EP1071352A1

EP1071352A1 - Tool for treating hair, applicator/hair-holding element, and corresponding method and use

Info

Publication number: EP1071352A1
Application number: EP99907552A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Brian Edward Causton; Philip Norman Hole; Robert Jung; Wilfried Rolf; Sydney Christopher Tavern; Alexander Wichlacz
Original assignee: Braun GmbH
Current assignee: Braun GmbH
Priority date: 1998-03-12
Filing date: 1999-02-13
Publication date: 2001-01-31
Anticipated expiration: 2019-02-13
Also published as: AU2725699A; ATE239401T1; DE59905467D1; EP1071352B1; ES2199555T3; DE19810595A1; JP2002505897A; WO1999045814A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a tool for treating hair, an applicator/hair-holding element (4) and methods for using and producing same. According to the invention the applicator/hair-holding element (4) and/or the cosmetic substance are present in such a form that the emergence of the cosmetic substance from the applicator/hair-holding element (4) can be activated by a temperature at least higher than 22 DEG C and/or humidity and/or vibration. The cosmetic substance is stored exclusively in the applicator/hair-holding element (4). When the cosmetic substance stored in the applicator/hair-holding element (4) is used up the applicator/hair-holding element (4) can be replaced with a new one. This considerably simplifies the handling of systems which apply a cosmetic substance and simultaneously dry or style hair.

Description

HAIR TREATMENT TOOL, APPLICATOR HAIR DETECTING ELEMENT, METHOD AND USE

The present invention relates to a tool for hair treatment, in particular hair shaping and / or hair drying, which can be connected to the air outlet side of a hair care device through which air flows, and which has a plurality of hair detection elements, at least one of these hair detection elements being designed as an applicator hair detection element with regions, one of which cosmetic substance is dispensable. The invention further relates to an applicator hair detection element according to the preamble of claim 27, a method for applying a cosmetic substance according to the preamble of claim 29, a method for producing an applicator hair detection element and the use of an applicator hair detection element according to the preamble of Claim 32.

A hair dryer is known from FR 1, 471, 557, with a blower, a heating device and a plurality of comb-like hair detection elements which are arranged on the air outlet side of the hair dryer. The air heated by the hair dryer is blown in an area near the hair detection elements, air outlet openings being provided either laterally next to the hair detection elements and / or in the hair detection elements themselves. Furthermore, a reservoir for holding an application liquid is provided in the hair dryer, a pump bellows being arranged on the underside of the hair dryer, which is in liquid communication with a spray, so that the application liquid is sprayed into the air flow path by deformation of the pump bellows. In this way, the application liquid reaches the air outlet openings in the area of the hair detection elements during a pumping operation with the heated air flow. The application liquid can thus be applied into the hair using the hair dryer.

However, this known hair dryer is disadvantageous in that only cosmetic substances can be applied which can only be stored in the liquid state. This means that a whole series of applications are excluded from the outset or only made possible by liquefying additives. Furthermore, a change from one specific application liquid to another is only possible with great cleaning effort. If, for example, the reservoir were first filled with a tinting agent with a certain color and later with a different color, it cannot be ruled out that residues from the earlier application will be driven out during later use. Finally, the known hair dryer is relatively cumbersome to use, since constant manual operation is required for permanent application.

It is therefore an object of the present invention to develop a tool, an applicator hair detection element and methods and uses of the type mentioned at the outset in such a way that a tool or applicator hair detection element is provided which solves at least one of the above problems in the prior art, wherein in particular, the handling should be significantly improved.

This object is achieved by a tool with the features of claim 1.

According to the invention, it is thus possible, with simultaneous drying of the hair or at least with the same tool that is used for hair drying, to apply a cosmetic substance into the hair or onto the scalp without the user's hands coming into contact with the cosmetic substance come or another, for example comb-like application system in addition to the hair dryer is necessary. By designing the applicator hair detection element and / or the cosmetic substance such that when the cosmetic substance emerges from the applicator hair detection element by heat at a temperature at least greater than room temperature, that is greater than 22 ° C. and / or moisture and / or vibration can be activated, the user is spared the need to carry out any actuating devices or regulating devices during the application process, which considerably simplifies the handling of the tool according to the invention. However, handling is also simplified insofar as this type of activation of the exit of the cosmetic substance from the applicator hair detection element considerably simplifies the dosage of the cosmetic substance becomes. If, for example, the emergence of the cosmetic substance is activated by temperature and moisture and vibration, with the moisture being, for example, the decisive influencing factor and the temperature and vibration, for example, only guaranteeing the constant amount per unit of time, a certain wet hair region is only as long and in one such an extent or a corresponding amount of cosmetic substance applied to a certain area of the hair that this area of the hair has not yet become completely dry due to the drying of the hair. For example, if the user accidentally or deliberately stays on a hair area for longer, even though sufficient cosmetic substance has been applied to this hair area, but a certain hair styling result has not yet been achieved, the same hair dryer can be used without any changes since there is no moisture in the hair that would extract the cosmetic substance from the applicator hair detection elements. If, for example, the exit of the cosmetic substance is significantly activated by a vibration of the applicator hair detection element, the activation itself takes place either by ejecting the cosmetic substance from the applicator hair detection element, abrasion on the applicator hair detection element, or by multiple contacts of the applicator hair detection element with von cosmetic substance unwetted or little contacted hair areas. The hair areas not yet provided with cosmetic substance are brought into contact with the applicator hair detection elements uniformly and on many contact surfaces on the hair by the vibration of the applicator hair detection elements, so that the applicator hair detection elements are activated in each case by this multiple contacting. If, for example, the exit of the cosmetic substance is significantly influenced by the temperature and / or the vibration, the dosage of the cosmetic substance can be set very easily using the temperature selector switch on the hair dryer or the on / off switch for the vibration of the tool.

In an advantageous development according to claim 2, the cosmetic substance is (exclusively) stored in the hair detection element. Thus, no further sections of the hair dryer, in particular inner areas of the hair dryer through which air flows, are contaminated by the cosmetic substance. It is therefore readily possible to provide different applicator hair detection elements alternately with different hair or skin care products with little effort, without when residues of previously used cosmetic substances are mixed with cosmetic substances currently required. Furthermore, the only part to be replaced, namely the applicator hair detection element, is very easily accessible from the outside. It is envisaged to simply replace hair detection elements without cosmetic substance by those with cosmetic substance as required, as soon as the cosmetic substance stored in the applicator hair detection element has been used up, or another cosmetic substance is to be used.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the applicator hair detection element has only cosmetic substance. This can be achieved, for example, by an applicator hair detection element made of a soap-like base material. However, a mixed form can also be implemented, in which a soap-like cosmetic substance is arranged, for example, around a hair detection element made of a plastic finger or in the latter in side outlet openings.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the applicator hair detection element has a preferably essentially non-deformable storage structure in which the cosmetic substance is stored.

