EP0394105B1 - Appareil à épiler - Google Patents

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EP0394105B1
EP0394105B1 EP90401006A EP90401006A EP0394105B1 EP 0394105 B1 EP0394105 B1 EP 0394105B1 EP 90401006 A EP90401006 A EP 90401006A EP 90401006 A EP90401006 A EP 90401006A EP 0394105 B1 EP0394105 B1 EP 0394105B1
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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
    • A45D26/00—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers
    • 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
    • A45D26/00—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers
    • A45D26/0066—Tweezers
    • A45D26/0071—Tweezers the hair being extracted automatically, i.e. without manual traction by the user
    • A45D26/0076—Tweezers the hair being extracted automatically, i.e. without manual traction by the user power-driven

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  • the present invention relates to small depilatory devices capable of being held in the hand to remove excess hair.
  • patent FR 2,395,724 describes an apparatus of this type.
  • the effectiveness of this device is satisfactory, since each hairs grasped are pulled out by a pulling movement exerted perpendicularly to the skin.
  • the performance of this device is extremely limited. Indeed, the hairs do not easily engage between the pliers and are rather pressed against the skin by the movement of the pliers.
  • the present invention aims to achieve a small hair removal device which is designed so as to be able to pull out a large quantity of hairs, but with the advantages of vertical pulling, without breaking the hair.
  • the design of the present device is such that it combines the advantages of a prior combing of the hairs before they are grasped and of a subsequent pulling approximately perpendicular to the surface of the skin.
  • the displacement of the movable blades roughly parallel to the surface of the skin ensures a prior combing of the hairs facilitating their engagement between these blades thanks to the orientation which is thus given to them.
  • the effectiveness of pulling out the hairs this results from the fact that the traction exerted on them after gripping takes place roughly perpendicular to the surface of the skin, and not laterally as is the case in current hair removal devices.
  • the mechanical means for driving the floating depilation head are capable of imparting to it a variable speed during its complex movement of translation and recoil, so that the speed of this head d epilation becomes zero when the pliers are closed and then grows during the recoil movement of this head.
  • the floating epilation head is coupled with one of the ends of a drive arm which, at rest, is substantially perpendicular to the plane defined by the free edges of the movable blades, and in an intermediate point the length of which is coupled an actuating finger carried by a crank plate driven in rotation by the motor of the device.
  • This actuating finger can then be engaged inside a slide provided in the drive arm and which has a particular profile determining the nature of the movement imparted to this arm.
  • Figure 1 is a cross-sectional view of a hair removal device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic sectional view of its epilation head according to line II-II of FIG. 1.
  • Figure 3 is a diagram illustrating the operation of the actuation means of the drive arm of the epilation head.
  • FIG. 4 represents a curve illustrating the movements of the epilation head during the use of the this device.
  • FIGS 5 to 8 are diagrams similar to Figure 3 and which correspond to different alternative embodiments.
  • Figures 9 and 10 are schematic perspective views illustrating two other alternative embodiments.
  • Figure 11 is a schematic top plan view of a particular embodiment of the hair removal device according to the invention.
  • Figures 12 and 13 are partial views in vertical section of the epilation head of this device, these views illustrating two different cases of use.
  • Figures 14 and 15 are cross-sectional views of two alternative embodiments of the epilation head of the present apparatus.
  • Figures 16 and 17 are partial views in longitudinal section of the epilation head provided in another embodiment, these views illustrating two different cases of use.
  • Figure 18 is a schematic view of yet another embodiment of the epilation head of an apparatus according to the invention.
  • Figure 19 is a schematic elevational view of yet another embodiment.
  • Figure 20 is a partial cross-sectional view of another embodiment.
  • Figures 21 and 22 are diagrams illustrating two different modes of operation of the pinch blades provided in this embodiment.
  • Figures 23 and 24 are diagrams illustrating a particular variant of the actuation means of the drive arm of the epilation head.
  • the appliance represented in FIGS. 1 to 3 comprises a depilation head designated by the reference general 1. This is arranged at one end of a small box 2 which can be held in the hand.
  • the latter contains an electric motor 3 for driving the mechanical members of the epilation head, as well as batteries 4 for supplying this motor.
