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EP3478118B1
EP3478118B1 EP17745795.9A EP17745795A EP3478118B1 EP 3478118 B1 EP3478118 B1 EP 3478118B1 EP 17745795 A EP17745795 A EP 17745795A EP 3478118 B1 EP3478118 B1 EP 3478118B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D34/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
    • A45D34/04—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D34/00—Containers or accessories specially adapted for handling liquid toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. perfumes
    • A45D34/04—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
    • A45D34/042—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a brush or the like
    • A45D34/045—Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball using a brush or the like connected to the cap of the container
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D2200/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A45D
    • A45D2200/10—Details of applicators
    • A45D2200/1072—Eyeliners
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D40/00—Casings or accessories specially adapted for storing or handling solid or pasty toiletry or cosmetic substances, e.g. shaving soaps or lipsticks
    • A45D40/26—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball
    • A45D40/262—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball using a brush or the like
    • A45D40/265—Appliances specially adapted for applying pasty paint, e.g. using roller, using a ball using a brush or the like connected to the cap of the container

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  • the present invention relates to cosmetic product applicator devices.
  • the invention relates to a cosmetic product applicator device, comprising a support adapted to be held in the hand by a user and an applicator head carried by the support, the applicator head being flexible and adapted to apply the cosmetic product to a part.
  • said applicator head comprising a converging body and an applicator body, the converging body extending over a first length by converging from a first end fixed to the support to a second end, and the applicator body extending the second end of the body converge on a second length from the second end of the body converge to a distal end, the applicator body having a constant section from the second end of the body converging to the distal end of said applicator body, the second length being greater than the first length.
  • the object of the present invention is in particular to improve in particular the comfort, the precision of application and the ease of application of the applicator devices of the aforementioned type.
  • an applicator device of the type in question is characterized in that said section of said applicator body is chosen from the group consisting of a substantially circular, square or triangular section, and said section of said applicator body has a diameter circumscribed between 0.5 mm and 5 mm, advantageously between 0.5 mm and mm.
  • the product application is particularly precise. Indeed, the small width of the applicator body makes it particularly flexible, this which makes it very easy to apply to the eyelid.
  • the converging body is shorter than the applicator body of the applicator head, the application is effected essentially by the applicator body, without the user having to precisely dose the application force. it exerts on the support.
  • this applicator body has a constant section, the application is made along a line of constant and precise width.
  • the cosmetic product is an eyeliner
  • the applicator body forms a flagellum which, during application, can be guided by the fringe of the user's eyelashes to facilitate application.
  • a subject of the invention is also the use of an applicator device as defined above, for applying a cosmetic product, in particular an eyeliner.
  • the figure 1 represents an applicator device 1 for a more or less viscous liquid cosmetic product, in particular an eyeliner.
  • This applicator device 1 comprises a reservoir 3 made of plastic or other material, which contains the cosmetic product 3.
  • the liquid cosmetic product can be more or less viscous, of liquid formula proper, viscous, creamy to pasty, for example of similar viscosity. to a mascara or eyeliner formula.
  • the reservoir may for example comprise a neck 4 optionally provided with an internal wringer 5, known per se.
  • the applicator device 1 may further comprise an applicator 6, comprising a support 7, 8 made of plastic or other material, carrying a flexible applicator head 9 (more flexible than the support 7, 8).
  • the support 7, 8 may include a gripping member 7 adapted to be held by a user, and a rod 8, rectilinear or not, which passes through the neck 4 and the wringer 5.
  • the gripping member 7 can optionally be a plug suitable for closing the neck 4, for example by screwing or the like.
  • the rod 8 can have a width of between 3 and 8 mm; for example, the rod 8 be cylindrical with a circular section, with a diameter of in particular between 3 and 8 mm.
  • the applicator head 9 can extend longitudinally along the axis of the rod 8, from the free end of the rod 8.
  • the applicator head 9 could also form an angle. different from 180 degrees with rod 8.
  • the applicator head 9 comprises a converging body 10 and an applicator body 11.
  • the converging body 10 extends (along the longitudinal axis of the rod 8 in the example shown) over a first length L1 by converging from a first end fixed to the support 7, 8 (for example at the free end of the rod 8) to a second end.
  • the converging body 10 can have any desired section, converging from a width D1 at the free end of the rod 8 to a width D2 at the free end of the convergent body 10. When it has a circular section, the converging body 10 can converge from a diameter D1 at the free end of the rod 8 to a diameter D2 at the free end of the convergent body 10.
  • the ratio D1 / D2 can be by example between 3 and 4.
  • the applicator body 11 extends the second end of the converging body 10 (along the longitudinal axis of the rod 8, in the example shown), over a second length L2 from the second end of the converging body 10 to a distal end.
  • the applicator body 11 has a constant section from the second end of the body converge to the distal end of said applicator body.
  • the applicator head could optionally also include an end flagellum (not shown) extending the applicator body 11, with a possibly non-constant section (for example converging from the distal end of the applicator body 11 to the free end of the applicator body 11. terminal flagellum.
  • the second length L2 is greater than the first length L1.
  • the second length L2 can be greater than 1.2 times the first length L1.
  • the second length L2 may be less than 2.4 times the first length L1.
  • the first length L1 may for example be between 2 and 8 mm, in particular of the order of 5 mm.
  • the applicator body 11 can have a width D2 of between 0.5 mm and 5 mm, advantageously between 0.5 mm and 1 mm.
  • Said applicator body 11 may have a substantially circular section having a diameter D2 between 0.5 mm and 5 mm, advantageously between 0.5 mm and 1 mm.
  • the section of the applicator body 11 could be other than circular, it could for example be square or triangular, and the applicator body 11 could optionally also include ribs.
  • the section of the applicator body 11 has a circumscribed diameter D2 (diameter of the smallest circle containing the section) of between 0.5 mm and 5 mm, advantageously between 0.5 mm and 1 mm.
  • the applicator head 9 can be made of a flexible elastomeric thermoplastic material, flocked or not.
  • the applicator head 9 can be made of a flexible thermoplastic material such as polyethylene, polypropylene, but polyamide, or of a thermoplastic elastomeric material such as thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), silicones, EPDM (ethylene-propylene-diene monomer), styrene-butadiene (SBR), thermoplastic copolyester etc.
  • a flexible thermoplastic material such as polyethylene, polypropylene, but polyamide, or of a thermoplastic elastomeric material such as thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), silicones, EPDM (ethylene-propylene-diene monomer), styrene-butadiene (SBR), thermoplastic copolyester etc.
  • TPU thermoplastic polyurethane
  • EPDM ethylene-propylene-diene monomer
  • SBR styrene-butadiene
  • the applicator head 9 may optionally be covered with fibers (for example with a flocking) and / or else have a non-smooth surface (for example a granular surface or with streak-like patterns) to facilitate the flow of the cosmetic product by capillarity.
  • fibers for example with a flocking
  • non-smooth surface for example a granular surface or with streak-like patterns

