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Ablation process involving bristles on a mascara brush and the mascara brush obtained by such process

US6289902A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 28, 2000
Grant dateSep 18, 2001
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Expiry dateFeb 28, 2020

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA46B9/021
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The process according to the invention comprises twisting a plastically deformable wire, typically of metal, so that it imprisons fibers within it, with the parts of the fibers projecting from the wire forming bristles in a helicoidal spiral, and of shaving off some of the bristles in predefined angular sectors by using the twisted wire to guide the components causing the total or partial ablation of the bristles.

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