Classifications

• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A46—BRUSHWARE
  • A46B—BRUSHES
  • A46B11/00—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water
  • A46B11/001—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water with integral reservoirs
  • A46B11/002—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water with integral reservoirs pressurised at moment of use manually or by powered means
  • A46B11/0055—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water with integral reservoirs pressurised at moment of use manually or by powered means with a reciprocating piston or plunger acting as the pressurising means
• • 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
  • A45D19/012—Devices for colouring or bleaching separated strands of hair, e.g. highlighting
• • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
  • A46—BRUSHWARE
  • A46B—BRUSHES
  • A46B2200/00—Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
  • A46B2200/10—For human or animal care
  • A46B2200/1046—Brush used for applying cosmetics

Definitions

• the present invention concerns a device for making streaks, nuances and/or luminosities.
• the more usual system in the market is the technique of the cap that is made of a material of rubber perforated with holes, through which are pulled the filaments of hair, with a knitting needle. It is also used a comb of long handle.
• the release hairs reassume their initial position, being defined a continuous strand and not several autonomous and regularly spaced strands.
• the mentioned device by its construction, does not allow the imprisonment of the hairs to be made close to the scalp or in its immediate proximity.
• the application of colour is anaesthetically made distant from the root of the hair.
• the mentioned implement is provided with a set of rotatable hook members that may be simultaneously actuated and moved from an open position to a ⁇ y closed" position so that when the implement is place against the scalp and actuated to move the hook members from the open position to the "closed” position they will hookingly engage the hair in order to form spaced groups of hair strands which may then be separated from the rest of the hair and isolated from it for application of the desired treatment.
• the mentioned implement presents, however, three main inconvenients: (i) it is of relatively complex construction, having an assembly that demands a lot of work, which makes difficult and more expensive the respective manufacture; (ii) it does not allow to regulate the spacing between the streaks of each group of strands that allows to separate from the rest of the hair; and (iii) the "closed" position does not guarantee in absolute that hairs won.' t get released from the separated strands, namely when these are isolated from the rest of the ha,ir - due to the advanced position of the hook members relatively to the body of the implement, as may be visualised in the figure 3 of the respective document - which may originate an undesirable lack of uniformity of the streaks.
• the present invention aims a device that allows to face several of the inconvenients of the devices of the state of the art previously indicated and, in particular, aims a device that allies the simplicity of manufacture to the easiness of handling, namely one able to be used without difficulty with one single hand, and which allows to imprison effectively and simultaneously and in a single operation a series of strands spaced between themselves in a predefined way, with more than one possibility of spacing, said strands being maintained imprisoned (with the same hairs) until the end of the operation of separation of said streaks from the rest of the hair, enabling the ulterior application of a treatment to the hairs that are part of those same strands, treatment that may comprise the application of one or more products, simultaneously,, sequentially or intermittently.
• the device is a manual apparatus that allows, in a practical and productive way, to select and imprison, without hairs escaping from the recently formed strands, a predefined number of spaced strands, in a single attempt and in a practically immediate way.
• the predefined number of strands may be, at least, 5, 3 or 2 strands at a time.
• the device of the invention comprises a set of arcuated needles operated simultaneously, each one of them being responsible for entrapping a distinct strand of hair, and is characterised in that it comprises a box in which may translate a slide element that operates as a single support of a set of needles that translate with said slide element, between two limiting positions, one of them where is defined a closed confined zone between an external surface of said box and each one of the needles and the other one in which the needles assume a position further apart from said surface, without the existence of any closed confined zone, so that the hairs may freely enter into the zone defined by the arcuated part of the needles or come out of it.
• the equilibrium position that is, the position adopted when the lever is not being operated.
• the direction of the movement of the slide element is substantially parallel to the direction of the body of the needles.
• Figure 1 shows, in a perspective view, an example of embodiment of the device according to the invention.
• Figures 2 to 4 show, also in a perspective view, the operation sequence of the said device, in three distinct phases starting from the phase represented in figure 1.
• Figures 5 and 6 show other examples of embodiment, represented, in each one of them, in four views (a, b, c, d) . In the case of figure 5 was suppressed the representation of the springs (or equivalent elastic elements) for the benefit of the clarity.
• lever foreseen namely in figures 1 to 4
• a button namely on the top, connected to the slide element (3) .
• the embodiment of the invention may be made resorting to a lateral button (25') that defines with the slide element a system of sliding wedges, this last one in itself already known. May be foreseen a spring or additional elastic element (not represented in the figure) destined to facilitate the return of the button to the initial position.
• the slide elements (3) have needles (3i) - for example 5, 3 or 2 needles - for strands with different thicknesses - for example two or more - and also different spacing among them (for example 3) .
• a set of slide elements (3) each one of them provided with a set (30) of needles (3i) , needles that are in different number (i) and/or position, the slide elements being interchangeable with each other, and able to be freely removed or placed in the box (2) through an opening existent in said box ⁇ opening that is susceptible of being covered/uncovered by a lid - the i needles being simultaneously inserted in correspondent slots (8j) .
• the needles (3i) are able to be removably fastened to the slide element (3) - their number and/or positioning being able to vary - and they are able to be inserted in the slide element (3) , even when this is already assembled in the interior of the box (2), inserting them through the slots (8j) correspondent to the intended position.
• the number (i) of needles (31) will always be the same or inferior to the number (j) of slots (Qj) .
• Varying the size of the arcuated zone (3il) of the needles (3i) one regulates the thickness of the streaks individually considered.
• the distance between the needles determines the spacing between the streaks, while the size of the arcuated zone of the needles determines the wideness of each streak, individually considered. May be easily obtained uniform and evenly distributed streaks which valorises the final aesthetic effect,
• the device according to the invention allows to work very thin strands in a painless fashion, as the tearing effect associated to the perforated, caps is completely eliminated and, on the other hand, the needles do not penetrate the scalp, both due to its shape, and because of the fact that the pressure is not distributed only at one point, since there are always two or more needles operating simultaneously.
• the broad brush or further handle (5) and the broad brush (5' ) are removable, being able to function as autonomous accessories. Instead of the broad brushes there may be spatulas. It may also be foreseen a comb (6), preferentially removable, for example, being able to slidingly fit (see the succession of arrows in the figures 5a and 6a) in a system of grooves (27) or an equivalent one.

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• Brushes (AREA)
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• Cleaning And Drying Hair (AREA)
• Containers And Packaging Bodies Having A Special Means To Remove Contents (AREA)

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  • 2006-05-12 PT PT103478A patent/PT103478A/pt not_active Application Discontinuation
• 2007
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  • 2007-05-14 US US12/227,224 patent/US20090107517A1/en not_active Abandoned
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