With an essentially non-deformable storage structure, physically particularly advantageous exit mechanisms of the cosmetic substance from the pores or cavities of the storage structure are possible. Of course, in one variant, the applicator hair detection element can be formed exclusively from the non-deformable storage structure and the cosmetic substance. It goes without saying that an applicator hair detection element can also be provided, in which only a deformable storage structure and the cosmetic substance are provided.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the applicator hair detection element has a carrier which is connected to the storage structure and / or the cosmetic substance. The carrier is preferably first produced in the form of a solid body, for example a rod-shaped plastic finger, comparable to the other hair detection elements and then on an outer layer, intermediate layer or inner layer (for example in the case of a hollow plastic finger) as a carrier with the storage device. Structure and / or cosmetic substance connected. It is possible both to provide the storage structure and / or the cosmetic substance subsequently, for example by the user, on the carrier, and also to carry out prefabricated applicator hair detection elements which are already configured ready for use with regard to the dosage of the cosmetic substance per carrier.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the carrier is essentially encased by the storage structure and / or the cosmetic substance. If, for example, the carrier is only surrounded by the storage structure or is completely or partially covered, the cosmetic substance is loaded with cosmetic substance by the user, for example, before use via the inside of the storage structure relative to the carrier or via the outside. An external storage structure and / or cosmetic substance also makes it very easy to apply and activate the cosmetic substance on the hair and / or the scalp. If, for example, the exit of the cosmetic substance is influenced by the moisture of the hair, the hair already lies completely against the storage structure or the cosmetic substance, so that a maximum area on the applicator hair detection element is activated.

In a variant of the invention, the storage structure for the accommodation of the cosmetic substance is formed with a fabric-like or grid-like sleeve, or a sleeve made of POM plastic with a coated storage structure, so that the user only has to attach the respective sleeves to the respective hair detection elements, to obtain applicator hair detection elements from the ordinary hair detection elements. Advantageously, these sleeves can be produced with little manufacturing effort and can be recharged particularly easily with cosmetic substance when it is discharged from the sleeve.

As an alternative to the embodiment just described, parts of the other hair detection elements are not supplemented to form applicator hair detection elements, as has just been shown, but are arranged next to hair detection elements without an applicator function. For example, the hair detection elements are arranged on a front panel, with some or all of the hair detection elements being replaced by one or more applicator hair detection elements. The applicator hair detection elements are therefore releasably arranged relative to the other hair detection elements. Once the cosmetic substance in the applicator hair detection elements is completely used up, these can be removed from the front plate and replaced by new applicator hair detection elements or normal hair detection elements without an applicator function. The parts that are replaced are therefore very accessible to the consumer from the outside. It is also very easy to change different applicator hair detection elements with different cosmetic substances.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the cosmetic substance and the storage structure are arranged separately from one another, the cosmetic substance being arranged inside and the storage structure outside the carrier, and the carrier having openings for the cosmetic substance to pass into the storage structure. For example, the carrier is designed as a hollow, rod-shaped plastic ring, the cosmetic substance being arranged on the inside and the storage structure on the outside. The cosmetic substance is only transferred into the storage structure when the applicator hair detection element is to be used. For this purpose, a finger or other pressing device is inserted into the cosmetic substance or into the remaining cavity of the cosmetic substance, so that it enters the storage structure through the openings in the carrier, so that the applicator hair detection element is prepared for use is. In this way, for example, a very high durability of the applicator hair detection elements can be achieved.

Because the applicator hair detection element has the same shape and size regardless of the state of filling with cosmetic substance, the applicator hair detection element does not necessarily have to be replaced by another applicator hair detection element or hair detection element when the cosmetic substance contained therein is used up, so that Applicator hair detection element acts as an ordinary hair detection element and still has the same shaping properties. This is of greater importance, for example, when the hair detection elements are specially designed and arranged so that the position and volume can be generated in the hair. The applicator hair detection element preferably has micropores on the outer surface with an opening size of less than 1 mm, preferably less than 0.05 mm, preferably less than 0.015 mm in diameter for the exit of the cosmetic substance. In particular in the case of a storage structure arranged on the outside of the applicator hair detection element, such opening sizes are provided for the micropores. The opening size is at least as large as the largest particle size of the cosmetic substance, so that the cosmetic substance can emerge from the storage structure.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, which can also have an independent inventive character, the applicator hair detection element and / or the cosmetic substance are designed such that the amount of cosmetic substance that emerges from the applicator hair detection element is independent of their concentration in the applicator hair detection element. For each activation of the applicator hair detection element, only a limited amount of discharge, which is preferably approximately the same size per activation, of the cosmetic substance is provided. Such a uniform delivery quantity is also referred to as a zero order release. There is therefore no risk for the user of overdosing the cosmetic substance during use. A useful life of the applicator hair detection elements, which is determined depending on the number of applications, is provided, so that the consumer can be sure of the same amount from the first to the last application with, for example, ten activation portions of cosmetic substance provided in an applicator hair detection element to have cosmetic substance available.

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the storage structure is designed as a water-insoluble, porous (ie provided with cavities), mutually bound (cross-linked) polymer matrix. This polymer matrix has particularly advantageous manufacturing properties, with which a storage structure for an exit of the cosmetic substance with zero order is possible. In a variant, however, the polymer matrix can be replaced by another water-insoluble scaffold storage structure, which is phase separable relative to the cosmetic substance (in contrast to the storage structure, the cosmetic substance is water-soluble).

In an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the polymer matrix is an acrylic-methacrylic, epoxy, polystyrene, polyurethane, polyolefin, polyamide or silicone plastic.

The storage structure forms a framework with cavities or pores in which the cosmetic substance is homogeneously distributed. In a particularly preferred manner, the cavities are designed as elongated channels, i.e. the memory structure forms a strudel or lasagna-like structure. That an intermediate layer is alternated by a layer of cosmetic substance. These layers have an outlet opening or pore on the outer surface of the storage structure, so that the cosmetic substance exits this pore from a tortuous, elongated, layer-like cavity.

In an advantageous development of the invention, the cosmetic substance is a scalp or / and hair care agent, in particular a hair protection agent, a hair tinting agent, a hair conditioner, a hair styling agent, a fragrance and the like. For example, the cosmetic substance is a polyvinylpyrrolydone, a polyvinylpyrrodon-vinyl acetate copolymer, a vinylcaprolactam-vinylpyrrolydone-dimethylamino-ethyl-methacrylate terpolymer and / or the like. Advantageously, the storage structure according to the invention allows almost all common cosmetic substances to be stored and dispensed, also those that can be produced sensitive to temperature.

