Abstract: A kit to include a container and a bubble distribution member is provided to include the dispenser having a lid, with the lid including a top wall, the top wall having a slot. The slot has cooperative resilient flaps engaging one another preventing spillage from within the container. The bubble distribution member includes a plurality of interchangeable loops arranged for reception through the slot and into a soap solution for subsequent waving of the distribution member for distribution of bubbles therefrom.

Abstract: A substance dispenser for dispensing substance onto an article is provided with a substance reservoir for storing substance and an openable closure element. The openable closure element forms one wall of the reservoir while closing the reservoir and permits passage of the article therethrough and into the reservoir. The article is also withdrawn from the reservoir after substance is dispensed to the inserted article by way of the openable closure element. The openable closure element opens when the article is urged against the closure element and sealingly closes around the article as the article is inserted into the reservoir and withdrawn from the substance reservoir. The sealing closure around the article as the article is withdrawn is effective to wipe excess substance from the article and to retain the excess substance within the reservoir. The openable closure element may be a resilient diaphragm having a slit.

Abstract: A dispenser for liquid material, such as shoe polish, comprising a container (1) and an applicator (2) by means of which a small quantity of the material (P) can be removed from the container (1) by dipping and then applied to a surface to be treated with the material (P). In this dispenser the applicator (2) has a length relative to the height of the container (1) such that in the inserted position of the applicator (2) the spongy applicator end (16) is at least partially compressed against the container bottom. A tube (5) is arranged in the container (1), which tube (5) extends from the mouth of the container (1) down into the vicinity of the bottom thereof. At least the lower end of the tube (5) forms a proper fit for an applicator (2) inserted therein and the space within the tube (5) communicates through at least one passage with the annular container space around the tube (5).

Abstract: A cosmetic container is provided with at least two ribs along its inner walls that extend inwardly so that an applicator such as a mascara brush contacts the ribs. This divides the container into at least two chambers defined by the rib and brush. Unscrewing the container cap causes agitation, mixing and stirring of the cosmetic product in the chambers by the flexing snapping action of the applicator brush against the ribs stirring up the product contained in the chambers. This provides an improved cosmetic product that has a consistent viscosity and color so that it can be applied more uniformly.

Abstract: A cosmetics container includes a bottle for holding liquid cosmetics and a cap having extending therefrom a rod and applicator brush for applying the cosmetics. The rod and applicator brush are inserted into the bottle through a resilient wiper comprising a tubular sleeve and an apertured wiper diaphragm. The wiper is mounted in the neck of the bottle by means of a wiper mounting ring, which receives and holds the wiper and snap-fits into the bottle neck. The size of the wiper mounting ring may be varied to fit into various size bottle necks without altering the wiper/applicator/cosmetics combination. The wiper and wiper mounting ring are assembled together prior to insertion into the bottle, so that they can be inspected prior to final assembly.

Abstract: A container for a thixotropic product includes a cap and a rod connected to the cap at one end thereof and having a brush at the opposite end which when the cap is attached to the container extends into the container through an orifice, the edge of which forms a wiping zone; an insertion channel is disposed at the entrance to the container and a helical spring is fixed on the interior of the insertion channel with the axis of the spring to substantially coinciding with the axis of the wiping zone with the spring being situated at least in the vicinity of a wiper with the inner diameter of the wiper being less than the largest diameter of the brush; when the brush passes into the interior of the spring while filled with the product, it is unloaded and reloaded as it passes over the turns of the spring which results in strirring of the product thereby breaking the thixotropy of the product.

Abstract: The invention relates to a reservoir for cosmetics, in particular a mascara unit, comprising a main body of a comparatively soft plastic material, with a threaded neck, on which a screw cap can be screwed, with at least one stop shoulder and at least one return stop in the form of a locking arrangement being provided at the foot of the threaded neck at the shoulder of the reservoir to achieve a defined end position of the screw cap. In order to overcome the wear problems with such soft plastic material which are encountered by known devices, it is provided that an attachment of a comparatively hard material is arranged on the reservoir at the foot of the threaded neck, on which attachment the stop shoulder and the return stop are formed.

Abstract: An improved cosmetic package, particularly for eye make-up such as mascara, comprising a container, a cap having an applicator extendable into the container and a wiping body within the neck of the container. The package is particularly suited for applicators having an irregular cross-section and provides for threaded cooperation between the cap and container by a construction wherein the cap and applicator are relatively rotatable about their common longitudinal axis. An alternative construction provides for the applicator to be fixed within the cap and the wiping body to be relatively rotatable with the container about their common longitudinal axis. These constructions allow applicators with irregular cross-sections to be used in containers where the cap and container attach by means of cooperating threads.