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Description

La présente invention est relative aux dispositifs applicateurs de produits cosmétiques.The present invention relates to cosmetic product applicator devices.

Le document US 3 605 764 A décrit un exemple d'un dispositif applicateur de produit cosmétique connu.The document US 3,605,764 A describes an example of a known cosmetic product applicator device.

Plus particulièrement, l'invention concerne un dispositif applicateur de produit cosmétique, comprenant un support adapté pour être tenu en main par un utilisateur et une tête applicatrice portée par le support, la tête applicatrice étant souple et adaptée pour appliquer le produit cosmétique sur une partie du corps d'un utilisateur, ladite tête applicatrice comprenant un corps convergent et un corps applicateur , le corps convergent s'étendant sur une première longueur en convergeant depuis une première extrémité fixée au support jusqu'à une deuxième extrémité, et le corps applicateur prolongeant la deuxième extrémité du corps convergent sur une deuxième longueur depuis la deuxième extrémité du corps convergent jusqu'à une extrémité distale, le corps applicateur présentant une section constante depuis la deuxième extrémité du corps convergent jusqu'à l'extrémité distale dudit corps applicateur, la deuxième longueur étant supérieure à la première longueur.More particularly, the invention relates to a cosmetic product applicator device, comprising a support adapted to be held in the hand by a user and an applicator head carried by the support, the applicator head being flexible and adapted to apply the cosmetic product to a part. of the body of a user, said applicator head comprising a converging body and an applicator body, the converging body extending over a first length by converging from a first end fixed to the support to a second end, and the applicator body extending the second end of the body converge on a second length from the second end of the body converge to a distal end, the applicator body having a constant section from the second end of the body converging to the distal end of said applicator body, the second length being greater than the first length.

