CN100388899C - Hair holding device with elastic closure operation - Google Patents
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Novel hair holding devices having first and second pivotally connected body members including hair gripping portions, and methods for improving existing such hair holding devices, in which the improvement involves providing the lust and second body members with at least one elastomeric member (136) for biasing the first and second body members into a closed position and for conforming to gathered strands of user's hair when the hair gripping portions come into contact with gathered strands of a user's hair.
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The related application of cross reference
The present invention advocates the interests of following application: the U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.60/442 that on January 24th, 2003 submitted, 362; The U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.60/483 that on June 27th, 2003 submitted, 143; With the U.S. Provisional Patent Application No.60/490 that submitted on July 29th, 2003,812.
Invention field
The present invention relates to hair and keep and device for forming hair, in these devices, first body and second body are articulated and can operate, and clamp with the topknot that will gather in a large number.
Background of invention
Perhaps, hair holding device, or the hair clip that people extensively knew are most popular in hair maintenance/modification/calibrator.It is well known in the prior art being used to keep the device of radial type spring biasing of people's hair.It is many year that this class device has been used, and be in the U.S. Patent No. 2,201,719 of Eicher an early stage example of this device to be described the patentee.Such device typically is made up of hinged a pair of relative member, and each in the described member comprises gripping portions and handle portion.Described clamping part is biased to closing position or clamped position by torque spring, and described torque spring applies closing force on the handle portion of described member.For described device is opened, the user pushes the handle portion that the enough fingers of described energy are depressed, and also therefore described gripping portions is separated with the bias force that overcomes described torque spring.Under the situation that keeps described extruding force, the user places described gripping portions a relative side of the hair of the desired quantity that is kept by described device.The user unclamps described handle portion then, and described torque spring impels described gripping portions to contact with the topknot of gathering.
Except in U.S. Patent No. 2,201, outside the hair holding device described in 719, other several United States Patent (USP)s have also proposed hair holding device, these hair holding devices or have the too strong body of rigidity, to such an extent as to be difficult to keep hair, or have bias spring hiding or that expose, to such an extent as to many users think not attractive in appearance or be difficult to acceptance in others.These patents comprise that the patentee is people's such as Hart a U.S. Patent No. 5,520,201, the patentee is the U.S. Patent No. 5 of Chen, 642,740, the patentee is the U.S. Patent No. 5,787,905 of Yasuda, the patentee is the U.S. Patent No. 5 of Lee, 803,096, the patentee is the U.S. Patent No. 5,842,482 of Potut, the patentee is people's such as Murphy a U.S. Patent No. 5,862,815, the patentee is the U.S. Patent No. 5,873,377 of Yang, the patentee is the U.S. Patent No. 5 of Shu, 988,184, the patentee is the U.S. Patent No. 6,186,151 of Newlin, the patentee is the U.S. Patent No. 6 of Strawn, 325,074, the patentee is the U.S. Patent No. 6,354,307 of Potut, the patentee is the U.S. Patent No. 6 of Bolito, 357,452, the patentee is the U.S. Patent No. 6,408,859 of Shyu, the patentee is the U.S. Patent No. 6 of Potut, 619,296.
Hair holding device noted earlier all has one or more in the following defective.Can not keep hair effectively to such an extent as to they may have the too strong body of rigidity, thereby just can not keep hair securely with doing up the hair profile fit that comes ideally.Like this, they often come off from the ideal position of user's hair at an easy rate.And if having bias spring exposure or that hide, they look just not too attractive in appearance, not too desirable.In addition, if expose, these springs and when the user attempts to take off this device, damage user's finger often easily and user's hair tangle up and damage hair easily.In addition, to service life of this device disadvantageously, the parts that described spring damages often at first.Spring also increases and undesirable weight and volume, and because it is metal, so more expensive relatively.And from the angle of making, spring has increased complexity and cost in the assembling process.
Purpose has found some to improve the form of this hair holding device and the method for function, these methods with innovative design by substituting described spring or not using spring with other bias unit.The patent that is awarded this class invention comprises that the patentee is the U.S. Patent No. 6,035,863 of Mao, the U.S. Patent No. 6,142,159 that the patentee is Lloyd, the U.S. Patent No. 6,311,699 that the patentee is Horman.
Relating to elastic webbing also proposes with other method about the use of hair holding device that rigidity or flexible body member use.These devices can be to find in the U.S. Patent No. 5,535,765 of Takashima and the U.S. Patent No. 1,533,380 that the patentee is Burkhart the patentee.
