Transfer device for making up keratin materials

Abstract

A process for making up an area of human keratin materials using a makeup device including a deformable substrate bearing a transfer surface intended to come into contact with the keratin materials and configured to receive a coat of cosmetic ink. The process includes the following steps: a. depositing at least one cosmetic ink onto the transfer surface by a digital printer, b. placing the transfer surface in contact with the area to be made up by mechanical action, especially by exerting a pressure on a surface opposite the transfer surface, and c. moving the transfer surface away from the area of the human keratin materials after the ink has been transferred.

Claims

1. A process for preparing a makeup device and for making up an area of human keratin materials using the makeup device, the process comprising: a. providing a makeup device comprising a mold having an imprint surface contoured to correspond with the area of human keratin materials and a deformable substrate attached to the mold, wherein the imprint surface and deformable substrate are spaced apart from one another, the substrate bearing a transfer surface intended to come into contact with the area of human keratin materials, and depositing at least one cosmetic ink onto the transfer surface by means of at least one digital printer, b. after the cosmetic ink has been deposited onto the transfer surface, deforming the deformable substrate onto the contoured imprint surface of the mold under the action of a deformation tool such that the deformable substrate conforms to the contour of the imprint surface, the deformation tool being pneumatic, hydraulic, or arranged to create a negative pressure by suction, c. transferring the cosmetic ink to the area of human keratin materials by placing the transfer surface, while the deformable substrate is conformed to the contoured imprint surface, in contact with the area of human keratin materials to be made up by mechanical action, and d. moving the makeup device away from the area of human keratin materials after the cosmetic ink has been transferred.

2. The process according to claim 1, the substrate being elastically deformable.

3. The process according to claim 1, further comprising a preliminary step of making the imprint surface using a 3D printer or by direct molding of the area of human keratin materials.

4. The process according to claim 1, the makeup device being at least partly assembled with the printer during the printing step a).

5. The process according to claim 1, in which, during the printing step a), the substrate is supported by a removable substrate holder or directly supported by the support.

6. The process according to claim 1, further comprising a step of finishing a pattern formed by the cosmetic ink borne by the transfer surface prior to performing the transfer step c) and/or a step of finishing the cosmetic ink on the area of human keratin materials.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWRINGS

(1) The invention may be understood more clearly on reading the following description of non-limiting implementation examples thereof, and on examining the attached drawing, in which:

(2) FIG. 1A represents, in perspective and in elevation, an example of a makeup device according to the invention,

(3) FIG. 1B represents, in perspective and in elevation, an example of a makeup device according to the invention,

(4) FIG. 1C represents, in perspective and in elevation, an example of a makeup device according to the invention,

(5) FIG. 2A represents the device of FIGS. 1A-1C and a suitable printer,

(6) FIG. 2B represents the device of FIGS. 1A-1C and a suitable printer,

(7) FIG. 3 illustrates a makeup process according to the invention, using the device of FIGS. 1A-1C,

(8) FIG. 4 is an exploded view of one variant of the makeup device according to the invention,

(9) FIG. 5A illustrates different steps of a makeup process according to the invention,

(10) FIG. 5B illustrates different steps of a makeup process according to the invention,

(11) FIG. 5C illustrates different steps of a makeup process according to the invention

(12) FIG. 5D illustrates different steps of a makeup process according to the invention,

(13) FIG. SE illustrates different steps of a makeup process according to the invention,

(14) FIG. 5F illustrates different steps of a makeup process according to the invention,

(15) FIG. 6 represents an example of cosmetic assemblies according to the invention,

(16) FIG. 7 represents an example of cosmetic assemblies according to the invention,

(17) FIG. 8 is a block diagram illustrating various steps of a makeup process according to the invention,

(18) FIG. 9A shows in elevation another example of a device according to the invention before attaching the substrate,

(19) FIG. 9B shows in elevation another example of a device according to the invention before attaching the substrate,

(20) FIG. 9C shows in elevation another example of a device according to the invention before attaching the substate,

(21) FIG. 10A shows in elevation a variant of a device according to the invention,

(22) FIG. 10B shows in elevation a variant of a device according to the invention,

(23) FIG. 10C shows in elevation a variant of a device according to the invention,

(24) FIG. 10D shows in elevation a variant of a device according to the invention, and

(25) FIG. 11 is a partial view in cross section of a variant of a device according to the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

(26) FIG. 1A shows a makeup device 1 according to the invention, comprising a substrate 2 defining a transfer surface 3.

