CN1065388A

CN1065388A - Hair grooming device

Info

Publication number: CN1065388A
Application number: CN 91102267
Authority: CN
Inventors: 艾萨克·坎特
Original assignee: Epilady International Inc
Current assignee: Epilady International Inc
Priority date: 1991-04-04
Filing date: 1991-04-04
Publication date: 1992-10-21

Abstract

This hand-held hair grooming device comprises the housing that is fit to the user and holds, in the broach battle array of the outward extending conduction of housing, the housing assembling broach device and apply the device of current potential at the adjacent tine between cog, this device can be electrocuted louse or the parasite that is positioned between adjacent fingers.

Description

Hair grooming device

The present invention relates to hair grooming device.There is the hair grooming device of many types well-known already.United States Patent (USP) 2,021,008; 1,724,984; 456,953; 456,952; 384,561 and 312,487 all relate to battery powered electric comb, in order to compose to root of hair and scalp electric energy.At United States Patent (USP) 2,021, in 008, each row broach is insulated from each other, and each is combed unit and is adjacent comb unit and has opposite polarity, so that topknot is connected into a circuit between adjacent comb unit.

United States Patent (USP) 3,897,794 described a kind of small battery powered, have the vibration tooth and can comb the logical hair comb of distributing arbituarily.

United States Patent (USP) 4,815,232 have showed and a kind ofly drive away and catch flea and other and post the comb of worm.

United States Patent (USP) 1,165,485 have described a kind of electric installation that hits that has the interval bonding jumper, but are not combs.

United States Patent (USP) 4,792,147 have described a portable set type pet carder and the flea device that goes out, and it includes a vacuum plant and can remove loose, dandruff etc. and electrocute flea with electric charge to remote location.

The present invention attempts to provide a kind of hand-held hair grooming device, can electrocute louse, flea and other insects in sending out effectively.

According to preferred embodiment of the present invention, a kind of hand-held hair grooming device is provided, this device comprise housing that a suitable user hands, one from the outwardly directed conduction broach of this housing battle array, one in order to broach is assemblied in the casing device and in order between adjacent fingers, to apply the device of current potential, can electrocute the louse or other insects that place between adjacent fingers whereby.

Again, the preferred embodiment according to the present invention comprises battery-operated devices in order to the device that applies current potential, can supply with the voltage higher than cell voltage.

Again, the preferred embodiment according to the present invention, battery-operated devices can apply voltages between adjacent fingers and be 200 volts less.

Again, the preferred embodiment according to the present invention keeps many broach of different potentials protruding from housing with different length.

Again, the preferred embodiment according to the present invention also provides in order to produce the device of the output indication that user's perception louse electrocutes.Device in order to the output indication that produces this device normal running of user's perception also is provided similarly.

Above-mentioned generation device preferably includes in order to the device of voice output indication to be provided, for example with the voice output that applies the current potential device interconnecting.

Again, the preferred embodiment according to the present invention, some broach should have insulating properties along the part of its exposed length, with prevent to produce owing to adjacent fingers is crooked accidental electric arc.

Again, preferred embodiment of the present invention, the device of above-mentioned assembling broach can be standard component and releasably is assemblied on the housing to allow not broach on the same group.

Read following detailed and will fully understand the present invention with reference to the following drawings, wherein:

Figure 1A and Figure 1B illustrate perspective view and the end view by the hair grooming device of preferred embodiment composition of the present invention and work respectively;

Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B illustrate respectively the device that is used for Figure 1A and Figure 1B the broach that staggers mutually, have the insulation and uninsulated removably broach;

Fig. 3 is depicted as the circuit diagram of broach power supply of the hair grooming device of Figure 1A and Figure 1B;

Fig. 4 is depicted as the preferred circuit of broach power supply of the hair grooming device of Figure 1A and Figure 1B; And

Fig. 5 illustrates another preferred circuit of broach power supply of the hair grooming device of Figure 1A and Figure 1B.

With reference to Figure 1A and Figure 1B, this illustrates the hair grooming device of forming and working by preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Be appreciated that hair grooming device described herein is particularly suitable for the people and sends out use, only be not used for the people and send out, also can be used as pet carding device but the present invention does not limit these devices.

Hair grooming device shown in Figure 1A and Figure 1B comprises housing 10, and this housing is easy to staff and grips, and this housing 10 includes battery and circuit shown in Figure 3, and specifies an assembling device in order to the array 12 of assembling conduction broach 14.According to most preferred embodiment of the present invention, this assembling device can make displacement broach array 12 be easy to buckle into and the work of disengagement and housing 10 is meshed, but also must be not like this, is preferably in an on-off switch 16 and tutorial light 18 also are installed on the housing 10.

In cited embodiment, the broach 14 of array 12 is configured on the plane, and the plane of the relative housing 10 in this plane tilts.Certainly, any other suitable broach 14 configurations also can be adopted.

