Patent ID: 7909044

Claim:
An applicator device for applying a cosmetic, the applicator device comprising: an elongate body adapted to be held in the hand and including a rod which extends in a longitudinal direction up to a distal end, said distal end comprising an applicator head adapted to apply the cosmetic over a portion of the body of a user, said applicator head being provided with at least one row of protrusions chosen between teeth and bristles, which extend substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal direction; a feed device adapted to feed the applicator head with cosmetic in solid form, said feed device comprising a feed duct provided longitudinally in the rod of the applicator device and communicating with passageways that are provided in the applicator head and that open out laterally to the outside between said protrusions; a stick of solid cosmetic slidably engaged in the feed duct, said stick of solid cosmetic being adapted to melt when heated and said feed device further comprising a thrust device adapted to push the stick of solid cosmetic towards the applicator head inside the feed duct; and a heater device in the applicator head, said heater device being adapted to heat said feed duct at the applicator head for melting the stick of solid cosmetic and for having the molten cosmetic flow out of said passageways, and said heater device being further adapted to heat the entire applicator head, the molten cosmetic being adapted to spread uniformly between the protrusions of the applicator head from said passageways by capillary action.