(27) The substrate 2 is made of a flexible, compressible and deformable material.

(28) The substrate 2 consists in the illustrated example of a printing blanket made of elastomeric material, plated onto a support 20 in the form of a hollow roller 200 to which it is attached by simple friction.

(29) The transfer surface 3 is smooth and has a roughness of less than or equal to 50 μm measured using a roughness meter as described above.

(30) The transfer surface 3 constitutes the outer surface intended to receive a coat of cosmetic colouring ink 4, to perform a transfer makeup application.

(31) To deposit the coat of colouring ink 4 onto the transfer surface 3, use is made of a digital printer 500 shown in FIGS. 2A and 2B, which deposits the ink dots in correspondence with the pixels of an image to be reproduced.

(32) As illustrated in FIG. 1B, a removable handle 80 may be made integral with the support 20 to serve as a handling member for holding the device during the transfer of makeup.

(33) It is advantageous for the handling member 80 to be removable; thus, it may be removed as illustrated in FIG. 1A to allow the substrate 2 to be plated more easily onto the support 20 and to clean it between two uses. The handle 80 comprises, in the example under consideration, two plastic jaws made of POM produced by machining, which are intended to be assembled with the ends of the support 20 in the form of a roller.

(34) In the example under consideration, the handling member constitutes the holding system 250 used during printing. As a variant, the holding system is different.

(35) As illustrated in FIGS. 2A and 2B, during printing, the device 1 is assembled with the printer 500 by means of the co-operation of a holding system 250 of the device 1 with a receptacle 520 of the printer 500, allowing, for example, click-fastening of the applicator roller onto the printer 500.

(36) In these figures, the outer case of the printer 500 has been removed in order to illustrate the integration of a device according to the invention. Whereas FIG. 2A shows the receptacle 520 in the absence of a device, FIG. 2B shows the printer 500 housing the device 1. The roller is not visible in the figure.

(37) In one variant, a pad holder bearing, for example, three pads has been assembled with the handle 80. The receptacle 520 comprises, for example, two runners 525 for receiving and guiding the handle 80 assembled with the roller or with the pad holder and thus for facilitating their insertion in and their removal from the receptacle 520. The transfer surface 3 is thus placed close to the printing nozzles to allow good precision of the pattern formed by the coat of ink 4. The distance between the nozzles and the transfer surface is, for example, between 0.5 mm and 1.5 mm.

(38) The printer 500 also comprises roller drive means 535 comprising gears configured to make the substrate 2 pass through at the time of printing and to synchronize the rotation of the roller 200 with the sweeping of the printing nozzles.

(39) The roller drive means 535 are, for example, at least partly located in a flange to the left of the receptacle 520.

(40) The printer also comprises four feet 530, for example adjustable feet, for preventing, during the printing, friction of the roller or of the pad(s) borne by the pad holder and driven in rotation.

(41) FIG. 1C represents the device 1 once removed from the printer 500, the transfer surface 3 bearing a coat of cosmetic ink 4.

(42) A pattern 40 representing in negative the image to be reproduced is printed directly onto the transfer surface 3 using the printer 500.

(43) The coat of ink 4 may form any type of pattern. The pattern may consist of several inks.

(44) The substrate 2 may bear information 7, for example formed by printing, for giving advice regarding the recommended positioning for applying the makeup, or for informing as regards the nature of the keratin materials intended to be made up by the ink 4 or the like.

(45) The device 1 may also comprise a heating member, not shown, for example located inside the support 20.

(46) FIG. 3 schematically shows an example of a makeup process according to the invention.

(47) The roller 200 of FIGS. 1A-C, once the printing has been performed, is, for example, taken out of the receptacle 520.

(48) The transfer makeup may be performed just after printing or within 30 minutes thereof, but also within a few days, or even a few months after printing.