The device of Takashima uses device on hair with the body member of a pair of pivot joint as the transfer elastic band and with elastic webbing, so that hair is fixed.Itself does not have any gripping portions described rigid body member.And described elastic webbing is not biased to closing position with described body member.On the contrary, described body member is biased to open position to described elastic webbing and the user must overcome this bias force, with described device is closed and with described elastic webbing place topknot around.
The device of Burkhart is the combination of a kind of arc comb and hair clip.This device comprises single, the flat Arcuate comb made from elastomeric material, but does not comprise hinge.Described comb partly is fixed on the hair with elastic bunch.The tooth of described comb inserts user's hair but comb does not have gripping portions.All keep the function of hair to be finished by described elastic bunch, and described elastic bunch only covers the sub-fraction zone of maintained a large amount of hairs.Therefore, this has just become a kind of device that in fact only can operate in one way, can enoughly keep doing up come or thick of gathering into folds, and can not be used for keeping effectively the topknot that gathers together separately, as pigtail.Like this, the device of Burkhart becomes very dull with regard to making the hair that gathers together separately, because lost desirable typing effect and/or comb can drop from user's hair.
Therefore, general hair holding device will be beneficial to, this hair holding device improves the hair holding device of routine, for first and second body members of conventional equipment provide elastomer device, so that described body member is biased to closing position, and when described gripping portions contacts with the topknot that gathers together with the topknot fit that gathers together.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides the method for a kind of hair holding device and the existing hair holding device of improvement, described device comprises first and second body members that articulate with gripping portions, improvement in the described method relates to described first and second body members elastomer device is provided, so that described first and second body members are biased to closing position, and when described gripping portions contacts with the topknot that gathers together with the topknot fit that gathers together.Described elastomer device can be to be permanently connected to one or more elastomeric strands and/or the band that described device maybe can take off from described device.Described bundle or band can be connected to described first and second body members with linear, annular, winding and/or binding form.
Described elastomer device is finished several uniquenesses and important function: the body member of described device is biased to closing position (therefore described hair clamping component also contact with the topknot that gathers together and it is clamped), promotes with the profile fit of the topknot that gathers together and with the topknot that gathers together when receiving the topknot that gathers together, on the topknot that will the gather together inner surface against the gripping portions of described device and clamping tooth thereof.Therefore, this device just keeps hair more firm than the hair holding device of routine, because in fact hair clamps securely in each face certain part by described device, promptly or be the hair clamping device (and/or clamp refer to) of described body member, or described elastomer device.Therefore, described elastomer device just can substitute traditional bias unit, as torque spring, and provides better crystallized ability for described device simultaneously.Like this, described device is exactly a kind of expensive, safer, more reliable and/or more attractive in appearance, more not desirable device.
Described elastomer device can be modified into and be existing bias unit, keeps performance with the hair that replenishes existing apparatus.
As selection, described elastomer device also can be modified into and be existing torque spring bias unit, so that its torque spring can be removed, and no matter whether described torque spring is functional.Therefore, described device can be transformed into and only have elastomer device and be used as its body member bias unit.
According to another embodiment, the elastomer device that utilization of the present invention is used with point device is used for avoiding unsettled, jerking movement or other uncontrolled moving when the device body member rotates between closure and open position, wherein provide described point device at least one member in the body member of described device.
Elastomer device among the present invention and equipment can fit together sale, also can be used as a whole set of part and sell, and are assembled by the user.
In addition, the present invention is also at the whole bag of tricks and the device of the body that described elastomer device is connected to described device.
By following present preferred embodiment and preferred at present realization method of the present invention are described, other detailed content of the present invention, purpose and advantage will become obviously.
