Rotating interface for multidirectional handheld eye makeup application

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12251007-B1
Application number	US-202418616842-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Mar 26, 2024
Priority date	Mar 26, 2024
Publication date	Mar 18, 2025
Grant date	Mar 18, 2025

Abstract

A cosmetic deposition device comprises a housing; a printhead within the housing, the printhead including one or more nozzle to dispense one or more formulation; an applicator face connected to the housing, wherein an exterior side of the applicator face includes a roller adjacent to the one or more nozzle, and the applicator face is configured to rotate with respect to the housing, and the applicator face is detained at more than one rotational setting with respect to the housing.

First claim

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. A cosmetic deposition device, comprising:
a housing;
a printhead within the housing, the printhead including one or more nozzle to dispense one or more formulation;
an applicator face connected to the housing, wherein an exterior side of the applicator face includes a roller adjacent to the one or more nozzle, and the applicator face is configured to rotate with respect to the housing, and the applicator face is detained at more than one rotational setting with respect to the housing.

2. The cosmetic deposition device of claim 1 , comprising one or more magnet on the applicator face and one or more magnet on the housing, wherein the one or more magnet on the applicator face and the one or more magnet on the housing provide an attraction force to detain the applicator face with respect to the housing when the one or more magnet on the applicator face is adjacent to the one or more magnet on the housing.

3. The cosmetic deposition device of claim 2 , wherein the one or more magnet on the applicator face or the one or more magnet on the housing are used to determine a rotation position of the applicator face.

4. The cosmetic deposition device of claim 2 , wherein the one or more magnet on the applicator face and the one or more magnet on the housing are at the same radial distance from a center of the housing.

5. The cosmetic deposition device of claim 1 , comprising one or more pairs of diametrically opposed magnets on the applicator face and one or more pairs of diametrically opposed magnets on the housing.

6. The cosmetic deposition device of claim 1 , comprising one or more magnet on an upper side of the applicator face and one or more magnet on a bottom side of the housing.

7. The cosmetic deposition device of claim 1 , comprising one or more spring on the applicator face and one or more slot on the housing, wherein the one or more spring on the applicator face and the one or more slot on the housing detain the applicator face at the more than one rotation setting when the one or more spring is engaged on the one or more slot.

8. The cosmetic deposition device of claim 7 , wherein the applicator face comprises one or more pairs of diametrically opposed springs and a plurality of slots are provided around an inner circumference of the housing.

9. The cosmetic deposition device of claim 8 , wherein the inner circumference of the housing comprises the slots equally spaced along the inner circumference.

10. The cosmetic deposition device of claim 7 , further comprising a magnetic field sensor to determine a rotation position of the applicator face.

11. The cosmetic deposition device of claim 1 , wherein a bottom of the housing includes more than one dogs to support the applicator face, a dog including an axially extending neck and a radially extending flange, and the applicator face includes a rim that is engaged with the more than one dogs.

12. The cosmetic deposition device of claim 1 , wherein the applicator face includes an opening for the one or more nozzle to dispense one or more formulation therethrough.

13. A method of printing a cosmetic style, comprising:
moving a cosmetic deposition device over a surface, wherein the cosmetic deposition device includes a printer and an applicator face including a roller, wherein the roller makes contact with the surface;
sensing a direction of the cosmetic deposition device; and
depositing a formulation on the surface when the roller is following behind the printer.

14. The method of printing a cosmetic style of claim 13 , wherein the surface includes a facial feature.

15. The method of printing a cosmetic style of claim 13 , wherein the cosmetic style is an eyebrow feature or a lip feature.

16. The method of printing a cosmetic style of claim 13 , further comprising:
when the roller is not following behind the printer, the device stops depositing the formulation on the surface.

17. A method of printing a cosmetic style, comprising:
moving a cosmetic deposition device over a surface, wherein the cosmetic deposition device includes a printer and an applicator face including a roller, wherein the roller makes contact with the surface;
via a computing device, providing instructions to rotate the applicator face to a predetermined position;
sensing a rotation position of the applicator face is at the predetermined position; and
when the rotation position of the applicator face is at the predetermined position, depositing a formulation on the surface.

18. The method of printing a cosmetic style of claim 17 , further comprising:
sensing a direction of the cosmetic deposition device when being moved over a surface; and
when the roller is not following behind the printer, the cosmetic deposition device stops depositing the formulation on the surface.

19. The method of printing a cosmetic style of claim 17 , further comprising:
via a computing device, providing a first instruction to move the cosmetic deposition device in a first direction; and
after detecting that the cosmetic deposition device has moved in the first direction, providing, via the computing device, a second instruction to move the cosmetic deposition device in a second direction.

Assignees

• Oreal
• Prinker Korea Inc

Inventors

• Kelley Maya
• Orsita Fred
• Hong Juwan
• Lee Kyu Suk
• Jeong Yong Min
• Yun Tae Sik
• Lee Jong In

Classifications

• A45D34/042

  using a brush or the like · CPC title

• A45D34/04

  Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball · CPC title

• B41J3/36

  for portability {, i.e. hand-held printers or laptop printers (B41J3/4075 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• B41M5/0047

  by ink-jet printing · CPC title

• B05C17/022

  comprising means for angularly adjusting or allowing angular movement of the roller relative to its handle (B05C17/0227 takes precedence) · CPC title