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
  • A45D26/00—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers
  • A45D26/0023—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers with rotating clamping elements
• • 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
  • A45D2026/008—Details of apparatus for removing superfluous hair
  • A45D2026/0085—Details of apparatus for removing superfluous hair with means for reducing noise

Definitions

• the invention relates to an epilation device for removing hair from the human body, with a housing that can be held in the hand of the user, with at least one rotating cylinder, preferably driven by a motor, and having clamping elements and at least one actuating device for Actuation of at least part of the clamping elements.
• the present invention is based on an epilation device which is described in European Patent 0 147 285 B1.
• This device comprises movable parts for plucking the hair, consisting of a row of disks, which are arranged side by side and form a rotatable roller, which has at least one row of clamping blades, which are each held between two adjacent disks and by a fastener in the Inside the roller are held in a rotationally fixed manner, these clamping blades being actuated periodically by actuating means in such a way that they clamp the hair caught by the roller against the disks.
• the roller is arranged in an end region of a small housing which can be held in the hand and which contains an electric motor for driving the roller, the disks being connected in a rotationally fixed manner directly to a central, rotatable shaft which is coupled to the electric motor are and the rotational movement is transferred to said row of clamping sheets and the element for fastening one and the same row of clamping sheets is formed by a part consisting of a single block which is provided jointly for this row of clamping sheets.
• This dehairing device has the disadvantage that it consists of a large number of components, which usually require complex and therefore also costly assembly of the devices.
• the device described above requires a large number of disks which are mounted on a central shaft and which together form a roller. Between see the disks, clamping sheets are provided which are connected to one another by fastening means. This series of clamping blades are then brought into action with the disks by further actuating means.
• the device may also be susceptible to faults to some extent and the device may develop noise.
• the object of the present invention is now to avoid the above-mentioned disadvantages and to provide an epilation device or a rotary cylinder suitable for an epilation device, which have high effectiveness, less noise and susceptibility to malfunction and are easy to manufacture.
• the rotary cylinder of the epilation device is formed from segments with at least two clamping elements, the clamping elements of the segments being interdigitated, at least interlocking with one another in a sector.
• the design of the rotary cylinder in preferably two segments results in a significant reduction in the number of individual parts.
• the assembly of the epilation device according to the invention is thus noticeably simplified and the susceptibility to faults is reduced. Furthermore, the low number of mechanically operated components significantly reduces noise.
• the clamping elements of the segments are advantageously arranged so that the Clamping elements engage in an alternating sequence, as a result of which a plurality of clamping points can be realized and each clamping element preferably interacts with the respectively adjacent clamping element.
• An advantageous embodiment of the invention provides for at least one segment to be arranged so as to be displaceable essentially parallel to the axis of the rotary cylinder and relative to another segment by means of the actuating device. This advantageously means that the axial displacement of only one component effectively and effectively removes the hair that gets between the clamping elements of the segments.
• a segment of a rotary cylinder is formed from a carrier element and a plurality of clamping elements arranged essentially parallel to one another.
• these segments are preferably formed in one piece, which noticeably reduces the number of components required to form a rotary cylinder.
• the segments are formed from several components.
• a further advantageous embodiment of the invention provides for the clamping elements to be pivotably, elastically or flexibly arranged on a carrier element. It is thereby advantageously achieved that manufacturing tolerances with regard to the axial distance of the clamping elements from one another are compensated for and that all clamping elements of one segment each form a defined clamping area with the corresponding clamping elements of the other segment.
• a rotary cylinder is preferably formed from identical segments. This makes it possible if the Segments are produced by a casting process that only one tool is required to produce the segments, and thus considerable tool costs can also be saved.
• At least one segment is mounted so that it cannot move axially.
• This segment is advantageously accommodated in the bearing shells of the housing.
• at least one further segment can be mounted axially displaceably with respect to the first segment.
• a further advantageous embodiment of the invention provides for all segments to be axially displaceably supported.
• the total length of a segment is larger than the axial extent of the recess.
• the two outer clamping elements of a segment can be obtained as solid disks. This advantageously enables a simple axial fixation of a segment.
• the width of the recesses is preferably dimensioned such that the carrier element of one segment can be inserted into the recess of another segment. At least two segments can thus be joined together by means of the recesses and advantageously form a rotating cylinder. In a further advantageous embodiment, four identical segments form a rotating cylinder.
• the extent of the segments in their circumferential direction is preferably such that clamping regions are formed by overlapping the clamping elements.
• a further embodiment of the invention proposes to design the carrier element, which connects the individual clamping elements to one another, as a hub and to mount it rotatably on an axis.
