IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,497,292
Granted Patent B2
US 11,497,292 · App. 17/406,170 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Brush integrated capsule with film-forming polymer for nail polishing

Inventors: Avichay Mor Yosef (Jerusalem, IL); Ron Miller (Herzlia, IL); Omri Moran (Brooklyn, NY)
Assignee: Nailomatic Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 11,497,292
App. No.
17/406,170
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A capsule integrated with a nail polish applying element for usage by a nail polish application apparatus comprising a capsule compartment and a pressure applying element, the capsule comprising a container defining a reservoir containing nail polish fluid, the container comprising an upper face with an opening sealed with a sliding gasket and a bottom face, wherein a volume of the reservoir is reduced and an internal pressure is built in the reservoir when pressure application slides the sliding gasket towards the bottom face, and a container housing comprising a body portion shaped to receive and accommodate the container, one or more conveying tunnels having a proximal end mechanically fixated to a bottom side of the body portion and a nail polish applying element mounted to receive the nail polish fluid from a distal end of the conveying tunnel(s) for applying the nail polish fluid on a nail surface.

Claims (25)

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

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

the nail polish applying element fixated to a bottom face of the body portion, the nail polish applying element includes at least one elastic tube having an internal dispensing tunnel adapted to convey the nail polish fluid from the body portion and dispense the nail polish fluid on a nail surface;

wherein the nail polish fluid is released from the internal dispensing tunnel for application on the nail surface by the at least one elastic tube as result of an increased internal pressure built in the reservoir when pressure is applied on the body portion by a pressure applying element of the nail polish application apparatus.

2. The capsule of claim 1 , wherein the body portion comprises:

an upper face with an opening sealed with a sliding gasket, and

a bottom face;

wherein the nail polish fluid is released from the at least one elastic tube as result of an increased internal pressure built in the reservoir when the sliding gasket pressed down by the pressure applying element slides towards the bottom face thus reducing a volume of the reservoir.

3. The capsule of claim 1 , wherein the body portion comprises at least one high elasticity face having an elasticity coefficient that is higher than an elasticity coefficient of at least one other face of the body portion, wherein the nail polish fluid is released from the at least one elastic tube as result of an increased internal pressure built in the reservoir when the at least one high elasticity is deformed under pressure induced by the pressure applying element thus reducing a volume of the reservoir.

4. The capsule of claim 3 , wherein the pressure applied by the pressure applying element is applied on a top face of the body portion.

5. The capsule of claim 3 , wherein the increased internal pressure built in the reservoir results from a displacement movement induced by a peristaltic pump of the pressure applying element which deformed the at least one high elasticity face.

6. The capsule of claim 5 , wherein at least one opening is punctured in the body portion to allow air to replace nail polish fluid extruded from the body portion by the displacement movement.

7. The capsule of claim 3 , wherein the body portion is configured to release the nail polish fluid when pressure is applied by the pressure applying element on at least one lateral face of the body portion.

8. The capsule of claim 1 , wherein the capsule is mechanically shaped for accommodation by a capsule compartment of the nail polish application apparatus and the pressure applying element.

9. The capsule of claim 1 , wherein the nail polish fluid is a member selected from a group consisting of: a nail polish fluid, a base coating fluid, a top coating fluid, a drying material, a nail art polish fluid and a medical nail treatment fluid.

10. The capsule of claim 1 , wherein the nail polish fluid dispensed from the internal dispensing tunnel is applied by the at least one elastic tube on a nail surface of a human hand finger and/or a nail surface of a human foot toe.

11. The capsule of claim 1 , wherein the body portion is air sealed.

12. The capsule of claim 1 , wherein the capsule is configured such that the nail polish fluid is released from the body portion to the at least one elastic tube after the bottom face of the body portion is fractured at a weakened surface formed in the bottom face which is automatically fractured as result of the increased internal pressure.

13. The capsule of claim 1 , wherein the capsule is configured such that the nail polish fluid is released from the container to the at least one elastic tube after the bottom face of the body portion is fractured by opening a valve located in the bottom face, the valve having a first state in which the valve is closed and a second state in which the valve is open, the valve automatically transitions from the first state to the second state as result of the increased internal pressure.

14. The capsule of claim 1 , wherein the body portion is fractured by at least one external element separated from the capsule.

15. The capsule of claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the dispensing tunnel is in a range of 0.1 mm to 3 mm.

16. The capsule of claim 1 , wherein a diameter of the dispensing tunnel is adapted to a viscosity of the nail polish fluid.

17. The capsule of claim 1 , further comprising at least one stirring object is disposed inside the reservoir defined by the capsule for stirring the nail polish fluid when the body portion is shaken.

18. The capsule of claim 1 , wherein the increased internal pressure is built in the reservoir by a compression material injected at high pressure into the body portion by the pressure applying element through at least one opening in a top face of the body portion.

19. The capsule of claim 1 , wherein the body portion has a circumferential lateral wall constructed with at least one annular corrugation disposed about a center axis of the body portion, wherein the nail polish fluid is released from the at least one elastic tube as result of an increased internal pressure built in the reservoir when the at least one corrugation folds under pressure induced by the pressure applying element thus reducing a volume of the reservoir.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2021
From: MOR YOSEF, AVICHAY; MILLER, RON; MORAN, OMRI
To: NAILOMATIC LTD.
Reel/Frame 057601/0428 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16482269
Provisional Application 62452461 · Jan 31, 2017
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