Le document US6033143 décrit un exemple de dispositif applicateur de ce type.The document US6033143 describes an example of an applicator device of this type.

La présente invention a notamment pour but d'améliorer notamment le confort, la précision d'application et la facilité d'application des dispositifs applicateurs du type susmentionné.The object of the present invention is in particular to improve in particular the comfort, the precision of application and the ease of application of the applicator devices of the aforementioned type.

A cet effet, selon l'invention, un dispositif applicateur du genre en question est caractérisé en ce que ladite section dudit corps applicateur est choisie parmi le groupe consistant en une section sensiblement circulaire, carrée ou triangulaire, et ladite section dudit corps applicateur présente un diamètre circonscrit entre 0.5 mm et 5 mm, avantageusement comprise entre 0.5 mm et mm.To this end, according to the invention, an applicator device of the type in question is characterized in that said section of said applicator body is chosen from the group consisting of a substantially circular, square or triangular section, and said section of said applicator body has a diameter circumscribed between 0.5 mm and 5 mm, advantageously between 0.5 mm and mm.

Grâce à ces dispositions, l'application de produit est particulièrement précise. En effet, la faible largeur du corps applicateur le rend particulièrement flexible, ce qui rend l'application très aisée sur la paupière. De plus, grâce au fait que le corps convergent est plus court que le corps applicateur de la tête applicatrice, l'application se fait essentiellement par le corps applicateur, sans que l'utilisateur ait à doser précisément l'effort d'application qu'il exerce sur le support. Comme ce corps applicateur est de section constante, l'application se fait selon une ligne de largeur constante et précise. Lorsque le produit cosmétique est un eye-liner, le corps applicateur forme une flagelle qui, lors de l'application, peut être guidée par la frange des cils de l'utilisatrice pour faciliter l'application.Thanks to these provisions, the product application is particularly precise. Indeed, the small width of the applicator body makes it particularly flexible, this which makes it very easy to apply to the eyelid. In addition, thanks to the fact that the converging body is shorter than the applicator body of the applicator head, the application is effected essentially by the applicator body, without the user having to precisely dose the application force. it exerts on the support. As this applicator body has a constant section, the application is made along a line of constant and precise width. When the cosmetic product is an eyeliner, the applicator body forms a flagellum which, during application, can be guided by the fringe of the user's eyelashes to facilitate application.

Dans divers modes de réalisation du dispositif selon l'invention, on peut éventuellement avoir recours en outre à l'une et/ou à l'autre des dispositions suivantes :

  • la deuxième longueur est supérieure à 1.2 fois la première longueur ;
  • la deuxième longueur est inférieure à 2.4 fois la première longueur ;
  • la première longueur est comprise entre 2 et 8 mm, notamment de l'ordre de 5 mm ;
  • la tête applicatrice est réalisée en un matériau thermoplastique élastomère ;
  • le dispositif applicateur comporte en outre un réservoir adapté pour contenir du produit cosmétique liquide (plus ou moins visqueux de formule liquide proprement dite, visqueuse, crémeuse à pâteuse, par exemple de viscosité similaire à une formule de mascara ou d'eyeliner), le support comportant une tige adaptée pour pénétrer dans ledit réservoir pour tremper ladite tête applicatrice dans le produit cosmétique ;
  • le réservoir contient un eye-liner, constituant ledit produit cosmétique liquide.
In various embodiments of the device according to the invention, one can optionally also have recourse to one and / or other of the following arrangements:
  • the second length is greater than 1.2 times the first length;
  • the second length is less than 2.4 times the first length;
  • the first length is between 2 and 8 mm, in particular of the order of 5 mm;
  • the applicator head is made of a thermoplastic elastomeric material;
  • the applicator device further comprises a reservoir suitable for containing liquid cosmetic product (more or less viscous of liquid formula proper, viscous, creamy to pasty, for example of viscosity similar to a mascara or eyeliner formula), the support comprising a rod adapted to penetrate into said reservoir for dipping said applicator head in the cosmetic product;
  • the reservoir contains an eyeliner, constituting said liquid cosmetic product.