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By the description to the preferred embodiment that only illustrates by way of example in the accompanying drawings, it is more obvious that the present invention will become, in these accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is the perspective view of the hinge type spring biasing hair holding device of routine;
Fig. 2 is at the perspective view of closing position fully according to the hair holding device of first embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 A is the vertical view of elastomer device under the state that do not trail according to first embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 B is the plane of elastomer device under the state of trailing according to first embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 4 is the amplification decomposition figure that encloses the zone of coming among Fig. 2;
Fig. 5 is the perspective view of the hair holding device on the hair that is worn over the user among Fig. 2;
Fig. 6 is the enlarged perspective according to the hair holding device of another embodiment of the invention part when the closing position fully;
Fig. 6 A is the sectional view along the 5A-5A line among Fig. 5;
Fig. 7 A, 7B and 7C are respectively at end-view closed, when opening with the hair clamped position according to the hair holding device of another embodiment of the invention;
Fig. 8 A and 8B show the schematic end of the effect on hair holding device according to the present invention, and in described device, the elastomer closing device does not contact with point device;
Fig. 9 A and 9B are similar to Fig. 8 A and 8B, and these illustrate the schematic end of the effect on hair holding device according to the present invention, and in described device, the elastomer closing device contacts with point device;
Figure 10 is according to the hair holding device of another embodiment of the present invention vertical view in the fully open position;
Figure 11 is the face upwarding view of the hair holding device among Figure 10;
Figure 12 is the interior perspective view according to the body member of hair holding device of the present invention;
Figure 13 is the perspective view of anchor member that is applicable to the elastomer device of the body member among Figure 12;
Figure 14 is the front view according to elastomer device coupling member of the present invention;
Figure 15 is the perspective view of the elastomer device of two coupling members among carrying Figure 14;
Figure 16 is the end-view that omits some parts according to the hair holding device of another embodiment of the invention;
Figure 17 is the end-view that omits some parts according to the hair holding device of another solid yardage case of the present invention;
Figure 18 is the end-view that omits some parts according to the hair holding device of another embodiment of the invention;
Figure 19 is the end-view that omits some parts according to the hair holding device of another embodiment of the invention; With
Figure 20 A is a sectional view according to hair holding device of the present invention to 20C, and these illustrate the different modes that elastomer device can be connected to described device.
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Disclosed among Fig. 1 is a kind of typical spring biasing hair holding device 10, described device is made up of a pair of rigid body member 12 and 14, described rigid body member 12 and 14 is articulated by joint pin 16, and described joint pin 16 passes be connected rest 18 and 20 of being carried by described rigid member.Member 12 and 14 comprises handle portion 30 and 32 and gripping portions 22 and 24, and described gripping portions 22 and 24 stops with the form that the hair of a plurality of intersections is connected pusher dog or pointed tooth 26 and 28 respectively.Torque spring 34 is placed in around the described joint pin 16 usually, as known in the prior art, described torque spring is pre-stressed upon on the assembly of described device 10, apply power so that be positioned at the cantilever arm of its opposite end to described handle portion 30 and 32, so that described member 12 and 14 is pushed shown closing position.Though this in some sense device is useful, the defective of this device has a lot, as above-mentioned.
Referring to Fig. 2, the figure shows first embodiment of the hair holding device of making according to the present invention, described device is generally discerned with reference number 110.The structure of device 110 is similar with the device 1 shown in Fig. 1 in many aspects.Specifically, device 110 is made up of a pair of rigid body member 112 and 114, and described rigid body member 112 and 114 is by joint pin 116 pivot joints, and described joint pin 116 passes be connected rest 118 and 120 of being carried by described rigid member.Member 112 and 114 comprises handle portion 130 and 132 and gripping portions 122,122 ', 124 and 124 ', and described gripping portions 122,122 ', 124 and 124 ' stops with the form that the hair of a plurality of intersections is connected pusher dog or pointed tooth 126 and 128 respectively.As torque spring or as described in similarly the bias unit 134 of device places joint pin 116 around.Described torque spring is pre-stressed upon on the assembly of described device 110, applies power so that be positioned at the cantilever arm of its opposite end to described handle portion 130 and 132, so that described member 112 and 114 is pushed shown closing position.
Conventional hair holding device as the remarkable difference of the hair holding device among device 10 among Fig. 1 and the present invention be device of the present invention provide with as described in the elastomer device that couples together of first and second body members of device, the feature of the hair holding device among the present invention produces many performances and advantage.Various forms can be arranged and without limits, these forms comprise the elastomeric band that at least one is continuous and/or have at least one finite length elastomeric strands of first and second ends according to elastomer device of the present invention.If the form with bundle is made, described elastomer device can comprise or not comprise device on first and second body members that described bundle removably or for good and all are connected to hair holding device at its first and/or second end, as installs 110 member 112 and 114.If make with the form of continuous band, described elastomer device can comprise or not comprise described band removably or for good and all is connected to device on first and second body members of hair holding device.On the contrary, first and second body members of hair holding device can comprise removably or for good and all connect the device of elastomer device.And, no matter be form or form to be with bundle, can make with the natural and/or synthetic material of suitable elasticity according to elastomer device of the present invention, maybe can stand the compound that is similar to rubber, latex, neoprene, spandex or the materials similar of substantive elongation as natural or artificial rubber.
