Patent Publication Number: US-2016220010-A1

Title: Mascara

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     This application claims the benefit of Korean Application No. 10-2013-0122461, filed on Oct. 15, 2013 with the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. 
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a mascara and, snore particularly, to a mascara having a brush and guide ribs spaced with predetermined intervals. 
     2. Description of the Related Art 
     In general, a mascara, which is a tool for women to make up their eyelashes, is a cosmetic for darkening eyelashes so that the outline of eyes can be clearly defined by making the eyelashes smooth and clear. 
     A mascara is usually applied to eyelashes as follows. 
     First, as a method of applying a mascara to upper eyelashes, a user puts an appropriate amount of mascara on a brush, puts the mascara onto upper eyelashes by stroking the upper sides of the tipper eyelashes with the brush from the roots with his/her eyes down, and then rolling the brush up under the upper eyelashes. 
     If a user hits eyelashes up with a brush in a zigzag pattern, the eyelashes are further thickened. Further, as a method of applying a mascara to lower eyelashes, a user puts a mascara onto lower eyelashes by moving them to the left and right with a brush held vertically and then applying it along the lines of the lower eyelashes. If a user wants to make the eyelashes thicker, he/she can put the mascara delicately onto each eyelash. 
     Mascaras that are used for the purposes in this way generally has a structure including a container keeping a make-up and a lid closing the container and holding a brush, and users generally use these mascaras in a way of putting an appropriate amount of make-up onto the brush and then applying it by rolling the brush. 
     That is, the brush for making up eyelashes are classified into a brush formed by spirally winding brush hairs around two metal cores having a predetermined length at a side of a handle and a rubber blade made of rubber to have continuous ridges and grooves at a side of a handle. Recently, a mascara brush made of rubber which is given only the advantages of the nylon brush hairs and the rubber blade by forming a brush in an elastic needle shape using rubber has been used. 
     In particular, users of the mascara combine or separate the container body and the handle, put a mascara substance onto the brush, and then apply it to eyelashes for volume (emphasizing eyelashes), curling (rolling up ends of eyelashes), long lash (ranking eyelash look long), and clean (preventing eyelashes from gathering). 
     PRIOR ART DOCUMENT 
     Patent Document 
     (Patent Document 1) Korean Patent No. 10-1242624 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An object of the present invention is to provide a mascara having a brush and guide ribs spaced with predetermined intervals. 
     According to an aspect of the present invention, a mascara includes a housing  10  keeping a mascara substance and a brush assembly  20  separably attached to the housing  10  and having a brush  27  to put the mascara substance on, in which the brush assembly includes: a brush body  22  separably coupled to the housing to close the housing  10 ; a brush bar  24  coupled to the brush body  22  and inserted in the housing  10 ; a brush member  25  coupled to the brush bar  24  and having the brush  27  to put the mascara substance on; and a brush guard  30  coupled to any one of the brush member  25  and the brush bar  24  and surrounding the brush  27  with a predetermined gap therebetween. 
     The brush guard  30  may include a guard frame  32  fixed to the brush bar  24  and guards  34  extending from the guard frame  32  at a predetermined distance from the brush member  25 . 
     The mascara may further include guards  34  extending from the brush member and spaced at a predetermined distance from the brush. 
     The guards  34  may be arranged in the longitudinal direction of the brush member. 
     The guards may be arranged across the longitudinal direction of the brush member. 
     A mascara according to the present invention includes guards  34  disposed outside a brush with a predetermined gap therebetween, in which the guards  34  can function as the teeth of a comb when the mascara is used and can prevent a mascara substance from gathering and block dirt. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  is an exploded perspective view of a mascara according to a first embodiment of the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is a view showing use of the mascara shown in  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 3  is a cross-sectional view of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 4  is a perspective view of a mascara according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS 
     Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
     In describing the present invention, well-known functions or constructions will not be described in detail since they may unnecessarily obscure the understanding of the present invention. It should be noted that even if the same terms are used but they indicate different components, they are not given the same reference numerals. 
     The terms described hereafter are terms defined in consideration of the functions in the present disclosure and may be change in accordance with the intention of a user such as an experimenter and a measurer and a custom, so the definition should be based on the entire description of the present disclosure. 
     Terms used in the specification, ‘first’, ‘second’, etc., may be used to describe various components, but the components are not to be construed as being limited to the terms. The terms are used to distinguish one component from another component. For example, the ‘first’ component may be named the ‘second’ component, and vice versa, without departing from the scope of the present invention. The term ‘and/or’ includes a combination of a plurality of items or any one of a plurality of terms. 
     Terms used in the present specification are used only in order to describe specific exemplary embodiments rather than limiting the present invention. As used herein, the singular forms are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. 