Par ailleurs, l'invention a également pour objet une utilisation d'un dispositif applicateur tel que défini ci-dessus, pour appliquer un produit cosmétique, notamment un eye-liner.Furthermore, a subject of the invention is also the use of an applicator device as defined above, for applying a cosmetic product, in particular an eyeliner.

D'autres caractéristiques et avantages de l'invention apparaîtront au cours de la description suivante d'une de ses formes de réalisation, donnée à titre d'exemple non limitatif, en regard des dessins joints.Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following description of one of its embodiments, given by way of non-limiting example, with reference to the accompanying drawings.

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  • la figure 1 est une vue en coupe longitudinale d'un dispositif applicateur de produit cosmétique selon une première forme de réalisation de l'invention, en position de stockage,
  • et la figure 2 est une vue de détail de la tête applicatrice du dispositif applicateur de la figure 1.
On the drawings:
  • the figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of a cosmetic product applicator device according to a first embodiment of the invention, in the storage position,
  • and the figure 2 is a detail view of the applicator head of the applicator device of the figure 1 .

Sur les différentes figures, les mêmes références désignent des éléments identiques ou similaires.In the various figures, the same references designate identical or similar elements.

La figure 1 représente un dispositif applicateur 1 de produit cosmétique liquide, plus ou moins visqueux, notamment un eye-liner.The figure 1 represents an applicator device 1 for a more or less viscous liquid cosmetic product, in particular an eyeliner.

Ce dispositif applicateur 1 comporte un réservoir 3 réalisé en matière plastique ou autre, qui contient le produit cosmétique 3. Le produit cosmétique liquide peut être plus ou moins visqueux, de formule liquide proprement dite, visqueuse, crémeuse à pâteuse, par exemple de viscosité similaire à une formule de mascara ou d'eyeliner.This applicator device 1 comprises a reservoir 3 made of plastic or other material, which contains the cosmetic product 3. The liquid cosmetic product can be more or less viscous, of liquid formula proper, viscous, creamy to pasty, for example of similar viscosity. to a mascara or eyeliner formula.

Le réservoir peut comporter par exemple un col 4 éventuellement pourvu d'un essoreur interne 5, connu en soi.The reservoir may for example comprise a neck 4 optionally provided with an internal wringer 5, known per se.

Le dispositif applicateur 1 peut en outre comporter un applicateur 6, comprenant un support 7, 8 en matière plastique ou autre, portant une tête applicatrice 9 souple (plus souple que le support 7, 8).The applicator device 1 may further comprise an applicator 6, comprising a support 7, 8 made of plastic or other material, carrying a flexible applicator head 9 (more flexible than the support 7, 8).

Le support 7, 8 peut comporter un organe de préhension 7 adapté pour être tenu par un utilisateur, et une tige 8 rectiligne ou non, qui traverse le col 4 et l'essoreur 5. L'organe de préhension 7 peut éventuellement être un bouchon adapté pour obturer le col 4, par exemple par vissage ou autre.The support 7, 8 may include a gripping member 7 adapted to be held by a user, and a rod 8, rectilinear or not, which passes through the neck 4 and the wringer 5. The gripping member 7 can optionally be a plug suitable for closing the neck 4, for example by screwing or the like.

La tige 8 peut présenter une largeur comprise entre 3 et 8 mm ; par exemple, la tige 8 être cylindrique à section circulaire, de diamètre compris notamment entre 3 et 8 mm.The rod 8 can have a width of between 3 and 8 mm; for example, the rod 8 be cylindrical with a circular section, with a diameter of in particular between 3 and 8 mm.