  • the epilation head 1 is surrounded by a cover 5 attached to the corresponding end of the housing 2 and which has an opening 6 through which slightly protrude the free edges of a series of blades 7 constituting the gripping pliers and d pulling out the hairs to be removed. These blades are arranged side by side and parallel to each other on the same support 8. The latter is mounted floating on the corresponding end of the housing 2 while being connected to the latter by spring blades 9.
  • the outer edges pinch blades 7 extend approximately in the same plane XX ′, corresponding to the work plane of the present epilation head, this plane being intended to be placed parallel to the surface of the skin and to very little distance from it.
  • the free edges of the blades 7 may have a slightly curved profile and tangent to the plane XX ′, as is the case in the example shown in FIG. 1.
  • the blades 7 each have the shape of an arch, the lateral branches of which are arranged on either side of two projecting edges 10 carried by the movable support 8.
  • the mounting of these blades on these edges is such that they can pivot , at their foot, around a series of parallel axes Y-Y '.
  • these blades 7 are alternately coupled with two control bars, respectively 11a and 11b which are able to rotate them in one direction and in the other. These two bars are arranged one on the other between the two edges 10 of the movable support 8.
  • Each of them has a small yoke 12a or 12b inside which is engaged a projecting tooth 13a or 13b of the blade corresponding 7a or 7b.
  • the clamping surface of the blades then depends on the shape of the free outer edge of these blades. This makes it possible to define a very good pinch and a good regularity on a very small surface without particular machining precision.
  • each of the control bars 11a and 11b projects at one or the other end of the epilation head 1 and comprises at the end a roller 14a or 14b disposed against the corresponding internal walls of the cover 5.
  • a spring 15, interposed between the two bars 14a and 14b as shown in Figure 2 tends to maintain these two bars in a position such that the outer edges 7a and 7b are spaced from each other as shown in Figure 2 , which ensures the opening of the grippers.
  • the drive means for the floating depilation head 1 comprise an actuating arm 16. At rest, the latter is substantially perpendicular to the plane XX 'defined by the free edges of the blades 7.
  • the movable support 8 of these is coupled to the corresponding end 17 of this actuating arm. To this end, this support is articulated, by means of an axis 8, on a lug 19 carried by this end.
  • the opposite end 20 of the actuating arm 16 is slidably mounted in the axial direction inside a ball joint 21 which is articulated in a fixed seat 22 provided in the housing 2.
  • a thrust spring 23 tends to hold the arm 16 and the floating depilation head 1 in a position for which the outer edges of the blades 7 are placed in the plane XX 'or are tangent to this plane.
  • the actuating arm 16 comprises a slide 24 inside which is engaged a control finger 25 carried by a crank plate 26 driven in rotation by the motor 3 of the device.
  • control finger 25 when the control finger 25 reaches the position 25b, it reaches the bottom of the slide 24 and from this moment the continued rotation of the crank plate 26 has the effect that the control finger 25 drives with it the actuating arm 16 according to arrow F2 until this finger reaches its position 25c. This then causes a movement of recoil to the whole of the floating epilation head, and this approximately perpendicular to the plane XX '.
  • control finger 25 passes from its position 25d to its initial position 25a, it then simply moves inside the slide 24 by imparting a pivoting movement to the actuating arm 16. This therefore results in a new translation of the epilation head according to arrow F1, and so on.
  • Figure 4 shows the rest of a curve illustrating the different displacements of the epilation head 1 during the use of the device.
  • the part drawn by two parallel lines represents the entire stroke during which the grippers are open.
  • the part drawn in solid lines it represents the race during which these same clamps are closed.
  • This closure begins at point B located shortly before point C designating the start of the recoil of the gripping head, this closure ending at point D which corresponds to the end of this recoil movement.
  • the opening of the clamps it begins at this point D and ends at point B mentioned above.
  • the EAC portion of the curve in FIG. 4 represents the displacement carried out in translation parallel to the plane XX ', the point A corresponding to the position represented at Figures 1 and 2.
  • the portion DE represents the return of the epilation head in the vicinity of the plane XX '.
  • control means acting on the two strips 11a and 11b for actuating the blades 7 in order to rotate them in the opposite direction at the desired time to close and open the gripping pliers formed by these blades are also provided.
