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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1997
Gerard Joulia, Paris, FR;
L'Oreal, Paris, FR;
Abstract
An application unit for a product includes a reservoir (4) having a neck (10) delimiting an opening (15) obturated in a detachable manner by an obturating element (26). The neck comprises a wiper element (22) joined to the neck (10) by an elastically deformable connecting means (24), the wiper element (22) forming at least one ring portion (22, 40) having an edge (25) capable of permitting the wiping of an application element (30). The wiper element (22) is capable of pivoting from a first position wherein the ring portion is situated substantially inside the neck (10) under the constraint of the obturating element (26), to a second inclined position obtained during the withdrawal of the obturating element. The obturating element (26) is connected to the application element (30) by a stem (34) which, in the first position, is situated inside the ring portion so that during the withdrawal of the application element (30) by a movement substantially in the axis X of the neck opening, by pivoting from the first position to the second, the edge portion produces the wiping of the application element, and/or of the stem.