Patents Assigned to Geka Brush GmbH
  • Patent number: 6652176
    Abstract: In a reservoir and applicator unit, in particular for small quantities or testing purposes in the cosmetic or medicinal field, comprising a reservoir for the compound that is to be applied and an applicator to be united with the reservoir, it is provided that the reservoir, at a first end, has a recess, which is closed towards the interior of the reservoir, for accommodation of the applicator; that the reservoir, at a second opposite end, is provided with a feed inlet and outlet; it being possible to place the applicator, prior to use, from the first end of the reservoir onto the second end such that the applicator stands out freely from the reservoir and any compound in the reservoir can flow from the reservoir onto the applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Geka Brush GmbH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Publication number: 20030185617
    Abstract: In a hair dyeing or cosmetic unit, in particular a mascara unit, comprising a reservoir for holding the liquid cosmetic and a cap as well as an applicator that is mounted on a handle, it is provided, with a view to facilitation of purchase, that the cosmetic unit is designed such that, when presented for purchase, the applicator does not dip into the liquid cosmetic and is visible through a transparent section of a member of the cosmetic unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: GEKA BRUSH GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Dumler, Werner Fischer
  • Publication number: 20030185616
    Abstract: The invention relates to a cosmetic unit comprising two different applicators each with a stem, each of the applicators dipping into a respective reservoir; each reservoir having an externally threaded neck on which to screw a coupling member; and the two reservoirs being releasably attachable to each other via a coupling sleeve by means of the coupling members which are screwed on and which simultaneously serve as a closure cap. The coupling members in the form of screw caps are non-rotarily attachable to the coupling sleeve by an axial serration and axially tightly attachable thereto by a beaded section engaging with a locking groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2003
    Publication date: October 2, 2003
    Applicant: GEKA BRUSH GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Dumler, Werner Fischer
  • Publication number: 20030172485
    Abstract: In a mascara brush comprising a plurality of bristles held between two twisted wire segments, wherein the bristles have varying lengths created by trimming, provision is made for the brush to incorporate a first outer face of a predefined geometry created in a first trimming process after twisting, wherein this outer face is formed by the tips of a first number of longer bristles, wherein a portion of the bristles is trimmed by a second trimming process, so that a plurality of bristles of a shorter length is created, the tips of which form a second envelope of a predefined geometry, wherein the tips of the shorter bristles each lie on an orthogonal line relative to these twisted wire segments extending at a distance to the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2002
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: GEKA BRUSH GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Dumler, Helmut Stredak
  • Patent number: 6612764
    Abstract: In a cosmetic applicator unit that comprises two different applicators, each having a stem, the applicators being interconnected in the vicinity of the free ends of the stems, it is provided that each applicator is lodged in a reservoir; that each reservoir has a neck with an external thread; and that the necks are screwed into coupling members for interconnection of the two reservoirs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Geka Brush GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Dumler, Dieter Wolfsgruber, Werner Fischer
  • Publication number: 20030081982
    Abstract: In a reservoir and applicator unit, in particular for small quantities or testing purposes in the cosmetic or medicinal field, comprising a reservoir for the compound that is to be applied and an applicator to be united with the reservoir, it is provided
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2002
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Applicant: GEKA BRUSH GMBH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Patent number: 6532967
    Abstract: In a mascara brush comprising a core of intertwisted wire sections, between which a plurality of bristles is fixed in place, standing out from the core, a free end of the core, which is not trimmed with bristles, being joined to a stem, it is provided, with a view to obtaining optimal application properties, that the core has a wavy configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: georg karl geka-brush GmbH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Patent number: 6505631
    Abstract: An applicator assembly for cosmetic liquids, in particular a mascara tester, is provided with a container for holding the cosmetic liquid, a closure cap for the container and a wiper for the cosmetic liquid, which lodges in the neck of the container. In an intermediate stage of manufacture of the applicator assembly, the wiper is detachably mounted on the closure cap. In a subsequent stage of manufacture, upon insertion of the closure cap into the container neck, the wiper is durably fixed there.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Geka Brush GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Fischer, Norbert Dumler
  • Patent number: 6443162
    Abstract: In a mascara brush with a plurality of bristles being fixed between two intertwisted wire sections, standing out therefrom on both sides, and with the bristles having a noncircular cross section, it is provided, with a view to improving the mascara transfer properties, that, proceeding from conventionally extruded fibers, at least two of these fibers are connected to each other lengthwise in the form of lines or points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: Georg Karl geka-brush GmbH
    Inventor: Holger H. Fitjer
  • Patent number: 6397855
