CN101744444B

CN101744444B - A hair styling apparatus

Info

Publication number: CN101744444B
Application number: CN2009102609564A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 克劳斯·哈夫曼
Original assignee: WEIJIA ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY Co Ltd
Current assignee: WEIJIA ELECTRICAL INDUSTRY Co Ltd
Priority date: 2008-12-17
Filing date: 2009-12-17
Publication date: 2012-02-15
Anticipated expiration: 2029-12-17
Also published as: CN101744444A; EP2198735B1; DE202008016616U1; HK1140651A1; EP2198735A1; US20100147323A1

Abstract

The present invention relates to a hair styling apparatus which comprises two arms (2,3) that are hinged with each other and can be adjusted with a tong mode, wherein, each arm (2,3) is provided with moulding members (5,6), wherein the moulding members (5,6) of one arm function together with the moulding members (5,6) of the other arm (2,3) for performing hair styling. At least one moulding member (5,6) is constructed for heating the hair which is placed in a hair moulding opening (9) between the moulding members (5,6), wherein, one arm selected from two arms (3) is provided with a pressure measuring apparatus (D) which is configured for measuring the pressure that is applied to the hair (17) between the moulding members (5,6) when the hair moulding opening (9) is closed, or used for detecting a value which represents the pressure. The hair styling apparatus (1) comprises an indicator (19) which is used for indicating the detected pressure or pressure value.

Description

Device for forming hair

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of device for forming hair; It has two hinged each other and can regulate with clamp mode arms; Wherein, each arm all has the moulding part, and the moulding part of one of them arm and the moulding part acting in conjunction of another arm are so that carry out forming hair; And wherein, at least one moulding part is configured to heat the hair of putting into the forming hair mouth between said moulding part.

Background technology

This device for forming hair for example have be used for hair straightening mould board as the moulding part.This device for forming hair has according to two hinged each other arms of clamp mode, and wherein, each arm is furnished with such moulding part.At this these moulding parts are set like this, that is, the surface that faces with each other of these moulding parts defines the forming hair mouth that is used to admit hair.Heat at least one in these two mould boards, to promote the forming hair process.For example can realize this heating through using resistance heater, said resistance heater can one be combined in the mould board.A kind of like this device for forming hair of cicada is also wherein used hot-air and is heated at least one moulding part simultaneously.For example the boiling hot device of gas just belongs to this mode.Correspondingly, the moulding part of this device for forming hair has air outlet slit, thereby the air of the arm of this moulding part of flowing through can directly offer hair.

This device for forming hair (its have be used for hair straightening mould board as the moulding part; The surface that faces with each other of this mould board is level and smooth) in; For the forming hair effect that obtains to expect is requisite be; When closed forming hair mouth, the previous open arm and move accordingly through mould board in order to put into hair through closure can be applied to the hair of putting into the forming hair mouth with uniform forming hair pressure.Distortion (the parallel set-up mode of face of the smooth surface that faces with each other of negative influence mould board thus) for one or more arms of reply or mould board appearance in heating process; More such device for forming hair have been developed; Wherein, in two moulding parts installs with the mode of floating through using one or more to be bearing in the spring element on the bearing.If occur changing because of thermal expansion causes moulding district geometry under some situation, the unsteady hang of antagonistic spring pre-tensioning effect also allows the set-up mode that moulding part surface is parallel or face is parallel that faces with each other under the closed situation of forming hair mouth so.The device for forming hair that use has by this way a forming hair spare of installing also can compensate the different-thickness of the topknot of putting into the forming hair mouth.

In the device for forming hair that is provided with for hair straightening, possibly not hope to apply higher chucking power.For example under the situation of very thin hair, just do not expect to apply higher chucking power, this is because when carrying out stretching process, and device for forming hair begins the outside tractive of the hair of putting into the forming hair mouth until sending out tail from scalp usually.In order to obtain certain forming hair effect, must apply certain pressure to the hair of treating moulding on the other hand through the moulding part.This equally also is applicable to the moulding part that utilizes it to perm.

Summary of the invention

Thereby the prior art from being discussed, task of the present invention is so to improve the device for forming hair of aforementioned type,, about being applied to the pressure of treating on the hair, is improving the operation of this device for forming hair with the forming hair effect parties concerned that is.