In a further advantageous embodiment, the applicator hair detection elements have an indicator dye, the color of which depends on the state of filling of the applicator hair detection elements with cosmetic substance. For this purpose, for example, the innermost area of the storage structure, that is to say the area immediately adjacent to the carrier, is provided with a cosmetic substance which is colored with an indicator dye. As soon as the cosmetic substance of the outer areas of the storage structure or of the applicator hair detection element has been used up, the indicator dye thus becomes visible and indicates to the consumer that only cosmetic substance is present in the storage structure for a certain amount of applications. In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention according to claim 21 and claim 22, the applicator hair detection element is provided with different areas which either allow the application of cosmetic substance, for example, only to the end sections or only to the outer surfaces of the applicator hair detection elements without the end sections, or which are designed in such a way that a substance that cares for the scalp can be dispensed at the end sections and a hair-care substance can be dispensed over the other areas. In an alternative variant, only a cosmetic substance caring for the hair root is dispensed via the free end sections, or a substance caring for the hair root is dispensed via these free end faces, and a hair care substance is dispensed via the adjoining jacket areas.

By providing air outlet openings between the hair detection elements, for example in the front plate on which the hair detection elements are fastened, the heated air is guided along the outside of the applicator hair detection elements, so that, for example, the cosmetic substance is activated or liquefied by the action of heat, so that it is applied exits the outside of the applicator hair detection element or exits more easily. In addition, the heated air leads to heated hair and / or a heated cosmetic substance, so that the physical or chemical mechanisms of action of the cosmetic substance on the hair are improved. In an alternative or additional embodiment, the applicator hair detection elements and / or the other hair detection elements are hollow, so that they are heated from the inside and thus enable the cosmetic substance to be thermally activated for exiting the applicator hair detection element. In a further variant, diffuser openings are provided on the side of the applicator hair detection element, so that the warm air penetrating into the hollow body of the hair detection element is directed to certain, e.g. hair near the roots.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, the tool, that is to say the shaping means to be connected to the hair care device or the hair care device itself, has a device for generating vibrations on the hair detection elements. For this purpose, an electric motor with an eccentric gear mounted on the shaft is in the tool. 10

important attached so that the hair detection elements vibrate by the rotation of the motor drive shaft. This vibration causes centrifugal forces on the cosmetic substance, which simplifies the exit of the cosmetic substance. In one variant, the vibration of the hair detection elements leads to friction on the outer surface thereof relative to the hair or to the scalp, as a result of which the cosmetic substance is removed and the cosmetic substance is massaged into the hair or the scalp in a very uniform manner.

In a preferred embodiment, which can also be an independent inventive concept, a device for receiving the sleeve is provided, which has at least one bore corresponding to the applicator hair detection element, so that the rod-shaped applicator hair detection element can be inserted into the sleeve received in the bore. The applicator hair detection element is here a hair detection element like the others without the sleeve, so that the hair detection elements are individually provided by the user with sleeves for which it is e.g. to reach certain areas or places in the hair with cosmetic substance is desired. In order to provide the bare hair detection elements with the sleeves for the application of cosmetic substance, it is possible for the user to insert all sleeves into the device in a simple operation by simply inserting all the hair detection elements. Furthermore, the device for accommodating the sleeves offers protection of the cosmetic substance from environmental influences, so that the durability is extended. Furthermore, it is avoided in this way that the user has to touch the sleeves with cosmetic substance once inserted into the device for each application with his hands.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, which can also be an independent idea of the invention, a device is provided for maintaining a certain ambient humidity for the applicator hair detection element between the applications. This is, for example, similar to the device for receiving the sleeve described above, so that this device for maintaining a certain ambient humidity is shaped in such a way that it forms a counterpart to at least the applicator hair detection elements, and this is encased at least on its applicator outer surfaces. The facility for upright 1 1

Maintaining a certain ambient humidity is necessary for certain embodiments of the invention in order to dissolve a portion of cosmetic substance that is stored in the storage structure and thus to make it available for the next application.

The above-mentioned object is also achieved by an applicator hair detection element with the features of claim 27.

Claim 28 specifies advantageous developments of the applicator hair detection element.

The above-mentioned object is also achieved by a method for applying the cosmetic substance according to claim 29. The cosmetic substance is automatically applied to the hair by the contact of the applicator hair detection element with the wet hair. Accordingly, there is a transfer to the hair as long as it is still wet. In this way, the cosmetic substance doses itself evenly over the entire hair during the hair drying process, the cosmetic substance is evenly transferred into the hair by hand and / or the applicator hair detection elements or the tool with applicator hair detection elements in the hair can be moved on the head by generating vibrations in the tool. This provides multiple contacts between hair and cosmetic substance, so that all hair areas to be treated are provided with cosmetic substance.

The above-mentioned object is also achieved by a method for producing an applicator hair detection element with the features of claim 30. According to the invention, a storage structure and a substance distributed homogeneously therein are produced, the cosmetic substance and the substance forming the storage structure being mixed, the substance forming the storage structure being polymerized and / or being cross-linked, so that a water-insoluble, Porous polymer matrix is formed, in the pores of which the cosmetic substance is homogeneously distributed. This method can be carried out particularly economically in order to produce the applicator hair detection elements already described above with their advantages. 12

Because the polymer matrix and the cosmetic substance coat the hair detection element or a sleeve in a dipping process, very thin layer thicknesses can be produced in a simple process.

The above-mentioned object is also achieved by the features of claim 32.

The further subclaims form advantageous embodiments of the invention.

Further objectives, advantages, features and possible uses of the present invention result from the following description of the exemplary embodiments and with reference to the drawings. All of the described and or illustrated features, alone or in any meaningful combination, form the subject matter of the present invention, regardless of how they are summarized in the patent claims or their relationship. Show it:

Figure 1 is a front view of a tool according to a first embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2 shows a plan view of the tool according to FIG. 1;

3 shows a side view of the tool according to FIG. 1;

4 shows a perspective illustration of a tool according to a second exemplary embodiment of the invention;

5 shows a sectional view through the tool according to FIG. 4;

6 is an interior view of the tool according to FIG. 4 seen from above;

FIG. 7 shows a perspective detailed view of the tool according to FIG. 4; 13

FIG. 8 is a top view of the tool according to FIG. 4;

FIG. 9 shows an exploded view of the tool according to FIG. 4;

10 is a partial sectional view through a hair dryer on which the tool according to FIGS. 1 to 9 can be placed or firmly connected to it;

Figure 11 is a side view of the tool of Figure 4 removably attached to a hair dryer of Figure 10;

FIG. 12 shows a perspective illustration of a tool similar to FIG. 1 or FIG. 4 with a hair dryer according to FIG. 10, the tool being just fitted with the applicator hair detection elements;

FIG. 13 shows a side view of the tool and hair dryer according to FIG. 12 with the applicator hair detection elements fitted and the removable tool; FIG.

FIG. 14 shows a side view of a tool and hair dryer according to FIG. 12 which are integrally connected to one another and equipped with applicator hair detection elements; FIG.

15a is a side view of part of the tool according to FIG. 4 or 1;

15b shows a side view of applicator hair detection elements according to a third exemplary embodiment;

15c shows a side view of applicator hair detection elements according to a fourth exemplary embodiment;

16 shows an exploded illustration of the hair detection elements, the applicator hair detection elements and a device for receiving the applicator hair detection elements or sleeves; 14

FIG. 17 shows a perspective illustration according to FIG. 16 in the assembled state; FIG.

