Mascara applicator

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Although specific embodiments of the invention will now be described with reference to the drawings, it should be understood that such embodiments are by way of example only and merely illustrative of but a small number of the many possible specific embodiments which can represent applications of the principles of the invention.
Various changes and modifications obvious to one skilled in the art to which the invention pertains are deemed to be within the spirit, scope and contemplation of the invention as further defined in the appended claims.
The head 10 of the Mascara Applicator 8 is molded by conventional injection molding techniques.
Upon completion of the molding steps, the head is generally bullet or cone shaped with a multiplicity of axially aligned rows or lines of flukes molded into the head.
Each row or line of spikes of flukes is separated from the adjacent axial row or line of spikes or flukes by an axially aligned channel.
The head also may contain a hemispherical tip.
The head can be made out of any elastomeric material such as plastic, vinyl or rubber.
Other examples are olefinic, urethenic or styrenic rubber.
FIG.
1 discloses a partial side view and a partial cross-sectional view of the molded mascara applicator head 10 after it has been injection molded.
As shown in the side view portion, the outer surface 12 of the head 10 contains axially aligned flukes 17 separated by axially aligned channels 36.
As shown in the partial cross-sectional view, the interior of the head 10 has a central opening 14 which has been molded into it during the injection molding process.
After the head 10 has been injection molded or formed from other manufacturing processes, a multiplicity of teeth or flukes are machined into the surface 12 by conventional techniques such as grinding or milling.
The grinding or machining occurs at a multiplicity of locations along the lengths of each row of axially aligned flukes 17 to thereby form individual closely spaced teeth or flukes 20