With reference to Fig. 2 A and Fig. 2 B, this illustrates the configuration of broach 14.Broach is preferably formed as thickness and is about 0.8 millimeter linear, and leaves the space of 0.2-0.3 millimeter mutually.According to preferred embodiment of the present invention, each second broach its adjacent broach of on length, will setovering, broach length is advisable for about 1 centimeter, and preferable is biased to 0.5 millimeter, and this biasing normally can prevent the unlikely closure of circuit when the end of broach 14 remains a plane surface.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, broach can more closely be enough to electrocute the louse egg.

The preferred embodiment according to the present invention, the short broach 20 among Fig. 2 B are furnished with such as the electric insulation layer 22 of enamelled coating to prevent that long broach 24 is at unlikely generation electric arc when shorter one's broach is crooked or do not cause closing of circuit.

With reference to Fig. 3, this illustrates with thinking that broach 14 produces the circuit of high pressure output, in general, circuit shown in Figure 3 comprises an astable multivibrator, in each cycle, make coil charges, in each cycle, this coil makes a capacitor or a capacitor networking discharge, and it acts on as voltage multiplier.The savings of electric charge can surpass 200 volts in capacitor, and at about average out to 5 micro-library positions of capacitor savings charge capacity of the output of receiving broach, this is enough to electrocute louse.Otherwise, use other circuit that are fit to so that dead louse of sufficiently high voltage output incoming or hair parasite to be provided.

Circuit shown in Figure 3 is advisable to use common 28 power supplies as 1.5 volts of dry cells of AA type.1.5 the volt positive voltage is supplied with the emitter stage as 2N2905 transistor 30, its colelctor electrode is through inductance 32 ground connection of one 470 microhenry.The base stage of transistor 30 is advisable with 220 ohm through resistance 34() be coupled to the colelctor electrode such as the transistor 36 of 2N2222 type, its grounded emitter.

Resistance 34 is coupled to 1.5 volts anode with the tie point of the colelctor electrode of transistor 36 through a resistance (being advisable with 220 ohm), and receive base stage such as the transistor 44 of 2N1711 type, its grounded emitter through the capacitor 42 of being advisable such as the diode 40 and 0.1 microfarad of 1N914 type.Capacitor 42 is advisable through resistance 46(1K ohm with the tie point of the base stage of transistor 44) be coupled to 1.5 volts anode.The tie point of capacitor 42 and diode 40 is advisable through resistance 48(220 ohm) be coupled to positive 1.5 volts anode.

Resistance

50 and 52 value should be respectively 1K and 200 ohm, and inductance 54 is preferably 1 millihenry, and capacitor 56 is preferably 250 volts of 0.047 microfarad rated voltages, and an end of four is connected in parallel and receives 1.5 volts anode.The

resistance

50 and 52 the other end are preferably 0.1 microfarad through capacitor 58() interconnect.The other end of resistance 52 and inductance 54 is through being connected to each other such as 1N914 type diode 60.Inductance 54 interconnects such as 1N914 type diode 62 with the other end warp of capacitor 56.

Capacitor 56 and the tie point of resistance 50 are connected to the base stage of transistor 36, diode 60 and 62 and the tie point of inductance 54 be coupled to the colelctor electrode of transistor 44.

Tie point warp such as the 1N914 type diode 64 of the colelctor electrode of inductance 32 and transistor 30 and 0.047 microfarad, the 250 volts of capacitor of being advisable 66 ground connection of specified pressure.

Be defined as 250 volts across the potential difference between first and second nodes 70 and 72, node 70 is defined as the tie point of diode 64 and capacitor 66, node 72 is defined as the tie point of capacitor 56 and diode 62, node 70 preferably is coupled on the bus-bar 74, this bus-bar be connected than short comb 20, and node 72 is coupled in bus-bar 76, and this bus-bar is connected with longer broach 22, longer broach 22 with than 20 one-tenth interdigital staggered states of short comb.

Fig. 3 circuit that those skilled in the art should understand that can provide the battery that voltage is provided above battery 28 between the adjacent paired broach, when louse or other insects have the conductance of sending out greater than the people and place between the adjacent fingers, to making closing of circuit therebetween, produce about 80 microamperes to the 10 milliamperes electric current that is enough to electrocute louse or other insects.Importantly, because the hair conductance is low, so can not make closing of circuit therebetween.

With reference to Fig. 4, this illustrates electrocutes a preferred circuit sending out middle louse, uses 1.5 volts of voltage sources 80 such as AA type dry cell, and its negative terminal is coupled to the emitter stage of transistor 84 through switch 82.The colelctor electrode of transistor 84 is that 390 ohm resistance 86 is coupled to voltage source 80 anodes by representative value.

The resistance 90 that is 1K ohm such as the capacitor 89 and the representative value of 0.1 microfarad is connected in parallel with resistance 86, and the base stage of transistor 84 should be passed through 1K Ohmic resistance 92 and is connected with voltage source 80 anodes.Capacitor 94 that representative value 0.1 microfarad connects and representative value 390 Ohmic resistances 96 are coupled in series between the anode of the contact of the base stage of transistor 84 and resistance 92 and voltage source 80, are that 470 microhenry inductors 100 are coupled in series between the anode of the contact of capacitor 94 and resistance 96 and voltage source 80 such as the diode 98 of 1N914 type and representative value.

