EP0096310B1 - Peigne pour colorer les cheveux - Google Patents

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EP0096310B1
EP0096310B1 EP83105254A EP83105254A EP0096310B1 EP 0096310 B1 EP0096310 B1 EP 0096310B1 EP 83105254 A EP83105254 A EP 83105254A EP 83105254 A EP83105254 A EP 83105254A EP 0096310 B1 EP0096310 B1 EP 0096310B1
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Siegfried Müller
Eberhard Schäfer
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D24/00—Hair combs for care of the hair; Accessories therefor
    • A45D24/22—Combs with dispensing devices for liquids, pastes or powders
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D19/00—Devices for washing the hair or the scalp; Similar devices for colouring the hair
    • A45D19/0041—Processes for treating the hair of the scalp
    • A45D19/0066—Coloring or bleaching

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  • the invention relates to a paint application comb with a plurality of teeth arranged on a comb back and gaps between them.
  • Such a paint application comb is used for coloring individual fine strands of hair.
  • the previously known paint application comb is designed like a normal comb with coarse teeth.
  • To color the strands of hair the inner ends of the gaps between the teeth are filled with colored material and then the comb is pulled through the hair. The color mass is applied to the strands of hair sliding between the teeth.
  • the tooth gaps are relatively close together and they also capture a relatively large number of strands of hair, there is a more extensive application of coloring material and, consequently, too many hairs are later colored and not in the form of individual strands.
  • the narrow gaps between the teeth can absorb only a relatively small amount of color, so that with longer hair the color is not sufficient to color strands of hair along their entire length.
  • the gaps also have to be filled with paint every time the comb is pulled through. Since it is not possible to properly color individual strands of hair with the previous paint application comb, the known comb has a slit at the end of its stem, which, like the gap, is formed between the teeth of the comb. Therefore, only a relatively small amount of ink can be introduced into the gap, which leads to the disadvantages mentioned above. With the slit provided at the end of the stem, it is better possible to dye individual strands, but the dyeing is very lengthy, since only one strand is colored at a time. In addition, there is a risk that when applying the dye to a strand, the dye will be smeared on the previously treated strands.
  • the invention is therefore based on the object of providing a paint application comb of the type mentioned at the outset, which enables quick and precise coloring of individual, precisely delimited strands of hair.
  • each tooth in its widened part in near the back of the comb has a color chamber which is open to a side surface of the comb and that in each tooth there is a narrow slot extending from the tooth tip to the color chamber to the back of the comb.
  • the teeth widen in a triangular shape towards the tooth back so that they can accommodate relatively large ink chambers in the vicinity of the tooth back. A relatively large amount of ink can then be poured into these ink chambers, so that it has to be refilled less frequently. In particular, it is always ensured that the color composition contained in the color chambers is sufficient for the complete coloring of entire strands of hair. Furthermore, the triangular teeth arranged at a greater distance ensure that triangular gaps are formed between the teeth. which are relatively wide in the area of the teeth. A relatively large amount of hair is covered by these gaps, but is not colored.
  • the paint application comb 1 has a comb back 2 and an adjoining comb style 3. On one side of the back of the comb 2, four or five teeth 4 are arranged at larger distances a from one another, in a top view, as shown in FIG. 1, essentially triangular.
  • Each of these four teeth 4 tapers in the shape of an arrow towards its tip 4a, 4b, or widens towards the back of the tooth 2.
  • Triangular gaps 5 are provided between the teeth in plan view (FIG. 1), which taper towards the comb back 2.
  • the distance a from the center of the tooth to the center of the tooth is approximately 14-16 mm, preferably 15 mm.
  • Each tooth 4 has in its widened part near the back of the comb 2 a color chamber 6.
  • a slot 7 extending from the tooth tip 4a, 4b into the ink chamber 6 perpendicular to the comb back 2.
  • the slots 7 expediently have constant widths b of approximately 2 mm in plan view.
  • the width B of the gaps 5 in the region of the tooth tips 4a, 4b should be approximately 6 times as large as the width b of the slots 7.
  • the ink chambers 6 taper in cross section from one upper side surface of the comb 1 to the other lower side surface 1b thereof.
  • the ink chambers 6 extend into the vicinity of the lower side surface 1b and run out into the slots 7 there.
  • the slots 7 have parallel side surfaces 7a, 7b.
  • the slots 7 and also the gaps 5 extend approximately equally far to the comb back 2.
  • the slots 7 in the teeth 4 serve to guide the strands of hair to be colored. So that these are better grasped by the slots 7, it is expedient if each tooth 4 on one side of the slot 7 is somewhat longer than on the other side, so that the tooth tip 4a protrudes somewhat over the tooth tip 4b.
  • the color chambers 6 with color mass z. B. bleaching mass are filled. It is important that the ink mass actually only gets into the ink chambers 6 and not onto the upper side surface 1a of the comb or into the gaps 5, since otherwise parts of the hair that are not to be colored would come into contact with the color material and would be colored.
  • a template 8 which can be placed on the upper side surface 1a of the comb 1 and which has cutouts 9 which essentially correspond to the outline of the ink chambers 6.
  • each ink chamber is expediently surrounded by an edge 10 projecting over the upper side surface 1aa and the cutouts 9 of the template 8 are adapted to the outlines of these edges 10.
  • the boundary surfaces 9a, 9b of the recesses 9, as shown in FIG. 6 on an enlarged scale, are of a step-like manner are formed so that the template 8 with a part 9a of the stepped boundary surface comprises the side surface 10a of the projecting edge 10 and with the other part 9b of its boundary surface covers the top 10b of the projecting edge 10.
  • the template 8 nestles as well as possible on the upper side surface 1a of the comb 1, it is expedient if the template 8 is adapted to the upper side surface 1a of the comb 1. Furthermore, the template 8 with a part 8a should also extend in the area of the comb style 3. This part 8a is adapted to the comb stem 3. Taking the template 8 on the upper side surface 1a and the comb stem 3, it remains thanks to p as- solution by itself lie there, especially since they by engaging in the recesses 9 of edges 10 relative to the comb 1 or its Ink chambers 6 is centered.
  • the part 8a of the template 8 covering the area of the style 3 has the advantage that when the handle 3 is grasped, the comb 1 and the template 8 can be held simultaneously with one hand, so that the other hand is free to apply the ink.
  • the configuration of the stem end 3a, 3b and the slot 11 and the ink chamber 12 corresponds to the configuration of the slots 7 and the ink chambers 6 of the teeth 4.
  • the comb 1 can have further teeth 13 on its comb back 2, which extend in the opposite direction to the teeth 4 provided with ink chambers 6 and which, like the teeth of a conventional, normal comb, i. H. with substantially parallel gaps 14 are formed.

