Applicator for applying a cosmetic, makeup or care, product to the eyelashes and/or eyebrows

Abstract

The present invention relates to an applicator for applying a cosmetic, makeup or care, product to the eyelashes and/or eyebrows, having a moulded applicator member ( 8 ) having: —a core ( 10 ) that extends along a longitudinal axis (X), —spikes ( 18, 15, 16 ) that are carried by the core ( 10 ) and are disposed in a plurality of longitudinal rows ( 17, 19, 20 ), wherein, within one longitudinal row ( 17 ) out of at least two about the longitudinal axis (X) of the core ( 10 ), at least one spike ( 16 ) is reinforced at its base and extends between spikes ( 15 ) that do not have a reinforcement.

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         19 . Applicator for applying a cosmetic, makeup or care, product to the eyelashes and/or eyebrows, having a moulded applicator member having:
 a core that extends along a longitudinal axis,   spikes that are carried by the core and are disposed in a plurality of longitudinal rows,   wherein, within one longitudinal row out of at least two about the longitudinal axis of the core, at least one spike is reinforced at its base and extends between spikes that do not have a reinforcement.   
     
     
         20 . Applicator according to  claim 19 , wherein one spike out of two is reinforced at its base along more than half the length of said longitudinal row. 
     
     
         21 . Applicator according to  claim 19 , wherein the spikes adjacent to a reinforced spike do not have a reinforcement, in particular the two adjacent spikes within the crown of spikes to which the reinforced spike belongs, and the two closest spikes within the two adjacent longitudinal rows. 
     
     
         22 . Applicator according to  claim 19 , wherein the reinforcements of the reinforced spikes have a cross section with an elongate shape, in particular elongate in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the core. 
     
     
         23 . Applicator according to  claim 19 , wherein the reinforcements of the reinforced spikes have a cross section which increases in size towards the core. 
     
     
         24 . Applicator according to  claim 19 , wherein the reinforcements of the reinforced spikes extend over only a part of the height of the reinforced spike. 
     
     
         25 . Applicator according to  claim 19 , wherein the reinforced spikes have a semi-conical body above the corresponding reinforcements. 
     
     
         26 . Applicator according to  claim 19 , wherein the reinforced spikes have a shoulder that delimits the reinforcement from the rest of the reinforced spike. 
     
     
         27 . Applicator according to  claim 19 , wherein the height of the reinforcements is less than half the total height of the reinforced spikes. 
     
     
         28 . Applicator according to  claim 19 , wherein the ratio between the height of each reinforcement and the total height of the spike it reinforces is between 0.1 and 1.7, better still between 0.3 and 1.4. 
     
     
         29 . Applicator according to  claim 19 , wherein the height of the reinforcements is constant along the longitudinal axis of the core, and is in particular between 0.1 mm and 2.5 mm, better still between 0.17 mm and 1.55 mm. 
     
     
         30 . Applicator according to  claim 19 , wherein the reinforced spikes are the same height as the spikes that do not have a reinforcement. 
     
     
         31 . Applicator according to  claim 19 , wherein the spikes in the longitudinal rows that do not have reinforcements have a conical shape. 
     
     
         32 . Applicator according to  claim 19 , wherein, within one longitudinal row, the height of the spikes decreases in the direction of the distal end of the core, in particular along at least half the length of the applicator member. 
     
     
         33 . Applicator according to  claim 19 , wherein the spikes extend from the core along an elongation axis perpendicular to the surface of the core at the point at which the spikes are attached to the core. 
     
     
         34 . Applicator according to  claim 19 , wherein the reinforcements of the reinforced spikes are moulded together with and from the same material as the core. 
     
     
         35 . Applicator according to  claim 19 , wherein the spikes are disposed around the longitudinal axis of the core along crowns of spikes, two consecutive crowns along the longitudinal axis of the core being offset angularly by a non-zero angle, in particular equal to half the angular pitch between the spikes of a crown. 
     
     
         36 . Device for packaging and applying a product to the eyelashes and/or eyebrows, having an applicator according to  claim 19  and a container containing the product.