    Abstract: In a mascara brush comprising a plurality of bristles which are held between two intertwisted wire sections, it is provided, with a view to obtaining an optimal transfer effect, that at least part of the bristles form loops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Assignee: Geroge Karl Geka-Brush GmbH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Patent number: 6394679
    Abstract: In a cosmetic unit, in particular a mascara unit, having a reservoir for a cosmetic and a cap to be screwed on this reservoir. The package is made attractive from an esthetic point of view by making the color of the product contained in the reservoir easily visible to the consumer. The cap has a hollow interior which is open upwards. The end face which defines the opening of the cap is diagonal to the lower end face of the cap and the opening interior of the cap has a color coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Georg Karl Geka-Brush GmbH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Publication number: 20020018688
    Abstract: In a cosmetic applicator unit that comprises two different applicators, each having a stem, the applicators being interconnected in the vicinity of the free ends of the stems, it is provided that each applicator is lodged in a reservoir; that each reservoir has a neck with an external thread; and that the necks are screwed into coupling members for interconnection of the two reservoirs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2001
    Publication date: February 14, 2002
    Applicant: Geka Brush GMBH
    Inventors: Norbert Dumler, Dieter Wolfsgruber, Werner Fischer
  • Patent number: 6343887
    Abstract: In a hair coloring or cosmetic unit, in particular mascara unit, comprising a receptacle for liquid take-up, which has a basic body and a neck of tapered diameter as compared to the basic body, and a closing cap to be placed on the neck, a rod with an applicator being fixable on the inside of the closing cap, and a stripper being provided in the vicinity of the neck for the applicator to be stripped upon withdrawal from the receptacle, it is provided that the applicator is connectable to the rod or the rod to the closing cap by the user, after the user has selected a preferred applicator or rod from a plurality of available samples thereof, and that the filled receptacle comprises a special closing and sealing device without a rod or an applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2002
    Assignee: Georg Karl Geka-Brush GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Dumler, Werner Fischer
  • Publication number: 20020001500
    Abstract: In a cosmetic unit, in particular a mascara unit, having a reservoir for a cosmetic and a cap to be screwed on this reservoir. The package is made attractive from an esthetic point of view by making the color of the product contained in the reservoir easily visible to the consumer. The cap has a hollow interior which is open upwards. The end face which defines the opening of the cap is diagonal to the lower end face of the cap and the opening interior of the cap has a color coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2001
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Applicant: George Karl geka-brush GmbH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Patent number: 6312182
    Abstract: In a brush for the application of a cosmetic liquid, in particular a nail varnish brush, comprising a stem with a handle section on the side of an end thereof, at least one bunch of bristles, which stands out in the axial direction, being disposed on the opposite end of the stem, it is provided that at least two bunches of bristles are provided, which, while forming a recess, are spaced from each other in a proximal portion of the stem, and which at least partially overlap in a distal portion thereof
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2001
    Assignee: Georg Karl Geka-Brush GmbH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Patent number: 6158913
    Abstract: In a mascara unit comprising an applicator fixed to a holder and a reservoir for mascara, the applicator dipping into the reservoir in the condition of non-use and transport and being movable out of the reservoir for the application of mascara, it is provided that the applicator and the reservoir are designed as a unit so that the applicator can be moved out of and into the reservoir through actuation by one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2000
    Assignee: georg karl geka-brush GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Dumler, Werner Fischer, Dieter Wolfsgruber
  • Patent number: 6029675
    Abstract: In a brush, in particular for coloring eyelashes or hair, comprising a stem and a number of bristles standing out essentially radially therefrom, the stem being formed by a first leg of a tweezers- or scissors-like arrangement, and a second leg of this arrangement having, at its free end, an abutment for the bristles of the first leg such that in operation, the free outer ends of the two legs enclose between them the eyelashes or hair to be treated. At least one of the two legs (4, 5) being designed as a hollow tube connected with a supply container and having outlets leading to the outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: georg karl geka-brush gmbh
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Patent number: 6029676
    Abstract: In a coloring cosmetic unit, in particular a mascara unit, comprising a receptacle for the coloring cosmetic and a screw cap which can be screwed on an external thread of the receptacle neck and on which a handle with an applicator is mounted, it is provided, with a view to improving the properties of handling and use of such a coloring cosmetic unit, in particular to attaining optimal opening and closing properties, produceability by injection or blow molding at a low cost being nevertheless ensured, that the thread on the receptacle neck has a pitch greater than 2 mm, in particular approximately 3 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 29, 2000
    Assignee: Georg Karl geka-brush GmbH
    Inventor: Norbert Dumler
  • Patent number: D447602
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Assignee: Georg Karl Geka-Brush GmbH
    Inventors: Norbert Dumler, Werner Fischer
  • Patent number: D464773
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2002
    Assignee: Geka Brush GmbH
    Inventors: Werner Fischer, Norbert Dumler