Classifications

• • 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
  • A45D1/00—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor
  • A45D1/02—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor with means for internal heating, e.g. by liquid fuel
  • A45D1/04—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor with means for internal heating, e.g. by liquid fuel by electricity
• • 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
  • A45D2/00—Hair-curling or hair-waving appliances ; Appliances for hair dressing treatment not otherwise provided for
  • A45D2/36—Hair curlers or hair winders with incorporated heating or drying means, e.g. electric, using chemical reaction
• • 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
  • A45D1/00—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor
  • A45D2001/008—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor with vapor generation, e.g. steam

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the general technical field of hair treatment and / or shaping devices, such as those making it possible to perform styling, drying, styling or curling functions, for example.
• the present invention relates to a steam apparatus for treating and / or shaping hair, comprising a housing with a gripping means, a winding body for locks of hair, mounted on the housing and extending from the latter, a steam generating member connected to a steam distribution means opening into the winding body, and means for clamping a lock of hair, such as pliers, on the body d 'winding.
• the apparatus according to the invention is more particularly intended to provide an immobilization function of a lock of hair in order to ensure or facilitate the curling of said lock.
• the processing and / or shaping apparatus according to the invention relates more specifically, but not exclusively, to curling machines.
• the device according to the invention may however obviously comprise in association on the housing constituting it additional devices able to provide other functions of treatment and / or shaping of the hair, such as a brush, or any other means capable of supplying heat, steam, air flow, or even a treatment product.
• the apparatus according to the invention therefore comprises also devices such as styling or curling irons provided with heating and steam generation means.
• a housing forming a gripping member, such as a handle, said housing being provided or connected to a means heating and steam generation and air generation means.
• the housing comprises at one end a tube pierced at its periphery with a series of orifices serving for the passage of steam.
• the tube is also associated with a clamp, movable away from or closer to the tube in order to ensure the tightening of the end of the lock of hair on said tube. The user can then rotate the entire device to wind the wick around the tube, then vaporize the steam through the wick.
• the devices produced according to this principle are not entirely satisfactory due to their difficulty of handling making the operation of winding the wick delicate, since it is necessary for the winding to rotate the whole of the device from the gripping means.
• Such devices are also generally associated with a means generating an air flow intended to mix with the vapor flow, the air flow coming from the housing. It turns out that the air / vapor mixture is produced in a particularly heterogeneous manner both on the periphery of the tube and in its longitudinal direction.
• heterogeneous mixing zones located randomly on the tube, which leads to an impregnation of the wick also heterogeneous and uncontrolled.
• the operational safety of these devices is also not perfect, since due to the relatively high vapor pressure compared to that of the flow of air, it is to be feared the creation of vapor streams which may be directed towards the housing and consequently towards the electrical components of the apparatus.
• the object of the invention therefore aims to produce a new steam appliance for the treatment and / or shaping of hair, capable of remedying the various drawbacks listed above and in which the production of the wick is particularly facilitated while allowing a homogeneous impregnation of the wick by steam and this, in complete safety for the user.
• Another object of the invention is to provide a new steam appliance in which the distribution of steam through the lock of hair is particularly controlled.
• a complementary object of the invention aims to provide a steam device in which the air / steam mixture is produced in a homogeneous manner.
• Another object of the invention is to provide a steam appliance whose design is simplified and capable of being produced at lower cost.
• Another object of the invention is to propose a new method for treating and / or shaping the hair, making it possible to safely ensure a homogeneous distribution of the vapor in the lock of hair.
• a steam apparatus for the treatment and / or shaping of the hair comprising, arranged from a main body: a housing with a gripping means a winding body for the locks of hair secured by one end of the housing and limited towards its other end by a partition wall, said body having holes for the passage of steam from a steam producing member connected to a steam distribution means opening into the winding body, - means for clamping a lock of hair on the winding body, characterized in that: the steam distribution means is a tubular element mounted coaxially and extending in the winding body from an inlet located in the housing, said element comprising at least one vapor distribution orifice, situated at its end terminal so as to drive the inlet vapor stream to 1'circulating tubular 1'anniment substantially over its entire length to release the vicinity of the partitioning wall via the orifice.