Fig. 18 is a sectional view of Fig. 17;

19a shows a sectional illustration through an applicator hair detection element according to the third exemplary embodiment of the invention;

19b shows a sectional illustration through an applicator hair detection element according to a fifth exemplary embodiment of the invention;

20 shows an exploded illustration of a tool with applicator hair detection elements according to a sixth exemplary embodiment of the invention;

21a shows a sectional illustration through an applicator hair detection element according to FIG. 20;

FIG. 21b shows a sectional view, rotated relative to FIG. 21a, through an applicator hair detection element according to FIG. 20;

22 shows a perspective illustration of an applicator hair detection element according to a seventh exemplary embodiment of the invention;

23 shows a schematic sectional illustration through an applicator hair detection element according to an eighth exemplary embodiment of the invention;

24 shows a schematic sectional illustration through an applicator hair detection element according to a ninth exemplary embodiment of the invention;

25 shows a schematic sectional illustration through an applicator hair detection element according to a tenth exemplary embodiment of the invention;

26 is a schematic sectional view through an applicator hair detection 15

element according to an eleventh embodiment of the invention;

FIG. 27 shows an enlarged detail X from the applicator hair detection element according to FIG. 24;

28 shows a schematic sectional illustration of a hair detection element which is partially inserted into an applicator hair detection element according to FIG. 25 and

29 shows an enlarged schematic sectional illustration of a detail of an applicator hair detection element.

1-3 show a tool 1, which is particularly suitable for generating stand and volume in the hair. The tool 1 has a tool housing 7, via which the tool or hair dryer attachment part can be attached to a hair dryer. Furthermore, the tool 1 has a front plate 5, which adjoins the tool housing 7 and on which the hair detection elements 3 are attached in one piece. The front plate 5 has air outlet openings 6, so that the air heated by the hair dryer travels between the rod-shaped hair detection elements 3. The hair detection elements 3 have at least a diameter of 5 mm and are at least 25 mm long, the length: diameter ratio being at least 5: 1, preferably greater than 8: 1. The hair detection elements preferably have a length between 40 and 70 mm. The hair detection elements 3 are arranged and designed such that a plurality of the downstream ends 8 of the hair detection elements 3 are in contact with the scalp of the user during use and, due to a movement of the hair detection elements 3 on the scalp, detects the hair, pushed up between the hair detection elements and in Direction of the air outlet side of the hair dryer are raised so that the level or volume in the hair of the user is obtained. The downstream ends 8 of the hair detection elements 3 are preferably arranged in a concave surface. In order not to unnecessarily extend the description of this tool with all its features here, the content of EP 0 620 713 is expressly included here. 16

4-9 show a tool 10 according to a second embodiment. The main differences from the previously described first embodiment of the tool 1 are that the front plate 11 with the hair detection elements 3 can be removed relative to the tool housing 12 and that an electric motor 13 is arranged in the tool 10, to whose motor shaft 15 an eccentric mass 14 is fastened, so that the vibrations generated by the rotating eccentric mass can be transmitted to the front plate 11 and the hair detection elements 3. For this purpose, the front plate 11 and the hair detection elements 3 are connected to the rest of the tool housing 12 via four silicone hoses 16. The front plate 12 with the hair detection elements 3 and the silicone tubes 16 thus form a spring mass system that can be excited to vibrate. The vibration frequency determined by the rotational speed of the electric motor 13 can in principle be between 0 Hz and the ultrasound range, but a frequency range between 25 and 130 Hz, in particular between 50 and 70 Hz, is preferred. The downstream ends 8 of the hair detection elements 3 vibrate on one due to this vibration excitation essentially spatial, elliptical orbit. The downstream ends 8 of the hair detection elements 3 thereby vibrate with a maximum amplitude of three, preferably one millimeter. In these figures, 18 indicates the direction of air flow for the heated air. It is understood that Fig. 4,

5 and partially 9 are shown schematically in that the air outlet openings

6 on the front plate 11 are not shown in these figures. But are still formed on the tool 10. Furthermore, only a part of all hair detection elements 3 is shown in these figures. 8 shows in this context the tool 10 with all the hair detection elements 3 and air outlet openings 6. The tool 10 also has an electromechanical tool switch 17, by means of which, on the one hand, the tool 10 can be fastened with the hair dryer and the electric motor is switched on in a further lower position. and can be switched off. In order not to unnecessarily expand the description of the tool 10, the content of DE 196 33 035 is expressly included in this description.

The tools 1 and 10 described above form a preferred basis for the attachment of applicator hair detection elements. The applicator hair detection elements are preferably used in combination with these tools, since stand or volume can thus be generated in the hair with the same tool or by means of the 17

Vibration a comfortable massage and even distribution of the cosmetic substance is possible. However, it goes without saying that the applicator hair detection elements can be used for the most varied types of hair dryers. The shape and size of the applicator hair detection elements is adapted to the particular application or the respective design of the hair dryer. In a variant, instead of the type of vibration generation shown in FIGS. 4-9, another type of vibration generation can also be present on the hair detection elements 3. Of course, the applicator hair detection elements can also develop in brushes or combs as a hair dryer attachment or in themselves advantageous effects. However, a particularly advantageous embodiment is seen in the combination of hair dryers, in particular with volume generation and preferably with vibration generation.

The hair detection elements shown in FIGS. 1-9 can be exchanged in whole or in part by applicator hair detection elements 4 or can be supplemented to applicator hair detection elements 4.

10 shows a hair dryer, on the air outlet side 9 of which the tools according to FIGS. 1 to 9 can be fastened. The hair dryer 2 has a heating device 19, on which the air through which the fan motor 21 flows through the housing 22 with the fan wheel is heated. An air inlet 20 is arranged on the side of the hair dryer opposite the air outlet side. Furthermore, the hairdryer has a handle 23.

11 schematically shows the side view of a hair dryer 2, on the air outlet side of which a tool 1, 10 can be fastened, the front plate 5, 11 with the hair detection elements 3 also being removable from the tool housing 7, 12. In one variant, the hair detection elements 3 are designed as applicator hair detection elements 4.

12 shows a perspective illustration of a hair dryer 2 with a tool 1, 10, applicator hair detection elements 4 being provided which are hollow on the inside so that they can be plugged onto the hair detection elements 3. The applicator hair detection elements 4 are all attached to and on a base plate 24 18th

arranged such that the base plate 24 with the applicator hair detection elements 4 can be plugged onto the hair detection elements 3. The base plate 24 has air outlet openings 6, which correspond to the air outlet openings 6 of the front plate. In this way, all applicator hair detection elements are firmly arranged on a single body, namely the base plate 24, so that the user does not have to attach each applicator hair detection element individually to the hair detection elements 3. 12, the hair dryer 2 can be easily upgraded or disassembled with the tools 1, 10 by the applicator hair detection elements 4 without the hands having to do with the applicator hair detection elements 4 or other parts of the Tool 1, 10 come into contact with possibly dirty areas of the applicator hair detection elements 4.

