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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2010
Rolf Müller-grünow, Köln, DE;
Manuela Geuther, Ansbach, DE;
Rolf Müller-Grünow, Köln, DE;
Manuela Geuther, Ansbach, DE;
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Duesseldorf, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to an applicator () having an applicator element () for applying a product, conveyed to the application zone () from a separate reservoir, onto a strand of hair or of fibers comparable therewith, and having a strand gripper () movable back and forth between a closed position and a opened position. A strand gripper () of this kind serves to select and subsequently guide the hair or strands during actual product application. For improved guidance of the hair or strands during product application, the strand gripper () comprises a guidance surface () that, with the gripper () in the closed position, entirely overlaps the application zone () and holds the strand in contact with the application zone (), by preference presses it onto the application zone ().