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(11) EP 0 523 460 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
27.01.1993 Bulletin 1993/04

(43) Date of publication A2:
20.01.1993 Bulletin 1993/03

(21) Application number: 92111222.3

(22) Date of filing: 02.07.1992
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: A45D 24/22
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 09.07.1991 JP 168424/91

(71) Applicant: KAO CORPORATION
Chuo-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ooshima, Kumi
    Tokyo (JP)
  • Kouzen, Jihei
    Koshigaya-shi, Saitama-ken (JP)

(74) Representative: Grünecker, Kinkeldey, Stockmair & Schwanhäusser Anwaltssozietät 
Maximilianstrasse 58
80538 München
80538 München (DE)


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    (54) Device for applying foam cosmetic material


    (57) A device for applying a foam cosmetic material comprises a cosmetic material container (6) containing a foam cosmetic material therein and including an outlet port (7) through which the foam cosmetic material to is jetted, and a jet operating portion (71) for jetting the foam cosmetic material through the outlet port (7); and a comb body (2) mounted on the cosmetic material container (6) through a mounting member (8), and including a plurality of hollow comb teeth (4) and a cosmetic material filling chamber (3) defined in a base member of the comb body (2). The device further comprises a foam discharging tube (5) having a cross sectional area of 30 to 70% relative to an internal cross sectional area of the cosmetic material filling chamber (3), a basal end (51) of the foam discharging tube (5) being communicated with the outlet port (7) and a distal end (52) thereof being located within the cosmetic material filling chamber (3) at a spot 35 to 65% relative to a length of the cosmetic filling chamber (3), each of the hollow comb teeth (4) being provided with an aperture (41) at a spot 0 to 40% away from a tip of each of the comb teeth (4) relative to a length thereof.






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