Lorsque le support 7, 8 comporte une tige 8, la tête applicatrice 9 peut s'étendre longitudinalement selon l'axe de la tige 8, à partir de l'extrémité libre de la tige 8. La tête applicatrice 9 pourrait également former un angle différent de 180 degrés avec la tige 8.When the support 7, 8 comprises a rod 8, the applicator head 9 can extend longitudinally along the axis of the rod 8, from the free end of the rod 8. The applicator head 9 could also form an angle. different from 180 degrees with rod 8.

La tête applicatrice 9 comprend un corps convergent 10 et un corps applicateur 11.The applicator head 9 comprises a converging body 10 and an applicator body 11.

Le corps convergent 10 s'étend (selon l'axe longitudinal de la tige 8 dans l'exemple représenté) sur une première longueur L1 en convergeant depuis une première extrémité fixée au support 7, 8 (par exemple à l'extrémité libre de la tige 8) jusqu'à une deuxième extrémité.The converging body 10 extends (along the longitudinal axis of the rod 8 in the example shown) over a first length L1 by converging from a first end fixed to the support 7, 8 (for example at the free end of the rod 8) to a second end.

Le corps convergent 10, peut présenter toute section souhaitée, convergeant depuis une largeur D1 au niveau de l'extrémité libre de la tige 8 jusqu'à une largeur D2 au niveau de l'extrémité libre du corps convergent 10. Lorsqu'il présente une section circulaire, le corps convergent 10 peut converger depuis un diamètre D1 au niveau de l'extrémité libre de la tige 8 jusqu'à un diamètre D2 au niveau de l'extrémité libre du corps convergent 10. Le rapport D1 / D2 peut être par exemple compris entre 3 et 4.The converging body 10 can have any desired section, converging from a width D1 at the free end of the rod 8 to a width D2 at the free end of the convergent body 10. When it has a circular section, the converging body 10 can converge from a diameter D1 at the free end of the rod 8 to a diameter D2 at the free end of the convergent body 10. The ratio D1 / D2 can be by example between 3 and 4.

Le corps applicateur 11 prolonge la deuxième extrémité du corps convergent 10 (selon l'axe longitudinal de la tige 8, dans l'exemple représenté), sur une deuxième longueur L2 depuis la deuxième extrémité du corps convergent 10 jusqu'à une extrémité distale.The applicator body 11 extends the second end of the converging body 10 (along the longitudinal axis of the rod 8, in the example shown), over a second length L2 from the second end of the converging body 10 to a distal end.

Le corps applicateur 11 présente une section constante depuis la deuxième extrémité du corps convergent 10 jusqu'à l'extrémité distale dudit corps applicateur. La tête applicatrice pourrait éventuellement comporter en outre une flagelle terminale (non représentée) prolongeant le corps applicateur 11, avec une section éventuellement non-constante (par exemple convergente de l'extrémité distale du corps applicateur 11 jusqu'à l'extrémité libre de la flagelle terminale.The applicator body 11 has a constant section from the second end of the body converge to the distal end of said applicator body. The applicator head could optionally also include an end flagellum (not shown) extending the applicator body 11, with a possibly non-constant section (for example converging from the distal end of the applicator body 11 to the free end of the applicator body 11. terminal flagellum.

La deuxième longueur L2 est supérieure à la première longueur L1. Avantageusement, la deuxième longueur L2 peut être supérieure à 1.2 fois la première longueur L1. La deuxième longueur L2 peut être inférieure à 2.4 fois la première longueur L1. La première longueur L1 peut être comprise par exemple entre 2 et 8 mm, notamment de l'ordre de 5 mm.The second length L2 is greater than the first length L1. Advantageously, the second length L2 can be greater than 1.2 times the first length L1. The second length L2 may be less than 2.4 times the first length L1. The first length L1 may for example be between 2 and 8 mm, in particular of the order of 5 mm.

Le corps applicateur 11 peut présenter une largeur D2 comprise entre 0.5 mm et 5 mm, avantageusement comprise entre 0.5 mm et 1 mm.The applicator body 11 can have a width D2 of between 0.5 mm and 5 mm, advantageously between 0.5 mm and 1 mm.