Except foregoing, Fig. 2 also shows device 110 to Fig. 5 and also comprises elastomer device 136.The a pair of elastomeric strands that elastomer device 136 usefulness according to the invention are connected to gripping portions 122 ' and 124 ' illustrates.But, be appreciated that one or can connect described first and second body members 112 and 114 more than two bundles, and this bundle/these bundles can for good and all or be detachably connected on the structure of described first and second body members 112 and 114, rather than are connected on gripping portions 122 ' and 124 '.Described elastomeric strands 136 can be tied to simply and/or adhere to relative first and and second body member 112 and 114 on, perhaps, as most clearly illustrating among Fig. 3 A, Fig. 3 B and Fig. 4, one or two in first and second ends of described bundle can comprise described bundle is attached to device 138 on described first and second body members.As shown in the figure, attachment device 138 can adopt the form of the collar or clasp, and the described collar or clasp define opening 140, but it also can adopt the form of hook or similar other fastener that easily unclamps.Attachment device 138 can be with making with the identical or different material of the other parts of described bundle, and it also can make or make discrete elements simultaneously with described bundle, is attached to then on the described bundle.Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 show the opening 140 that is arranged in attachment device 138 and are determined size, receiving pin, knot, post or other anchoring device 142, described anchoring device respectively by one in a pair of gripping portions 122 ' and 124 ' carry.
Referring to Fig. 5, the device 10 that is worn on user's the hair is shown in this figure.In the figure, can clearly be seen that cross-up, bundle that elastomer device 136 is suitable for the user together, fold hair style that come, rolled-up, curl, that dig the hair that comes and/or otherwise gather together.This ability of described elastomer device is together with by just making above-mentioned hair holding device better hair be fixed than hair holding device conventional among Fig. 1 with reference to figure 7C other function described in detail.
Fig. 6 and Fig. 6 A show alternative method and apparatus, described method and apparatus is used for elastomer device 136 is attached to the relative gripping portions of the hair holding device that pivot has been installed, and described gripping portions is with reference number 122 " and 124 " distinguish.In this embodiment, the terminal relatively attachment device 138 that is positioned at elastomer device 136 is attached on the anchoring device 142 ', and described anchoring device 142 ' is in gripping portions 122 " and 124 " inner surface provide.As most clearly illustrating in Fig. 6 A, anchoring device 142 ' is the cylindrical component that is attached on the described relative gripping portions.For elastomer device 136 being fixed to described gripping portions 122 " and 124 " on, the opening 140 of attachment device 138 only slides on the openend of anchoring device 142 '.In order to improve the retentivity of described attachment device 138, preferably the shape of anchoring device 142 ' is made c-shaped substantially, as shown in Figure 6A.Compare to the structure shown in Fig. 4 with Fig. 2, the advantage of Fig. 6 and the shown structure of Fig. 6 A is, under the situation of inner surface that described anchoring device is placed on described gripping portions rather than outer surface, just can realize a kind of simpler, more attractive in appearance and more desirable design.
Fig. 7 A shows hair holding device according to the invention to Fig. 7 C another embodiment comprises the general operation principle of the hair holding device of elastomer closing device as herein described with all.There is shown a kind of hair holding device at these, generally discern with reference number 210.The structure of device 210 is similar to the device 110 among Fig. 5 with the device 10 shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 in many aspects.Specifically, device 210 comprises a pair of rigid body member 212 and 214, and described rigid body member 212 and 214 is articulated by joint pin 216, and described joint pin 216 passes be connected rest 218 and 220 of being carried by described rigid member.Be connected rest 218 and 220 point devices as elastomer device 136, its advantage will be described below. Member 212 and 214 comprises handle portion 230 and 232 and gripping portions 222 and 224, and described gripping portions 222 and 224 stops with the form that the hair of a plurality of intersections is connected pusher dog or pointed tooth 226 and 228 respectively.With up to the present described other embodiment of the present invention is different, device 210 is not biased to described device the torque spring of a closing position.The sort of function is only finished by elastomer device 236, and is as described below.In addition, owing to describe to can be used among multiple elastomer device in the device 210 and connector other figure herein, and owing to the diagram of their structural details also can be damaged to the shown operating principle of Fig. 7 C to some extent to Fig. 7 A, so, such details is saved in Fig. 7 C at Fig. 7 A for the purpose that clearly demonstrates.
Fig. 7 A shows the device 210 that is biased to closing position by a tension force, and described tension force is produced by the elastomer device 236 that is connected on body member 212 and 214.Fig. 7 B shows the device 210 that is shown in an open position, and this open position occurs when the user uses extruding force on the outer surface of handle portion 230 and 232, and this extruding force is enough to overcome the tension force of elastomer device 236.With described device during from the position transition shown in Fig. 7 A to the position shown in Fig. 7 B, described elastomer device 236 just by described body member 212 with 214 to prolong with the direction that is connected rest 218 and 220 towards described joint pin 216 and to lift.Elastomer device 236 arranges that like this device 210 just can keep receiving the posture of user's hair.Fig. 7 C is the view of device 210 when the hair clamped position, wherein, the user with described gripping portions 222 and 224 and pusher dog 226 and 228 place any side of two sides of the hair " H " that gathers together and the handle portion of decontroling 230 and 232.
