US 6,502,584 · Granted 2003-01-07

Mascara applicator assembly having inturning wiper fingers

A cosmetics applicator assembly, especially a mascara brush, comprising a cap ( 8 ) to a container having a wiper ( 6 ) in its neck ( 3 ), has a stop ( 20 ) at the end of a rod ( 12 ), immediately above the applicator ( 14 ), the rod tapering towards the stop. The wiper is provided with fingers ( 22 ) which bear against the rod so that as the applicator is withdrawn from the container as the tapered portion passes them they relax until their ends contact the stop which inverts them as it passes, the fingers remaining inturned until the applicator passes them when they will revert to their relaxed state removing any blob of cosmetic from the end of the applicator.

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