• the design of the rotary cylinder in segments makes it necessary to provide the hub preferably as a hub segment, a hub segment being designed, for example, as a cylindrical tube which is cut in the axial direction.
• the carrier element is designed as a hub, rotatably mounted on an axis and axially displaceable.
• the carrier element is designed as an axis, preferably as an axis segment, which is led out from the end of the rotary cylinder in the manner of an axle stub.
• An axis segment is advantageously to be designed as a segment which can be produced by axially cutting an axis.
• a further advantageous embodiment of the invention provides that the clamping elements are preferably designed in a sickle shape. In this way, when two segments are used, a maximum overlap zone of the clamping elements is achieved, which is necessary for a good plucking result.
• the clamping elements have different thicknesses.
• the radially outer edge region of the clamping elements is thicker than the radially inner region. Thereby a defined clamping zone between the individual clamping elements is specified.
• the clamping elements also have differently shaped inlet and outlet areas, which are determined by the direction of rotation of the rotating cylinder.
• this embodiment advantageously enables the hair to be plucked to be threaded in more easily.
• the outlet area is blunt to distinguish it.
• Another feature of the invention indicates that the axial distance between the clamping elements of a segment is preferably constant. This is advantageous in order to arrange the greatest possible number of clamping elements in one segment.
• Another advantageous embodiment of the invention proposes to make the axial distance between the clamping elements of all segments constant. This ensures that the clamping elements of one segment overlap with the clamping elements of another segment, which enables a uniform plucking result over the entire length of the segment.
• the actuating device for actuating the clamping elements can be provided in different ways.
• An embodiment of the invention thus proposes to preferably arrange this actuating device in the hub. This ensures the largest possible effective area of the rotary cylinder in comparison to the housing width of the epilation device. Furthermore, this is an arrangement of the actuating device which is not susceptible to contamination.
• This independent inventive embodiment is used not only in the present device, but in any hand-held device for plucking the hair has an arbitrarily designed rotary cylinder.
• a further advantageous embodiment of the invention provides that the axis of the rotary cylinder is preferably designed as an actuating device. This proposes a simple and inexpensive design of the actuating device.
• This actuating device consists of at least one compression spring and at least one pressure piece, which are arranged concentrically around the axis of the rotary cylinder.
• the compression spring is arranged centrally on the axis and the at least one pressure piece adjoins the compression spring in the axial direction.
• the compression spring is, for example, axially immovable on the axis and the pressure piece is axially immovably fastened in the hub of the rotary cylinder.
• a further embodiment of the invention proposes to arrange a pressure piece essentially centrally on the axis and to connect the pressure spring to the pressure piece in the axial direction. This advantageously enables the axis to be formed in one piece with the pressure piece.
• the invention specifies that the pressure piece is designed essentially as a circular cylinder with at least one end face that is inclined to its axis.
• the pressure piece is preferably designed as a segment of a circular cylinder, a circular cylinder segment corresponding in shape being provided in each hub of a segment.
• the invention optionally proposes to design the pressure piece as a wobble or cam disk.
• a further embodiment of the invention provides for the actuating device for actuating the segments to be arranged outside the hub of the rotary cylinder. This advantageously enables a smaller diameter of the rotary cylinder.
• the pressure piece of the actuating device is advantageously designed as a wobble plate or as a cam plate, which for example is assigned to the end of the rotating cylinder.
• Another feature of the invention is advantageously that pressure pins are provided which are actuated by swash plates. This enables actuation of the segments, which is arranged outside the hub of the rotary cylinder.
• Another advantageous embodiment of the invention provides for at least two rotary cylinders to be arranged in parallel next to one another.
• the contact pressure required to use the epilation device is advantageously distributed over two cylinders to the body to be treated and advantageously reduced. This results in a gentler treatment of the skin to be depilated.
• This independent inventive design is used not only in the present device, but also in any hand-held device for plucking the hair, which has any desired rotary cylinder.
• the epilation device with at least two rotary cylinders, it is proposed to drive them in the same direction of rotation.
• a further embodiment of the invention proposes that the two rotary cylinders can preferably be driven in the opposite direction of rotation, these two rotary cylinders preferably moving away from one another on the surface of the body to be treated. It is thereby achieved that the body to be treated, for example the skin surface to be treated, by the opposite Direction of the rotating cylinder smoothed and can not be drawn into the space between the two rotating cylinders.
• Another feature of the invention advantageously consists of a row of brushes, which is arranged between the two rotary cylinders. This advantageously enables the hair to be treated to be aligned so that it can be removed more effectively by the subsequent second rotary cylinder.
