EP0716820A1 - Appareil pour mise en forme des cheveux - Google Patents

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EP0716820A1
EP0716820A1 EP95117744A EP95117744A EP0716820A1 EP 0716820 A1 EP0716820 A1 EP 0716820A1 EP 95117744 A EP95117744 A EP 95117744A EP 95117744 A EP95117744 A EP 95117744A EP 0716820 A1 EP0716820 A1 EP 0716820A1
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Wilfried Rolf
Dieter Liebenthal
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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
    • A45D20/04—Hot-air producers
    • A45D20/08—Hot-air producers heated electrically
    • A45D20/10—Hand-held drying devices, e.g. air douches
    • A45D20/12—Details thereof or accessories therefor, e.g. nozzles, stands
    • A45D20/122—Diffusers, e.g. for variable air flow

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  • the invention relates to a hair styling tool, which can be fixed to an air outlet opening of a hair dryer, with a housing and with a plurality of hair detection elements and an adjusting element which can be moved relative to the housing.
  • a diffuser for a hair dryer which comprises a diffuser body which can be fixed to the air outlet opening of a hair dryer.
  • the diffuser has a plurality of hair detection elements which extend away from the diffuser body, in particular parallel to the direction of flow through the diffuser. At least one of the hair detection elements is arranged on the diffuser body so as to be movable relative to the other hair detection elements.
  • the ends of the hair detection elements of the diffuser attached to a hair dryer are placed on the user's head and - at least partially - rest on the scalp.
  • the hair detection elements are immersed in the hair in such a way that the hair is arranged separately in individual strands between the hair detection elements.
  • the subsequent movement of at least one hair detection element, effected by the user, relative to the others deforms the respective strands of hair lying between the movable hair detection element and the adjacent, immovable hair detection elements and exposes them to the air stream emerging from the diffuser in the form of a curl, wave or other bend .
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a hair styling tool which simplifies handling compared to the known device and ensures safe use of the tool.
  • At least one locking element is provided which can be positioned in at least two positions, the adjusting element being lockable with the housing in a first position of the locking element.
  • the adjusting element can be designed, for example, as a rotating ring which concentrically surrounds the outside of the housing and wherein this rotating ring is connected to at least one hair detection element.
  • the locking element ensures that the adjusting element or the rotating ring for fitting and / or removing the hair styling tool onto or from the air outlet opening of a hair dryer can be locked to the housing of the tool.
  • the adjusting element is advantageously fixed with respect to the housing of the hair styling tool, and the adjusting element is twisted into a stop position - for. B. at the end of the range of rotation of the adjusting element - is therefore not necessary when putting on or taking off the hair styling tool.
  • the user can thus embrace the tool on the adjusting ring and the tool in the air outlet opening of the hair dryer insert to lock the bayonet catch.
  • the hair styling tool can be designed both as a diffuser and as a nozzle.
  • a user can fix and dry the curl or wave of the hair generated by twisting the hair detection elements relative to one another.
  • Another advantage of the invention is that before using the hair styling tool, all of the hair detection elements connected to the adjusting element can be fixed in one position. This enables a further type of use of the tool, in which the hair detection elements are placed on the head of the user and the hair is gripped due to a movement of the hair detection elements on the head, pushed up between the hair detection elements and raised in the direction of the air outlet opening, so that stand or resp Volume in the hair of the user is obtained.
  • Another solution is to further develop the hair styling device of the type mentioned in the introduction such that at least one locking element is provided which can be positioned in at least two positions, the housing of the hair styling tool placed on the hair dryer being lockable with the hair dryer in a second position of the locking element .
  • This ensures the safe use of the hair styling tool in an extremely advantageous manner, since it is firmly connected to the hair dryer and inadvertent detachment of the tool from the hair dryer is prevented during use.
  • the adjusting element is locked with the housing in the first position of the single locking element and the housing is locked with the hairdryer in the second position or these are fixed to one another.
  • the locking element is arranged such that it can be displaced essentially parallel to the direction of flow through the housing. This advantageously enables simple handling for the user, so that the user can actuate the locking element with a finger when gripping the tool. Since the adjusting element or the rotating ring is usually provided on the air outlet side of the hair styling tool, the proposed displacement direction of the locking element further enables an ideal combination of the two locking functions proposed above.
  • the locking element is guided on the outside of the housing of the hair styling tool. This advantageously ensures easy assembly of the locking element on the housing and, on the other hand, good accessibility and easy handling for the user.
  • the locking element on its rear facing the housing and the housing on the outside corresponding locking cams and has depressions, the locking element can advantageously be positioned in different positions relative to the housing.
  • a cavity is provided between the housing of the hair styling tool and the adjusting element, into which the locking element projects.
  • the cavity offers the possibility of partially covering the locking element.
  • the locking element is provided on at least one end with one or more latching means, in particular teeth, cams or the like. This advantageously enables simple and one-piece production of the locking element, for example made of plastic.
  • a plurality of recesses are provided on the inside of the adjusting element facing the housing. This also enables simple manufacture and attachment, in particular at a concealed location which cannot be seen by the user. It is of course within the discretion of the person skilled in the art to arrange the latching means on the adjusting element and the corresponding recesses on the locking element.
  • the adjusting element or the rotating ring is provided so as to be infinitely adjustable relative to the locking element fastened to the housing.