  • the internal walls of the cover 5 comprise ramps 27a and 27b which are capable of acting on the ends of one and the other bars 11a and 11b.
  • the profile of these cams is such that they cause the gripping pliers to close before the recoil movement imparted to the epilation head 1 and the maintenance of this closure during this entire movement, then a further opening of the pliers during the return of the epilation head to its initial position, and maintaining this opening until shortly before the execution of a new recoil movement by the epilation head.
  • Figure 5 shows an alternative embodiment means for driving the floating depilation head.
  • the shape of the slide 24a provided in the corresponding actuating arm 16a is such that the driving speed of the epilation head is variable during the various phases of the movement of the latter. More specifically, the profile of this slide is designed so that the translational movement parallel to the plane XX 'is canceled out during the closing of the clamps and before the backward movement ensuring the pulling of the hairs takes place. This makes it possible to increase the efficiency of pulling out the hairs.
  • the clamping of the clamps being carried out without shock or displacement in translation of the blades, the hair is pinched gently and without risk of being broken. But in this order of idea, it would be possible to provide any other suitable profile for the slide of the drive shaft so as to obtain various speed variations between the different movements printed on the epilation head.
  • FIG. 6 represents another variant in which the slide provided in the previous embodiments is replaced by an opening 24b having a rectangular outline, the control finger 25 carried by the rotary plate 26 being engaged in this opening.
  • the particular shape of this has the effect that the recoil movement imparted to the epilation head is more frank than in the previous embodiments, and that the pulling of the hairs is carried out according to a movement actually perpendicular to the plane. of the epilation head.
  • the finger 25 reaches the end of the rectangular opening 24b, it is caused to slide against the edge of this opening in the direction opposite to the epilation head.
  • the epilating head drive arm 16c has no slide or the like and the corresponding actuating finger 25c is simply rotatably mounted inside. 'a circular hole 24c provided in this drive arm.
  • the arrangement thus provided makes it possible to impart, to the epilation head, an elliptical movement ensuring the same operation as in the other embodiments, that is to say both a movement approximately in the plane working XX 'of the epilation head and a backward movement in relation to this plane.
  • the backward movement can be carried out at different times from the execution of the translational movement carried out parallel to the plane XX '. In the examples described above, this backward movement takes place when the epilation head has reached the end of its stroke to the right of FIG. 1. However, it would be possible to provide an arrangement of the drive means which would be such that this backward movement occurs, on the contrary, in the middle of the translation stroke effected parallel to the plane XX ′, or even at any other appropriate time in this translation stroke.
  • the system constituted by the combination of a crank plate and an actuating finger articulated in the drive arm of the epilation head could be replaced by any other mechanical system capable of ensuring the same combination of movements, that is to say on the one hand a movement carried out approximately in a plane parallel to the plane XX 'and a movement of recoil approximately perpendicular to this plane.
  • the epilation head 1 can be coupled to one of the ends of a drive arm 16d, the opposite end of which is articulated at 30 on a rotary plate 26d driven by the motor. of the device. Furthermore, at an intermediate point along its length, the drive arm carries a lug 31 which is engaged inside a fixed circular guide slide 32. Thanks to this arrangement, part of the movement of the epilation head takes place roughly in the plane XX ', and this is accompanied by a movement of recoil relative to this plane. But again many other drive mechanisms can be used to provide the desired movements for the epilation head.
  • the arm 16 for driving the epilation head can be replaced by two arms linked simply by their similar movement in the plane XX ', but having opposite movements on the axis YY' which would ensure that the blades are pinched by actuation of their respective bars.
  • the movement of the arms on this axis YY ' would be created by kinematics linked to the rotation of the crank plate so as to trigger the pinching always at the same point of the trajectory in the plane XX', periodically.
  • the drive arms can have a particular geometry: scissors, trapezoid, with rotation so as to create this movement. This particular case is advantageously suitable for an epilating appliance comprising a single plucking pliers, the epilation head thus being simpler to produce.
  • the means for controlling the pivoting of the blades 7, forming gripping pliers could be replaced by any other means capable of playing the same role during the various movements of the floating epilation head.
