EP0101355B1 - Haarbehandlungsverfahren, insbesondere für die Haarspitzen - Google Patents

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EP0101355B1
EP0101355B1 EP83401499A EP83401499A EP0101355B1 EP 0101355 B1 EP0101355 B1 EP 0101355B1 EP 83401499 A EP83401499 A EP 83401499A EP 83401499 A EP83401499 A EP 83401499A EP 0101355 B1 EP0101355 B1 EP 0101355B1
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Annie Madrange
Jean-Louis Refregier
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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
    • A45D20/00—Hair drying devices; Accessories therefor
    • 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
    • A45D19/16—Surface treatment of hair by steam, oil, or the like
    • 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
    • A45D7/00—Processes of waving, straightening or curling hair
    • A45D7/02—Processes of waving, straightening or curling hair thermal

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  • the present invention relates to a new method for carrying out a drying treatment for free hair, making it possible to obtain an improved state of the latter and in particular of their ends.
  • the process according to the invention finds its application when drying hair which has been subjected to wetting with water or a shampoo. Furthermore, it is intended for hair which, once wet or moistened, is left free for drying, that is to say is not wound on curlers or styling rollers. For convenience of language, we will speak, in the remainder of this description, of "free hairstyles" or "free hair”.
  • the current technique which is generally used for drying loose hairstyles, consists in exposing the hair to the heat produced by one or more lamps with infrared radiation. This drying takes place without ventilation or with very little ventilation.
  • This drying method is the cause of drying of the hair and the succession of drying of this type quickly leads to a degradation of the appearance of the hairstyle.
  • This drawback is particularly unpleasant in the case of curly hairstyles which are obtained by a treatment of the permanent type and which, most of the time, are dried using this technique.
  • the present invention overcomes this disadvantage because it relates to a particular drying technique to avoid or compensate for excessive dehydration of free hair as it occurs with the usual drying techniques.
  • the present invention therefore relates to a new method for drying the hair after a wet treatment in which, after said wet treatment, the hair is dried at a temperature between about 35 and 75 ° C., the last part of the drying being a conditioning phase using humid blown air having a relative humidity of between 40 and 80% approximately, characterized in that the hair is dried in the free state and that, to improve the condition and the appearance of the hair after drying and, in particular of its ends, it is first subjected to drying until the hair has lost at least 50% of the amount of water absorbed during the wet treatment, the weight hair nevertheless being at the end of drying greater than or equal to their initial weight before wet treatment, and then, in the conditioning phase in humid air until the desired dryness and the desired conditioning effect are obtained.
  • the hair is shaped according to the usual technique for free drying: the hair in the wet state is shaped, for example, with a comb according to the desired hairstyle.
  • drying occurs in two phases; the first phase corresponds to an initial drying carried out so as not to displace the hair or to displace it only in an insensitive manner; the second phase corresponds to the sending of a current of hot air (from 35 to 75 ° C), of moderate force and having a relative humidity included in the above-mentioned value range.
  • the conditioning phase is started at a chosen time in a time interval starting at the time when the hair has lost approximately 50% of the amount of water absorbed during the wet treatment and ending at the time when the hair has a weight equal to their initial weight before the wet treatment.
  • the temperature is maintained during the conditioning phase at a value between 35 and 60 ° C and, preferably close to 50 ° C; maintaining the temperature of the atmosphere, where the hair is located during the conditioning phase, at a value close to the temperature practiced during the initial drying of the hair; the conditioning phase is maintained for a time of between 5 and 60 minutes approximately, and preferably between 10 and 20 minutes approximately; the conditioning phase is carried out by injecting water vapor into the atmosphere, where the hair is located.
  • a treatment product can optionally be injected into the atmosphere where the hair is located.
  • treatment product is meant a product ordinarily used in cosmetics, such as anti-seborrheic, anti-dandruff, anti-hair loss agents, film-forming resins, deodorants, disinfectants, perfumes, brilliantine and the like.
  • the initial drying of the hair is carried out before the conditioning phase, at a temperature between 40 and 75 ° C for a time between 10 and 60 minutes.
  • This initial drying of the hair before the conditioning phase is, in a variant, carried out by ventilation, in an open circuit, of air taken from outside and heated.
  • the hair treated by the method according to the invention can be natural hair, bleached, colored or permed.
  • a device which includes means for adjusting the relative humidity of the atmosphere where the hair is placed and means for ensuring said drying of the hair.
  • such a device consists of two separate devices, one ensuring partial or total initial drying of the hair in the usual manner and the other ensuring the conditioning phase in a more humid atmosphere;
  • the device ensuring the partial initial drying of the hair can be a conventional type dryer (helmet alone or lamp with infrared radiation);
  • the device ensuring the conditioning phase can be an oven-enclosure with low air circulation.
  • the device according to the invention consists of a single device operating in two successive cycles, one corresponding to the initial drying - - and the other to the conditioning phase.
  • the device consists of a flexible cap placed on the hair to be treated and supplied with hot air by a pipe connected to a heating and / or humidifier.
  • the device consists of a conventional type dryer hood equipped with an element allowing, during the conditioning phase, an injection of steam into the blown air; the start of the steam injection can be triggered automatically either after a predetermined drying time or when a predetermined relative humidity is reached in the drying atmosphere; the injection of steam can be controlled by a regulator keeping the value of the relative humidity of this air at a constant value.
  • the conditioning phase according to the present invention begins while the hair is still damp, that is to say when they have not lost all the amount of water absorbed during their washing or are still just dry, i.e. returned to their original weight before wet treatment.
  • packaging is started after 35 minutes of drying with hot air at 10% relative humidity; for this conditioning, the hair is placed in contact for 20 min with an atmosphere at 60 ° C. and 70% relative humidity.
  • the hair thus treated has a great shine, without any bleaching of the ends.
  • the first type of device is shown diagrammatically in FIG. 1. It comprises a conventional type 1 dryer intended to carry out the drying phase of the method according to the invention and an oven enclosure 2, distinct from the dryer 1, said oven enclosure being supplied by line 3 so that a constant relative humidity is maintained there.
  • the temperature inside the oven enclosure 2 is also kept constant.
  • the user who has undergone wetting of the hair, either with water or with the aid of a shampoo followed by rinsing, optionally with the application of a polymerizable reinforcing agent, puts her hair in shape by example by an appropriate combing and possibly placed under the dryer 1. Then, the user places her hair in the oven-enclosure 2 and maintains it there for the expected conditioning time. Then, the user carries out, if desired, a finishing combing.
  • the air circulation provided by the member 6 is no longer in an open circuit but in a closed circuit and the member 6 adds to the circulation air a sufficient amount of water to maintain inside the cap 4 a constant relative humidity.
  • water one can introduce into the air, during the conditioning phase, an aqueous or hydro-alcoholic liquid for hair or scalp treatment.
  • the device for implementing the method according to the invention consists of a helmet-dryer 7 of conventional type modified to allow said implementation.
  • the dryer hood 7 is equipped with a fan 8 which sucks in the outside air in the direction of arrow F and pulses it after heating in the direction of the hair, the forced air coming out of the helmet around the wearer's head according to the arrows F1.
  • the helmet 7 is equipped with a device 9 allowing the injection into the pulsed hot air flow of a quantity of steam intended to maintain a constant relative humidity.
  • the hair is put under the helmet 7 and the initial drying phase of the process is started.
  • water vapor or a treatment liquid in the vapor state
  • the quantity of vapor being regulated so as to to maintain a constant relative humidity around the hair.

