Patent Description:
In general, a mascara cosmetic applied by make-up tools can be used to create an elegant and refined style for the eyebrows.

In the prior art, the mascara make-up tool stores a mascara liquid in a container body and installs a packing or wiper for suppressing an outflow of the mascara liquid.

According to the prior art, the mascara make-up tool is equipped with a wiper at the entrance of the container body. Thus, if the diameter of the brush is larger than the diameter of the brush rod or the inner diameter of the wiper, the brush rod itself to which the brush is connected has the disadvantage that it cannot be separated from the container body.

Further, in the prior art, the brushes simply have a shape or <NUM>-shape extended in the same or similar direction as the axis extension direction of the brush rod. Accordingly, there is a disadvantage in that it is very inconvenient to apply or draw the mascara liquid to the eyebrows having various curves.

According to the mascara make-up tools of the prior art, the brush has a rod shape coupled to the brush rod. Accordingly, since the contact between the eyelashes and the mascara brush is made in a straight line shape, or the width of the brush is narrow, only the surface contact therebetween is possible. As a result, the applying method may be very limited.

Therefore, exemplary embodiments of the present invention, which have been proposed to solve the above problems, are to provide a brush and a mascara vessel having the brush, wherein a surface shape of one side of the brush is different from that of the other side of the brush according to a bent three-dimensional shape in order to make a surface contact of a plurality of shapes, such that it can be performed in a variety of applying methods.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a brush as defined in claim <NUM>. Further embodiments are recited in the dependent claims. The brush comprises:
a brush rod connecting portion having one side portion made of a twisted wire and a plurality of other side portions branched from the one side portion; a brush body integrally formed at the other side portions to be extended from the other side portion of the brush rod connecting portion to form a hoop structure or a closed loop structure; and a plurality of fibers pressed by the twisted wire of the brush body and protruded toward the inner side and outer side of the brush body.

Further, there is provided a brush, wherein the brush includes a brush rode of a shaft member shape having a hole coupled to the brush rod connecting portion to support the brush body.

Further, there is provided a brush, wherein the fibers are provided in either an entire section or a partial section of the brush body.

Further, there is provided a brush, wherein the brush rod connecting portion is configured such that: the one side portion is inserted into the hole at the end of the brush rod in a force-fitting manner, the other side portion is disposed toward the outer side of the hole, and a bending portion is included for connecting between the other side portion and the one side portion, in a state that is bent corresponding to an inclination angle with respect to the direction extended from the one side portion.

Further, there is provided a brush, wherein the one side portion of the brush rod connecting portion includes: an open end portion corresponding to the other side of the twisted wire, and a closed end portion corresponding to one side of the twisted wire, and wherein the open end portion and the closed end portion are disposed at an end of the one side portion facing the hole in a state of being close to each other.

Further, there is provided a brush, wherein the twisted wire is made of any one of a stainless steel material, a synthetic resin material, and a plastic material.

Further, there is provided a brush, wherein the brush body integrated with the fibers is manufactured in the form of a ring made by cutting or bending the twisted wire to form the hoop structure or closed loop structure, and wherein the brush body has a shape of any one of a round, an oval, a multi-hoop, a crown, a spoon, in inverted triangle, an inverted pentagon, a fan, a rectangle, a triangle, and a cactus.

According to another aspect of the present disclosure there is provided a mascara vessel comprising the brush of any one of claims <NUM> to <NUM> for applying a mascara cosmetic, the mascara vessel comprising: a carrying body carrying the cosmetic; and a vessel main body having a first groove portion for accommodating the carrying body and a second groove portion for accommodating the brush.

Further, there is provided a mascara vessel, wherein the vessel main body is configured such that the first groove portion is disposed on one side of the upper surface of the vessel main body and the second groove portion is disposed on the other side of the upper surface of the vessel main body, wherein the vessel main body includes: the inner cover being rotatably coupled to a hinge portion of one side of the vessel main body to shield the first groove portion; and an outer cover rotatably coupled to a hinge portion of the other side of the vessel main body to cover the inner cover and the second groove portion, and wherein the second groove portion has a groove volume that is capable of accommodating the brush, in singular or in plural, including the brush body, the brush rod connecting portion and the brush rod.

Further, there is provided a mascara vessel comprising: a brush including a brush body having a plurality of fibers protruded therefrom and a brush rod connected to be inclined at an angle with the brush body; a carrying body carrying the cosmetic; and a vessel main body having a first groove portion for accommodating the carrying body and a second groove portion for accommodating the brush.