The tie point of capacitor 89 and resistance 90 is coupled on the base stage such as the transistor 102 of 2N3019 type.The collector coupled of transistor 102 is to the tie point of diode 98 and inductance 100, and the emitter-coupled of transistor 102 is to the emitter stage of transistor 84.Cross-over connection comprises that four capacitors 106,108,110, its value of 112(respectively are 1 200 volts of farad rated voltages how between the emitter and collector of transistor 102) and four diodes 114,116,118 and 120(be typically 1N914) capacitive character net 104.

One group of broach (being typically than short comb) 20 is coupled to the voltage source negative terminal through voltage supply terminal 122 and switch 82, and another group broach 22 is coupled to the output of capacitive character net 104 through voltage supply side 124, and

voltage supply side

122 and 124 both end voltage are typically 270 volts.

With reference to Fig. 5, this illustrates another preferred circuit of sending out middle louse in order to electrocute.1.5 volts of voltage sources 80 have been used such as AA type dry cell, its negative terminal is coupled to emitter stage such as 2N2222 transistor npn npn 184 through switch 182, and the

series resistance

186 and 188 that the colelctor electrode of transistor 184 is respectively 220 and 390 ohm across voice output 185 and cross-over connection representative value such as pocket piezoelectric speaker is coupled to the anode of voltage source 180.

In parallel such as the resistance 190 that the capacitor 189 and the representative value of 0.5 microfarad is 680 ohm with resistance 188, the base stage of transistor 184 should be connected to the anode of voltage source 80 by the resistance 192 of 1.5K ohm, and representative value is that capacitor 193 and the representative value that 1 microfarad connects is that 390 Ohmic resistances 196 are connected in series between the contact and voltage source 180 anodes of transistor 184 base stages and resistance 192.Diode 194 and representative value such as the 1N4148 type are that 1 millihenry inductance 198 is connected in series between the contact and voltage source 180 anodes of capacitor 193 and resistance 196.

The contact of capacitor 189 and resistance 190 is coupled to the base stage such as the transistor 200 of 2N5551 type.The collector coupled of transistor 200 is to the contact place of diode 194 with inductance 198, and the emitter-coupled of transistor 200 is to the emitter stage of transistor 184.The emitter stage of transistor 200 and colelctor electrode are connected across on the voltage multiplie 204, and this voltage multiplie comprises that four capacitors 206,208,210 and its value of 212(respectively are 1 160 volts of farad rated voltages how) and one 22 ohm the resistance 213 and the diode 214,216,218 and 220 of four typical use 1N4148 types.The representative value 22 how specified 400 volts capacitor 222 of farad is coupling between the contact of the contact of resistance 213 and capacitor 210 and capacitor 212 and diode 222.220 volts of dc voltage output end comprise that a positive voltage is supplied with contact point 223 and a negative voltage is supplied with contact point 224, and regulation is on capacitor 222.

One group of broach 225(is typically short broach) be coupled on the voltage supply contact point 224, and another group broach 227 is coupled on the voltage supply contact point 223.

Circuit shown in Figure 5 can provide a voice output when device work.If circuit or battery 180 not proper handling are no-output.When louse was electrocuted, the voice output instantaneous variation provided the indication of sound to exist with the expression louse and is electrocuted to the user whereby.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the present invention is not limited to the content of above special description and explanation.Scope of the present invention is only by the restriction of appending claims.

Claims

1, a kind of hand-held hair grooming device is characterized in that comprising:

A housing that is suitable for being held in user's hand;

One from the outward extending electric conductivity broach of this housing battle array;

One is assemblied in device in this housing with this broach; And

One in order to apply the device of current potential, to electrocute louse or other parasites between adjacent fingers between adjacent fingers.

2, device according to claim 1 is characterized in that, but above-mentionedly comprises that in order to the device that applies current potential service voltage is higher than the battery-operated devices of cell voltage.

3, device according to claim 2 is characterized in that, described battery-operated devices work is to supply with across 200 volts of the voltage between the adjacent fingers at least.

4, according to each described device in the claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that, keep the broach of different potentials to stretch out from this housing with equal length.

5, according to each described device in the claim 1 to 3, it is characterized in that, keep the broach of the current potential of difference to stretch out from this housing with corresponding different length.

According to each described device among the claim 1-5, it is characterized in that 6, each second broach exposes length to the open air along it and partly has insulating properties to prevent causing contingency electric arc because of the bending of adjacent nuclear tooth at least.

According to each described device in the claim 1 to 6, it is characterized in that 7, the above-mentioned device that is used to assemble allows not broach on the same group releasably to be assemblied in this upper shell.

8, according to each described device in the claim 1 to 7, it is characterized in that, also comprise in order to the device of an appreciable output indication when electrocuting louse to be provided to the user.

9, according to each described device in the claim 1 to 8, it is characterized in that, also comprise device in order to the appreciable output indication that " this device normal running " is provided to the user.

10, according to Claim 8 or 9 described devices, it is characterized in that, above-mentionedly comprise in order to the device of voice output indication to be provided in order to the device that indication is provided.