Swiveling brush for the application of fluid products, particularly for powdery, creamy, liquid or the like

Abstract

A swiveling brush for the application of fluid products, for example, a powdery product, a creamy product, a liquid product or the like. The swiveling brush comprising a gripping portion intended to be grasped by a hand of a user for the movement of the brush; and an housing seat formed on the gripping portion and intended to house an application body comprising, in turn, a plurality of spreading elements which are adapted to take and apply a fluid product on a work surface. The application body is associated with the housing seat by interposition of coupling structure/unit/component/device (or the like) configured to allow the rotation of the application body with respect to the gripping portion.

1 ) A swiveling brush for the application of fluid products the swiveling brush comprising:
 at least one gripping portion intended to be grasped by a hand of a user for the movement of the brush; and   at least one housing scat formed on said gripping portion and intended to house an application body comprising, in turn, a plurality of spreading elements which are adapted to take and apply a fluid product on a work surface, wherein   said application body is associated with said housing seat by interposition of coupling means configured to allow the rotation of said application body with respect to said gripping portion.   
     
     
         2 ) The swiveling brush according to  claim 1 , said coupling means comprise at least a first coupling element and at least a second coupling element, wherein said first coupling element is associated with said housing seat and intended to operate in conjunction with said second coupling element housing said application body. 
     
     
         3 ) The swiveling brush according to  claim 2 , wherein said coupling means are of the type of spherical coupling means which are adapted to allow the rotation of said application body with respect to said gripping portion around a center. 
     
     
         4 ) The swivel brush according to  claim 3 , wherein said first coupling element (has at least a first concave contact surface and said second coupling element has at least a second convex contact surface, said first contact surface and said second contact surface being mutually intended to operate in conjunction with each other by sliding contact. 
     
     
         5 ) The swiveling brush according to  claim 4 , wherein said first contact surface and said second contact surface are configured to slide one on top of the other generating a friction force which is lower than the force exerted by said work surface on said application body, said application body being freely movable due to the movement of said gripping portion by the hand the said user. 
     
     
         6 . The swiveling brush according to  claim 5 , wherein said first contact surface and said second contact surface are configured to slide one on top of the other generating a friction force which is greater than the force exerted by said work surface on said application body, said application body being intended to maintain a predefined position with respect to said gripping portion during the application of said fluid product on said work surface. 
     
     
         7 ) The swiveling brush according to  claim 6 , wherein said first coupling element and said second coupling element are associated with each other by interposition of connection means. 
     
     
         8 ). The swiveling brush according to  claim 7 , wherein said connection means comprise at least one joining element made at least partly of flexible and elastic polymeric material and interposed between said first coupling element and said second coupling element. 
     
     
         9 . The swiveling brush according to  claim 8 , wherein said joining element is associated with at least one of either said first contact surface or said second contact surface. 
     
     
         10 ) The swiveling brush according to  claim 9 , wherein said joining element is co-molded on at least one of either said first contact surface or said second contact surface. 
     
     
         11 ) The swiveling brush according to  claim 10 , wherein said joining element is made at least partly of either a flexible or elastic polymeric material. 
     
     
         12 ) The swiveling brush according to  claim 11 , wherein said joining element is made at least partly of one of a thermoplastic, thermosetting or elastomeric polymeric material. 
     
     
         13 . The swiveling brush according to  claim 12 , wherein said material is selected from the list comprising: vulcanised thermoplastic elastomer (TPV), thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), polyurethane (PU), styrene-ethylene-ethylene-styrene (SEBS), polyisobutylene (PIB), ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM), expanded polystyrene (EPS), acrylonitrile styrene acrylate (ASA), methyl methacrylate butadiene styrene (MBS), silicone (SI). 
     
     
         14 ) The swiveling brush according to  claim 13 , wherein said connection means comprise:
 at least one through hole formed on said first coupling element;   at least one pin element inserted with clearance in said through hole and associated with said second coupling element;   wherein said pin element, in use, is intended to move inside said through hole due to the movement of said gripping portion, the amplitude of the movement of said application body being defined by the clearance between said pin element and said through hole.   
     
     
         15 ) The swiveling brush according to  claim 14 , wherein said through hole is coaxial with said gripping portion. 
     
     
         16 . The swiveling brush according to  claim 15 , wherein said pin element comprises an abutment element intended to operate in conjunction, contacting in abutment, the edges of said through hole. 
     
     
         17 . The swiveling brush according to  claim 16 , further comprising: at least one lightening hole formed on said gripping portion. 
     
     
         18 . The swiveling brush according to  claim 17 , further comprising: a plurality of lightening holds formed on said gripping portion. 
     
     
         19 ) The swiveling brush according to  claim 18 , wherein said application body is associated in a removable manner with said housing seat and is interchangeable with further application bodies. 
     
     
         20 ) The swiveling brush according to  claim 1 , wherein said coupling means are of the type of spherical coupling means which are adapted to allow the rotation of said application body with respect to said gripping portion around a center.