Cosmetic product applicator including spiralling branches and set including such an applicator
A cosmetic-product applicator including an application endpiece and a gripping element adapted to be grasped by a user, the application endpiece including branches which extend while spiraling around a main axis so that they define a cavity having an axisymmetric general shape around the main axis. The application endpiece is mounted free in rotation about the main axis in relation to the gripping element.
1. A cosmetic product applicator comprising:
an application endpiece;
a gripper configured to be gripped by a user;
the application endpiece including branches that extend while spiralling around a main axis so that they define a cavity having an axisymmetric general shape around the main axis; and
the application endpiece being mounted free in rotation about the main axis in relation to the gripper.
2. The applicator according to claim 1 , wherein:
the cavity is devoid of any inner element.
3. The applicator according to claim 1 , wherein:
the cavity includes a central element extending over the main axis.
4. The applicator according to claim 1 , wherein:
the cavity has a so-called bud-like shape in a form of an elongate axisymmetric shape flaring progressively and terminating in a rounded tip.
5. The applicator according to claim 1 , wherein:
the branches are devoid of protuberances.
6. The applicator according to claim 1 , wherein:
said branches include exactly three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine or ten branches.
7. The applicator according to claim 1 , wherein:
each of said branches is configured to rotate while spiralling around the main axis by an angle comprised between 90° and 720°.
8. The applicator according to claim 1 , wherein:
each of said branches is configured to rotate while spiralling around the main axis by an angle in a range of 180°.
9. The applicator according to claim 1 , wherein:
at least the branches of the application endpiece are metallic, made of ceramic, of word, of glass, or of a plastic material.
10. The applicator according to claim 1 , wherein:
each of said branches includes at a surface a texture that increases its roughness.
11. The applicator according to claim 1 , wherein:
each of said branches includes a surface coating.
12. The applicator according to claim 11 , wherein:
the surface coating is a metallic coating or an elastomeric coating, or a flocking.
13. The cosmetic product applicator according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a longitudinal rigid stick linking the gripper to the application endpiece.
14. The product applicator according to claim 13 , wherein:
the applicator includes a cylindrical rigid core extending according to the main axis, said core being rigidly fastened to the gripper or formed in one-piece with the gripper;
the stick is hollow and mounted free in rotation but fixed in translation on the core;
the application endpiece is rigidly linked to the stick or formed in one-piece with the stick; and
the core extends in the stick over an entirety of a length of the stick measured in a direction of the main axis, possibly with an exception of a connecting area between the stick and the application endpiece.
15. The cosmetic product applicator according to claim 14 , wherein;
the stick is metallic or made of ceramic, or covered with a metallic or ceramic coating.
16. A set including a bottle and an applicator according to claim 1 , wherein:
the bottle contains the cosmetic product, the bottle including a neck configured to be sealed off by the gripper, so that, when the bottle is sealed off by said gripper, the application endpiece is in contact with the cosmetic product.