EP1255464B1 - Appareil a epiler a rouleau rotatif vibrant - Google Patents

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EP1255464B1
EP1255464B1 EP01911804A EP01911804A EP1255464B1 EP 1255464 B1 EP1255464 B1 EP 1255464B1 EP 01911804 A EP01911804 A EP 01911804A EP 01911804 A EP01911804 A EP 01911804A EP 1255464 B1 EP1255464 B1 EP 1255464B1
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Daniel Bontoux
Jean-Claude Germain
Franck Mandica
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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
    • 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
    • A45D26/0028—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers with rotating clamping elements with rotating discs or blades
    • 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
    • A45D26/0061—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers with means for reducing pain during hair removal
    • 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
    • A45D2200/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A45D
    • A45D2200/20—Additional enhancing means
    • A45D2200/207—Vibration, e.g. ultrasound

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  • the present invention relates to a hair removal device of the type comprising a rotary roller fitted with pliers designed to pluck excess hair, not of the human body.
  • This type of device has clamps in the form of blades or discs arranged on a rotating roller, the clamps being caused to close and open periodically so as to tighten the hairs close to the skin and, respectively, to evacuate the hairs pulled out by the rotation of the roller. Hair removal is a very effective method against regrowth, but often it causes significant pain.
  • WO 97/00032 has also been proposed with a tweezer rotary comprising a series of movable rollers pushed radially by the centrifugal force and / or by springs, castors which apply pulses mechanical on the skin to camouflage the pain caused by lifting hairs.
  • This solution is however complicated, it also requires execution details and high costs for its components.
  • the object of the invention is to remedy, at least in part, the drawbacks mentioned above and to propose a tweezer with pliers intended for applying vibrational stimulation on the area to be epilated substantially at the same time that plucking the hairs so as to effectively mask the pain felt during hair removal.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a hair-removing device with a roller tongs comprising means capable of efficiently generating vibrations in said roller while ensuring good damping of vibrations in the housing of the device.
  • Another object of the invention is a hair removal device provided with pain-relieving means reliable, simple construction and suitable for mass production, for lower manufacturing costs.
  • An additional object of the invention is a means of hair removal painkillers which act simultaneously with the uprooting, while leaving visible the These goals are achieved with a hair removal device to remove body hair comprising a roller mounted to rotate in a housing intended to be held by hand, said roller comprising at least two clamps intended to clamp and tear off the bristles, the roller being capable of being rotated by a motor electric via a transmission system, since the assembly formed by the roller, the transmission system and the engine is divided into two parts, each part being secured to a separate support mounted floating relative to the and being driven in vibration at a predetermined frequency, the vibration movement of one of the parts being in phase opposition by compared to that of the other party.
  • the means for rotating the epilation roller are also designed to generate vibrations in the roller at the same time as the uprooting.
  • the vibratory stress on the skin therefore produces an effect pain reliever simultaneously with the hair removal process reducing pain while throughout this process. So, in order to prevent the transmission of these vibrations to the housing and from here in the user's hand, it also solicits vibration, same frequency, but in phase opposition, the other moving parts of the roller drive mechanism. Means are provided for keep the assembly in contact during operation.
  • the assembly formed by the roller, the transmission system and the motor electric actuator is therefore split into two parts which vibrate at the same frequency, in phase opposition, parts which are mounted on supports mounted floating relative to the housing so that they can vibrate independently of each other. Therefore, at the time of training in vibration of the two parts the vibrations of a first part, in particular of the roller cancel those of the second part, in particular of the motor, so that the vibrations are completely neutralized with respect to a fixed mark, including the housing.
  • the assembly formed by the roller, the transmission system and the engine is split into two parts of substantially equal mass.
  • the parameters of the vibrations generated in these two parts can be better controlled, especially when using a unique means of vibration which oscillates the two at the same time parts.
  • the frequency of the vibrations produced in the rotary roller is greater than 50 Hz.
  • the frequency can be advantageously chosen by the speed of rotation of the unbalanced part.
  • the elastic means of mounting the assembly in the case and the moving part are determined so that the amplitude vibration is between 0.1 mm and 1 mm, preferably 0.5 mm.
  • the moving part generates vibrations of the rotating roller in a direction substantially perpendicular to the skin.
