( 13 ) and the at least one second single-use packaging unit ( 14 ), at all or at least not before the homogenization of said mixture is finished.

3. The system for production of a cosmetic product according to claim 1 , wherein, with the at least one first single-use packaging unit linked in fluid communication with the at least one second single-use packaging unit, said mixing includes at least the transfer of content of one of said first and second single-use packaging units ( 13 , 14 ) to the other of said first and second single-use packaging units ( 13 , 14 ).

4. The system for production of a cosmetic product according to claim 3 , wherein the machine comprises a motorized device providing automatically the transfer of the content from one of the packaging units to one of the other packaging units.

5. The system for production of a cosmetic product according to claim 3 , wherein the machine is configured so that said transfer is repeated and reciprocal.

6. The system for production of a cosmetic product according to claim 1 , wherein said packaging units are filled at least partially by said preset quantity of their cosmetic product phase before being put into said machine and are sufficiently flexible in order to increase volume so as to be able to contain said mixture in its entirety.

7. The system for production of a cosmetic product according to claim 6 , wherein said packaging units were filled under vacuum before they are placed in said machine.

8. The system for production of a cosmetic product according to claim 5 , wherein said transfer is accompanied by a stirring of said preset quantity of the first phase and said preset quantity of the second phase in order to homogenize said mixture.

9. The system for production of a cosmetic product according to claim 8 , wherein stirring is done by application of mechanical pressure so as to move said mixture from one packaging unit ( 13 , 14 ) to the other ( 14 , 13 ), and vice versa.

10. The system for production of a cosmetic product according to claim 9 , wherein said mixing is done by the use of pistons ( 7 ) or by the use of rollers arranged so as to flatten one of the packaging units ( 13 , 14 ) in order to move the content thereof into the other packaging unit ( 14 , 13 ).

11. The system for production of a cosmetic product according to claim 8 , wherein said stirring is accompanied by a heating of said preset quantity of the first phase and/or said preset quantity of the second phase in order to improve the homogenization of said mixture.

12. The system for production of a cosmetic product according to claim 3 , further comprising a narrowing element located between said first and second single-use packaging units ( 13 , 14 ), said narrowing element blocking the fluid communication between said first and second single-use packaging units ( 13 , 14 ), and wherein said transfer is done through the narrowing element located between said single-use packaging units ( 13 , 14 ), the machine opening the narrowing element allows the fluid communication between said first and second single-use packaging units ( 13 , 14 ).

13. The system for production of a cosmetic product according to claim 3 , further comprising a narrowing element located in a link between said first and second single-use packaging units ( 13 , 14 ), in an initial closed state said narrowing element blocking the link and thereby blocking the fluid communication between said first and second single-use packaging units ( 13 , 14 ),
where

Assignees

• Laboratoires M&L
• Seb Sa
• Duolab Int Sarl

Inventors

• Tourel Cecile
• Millet Magali
• De Brugiere Philippe
• Blondel Mathilde
• Le Grand Olivier
• Javit Maxime

Classifications

• B01F35/7546

  using squeezing means on a deformable container · CPC title

• B01F35/7139

  Removing separation walls, plugs which close off the different compartments, e.g. by rotation or axially sliding · CPC title

• B01F31/55 Primary

  the materials to be mixed being contained in a flexible bag submitted to periodical deformation · CPC title

• B01F23/711 Primary

  Heating materials, e.g. melting · CPC title

• B01F2101/21

  Mixing of ingredients for cosmetic or perfume compositions · CPC title