FIG. 13 shows the same arrangement as in FIG. 12, except that the applicator hair detection elements 4 of the base plate 24 are plugged onto the hair detection elements 3. Advantageously, a device is provided in the hollow interior of the applicator hair detection elements 4 or in the lower region of the hair detection elements 3 or on the front plate 5, 11 or the opposite side of the base plate 24, with which the applicator hair detection elements 4 can be latched or snapped or are releasably connected in a similar manner.

Fig. 14 differs from Fig. 13 only in that the tool 1, 10 is formed in one piece with the hair dryer 2.

15a shows a side view of the hair detection elements 3 per se, which are arranged at a distance from one another on the front plate 5, 11.

15b shows the applicator hair detection elements 4 and the base plate 24 similar to FIGS. 12-14. In a variant of this embodiment shown in FIG. 15b, not all hair detection elements 3 from FIG. 15a are covered with applicator hair detection elements 4 . For some applications it is sufficient, for example, to merely provide a ring-like arrangement of the applicator hair detection elements 4 on a base plate 24 and to attach this to the hair detection elements 3. For example, different concentric rings with different application 19

tor hair detection elements for different cosmetic substances can be combined. Instead of a ring shape, a cross shape, a longitudinal shape or another arrangement and combination of several applicator hair detection elements can also take place.

15c shows applicator hair detection elements 4 which are not connected to one another via a base plate 24 as previously in FIG. 15b. Thus, the consumer can even more individually according to his personal wishes, the number of applicator hair detection elements and thus to a certain extent also the dosage or the mixture of different cosmetic substances from different applicator hair detection elements 4 by the respective equipment of the hair detection elements 3 according to FIG. Set 15a. The applicator hair detection elements, as shown in FIGS. 15b and 15c, have a sleeve-like configuration, whereby, contrary to the representations in FIGS. 15b and 15c, the applicator hair detection element 4 can also be formed as a bare cylindrical tube without a final end cap at the downstream end .

16 shows a perspective explosion representation of the hair detection elements 3, the applicator hair detection elements 4 and a device 25 for receiving the sleeve or applicator hair detection elements 4. This device 25 has approximately corresponding bores 26 in shape and size to the applicator hair detection elements 4 on, which are arranged corresponding to the arrangement of the hair detection elements 3. 16, this device 25 is shown schematically as a cylindrical solid body with the bores 26. In a variant, a solid body is not used for this device 25, but a plastic injection molding, which is also designed such that all applicator hair detection elements are encased on their outer sides without the other areas of the device 25 being made of solid material. The device 25 facilitates the handling of equipping the hair detection elements 3 with applicator hair detection elements, since the user only has to equip his device 25 with applicator hair detection elements according to his individual wishes before the first use, and always the same for all other applications if desired Configuration can fall back without touching the applicator hair detection elements 4 again. For this purpose, the user inserts the desired applicator hair detection elements 4 in a specific 20th

th configuration into the device 25 and then places the tool 1, 10 with the hair detection elements 3 in the sleeve-like applicator hair detection elements 4 accommodated in the device 25, whereby the applicator hair detection elements 4 are fastened simultaneously with the hair detection elements 3. When pulling the hair detection elements 3 out of the device 25, the tool 1, 10 is completely equipped with applicator hair detection elements 4. In order to store the applicator hair detection elements 4 after use, or to continue using the tool 1, 10 without applicator hair detection elements 4, the tool 1, 10 equipped with applicator hair detection elements 4 is inserted again into the device 25, so that by a mechanism, the release of the attachment between the hair detection elements 3 and the applicator hair detection elements 4 takes place automatically. When the hair-capturing elements 3 are pulled out of the device 25, the tool 1, 10 is returned to the unpopulated initial state.

FIG. 17 shows the arrangement according to FIG. 16, the hair detection elements 3 being inserted in the device 25.

18 shows the same state again in a sectional view. As can be seen in FIG. 18, the device 25 lies flat against the applicator hair detection elements 4, so that the cosmetic substance can be stored in the device 25 independently of the environmental influences. As an alternative to the device 25, film-like blister packs are provided for the applicator hair detection elements 4.

20 shows an exploded view of a tool with applicator hair detection elements according to a sixth embodiment of the invention. The equipping principle of the hair detection elements 3 with the applicator hair detection elements 4 can be carried out in a manner comparable to that already described for FIG. 16. In contrast to the previous hair detection elements and applicator hair detection elements, both are provided as a diffuser hair detection elements with a hollow interior and lateral opening slots 27. The opening slots 27 of the applicator hair detection elements 4 correspond in their design to the opening slots 27 of the hair detection elements. In this way, heated air is drawn through the 21

Opening slots 27 transported immediately adjacent to the hair roots.

FIGS. 21a and 21b again illustrate the hollow structure of the hair detection elements 3, so that the warm air generated by the hairdryer can flow through their interior. 21a shows a section into an angular position in which no opening slot 27 is cut, while in the sectional view according to FIG. 21b an opening slot 27 is cut. In a further embodiment of the applicator hair detection elements 4 shown in FIGS. 21a and 21b, these are identified by a fixed, i.e. non-releasable coating on the hair detection elements 3 or diffuser hair detection elements realized.

22 shows an applicator hair detection element 4 which has a memory structure 28 which forms an X-shaped cross section. The sections lying between the legs are provided here with the same plastic that is used for the other hair detection elements 3, so that only certain areas are suitable for dispensing the cosmetic substance. In this case, the applicator hair detection element 4 has sections in the longitudinal direction, via which the cosmetic substance can be dispensed and via which the cosmetic substance cannot be dispensed. The applicator hair detection element according to FIG. 22 has a circular cross section overall - however, it can also be designed such that the storage structure is arranged exclusively or mainly at a point at which a hair deflection is provided due to the overall shape of the applicator hair detection element. In this way, for example, a hair styling or hair styling product is only transferred to the hair as a cosmetic substance where this is necessary. In particular, this training is also advantageous for shaping curls or other styling effects with the curling iron.

23-26 show applicator hair detection elements with different structures in longitudinal section. It goes without saying that there are several possible combinations between the individual structures, which are also subject to this concept. As already explained with reference to FIG. 22, only certain areas of the applicator hair detection element are provided with a storage structure and / or cosmetic substance. 23 is a division in the longitudinal direction - in contrast to 22

22 in which a subdivision in the transverse direction, that is to say formed over the circumference, of the applicator hair detection element 4 is provided. Here, the free end faces 32 or the downstream ends of the applicator hair detection elements are provided with a storage structure and / or cosmetic substance which is particularly suitable for the application of substances which care for the hair roots or substances which care for the scalp. The lateral surface 33 is free from the applicability of a cosmetic substance or is provided with a storage structure and / or cosmetic substance which is suitable for the application of specifically hair-care substances. In a further variant, a cosmetic substance is applied only over the outer surfaces 33, but not over the free end surfaces 32.

