EP0986974B1 - Dispositif pour l'application d'un produit sur des cheveux, notamment d'un produit colorant - Google Patents

Dispositif pour l'application d'un produit sur des cheveux, notamment d'un produit colorant Download PDF

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EP0986974B1
EP0986974B1 EP99420184A EP99420184A EP0986974B1 EP 0986974 B1 EP0986974 B1 EP 0986974B1 EP 99420184 A EP99420184 A EP 99420184A EP 99420184 A EP99420184 A EP 99420184A EP 0986974 B1 EP0986974 B1 EP 0986974B1
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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
    • A45D19/00—Devices for washing the hair or the scalp; Similar devices for colouring the hair
    • A45D19/02—Hand-actuated implements, e.g. hand-actuated spray heads
    • A45D19/026—Hand-actuated implements, e.g. hand-actuated spray heads having brush or comb applicators

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  • the present invention relates to a device allowing the application of a more or less viscous product to hair, in particular a coloring product.
  • a device allowing the application of a product on hair, comprising a product reservoir and an application head fitted with teeth.
  • the tank has flexible walls and the head includes conduits opening into this tank on the one hand and between teeth on the other hand.
  • the teeth can thus be supplied with product when pressure is exerted on the tank and allow to distribute this product on the hair when it passes between them.
  • the present invention aims to remedy all of these disadvantages.
  • a device comprising the features of the preamble of claim 1 is known to US-A-2,672,875.
  • the device which it relates comprises, in a manner known in itself, a reservoir containing the product to be applied and a dispensing head of this product, provided with at least one row of application teeth, this head being connected to the reservoir by at least one conduit opening into the reservoir on the one hand and close to the base of the teeth on the other hand for allow the product to flow from this reservoir to this base of teeth.
  • the head comprises at least one row of teeth, hereinafter called “retention teeth”, extending along each row of application teeth and located at a distance therefrom, these retention having a lower height than the application teeth; the space between a row of application teeth and a row of teeth of adjacent retention, as well as the spaces between the teeth of these two rows, are such that they allow the passage of hair between the teeth of these rows but that they allow the product to be retained in them, so that said space between a row of application teeth and a adjacent row of retention teeth forms an intermediate reservoir product, able to receive and temporarily retain this product.
  • This reservoir at which the duct (s) open product routing, is located at the base of the application teeth and allows hair to pass through it so that it can take care of product.
  • This intermediate tank can be supplied periodically in product as needed, so that it allows a regulation and control of the product emission, and therefore the application regular of it on the hair.
  • the product is at no time put in contact with the scalp, and is not likely to be.
  • the one or more product delivery conduits may lead between the teeth of one or the other of the rows but, from preferably open between two adjacent rows of teeth of application and retention.
  • the device according to the invention can be for single use and have application teeth having a shape adapted to the viscosity of the product that it is specifically intended to apply. So in the case of a product having a relatively high viscosity, that is to say having a consistency of cream, each application tooth has a cylindrical base extending substantially to the top of the retention teeth while each of these has a substantially conical shape. In the case of a product with a medium or low viscosity, i.e. having respectively a consistency of gel or oil, each application tooth has a oval section extending substantially to the top of the retention teeth while each of these has a substantially conical shape.
  • the application teeth can have a conical shape or a shell shape.
  • the head includes two lateral rows of application teeth and one row retention tooth center, as well as a plurality of conduits conveying the product, emerging between two adjacent rows.
  • Figures 2 to 4 show, from different angles, a device 1 allowing the application of a more or less viscous product on hair, in particular with a coloring product.
  • the device 1 comprises a reservoir 2 for containing the product and a head 3 for applying this product to the hair.
  • the tank 2 has walls flexible side to allow the expulsion of the product by pressure on these walls.
  • This reservoir 2 and the head 3 can be made of material synthetic, and the mounting of this head 3 on the tank 2 can be made by screwing or snapping the head onto a neck fitted in the upper part of the tank 2.
  • the head 3 comprises three rows of teeth 5, 6 and conduits 7 conveying the product from the reservoir to the base of these teeth 5, 6.
  • Each tooth 5 of these rows has a base 5a of cylindrical shape, extending to the height of the teeth 6 of the central row, and an upper part 5b which may have either a shell shape as shown in Figure 1, a conical shape and tapered as shown in Figures 2 to 4.
  • the central row of teeth 6 extends along each row teeth 5, being located at a distance therefrom, and serves for the retention of the produced in the space 8 delimited by the rows of teeth 5 and 6.
  • Teeth 6 have a lower height than teeth 5 and have a substantially conical shape.
  • the spaces 8, as well as the spaces between the teeth 5, 6 of each row, are such that they allow the passage of hair between the teeth 5, 6 but that they make it possible to retain the product in them, taking into account viscosity of the latter.
  • the conduits 7 emerge gradually in the tank 2 on the one hand and in the bottom of the spaces 8 on the other hand for allow the teeth 5, 6 to be supplied with product.
  • the shapes, dimensions or spacing of the head 3, the teeth 5, 6, ducts 7 and spaces 8 may vary more or less depending on the viscosity of the product to be applied, to ensure retention and optimal application of the latter.
  • the invention thus provides a device allowing the application a more or less viscous product on hair, in particular a coloring product, which overcomes the disadvantages of homologous devices of the prior art.
  • the intermediate tanks that constitute spaces 8 allow regulation and control of the emission of product, and therefore the regular application of it on the hair.
  • the routing of the product can be produced other than by deforming the reservoir 2, in particular by a piston system.

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  • Cleaning And Drying Hair (AREA)
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  • Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)
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EP99420184A 1998-09-01 1999-08-31 Dispositif pour l'application d'un produit sur des cheveux, notamment d'un produit colorant Expired - Lifetime EP0986974B1 (fr)

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FR9811052A FR2782614B1 (fr) 1998-09-01 1998-09-01 DISPOSITIF POUR l'APPLICATION D'UN PRODUIT SUR DES CHEVEUX, NOTAMMENT D'UN PRODUIT COLORANT
FR9811052 1998-09-01

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EP (1) EP0986974B1 (zh)
JP (1) JP2000070029A (zh)
CN (1) CN1246312A (zh)
AT (1) ATE234577T1 (zh)
BR (1) BR9904051A (zh)
DE (1) DE69905996T2 (zh)
ES (1) ES2193678T3 (zh)
FR (1) FR2782614B1 (zh)

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JP2000070029A (ja) 2000-03-07
ES2193678T3 (es) 2003-11-01
DE69905996T2 (de) 2004-02-05
FR2782614A1 (fr) 2000-03-03
US6286518B1 (en) 2001-09-11
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