According to the present invention; This task solves through the device for forming hair of aforementioned type, wherein, is that in two arms is equipped with device for pressure measurement; Said device for pressure measurement is set for detection and when closed forming hair mouth, is applied to the pressure on the hair between these moulding parts; Perhaps be used to detect the value of having represented said pressure, and said device for forming hair comprises indicating device that it is used to indicate pressure or the force value that is detected.

Said device for forming hair has device for pressure measurement, and it is used for detecting through closed two arms and is applied to the pressure on the hair of putting into the forming hair mouth.Be provided with indicating device in addition and be used to indicate pressure or the force value that is detected.This device for pressure measurement can be designed as according to mechanical system work.This is equally applicable to when surpassing predetermined pressure, generate the indicating device of haptic signal.Preferably for example the such electronic pressure transmitter of bar shaped pressometer is used as device for pressure measurement, and its output signal is provided for analytic unit.Under the simplest situation, this analytic unit can be a comparator element, and it is used for comparing being present in a distolateral pressure measurement signal and the threshold value of input.This threshold value is preferably adjustable, so that obtain higher or lower threshold value according to the forming hair effect of the hardness of treating hair and/or expectation.If surpass this threshold value, then activate indicating device, be exceeded in order to indicating predetermined threshold value.This indicating device for example can be the visual detector for example realized through LED, sound indicator and/or the actuator of the such generation haptic signal of vibration unit for example.Can stipulate that when activating indicating device this indicating device makes and uses the people of device for forming hair can discern a plurality of pressure ranks, for example when surpassing the next stage pressure threshold, activates additional LEDs again.Simultaneously, when surpassing the different pressures threshold value, can activate vibration unit, this vibration unit is vibrated with varying strength.A kind of like this indicating device is set usually, and this indicating device has made the user experience to have reached the pressure threshold of confirming, and need not the user its sight line is removed from the hair of treating moulding.Thereby tactile actuator is particularly suitable for this purpose.

In an improved procedure, stipulate,, then send first signal,, then send secondary signal if surpass the next stage pressure threshold through indicating device if surpass more low-level pressure threshold.Can limit by this way between a pressure area, can between this pressure area, carry out the hair modeling process.

According to a preferred embodiment, device for pressure measurement so is arranged in the arm of device for forming hair, that is, the moulding part with its rear support on this arm.For this purpose; Said moulding part has the supporting mass that is arranged on its back side; Said moulding part is provided with under the situation of the device for pressure measurement that preferably is constructed to the bar shaped pressometer at the centre pad; Be held with the mode that is bearing on the bearing by means of said supporting mass, at this owing to be provided with said supporting mass, so said moulding part is installed to be and can moves because of its seesaw type supporting.Because this supporting that preferably realizes with the mode of point is not merely the moulding part floating support mode is provided, and since single point supporting also to have guaranteed pressure detecting final with to treat that hair is positioned at inner which place of forming hair mouth irrelevant.Supporting mass is set carries out the seesaw type motion to allow the moulding part.Usually supporting mass approximately is arranged in the zone line of moulding part about its extension on arm is vertical.If on the moulding surface of moulding part, do not applied laminate pressure by another moulding part, then this moulding part can freely-movable in the scope that swings up and down (it is limited backstop usually) of permission.If the arm of closed device for forming hair is so that closed forming hair mouth, fit according to definite mode each other in two moulding part surfaces that then limit the forming hair mouth based on the said seesaw type support pattern of one of them moulding part.So the moulding part is bearing in by means of supporting mass and shows on the bearing that bearing is used to export the chucking power of expectation.In this device for forming hair, make full use of two actings in conjunction of moulding part in the forming hair process; Particularly be exactly to make as far as possible in the process of closed forming hair mouth; Mode through the moulding part that can do the seesaw type motion correspondingly is orientated according to the surperficial orientation of the moulding of another moulding part makes the moulding part that can do the seesaw type motion be close to the moulding surface of another moulding part with its moulding surface.Simultaneously can detection effect in the clossing pressure of forming hair spare.