When described device 210 moved to position shown in Fig. 7 C from the position shown in Fig. 7 B, elastomer device 236 was just shunk and is lowered the position to contact with hair H.In this case, elastomer device 236 is just finished several different and important function: with the body member 212 and 214 of described device be biased to closing position (and therefore described gripping portions 222 with 224 and relevant with it pusher dog 226 contact with the topknot that gathers together with 228 and it is clamped), with user's hair profile fit and with the hair H promotion that gathers together, on the topknot that will gather together inner surface against the gripping portions of described device and clamping tooth thereof.Therefore, this hair holding device just keeps hair more firm than the hair holding device of routine, because in fact hair clamps securely in each face certain part by described device, promptly or be that the hair clamping device of described body member and/or relevant clamping refer to, or described elastomer device itself.Therefore, described elastomer device 236 just can substitute traditional bias unit, as torque spring, and provides better crystallized ability for described device simultaneously.Like this, described device is exactly a kind of expensive, safer, more reliable and/or more attractive in appearance, more not desirable device.
Fig. 8 A and Fig. 8 B show a kind of possible hair holding device of making according to the present invention 210 ' with schematic form, in this device, the elastomer closing device not with such as in Fig. 7 C, contact with the point device that is connected rest 218 and 220 representatives at Fig. 7 A, these point devices contact with elastomer device 236 than hanging down the mobile route that contraction state moves to the higher extension state shown in Fig. 7 B in that elastomer device 236 is shown from Fig. 7 A.Below description with at Fig. 2 to Fig. 6, it is irrelevant promptly to install the embodiment of the present invention shown in 110, because quite big to the distance of gripping portions 122 ' and 124 ', so the danger of elastomer device can be avoided during through described " transition point " below from the axle of joint pin 116.
Referring to Fig. 8 A and Fig. 8 B, for illustrated clear with describe simple and brief, in device 210 ', only comprise main parts.With that in mind, device 210 ' comprises first and second body members 212 ' and 214 ' that articulate by joint pin 216 '.Elastomer device 236 ' is biased in described first and second body members together.Arrow " A " is illustrated in first and second body members 212 ' and 214 ' first and second body members 212 ' and 214 ' move when closing position moves to open position.Recall, when first and second body members were opened, their extended and described elastomer device are lifted with the direction towards described joint pin.Broken lines D-D among Fig. 8 A and Fig. 8 B is represented a datum level, and the hinge axis of joint pin 216 ' is positioned on this datum level.
If elastomer device 236 ' is passed the datum level that is limited by the D-D line, promptly described " transition point ", so described elastomer device just is biased to one with the direction of the arrow among Fig. 8 B " B " with body member 212 ' and 214 ' and flicks the position, described flick the position by between the described body member or its handle portion between contact limited.When elastomer device 236 ' arrived described datum level, it just was in its long status and therefore has its maximum potential energy.So if there is not point device to exist, described device just passes described transition point with unexpected acceleration, this acceleration that the user feels is motion jerking movement, unsettled.This unexpected motion perhaps can be so obvious and embarrassed, to such an extent as to the user may decontrol it and it may be thrown away when trying to open or close described hair holding device.
Referring to Fig. 9 A and Fig. 9 B, these figure are schematic diagrames of the hair holding device 210 made to Fig. 7 C according to Fig. 7 A.Equally for illustrated clear with describe simple and brief, in device 210, only comprise main parts.Elastomer device 236 is biased in described first and second body members 212 and 214 together.Equally, arrow " A " is illustrated in first and second body members 212 and 214 first and second body members 212 and 214 move when closing position moves to open position.When they are opened, the elongation of described first and second body members and with described elastomer device 236 to lift towards the direction of described joint pin 216.And same, the broken lines D-D among Fig. 9 A and Fig. 9 B is represented a datum level, the hinge axis of joint pin 216 is positioned on this datum level.
The far-end that connects rest 218 and 220 from datum level D-D separately and limit one or more point devices.Will install 210 move to shown in Fig. 9 B open position the time, elastomer device 236 just contacts with described point device, so just avoid described elastomer device to pass described transition point, and avoided described device 210 also just to arrive the position that flicks shown in Fig. 8 B.