According to an aspect of the present invention, the brush has a hoop structure or closed loop structure, and therefore, provides an advantage that it is very easy to implement various shapes of the brush.

According to the aspect of the present disclosure, the mascara vessel including the brush is capable of facilitating the use and possession of the vessel by storing the mascara cosmetic in the carrying body so as to dip the mascara cosmetic.

According to the aspect of the present invention, the brush is capable of improving the grip feeling of the brush and easily applying the mascara cosmetic of the carrying body due to the inclination formed between the brush and the brush rod.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that the detailed description of the related known configuration or function may obscure the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

<FIG> is a perspective view of a mascara vessel including a brush according to an embodiment of the present invention, <FIG> is a perspective view of a state in which an outer cover and an inner cover are unfolded by rotation in the mascara vessel shown in <FIG>, <FIG> is an exploded perspective view illustrating a coupling relationship of the brush illustrated in <FIG>, <FIG> is a flowchart for describing a method of manufacturing the brush illustrated in <FIG>, and <FIG> is a view for explaining shapes of the brush body that can be coupled to the brush rod shown in <FIG>.

Referring to <FIG>, the brush <NUM> of the embodiment may be manufactured separately from the mascara vessel <NUM>. Accordingly, the brush <NUM> may be the mascara cosmetic applicator itself that can be accommodated and integrated in the vessel <NUM>, or may be a cosmetic article or a make-up tool set together with the vessel <NUM>. For example, the vessel <NUM> may be configured to include the brush <NUM>. Although not shown, the vessel <NUM> is not limited to a specific container shape because it may contain only the carrying body <NUM> and have a container shape that can be opened or shielded by a rotary lid.

The brush <NUM> may include a brush rod <NUM>, a brush rod connecting portion <NUM>, a brush body <NUM>, and fibers <NUM>.

The brush rod <NUM> may be coupled with the brush body <NUM>. The brush rod <NUM> may be shaped as a handle or a knob, or a shaft member to support the brush body <NUM>, and may have a hole <NUM> coupled to the brush rod connecting portion <NUM> at an end surface of the brush rod <NUM>.

The carrying body <NUM> may be formed of a sponge or a porous polymer material. Accordingly, the mascara cosmetic carried in the interior voids of the material may be stored, or may serve to supply the mascara cosmetic toward the brush <NUM> through contact with the brush <NUM>.

For example, when compared to oil base raw materials, that is, semi-solid or high viscosity liquid raw materials, the mascara cosmetic stored in the carrying body <NUM> may be made of a color cosmetic raw material having a relatively low viscosity compared to the above described conventional raw materials. The viscosity of the cosmetic may be <NUM> to <NUM> cPs (<NUM> centipoise = <NUM> Pascal seconds). The mascara cosmetic may be easily carried in the carrying body <NUM>, and may be easily supplied from the carrying body <NUM> to the fibers <NUM> of the brush body <NUM>.

This embodiment may also solve the problem of the cosmetic product in the form in which the conventional wiper is mounted, by help of the carrying body <NUM> and the brush <NUM>.

For example, when the brush <NUM> and the brush body <NUM> are coupled in an angular and bent form, or when the brush <NUM> of the hoop structure or the closed loop structure is used in a conventional mascara vessel, it may be difficult to enter and exit an entrance hole of the wiper provided in the entrance of the conventional mascara vessel. In this case, if the size of the entrance hole of the wiper is large, it may be difficult to adjust the amount of the mascara cosmetic. In addition, even if the structure of the entrance hole of the wiper is implemented to adjust the amount of the mascara cosmetic, the brush <NUM> may be completely submerged in a fluid-type cosmetic of the inner side of the general mascara vessel. In this case, the cosmetic may be introduced into the space of the inner side of the hoop of the brush <NUM>, and the introduced cosmetic may be formed along the inner surface of the brush body <NUM> by the viscous force (for example, the fluid force between the soap bubble dispenser and the soap bubble liquid). As a result, unnecessary outflow of the cosmetic may occur.

However, in this embodiment, the brush <NUM> may be configured to be in a manner to be in contacted with the carrying body <NUM>. Accordingly, there are advantages in that the amount of the mascara cosmetic may be easily adjusted, and it can prevent a condensation phenomenon caused by being completely submerged in the cosmetic with the fibers <NUM> and the brush body <NUM> of the brush <NUM> and can easily perform the applying work by efficiently receiving a suitable amount of the cosmetic from the carrying body <NUM>.

