DUAL WIPER MASCARA PACKAGE HAVING RESIDUAL CHAMBER WITH BYPASS CHANNEL

摘要

A cosmetic product package, particularly a mascara package, including a dual wiper mechanism which virtually eliminates the messiness problems of typical mascara applicators. The dual wiper mechanism has a resilient inner wiper (70) and a resilient outer wiper (41) spaced apart from one another within a supporting structure (42) forming a residual mascara chamber (52) therebetween. The inner wiper (70) has a relatively small opening which provides most of the doctoring of the bristles (91). The outer wiper (41) has a larger opening which primarily doctors the stem (86). Mascara which collects in the residual chamber flows through conduits (47, 65) around the inner wiper back into the primary reservoir (35), or alternatively to a discard reservoir (195). A mechanism to doctor more mascara from the brush upon insertion than upon removal of the brush may also be provided.