Distance between elastomer device 236 and a plurality of fulcrums that limited by rest 218 and 220 can be described as pivot distance.The inventor has been noted that if described pivot distance is less relatively, in the whole time of running through the transformation of described hair holding device from its closing position to its open position basically, described elastomer device is contacted with described point device so.In the case, just require steady and constant basically handle extruding force to open described device.But, if described pivot distance is relatively large, so described elastomer device will be later than the transformation of described device from the closing position to the open position with contacting of described point device.In this case, just requiring relatively large handle extruding force to carry out bigger transformation, is thereafter to apply less relatively power (being similar to the transformation that people are experienced when drawing compound bowstring) at described transformation end with acceleration fast.The quick variation of opening the unexpected variation of the desired this power of described device and opening speed is subsequently given sensation that the user caused and is installed 210 ' felt there is nothing different to what the user caused when passing described transition point in the description of being carried out in conjunction with Fig. 8 B, and these variations may make the user lose control to described device.By the distance the far-end of increase from described datum level D-D to described rest 218 and 220 or by placing described elastomer device 236 nearer, just can reduce described pivot distance from described rest.
In addition, though connecting rest by described first and second body members, the point device that goes out shown in the figure limited, but suitable point device can be any one or a plurality of bossy body or other Structural Characteristics, described bossy body is carried by in described first and second body members one or two, described first and second body members extend to described elastomer device from described hinge axis, and described device is closely being contacted with described elastomer device when open position moves from its closing position.Described point device can be made with the identical or different material of the body member accompanying with it.According to present embodiment preferred, described point device forms simultaneously with the body member relevant with it, as in injection moulding, vacuum or other molding process.
Up to the present, shown all embodiments of the present invention all show a kind of hinge means of being made up of joint pin, and described joint pin receives in the interlock rest that the interlock body member by hair holding device is carried.The present invention also imagines the described body member of selection from suitable plastic materials, and described body member can be together with each other in plastic injection-moulded process, to produce the joint of a flexibility between them, the joint of this flexibility is commonly referred to as " active hinge ".In the case, any suitable point device also can form simultaneously with described device.An example of such device is indicated among Figure 10 and Figure 11 and generally discerns with reference number 310.
It is the body member 312 and 314 of rigidity in essence that device 310 preferably includes a pair of, and described body member 312 and 314 is articulated by active hinge 316. Member 312 and 314 comprises handle portion 330 and 332 and gripping portions 322 and 324, and described gripping portions 322 and 324 stops with the form that the hair of a plurality of intersections is connected pusher dog or pointed tooth 326 and 328 respectively.
Figure 12 is the interior perspective view of rigid body member 414 in another embodiment of hair holding device according to the invention.Body member 414 comprises connection rest 420, and described rest 420 is used for linking with one or more rests that are connected of unshowned cooperation body member.Member 414 comprises handle portion 432 and gripping portions 424, and described gripping portions 424 stops with the form that a plurality of hairs connect pusher dog or pointed tooth 428.Body member also preferably includes groove or other hole 450, removably or for good and all to receive elastomeric means anchorage as described below.
Figure 13 is the perspective view that is applicable to the elastomeric means anchorage 452 of body member 414 uses among Figure 12.Described anchor member 452 can be made with identical or different material with the body member of described device, and wherein said anchor member 452 is arranged in this body member.Described anchor member comprises base portion 454 and elastomer device bonding part 456, described base portion 454 has certain shape and is complementary with the hole 450 with body member 414, and elastomer device according to the invention can be attached on the described elastomer device bonding part 456.The base 454 of preferred described anchor member has tapered circumferential wall 458 upwards, with the hole 450 of body member 414 in corresponding tapered circumferential wall be complementary.In addition, a pair of bolt device 460 is positioned on the top of opposite end of described base ideally.With described anchor member when the outer surface of body member 414 promotes and pass hole 450, described bolt device 460 curves inwardly, up to the inner surface of outwardly directed shoulder 462 through described body member, at this moment, described bolt device outwards ejects and described anchor member 452 is fixed on the described body member 414.Whether the hardness of described bolt device 460 determines described anchor member 452 to be necessary for good and all or removably is connected with described body member.
And, the many possible physical location that can set described anchor member is arranged on the body member of hair holding device.Also have on the body member of hair holding device or make many diverse ways of anchor member from the body member of hair holding device.For example, these anchor member can keep the interior and/or outer surface of pointed tooth to make one with the hair of described handle portion, gripping portions, spring section, rest part, shaft portion and/or body member maybe can disassembling from these surfaces.