Abstract: A cosmetic application device having a applicator and cover means adapted to selectively vary the length of the applicator. The application device may be used for various cosmetics, including mascara, lipstick, eye liner, eye shadow, foundation, and blusher.

Abstract: A mascara applicator is described comprising a container for the mascara containing a silicone elastomer wiper gland in the opening of the container which allows for ingress and egress of an applicator brush and its attached stem. The applicator also comprises a cap for the opening of the container to which is attached to the stem and brush for the applicator.

Abstract: The applicator device comprises an envelope with an opened base and a top formed with a neck and a squeezing member. The envelope is closed by a foot which is part of a container which is engaged and tightly fixed inside the envelope. The neck of the envelope receives a cap forming a stem prolongated by an applicator for a cosmetics product contained in the container.

Abstract: A makeup liquid container designed to enable scraping a makeup liquid off the inner surface of the container. The container has a container body with an opening, a cap fitted on the container body so as to close the opening, an applicator shaft fixed at its one end to the container body and adapted to be inserted into the container body when the cap is fitted on the container body, and an applicator such as a brush fixed to the other end of the applicator shaft. The container further has a slider capable of sliding along the inner surface of the container body so as to scrape makeup liquid off the inner surface of the container body. The sliding motion of the slider is caused by the applicator shaft which is moved into and out of the container body when the user pulls or presses the cap up and down or, alternatively, the slider is freed from the applicator shaft so as to move up and down in the container body as the container body is shaken.

Abstract: A manicuring device adapted for removing fingernail polish comprising a cylindrical receptacle defining an interior chamber with a plurality of integral bristle members spaced in rows and projecting inward to define a finger insertion area.

Abstract: Apparatus including elongate longitudinally aligned housing with an upper web defining a cavity within the housing wherein the web includes a threaded opening to threadedly receive a threaded portion of the elongate shank. The elongate shank includes a sponge member at a lower terminal end thereof wherein the sponge member receives moisture from fluid contained within the cavity. Modifications of the invention include an intermediate cap including spaced rods overlying the threaded opening to permit squeezing of excess moisture from the sponge. Further, the elongate shaft may include a plurality of spaced openings defining a lower opening and upper opening to permit the shaft to contain fluid and provide continuous remoistening of the sponge during use.

Abstract: An apparatus for dispensing liquids or viscous fluids, especially ABS and PVC type cement, includes an upwardly opening container having a large externally threaded mouth that communicates with an interior of the container. A downwardly converging well is positioned in the mouth and has a hole extending through a lower end thereof so that the well communicates with the interior of the container. The well acts as a funnel when the container is filled. An elongated brush or other applicator member is adapted to be inserted through the hole in the well and has an upper handle portion, a lower applicator and an intermediate enlarged intermediate portion that engages the portion of the well defining the hole to cover the same. An internally threaded cap screws over the mouth of the container and has a large central opening that communicates with the well.

Abstract: A brush (1) includes a multitude of bristles (8) wedged in the spirals of at least two branches (9, 10) of a helically twisted metal wire that form the core of the brush. The bristles (8) of the brush have a flat cross section, that is, a section the long dimension of which is equal to at least twice the short dimension and at most equal to five times this short dimension, and the bristles (8) are corkscrewed.

Abstract: A cosmetic container is provided with an annular lip within the container neck by a method which involves providing a closure for the container which has moulded integrally therewith a lip-forming member. When the closure is fitted to the container, the member forms an interference fit with the inner wall of the container and is retained when the closure is removed. An applicator wand on the closure extends through the annular member and the member acts as a wiper for the wand.

Abstract: The applicator set (101) includes a bottle (102), provided with a neck (103) and intended to contain a product (P), a cap (104) for closing the bottle, and an applicator (106) disposed at the end of a rod (107) attached to the cap (104). The bottle (102) includes means (C) for compacting the product around the applicator (106), upon which means the user can act, and elastic means (R) for returning the compacting means (C) to the position of repose. The applicator (106) is made of a porous material, and the air present in the bottle (102), which is compressed at the time of compacting, can escape via the cap (104), passing through the hollow rod of the applicator (107), after having passed through the porous material of the applicator (106).