  • the locking element has a nose-shaped projection on its end facing the hairdryer. This can advantageously be produced in one piece with the locking element and enables a second locking function of the locking element as soon as the locking element is moved in the direction of the projection.
  • the nose-shaped projection of the locking element can be snapped into a recess in the air outlet opening of the hair dryer. This advantageously enables the hair styling tool to be locked on the hair dryer by this projection locking the bayonet lock.
  • a hair styling tool is shown as an example, which can be attached to an air outlet opening of a hair dryer. It is of course also possible and advantageous, in another embodiment, to connect a hair styling tool in one piece with a hair dryer, so that an independently manageable hair care device is provided with other possible uses.
  • the hair styling tool 10 can be placed on the air outlet opening 12 of the hair dryer 14.
  • the nose-shaped projections 16 on the air inlet side of the tool 10 are inserted into the recesses 18 of the hair dryer 14.
  • the projections 16 are locked in the recesses 18 in the manner of a bayonet catch.
  • a locking element 20 with a projection 22 is provided on the tool 10. After the tool 10 has been inserted and rotated relative to the dryer 14, the locking element 20 can be displaced counter to the direction of flow 24. As a result, the slot 26 for the insertion of the projection 16 is blocked by the projection 22 of the locking element 20.
  • a hair styling tool 10 (FIG. 2) essentially consists of a bell-shaped housing 28 into which an outer ring 30 and an inner ring 32, each with a group of hair detection elements 31, can be inserted.
  • a locking element 20 is provided on the outside of the housing 28. The housing 28 is then inserted into the essentially annular adjustment element 34.
  • the inner ring 32 is clipped to the housing 28 so that this assembly after placing the tool 10 on a dryer is firmly connected to this.
  • the outer ring 30, on the other hand, is clipped onto the adjusting element 34, so that when the adjusting element 34 is actuated by a user, the hair detection elements 31 attached to the outer ring 30 are rotatably arranged relative to the hair detection elements 31 arranged on the inner ring 32.
  • the outer ring 30 can also be fixed with the housing 28 and the inner ring 32 can be rotatably arranged with the adjusting element 34.
  • the locking element 20 has a plurality of tooth-shaped latching elements 36 at one end. At its other end, pointing in the direction of the hair dryer, a nose-shaped projection 22 is provided on the locking element 20. A recessed grip 38 is arranged on the front side of the locking element 20 pointing towards the user.
  • a plurality of equidistant recesses 40 are provided, into which the latching elements 36 of the locking element 20 can be latched.
  • FIG. 3A A section similar to the section X-X in FIG. 2 is shown in FIG. 3A, only the left half of the picture schematically representing the locking element 20 and the adjusting element 34.
  • the locking element 20 is in the upper stop position, so that the locking elements 36 of the locking element 20 engage in the recesses 40 of the adjusting element 34.
  • the adjusting element 34 designed as a ring is arranged on the air outlet end of the housing 28.
  • a cavity 42 for thermal decoupling of the two aforementioned components is provided between the housing 28 through which hot air flows and the adjustment element 34 which is to be embraced by the user. This avoids that the user of the tool with the hot areas of the tool.
  • a circumferential bead 44 is provided on the upstream end of the adjusting element 34.
  • FIG. 3B shows a representation similar to that of FIG. 3A, but the sectional plane is shifted slightly from the representation in FIG. 3A, so that here the locking element 20 and the flank of the recess 40 can be seen.
  • the locking element 20 is also in the upper stop position, so that the locking cams 48 of the housing 28 are engaged in the corresponding recesses in the locking element 20.
  • the projection 22 of the locking element 20 is also located outside the recess 18 of the wall 46 of the hair dryer.
  • the bayonet lock not shown in this figure, between the housing 28 and the wall 46 of the hair dryer is therefore not yet secured by the projection 22 of the locking element 20.
  • Figs. 4A and 4B each show a position of the locking element 20, in which it is locked in the lowest position in the wall 46 of the hair dryer.
  • the locking elements 36 of the locking element 20 are not in contact with the recesses 40 of the adjusting element 34.
  • the annular adjustment element 34 can be freely rotated relative to the housing 28. In this position, a user can now insert the hair to be treated into the hair detection elements and curl or wave using the adjusting element 34.
  • FIG. 4B shows a representation similar to that in FIG. 4A, but in a different sectional plane, so that the latching cams 50 of the housing 28 can be seen here in the trough-shaped recesses of the locking element 20.
  • the projection 22 of the locking element 20 is in the recess 18 of the Wall 46 of the hair dryer inserted.
  • FIG. 5 shows a section corresponding to section A-A in FIG. 3A.
  • the locking element 20 is equipped, for example, with a plurality of comb-like latching elements 36, which are arranged on a circular arc segment in a radially outward direction. These locking elements 36 engage in the recesses 40 on the adjusting element 34, which have cooperating distances from the locking elements 36. In this locked position, twisting of the adjusting element 34 relative to the locking element 20, and thus also relative to the housing 28, is excluded.
  • FIG. 6 An illustration corresponding to section B-B in FIG. 4A is shown in FIG. 6.
  • the locking elements 36 of the locking element 20 are shown at a radial distance from the recesses 40 of the adjusting element 34.
  • This enables a free and stepless rotational movement of the adjusting element 34 with respect to the locking element 20 and thus also with respect to the housing 28.
  • the adjusting element 34 can thus be rotated around the housing 28 at a structurally predetermined angle of rotation until a new group of recesses 34 has arrived at the locking elements 36 and can be locked with them.
  • FIG. 7 A section along the line C-C in FIG. 4B through the projection 22 of the locking element 20 is shown in FIG. 7.
  • An L-shaped recess 18 is made on the top of the wall 46 of the hair dryer.
  • the housing 28 is placed on the top and snapped into the recess 18 in the manner of a bayonet lock with a hook-shaped projection 16.
  • the nose-shaped projection 22 of the locking element 20 is now inserted into the slot 26 of the recess 18 and thus locks the slot 26 against unintentional loosening of the projection 16 and thus the housing 28 of the hair styling tool with respect to the hairdryer.

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