• a hair treatment and / or shaping method consisting in: - immobilizing a lock of hair between a winding body and a clamping means of the wick on said body, to wind the wick immobilized on the winding body, - to ensure the passage of steam from the winding body through the immobilized wick, characterized in that it consists in: driving the flow steam inlet without exhaust in the external medium towards the end of the winding body and along its longitudinal axis in a coaxial tubular element extending in the winding body, to release the vapor flow in the vicinity of the end of the body d winding and direct it towards the wick in the opposite direction to the incoming flow.
• Figure 1 shows a partial perspective view of a hair treatment and / or shaping apparatus according to the invention.
• Figure 2 shows a partial transverse / longitudinal section of a hair treatment and / or shaping device according to the invention.
• FIG. 3 shows a cross-sectional view of the treatment apparatus according to the invention carried out according to line III-III of FIG. 2.
• the steam apparatus for treating and / or shaping the hair in accordance with the invention comprises a gripping means 1, constituted by a handle intended to be entered by the user's hand.
• the gripping means 1 forms the housing of the apparatus in which or from which the various elements are arranged. component.
• the gripping means 1 is for example constituted by a cylindrical body of axis of revolution x -x ', on which is advantageously mounted free to rotate about said axis xx', a winding body 2.
• the latter is also advantageously cylindrical in shape, aligned along the axis xx 'and connected to control and stop means (not shown in the figures) for the rotation of the winder body 2.
• control and stop means consist of a control button with two positions ensuring the blocking or the release of the rotation of the winding body 2 around its axis of revolution x- '.
• the winding body 2 can also be connected to an electric motor assembly capable of ensuring its rotation, or be fixedly mounted on the gripping means.
• the winding body 2 can be provided at its periphery with a series of ribs 4, delimiting grooves 4a between them, to promote the attachment of a lock of hair, or to prevent its sliding during the winding around the winding body 2.
• the ribs 4 and grooves 4a are longitudinal, but it is obvious that any type of means capable of ensuring an equivalent function is conceivable.
• the winding body 2 preferably of circular section, is also provided at its periphery with a series of holes 4b formed in its thickness and distributed longitudinally on its surface along the grooves 4a.
• the winding body 2 is hollow, of substantially constant section, and secured by one end 5a of the gripping means 1. It is limited towards its other end by an internal wall 5b of partitioning forming an internal end face 5c facing the means grip 1.
• the hair treatment and / or shaping apparatus also comprises at least one movable clamp 10 intended for clamping the end of a lock of hair on the peripheral surface of the winding body 2.
• the movable clamp 10 is advantageously mounted on the winding body 2 so as to be freely displaceable along the latter.
• the movable clamp 10 is displaceable along the longitudinal axis x - x 'of the winding body 2, by means of a slide 11 mounted movably on said body.
• the kinematics of the displacement can be reversed, the movable clamp 10 being permanently mounted on the housing, while the winding body 2 is displaceable relative to the clamp 10.
• the movable clamp 10 is intended to ensure the tightening of
• the clamp 10 has at its end opposite the compression arm 13 a control head 15 intended to be actuated manually to allow the rotation of the clamp 10 around a transverse axis of rotation (not shown in the figures).
• the clamp 10 is mounted on the slide 11 in association with an elastic return means (not shown in the figures) such as a blade or a spring ensuring the permanent elastic return of the compression arm 13 resting on the periphery of the winding body 2.
• the steam appliance according to the invention also includes a steam production member (not shown in the figures), such as a generator, internal or external to the appliance, connected to a steam distribution means constituted by a tubular element 20 mounted coaxial with the winding body 2 and in the latter, substantially over the entire length of the winding body 2, from an inlet 20a located in the housing.
• a steam production member such as a generator, internal or external to the appliance
• a steam distribution means constituted by a tubular element 20 mounted coaxial with the winding body 2 and in the latter, substantially over the entire length of the winding body 2, from an inlet 20a located in the housing.
• the tubular element 20 is advantageously in contact frictional with the winding body 2 and comprises in its preferred version shown in Figures 1 to 3, at least one orifice 21 of steam distribution located at its terminal end, and preferably extending over its entire cross section.