(49) By holding the handle 80, the user brings the roller 200 close to the keratin materials so as to place in contact, as illustrated, the coat of colouring ink 4 with the area P to be made up, the forearm in the illustrated example, which is preferably dry, and the user then rolls the transfer surface 3 while applying a pressure allowing the colouring ink 4 to be transferred onto the area to be made up P. As illustrated by the arrow f, the pressure is applied by means of the support 20 on the face of the substrate opposite the transfer surface 3.

(50) During contact with the keratin materials, the roller 200 advances in the direction of the arrow t and the substrate 2 is preferably not moved sideways so as not to affect the appearance of the transferred pattern.

(51) The pattern transferred onto the keratin materials corresponds in positive to the pattern 40 formed in negative by the coat of colouring ink 4 when it is present on the substrate 2 (i.e. when it has not yet been transferred onto the keratin materials to be made up) and faithfully reproduces the starting image.

(52) FIG. 4 illustrates a device 1 according to a second embodiment of the invention.

(53) The device 1 comprises an elastically deformable and compressible substrate 2 comprising a smooth transfer surface 3, configured to receive a coat of cosmetic ink 4 and which may be attached to a support 20 via a frame 6.

(54) The device 1 also comprises a removable substrate holder 12 which provides the stability and holding of the substrate at least during the deposition of the coat of cosmetic ink 4.

(55) The substrate holder may be made of a rigid or semi-rigid material. The substrate holder may comprise a flexible plate. The support 20 may be configured to form an imprint 60 of the area of the keratin materials to be made up.

(56) The support 20 may be transformable and adaptable to the relief of an area P of human keratin materials to be made up to form a suitable imprint.

(57) In the illustrated example, the support 20 comprises a plurality of pins 601 that are mobile according to the double arrow S, for example between 10 and 500 pins, better still between 100 and 500 pins, each arranged in a hole 605 of a guide 610 which may be flexible or hard. Small pins are placed in each of the holes. The length of the pins is greater than the thickness of the guide.

(58) The system is equipped with a means for preventing the pins from coming out of the hole, without preventing the pins from moving. For example, another membrane that blocks of the exit of the pins may be placed on the rear face, or alternatively each pin is retained by an elastic zone, or alternatively each pin has one or two stubs that limit the movement beyond a certain course. The mobile pins may be moved individually or as a group by simple mechanical pressure, in particular during the taking of an imprint directly on the area to be made up.

(59) In one variant, the mobile pins may be moved by hydraulic pressure, or by electromagnetic or electrostatic force, especially when direct moulding is not possible or desired. The mobile pins are moved, for example, via a system of actuators.

(60) The support may comprise a system for blocking the pins, at least temporarily, after taking the imprint, so that they do not move before the ink has been transferred. This system may use a mechanical force or an electromagnetic or electrostatic force. This system may be a braking system which is deactivated to move the pins and which is activated to block them.

(61) Preferably, the presence of friction between the pins is such that the force exerted on the ends of the pins during the plating of the substrate or during the transfer is insufficient to move the pins.

(62) The pins thus come into contact with the substrate during the plating and then give it protruding reliefs and hollows by pressure.

(63) In one variant, not shown, the support also comprises a flexible membrane above the group of pins so that the pins do not come into contact with the keratin materials during the taking of the imprint.

(64) In one variant, not shown, the support comprises an outer surface formed from a mobile membrane and a system of actuators, especially of jacks, configured to deform the mobile surface and/or to hold it in a position corresponding to the reliefs of the keratin materials especially after direct taking of the imprint or image processing. Each jack may be moved by means of an electromagnet or by a pneumatic or hydraulic force.

(65) In another variant, as illustrated in FIGS. 5A-E, the support comprises an imprint of set form 60.

(66) The imprint 60 is made, especially of rigid or semi-rigid thermoplastic material, using a 3D printer or by direct moulding of the area to be made up, for example with plaster, alginate or silicone. A substrate 2 is then attached via a frame 6 onto the support 20 and the device 1 is assembled with a printer to deposit a coat of ink 4 onto the transfer surface 3.

(67) During printing, the transfer surface is flat and held in position by means of a substrate holder 12.

(68) FIG. 5B shows the device after printing, once separated from the printer. In a first configuration, the device has a space E filled with air between the imprint 60 and the face of the elastomeric substrate 2 opposite the transfer surface 3. The substrate 2 has a flat transfer surface 3 at the time of printing.

