EP0961559B1 - Pince a coiffer - Google Patents

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EP0961559B1
EP0961559B1 EP98903949A EP98903949A EP0961559B1 EP 0961559 B1 EP0961559 B1 EP 0961559B1 EP 98903949 A EP98903949 A EP 98903949A EP 98903949 A EP98903949 A EP 98903949A EP 0961559 B1 EP0961559 B1 EP 0961559B1
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Henri Smal
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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
    • A45D2/00—Hair-curling or hair-waving appliances ; Appliances for hair dressing treatment not otherwise provided for
    • 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
    • A45D2/001—Hair straightening appliances
    • 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

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  • the invention relates to styling pliers for straightener-modeler.
  • Styling tongs made up of two pads heaters that can be fitted with a water tank for simultaneous emission of steam have already been proposed on the market.
  • the pads attached to the end of two branches handle connected by a pivot and a spring, maintain the two branches separated in the rest position.
  • Pliers are clamped between the heating pads hair and you can straighten your hair in this way slide between the hot pads, possibly with emission of steam obtained from water from a tank incorporated in the support of a heating pad, on contact with which the water evaporates.
  • This type of angular opening pliers has essentially the disadvantage of not being adaptable easily to different hair types and above all, for a constant thickness of a wick, to act more on hair pinched on one side than the other. Indeed, in the case of branches articulated around a common axis, the angle between the pads varies constantly depending on the spacing. The skates therefore only marry imperfectly locks of hair. This device also does not allow the user to achieve all the effects of setting desired shape.
  • US-A-1 472 561 describes a clamp according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the present invention aims to avoid the drawbacks mentioned above and seeks in particular to allow the two arms making up the handle can be opened other than just angularly.
  • a particular aim is to provide a pliers styling allowing the user to modify the effect of pinching according to the styling effects he wishes exercise.
  • the styling pliers according to the invention include classic heating pads attached to the end of two branches of a handle.
  • the two branches are however mounted floating in the sense that an element center of the handle serves as a guide for these branches and which can thus move transversely from a fully contracted position by closing the hand and bringing the two heating pads in complete contact, up to a position of maximum spacing bringing the branches in contact position with stops the central element, spring elements ensuring this maximum spacing in the absence of action on the branches of the handle, that is to say in the rest position.
  • This mode of articulation makes it possible to transmit the whole user dexterity on skates.
  • the pads approach parallel or by favoring contact forwards or the rear. They can thus perfectly match the wick of hair whatever the thickness and the regularity.
  • the branches of the handle affect the shape of half-shells enveloping the central element of handle.
  • the central handle element is pierced with two openings, one at the front the other at the back, which allow the passage of a spring working in compression.
  • Each spring pushes back the two branches one from the other, until contact with a stop on the central element.
  • a nipple or another fastener retains the end of the spring.
  • the styling pliers represented by the general reference 1 has 2 heating pads 3 and 5 connected to a handle 7. These skates are provided with electrical resistances (not shown) powered by an electric wire passing through the handle 7.
  • This handle 7 is constituted by a central element 9 and two branches 11 and 13.
  • the branch 11 is extended by a nose 15 in which is mounted the heating pad 3, while the branch 13 is extends by a nose 17 in which the shoe is mounted heating 5.
  • the central element 9 has stops 19 at its ends for steps 21 made on the branches 11 and 13.
  • the two branches 11 and 13 preferably affect the shape of half-shells covering two side walls integral with the central element 9, the handle also being closed at its front end and at its rear end.
  • the upper nose 15 of the pliers can be provided with a tank 31 which is removable to allow it to be filled and which communicates with skate 3 to provoke under the effect of a command placed for example on the handle 7, the emission of steam on or between the pads.
  • FIG. 3A represents noses 15 and 17 which extend branches 11 and 13, in which are mounted the pads 3 and 5 thus forming protective shells skates.
  • the heating pads 3 and 5 are cantilevered on the end of the branches 11 and 13.
  • the heating pads 3 and 5 are threaded on pins 33 and 35, integral with branches 11 and 13.
  • the heating pads can be fixed or interchangeable and take any appropriate form: namely flat, curved, concave, wavy etc.
  • the pads can also be adjustable axially or reversible according to the requirements of users.
  • the nose 15 can be shaped so that it can be fitted with one or more several adaptable elements 37 equipped for example with a double row of comb teeth.

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  • Hair Curling (AREA)
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  • Thermotherapy And Cooling Therapy Devices (AREA)
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EP98903949A 1997-02-17 1998-02-13 Pince a coiffer Expired - Lifetime EP0961559B1 (fr)

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BE9700146A BE1010931A7 (fr) 1997-02-17 1997-02-17 Pince a coiffer.
BE9700146 1997-02-17
PCT/BE1998/000020 WO1998035578A1 (fr) 1997-02-17 1998-02-13 Pince a coiffer

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EP0961559B1 true EP0961559B1 (fr) 2003-02-05

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US (1) US6191387B1 (enExample)
EP (1) EP0961559B1 (enExample)
JP (1) JP4044622B2 (enExample)
KR (1) KR20010049166A (enExample)
CN (1) CN1112143C (enExample)
AU (1) AU737170B2 (enExample)
BE (1) BE1010931A7 (enExample)
BR (1) BR9807690A (enExample)
CA (1) CA2280774C (enExample)
DE (1) DE69811211T2 (enExample)
ES (1) ES2190062T3 (enExample)
WO (1) WO1998035578A1 (enExample)

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US6191387B1 (en) 2001-02-20
ES2190062T3 (es) 2003-07-16
EP0961559A1 (fr) 1999-12-08
DE69811211T2 (de) 2003-11-13
WO1998035578A1 (fr) 1998-08-20
JP2001508688A (ja) 2001-07-03
CA2280774C (en) 2004-05-25
CN1112143C (zh) 2003-06-25
JP4044622B2 (ja) 2008-02-06
HK1025229A1 (en) 2000-11-10
BR9807690A (pt) 2000-03-21
CA2280774A1 (en) 1998-08-20
DE69811211D1 (de) 2003-03-13
KR20010049166A (ko) 2001-06-15

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