• the tubular element 20 extends in the winding body 2 from the housing substantially up to the wall 5b and stops at a distance from the latter in order to provide a distribution chamber 25.
• the vapor coming from a tank internal or external to the device is consequently led into the tubular element 20 from its inlet 20a, according to the arrow FI, and emerges through the orifice 21 in the chamber 25 formed between said orifice 21 and the internal end face 5c of the winding body 2.
• the orifices 21 are primarily concentrated towards the terminal end of 1 'tubular element 20, opposite the inlet 20a.
• the tubular element 20 has a cross section of geometric shape and dimensions suitable for delimiting between its outer surface and the inner surface of the winding body 2 a series of longitudinal recesses 26 forming from the terminal end of the tubular element 20, channels for distributing the vapor flow towards the housing.
• the tubular element 20 is formed by a tube crushed to at least three, and preferably four branches 27 extending radially and being in frictional contact with the internal surface of the body winding 2.
• the branches 27 support the winding body 2 in at least three and preferably four generatrices, the recesses 26 being delimited between two adjacent branches 27.
• Other shapes of the cross section of the tubular element are obviously conceivable, and for example a triangular shape, as soon as sufficient space is provided for the passage of the vapor flow from the orifice 21 into the chamber 25, then in the recesses 26.
• the housing of the apparatus is equipped so as to include a ventilation unit (not shown in the figures) capable of creating a stream of air coming from the housing and progressing through the recesses 26 in opposite direction of the progression of the steam flow from the distribution chamber 25.
• a ventilation unit (not shown in the figures) capable of creating a stream of air coming from the housing and progressing through the recesses 26 in opposite direction of the progression of the steam flow from the distribution chamber 25.
• the ventilation air stream therefore flows in the recesses 26 from the housing and towards the terminal end of the tubular element 20 to ensure the homogeneous air / vapor mixture in the recesses
• the ventilation air stream can comprise an annular peripheral ventilation section surrounding the winding body 2 and passing through a perforated ring 30 ensuring the connection between said body and the interior of the housing.
• the user grasps the device with one hand by the gripping means and presses on the head 15 so as to ensure the release of the clamp 10. This makes it possible to place between the compression arm 13 and the body winding 2, a lock of hair which is then immobilized by relaxation of the head 15.
• the user can then rotate the winding body 2 by means of the control means so as to wind the wick on the clamp 10 and on the winding body 2.
• the user turns on the steam generator in order to generate a steam inlet flow inside the tubular element 20 through the inlet 20a according to the arrow FI.
• the flow of vapor inlet FI is therefore conducted without exhaust over substantially the entire length of the tubular element 20 towards the outside of the apparatus in the direction of its end towards the distribution chamber 25.
• the flow of steam inlet is then released in the vicinity of the end of the winding body 2 at the level of the wall 5b by passing through the orifice 21 and is directed towards the lock of hair in the opposite direction to the arrows FI, in the direction F2 in the recesses 26.
• the flow of ventilation air produced in the housing progresses according to the arrow F3 in the recesses 26 against the released vapor flow.
• the two flows are therefore brought to form an air / vapor mixture in the recesses 26 just before the penetration of the mixture into the lock of hair, that is to say before the expulsion of the mixture, according to the arrows F4 through the holes 4b.
• the steam appliance and the related method according to the invention consequently allow an escape of the vapors in a zone remote from the main electrical organs of the appliance, that is to say away from the housing, which improves electrical safety. of the apparatus after having traveled along the entire length of the winding body 2 and of the tubular element 20.
• This construction also has an improved thermal balance by allowing contact of the vapor with the tubular element 20 on a elongated path since it relates to both the outward path and the return path of the vapor in the recesses 26.
• the control of the mixture, as well as the flow dynamics allow a good penetration of the mixture into the lock of hair. Furthermore, the production of the tubular element 20 is particularly simple from an industrial point of view, since no drilling of the tubular element 20 is necessary according to the preferred variant.
• the invention finds its industrial application in the production of steam devices used for the treatment and shaping of hair, and in particular in the production of steam curling irons.

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