All of these structures can also be combined with one another in that the applicator hair detection element, as shown in FIG. 23, has a carrier 29 which is designed as a rod-shaped solid body or is hollow on the inside. The carrier 29 is preferably formed in a rod-like manner as a plastic finger, similar to the hair detection element 3.

Further possible combinations in the structure result from the fact that the storage structure and / or cosmetic substance of the applicator hair detection element with a similar structure, which is shown as detachable or attachable from the carrier 29 or hair detection element, can also be designed as an applicator hair detection element with a permanently attached storage structure and vice versa.

23, for example, the carrier 29 is completely encased with a storage structure 28 and / or a cosmetic substance. The storage structure is firmly connected to the carrier by a coating.

24, the sleeve-shaped storage structure 28 not only forms a structure for holding the cosmetic substance, but also a carrier structure which provides the necessary mechanical bending stiffness and other stability of the applicator hair detection element.

25 shows a sleeve-shaped carrier 29 on the inside of which there is a depot 34 for the cosmetic substance and on the outside of which a storage structure 28 is arranged 23

is. In this exemplary embodiment in particular, the memory structure 28 does not have to be non-deformable but can also be designed to be deformable like a sponge. The inside of the depot 34 is held, for example, with a thin blister film. The passage openings in the sleeve-like carrier 29 are not shown in FIG. 25, so that the cosmetic substance of the depot 34 can be transferred into the storage structure 28.

The applicator hair detection element 4 according to FIG. 25 is shown again with FIG. 28, a hair detection element 3 being inserted into the interior of the applicator hair detection element 4. The free inner diameter of the carrier 29 or to a certain extent also the depot 34 is matched to the outer diameter of the hair detection element 3 to be inserted. These inner and outer diameters are designed such that the cosmetic substance in the depot 34 is pushed through the through openings in the carrier 29 during insertion of the hair detection element 3 and is thus passed on to the storage structure.

26 shows a structure of the applicator hair detection element 4, in which the storage structure layer enveloping the carrier 29 is provided with an indicator dye 35 in addition to the cosmetic substance or exclusively. The more external storage structure 28 with cosmetic substance without indicator dye thus hides the indicator dye until it becomes apparent due to the consumption of the external cosmetic substance. In this way, the user is shown that the applicator hair detection element no longer contains any cosmetic substance or only cosmetic substance for one or a few applications.

27 schematically shows the attachment of damp hair 36 during a hair drying process to a storage structure 28, as can be formed in all of the illustrated embodiments. As an example, FIG. 27 shows an enlarged detail X from FIG. 24 at the interface between the storage structure and the outside of the applicator hair detection element 4. As shown in FIG. 27, the moisture of the hair 36 brings about or supports a detachment of the cosmetic substance from the storage structure 28, for example by capillary effects, adsorption or similar effects. 24

A particularly preferred exemplary embodiment is described below. Here, the storage structure and the cosmetic substance are produced by coating a carrier of the applicator hair detection element. A sleeve-like hollow body, as described above, can be used as the carrier, which is attached to the already existing hair-capturing elements 3 of the tool 1, 10. In an alternative embodiment, all or some of the hair detection elements of the tool 1, 10 act as carriers and are coated with the mixture of the substance forming the storage structure and the cosmetic substance.

To illustrate the structure and manufacture of such a coating, a possible manufacturing process is described below by way of example.

1. Preparation of a solution from the solvent tetrahydrofuran (THF) and Hitad, where Hitad is the trade name for an acrylic or methaarcyl polymer.

2. Immerse the uncoated carrier in tubes in which the solution according to 1. is contained. After a few seconds or a few minutes, a first layer of the Hitad polymer matrix is deposited on the carrier as a storage structure. Only the storage structure and not the cosmetic substance is preferably attached to the carrier for the first coating. The solvent THF serves to dissolve the carrier surface and thus improves the adhesion of the storage structure to the carrier, which is made of polycarbonate, for example. The time of immersion can be determined, for example, by weighing the carrier during the immersion, so that the coating thickness can be inferred. This weighing process will later be replaced by empirical values for the necessary exposure time.

3. Air dry the coated substrates so that the solvent (e.g. chloroform or THF) evaporates.

4. Preparation of a mixture solution from a solvent, for example chloroform, one or more cosmetic substances, for example PVP (= polyvinylpyrrolydone) and a substance for the storage structure, such as, for example, the polymer matrix Hitad. The mi 25th

Schung is mixed at high speed and frequent changes of direction, so that a high shear of the mixture is generated and the formation of the vortex structure is promoted. A water-insoluble polymer for the storage structure is therefore mixed with a water-soluble polymer for the cosmetic substance (with the solvent). Instead of Hitad, many other polymers can be used, which are preferably crosslinked by radiation, which have a low water adsorption or no water adsorption and a high strength and rigidity. Instead of PVP, any other hair care or skin care product that is a water-soluble polymer and dries to a non-sticky flexible layer on the hair can be used. PVP is in a solid phase when dry. Which cosmetic substance is ultimately used depends on the desired properties of the cosmetic substance for skin or hair.

5. Immerse the carriers pretreated according to steps 1 to 3 and dry them. Afterwards or during immersion, weigh the carrier to check the desired layer thickness. This weighing process step will also be replaced later by an empirical value for the immersion time.

6. Repeat step 5 until the desired coating weight is deposited on the carrier. In this way, the portion amounts of cosmetic substance are determined which emerge from the pores of the storage structure when activated or are water-soluble and thus available.

7. Place the coated carrier in a sealed bag in a nitrogen atmosphere. The nitrogen displaces the oxygen, which would hinder the subsequent polymerization of the hitad.

8. curing of the polymer matrix (Hitad) by means of (light or) electron radiation with a defined intensity, e.g. 2 Mrad.

In this way, for example, four dips into the PVP-containing mixture have taken place, so that a PVP portion amount of approximately 100 mg each is available for five activations. 26

is cash. Sufficient and always approximately constant amount of cosmetic substance is preferably stored in the applicator hair detection elements for two to 50 activations. In a particular embodiment, sufficient cosmetic substance is stored in the storage structure for between 4 and 30, or 10 to 20, or preferably for 20 or 25 applications.

FIG. 29 schematically shows the layer structure produced in this way adjacent to the carrier 29 of the storage structure 28 and the cosmetic substance in a sectional view. The storage structure 28 or the polymer matrix Hitad forms on average a rigid, water-insoluble framework structure with intervening, serpentine, twisted cavities 31, the cavities 31 being filled with the cosmetic substance before use. In this way, the cavities 31 or the cosmetic substance with the storage structure form a strudel or lasagne-like layer structure. The elongated channel-like cavities 31 only become such after the cosmetic substance has been consumed. The ends of the cavities 31 on the outside of the coating form the openings or micropores 30 from which the cosmetic substance emerges and is transferred to the hair or scalp. The thickness of the coating A shown in FIG. 29 ultimately determines the number of possible activations or available portions with cosmetic substance. The coating thickness A can be between a few micrometers and a few millimeters. However, extremely thin coatings can be produced by the immersion process described above, so that with a coating thickness of less than one millimeter, preferably less than 0.1 mm, particularly preferably less than 0.05 mm, it is sufficient to create a storage structure and cosmetic substance for 10 or to provide 20 applications. Coating by means of an immersion process thus provides not only a very economical production process, but also a process which produces a coating which hardly influences the external dimensions and the shape of the hair-capturing elements or carriers to be coated. This is particularly advantageous for such hair detection elements 3 or hair detection elements 4, which are very elongated and rod-shaped, as in those according to FIGS. 1 to 9, which are suitable for generating volume at the stand in the hair. This thin coating thickness also proves to be advantageous in particular in combination with hair detection elements 3 which are excited to vibrate and therefore clearly defined mechanically 27

see or bending stiffness must meet requirements.