Ledit corps applicateur 11 peut présenter une section sensiblement circulaire ayant un diamètre D2 compris entre 0.5 mm et 5 mm, avantageusement compris entre 0.5 mm et 1 mm. La section du corps applicateur 11 pourrait être autre que circulaire, elle pourrait être par exemple carrée ou triangulaire, et le corps applicateur 11 pourrait éventuellement comporter en outre des nervures. D'une façon générale, la section du corps applicateur 11 présente un diamètre circonscrit D2 (diamètre du plus petit cercle contenant la section) compris entre 0.5 mm et 5 mm, avantageusement compris entre 0.5 mm et 1 mm.Said applicator body 11 may have a substantially circular section having a diameter D2 between 0.5 mm and 5 mm, advantageously between 0.5 mm and 1 mm. The section of the applicator body 11 could be other than circular, it could for example be square or triangular, and the applicator body 11 could optionally also include ribs. In general, the section of the applicator body 11 has a circumscribed diameter D2 (diameter of the smallest circle containing the section) of between 0.5 mm and 5 mm, advantageously between 0.5 mm and 1 mm.

La tête applicatrice 9 peut être réalisée en un matériau thermoplastique élastomère souple, floqué ou non.The applicator head 9 can be made of a flexible elastomeric thermoplastic material, flocked or not.

En particulier, la tête applicatrice 9 peut être réalisée en une matière thermoplastique souple telle que polyéthylène, polypropylène, mais polyamide, ou en une matière thermoplastique de type élastomère telle que le polyuréthane thermoplastique (TPU), les silicones, les EPDM (éthylène-propylène-diène monomère), le styrène-butadiène (SBR), le copolyester thermoplastique etc.In particular, the applicator head 9 can be made of a flexible thermoplastic material such as polyethylene, polypropylene, but polyamide, or of a thermoplastic elastomeric material such as thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), silicones, EPDM (ethylene-propylene-diene monomer), styrene-butadiene (SBR), thermoplastic copolyester etc.

La tête applicatrice 9 peut éventuellement être recouverte de fibres (par exemple d'un flocage) et / ou bien avoir une surface non lisse (par exemple une surface granuleuse ou avec des motifs de type stries) pour faciliter l'écoulement du produit cosmétique par capillarité.The applicator head 9 may optionally be covered with fibers (for example with a flocking) and / or else have a non-smooth surface (for example a granular surface or with streak-like patterns) to facilitate the flow of the cosmetic product by capillarity.

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  1. Applicator device for a cosmetic product, comprising a support (7, 8) suitable for being held in a user's hand and an applicator head (9) carried by the support (7, 8), the applicator head (9) being flexible and suitable for applying the cosmetic product onto part of the body of a user, said applicator head (9) comprising a convergent body (10) and an applicator body (11), the convergent body (10) extending for a first length (L1) while converging from a first end fixed to the support (7, 8) to a second end, and the applicator body (11) extending the second end of the convergent body for a second length (L2) extending from the second end of the convergent body to a distal end,
    the applicator body (11) having a uniform cross-section from the second end of the convergent body (10) to the distal end of said applicator body, and the second length (L2) being greater than the first length (L1),
    said cross-section of the applicator body (11) being chosen in the group consisting in a substantially circular, square or triangular and
    wherein said cross-section of said applicator body (11) has a circumscribed diameter comprised between 0.5 mm and 5 mm, advantageously between 0.5 mm and 1 mm.
  2. Applicator device according to claim 1, wherein the second length (L2) is greater than 1.2 times the first length (L1).
  3. Applicator device according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the second length (L2) is less than 2.4 times the first length (L1).
  4. Applicator device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the first length (L1) is comprised between 2 and 8 mm, in particular about 5 mm.
  5. Applicator device according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the applicator head (9) is made of a thermoplastic elastomer material.
  6. Applicator device according to any one of the preceding claims, further comprising a reservoir (2) suitable for containing a liquid cosmetic product (3), the support (7, 8) having a rod (7) suitable for insertion into said reservoir (2) in order to dip said applicator head (9) into the cosmetic product.
  7. Applicator device according to claim 6, wherein the reservoir (2) contains an eyeliner, constituting said liquid cosmetic product (3).
  8. Use of an applicator device (1) according to any one of the preceding claims to apply a cosmetic product, in particular an eyeliner.
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