Memory Foam Cosmetic Blender With Impermeable Core Hygiene
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current cosmetic blenders face issues with rapid cleaning and drying, excessive material impregnation, hygiene concerns, uniformity, and compatibility with microbiome cosmetics, leading to waste, bacterial growth, and inefficient blending processes.
Innovation Solution
A cosmetic applicator with a resilient body featuring a patterned surface comprising distinct porous and non-porous regions, a removable foam layer, fluid impermeable core, and actuators for controlled tamping and moisture management, along with wireless communication and sensors for optimized use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If open cell foam blenders with very small pores are used to hold water for moisturizing, then moisture retention is improved, but cleaning becomes problematic and drying time increases to hours
Solution Approach 1:
The blender is divided into two distinct layers: a top layer with very small pores for moisture retention and makeup pickup, and a bottom layer with larger pores for rapid drainage and drying. This segmentation allows each layer to specialize in its function without compromising the other.
Solution Approach 2:
Different regions of the blender have different pore sizes optimized for different functions. The top layer has uniform very small pores (10-50 microns) for moisture holding, while the bottom layer has larger pores (50-200 microns) for drainage, creating local quality variations that solve the contradiction.
2Quantity of substance
If open cell foam blenders with very small pores are used for makeup pickup, then cosmetic material retention is improved, but cosmetic material migrates throughout the sponge making cleaning difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The blender structure segments the cosmetic material retention function (top layer with small pores) from the cleaning function (bottom layer with large pores that allow easy rinsing). Makeup stays in the top layer while the bottom layer drains quickly for easy cleaning.
Solution Approach 2:
The top layer has small pores (10-50 microns) that retain cosmetic material through capillary action, while the bottom layer has larger pores (50-200 microns) that allow cosmetic material to be easily rinsed out, creating local quality differences that resolve the cleaning difficulty.
3Device complexity
If uniform density open cell foam is used for blending, then simplicity of structure is maintained, but different areas of face require different force/compression characteristics
Solution Approach 1:
The blender incorporates regions of different foam densities within the same structure. Softer foam regions (lower density) are positioned for delicate areas like around the eyes, while firmer foam regions (higher density) are positioned for areas requiring more compression, providing adaptability without complex mechanisms.
4Adaptability or versatility
If open cell foam is used to apply microbiome cosmetics, then living microorganisms can be delivered, but they migrate throughout the sponge requiring sterilization clearance
Solution Approach 1:
The top layer containing the microbiome cosmetics and living microorganisms is designed to be removable and disposable. After use, this layer can be discarded without sterilization, while the bottom layer (core component) that contacts the skin can be easily rinsed and reused, eliminating the need for sterilization clearance.
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
Enables rapid and hygienic makeup application, reduces waste, ensures consistent moisture, and enhances blending efficiency with differential force characteristics and actuated tamping, while maintaining hygiene and compatibility with microbiome cosmetics.
Implementation Method 1
cosmetic materials, such as contour makeup 60 (FIG. 3), are picked up by open cells of the blender surface and then released back onto the skin surface
Implementation Method 2
patterned surface structures for makeup pickup and release together tamping features
Implementation Method 3
a core component that is fluid impermeable
Implementation Method 4
Enables rapid and hygienic makeup application, reduces waste, ensures consistent moisture
Data Source
AI summary
Cosmetic blenders and applicators, and more particularly to a soft, resilient blender system that includes an open-cell memory foam surface component that is easily cleanable or optionally disposable in combination with a core component that is fluid impermeable. Further, variations of the blender provide (i) patterned surface structures for makeup pickup and release together tamping features, (ii) user-controlled variable stiffness surface tamping features, (iii) actuated surface tamping features, (iv) accelerometer controlled surface tamping actuators, (v) wireless communication with smart phones and the like for controlling actuators, recording use and providing users with indications of optimal methods of use, (vi) sensors for sensing skin contacting parameters, and (vii) light and/or thermal emitters for enhancing blending and setting of cosmetic materials.