Spiral Bead Applicator Tip for Precise Cosmetic Dosing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing cosmetic product applicators fail to provide a precise, regular, and continuous application of cosmetic products, often resulting in irregular product distribution and potential skin irritation due to aggressive friction.
Innovation Solution
A cosmetic product applicator tip featuring a main body with a form of revolution and spiral beads that protrude from its surface, allowing for precise product retention and a natural guiding motion during application, which promotes a regular and continuous application while allowing for a gentle massage effect.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a smooth surface applicator is used, then the applicator is easy to manufacture, but it does not allow for precise dosing of the quantity of product applied
Solution Approach 1:
The applicator surface is segmented into multiple discrete beads arranged in a spiral pattern. Each bead acts as an independent product retention element, allowing precise control over the quantity of product applied. This segmentation transforms the continuous smooth surface into discrete dosing units, enabling accurate product distribution while maintaining a relatively simple overall applicator structure.
2Quantity of substance
If a squeeze tube applicator is used, then the applicator can deliver product, but the quantity of product delivered is imprecise because it depends on the force applied to the tube
Solution Approach 1:
The beads on the applicator surface pre-load with a specific quantity of product before application. This preliminary action of product loading on the beads ensures that the exact amount of product needed is already positioned on the applicator, eliminating the need for force-dependent delivery during application. The beads act as pre-measured product reservoirs that transfer a precise dosage to the skin.
3Ease of operation
If rubbing or rolling motion is used with smooth applicators, then the product can be applied to the skin, but the friction can be aggressive or even irritating to the skin
Solution Approach 1:
The applicator features spherical or rounded beads on its surface instead of a smooth continuous surface. These curved bead surfaces naturally roll across the skin during application, distributing product through a gentler mechanism that reduces friction and irritation. The spherical geometry of the beads allows for smooth gliding motion that is less aggressive than traditional rubbing or rolling with flat surfaces.
4Quantity of substance
If longitudinal ridges are used on the applicator, then the applicator can retain product, but the ridges are incompatible with passage through a wringer device
Solution Approach 1:
The applicator uses asymmetric spiral arrangement of beads rather than symmetric longitudinal ridges. This asymmetric spiral configuration allows product retention in the spaces between beads while maintaining a profile that can pass through wringer devices. The spiral pattern creates natural product retention zones without the geometric constraints of parallel ridges, enabling compatibility with wringer mechanisms for product removal or redistribution.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a cosmetic product applicator tip (1) comprising a main body (3) having a general shape of revolution about a principal axis (A) defining a longitudinal direction. In this applicator tip, ridges (4) are formed on the surface of said main body, from which each of said ridges protrudes, extending spirally around the principal axis (A). The invention also relates to an applicator comprising such a tip and to an assembly comprising such an applicator and a bottle.