  • the pinching blades 7 instead of being pivotally mounted at their feet, the pinching blades 7 could be integral with the two bars ensuring their actuation. Thus the movement in the opposite direction of these would control the tightening and the spacing of these blades by simple translational movement.
  • the arrangement of the means for driving the epilation head 1 could be such that these print on this head a trajectory of elliptical shape, very flat.
  • some of the blades could be fixed, the others remaining mobile so as to be applied against the fixed blades in the closed position of the clamps formed by these blades.
  • one clamp in two could be fixed and one in two mobile.
  • all the clamps 7a could be fixed, the corresponding bar 11a then simply serving them as a fixed support, and not as an actuating member.
  • the nature of the movement of the movable blades could be different. Instead of being pivoting, as provided in the example of FIGS. 1 to 4, these blades could be movable in translation for ensure the closure of the clips formed by them. However, this closure could also be achieved by bending the working ends of these blades, or at least one blade in two.
  • pinch blades or at least some of them could comprise, at their periphery, a lining or lining elements, made of a material adhering to human hair.
  • the function of such trim elements is to further improve the combing of the hairs by the device before they are gripped between the nip blades.
  • these protective blades can also include, at their periphery, a lining or elements of lining, of a material adhering to human hair.
  • FIG. 9 it represents a variant in which two separate depilation heads 1e and 1f are provided which are similar, in their design and arrangement, to the depilation head 1 provided in the embodiment shown in the figures 1 and 2.
  • the drive means of these two epilation heads are then such that they are driven by movements of the same kind, but with a time shift so as to be symmetrical.
  • these drive means may comprise a rotary plate 26e on one and the other faces of which articulate drive arms 16e and 16f, and this at two diametrically opposite points.
  • One end of these drive arms is coupled to the support 8e or 8f of one and the other epilation heads, while their opposite drive end is slidably mounted in an articulated ball joint 21e or 21f.
  • the arrangement provided in this particular form of realization has the advantage of avoiding the jolts that can occur in the case where there is only one epilation head.
  • FIG. 10 illustrates another embodiment in which two separate depilation heads are also provided (not shown), but which is designed so that these are driven by movements of the same nature, but taking place reverse.
  • the drive arms 16g and 16h of these two epilation heads are articulated, at an intermediate point of their length, on two rotary plates 33g and 33h which are rotated in opposite directions by a pinion 34 angle return.
  • the ends of the two drive arms, which are opposite to the epilation heads are slidably mounted in articulated ball joints 21.
  • the arrangement thus provided has the advantage of also avoiding the jolts which can occur in the case where there is only one epilation head.
  • FIG. 11 to 13 illustrate a particular embodiment in which a protective grid, designated by the general reference 35, is associated with the epilation head of the corresponding device.
  • the transverse elements 36 of this grid are arranged between two successive pairs of complementary pinching blades 7a and 7b, as shown in FIG. 11.
  • this grid rests on springs 37 which tend to keep it in a position such that the edges of the transverse elements 36 of this grid are projecting from a distance h relative to the free edges of the pinching blades 7a and 7b (see FIG. 12).
  • the user can "dose” the action of the device by applying it more or less strongly against the skin.
  • he can simply place the device in contact with the skin so that the pinch blades have no action. Then he can press the device harder to bring in the pinch blades. But as soon as the operation of pulling out the hairs proves painful, the operator need only release the pressure exerted on the device to interrupt the action of the pinching blades.
  • the device corresponding to this embodiment is more suitable for being used for depilation of certain areas of the skin which are particularly sensitive.
  • Figure 14 illustrates another embodiment which is also designed to allow a progressive action of the device.
  • the corresponding epilation head 1i comprises a series of protective blades 38, each of which is disposed between two successive pairs of pinching blades 7a, 7b.
  • These protective blades 38 are arranged in the same orientation. However, they are mounted on springs 39 which tend to maintain them normally in a position for which their free edge protrudes relative to the free edge of the pinch blades 7a and 7b, and this in approximately the same conditions as it was case for the transverse elements 36 of the protective grid 35 of the embodiment according to FIGS. 11 to 13.
