Refill device for dispensing artificial eyelashes and refill for said device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9815655-B2
Application number	US-201615079188-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2016
Priority date	Mar 27, 2015
Publication date	Nov 14, 2017
Grant date	Nov 14, 2017

Abstract

A device for dispensing artificial eyelashes has a housing, a carrier strip to which a plurality of artificial eyelashes are fixed, and a movement mechanism capable of being actuated to cause the carrier strip to move in order to convey the artificial eyelashes towards an outside space of the housing. The device is equipped with a refill that is designed to be joined to the housing in a detachable manner. The refill has a plate, the carrier strip and the movement mechanism, the carrier strip and the movement mechanism being mounted on the plate. The invention further relates to a refill for such a device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. Device for dispensing artificial eyelashes, comprising a housing, a carrier strip to which a plurality of artificial eyelashes are fixed, and a movement mechanism capable of being actuated to cause the carrier strip to move in order to convey the artificial eyelashes towards an outside space of the housing, said device being equipped with a refill that is designed to be joined to the housing in a detachable manner, said refill comprising a plate, said carrier strip and the movement mechanism, said carrier strip and the movement mechanism being mounted on said plate, wherein the movement mechanism comprises a reel and a spool which are rotatably mounted relative to the plate, a first longitudinal end of the carrier strip being fixed to the reel and a part of the carrier strip to which the artificial eyelashes to be dispensed are fixed being wound around the reel, a second longitudinal end of the carrier strip being fixed to the spool and a part of the carrier strip from which the artificial eyelashes have been removed being wound around the spool.

2. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the housing comprises a base and a cover that are designed to be joined to one another in a detachable manner.

3. Device according to claim 2 , wherein said plate is designed to be mounted in a detachable manner relative to the base and/or to the cover.

4. Device according to claim 1 , wherein said plate is designed to be rigidly connected to the housing by screwing.

5. Device according to claim 1 , wherein said plate is designed to be rigidly connected to the housing by elastic deformation and/or by snapping in.

6. Device according to claim 1 , wherein said plate is equipped with a rotatable bearing for guiding the carrier strip.

7. Device according to claim 1 , wherein said plate is designed to prevent the carrier strip from moving in the opposite direction to that of the movement of the carrier strip that allows the eyelashes to exit.

8. Device according to claim 1 , wherein said plate is equipped with a guide rib for guiding the carrier strip.

9. Device according to claim 1 , wherein said housing is equipped with a dispensing opening, said movement mechanism being capable of being actuated to cause the carrier strip to move in order to convey the artificial eyelashes towards the dispensing opening and to allow the artificial eyelashes to exit through the dispensing opening.

10. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the mechanism for moving the carrier strip comprises:
a spool that is rotatably mounted relative to the housing,
an actuating means for rotating the spool, allowing the carrier strip to be wound around the spool, winding the carrier strip around the spool causing the carrier strip to move in order to dispense the eyelashes.

11. A refill for a device for dispensing artificial eyelashes, said device comprising a housing, said refill designed to be joined to the housing in a detachable manner,
said refill comprising a plate, a carrier strip to which a plurality of artificial eyelashes are fixed, and a movement mechanism configured to cause the carrier strip to move in order to convey the artificial eyelashes towards an outside space when the refill is joined to the housing, said carrier strip and movement mechanism being mounted on said plate,
wherein the movement mechanism comprises a reel and a spool which are rotatably mounted relative to the plate, a first longitudinal end of the carrier strip being fixed to the reel and a part of the carrier strip to which the artificial eyelashes to be dispensed are fixed being wound around the reel, a second longitudinal end of the carrier strip being fixed to the spool and a part of the carrier strip from which the artificial eyelashes have been removed being wound around the spool.

Assignees

• Albea Services

Inventors

• Crapet Yann
• Uresti Osvaldo

Classifications

• B65D83/00

  Containers or packages with special means for dispensing contents (dispensing means incorporated in closures B65D47/00) · CPC title

• A45D44/00 Primary

  Other cosmetic or toiletry articles, e.g. for hairdressers' rooms · CPC title

• B65D83/087

  by means of an actuator · CPC title

• A41G5/02 Primary

  Artificial eyelashes; Artificial eyebrows · CPC title

• B65H2701/1942

  Web supporting regularly spaced non-adhesive articles · CPC title