Method and apparatus for moulding cosmetic products
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US · United States
- Current Assignee / Owner
- GAMMA CROMA
- Publication Date
- 2007-03-29
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention concerns a method and apparatus for moulding a cosmetic product on a housing, or upholding container, in order to give the cosmetic product a determined configuration inside the housing itself.
[0002] In particular, the invention concerns a method and apparatus for the moulding on a containing / upholding surface of a housing, usually in terracotta, of a cosmetic product in paste form, or at any rate not yet in the solid state, before its subsequent processing of drying. PRIOR ART
[0003] For the preparation of solid cosmetics on a terracotta housing, such as face powder and eye shadow, a known technique is to place a suitable quantity of a viscous cosmetic product, for example composed of powders and solvents and / or fats, on a housing which acts as the final container, and then compress the product, with a shaped punch, to give it the desired shape with relation to the housing.
[0004] In particular, the cosmetic product is dosed on a...