The fibers <NUM> and the brush body <NUM> around the fibers <NUM> may be further formed with a surface treatment portion (not shown) having a shape suitable for applying or transporting a mascara cosmetic such as flocking. For example, some or all of the outer surfaces of the brush body <NUM> and the fibers <NUM> may be processed and provided by flocking.

In addition, the carrying body <NUM> carrying the mascara cosmetic material may be made of a porous polymer material that allows elastic deformation and fluid absorption, and may be made to have any one of a plate member, a circular block, a square block, and a cushion in a shape. The carrying body <NUM> may carry one or two kinds of mascara cosmetics. In this case, the inner portion of the center of the carrying body <NUM> may be formed with a partition wall (not shown) for partitioning one side and the other side of the carrying body <NUM> or partitioning a plurality of sectors.

The carrying body <NUM> may be mounted on a vessel main body <NUM>. For example, the vessel main body <NUM> may have a first groove <NUM> for accommodating the carrying body <NUM> and a second groove <NUM> for accommodating the brush <NUM>. The first groove portion <NUM> and the second groove portion <NUM> may be manufactured or injection-molded in the form of a circular or square groove.

In this case, in the vessel main body <NUM>, the first groove portion <NUM> may be disposed on one side of the upper surface of the vessel main body <NUM>, whereas the second groove portion <NUM> may be disposed on the other side of the upper surface of the vessel main body <NUM>.

This vessel main body <NUM> may have a structure similar to a compact cosmetic product, and the vessel main body <NUM> in its shape and structure may be injection-molded in various forms according to the use or function of the vessel <NUM>.

In addition, the vessel main body <NUM> may include an inner cover <NUM> rotatably coupled to a hinge portion <NUM> of one side of the vessel main body <NUM> to shield the first groove <NUM>.

The inner cover <NUM> may be formed in the same or similar shape (e.g., circular) to the shape of the first groove portion <NUM>. The inner cover <NUM> may be in contact with the upper surface of the edge of the first groove <NUM> to maintain a seal or shield. In addition, the inner cover <NUM> may include a single hinge connecting portion 16a rotatably coupled to the hinge portion <NUM>.

Further, the vessel main body <NUM> may include an outer cover <NUM> to be rotatably coupled, at an angel R1, to a hinge portion <NUM> of the other side of the vessel main body <NUM> so as to cover the inner cover and the second groove portion <NUM>.

The outer cover <NUM> may include a dual hinge connecting portion 18a protruded from the rectangular cover edge corner to be rotatably coupled to the other hinge portion <NUM>.

Further, a mirror <NUM> may be attached to the inner surface of the outer cover <NUM> for user convenience.

Moreover, the second groove portion <NUM> may have a volume capable of accommodating the brush <NUM>, in singular or in plural, which includes the fibers <NUM>, the brush body <NUM>, the brush rod connecting portion <NUM>, and the brush rod <NUM>.

Referring to <FIG>, the brush rod connecting portion <NUM> of the brush <NUM> may include one side portion <NUM> made of a twisted wire <NUM> and a plurality of other side portions <NUM> branched from the one side portion <NUM>. The twisted wire <NUM> may be a work-piece of a steel wire type made by twisting the wire <NUM> having a two-line hairpin shape in a state in which the fibers <NUM> are planted.

In addition, the brush body <NUM> may be extended from the branched other side portion <NUM> of the brush rod connecting portion <NUM> to form a hoop structure or a closed loop structure. In this case, the brush body <NUM> is integrally formed at the branched other side portion.

Further, the plurality of fibers <NUM> may be fixed by the twisted wire <NUM> of the brush body <NUM>. In this case, the middle portion of each fiber <NUM> is pressed by the twisted wire <NUM> and the end of each fiber <NUM> may be disposed in the inner side or outer side of the brush body <NUM>. That is, the plurality of fibers <NUM> may be fixed based on the twisted wire <NUM> of the brush body <NUM> and protruded toward the inner side and outer side of the brush body <NUM>.

The brush rod connecting portion <NUM>, the brush body <NUM>, and the fibers <NUM> may be efficiently manufactured in large quantities by the manufacturing method shown in <FIG>.

