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(11) EP 0 239 270 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
22.02.1989 Bulletin 1989/08

(43) Date of publication A2:
30.09.1987 Bulletin 1987/40

(21) Application number: 87301927.7

(22) Date of filing: 05.03.1987
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)4: A46B 9/06, A45D 40/26
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 07.03.1986 US 837523

(71) Applicants:
  • HENLOPEN MANUFACTURING CO., INC.
    Melville, N.Y. 11747 (US)
  • SANDERSON-MACLEOD, INC.
    Palmer Massachusetts 01069 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Schrepf, Volker
    East Islip New York 11730 (US)
  • Hartel, Franklin J.
    Palmer Massachusetts 01069 (US)

(74) Representative: Wyatt, David Alan et al
R.G.C. Jenkins & Co. 26 Caxton Street
London SW1H 0RJ
London SW1H 0RJ (GB)


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    (54) Mascara brush


    (57) A spiral mascara brush including both soft bristles for applying mascara and stiff bristles for combing applied mascara through a user's eyelashes. The soft and stiff bristles may be intermingled throughout the length of the brush, or, alternatively, contiguous tandem portions of the length of the brush may be respectively constituted of soft and stiff bristles.






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