Look the make of device for forming hair and can stipulate surely, when the forming hair mouth was opened, the moulding part that can do the seesaw type motion did not have unique locus, thereby the reset force through spring element does not remain on the initial position.Yet also this spring element can be set.If spring element is not set, the chucking power that so only has the user to apply for closure arm acts on the hair of the forming hair mouth of putting into said device for forming hair.

The moulding part that can do the seesaw type motion can not remain on the residing arm of said moulding part in a suitable manner with losing.For this purpose, the moulding part can have a plurality of guide lug, and they are formed on one or two along on the side of oscillating motion direction, and these guide lug are bonded on respectively in the such cavity that is arranged on the arm side of cage frame for example.This cavity defines the scope of swinging up and down in the length of the direction of motion that engages guide lug within it, and the moulding part can not be remained on the arm with losing.

Do the seesaw type motion if hope the moulding part of the seesaw type the done motion that mould board for example is such towards a plurality of directions, the so preferred supporting mass that is designed to ball top shape that is provided with, said supporting mass acts on device for pressure measurement.

Description of drawings

Below according to accompanying drawing and combine embodiment that the present invention is described.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is the schematic side elevation in partial section of forward part that is designed to the device for forming hair of hair straightening, and said device for forming hair has the arm of opening, be supported with mould board;

Fig. 2 is the posterior view of moulding part of one of them arm of the device for forming hair of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 illustrates the device for forming hair according to Fig. 1, and this device for forming hair has closed arm here; And

Fig. 4 is the view corresponding to Fig. 3, and hair is placed in two forming hair mouths between the moulding part here.

Fig. 5 is the view corresponding to Fig. 3, has back-moving spring F at the mould board back side.

The specific embodiment

Device for forming hair 1 has two hinged each

other arms

2,3, and device for forming hair 1 is not shown specifically in other respects.As passing through the double-head arrow demonstration on

arm

2,3 ends among Fig. 1,

arm

2,3 can be adjusted with the clamp mode around the axle that is made up of pivoting bolt 4 each other, so that open wide perhaps closure arm 2,3.Device for forming hair 1 is configured to hair straightening, and has two

mould boards

5,6 as the moulding part.These two

mould boards

5,6 are with mode not shown further and method heating, for example through integrated PTC (semistor) heating element heater.In an illustrated embodiment, opposed facing surperficial 7 or 8 of

mould board

5,6 is smooth and smooth.These two

surfaces

7,8 limit forming hair mouth 9.In Fig. 1, forming hair mouth 9 opens

wide.Arm

2,3 this attitude to each other is used for treating that stretching hair puts into forming hair mouth 9.

In an illustrated embodiment, mould board 5 is rigidly connected with arm 2.Different with mould board 5, mould board 6 is installed on the arm 3, and its mould board 6 is to install according to the mode of seesaw specifically.For this purpose, ball being pushed up shape supporting mass 11 is formed on the back side 10 of mould board 6.11 of supporting masses are provided with the situation lower support of pressure sensor D on the surface of the mould board receptacle 12 of arm 3 in the centre pad.Mould board receptacle 12 shows as bearing W for mould board 6 and supporting mass 11 thereof.Therefore, if exert pressure to mould board 6 towards the direction of bearing W, mould board 6 acts on pressure sensor D through its supporting mass 11 with the mode of putting so.Mould board receptacle 12 also is used to limit mould board 6 and on vertical and horizontal, moves relative to arm 3.On two sides that are provided with transverse to arm 3 longitudinal extensions, a

guide lug

13,14 is formed separately on mould board 6.

Guide lug

13,14 is bonded in the

corresponding guide housing

15,16, through these

guide housings

15,16 arm 3 vertically on define " seesaw movement " (shown in Fig. 1 double-head arrow).Simultaneously, because

guide lug

13,14 is bonded in

guide housing

15 and 16, mould board 6 can not remain on the arm 3 with losing.

Fig. 2 is the front view at mould board 6 back sides 10, and it illustrates the set-up mode of ball top shape supporting mass 11, and supporting mass 11 is positioned at the center at mould board 6 back sides 10.In the embodiment shown in fig. 1; Push up the circular curve of shape based on the ball of this supporting mass; Mould board 6 can be done the seesaw type motion towards all directions around the summit of supporting mass 11 based on the rolling movement of supporting mass on pressure sensor D, this pressure sensor D is close on the bearing W with the mode of face contact.