Abstract: A container for a cosmetic preparation such as mascara, lip gloss, etc., including a tubular inner plastic container and an outer metal shell which substantially encloses, and is substantially immovably fixed to, the inner container. The metal shell can serve to inhibit escape of vapor from the cosmetic solvent through the container wall. For improved integrity of the container, the inner surface of the metal shell can be formed with a set of circumferentially spaced, axially extending ribs which bite into the plastic of the inner container, when the container is assembled by pushing the shell onto the inner container, to form grooves in which the ribs engage tightly. An aperture can be formed in the outer shell for displaying to the user the color of the contained cosmetic preparation.

Abstract: A makeup set (1) includes a package, formed of two sheets of plastic material (2a, 2b) partially welded together, in which package and applicator is disposed, comprising an element (8) for holding in the hand and a distributor device (9) in a chamber prefilled with the composition to be tested. The package has two separate portions (13, 14): a first portion (13) capable of being opened, the two sheets (2a, 2b) being joined by a perforated welded bead (6), and a second portion (14) in which the sheets (2a, 2b) are welded. A constriction zone (7) is formed in the plastic sheets (2a, 2b) at the level of the welded portion (14) in order to assure the wiping of the distributor device (9) when it is removed from the package. This makeup set may be presented in the form of small plates (15) on which a plurality of packages (1) disposed side by side are disposed together.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved cosmetic container and applicator comprising: (a) a container having an open and a closed end; (b) an applicator including a cap, an elongated rod, and a brush; (c) an upper wiper element located at or near the open end of the container; and (d) a lower wiper element located further from the open end of the container than the first wiper element, the lower wiper serving to divide the container into two chambers. The upper wiper removes excess makeup from the brush when it is removed from the container and, preferably, also wipes the surface of the rod clean when the rod is removed from the container. The lower wiper cleans the brush after every use, thereby virtually eliminating the building up and drying of makeup that would otherwise occur on the brush.

Abstract: A make-up applicator unit comprises a reservoir for liquid make-up product and an applicator carried by the cap of the reservoir. The seal between the applicator and the reservoir, when the cap is screwed home, is formed by a sealing member which is separate from the applicator and is free to rotate so that when the applicator rotates in contact with the sealing element during the final stages of screwing the cap onto the reservoir the applicator is not subjected to excessive torsional strain.

Abstract: A cosmetic container and applicator assembly is provided wherein the applicator head and a wiper within the container both have non-circular configurations such that the wiping effect achieved by the wiper can be varied by altering the rotational position of the applicator relative to the wiper.

Abstract: A material applicator for use with cosmetic materials is constructed of an elongated applicator, a container for the material to be applied by the applicator and a wiper unit. The wiper unit includes a wiping orifice for wiping a material-retaining portion of the applicator as it is withdrawn from the container so as to limit the amount of material retained thereon. A cleaning member is provided which projects inwardly relative to the orifice and penetrates an inner part of the material-retaining portion to aid the removal of material from the inner part.

Abstract: The applicator unit for a liquid, pasty or pulverulent product, such as a cosmetic product comprises a bottle provided with a threaded neck and intended to contain the product, a cap closing the bottle by being screwed onto the neck, an applicator disposed at the end of a stem carried by the cap and a wiper device intended to be traversed by the applicator. This wiper device is formed as a first element disposed within the bottle and at the base of the neck, and a second element with a smaller diameter than the first element and extending the lower end of the first element, a first bore within the first element having a wall formed as a spiral with a thread in the opposite direction to the direction of rotation required for unscrewing the cap, a second bore coaxially extending the first bore passing through the end of the second element, the internal wall of the second bore and the external wall of the second element being at least partly covered with a fibrous coating.

Abstract: A dispenser adapted to apply a liquid to an object includes a container and a closure for the same. An applicator connected to the closure is normally disposed in the container, and includes a rod which has a predetermined maximum outside diameter along a bottom portion, and a predetermined diameter smaller than the maximum diameter along an upper portion; it is normally positioned upright in the container. An end portion for receiving and dispensing the liquid is connected to the bottom portion of the rod. A stripper is disposed in the container, and has a central opening of a prearranged internal diameter and internal contour, for removing any liquids from the bottom portion of the rod; the rod passes through the opening in a first position of the applicator, where its end portion is adapted to dip into the liquid.

Abstract: A closure for a bottle for correcting fluid consists of an insert (2) of yieldable plastics material fitted in the bottle neck (1a) and of a brush part (7) with a brush rod (8), fitted into a closure cap (14). The insert (2) is provided with a flange (3) lying on the upper edge of the bottle neck (1a) and with a tubular piece (4) connected thereto, which comprises an upper, also inwardly cylindrical section (4a) adjoining the flange (3) and a lower cylindrical section (4b) projecting freely into the interior of the bottle.