(69) In one variant, the space E is filled with compressed air or with another fluid and the transfer surface has a domed appearance comparable to an inner tube. The substrate holder 12 is then removed, for example manually, and the air present in the space E is sucked out via deformation means 25, not shown.

(70) The substrate 2 is thus deformable between the first configuration and a second configuration corresponding to the transfer of the ink onto the area to be made up, in which the substrate 2 is thus plated against the imprint 60 and the transfer surface takes the form of the area P to be made up as illustrated in FIG. 5C.

(71) The device is then brought close to the keratin materials to place the transfer surface 3 in contact with the area P to be made up. FIG. 5D illustrates the placing in contact of the device 1 comprising a frame 6 of rectangular section with the cheeks and the nose. The device of FIG. 5E differs from that of FIG. 5D by its form.

(72) FIG. 5F shows the transferred makeup as indicated by ** on wearer's nose and the area underneather the wearer's eyes immediately adjacent to the wearer's nose (P). The invention allows precise, reproducible makeup application, the makeup being easy to apply despite its complexity.

(73) The support 20 bearing the substrate 2 and the support holder 12 is assembled with a printer of food-grade inkjet printer type for printing onto non-flat objects to print a coat 4 that reproduces a pattern of cosmetic ink on the transfer surface.

(74) In the illustrated variant, the frame 12 serves both for attaching the substrate 2 to the support 20 and as a system 250 for holding the device 1 with the printer 500.

(75) In one variant, only the frame 6 with the substrate 2 and the substrate holder 12 is configured to be assembled with a printer, for example introduced into a printer 500.

(76) FIG. 6 shows an embodiment example of a cosmetic assembly 10 according to the invention. This assembly comprises, in the same packaging, a plurality of devices 1 and 1′ according to the invention which differ by the type or form of the support 2.

(77) In the illustrated example, each of the devices comprises on its transfer surface 3 a coat of colouring ink 4 forming a negative pattern 40 relative to the desired pattern.

(78) The packaging may be leaktight so as to prevent the inks from drying out. The packaging may be made with means for avoiding contact of the inks with a surface other than the transfer surface, so as to reduce the risk of premature transfer. For example, the packaging comprises a thermoformed shell whose wall extends a distance from the transfer surfaces covered with inks.

(79) In addition, the devices 1′ comprising an imprint 60 are packaged, for example, in their second configuration, the substrate 2 being plated onto the imprint 60.

(80) FIG. 7 shows an embodiment, which is a variant of a cosmetic assembly 10 shown FIG. 6, according to the invention that comprises a plurality of devices 1 and 1′ according to the invention, differing by the type or form of the support 20.

(81) A first device 1 comprises a substrate 2 with a transfer surface 3 intended to be printed with the colouring ink, the substrate 2 being plated onto a support 2 in the form of a roller 200 and a handle 80 also serving as a holding means 250.

(82) The assembly 10 comprises, for example, a plurality of rollers 200 and a pad holder 350 according to the invention. A first roller 200 is, for example, assembled with a handle 80 which may serve as a system 250 for holding on a printer as seen above.

(83) The cosmetic assembly 10 comprises several rollers 200 arranged to bear substrates 2 of different thicknesses. All the rollers and 200 of the assembly have the same diameter, measured with the substrate attached to the roller. Each diameter of empty roller 200, i.e. before attaching the substrate, corresponds to a thickness e of substrate such that the transfer surface of the device defines a cylinder of diameter, in particular 60 mm in diameter.

(84) As illustrated in FIG. 11, the thickness e and the diameter may vary along the longitudinal axis of the roller.

(85) Each roller 200 comprises a substrate 2 with a transfer surface 3 intended to be printed with the colouring ink, the substrate 2 especially being plated onto the roller.

(86) The cosmetic assembly 10 also comprises a pad support 350 that can be adapted to the holding means 250 and also several pads 300 and a strip of elastomeric film to be cut and bonded as substrate onto the pads.

(87) Several devices 1′ comprise an imprint 60 corresponding to different areas to be made up.

(88) The devices do not comprise any coat of ink and the cosmetic assembly 10 comprises, in the same packaging, a printer cartridge 21 comprising one or more cosmetic colouring inks intended to be deposited onto the transfer surfaces 3 and deformation means 25 for plating the substrates 2 onto the imprints 60. In one variant, not shown, the assembly comprises several cartridges, containing, for example, different inks.