     Unless otherwise defined, all terms including technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. It must be understood that the terms defined by the dictionary are identical with the meanings within the context of the related art, and they should not be ideally or excessively formally defined unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. 
     Further, unless explicitly described otherwise, “comprising” any components will be understood to imply the inclusion of other components rather than the exclusion of any other components. 
       FIG. 1  is an exploded perspective view of a mascara according to a first embodiment of the present invention,  FIG. 2  is a view showing use of the mascara shown in  FIG. 1 , and  FIG. 3  is a cross-sectional view of  FIG. 1 . 
     As show in the figures, a mascara according to this embodiment includes a housing  10  keeping a mascara substance for makeup and a brush assembly  20  separably coupled to the housing  10  and having a brush  27  to put the mascara substance on. 
     A housing thread  12  for coupling to the brush assembly  20  is formed at the upper portion of the housing  10 . 
     The brush assembly  20  includes a brush body  22  coupled to the housing thread  12  to close the housing  10 , a brush bar  24  coupled to the brush body  22  and inserted in the housing  10 , a brush member  25  coupled to the brush bar  24  to put the mascara substance on it, and a brush guard  30  mounted on the brush bar  24  and surrounding the brush member  25  with a predetermined gap therebetween. 
     A brush body thread (not shown) corresponding to the housing thread  12  is formed on the inner side of the brush body  22 . 
     The brush bar  24  extends from the brush body  22  and is combined with the brush member  25  at the end. 
     The brush member  25  is disposed at the end of the brush body  22  and may be fixed to or rotated on the brush body  22 . 
     The brush member  25  is inserted into the housing  10  to put the mascara substance on the surface. 
     The brush member  25  includes a brush bone  26  fixed to the brush bar  24  and a brush  27  fixed to the brush bone  26  to put the mascara substance on it. 
     The brush bone  26  is formed by twisting metal and the brush  27  is inserted and radially arranged in the process of manufacturing the brush bone  26 . 
     The brush guard  30  includes a guard frame  32  fixed to the brush bar  24  and guards  34  extending from the guard frame  32  at a predetermined distance from the brush member  25 . 
     The guard frame  32  may be fixed to the brush member  25  or the brush bar  24 , but in this embodiment, it is fixed to the brush bar  24 . 
     The brush member  25  is also fixed to the brush bar  24  and may be directly coupled to the brush bar  24 , but in this embodiment, it is coupled to the guard frame  32  and then fixed to the brush bar  24 . 
     The guards  34  are formed in the rotational direction of the brush  27  and a plurality of guards  34  are arranged in the longitudinal direction of the guard frame  32 . 
     The guards  34  may be used as the teeth of a comb when the mascara is used. 
     Further, when the brush member  25  is rolled, the mascara substance gathering on the brush  27  is filtered by the guards  34 , so it can be prevented from being directly applied to the user&#39;s eyelashes. 
     Further, the guards  34  are disposed around the brush  27 , so they prevent dirt from coming in contact with the brush  27 . 
     As described above, the guards  34  can prevent the mascara substance from gathering and block dirt. 
     In this embodiment, the brush guard  30  cover a half the brush member  25  and the guards  34  may be arranged across the longitudinal direction of the brush member  25 . 
     Brush seats  32   a  and  32   b  are formed at the upper end and the lower end of the guard frame  32  so that the brush bone  26  can be fitted therein. 
     In particular, the brush seat  32   b  at the lower end is inserted in the brush bar  24  in this embodiment. 
     According to this configuration, if the brush member  25  or the brush guard  30  is damaged, it is possible to separate and replace only the assembly of the brush member  25  and the brush guard  30  from the brush bar  24 . 
     In particular, since the lengths of the eyelashes of users are different, a user who has eyelashes shorter or longer than most peoples can replace only the assembly of the brush member  25  and the brush guard  30 . 
       FIG. 4  is a perspective view of a mascara according to a second embodiment of the present invention. 
     As shown in the figure, in the mascara according to this embodiment, guards  35  are attached to the brush bone  28 , unlike the first embodiment. 
     Although the brush member  25  is formed in a cylindrical shape in the first embodiment, the brush member  29  according to the second embodiment includes a brush bone  28  fixed to a brush bar  24  and a brush  27  arranged to a side from the brush bone  28 . 
     The brush guard includes guards  34  extending from the brush bone  28  at a predetermined distance from the brush  27 . 
     In particular, the plurality of the guards  34  may be formed only on a side of the brush bone  28 . 
     The other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment, so it is not described in detail. 
     Although exemplary embodiments of the present invention were described above with reference to the accompanying drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto and those skilled in the art would understand that the present invention may be implemented in various ways without changing the necessary features or the spirit of the prevent invention. Therefore, it should be understood that the exemplary embodiments are not limiting but illustrative in all aspects.