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1. Peigne applicateur de teinture sur le dos duquel sont disposées plusieurs dents entre lesquelles sont ménagées des brèches, caractérisé en ce que les dents (4) qui sont écartées d'une grande distance (a) et qui, vu en plan, sont essentiellement triangulaires, se rétrécissent en forme de flèches en direction de leurs pointes (4a, 4b), tandis que les brèches (5) qui, vu en plan, sont essentiellement triangulaires, se rétrécissent d'une manière correspondante vers le dos (2) du peigne et chaque dent (4) comporte, dans sa partie élargie et à proximité du dos (2) du peigne, une chambre à teinture (6) qui est ouverte en direction d'une face latérale (1a) du peigne (1), chaque dent (4) comportant une étroite fente (7) s'étendant de la pointe (4a, 4b) de la dent jusque dans la chambre à teinture (6) perpendiculairement au dos (2) du peigne.
2. Peigne selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les fentes (7) ont des largeurs (b) qui, vu en plan, restent constantes.
3. Peigne selon la revendication 1 ou 2, caractérisé en ce que les chambres à teinture (6) s'étendent d'un endroit proche du dos (2) du peigne jusqu'à proximité des pointes (4a, 4b) des dents.
4. Peigne selon la revendication 1 ou 3, caractérisé en ce que la section transversale des chambres à teinture (6) se rétrécit vers l'extérieur d'une face latérale supérieure (1a) du peigne (1) à l'autre face latérale inférieure (1b) de ce dernier.
5. Peigne selon les revendications 2 et 4, caractérisé en ce que les chambres à teinture (6) s'étendent jusqu'à proximité de la face latérale inférieure (1b) où elles débouchent dans les fentes (7) avec des parois latérales parallèles (7a, 7b).
6. Peigne selon une des revendications 1 à 5, charactérisé en ce que les fentes (7) et les brèches (5) s'étendent à peu près sur la même distance jusqu'au dos (2) du peigne.
7. Peigne selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la largeur (B) des brèches (5) dans la zone des pointes (4a, 4b) des dents est à peu près six fois supérieure à celle de la largeur (b) des fentes (7).
8. Peigne selon la revendication 1 ou 7, caractérisé en ce que l'écartement (a) des dents de centre à centre est d'environ 14-16 mm, de préférence, de 15 mm.
9. Peigne selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la section transversale des dents (4) augmente en direction du dos (2) du peigne.
10. Peigne selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que chaque dent (4) est un peu plus longue sur un côté de la fente (7) que sur l'autre côté.
11. Peigne selon les revendications 1, 3 ou 4, caractérisé en ce que, pour remplir les chambres à teinture (6) d'une masse de teinture, on prévoit un gabarit (8) pouvant être posé sur la face latérale supérieure (1a) du peigne (1) et comportant des évidements (9) correspondant essentiellement au contour des chambres à teinture (6).
12. Peigne selon la revendication 11, caractérisé en ce que chaque chambre à teinture (6) est entourée d'un bord (10) ressortant en saillie au-delà de la face latérale supérieure (1a) du peigne (1), tandis que la gabarit (8) comporte des évidements (9) correspondant au contour de ces bords (10).
13. Peigne selon la revendication 12, caractérisé en ce que les surface de délimitation (9a, 9b) des évidements (9) du gabarit (8) sont décalées en forme de gradins de telle sorte que le gabarit entoure, avec une partie (9a) de la surface de délimitation en forme de gradins, la face latérale (10a) du bord en saillie (10) et qu'il recouvre, par une autre partie (9b) de sa surface de délimitation, la face supérieure (10b) de ce bord en saillie (10).
14. Peigne selon au moins une des revendications 11 à 13, caractérisé en ce que le gabarit (8, 8a) est adapté à la face latérale supérieure (1a) du peigne et s'étend jusque dans la zone du manche (3) du peigne.
15. Peigne selon les revendications 1 à 4, caractérisé en ce que, à l'extrémité du manche (3) du peigne, on prévoit une fente (11) s'étendant dans le sens longitudinal du manche et comportant une chambre à teinture (12) disposée à l'extrémité intérieure de cette fente et dont la forme correspond à celle des fentes (7) et des chambres à teinture (6) des dents (4).
16. Peigne selon au moins une des revendications 1 à 15, caractérisé en ce que, sur le dos (2) du peigne, sont disposées des dents supplémentaires (13) qui s'étendent dans une direction opposée aux dents (4) pourvues des chambres à teinture (6) et qui sont réalisées de la même manière que les dents d'un peigne traditionnel.
EP83105254A 1982-06-05 1983-05-27 Peigne pour colorer les cheveux Expired EP0096310B2 (fr)

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