(89) This cosmetic assembly may be provided to the user, where appropriate, with the printer intended to use the cartridge.

(90) An example of a makeup process according to the invention will now be described, with reference to FIG. 8.

(91) The process may comprise a step 111 of selecting a device suited to the area to be made up and to the pattern, chosen from a range of devices according to the invention.

(92) When the area P to be made up bears reliefs, the device 1 used preferably comprises an imprint 60 corresponding to the said reliefs.

(93) A makeup process according to the invention may thus comprise a preliminary step 110 of making the imprint.

(94) The imprint 60 is made during step 110, for example by moulding directly onto the area P of the keratin materials or by 3D printing and image processing. In one variant, the imprint 60 is set and intended to be used several times, especially for a precise area of the keratin materials of a particular user.

(95) In another variant, the imprint may be modified and customized before each transfer makeup application and may thus be adapted in a very modular manner to a change of user and/or of area to be made up.

(96) The process comprises the printing of a pattern to be transferred, and may also comprise steps 100 to 103 of choosing the pattern.

(97) In a first step 100, various patterns are proposed to the user, for example by displaying on the screen of a machine.

(98) The range of patterns proposed may correspond to several areas of makeup requiring several different transfer devices.

(99) Step 101 of choosing the pattern by the user may comprise an action such as pressing on a touchscreen in order to select the pattern intended to be printed.

(100) The machine may also provide the user with a simulation of the makeup result. Thus, the machine may display a simulation of the appearance of the keratin materials made up with the chosen or produced pattern. To do this, the machine may acquire at least one image of the keratin materials to be made up.

(101) In one variant, the user makes a computer file with the pattern that he wishes to print. In this case, the user may use drawing software for making such a pattern, and edit it, for example, in a file in .jpg image format.

(102) Once the pattern has been chosen or made, in step 102, the machine sends to the printer the data necessary for printing the pattern, and in particular states the device to be used. This device may comprise an imprint specially made following the area to be made up during step 110 or selected from a range of devices during step 111.

(103) The device is then in step 103, at least partly, assembled with the printer. Depending on the device selected, all or part of the device is assembled with the printer by means of a holding system, for example the substrate and the substrate holder are attached to the printer.

(104) In one variant, only the frame, the substrate and the substrate holder are attached to the printer.

(105) The machine may be connected physically and/or by means of a network to the printer performing the printing.

(106) Once the data have been received and the support, or even the whole device, has been assembled with the printer, in step 103 the pattern is printed in negative on the transfer surface while the device is at least partly assembled with the printer. FIGS. 1C and 5B illustrate patterns thus printed onto the transfer surface of different types of device according to the invention.

(107) The printer driver may comprise a menu for selecting a cosmetic ink cartridge among other cartridges installed in the printer and/or the nature of the substrate that is printed. As a variant, the printer automatically recognizes that the cartridge installed is a cosmetic ink and adjusts the operating parameters in consequence. The cartridge may thus comprise an identifier, for example an electronic chip, for providing the printer with information relating to the nature of the colouring ink that it contains, especially that this ink is of cosmetic nature.

(108) In one embodiment example, the printer is configured to prohibit printing if the assembled device does not correspond to the chosen pattern and/or if the presence of a cartridge comprising a composition not intended to be placed in contact with human keratin materials, especially the skin, the nails or the lips, is detected.

(109) As a variant, the printer may perform printing even if the presence of a cartridge comprising a composition not intended to be placed in contact with human keratin materials, especially the skin, the nails or the lips, is detected, this non-cosmetic ink cartridge possibly being used for printing on the substrate an indication 7 relating to the cosmetic colouring ink borne by the transfer surface and/or the nature of the keratin materials to be made up.

(110) The printing of the substrate may take place in several passes, to make successive deposits of ink at the same place, so as to increase the amount of ink deposited on the substrate. The substrate may effect, for example, between 1 and 20 passes in the printer and the amount of cosmetic ink dry matter deposited ranges, for example, from 0.1 mg/cm.sup.2 to 10 mg/cm.sup.2 and better still from 0.2 mg/cm.sup.2 to 5 mg/cm.sup.2.