Fig. 3 illustrates the device for forming hair 1 of forming hair mouth 9 closures.Can find out obviously at this to fit in parallel with each other in two

surfaces

7,8 that face with each other.Closing two arms at 2,3 o'clock; Mould board 6 gets into mould board 6 positions shown in Figure 3 from mould board shown in Figure 16 positions; Wherein, mould board 5 points to the rearward end of the rearward end touching mould board 6 of pivoting bolt 4 with it in closing closed procedure, in further closing, tilts in so much owing to closing movement makes mould board 6; That is, two

surfaces

7,8 be adjacent to each other (as shown in Figure 3).Need not other measures like this and just can compensate the distortion that for example when heating, occurs.And, since shown in the set-up mode of support pattern and pressure sensor D of mould board 6 still can detection effect in the clossing pressure of mould board 6.

If topknot as shown in Figure 4 is placed in the forming hair mouth 9 unevenly; Then but the set-up mode of the seesaw type of mould board 6 motion guarantees to act on the hair of putting into forming hair mouth 9 with uniform chucking power, and this chucking power is only caused by the closing force that acts on

arm

2,3.

Pressure sensor D is connected on the analytic unit 18.Thereby the output signal of pressure sensor D is provided for analytic unit 18.In the embodiment shown, analytic unit 18 comprises comparator circuit, and it is used for input signal and predetermined threshold that bar shaped pressometer D sends are compared.Vibration unit 19 is connected on the analytic unit 18 as indicating device.When the overpressure threshold value, activate vibration unit 19 by analytic unit 18, thereby perhaps use tactile cue: " having reached the predetermined pressure that acts on the hair 17 of putting into forming hair mouth 9 " to user's indication of device for forming hair 1.Regulate this threshold value in this embodiment, so that indicate: " under the hair hardness situation of confirming, having reached desirable stretching necessary forming hair pressure " to the user.In the embodiment shown, analytic unit 18 is attached to unshowned adjusting device, can regulate pressure threshold through this adjusting device.Can be according to the hardness of treating hair, regulate highlyer pressure threshold or lower.In order to realize certain forming hair effect, under some hair situation, the forming hair process must be used than higher pressure under other hair situation.

For simplicity, the electrical interface and the power supply of not shown pressure sensor D, analytic unit 18 and vibration unit 19.

Replace comparator circuit for example also can microcontroller be used as analytic unit.

According to the device for forming hair that is designed to hair straightening and combine accompanying drawing exemplarily to describe the present invention.Equally, but the set-up mode of the said seesaw type of moulding part motion also can migrate in other device for forming hair, perhaps also can be used for such moulding part, these moulding parts are designed to for example perm and other such hair styles of wave.Replacement as device for pressure measurement at the pressure sensor shown in the description of drawings, also can realize pressure detecting through stroke sensor.In this embodiment (as shown in Figure 5), sensing element is worked with the mode of the power of opposing back-moving spring, keeps this back-moving spring at this with the mode that is bearing between the moulding part back side and the bearing.The size of its reset force motion of spring opposing has been represented the size of being exerted pressure.

Reference numerals list

1 device for forming hair

2 arms

3 arms

4 pivoting bolt

5 mould boards

6 mould boards

7 surfaces

8 surfaces

9 forming hair mouths

10 back sides

11 supporting masses

12 mould board receptacles

13 guide lug

14 guide lug

15 guide housings

16 guide housings

17 hairs

18 analytic units

19 vibration units

The D pressure sensor

The W bearing.

Claims

1. device for forming hair; It has two arms (2,3) hinged each other and that can regulate with the clamp mode, and wherein, each arm (2,3) all has a moulding part (5,6); Said moulding part (5, the 6) acting in conjunction of the said moulding part (5,6) of one of them arm (2,3) and another arm (2,3) wherein is so that carry out forming hair; And wherein, at least one moulding part (5,6) is configured for heating and puts into the hair that is arranged in the forming hair mouth (9) between the said moulding part (5,6)

Said device for forming hair is characterised in that,

One in said two arms (3) is equipped with device for pressure measurement (D); Said device for pressure measurement (D) is arranged for detecting and when the said forming hair mouth of closure (9), is applied to the pressure on the hair (17) that is positioned between the said moulding part (5,6); Perhaps be used to detect the value of having represented said pressure; And said device for forming hair (1) comprises indicating device (19), and said indicating device (19) is used to indicate pressure or the force value that is detected.

