1. A handle for a door leaf of an automobile, comprising:
a gripping lever which is mobile in rotation relative to the door leaf about a first axis of rotation between an inoperative position and a control position for opening a lock of the door leaf;
a transmission lever mounted in a base of the handle fixed to the door leaf, wherein the transmission lever is configured to be actuated by the gripping lever and to pivot about a second axis of rotation between an inoperative position and an operative position in which the transmission lever actuates the opening of the lock; and
a safety system mounted in the base, configured to prevent the rotation of the transmission lever in the event of a collision,
wherein the safety system comprises a first inertial body and a second inertial body that are pivotably mounted between an inoperative position and an operative position, and
wherein during a low acceleration collision, the first inertial body moves in the operative position to prevent the rotation of the transmission lever in a reversible manner, and the second inertial body does not move.
2. The handle as claimed in claim 1,
wherein the safety system further comprises a means for locking the second inertial body in the operative position, and
wherein during a high acceleration collision, the second inertial body moves in the operative position to lock the transmission lever in rotation in a non-reversible manner, either directly, or by cooperating with the first inertial body.
3. The handle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first inertial body comprises a locking lug which cooperates with a first shoulder of the transmission lever to lock the transmission lever in rotation in the event of the low acceleration collision.
4. The handle as claimed in claim 2, wherein the second inertial body comprises a locking lug which cooperates with a second shoulder of the transmission lever to lock the transmission lever in rotation, in a direct manner, in the event of the high acceleration collision.
5. The handle as claimed in claim 3, wherein the second inertial body is configured to lock the transmission lever by locking the first inertial body in the operative position.
6. The handle as claimed in claim 5, wherein the second inertial body has an opening to receive a protuberance of the first inertial body in the operative position.
7. The handle as claimed in claim 2, wherein the locking means of the second inertial body comprises a flexible strip cooperating with a projection of the second inertial body.
8. The handle as claimed in claim 2, wherein the locking means of the second inertial body comprises a locking wedge of substantially parallelepiped overall shape, arranged on the base opposite one end of the second inertial body, such that when the second inertial body pivots, the second inertial body:
slides along a longitudinal wall of the locking wedge in a first direction, then
slides along a side wall of the locking wedge in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction, said side wall forming a stop locking the second inertial body in the operative position.
9. The handle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second axis of rotation is substantially perpendicular to the first axis of rotation.
10. The handle as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second axis of rotation is substantially parallel to the first axis of rotation.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An applicator device for applying a substance, the device comprising:
a receptacle comprising an inside space containing a supply of a substance;
an applicator member comprising
a cellular material that deforms at least in part during application,
an application surface configured to apply the substance, and
a recess presenting an end wall;
a handle defined by the receptacle and secured to the applicator member, the applicator member comprising at least one portion fastened relative to the handle;
a housing configured to receive the applicator member at least in part, the housing and the recess communicating in a permanent manner with the inside space containing the supply of the substance even when the applicator is not used for applying the substance; and
a resilient return member configured to exert thrust on the end wall toward the application surface.
2. A device according to claim 1, wherein at least part of the applicator member is elastically deformable.
3. A device according to claim 2, wherein the resilient return member comprises a spring.
4. A device according to claim 1, wherein the resilient return member comprises a spring.
5. A device according to claim 4, wherein the spring is selected from one of the following elements: a single helix spring, a double helix spring, and a conical spring.
6. A device according to claim 1, wherein the resilient return member comprises a cellular material.
7. A device according to claim 6, wherein the resilient return member comprises a foam.
8. A device according to claim 6, wherein the resilient return member is permeable to the substance.
9. A device according to claim 6, wherein the resilient return member comprises a tubular wall.
10. A device according to claim 1, wherein the resilient return member is configured to return to an initial shape thereof after being compressed to a greater degree than the applicator member.
11. A device according to claim 1, wherein the resilient return member and the applicator member are made of different materials.
12. A device according to claim 1, further comprising a support carrying the applicator member, wherein the resilient return member is fastened on the support.
13. A device according to claim 1, further comprising a support carrying the applicator member, wherein the resilient return member is made integrally as a single piece with the support.
14. A device according to claim 1, wherein the resilient return member includes biocidal properties.
15. A device according to claim 1, further comprising a closure cap configured to close the housing.
16. A device according to claim 15, wherein the cap is configured to compress the applicator member at least in part, when the housing is closed by the cap at least in part.
17. A device according to claim 1, wherein the receptacle comprises a support carrying the applicator member, and wherein the support comprises at least one orifice configured to enable the substance to pass from the inside space to the applicator member.
18. A device according to claim 17, wherein the support comprises a chimney communicating with the orifice and extending at least in part into the housing.
19. A device according to claim 18, wherein the chimney forms an annular space in a recess of the applicator member, the resilient return member extending at least partially in said annular space.
20. A device according to claim 1, wherein the recess comprises a wall having a shape selected from: a cylindrical shape, and a frustoconical shape.
21. A device according to claim 20, wherein the recess comprises a wall having an egg shape.
22. A device according to claim 1, wherein the resilient return member extends at least in part into the recess of the applicator member.
23. A device according to claim 1, wherein the applicator member comprises a foam.
24. A device according to claim 23, wherein the applicator member is intrinsically permeable to the substance.
25. A device according to claim 1, wherein the applicator member is a single piece.
26. A device according to claim 1, wherein the applicator member includes at least one groove that extends substantially transversally to a direction in which the applicator member is compressed in use.
27. A device according to claim 26, wherein the groove comprises an annular groove.
28. A device according to claim 1, wherein the applicator member comprises at least one through orifice, opening to the application surface.
29. A device according to claim 28, wherein the applicator member comprises at least one slot opening out to the application surface.
30. A device according to claim 1, wherein, at least in a non-compressed state thereof, the applicator member includes a height that is greater than a largest transverse dimension thereof.
31. A device according to claim 1, further comprising a support carrying the applicator member, wherein the support comprises an outer skirt surrounding the applicator member at least in part, and wherein, in a non-compressed state thereof, the applicator member includes a height that is greater than a height of the skirt.
32. A device according to claim 31, wherein the applicator member, in the non-compressed state, includes a height that is at least 2% greater than the height of the skirt.
33. A device according to claim 31, wherein the applicator member, in the non-compressed state, includes a height that is at least 5% greater than the height of the skirt.
34. A device according to claim 31, wherein the applicator member, in the non-compressed state, includes a height that is at least 10% greater than the height of the skirt.
35. A device according to claim 31, wherein the applicator member, in the non-compressed state, includes a height that is at least 20% greater than the height of the skirt.
36. A device according to claim 31, comprising a closure cap configured to close the housing, wherein the outer skirt co-operates in a sealing manner with the cap when the housing is closed by said cap.
37. A device according to claim 1, wherein the substance comprises one of a cosmetic and a skincare product.
38. A device according to claim 1, wherein the applicator member comprises at a bottom portion an annular wall of thickness that decreases toward the bottom end of the applicator member.
39. An applicator device for applying a substance, the device comprising:
a receptacle comprising an inside space containing a supply of substance;
an applicator member that is deformable at least in part and secured to the receptacle, and comprising:
an application surface configured to apply the substance; and
a recess including an end wall;
a housing configured to receive the applicator member at least in part;
a closure cap configured to close the housing,
said housing and recess communicating, at least when the cap is in a closed position, with the inside space containing the supply of substance; and
a resilient return member configured to exert thrust on the end wall toward the application surface.