(111) The pattern may be monochromatic or, better still, polychromatic. In this case, printing may be performed at each passage in the printer with several cosmetic inks that are locally juxtaposed at the microscopic scale, depending on the colour to be reproduced.

(112) The printing resolution may be between 16 dpi and 2048 dpi.

(113) In a manner known to those skilled in the art, the printer may be arranged to detect if the ink previously deposited on the substrate is sufficiently dry before printing a new coat of ink.

(114) The printer and/or the printer driver may be made so as to inform the user of the need to wait a predefined time before performing a new printing on the already-printed substrate. The printer and/or the driver may automatically suspend the printing of an already-printed substrate if sufficient time has not passed to allow sufficient drying. The printer is preferably arranged so as not to deliver the printed substrate as long as all the coats of ink to be printed have not been printed.

(115) The device is then optionally separated from the printer in order for the ink to be able to be transferred onto the keratin materials.

(116) In the case of printing performed on a substrate attached to a support that is not integrally attached to the rest of the device, during a step 104 the device is reassembled, and the frame is especially repositioned on the support.

(117) For example, the substrate is attached to the support in a first configuration corresponding to FIG. 5B.

(118) When a device embodiment with imprint 60 is used, before transferring the colouring ink onto the keratin materials, the substrate 2 is plated against the support 20 under the effect of a mechanical action of the deformation means during a step 120 to take a second configuration as illustrated, for example, in FIG. 5C.

(119) The process may be commenced by removing any substrate holder 12 and/or a protective film that have not been removed before so as to preserve the stability of the printed pattern, especially up to the point of plating the substrate onto the imprint. Next, the substrate 2 is deformed under the action of deformation means 25, especially means 75 for suction of the fluid 25.

(120) For a device 1 corresponding, for example, to an applicator roller such as that of FIGS. 1A-C, the plating of the substrate onto the support is performed before depositing the colouring ink onto the transfer surface 3. The substrate 2 is, in this embodiment, plated directly onto the support 20 and step 120 is superfluous.

(121) Transfer then takes place during step 130 by simple contact of the transfer surface 3 with the keratin materials P, especially by rolling the device on the keratin materials in the case of a device in the form of a roller 200 as illustrated in FIG. 3, or application of the imprint 60 covered with the substrate 2 as in FIGS. 5D and 5E. The transfer is facilitated by pressing the device against the keratin materials during step 130.

(122) Step 130 may be preceded by a step 131 of finishing the pattern on the transfer surface. This step of finishing the pattern deposited on the transfer surface may be performed with the fingers and/or a special tool or by means of a geometrical rectification system. For example, a pressure is applied to certain regions or certain regions are heated.

(123) Step 130 may be followed by a step 132 of finishing the makeup application.

(124) Step 130 may comprise heating of the device.

(125) FIG. 9A illustrates a variant of the device according to the invention before attaching the substrate to the support. The illustrated device comprises a handle 80 similar to the handle of the system in FIGS. 1A to 1C. This handle 80 may be used with several different rollers 200, adapted to different thicknesses of substrate and different modes of attachment.

(126) Whereas the substrate in the embodiment example of FIGS. 1A to 1C was attached by friction to the support, a device according to the invention may comprise a means 25 for attaching a printing substrate to the support 20.

(127) The means 25 for attaching the printing substrate to the support illustrated in FIG. 9A comprise a groove 21 on the outer surface of the roller, a double clip 22 whose opening is driven by cams located at each end of the roller 200 and a system of springs, not shown, for keeping the double clip closed.

(128) In the example illustrated in FIG. 9B, the means 25 for attaching the substrate to the roller comprise a fixing jaw 26 arranged to be attached, for example by screwing, in a housing 24 of the roller, holding the substrate in position.

(129) The empty diameter of the roller 200 is chosen so as to correspond to the thickness of the substrate such that, once the substrate 2 is in position, the transfer surface 3 forms a cylinder of diameter D, for example equal to 60 mm.

(130) FIGS. 10A to 10D illustrate a pad holder 350 intended to be assembled with a holding system 250, in particular with the handle 80.

(131) These figures illustrate, for example, a pad holder 350 according to the invention which can simultaneously receive three pads.