  • FIG. 15 represents another embodiment corresponding to the same general design. The only difference lies in the fact that the protective blades 38, mounted on a spring, are replaced by protective blades 38j having a particular cutout 40 allowing their contraction, and consequently their erasure, when the epilation head 7j is pressed. against the skin. The operation is therefore the same as in the previous embodiment.
  • FIGS 16 to 17 illustrate yet another embodiment which is also designed to allow progressive action of the device.
  • the protective blades 38j are replaced by protective blades 38k capable of bending when the corresponding epilation head 7k is pressed against the skin (see figure 17).
  • these protective blades 38k are made of a material capable of bending under the effect of such pressure.
  • the height of these blades is such that the free edge of these normally protrudes from the free edge of the pinch blades 7a and 7b as shown in FIG. 16. Consequently, when the epilation head 7k is applied against the skin the pinch blades 7a and 7b are inactive until the user presses the device.
  • FIG. 18 illustrates another embodiment in which the depilation head 1 l of the corresponding apparatus comprises only two pinching blades 7 l and 7 m. At an intermediate point of their length, these two blades are articulated one on the other about an axis 41 so that their working ends 42 can be clamped one against the other in the position of closing of the clamp thus formed.
  • the means for actuating these two blades are arranged so as to act on their opposite ends 43 as shown diagrammatically by the arrows F1 and F2.
  • This particular arrangement of the means for actuating the nipping blades has the advantage of clearing the working end of the device. Consequently, this end can take the form of a kind of rod of reduced section which is carried by the housing of the device. This allows it to be used for certain specific applications, for example for eyebrow waxing.
  • FIG. 19 it represents yet another embodiment which differs from the previous by the nature of the drive means of the corresponding epilation head 1n.
  • these drive means comprise an operating arm 16n articulated at an intermediate point of its length around a fixed axis 44 and the opposite end of which is articulated at 25n on a rotary plate of drive 26n.
  • the arrangement is such that the depilation head 1n thus follows a trajectory comprising successively a first curved part tangent to the working surface XY of the apparatus, then a second part deviating from this surface and then returning to close to this one.
  • At least some of the additional blades (38, 38j) of the skin protection can participate in the pinching of the hairs to be plucked.
  • the protective blades would not be retractable, but the pinching blades are mounted movable so that they can be brought into a projecting position relative to the protective blades, actuation means being provided for controlling the movement of the pinch blades in this position to put them into service.
  • Figures 20-22 show yet another embodiment, which is designed to allow also delayed entry of the pinch blades.
  • the mounting of the two corresponding series of nipping blades 7c and 7d differs from the mounting provided in Figures 1 to 3, in that the blades 7d of one of the two series can be placed slightly behind to the blades 7c of the other series by a distance d (see FIG. 21) or, on the contrary in agreement.
  • the clamps formed by these two series of blades are inactive, while in the second they are active.
  • the axes 45 of articulation thereof on the edges 10 of the support 8 are made of elastic material. Furthermore, the bar 11d for actuating these blades 7d has a certain clearance clearance 8 in the direction F relative to the bar 11c actuating the blades 7c, and a pusher 46 is provided for moving the bar 11d in the direction of arrow F. This pusher is carried by a sort of sleeve 47 mounted to slide on the drive arm 16 of the present epilation head.
  • This sleeve in one direction and in the other, can be controlled by means of a sliding crosspiece 48 capable of being actuated by hand, the latter comprising two ramps 48a and 48b capable of acting in the opposite direction on a lug 49 carried by the sleeve 47.
  • a bent elastic blade 50 immobilizes the sleeve 47 in each of its useful positions.
  • FIGS. 23 and 24 illustrate a particular variant of the actuating means of the arm 16 for driving the epilation head of this device.
  • the crank plate which carries the control finger 25 of this arm, is constituted by a pinion 26 o meshing with the internal toothing of a fixed crown 51.
  • This pinion is driven in movement by a crank pin 52 pivoting around a central axis 53 (see Figure 24).
  • the pinion 26 o and the fixed crown 51 constitute a hypocycloidal mechanism which imparts to the control finger 25 a trajectory of very particular shape, illustrated in FIGS. 23 and 24, which determines a movement also very particular of the head. epilation of the corresponding device.

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