First, by a worker or in a brush manufacturing apparatus, a step S10 for supplying raw materials may be performed to receive the fibers <NUM> aligned in plural and a wire <NUM> having a <NUM>-line hairpin shape bent in a U shape.

In this case, one side of the wire <NUM> may be a closed end portion <NUM> of the ring shape closed by the U-shaped bending. In addition, the other side of the wire <NUM> may be an open end portion <NUM> having two free ends and branched with each other.

The open end portion <NUM> has a rough surface, such as a burr or the like according to wire cutting.

In contrast, the closed end portion <NUM> has a smooth curved surface along the U-shaped bending.

Subsequently, in a state in which the fibers <NUM> are aligned, a step S20 for arranging the fibers and the wire along the gap between the upper and lower portions of the wire <NUM> may be performed.

The brush manufacturing apparatus may include a fixing means <NUM> for crimping and fixing the open end portion <NUM> and a rotating means <NUM> for making the twisted wire <NUM> by holding and rotating the closed end portion <NUM>.

By the brush manufacturing apparatus, a step S30 of manufacturing the twisted wire <NUM> including the fibers <NUM> may be performed.

The wire <NUM> or the twisted wire <NUM> may serve to fix or support the fibers <NUM> and may be made of any one of a stainless steel material, a synthetic resin material, and a plastic material.

Thereafter, a step S40 for forming a brush including the fibers <NUM> by bending the twisted wire <NUM> may be performed. In the brush forming step S40, a conventional steel wire or wire bending forming machine (not shown) may be employed.

In addition, as shown in <FIG>, the wire bending forming machine may serve to bend the brush rod connecting portion <NUM> at a predetermined angle T.

When twisted or bent in this way, the brush rod connecting portion <NUM> may be inserted in a way that one side portion <NUM> thereof may be inserted into the hole <NUM> at the end of the brush rod <NUM> in a force-fitting manner, and the other side portion thereof may be disposed toward the outer side of the hole <NUM>. In this case, the brush rod connecting portion <NUM> allows the bending portion <NUM> to be included for connecting between the other side portion <NUM> and the one side portion <NUM>, in a state that is bent corresponding to an inclination angle T with respect to the direction extended from the one side portion <NUM>.

In the brush forming step S40, a process S41 in which the type of the brush is determined depending on the quantity of the fibers <NUM> or the length L of the fiber arrangement may be performed.

That is, in the case where a relatively large quantity of fibers <NUM> is used and the length of the fiber arrangement L is prepared to be relatively long correspondingly, a bending process S42 of a type in which all of the fibers are arranged may be performed.

For example, the twisted wire <NUM> except for the brush rod connecting portion <NUM> may be bent into one of the shapes to be described with reference to <FIG>. As a result, it may be made in the form of a provisional product in which the fibers <NUM> are distributed or dispersed over the entire section of the brush body <NUM>.

On the other hand, in the case where a relatively small quantity of fibers <NUM> is used and the length of the fiber arrangement L is prepared to be relatively short correspondingly, a bending process S43 of a type in which some of the fibers is arranged may be performed.

That is, it may be made in the form of different types of the provisional products in which the fibers <NUM> are only distributed or dispersed in a section <NUM>, except for the brush rod connecting portion <NUM> and a partial section <NUM> of the brush body <NUM> connected to the brush rod connecting portion <NUM>.

That is, the fibers <NUM> may be provided in the entire section or the partial section of the brush body <NUM> depending on the respective types of the products.

In this case, one side portion <NUM> of the brush rod connecting portion <NUM> may include an open end portion <NUM> corresponding to the other side of the twisted wire <NUM> and a closed end portion <NUM> corresponding to one side of the twisted wire <NUM>. Herein, the open end portion <NUM> and the closed end portion <NUM> are disposed at an end of the one side portion <NUM> of the brush rod connecting portion <NUM> facing the hole <NUM> of the brush rod <NUM> in a state of being close to each other.

In particular, the smooth curved surface of the closed end portion <NUM> serves as an insertion guide surface or a sliding contact surface at the time of assembling the brush rod connecting portion <NUM> and the brush rod <NUM>, so that the brush rod connecting portion <NUM> and the brush rod <NUM> serve to increase the assembly performance.