  • the rotary roller therefore strikes the skin vertically, the vibrations being completely absorbed by the latter, which provides an analgesic effect effective. Oscillatory movements in phase opposition are produced easily in the longitudinal direction of the housing.
  • the supports of the moving parts are actuated by vibrating means integrated into the transmission system.
  • Vibration systems could have been produced, in particular in the form two integral weights, one of the hair removal roller and producing vibrations of a certain frequency and amplitude in the latter, and the other integral with the engine and / or transmission system and vibrating at the same frequency, but 180 ° out of phase.
  • said means for vibrating consist of a rotary part whose axis of rotation is mounted fixed relative to the housing, said rotary part comprising a first toothing provided to cooperate with a first toothed wheel secured to the first support and a second toothing designed to cooperate with a second toothed wheel secured to the second support, the center of the cross section of each toothing being offset by on either side of the common axis of rotation in a direction perpendicular to this last.
  • the moving masses are split into two parts, each part being integral with a support mounted floating relative to the housing so that that each support can be driven in vibration separately.
  • a rotating part provided with at least one toothing because it can be easily integrated into the transmission system or gear train, this part being able to be rotated by a wheel neighbor or by the motor output axis.
  • the constructive parameters of this part in particular the diameters, speeds, modules of its teeth can be calculated so as to obtain a speed of operation of the roller and a predetermined vibration frequency of this latest.
  • each support performs a translational movement in the direction of the respective eccentricity, so that displacements in opposite directions of the two supports.
  • the first toothing has a value offset equal, but diametrically opposite to the eccentricity of the second toothing.
  • the value of the eccentricity of each toothing relative to its axis of rotation corresponds to half the amplitude of the vibrations obtained in each of the supports.
  • the rotary part with two offset teeth induces vibrations of equal amplitudes, but in opposite directions in each of the supports.
  • the two teeth act on the floating supports by moving them away one from another.
  • the amplitude of the vibrations obtained in this case is maximum and it is represented by the sum of the eccentricities of the two teeth, in particular twice one of them for equal values of the two eccentricities.
  • the eccentricity of the teeth is adjusted so that that the maximum amplitude of the vibrations is obtained when the clamps are in the closed position.
  • the maximum amplitude of stimulation is obtained just before uprooting hair, which provides very effective skin stimulation.
  • the supports are mounted sliding on guides in the housing.
  • the appended figures illustrate a device for hair removal from human skin provided means for vibrating the rotary roller or the epilating head 5 of this device so that the cyclic waves from these vibrations cause a painkiller effect on the area to be epilated.
  • a hair removal device comprising a rotary roller 5 provided with a central shaft movable in rotation in a cradle 20 and a cage mounted coaxially on the tree it surrounds, this cage being formed by two lateral flanges 21,22 holding between them four rods 23.
  • the left flange 21 is integral with a pinion 13 engaged with a train reduction gears or transmission system 12 driven by a pinion 9 secured to the output shaft of a drive motor 8.
  • Two series of alternate cruciform blades 5a, respectively 5b, are mounted on the central shaft of the rotating roller 5, each pair of alternating blades 5a, 5b forming a tweezer, a movable blade 5a of which is capable of move away from a fixed blade 5b and, alternatively, apply against it.
  • the actuation of the movable blade 5a causes the opening, respectively the closing the tweezers, in order to tighten and pluck the hairs, and to release after tearing, as the roller 5 rotates.
  • the hairs of the area to be epilated appearing before a window 24 of the housing 1 are torn off following the rotation of the roller or the epilation head 5.
  • the epilation head 5 can have brushes 25 and / or pins 26 arranged in the recessed elongated zone extending parallel to the alignment of the blades 5a, 5b.
  • the brushes 25 have the role of straightening the hairs for removal, while the pins 26 prevent the head hair removal 5 jumps on the skin when passing the hollow area.
  • FIGS 1 to 3 illustrate a preferred embodiment of the invention according to which the gripper roller 5 and the wheels 6 and 7 are integral with a first support or upper carriage 11a, while the motor 8 and its pinion outlet 9 are mounted on a second support or lower carriage 11b.
  • the supports or carriages 11a and 11b are mounted floating relative to the housing 1 of the device. More precisely, the supports 11a, 11b are slidably mounted, against the springs of reminder 10, on guide rods 4a, 4b mounted fixed in the arms 14a, 14b, 14c, 14d of stirrup 2.
