US Patent 7309183 Cosmetic unit, especially mascara unit

A cosmetic unit, especially a mascara unit, comprises a storage container for a mascara liquid, a closing cap for placing onto the storage container, an applicator rod incorporating an applicator and extending away from the inside of the closing cap through an orifice, and a wiper means placed in the orifice of the container, wherein the wiper means extends sufficiently far from the edge of the orifice into the interior of the container so that the wiper orifice or the wiper lips of the wiper means, when the applicator is in the inserted condition, extend to the region of the proximal edge of the applicator.