It goes without saying that other layer structures also have similar effects. The vortex structure shown is preferred, however, because the rate of extraction of the cosmetic substance from the elongated channels is faster per application.

As soon as water reaches the outside of the coating, the water also reaches the openings or micropores 30 and thus penetrates to the cosmetic substance and dissolves it. This dissolving water is provided by the wet hair for a short time (until it dries). The more cosmetic substance is extracted from the interstices or cavities 31 of the storage structure 28 within an application, the further the water has to penetrate into the elongated channel or cavity 31 in order to dissolve and continue to extract cosmetic substance. By dissolving the cosmetic substance with water, its volume expands to such an extent that it is available at the openings 30. So there is a very large volume difference between the solid undissolved cosmetic substance and the dissolved substance.

As an alternative or in addition to activating the cosmetic substance with water, it can also be released by heat and / or by vibration or the exit from the micropores 30 can be accelerated. For this purpose, either cosmetic substances that have the corresponding physical properties are generally used or appropriate additives are added to the mixture in accordance with process step 4, for example waxes are added to the cosmetic substance, so that the warm air generated by the hair dryer brushes against the hair detection elements and the liquefied cosmetic substance or changed the consistency to such an extent that the cosmetic substance can escape from the openings.

As soon as the portion amount of cosmetic substance that is available for an application has been used up, the applicator hair detection element or the cosmetic substance stored in the storage structure must be activated or regenerated to such an extent that cosmetic substance from the inner or rear adjacent to the wearer 28

ger 29 lying sections is transported to the outer surface of the coating or to the openings 30 and is thus available for a further application. In addition to various processes which bring about very rapid regeneration and thus reload the outer layers of the cavities 31, the above embodiment is used with e.g. PVP as a cosmetic substance and an acrylic polymer (Hitad) as a storage structure substance proposed the following regeneration. For this purpose, the applicator hair detection elements are placed in a device which may initially be constructed in a similar manner to device 25. This device for regeneration or for maintaining a certain ambient humidity is designed in such a way that air humidity is present on the outer surfaces of the applicator hair detection elements of 60, 70, 80 or 90%, preferably 80% or a value between these values for a few hours, for example for 8 hours. As a result of this air humidity, moist air also diffuses into the micropores 30 which have arisen after cosmetic substance has been extracted from these pores for the first time. The moist air comes into contact with the solid cosmetic substance. The cosmetic substance adsorbs the moisture, is dissolved and is transported further along in the cavity 31 or expands therein due to the large volume difference between the dissolved cosmetic substance and the solid cosmetic substance. The cosmetic substance swells in the cavities of the storage structure, at least until these are completely filled. After a few hours, the cosmetic substance PVP reaches the outside of the coating in the dissolved state. The next time the hair dryer is used, it is this dissolved cosmetic substance that is extracted through the wet hair. After the storage structure 28 is distinguished by the fact that it retains its structure unchanged from these solution processes on the cosmetic substance, the elongated channels 31 are retained, via which the cosmetic substance is transported. In this way, approximately the same amount of cosmetic substance is available for each activation or application for all other applications.

The device for maintaining the ambient moisture or for regenerating the applicator hair detection elements after use is designed in such a way that the applicator hair detection elements are surrounded on their coated surfaces by a covering in which a water-absorbing fabric, a substance or a 29

Sponge are included to maintain the desired humidity. This device can preferably be closed in order to avoid evaporation. The regeneration continues until an equilibration state between the cosmetic substance and the air humidity has been established.

The main substances that can be used for the storage structure are water-insoluble or almost water-insoluble substances, which can preferably be hardened using a low-temperature process, e.g. a light or electron irradiation process so that cosmetic substances that are very sensitive to temperature can also be used. The substance for the storage structure is advantageously as brittle as possible and has good adhesive properties on the carrier. Possible cosmetic substances are polyvinylpyrrolidone with a molecular weight of preferably 200,000 or another molecular weight or an almost related substance. Perfuming substances with a weight fraction of e.g. 2% to the mixture after process step 4, melting point-lowering substances, such as polyethylene glycol waxes with a weight fraction in the mixture after process step 4 of 1-10%, conditioners which modify the adhesion of the cosmetic substance to the hair-modifying substances, acrylic-modifying substances to adjust the hardness , Hair protection additives, substances that improve shine and combability attachable. The cosmetic substance is in the liquid, solid or gaseous phase before activation and preferably in the liquid or gaseous phase after activation.

Of course, the applicator hair detection elements can be provided with different coatings on a hairdryer or other brushing device. This can be achieved, for example, by using more than one immersion solution. Also, by immersing the carrier or applicator hair detection elements in the immersion solution to different depths, a layer structure that is different over the length can be realized in a simple manner. For example, a hair-capturing element or a carrier is completely immersed in a solution for a perfuming coating and in the subsequent immersion processes is only immersed less deeply in other solutions, so that there is a coating section which is exposed for all applications and over which no further cosmetic substances are arranged. 30th

This scented substance is released, for example, by the warm air of the hair dryer.

Advantageously, the proposed combination of applicator hair detection elements on a hairdryer ensures that the optimal amount of substance is always administered to the hair. Depending on the type of cosmetic substance and the storage structure, the hair only takes on cosmetic substance from the applicator hair detection element up to a certain amount of saturation, which is predetermined by the structure, nature and condition of the hair or by the applicator hair detection element. It is no longer necessary to wash out an excess of cosmetic substance. Too little substance is never applied to the hair. The substance is optimally distributed on the head and in the hair (from the roots to the tips) by movement. The introduction of the cosmetic substance, the styling and the drying of the hair takes place in one step. A tiring massage or kneading of the cosmetic substance by hand is eliminated (at least in part). Contact of the cosmetic substance with the hands is largely avoided. The application of the cosmetic substance is much easier to handle. The cosmetic substance is specifically delivered to the hair or scalp. If the cosmetic substance stored in the applicator hair detection element has been used up, it is simply replaced by a new one. During the application to the hair, the hair is dried and shaped at the same time.