• the holder of the two rotary cylinders as an actuating device, simple actuation of the clamping elements can advantageously be achieved.
• the levers thus perform a double function, on the one hand holding the rotary cylinders to one another and on the other hand actuating the clamping elements.
• a further preferred embodiment of the invention provides a rotary cylinder, in particular for an epilation device for removing hair from the human body, which is formed from at least two segments which extend essentially parallel to the axis of the rotary cylinder and have clamping elements , the clamping elements of the segments essentially in an alternating sequence, at least interdigitating, are assigned to each other.
• This independent inventive configuration is not only used in the proposed rotary cylinder for an epilation device for removing hair from the human body, but also in any arbitrarily designed rotary cylinder of an epilation device.
• a further advantageous embodiment provides for at least one segment of the rotary cylinder to be arranged so as to be displaceable essentially parallel to the axis of the rotary cylinder and relative to a further segment by means of the actuating device.
• FIG. 3 shows a rotating cylinder according to FIG. 2 in an exploded view
• FIG. 4 shows a segment according to view A in FIG. 3 in an enlarged view
• FIG. 5 is a clamping element according to section X-Y in Fig. 4,
• FIG. 6 shows an epilation device with two rotating cylinders in a perspective view
• FIG. 7 shows a device head with two rotary cylinders according to view C in FIG. 6 in a schematic and enlarged representation
• FIG. 9 shows a rotary cylinder with swash plates in a schematic and enlarged view, partially broken away.
• An epilation device 1 1 (FIG. 1) essentially consists of a housing 1 2 with a housing opening 1 3 arranged in the device head 14. In the housing 1 2 there is a motor 1 5 and a gear mechanism 1 6 which have a rotary cylinder 17 drive in the housing opening 1 3. On the top of the housing, a slide switch 1 8 is provided for actuating the motor 1 5.
• the rotary cylinder 1 7 (Fig. 2) consists essentially of two rows of clamping elements 1 9, 1 9 ', ..., 20, 20', ..., and a carrier element 21 which is arranged centrally in the rotary cylinder 17 and the clamping elements 1 9, 1 9 ', ..., 20, 20', ... fixed to each other.
• the clamping elements 1 9, 1 9 ', ..., 20, 20', ... are each provided at one end with tips 22, 22 ', ..., which are offset by approximately 1 80 ° to each other.
• the rotary cylinder 17 is provided on its two end faces with a pinion 23 and a ring 24, which are fixed by the clamping disks 25, 26.
• One row of clamping elements 1 9, 1 9 ', ... is, for example, provided with one clamping element more than the other row of clamping elements 20, 20', ... This makes the row of clamping elements 1 9, 1 9 ',. .. held axially immovable between the two end components 23, 24.
• the row of clamping elements 20, 20 ', ... can thus be axially displaced in the direction of movement B relative to the other row of clamping elements 1 9, 1 9', ... by an actuating device arranged in the carrier element 21.
• the one row of clamping elements 20, 20 ', ... is brought into contact alternately with the peripheral surfaces of the other row of clamping elements 1 9, 1 9', ... Body hair that gets between the clamping elements of the two rows of clamping elements is thus clamped and plucked by rotating the cylinder about its axis.
• the rotary cylinder 1 7 (Fig. 3) consists of the two segments 27, 28, each of which carries a series of clamping elements 1 9, 1 9 ', ..., 20, 20', ....
• the clamping elements 19, 19 ', ..., 20, 20', ... are identical in construction, essentially circular Mige discs with a rectangular recess, arranged in parallel next to each other and connected by a support member 21.
• the carrier element 21 is essentially designed as a tube halved in the axial direction.
• the carrier element 21 and the clamping elements 20, 20 ', ... form an essentially shell-shaped segment 28.
• cylindrical pressure pieces 29, 30 are provided, which protrude from the segment 28 at the end. These thrust pieces 29, 30 are also axially halved and have a central bore 31, 32 for receiving an axis 38.
• the carrier elements 21, 37 of the two segments 28, 27 are each designed as axially halved hub segments and protrude beyond the end faces of the two segments 27, 28.
• the two segments 27, 28 are provided with slot-shaped recesses 35, 36 which extend in the axial direction of the Are arranged segments and penetrate the segments 27, 28 in their entire length.
• An actuating device V is provided in the two carrier elements 21, 37, which enables the clamping elements 20, 20 ', ... to be actuated in relation to the row of clamping elements 19, 19', ....