Figure 14 is the front view according to elastomer device attachment device 538 of the present invention.Preferably attachment device 538 is made and at one end comprised the collar 539 that defines opening 540 and the single device that comprises hook 541 at a relative end.Attachment device 538 is particularly useful when the elastomer device with continuous belt type is connected on the body member of hair holding device according to the invention.Described continuous band elastomer device is inserted through the slit 543 in the collar 539 simply and is kept by the described collar subsequently.
Figure 15 is the perspective view of the continuous band elastomer device 536 of two attachment devices 538 among carrying Figure 14.In a single day attachment device 538 is connected on the described elastomer device 536, on the anchor member on of just can be connected in described first and second body members in the described hook.Described then continuous band elastomer device just can be fixed on first and second body members of hair holding device in any desirable mode.In order to carry out such installation, another in the described hook can suitably be connected on the anchor member in described first and second body members any one.
The elastomer device among Figure 15 and the combination of attachment device are particularly useful to ressembling conventional hair holding device of the prior art, but are not limited in this, because this combination can at first just be connected to this device dismounting on the described device.That is, first hook 541 can engage with favourable anchoring members or interconnect, as joint pin, spring or the rest of hair holding device.Conversely, described elastomer device 536 can interconnect by one or two the other parts in one or more hair clamping devices or the described body, reel and/or it is advantageously coated, so that described elastomer device with the biasing of described body member and mutually in the face of or help the biasing of described body member, thereby make described elastomer device between described body member by with the fit of hair profile with keep described hair profile and hair is fixing better.If second hook 541 is arranged, similar with described first hook so, described second hook also interconnects with the favourable anchoring members of this device.
Figure 16 shows according to X-Ray diffraction pattern of the present invention to Figure 19, for illustrate clear for the purpose of, wherein some element is saved, as connecting rest, joint pin and point device.
Preferably guiding device 680,780,880 and 980 is made as much as possible little, in order to avoid disturb described device to keep the ability of hair.Anchor member 650,750,850 and 950 can comprise any elastomeric means anchorage recited above.As selection, anchor member 650,750,850 and 950 can be can be used as anchoring device hair holding device intrinsic any structure, as handle portion, connect rest, hair clamps bias arm of pointed tooth, torque spring or the like.
Figure 20 A is the sectional view that passes through bottom perspective according to other hair holding devices of the present invention to Figure 20 F, and these illustrate several in the in fact unlimited mode, and these modes of elastomer device 1036 usefulness are connected on the described device.These devices are generally discerned with reference number 1010, they comprise first and second body members 1012 and 1014, described body member 1012 and 1014 has gripping portions 1022 and 1024, and described gripping portions 1022 and 1024 is connected the form termination of pusher dog or pointed tooth 1026 and 1028 respectively with the hair of a plurality of intersections.
Figure 20 A shows several modes to Figure 20 C, and the single continuous band or the elastomer device 1036 of limited bundle form may be connected on the described device.Figure 20 A shows the elastomer device that contacts with 1014 with a kind of form of loop configuration and described first and second body members 1012.Figure 20 B shows the elastomer device that contacts with 1014 with staggered structure of a kind of part annular, part and described first and second body members 1012.Figure 20 C shows the elastomer device that contacts with 1014 with a kind of form of cross structure and described first and second body members 1012.
Figure 20 D shows several modes to Figure 20 F, and two continuous bands or limited bundle elastomer device 1036 may be connected on the described device.Figure 20 D shows the elastomer device that contacts with 1014 with a kind of form of parallel annular structure and described first and second body members 1012.Figure 20 E shows the elastomer device that contacts with 1014 with a kind of form of staggered loop configuration and described first and second body members 1012.Figure 20 C shows the elastomer device that contacts with 1014 with a kind of form of cross structure and described first and second body members 1012.
Though shown in the figure what go out is that described elastomer device 1036 mainly is wrapped in the pointed tooth 1026 of described first and second body members 1012 and 1014 and 1028 external surface peripheral, be appreciated that described elastomer device 1036 can only contact the inner surface of described first and second body members, only contact the outer surface of described first and second body members or contact the combination of the inner surface and the outer surface of described first and second body members.And, the type of employed elastomer device, quantity, length, elasticity and material all can be selected by the assembly crewman in the hair holding device that constitutes according to the present invention, as long as can obtain the advantage of described elastomer device listed above.In addition, described elastomer device (in molding process) or afterwards can be for good and all or removably be attached on the described body member when forming.