2. device for forming hair according to claim 1 is characterized in that, said device for pressure measurement is constructed to pressure sensor (D), and one of said moulding part (6) is bearing on the said pressure sensor (D).

3. device for forming hair according to claim 2 is characterized in that, the output signal of said device for pressure measurement (D) is provided for analytic unit (18), activates said indicating device (19) by said analytic unit (18).

4. device for forming hair according to claim 1 is characterized in that, the output signal of said device for pressure measurement (D) is provided for analytic unit (18), activates said indicating device (19) by said analytic unit (18).

5. device for forming hair according to claim 3 is characterized in that, said analytic unit (18) comprises comparator, and said comparator is used for the measuring-signal of said device for pressure measurement (D) and adjustable threshold value are compared.

6. device for forming hair according to claim 5 is characterized in that, actuator is set as said indicating device, and said actuator is used for generating haptic signal to the personnel of the said device for forming hair of operation (1).

7. device for forming hair according to claim 4 is characterized in that, actuator is set as said indicating device, and said actuator is used for generating haptic signal to the personnel of the said device for forming hair of operation (1).

8. device for forming hair according to claim 3 is characterized in that, actuator is set as said indicating device, and said actuator is used for generating haptic signal to the personnel of the said device for forming hair of operation (1).

9. according to the described device for forming hair of one of claim 2 to 8; It is characterized in that; Said moulding part (6) has the supporting mass (11) that is arranged on said moulding part (6) back side (10), and said moulding part (6) is provided with at the centre pad under the situation of bar shaped pressometer, is held with the mode that is bearing on the bearing (W) by means of said supporting mass (11); At this owing to be provided with said supporting mass (11), so said moulding part (6) is installed to be and can moves because of its seesaw type supporting.

10. device for forming hair according to claim 9 is characterized in that, said supporting mass (11) is about the zone line of the said moulding part of vertically being positioned at of said arm (3) (6).

11. device for forming hair according to claim 10 is characterized in that, constructs said supporting mass (11) according to ball top mode, thereby can on all directions, realize the seesaw type movement effects of said moulding part (6).

12. device for forming hair according to claim 9 is characterized in that, constructs said supporting mass (11) according to ball top mode, thereby can on all directions, realize the seesaw type movement effects of said moulding part (6).

13. device for forming hair according to claim 11; It is characterized in that; The said moulding part (6) that supports according to the seesaw mode has the guide lug (13,14) of the side direction of being formed on, and said guide lug (13,14) is used at least one pivoting action direction, limiting said seesaw type motion.

14. device for forming hair according to claim 10; It is characterized in that; The said moulding part (6) that supports according to the seesaw mode has the guide lug (13,14) of the side direction of being formed on, and said guide lug (13,14) is used at least one pivoting action direction, limiting said seesaw type motion.

15. device for forming hair according to claim 9; It is characterized in that; The said moulding part (6) that supports according to the seesaw mode has the guide lug (13,14) of the side direction of being formed on, and said guide lug (13,14) is used at least one pivoting action direction, limiting said seesaw type motion.

16., it is characterized in that said moulding part is the mould board (5,6) that is used for hair straightening according to the described device for forming hair of one of claim 10 to 15.

17. device for forming hair according to claim 9 is characterized in that, said moulding part is the mould board (5,6) that is used for hair straightening.

18. device for forming hair according to claim 5 is characterized in that, vibration unit (19) is set as said indicating device, said vibration unit is used for generating haptic signal to the personnel of the said device for forming hair of operation (1).

19. device for forming hair according to claim 4 is characterized in that, vibration unit (19) is set as said indicating device, said vibration unit is used for generating haptic signal to the personnel of the said device for forming hair of operation (1).

20. device for forming hair according to claim 3 is characterized in that, vibration unit (19) is set as said indicating device, said vibration unit is used for generating haptic signal to the personnel of the said device for forming hair of operation (1).