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Granted Patent B2
US 11,533,978 · App. 17/243,614 · Granted Dec 27, 2022

Nail polish kit for use by an automated nail polish application apparatus

Inventors: Avichay Mor Yosef (Jerusalem, IL); Ron Miller (Herzlia, IL); Omri Moran (Brooklyn, NY); Gil Sokol (Tel-Aviv, IL)
Assignee: Nailomatic Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,533,978
App. No.
17/243,614
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A kit for usage by a nail polish application apparatus, the kit comprising one or more nail polish capsules. Each of the nail polish capsule(s) comprises a body portion defining a reservoir containing a nail polish fluid and a non-screw detachable cover having an integrated nail polish applying element. The non-screw detachable cover is mechanically coupled to an upper face of the body portion to seal an opening in the upper face.

Claims (35)

1. A capsule integrated with a nail polish applying element for usage by a nail polish application apparatus, said a capsule comprising:

a body portion defining a reservoir containing a nail polish fluid;

a non-screw detachable cover having an integrated nail polish applying element, said non-screw detachable cover comprising at least one mechanical mounting provision encompassing at least partially a circumferential wall of said non-screw detachable cover and shaped for grasping of the non-screw detachable cover by a mounting element of said nail polish application apparatus, said non-screw detachable cover is mechanically coupled to an upper face of said body portion to seal an opening in said upper face; and

at least one sealing element having a high elasticity coefficient disposed circumferentially between said non-screw detachable cover and said body portion to prevent spill, evaporation and/or diffusion of said nail polish fluid from said reservoir.

2. The capsule of claim 1 , wherein the at least one sealing element comprising at least one member of a group consisting of: an axial sealing element, a radial sealing element and a combination thereof.

3. The capsule of claim 1 , wherein said at least one sealing element is disposed over at least one member of a group consisting of:

said upper face,

a neck section of said body portion, and

a stem of said integrated nail polish applying element connecting a dispensing head of said integrated nail polish applying element to said non-screw detachable cover.

4. The capsule of claim 3 , wherein said at least one sealing element is mechanically coupled to said at least one member.

5. The capsule of claim 3 , wherein said at least one sealing element is integrated with said at least one member.

6. The capsule of claim 1 , further comprising, said at least one sealing element is configured is an elastic U shaped sealing element disposed around an inner circumferential wall of a neck section of said body portion at close proximity to said opening in said upper face with an open side of said elastic U shaped sealing element facing said reservoir such that said elastic U shaped sealing element is pressed against a stem of said integrated nail polish applying element connecting a dispensing head of said integrated nail polish applying element to said non-screw detachable cover when said dispensing head is inserted into said body portion.

7. The capsule of claim 6 , wherein said elastic U shaped sealing element is further configured to expand when gas released from said nail polish fluid enters said elastic U shaped sealing element such that said elastic U shaped sealing element presses against said neck section and said stem to prevent evaporation of said gas from said reservoir.

8. The capsule of claim 7 , further comprising a predefined clearance between a bottom face of said non-screw detachable cover and said upper face to allow movement of said elastic U shaped sealing element during expansion and/or compression induced by said the gas.

9. The capsule of claim 1 , further comprising said capsule is contained in a rigid container storing at least one said capsule, said rigid container is configured to maintain sealing of said at least one capsule by limiting a movement of said non-screw detachable cover with respect to said body portion in a longitudinal axis, said movement is limited by a first wall of said container which is in physical contact with an external surface of a bottom of said body portion and a second wall of said container opposite said first wall which is in physical contact with an external surface of a top of said non-screw detachable cover.

10. The capsule of claim 1 , further comprising a detachable locking element physically fastening said non-screw detachable cover to said body portion to limit movement of said non-screw detachable cover with respect to said body portion in a longitudinal axis.

11. The capsule of claim 10 , wherein said locking element is connected to a first mechanical locking provision disposed on at least part of a rim of said non-screw detachable cover and to a second mechanical locking provision disposed on at least part of a perimeter wall of said body portion.

12. The capsule of claim 10 , wherein said locking element is a wrapping sheet wrapped at least partially around said first mechanical locking provision and said second mechanical locking provision, wherein said wrapping sheet is detachable by at least one of: peeling said wrapping sheet and tearing a tearing line disposed in said wrapping sheet.

13. The capsule of claim 10 , wherein said locking element comprises at least one removable clip, said at least one removable clip is removed by at least one of: detaching, moving, rotating, pressing, bending and breaking said at least one removable clip.

14. The capsule of claim 10 , wherein said locking element comprises a first magnet mechanically coupled to said body portion and a second magnet mechanically to said non-screw detachable cover, a magnetic field induced between said first magnet and said second magnet fastens said non-screw detachable cover to said body portion.

15. The capsule of claim 10 , wherein said locking element comprises a breakable adhesive material fastening said detachable cover to said upper face, said breakable adhesive material is breakable by at least one of: turning, bending, pushing and breaking said detachable cover.

16. The capsule of claim 10 , wherein said locking element comprises a breakable inner locking element fastening said detachable cover to said upper face, said breakable inner locking element is breakable by bending a neck section of said body portion.

17. A method for manufacturing a capsule integrated with a nail polish applying element for usage by a nail polish application apparatus, comprising:

producing a body portion defining a reservoir adapted to contain nail polish fluid;

producing a non-screw detachable cover having an integrated nail polish applying element and comprising at least one mechanical mounting provision encompassing at least partially a circumferential wall of said non-screw detachable cover and shaped for grasping of said non-screw detachable cover by a mounting element of said nail polish application apparatus, said non-screw detachable cover is mechanically coupled to an upper face of said body portion to seal an opening in said upper face;

producing at least one sealing element using at least one material having a high elasticity coefficient;

disposing said at least one sealing element circumferentially between said non-screw detachable cover and said body portion;

inserting said nail polish fluid into said body portion; and

mechanically coupling said non-screw detachable cover to said upper face of said body portion to seal an opening in said upper face.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein said at least one sealing element comprises at least one member of a group consisting of: an axial sealing element, a radial sealing element and a combination thereof.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein said at least one sealing element is disposed over at least one member of a group consisting of:

said upper face,

a neck section of said body portion, and

a stem of said integrated nail polish applying element connecting a dispensing head of said integrated nail polish applying element to said non-screw detachable cover.

20. The method of claim 17 , further comprising inserting said capsule into a rigid container storing at least one said capsule, said rigid container is configured to maintain sealing of said at least one capsule by limiting a movement of said non-screw detachable cover with respect to said body portion in a longitudinal axis, said movement is limited by a first wall of said container which is in physical contact with an external surface of a bottom of said body portion and a second wall of said container opposite said first wall which is in physical contact with an external surface of a top of said non-screw detachable cover.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2021
From: MOR YOSEF, AVICHAY; MILLER, RON; MORAN, OMRI; SOKOL, GIL
To: NAILOMATIC LTD.
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Continuity (5)
Continuation 16481851
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