  • Rotating part 3 is mounted on an axis of rotation A integral with the housing 1, axis supported in rotation in the bearing 18 of the caliper 2.
  • the caliper 2 is directly fixed to the housing 1 of the device by means of fixing screws, rivets or other means of removable or non-removable fixing.
  • the two teeth 3a, 3b are preferably integral with the same part 3 including a first toothing 3a is provided to cooperate with the pinion 9 integral with the output axis of the motor 8, and the second toothing 3b is intended to mesh with the toothed wheel 7 and further transmit the movement of rotation of the motor 8, in the transmission system 12 as far as the roller 5.
  • each toothing is offset from the general axis of rotation A of the rotating part 3.
  • the teeth 3a are offset by a value "e" with respect to the axis A in a direction perpendicular to the latter and the teeth 3b have an offset of the same value, but arranged at 180 ° compared to the first.
  • the upper support or carriage 11a has bearings 16 and 17 for rotationally supporting the axes of the gears 6 and 7 and that it also supports the frame 15 of the roller 5.
  • the motor 8 with its pinion 9 are fixed on the support or lower carriage 11b.
  • the springs 10 are preferably in number of four, two for each supports 11a, 11b.
  • the springs 10 are cylindrical helical, they are mounted on the rods 4a, 4b with one of the ends fixed by stops 14a, respectively 14b, 14c, 14d relative to one of the rods 4a, 4b, while the other free end bears on one of the sliding supports 11a, 11b.
  • the results of the respective efforts of the springs 10 tend to bring the two supports 11a and 11b together so as to keep the gears 7,3 and 9 of the transmission system 12.
  • the housing 1 of the device is preferably made in two parts 1a, 1b in order to facilitate the assembly of the various components of the device.
  • Parts 1a, 1b are made of plastic by a molding technique.
  • the gables or gears of the gear train 12 of the apparatus are preferably produced made of wear-resistant plastic to reduce the total weight of the device.
  • the pinion 9 continues its rotation and at a position located at 180 ° relative to that described above, and as shown in Figure 4b, the offsets teeth 3a and 3b are reversed.
  • the offset “e” of the teeth 3a is located below axis A and that of teeth 3b above the same axis, so that the distance "D" between their points of contact with the adjacent wheels reaches its maximum value, this distance being equal to the sum of the radii of the primitive circles of the teeth 3a, 3b plus a value equal to twice that of the offset “e”.
  • the supports 11a and 11b are in their position of extreme separation.
  • the supports 11a, 11b being mounted on springs 10, therefore isolated from the housing 1, none of the moving parts comes into contact with the housing 1 during operation.
  • the fixed axis A as well as the centers of mass of each of the supports 11a, 11b are located in the vertical plane of symmetry of the device.
  • the springs 10 are identical, they have the same stiffness constant and the same dimensions.
  • the parameters of the gears of the transmission system 12 are calculated so as to obtain vibrations in the gripper roller 5 a frequency greater than 50 Hz which is considered as a frequency threshold Pain killer.
  • a frequency threshold Pain killer For example, for an engine speed of 7200 rot / min, one obtains, with an apparatus of the type described, vibrations at a 120Hz frequency in the epilation head 5.
  • the epilation head 5 In order to obtain vibratory stimulation of the skin before the tearing-off phase of the bristles, the epilation head 5 must strike the skin when the tweezers are in closed position.
  • the position of the eccentricities of the two teeth is such that the maximum amplitude of the vibrations is obtained just after the closing of the clamps, this position being shown in Figure 4b.
  • the roll 5 relates to its periphery four rows of pliers. Therefore, the rotating part or wheel 3 must have a speed of rotation four times greater than the speed of rotation of the roller 5 and the setting of the eccentricities must be done so that the clamps 5a, 5b are always in contact with the skin when they are closed.
  • the rotary part 3 comprising a double toothing 3a, 3b could be a toothed wheel composed of the assembly of two wheels 3a, 3b in diameter different primitive.
  • the rotary part or wheel with two offset teeth can be optionally replaced by a wheel or gear with concentric pinions to their axis of rotation, other means can be used to bring vibrations of the two supports and their components.
  • These means can be, by example, two unbalances operating in phase opposition, each one being secured to one of the floating supports.

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