Abstract: A vertical hollow container has a hollow interior chamber adopted to store fluid. The lower end of the container is sealed. A bowl shaped member with an opening in the bottom thereof is disposed in the upper and of the container. The member has an exposed upper surface. The opening flares outwardly as it extends downwardly through the member into the chamber. A vertical prong shaped plastic element extends downwardly into the member and is secured at its lower end to the upper surface of the member in the region of the opening to seal the opening in a leak proof manner. The element has a vertical bore extending upwardly from the lower end to a point intermediate the ends. The element, when manually pivoted about the opening, breaks away from the container and breaks the seal to expose the opening whereby the element can be removed from the container. Vertical bristles are secured in the bore and extend downwardly out of the lower end of the element through the opening in the member and into the chamber.

Abstract: A make up unit comprises a container for mascara, a cap, and a stem carrying a brush which penetrates into the container via a passage axially traversing a wiper element. The wiper element has a wiping zone defining a passage whose cross section is smaller than that of the brush in its state of rest. The wiper element is formed by a lip whose internal edge defines the brush-receiving passage and is joined at its periphery to a ring of a greater thickness, which can sustain, by an axial compression exerted on it, an elastic deformation leading to a variation of the cross-section of the passage. An adjuster ring controls the compression and a reservoir of mascara is accommodated in a barrel. Thus the degree of compression of the wiper element can be adjusted and, as a result, the force of the wiping action will be adjusted.

Abstract: A mascara device comprising a container with a mascara reservoir, a retractable mascara brush on a shaft therein and a spring to move the brush longitudinally (axially) between a position inside the reservoir and a position outside the reservoir.

Abstract: This make-up unit comprises a reservoir for a make-up product e.g. mascara, a cap, and a stem terminated by a brush which penetrates into the reservoir by an opening bounded by a lip of a wiper element, an inlet duct being formed in a stopper. The internal and external openings of the duct have cross-sections which are respectively smaller than and larger than that of the brush in its state of rest. A stopper and the wiper element have a relative position which is variable between one configuration wherein the lip is spaced from the adjacent edge of the stopper to create an expansion chamber between them (for two successive wiping actions) and a second configuration wherein the said chamber is dispensed with and wherein, in one particular embodiment, the edge has penetrated into the opening edged by the lip and has moved the lip aside.

Abstract: The invention relates to a container for an applicator mass, particularly for a toilet product or a cosmetic product, the container including a reservoir vessel 12, a closure 14, an applicator 30 which is immersible into the reservoir vessel, and an applicator mass stripper 80 which can be brought into engagement with the applicator. Applicator 30 and stripper 80 are designed and arranged relative to one another in such a manner that if the rotation angle orientation of applicator 30 relative to stripper 80 is different, the length of the circumference of the applicator which is in stripping engagement with the stripper is different. An additional apportioning stripper 60 may be provided to keep clean shaft 32 of applicator 30.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjustable applicator for fluid product comprising a reservoir for the fluid product to be applied, a stopper carrying application means which are immersed in the fluid product in the reservoir (when the stopper is in place) and a wiping arrangement placed next to the opening of the reservoir, comprising a conduit having a variable transverse section for regulating the amount of product remaining on the applications means when it is withdrawn through the conduit.According to the invention, in order to vary the section of the conduit, there is provided a wiper of resilient material, means for lateral adjustment of the wiper, which are movable about a fixed articulation point in order rigidly to restrict the wiper in a plane perpendicular to its longitudinal axis as well as means to activate the said means for lateral adjustment.Use is particularly to the manufacture of make-up articles, and more particularly to mascara applicators.

Abstract: A make-up application unit includes a make-up product container 2 and a cap 3 which incorporates an applicator brush on one end of a carrier 6,7. Surplus make-up product is wiped from the brush bristles 9 by a serrated wiper lip of a flexible wiper sleeve 10. There may additionally be a non-serrated carrier wiper lip just above the flexible serrated brush wiper lip.

Abstract: The invention is a nail polish remover kit for removing nail polish from fingers and toenails. The kit has a pear-shaped jar containing a nail polish remover saturated filler. The filler is constricted at the top by the constricted upper portion of the jar to prevent both rotation of the filler and visual sighting of the sludge at the bottom of the jar, produced by nail polish removal process. The filler possesses an opening for inserting a finger having a nail from which polish is to be removed. The opening may be formed from filler surfaces which are smooth or uneven, and, if uneven, preferably corrugated. The opening is dimensioned so that excess nail polish remover is wiped from the finger as it is removed from the filler. The kit also contains a dauber with an absorbent end that the filler opening is designed to receive. This dauber may be removed from the filler to remove polish from toenails, fingernails, and the like.