(132) A substrate 2 is bonded to the outer surface of each pad 300; the substrates 2 are, for example, cut out of an elastomeric film bonded to the support.

(133) FIGS. 10A to 10D depict variants of FIGS. 9A-9C. In the examples of FIGS. 10A to 10D, a pad support 350 has been added to the handle 80 (explicitly depicted in FIGS. 10B and 10D) of a holding system (disclosed in FIGS. 9A and 9B) instead of a roller.

(134) In one variant, not shown, a pad holder is configured to receive only one pad.

(135) A pad support may receive, for example, between one and five pads.

(136) Preferentially, the pad support 350 and the pads 300 are configured so that the transfer surfaces of the pads belong to a cylindrical envelope surface, in particular 60 mm in diameter.

(137) FIGS. 10A to 10D illustrate various devices according to the invention comprising a support in the form of a pad. System 10 of FIG. 10A comprises only one device 1 in the form of a pad, shown here attached to the holding system. FIG. 10B shows the same system, the device in the form of a pad being isolated from the holding means. The device comprises a holding member 85 in the form of a sleeve terminating with a square end piece 81 allowing it to be attached in a housing 351 of the pad support 350.

(138) The pads may correspond to a cylinder part, for example defined by an angle of between 20° and 210°. The cylinder part is especially between 1/10 and ⅘ of a cylinder, in particular between ⅕ and ¾ of a cylinder, or may even correspond to a quarter-cylinder or a half-cylinder. Thus, the pad illustrated in FIGS. 10A and 10B has a transfer surface 3 of oblong and cylindrical form along its large axis, corresponding to an angle a of 10°.

(139) FIG. 10C illustrates three pads whose transfer surface is a cylinder portion defining a quarter-cylinder. The pads shown in FIGS. 10A and 10B comprise an outer surface of oblong and cylindrical form along their large axis.

(140) FIG. 10C shows three pads 3 whose outer surface is a cylinder portion.

(141) The pads of FIG. 10C are of oblong and cylindrical form along their small axis.

(142) The device variant of FIG. 10D comprises three pads 3 of spherical form.

(143) In variants not shown, the outer surfaces of the pads 300 are flat.

(144) In another example not shown, the substrate attached to the pad is premoulded. A substrate 2 is bonded to the outer surface of each pad 300; the substrates 2 are, for example, cut out of an elastomeric film bonded to the support.

(145) The handle 80 may comprise a device 320 for blocking the rotation of the roller 200 or of the pad support 350.

EXAMPLES

Example 1

Sub-example 1a) (FIGS. 5C and 8)

(146) In this example, the roller is filled, and in the form of an hour glass. The empty diameter at the centre is 20 mm smaller than at the ends.

(147) An elastomeric silicone coating is moulded around this roller so as to give the roller a cylindrical form with a diameter equal to 60 mm.

(148) The central part of the substrate is softer than the side parts, which makes this type of roller particularly suited to domed body areas such as the chin or the arms.

Example 1

Sub-example 1b) For Transfer Makeup Application on the Arms

(149) An alginate composition was applied to an arm over a length of 20 cm and a width of 8 cm.

(150) After setting solid, the imprint that has just been made is rolled up so as to make the two ends touch. A flexible object in the form of an hour glass is thereby obtained.

(151) A mould is made from this object in two parts.

(152) The two parts of the mould are opened to remove therefrom the flexible object made with the imprint.

(153) A polymerizable resin composition is then introduced into the two parts of the mould, via a hole made therein.

(154) After curing, the cast is removed from the mould. The process is then performed as in the preceding example by applying a flexible elastomeric composition so as to make a cylinder.

(155) This roller is especially suitable for printing on the arm.

(156) These examples correspond to the embodiment with a roller.

(157) A Canon IP 100 printer is used:

(158) The printer case was removed. While leaving the gears usually used for rotating the driving roller, the sheet driving roller system was replaced with a driving system arranged to rotate a support in the form of a printing roller in a synchronized manner relative to the sweeping of the printing nozzles.

(159) The printing roller of Example 1 is filled and cylindrical with a diameter of 60 mm and a length of 80 mm. It is made of hard plastic of Delrin type and covered with a substrate 2 formed from a film of silicone elastomer 2 mm thick.

