Patent ID: 8210186

Claim:
A device for applying a substance onto keratinous fibers, eyelashes or eyebrows, the device comprising: a rod having an end portion having a first longitudinal axis; a brush fixed to said end portion of said rod, said brush including: a twisted-wire core that is rectilinear and fixed to said end portion of said rod, said core having a bristle-carrying portion and a remote end, wherein the bristle carrying portion presents a second longitudinal axis extending into a plane containing the first longitudinal axis; and a plurality of bristles extending from said bristle-carrying portion of said twisted-wire core, said twisted-wire core being bent such that substantially all points of said bristle-carrying portion form an angle between 1° and about 15° relative to said longitudinal axis of said end portion of said rod, the brush having an envelope surface cross-section of oblong shape with a major axis perpendicular to the plane, or the brush presenting at least one face or facet that is perpendicular to the plane; and a receptacle adapted to receive said rod and said brush in an assembled condition, said receptacle having an inner wall and a wiper member, said rod and said brush being spaced from said inner wall in said assembled condition, said wiper member being disposed in said receptacle such that said wiper member wipes said brush as said brush is withdrawn from said receptacle.