Have the major defect that is biased in the device of the prior art of hair clamping device together by torque spring and be that torque spring is out of order easily.And the torque spring in these devices can not be taken off or be changed after making by the user.Therefore, after torque spring was out of order, device of the prior art was just useless, can not be used for having kept hair again.In certain embodiments of the invention, described elastomer device can take off or change after making.So described elastomer device may can be taken off and be changed with new elastomer device after lose certain extent of elasticity or the fault of others occurring by the user.This is very beneficial concerning the people that use hair holding device, because only by taking off and change most possible failed component, and promptly described bias unit, just can prolong the service life of their hair holding device.No matter when fault has appearred in described bias unit, need not buy a new hair holding device, the user only needs to set up according to the elastomer bias unit that the present invention will replace usefulness just passable, and the elastomer bias unit of this replacement usefulness can also be contained in their hand on the existing hair holding device.
According to another aspect of the present invention, hair holding device and elastomer device can be used as kit utility and pack together and/or sell, and therefore, the end user can be contained in described elastomer device on the described hair holding device.How this packing can comprise that descriptive and/or n-lustrative explanation shows places described elastomer device and contacts with described device, with the ability of the fixedly hair that improves described device.As selection, the end user can be installed in described elastomer device on the described device with own selected mode.
Though purpose for example is described in detail the present invention, but it only is purpose for example that the person skilled in the art will appreciate that such details, and also can changing, and the spirit and scope of the present invention that do not deviate from claims to be advocated to the present invention.
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1. hair holding device comprises:
First body member and second body member, described first and second body members comprise gripping portions;
Articulate the hinge means of described first and second body members; With
The elastomer device that contacts with described first and second body members, described elastomer device is used for described first and second body members are biased to closing position, and is used in described gripping portions when hair that the user gathers together contacts and the hair fit that gathers together of described user.
2. hair holding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said elastomer device comprises the elastomeric strands of at least one finite length with first and second ends.
3. hair holding device as claimed in claim 2, also comprise be positioned at described first and second ends, be used for described at least one elastomeric strands is connected to device on described first and second body members.
4. hair holding device as claimed in claim 2 also comprises described at least one elastomeric strands is permanently connected to device on described first and second body members.
5. hair holding device as claimed in claim 2 also comprises described at least one elastomeric strands is detachably connected to device on described first and second body members.
6. hair holding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said elastomer device comprises the elastomeric band that at least one is continuous.
7. hair holding device as claimed in claim 6 also comprises described at least one elastomeric band is permanently connected to device on described first and second body members.
8. hair holding device as claimed in claim 6 also comprises described at least one elastomeric band is detachably connected to device on described first and second body members.
9. hair holding device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said at least one elastomeric band contacts with the form of described first and second body members with loop configuration.
10. hair holding device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said at least one elastomeric band contacts with the form of described first and second body members with cross structure.
11. hair holding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said elastomer device are permanently connected on described first and second body members.
12. hair holding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said elastomer device are detachably connected on described first and second body members.
13. hair holding device as claimed in claim 1 also comprises the other device that described first and second body members is biased to closing position.
14. hair holding device as claimed in claim 13, the wherein said other device that is used to setover comprises torque spring, and described torque spring has first end and second end that contacts with described second body member that contacts with described first body member.
15. hair holding device as claimed in claim 14, wherein said first and second body members also comprise handle portion, described handle portion can be pushed by the user, so that the described gripping portions of described first and second body members is separated, and described first end of wherein said torque spring contacts with the described handle portion of described first body member, and described second end of described torque spring contacts with the described handle portion of described second body member.
16. hair holding device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first and second body members also comprise handle portion, and described handle portion can be pushed by the user, so that the described gripping portions of described first and second body members is separated.
17. hair holding device as claimed in claim 1, in wherein said first and second body members at least one also comprises point device, described point device is used to contact described elastomer device, and the opening and closing of described hair holding device is carried out easily when mobile between described closure and open position described first and second body members.
18. hair holding device as claimed in claim 17, wherein said point device comprise at least one ridge that stretches to described elastomer device from the hinge axis of described hinge means.
19. at least one that hair holding device as claimed in claim 18, wherein said at least one ridge are described hinge means connects rest, described connection rest is carried on the described body member, and is therefrom passed by the joint pin of hinge means.
20. improve the method for the hair hold facility of hair holding device, described method comprises the steps:
Select hair holding device, described hair holding device comprises first and second body members that are articulated, and described first and second body members comprise gripping portions; With
Provide elastomer device to described first and second body members, described elastomer device is used for described first and second body members are biased to closing position, and is used in described gripping portions when bundle of hair that the user gathers together contacts and the described hair fit that gathers together of user.
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