(160) During printing, the printing roller is removably attached to the printer by means of a holding system as described above, to come close to the printing nozzles (distance of about a millimetre) and to obtain a satisfactory printing quality.

(161) The sheet presence system was modified so as not to prevent the printing from functioning.

(162) The body of the printer used has feet which allow it to be raised so as to ensure the free rotation of rollers of various sizes while at the same time avoiding its friction on a part of the printer.

(163) After printing, the device is removed from the printer to bring it into contact with the area to be made up.

(164) The roller of this example is particularly suited to relatively flat large surfaces such as the back.

Example 2

(165) This example corresponds to the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3.

(166) The support is a regular cylindrical applicator roller 5 cm in diameter onto which is plated a substrate in the form of a printing blanket 5 mm thick made from an elastomeric material, for example sold under the name Patsil® Gel 10 by the company Polytek.

(167) The applicator roller is assembled with a Canon IP 100 printer adapted as described above to be able to print on such a roller.

(168) After printing, the system is removed from the printer to bring it into contact with the area to be made up.

(169) The transfer by contact of the roller is rapid, easy and precise, especially on the nails and the cheeks.

Example 3

(170) This example corresponds to the embodiment illustrated in FIGS. 9C and 11.

(171) In this example, the roller 200 is filled and is in the form of an hour glass with an empty diameter d 20 mm smaller in the middle of the roller than at the ends (diameter of 60 mm at the edges and 40 mm at the centre).

(172) An elastomeric silicone coating is moulded around this roller so as to give the roller a cylindrical form with a diameter D equal to 60 mm.

(173) The central part of the substrate is softer than the side parts, which makes this type of roller particularly suited to domed body areas such as the chin or the arms.

Example 4

(174) An alginate composition was applied to a part of an arm to be made up, over a length of 20 cm and a width of 8 cm.

(175) After setting solid, the alginate imprint that has just been made is rolled up so as to make the two ends touch. A flexible object in the form of an hour glass is thereby obtained, with which a mould is made in two parts. Next, a polymerizable resin composition is introduced via a hole between the two parts of the mould to make a roller in the form of an hour glass.

(176) After curing, an object in the form of an hour glass is removed, which can serve as a support for a device in the form of a roller. The process is then performed as in the preceding example by plating an elastomeric substrate so as to make a roller that is specially adapted to transfer onto a part of the arm.

Example 5

(177) A plaster imprint forming a counter-mould of the region of the eye is made.

(178) The frame of a support bearing a substrate in the form of a printing blanket 2 mm thick, made, for example, of an elastomeric material, as used in Example 1, is then placed around the imprint.

(179) The device is then assembled with a Gatocopy A426 food-grade inkjet printer equipped with a cartridge of cosmetic ink.

(180) After printing, an internal substrate holder plate is removed (by unclipping the system which held the plate). Suction is then performed, which draws the substrate against the imprint, and the whole is applied to the region of the eye.

(181) Air is then allowed to enter the system. The blanket resumes its original form and the substrate holder plate is reinserted.

(182) A new print may then be performed.

Example 6

(183) In accordance with the preceding example, a plaster imprint forming a counter-mould of the region of the eye is made, and the frame of a support bearing a substrate in the form of a printing blanket 2 mm thick made of an elastomeric material is then placed around the imprint.

(184) In this variant, no substrate holder is used, but air is injected into the space between the imprint and the substrate, which creates an excess pressure making the substrate appear swollen. The device is then assembled with a Gatocopy A426 food-grade inkjet printer equipped with a cartridge of cosmetic ink.

(185) Printing is performed on the transfer area. The excess pressure promotes the quality of the printing, the printer nozzles being located, for example, a distance from the transfer surface of between 2 mm and 5 mm.

(186) After printing, the device is moved away from the printer and suction is then performed to draw the substrate against the imprint, and the whole is applied to the region of the eye. Transfer of the ink takes place by simple contact.

(187) After transfer, the device is removed from the area of the keratin materials and air is then allowed to enter the system. The blanket may be easily removed for cleaning before reinserting it for a new print.

(188) The characteristics of the various embodiment examples may be combined together, within variants that are not shown. The expression “comprising a” should be understood as being synonymous with “comprising at least one”, unless specified to the contrary.