Vibrating Makeup Applicator for Eyelash Separation and Nail Coverage
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing makeup applicators often result in uneven, insufficient, or unattractive application of cosmetic compositions to eyelashes, nails, and skin due to issues with rheology, fiber orientation, and stripe formation, especially with viscous compositions.
Innovation Solution
The use of a vibrating applicator element that applies makeup, allowing for better separation and orientation of eyelashes, smoother deposition, and increased adherence, while reducing stripe formation on nails, by utilizing a vibration source such as a motor-driven flyweight or piezoelectric vibrator.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a brush is used to apply makeup to eyelashes, then the composition can be deposited, but the deposited layer is not smooth and eyelashes are insufficiently separated
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies mechanical vibration to the brush applicator to improve makeup application. The vibration mechanism causes the brush bristles to vibrate during application, which separates eyelashes more effectively and creates a smoother deposited layer by preventing clumping and improving composition distribution across the eyelash surface.
2Manufacturing precision
If a brush is used to apply makeup to nails, then composition can be deposited, but stripe formation occurs and even coverage is difficult to achieve
Solution Approach 1:
The vibration mechanism is applied to the nail brush applicator to eliminate stripe formation and achieve even coverage. The vibration causes the bristles to oscillate during application, preventing the brush from creating distinct strokes or stripes on the nail surface and ensuring uniform distribution of the composition.
3Quantity of substance
If a foam block applicator is used, then composition can be applied to skin, but the applicator removes already deposited composition
Solution Approach 1:
The vibration mechanism is applied to the foam block applicator to prevent removal of deposited composition. The vibration creates a gentle oscillating action that allows the foam to apply composition without pressing too hard or creating excessive friction that would remove already deposited layers, thereby maintaining composition retention while still achieving adequate deposition.
4Productivity
If spraying is used to apply makeup, then composition can be applied to body, but the composition is dispersed in air and difficult to control for small areas
Solution Approach 1:
The vibration mechanism is applied to the spray applicator to improve control for small areas. The vibration creates a controlled oscillating spray pattern that prevents excessive dispersion of composition into the air while maintaining the speed of application. The vibration helps the composition land more precisely on the target area rather than scattering widely.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The vibrating applicator improves the application process by ensuring better separation and orientation of eyelashes, achieving a smoother and glossier deposit, and enabling thicker, more uniform coverage on nails and skin with reduced stripe formation.
Implementation Method 1
a vibrating applicator element that applies makeup, allowing for better separation and orientation of eyelashes, smoother deposition, and increased adherence, while reducing stripe formation on nails, by utilizing a vibration source such as a motor-driven flyweight or piezoelectric vibrator
Implementation Method 2
utilizing a vibration source such as a motor-driven flyweight or piezoelectric vibrator
Data Source
AI summary
An applicator for applying a makeup composition includes an applicator element configured to apply the makeup composition to one of nails, eyelashes, eyebrows, skin and lips, and a vibration source causing the applicator element to vibrate. The applicator is configured to be fastened onto a receptacle containing the composition to be applied, and/or further comprises a reservoir containing the composition to be applied.