Meanwhile, the open end portion <NUM> overlapped in a state close to the closed end portion <NUM> is first guided by the closed end portion <NUM>, and therefore, it may be relatively easily inserted into the hole <NUM> of the brush rod <NUM>. Subsequently, when the process of rotating the brush rod connecting portion <NUM> is performed in a state where the brush rod <NUM> is fixed, the burr of the open end portion <NUM> may be fixed as if scratched on the inner surface of the hole <NUM>. Accordingly, it may play a role of increasing the fixing force of the brush rod connecting portion <NUM> and the brush rod <NUM>.

Meanwhile, a step S50 for assembling a brush rod may be performed through the use of assembling the fibers <NUM> made in the form of the provisional product, the brush body <NUM> and the brush rod connecting portion <NUM> into the brush rod <NUM>.

Referring to <FIG>, the brush body <NUM> integrated with the fibers <NUM> may have a shape manufactured in the form of a ring made by cutting or bending a hoop structure or a closed loop structure, respectively. For example, the brush body <NUM> supported by the brush rod connecting portion <NUM> and integrated together with the fibers <NUM> may have an oval shape or a circular shape (not shown), as shown in (a) of <FIG>.

In addition, the brush body <NUM> may have a shape in which a plurality of hoop shapes is overlapped, that is, a shape such as a multi-hoop type or a crown shape bending and overlapping the twisted wire <NUM>, as shown in (b) of <FIG>.

Of course, in the case of making a crown-shaped brush body <NUM> having two or more hoop structures as in (b) of <FIG> by overlapping the twisted wire <NUM> of a relatively large amount, it may also be required to change the diameter and length of the brush rod <NUM>, the diameter and depth of the hole <NUM> of the brush rod <NUM>, and the like. In addition, according to the size or shape change of the brush <NUM>, the design change of the vessel <NUM> may be naturally made in this embodiment as well.

Furthermore, the brush body <NUM> may have any one of a shape of a spoon, an inverted triangle, an inverted pentagon, a fan, a rectangle, a triangle, and a cactus, as illustrated in (c) to (i) of <FIG>.

Thus, the brush body <NUM> of the present embodiment may easily manufacture the ring structure, the loop structure, the hoop structure or the closed loop structure by bending or cutting the twisted wire <NUM>. Accordingly, the mascara cosmetic may be applied in various ways to the central portion, the tail portion, the front hair portion of the upper eyelashes or the eyelashes of the user. For example, the oval or circular brush body <NUM> shown in (a) of <FIG> may perform contact corresponding to the circular or arc shape, based on the front of <FIG> of the brush body <NUM>, with reference to a mascara makeup part. In addition, when using the side portion of the brush body <NUM>, the contact in the form of a straight or curved may be performed. As such, the brush body <NUM> may apply the mascara cosmetic in various ways to the upper eyelashes or lower eyelashes of the user.

In addition, since the brush body <NUM> has a reference slope of the brush rod <NUM> or the brush rod connecting portion <NUM>, there are advantages of easily adjusting the angle adjusted and improving the touch feeling to the carrying body <NUM>.

Claim 1:
A brush (<NUM>) comprising:
a brush rod connecting portion (<NUM>) having one side portion (<NUM>) made of a twisted wire and a plurality of other side portions (<NUM>) branched from the one side portion (<NUM>);
a brush body (<NUM>) integrally formed at the other side portions (<NUM>) to be extended from the other side portion (<NUM>) of the brush rod connecting portion (<NUM>) to form a hoop structure or a closed loop structure; and
a plurality of fibers (<NUM>) pressed by the twisted wire (<NUM>) of the brush body (<NUM>) and protruded toward the inner side and outer side of the brush body (<NUM>),
wherein the brush (<NUM>) includes a brush rod (<NUM>) of a shaft member shape having a hole (<NUM>) coupled to the brush rod connecting portion (<NUM>) to support the brush body,
wherein the brush rod connecting portion (<NUM>) is configured such that:
the one side portion (<NUM>) is inserted into the hole (<NUM>) at the end of the brush rod (<NUM>) in a force-fitting manner,
the other side portion (<NUM>) is disposed toward the outer side of the hole (<NUM>),
characterized in that the brush rod connecting portion (<NUM>) includes a bending portion (<NUM>) for connecting between the other side portion (<NUM>) and the one side portion (<NUM>), in state that is bent corresponding to an inclination angle (T) with respect to the direction extended from the one side portion (<NUM>), so that the brush body (<NUM>) has a reference slope of the brush connecting portion (<NUM>).