Claims

31 Patent claims:

1. Tool for hair treatment, in particular hair shaping and / or hair drying, which can be connected to the air outlet side (9) of an air-flowing hair care device (2) and which has a plurality of hair detection elements (3), at least one of these hair detection elements (3) as an applicator hair detection - Element (4) is formed with areas from which a cosmetic substance can be dispensed, characterized in that the applicator hair detection element (4) and / or the cosmetic substance are designed such that the exit of the cosmetic substance from the applicator hair detection element (4) can be activated by heat at a temperature at least greater than room temperature and / or moisture and / or vibration.

2. Tool according to claim 1, characterized in that the cosmetic substance is stored in the applicator hair detection element (4).

3. Tool according to claim 2, characterized in that the applicator hair detection element (4) has only cosmetic substance.

4. Tool according to claim 1, characterized in that the applicator hair detection element (4) has a preferably essentially non-deformable storage structure (28) in which the cosmetic substance is stored.

5. Tool according to claim 4, characterized in that the applicator hair detection element (4) has only the essentially non-deformable storage structure (28) and the cosmetic substance.

6. Tool according to claim 4, characterized in that the applicator hair detection element (4) has a substantially rigid support (29) which is designed as a solid, preferably as a plastic, or as a hollow body and on which the storage structure (28th ) and / or the cosmetic substance is stored. 32

7. Tool according to claim 6, characterized in that the carrier (29) from the storage structure (28) and / or the cosmetic substance is essentially coated.

8. Tool according to claim 7, characterized in that the storage structure (28) and / or the cosmetic substance, which is in particular designed as a sleeve, can be plugged onto the carrier of the applicator hair detection element (4).

9. Tool according to claim 1 or 6, characterized in that several applicator hair detection elements (4) are provided which are detachably connected to the other hair detection elements (3).

10. Tool according to claim 6, characterized in that the cosmetic substance and the storage structure (28) are arranged separately from one another, the cosmetic substance inside and the storage structure (28) being arranged outside the carrier (29) and the carrier openings for passage of the cosmetic substance in the storage structure (28).

11. Tool according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the applicator hair detection element (4) has the same shape and size regardless of the filling condition with cosmetic substance.

12. Tool according to claim 2, characterized in that the applicator hair detection element (4) on the outer surface micropores (30) with an opening size less than 1 mm, preferably less than 0.05 mm, preferably less than 0.015 mm in diameter for the exit of the cosmetic Has substance.

13. Tool according to claim 2, characterized in that the applicator hair detection element (4) and / or the cosmetic substance are designed such that the amount of cosmetic substance emerging from the applicator hair detection element (4) regardless of their concentration in the applicator hair detection element (4). 33

14. Tool according to claim 13, characterized in that the applicator hair detection element (4) and / or the cosmetic substance are designed such that each activation of the applicator hair detection element (4) only a limited amount of discharge, preferably about each activation is the same size, the cosmetic substance is provided.

15. Tool according to claim 4, characterized in that the storage structure (28) is designed as a water-insoluble, porous, mutually bound polymer matrix.

16. Tool according to claim 15, characterized in that the polymer matrix is an acrylic, methacrylic, epoxy, polystyrene, polyurethane, polyolefin, polyamide or silicone plastic.

17. Tool according to claim 4, characterized in that the storage structure (28) has cavities (31) for receiving the cosmetic substance, in particular the cavities being designed as elongated channels.

18. Tool according to claim 1, characterized in that the cosmetic substance is a scalp or / and hair care agent, in particular a hair protection agent, a hair tinting agent, a hair conditioner, a hair styling agent, a fragrance and / or the like.

19. Tool according to claim 18, characterized in that the cosmetic substance is a polyvinylpyrrolydone, a polyvinylpyrrolydone-vinyl acetate copolymer, a vinylcaprolactam-vinylpyrrolydone-dimethylamino-ethyl-methacrylate terpolymer and / or the like.

20. Tool according to claim 1, characterized in that the applicator hair detection elements (4) have an indicator dye (35), the color of which is dependent on the state of filling of the applicator hair detection elements (4) with cosmetic substance. 34

21. Tool according to claim 1, characterized in that the applicator hair detection elements (4) have openings or micropores for the exit of cosmetic substance only at their free end sections, so that a targeted application of the cosmetic substance to the scalp or the Hair root areas is guaranteed.

22. Tool according to claim 1, characterized in that the applicator hair detection elements (4) at least on their free end faces (32) are closed-pore, so that the cosmetic substance, in particular only over the outer surface (33) of the applicator hair detection elements (4), can be applied to the hair.

23. Tool according to claim 1, characterized in that air outlet openings (6) are provided between the hair detection elements, so that heated air on the outer sides of the applicator hair detection elements (4) pulls along.

24. Tool according to claim 1, characterized in that the tool (1, 10) or the hair care device (2) has a device (13, 14, 15, 16) for generating vibrations on the hair detection elements.

25. Tool according to claim 8, characterized in that a device (25) is provided for receiving the sleeve, which has at least one corresponding to the applicator hair detection element (4) bore (26), so that the applicator hair detection element (4) can be inserted into the sleeve received in the bore (26).

26. Tool according to claim 1 in connection with a device for maintaining a certain ambient humidity for the applicator hair detection element (4) between applications.

27. Applicator hair detection element for hair treatment, in particular hair shaping and / or hair drying, which with the air outlet side (9) of an air-permeable 35

flowed hair care device (2) is connected or connectable, are formed on the areas from which a cosmetic substance can be dispensed, characterized in that the applicator hair detection element (4) and / or the cosmetic substance are designed such that the exit of the cosmetic Substance from the applicator hair detection element can be activated by heat at a temperature at least greater than room temperature, preferably greater than 22 ° C. and / or moisture and / or vibration.

28. Applicator hair detection element according to claim 27, characterized by features of one of claims 2 to 26.

29. A method for applying a cosmetic substance with an applicator hair detection element, in particular according to claim 27 or 28, a tool in particular according to one of claims 1 to 26, for an air-flow hair care device, characterized in that the cosmetic substance automatically by the contact of the applicator -Hair detection element is applied to the hair with the wet hair.

30. A method for producing an applicator hair detection element, in particular according to claim 27 or 28, for an air-flow hair care device, in particular for producing a storage structure and a cosmetic substance homogeneously distributed therein, wherein the cosmetic substance and the substance forming the storage structure are mixed, which The substance forming the storage structure is polymerized and / or mutually connected, so that a water-insoluble, porous polymer matrix is formed, in the pores of which the cosmetic substance is homogeneously distributed.

31. The method according to claim 30, characterized in that the uncoated hair detection element is coated in a dipping process with the polymer matrix and the cosmetic substance.

32. Use of an applicator hair detection element arranged on the air outlet side of a hair care device through which air flows, on which areas 36

forms, of which a cosmetic substance can be dispensed, characterized in that the applicator hair detection element and / or the cosmetic substance are designed such that the exit of the cosmetic substance from the applicator hair detection element by heat at a temperature at least greater than room temperature or 22 ° C and / or moisture and / or vibration can be activated.

33. Use of an applicator hair detection element according to claim 32, characterized by an applicator hair detection element according to at least one of claims 27 or 28.