Abstract: A wiper for a cosmetic applicator in which the size of the wiper orifice is adjustable.

Abstract: An adjustable cosmetic wand for use with a cosmetic container comprises a container top having a hollow shaft attached therein and centrally thereof. A rod is positioned for reciprocation within the hollow shaft and has a flexible spring filament attached thereto. The opposite end of the flexible filament has means for permitting attachment of various cosmetic applicators. The flexible filament is extendable out of and retractable into the hollow shaft and container top by means of a push button which is attached to the reciprocable rod. The flexible filament is a pre-bent device which will assume various angles with respect to the perpendicular as the device emerges from the shaft and container top. An extension shaft may be attached to the outer end of the hollow shaft by a pivot and the reciprocable rod may be toothed or geared on one end and adapted to mesh with a toothed element or a gear on the extension shaft.

Abstract: An applicator system for the application of cosmetics wherein there is a container including a dual wiper mechanism mounted therein, and an applicator and handle. The applicator includes a plurality of flexible spines which contain the cosmetic and upon removal from the container will engage the dual wipers successively and remove the excess cosmetic. The spines may be arranged in various patterns to achieve a single instrument application of the cosmetic.

Abstract: A wiper plug for use in a dispenser for liquid cosmetic products removes excess liquid on the rod and head of a cosmetic applicator when the applicator is withdrawn from the bottle. The wiper plug has a body with an axial opening, and a resilient wiper section that defines an extension of the axial opening, preferably of decreasing diameter, and terminates in a lower wiper edge. The wiper section has one or more cuts or slots therein extending axially from the wiper edge, such that the wiper edge defines a radially enlargeable wiper opening that is resiliently held against the rod and head of the applicator to remove excess liquid on the rod and head when the applicator is withdrawn axially through the opening. In one form, the cut or slot is helical, such that the action of withdrawing the applicator causes the wiper edge to be drawn in and around the rod and head.

Abstract: A wiper for a cosmetic applicator in which the size of the wiper orifice is adjustable.

Abstract: A device for use in treating fingernails with a liquid, such as a nail polish remover. The device comprises a flat-bottomed, cylindrical container having an open top normally closed by a cover. A cylindrical sponge is press-fitted into the container to be frictionally held in place. A finger hole is provided in the sponge. Treatment liquid is poured into the container to be absorbed by the sponge to a level where it can act on the end of a finger inserted into the hole. The finger fits snugly in the hole and is rotated or oscillated therein to assist the treatment.

Abstract: A wiper for a cosmetic applicator in which the size of the wiper orifice is adjustable.

Abstract: An adjustable wiper container and applicator assembly for applying cosmetics such as mascara and the like to eyelashes including an applicator having an elongated stem terminating in an elongated brush-like applicator head formation and a container for the cosmetic material in which the brush-like applicator head formation and adjacent stem portion is to be stored. The container has an opening through which the stem of the applicator is to extend, and an elastic deformable wiper mounted on the container at the opening having movable wiper edge portions providing a variable size wiper orifice through which the applicator head formation is withdrawn for use in applying cosmetic material to the eyelashes or the like.

Abstract: A wiper for a cosmetic applicator in which the size of the wiper orifice is adjustable.

Abstract: This invention relates to retractable brushes, of the general type having bristles which can be retracted into the casing of the brush, or moved outwardly from the casing into the position at which the bristles are used. Wiping flaps are provided on a retractable brush to engage and wipe the bristles as they are extended and retracted through the openings in the front wall of the brush. The wiping flaps may take the form of a thin membrane extending across each of the openings and formed with slits. The brush may be arranged to be extended and retracted by producing relative rotation between the front and rear members of the brush. To assist in securing the front and rear members together, a detent connection may be provided between one of the members and an axial post connected to the other member. Detent elements may also be provided between the front member and cam members which are provided on the rear member.

Abstract: A cosmetic stick for applying colouring matter to the skin comprises a rigid pencil shaped carrier for a cylindrical applicator which consists of a piece of soft plastics foam with a storage capacity for one application of colourant.

Abstract: Leaks are precluded in product containers with the bottle insert by structuring a rim thereon for establishing an inclined sealing interface. A diaphragm is structured within the bottle insert to provide either a cylindrical or a noncylindrical wipe over the particular type of applicator tip selected for use in the product container. Furthermore, provisions are incorporated within the bottle insert to block passage through the wiping diaphragm of misaligned comb type applicator tips and these provisions are made self-aligning for such tips with minor structural modification.