False Eyelash Mold Layer for Shape Retention During Cleaning

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Solution Overview

Problem

False eyelashes are often ruined due to delicate handling during cleaning, lose shape, and are expensive due to improper care, as existing methods are tedious, time-consuming, and ineffective in maintaining their usability.

Innovation Solution

A compact eyelash cleansing device with a tub, false eyelash mold layer, and UV light for efficient washing, disinfecting, and reshaping, featuring a pivotally engaged top, drainage holes, and a false eyelash clamp to secure and dry the lashes in their original form.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If false eyelashes are manually cleaned by users, then debris and makeup can be removed, but the delicate false eyelashes are easily ruined or damaged during the cleaning process

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefalse eyelash usabilityVSAvoidcleaning process difficulty

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

A silicone mold is introduced as an intermediary tool between the user and the false eyelashes. The mold holds the eyelashes in place during cleaning, allowing users to clean them without directly handling the delicate lashes. This mediator prevents damage while enabling effective cleaning.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The device enables false eyelashes to clean themselves through the silicone mold's structure. The mold's indentation holds the lashes securely, and when the container is shaken or rinsed, the water flows through the lashes automatically, allowing them to be cleaned without manual manipulation that could cause damage.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Reliability

If false eyelashes are washed with water and soap, then they can be cleaned, but they lose their shape and become unwearable

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvefalse eyelash cleanlinessVSAvoidfalse eyelash form

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSShape

Solution Approach 1:

The silicone mold is prepared in advance with the correct shape and structure before cleaning. The false eyelashes are placed into the pre-formed indentation of the mold, which is designed to maintain the proper lash shape. During and after cleaning, the mold continuously supports the lashes, preventing shape loss.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The silicone mold acts as a flexible form that conforms to and supports the false eyelash shape. The flexible nature of silicone allows it to gently cradle the delicate lashes without rigid pressure, maintaining their form while allowing water and soap to penetrate for thorough cleaning.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

3Ease of operation

If false eyelashes are held while washing, then they can be cleaned, but there is no convenient grip point and handling can ruin them

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehandling convenienceVSAvoidfalse eyelash integrity

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The silicone mold serves as a mediator that provides a convenient grip surface for users. Instead of holding the delicate false eyelashes directly, users grip the sturdy silicone mold, which in turn securely holds the lashes through its indentation. This eliminates the need to find a grip point on the fragile lashes themselves.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

4Productivity

If false eyelashes are not properly disinfected, then cleaning is faster, but bacteria build-up occurs and can cause eye infections

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvecleaning speedVSAvoidbacterial contamination

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The silicone mold acts as a disinfetible intermediary between the false eyelashes and the environment. The mold can be easily disinfected using UV lights or by soaking in disinfectant solutions, creating a sterile environment for storing and handling the eyelashes. This protects the lashes from bacterial contamination while allowing for quick cleaning cycles.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The device allows for efficient cleaning and disinfection of false eyelashes, preventing bacterial buildup, maintaining their shape, and extending their usability, thus reducing waste and cost by ensuring they remain functional and hygienic.

Implementation Method 1

a UV light being adapted to disinfect the false eyelash when the top covers the tub

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectUV disinfection: Photo-oxidation

Data Source

PatentUS11969073B2False eyelash cleansing device

Publication Date: 2024.04.30 CHICO SARAH

AI summary

A false eyelash cleansing device having a compact, a false eyelash mold layer, and a false eyelash clamp layer is provided. The compact has a top and a tub, the top has an exterior surface and an interior surface and is adapted to cover the tub. The top is pivotally engaged to the tub. The false eyelash mold layer has an indentation to hold the false eyelashes and has a plurality of drainage holes adapted to let a solution drain. Furthermore, the false eyelash mold layer is adapted to be inserted into the tub. Additionally, the false eyelash clamp layer has a false eyelash clamp bar adapted to secure the false eyelash to the false eyelash mold layer. The false eyelash clamp layer is adapted to be inserted into the tub and cover the false eyelash mold layer.