Improvements to cosmetic pencils

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EP 0 894 453 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	26.07.2000 Bulletin 2000/30

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	03.02.1999 Bulletin 1999/05

(21)	Application number: 98202490.3

(22)	Date of filing: 23.07.1998

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: A45D 40/04, A45D 40/02, A45D 40/06, A45D 40/10

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK RO SI

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Priority:

28.07.1997 IT MI971790

(71)	Applicant: Laffon S.P.A.
	21040 Venegono Inferiore (Varese) (IT)

(72)	Inventor:
	Crosta, Sergio 21040 Venegono Inferiore (Varese) (IT)

(74)	Representative: Martegani, Franco et al
	Franco Martegani S.r.l. Via Carlo Alberto, 41 20052 Monza (Milano) 20052 Monza (Milano) (IT)

(54)	Improvements to cosmetic pencils

(57) A cosmetic pencil comprises a pastel (13) and a pastel-holder (12) extending from a body (11) which contains a mechanism (14, 15) to pull out and to withdraw said pastel (13) from said pastel-holder (12). According to the invention, said mechanism acts on the fixing system at the rear end of said pastel (13), said fixing system comprising radial expansion means (18, 118, 119) of the doughy material of the pastel (13) rear end which fills the engagement seats (21, 22).

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