Magnetic Ball-retainer Patents (Class 401/211)
  • Patent number: 10206479
    Abstract: An application head for a product includes a body that is substantially of revolution and has at its front axial end a hollow spherical surface forming a housing that receives a magnetizable applicator ball with a tight fit, said applicator ball being held by a magnet, this body being intended to hold the product on its inside, wherein the body comprises a chamber located along the passage of the product coming from the inside of this body so as to lead into the housing, this chamber containing a magnetized or non-magnetized valve held on its inside, which can slide through a short axial travel while remaining stuck to the applicator ball, so as to close the passage in the rear position and to open this passage in the front position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: COSMOGEN SAS
    Inventors: GĂ©rard Gieux, Philippe Bonneyrat
  • Patent number: 7648298
    Abstract: A device for packaging and applying a product may include: a receptacle containing the product; a support that defines a housing configured to pass the product emanating from the receptacle and includes dispersed magnetic particles; and an applicator member retained in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2010
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventor: Jean-Louis Gueret
  • Patent number: 4940350
    Abstract: A fluid applicator includes a fluid container having a collar mounted at an open top end. A base is mounted in the collar and is shaped to conform to the shape of a porous, spherical applicator member rotatably mounted in the collar, with a portion of the applicator member extending outward from the collar. An air intake conduit is centrally mounted in the base and draws air from the pores in the applicator member into the interior of the container to control the rate of fluid dispersion through fluid outlets formed in the base to the applicator member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Inventor: Yong I. Kim