• This actuating device V is arranged on a cylindrical axis 38 which is inserted into the bores 31, 32.
• a cylinder 39 is fastened in the center of the axis 38 and carries a compression spring 40, 41 on each of its two end faces. These compression springs 40, 41 run with their spring ends 42, 43 on the oblique faces 33, 34 of the pressure pieces 29, 30.
• the axial fixation of the axis 38 in the segment 27 thus results in a forced movement of the corresponding segment 28 in the direction of movement B relative to the axially fixed segment 27.
• a disk 44, 45 is inserted and centered on the axis 38.
• the complete actuating device V is now inserted into the carrier element 21 of the segment 28.
• the corresponding segment 27 is inserted into the recess 35 of the segment 28, so that the two half-shell-shaped segments 27, 28 form a cylinder.
• the pinion 23 and a ring 24 are now pushed onto the hub segments protruding from the end of the rotary cylinder 17 and axially fixed on the axis 38 by the two clamping disks 25, 26.
• the clamping element 20 continues concentrically inwards through the carrier element 21 and the pressure piece 29, the pressure piece 29 being provided with a bore 31.
• the recess 35 separates the radially outer regions of the clamping element 20 into an inlet region 46 and an outlet region 47, which are determined by the direction of rotation of the clamping element 20.
• the recess 35 is delimited by the two side walls 48, 49 and the bottom 50, which runs through the axis of the bore 31.
• the width of the base 50 is dimensioned such that the carrier of the corresponding segment 27 can be inserted into this recess 35 in the segment 28.
• the overlap of the clamping elements 19, 19 ', ... and the clamping elements 20, 20', ... results in lateral overlap areas U, U 'in which the hair to be plucked can be clamped.
• the clamping elements 20, 20 ', ... are integrally connected to the carrier element 21, in which the pressure piece 29 is inserted.
• the radially outer area of the clamping element 20 (FIG. 5) is made significantly thicker with a thickness D than the radially inner area with the thickness d. This will On the radially outer area of the clamping element 20, a clearly defined clamping area K is fixed, which clamps the hair to be plucked.
• two rotary cylinders 54, 55 are provided in a housing opening 53 of the housing 52. These two rotary cylinders 54, 55 are arranged in parallel next to one another and are driven in opposite directions of rotation E, F.
• a brush 56 is provided between the two rotary cylinders 54, 55 and consists, for example, of individual bristles arranged parallel to the axial directions of the cylinders.
• lever 57 which connects the two axes of the rotary cylinders 54, 55 to one another at the end connects.
• This lever 57 is pivotable about an axis 58 which is mounted approximately in the middle of the housing on a support 59 and which runs essentially parallel to the two axes of the rotary cylinders 54, 55.
• the two rotary cylinders 54, 55 are deflected from their respective rest position.
• the rotary cylinder 54 dips into the housing opening 53 in the position 54 'and the corresponding rotary cylinder 55 emerges from the envelope of the housing 52 in the position 55'.
• This is e.g. B. the case when the housing 52 of an epilation device 51 according to the invention is placed obliquely on a body I to be treated and the two rotary cylinders 54, 55 remain in contact with the body I to be treated at the same time.
• FIG. 8 Another embodiment of the invention provides (Fig. 8) to divide a rotary cylinder 60 into four identical segments. These segments 61, 62, 63, 64 essentially have the shape of an axially divided into four segments Round rod so that these four segments together make up a cylinder.
• the clamping elements arranged on the carrier elements have an area which is larger than the area of a quarter of a circular ring. This results in a sufficient overlap zone between the individual clamping elements after assembly of the individual segments 61, 62, 63, 64. These segments are assembled together on an axis 65.
• FIG. 9 An alternative to the previously shown solution of arranging the actuating device in the hub of a rotating cylinder is shown in FIG. 9.
• a rotary cylinder 66 is divided into two segments 67, 68, which are rotatably mounted on a common axis 69.
• a pinion 70 for driving the rotary cylinder 66 is provided on one end of the axis 69.
• a swash plate 71, 72 is provided between the one end of the rotary cylinder 66 and the pinion 70 and on the other opposite end of the rotary cylinder. These interact with pressure pins 73, 74, which are arranged on the end face of the rotary cylinder 66 and eccentrically to the axis 69.
• the pressure pin 73 is inserted in a bore 75 of the segment 67 and axially prestressed by means of a pressure spring 76.
• the segment 68 of the rotary cylinder 66 is axially immovable on the axis 69.
• the segment 67 is periodically shifted axially by the spring travel H with respect to the segment 68.

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