Eyelash Applicator With Dual Branches and Bridge-Free Opening
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing eyelash and eyebrow applicators have narrow combing zones and difficulty in accessing and loading products, limiting their effectiveness in applying makeup.
Innovation Solution
A new applicator design featuring two interconnected branches with application elements extending along most of their length, providing a larger combing and loading surface, and a tapered shape for easy insertion and removal from containers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of stationary object
If the applicator uses a support with two branches defining a greater width, then the combing zone area is increased, but the bridge between branches makes it difficult for eyelashes to access the opening
Solution Approach 1:
The bridge element is completely removed from the support structure. The opening between the two branches is made entirely free without any connecting bridge, allowing eyelashes to access the opening and product more easily while maintaining the wide combing zone area provided by the two branches
2Ease of operation
If application elements extend for at least half of their length elsewhere than above the opening, then access by eyelashes to the opening and product is facilitated, but the combing zone remains relatively narrow
Solution Approach 1:
The application elements are arranged to extend in multiple dimensions - both above and below the opening plane, and on both sides of the support. This multi-dimensional arrangement allows eyelashes to access the opening from various angles while the application elements maintain their positioning to facilitate product transfer, effectively increasing the functional combing zone area
3Adaptability or versatility
If the applicator uses a deformable applicator member with several deformable branches interconnected at their ends, then the applicator can be deformed for application, but only one branch contacts the eyelashes resulting in a relatively narrow combing zone
Solution Approach 1:
The support is divided into two separate branches that are interconnected at their ends, forming a structure where each branch can independently contact and comb eyelashes. This segmentation allows both branches to function simultaneously, doubling the effective combing zone area compared to a single branch design, while the interconnection maintains the necessary structural integrity for deformation during application
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AI summary
The present invention relates to an applicator (3) for applying a product to eyelashes and/or eyebrows, comprising: - a rod (8), - an application member (10) at one end of the rod, this application member comprising: - a plastic support, elongated along a longitudinal axis, this support being connected at a proximal end to the rod (8) and having a free distal end, this support having only two branches (12, 13) extending along the longitudinal axis of the support, these branches providing between them a single opening and together defining a greater width of the support, - at least one row of application elements (23) on one of the branches, this row comprising application elements extending for at least half of their length elsewhere than above the opening.