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1. Verfahren zum Trocknen der Haare nach einer Haßbehandlung, wobei man nach der Naßbehandlung die Haare bei einer Temperatur zwischen ungefähr 35 und 75° C trocknet und der letzte Teil des Trocknungsvorgangs eine Konditionierungsphase darstellt, bei der ein feuchter Luftstrom mit einer relativen Luftfeuchtigkeit von ungefähr 40 bis 80 % eingesetzt wird, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß man die Haare in freiem Zustand trocknet und sie zur Verbesserung ihres Zustands und Aussehens nach dem Trocknen, insbesondere der Haarspitzen, zuerst soweit trocknet, daß die Haare mindestens 50 % des während der Naßbehandlung aufgenommenen Wassers verlieren, wobei aber das Gewicht der Haare am Ende der Trocknung größer oder gleich dem Anfangsgewicht vor der Naßbehandlung ist, und anschließend in der Konditionierungsphase mit feuchter Luft soweit trocknet, bis der gewünschte Trocknungsgrad und Konditionierungseffekt erhalten werden.
2. Verfahren nach Anspruch 1, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die Haare nach der Naßbehandlung nach der für die freie Trocknung üblichen Arbeitsweise in Form gelegt werden.
3. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 oder 2, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß man die anfängliche Trocknung der Haare vor der Konditionierungsphase durch Belüftung mit Luft einer Temperatur zwischen 40 und 75° C während eines Zeitraums von 10 bis 60 Minuten durchführt.
4. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 3, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß man die anfängliche Trocknung der Haare vor der Konditionierungsphase durch Belüftung im offenen Kreislauf mit erwärmter Außenluft durchführt.
5. Verfahren nach Anspruch 4, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß man während der anfänglichen Trocknung und während der späteren Konditionierungsphase einen warmen Luftstrom auf die Haare richtet, dessen Kraft so bemessen ist, daß die Haare nicht oder nur in geringem Maße aus ihrer Lage gebracht werden.
6. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß man die Konditionierungsphase bei einer Temperatur zwischen 35 und 60° C, vorzugsweise um 50° C, durchführt.
7. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 6, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß man die Konditionierungsphase bei einer Temperatur durchführt, die in der Nähe der während der anfänglichen Trocknung der Haare angewendeten Temperatur liegt.
8. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 7, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß man die Konditionierungsphase während eines Zeitraumes von ungefähr 5 bis 60 Minuten durchführt.
9. Verfahren nach Anspruch 8, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß man die Konditionierungsphase während eines Zeitraums von ungefähr 10 bis 20 Minuten durchführt.
10. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 9, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß man die Konditionierungsphase durchführt, indem man in die Atmosphäre, in welcher sich die Haare befinden, Wasserdampf injiziert.
11. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 10, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß man während der Konditionierungsphase in die Atmosphäre, in welcher sich die Haare befinden, ein Behandlungsmittel injiziert.
12. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 11, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß die anfängliche Naßbehandlung der Haare durch Benetzen mit Wasser und/oder Shampoonieren und/oder eine kosmetische Behandlung unter Benetzen der Haare mit einer wäßrigen oder wäßrigalkoholischen Lösung durchgeführt wird.
13. Verfahren nach einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 12, dadurch gekennzeichnet, daß man natürliche, gebleichte, gefärbte oder dauergewellte Haare behandelt.
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FR8214178A FR2531617A1 (fr) 1982-08-16 1982-08-16 Procede de traitement des cheveux, et notamment de leurs pointes, et dispositif pour la mise en oeuvre dudit procede

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