EP2209396B1 - Appareil portatif de traitement des cheveux a la vapeur - Google Patents

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EP2209396B1
EP2209396B1 EP08861618.0A EP08861618A EP2209396B1 EP 2209396 B1 EP2209396 B1 EP 2209396B1 EP 08861618 A EP08861618 A EP 08861618A EP 2209396 B1 EP2209396 B1 EP 2209396B1
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Bénédicte SIMOND
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D19/00—Devices for washing the hair or the scalp; Similar devices for colouring the hair
    • A45D19/16—Surface treatment of hair by steam, oil, or the like
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D2/00—Hair-curling or hair-waving appliances ; Appliances for hair dressing treatment not otherwise provided for
    • A45D2/001—Hair straightening appliances
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D1/00—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor
    • A45D1/02—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor with means for internal heating, e.g. by liquid fuel
    • A45D1/04—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor with means for internal heating, e.g. by liquid fuel by electricity
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D1/00—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor
    • A45D1/28—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor with means for controlling or indicating the temperature
    • 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
    • A45D19/0041—Processes for treating the hair of the scalp
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D2/00—Hair-curling or hair-waving appliances ; Appliances for hair dressing treatment not otherwise provided for
    • A45D2/36—Hair curlers or hair winders with incorporated heating or drying means, e.g. electric, using chemical reaction
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D1/00—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor
    • A45D2001/008—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor with vapor generation, e.g. steam

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  • the present invention relates to a portable apparatus that performs hair treatment and / or shaping using steam generating means associated with a hair contact shaping device for detangling, combing or holding hair. hair in relation to steam.
  • the apparatus is a curling iron having a mandrel-supporting housing comprising a conical base attached to the housing and extending through a cylindrical end portion provided with peripheral steam outlet ports.
  • the conical base receives steam from a generator belonging to the housing, which vapor then follows the longitudinal axis of the mandrel towards its outlet openings.
  • the cylindrical portion is inserted into a hair curler on which hair has been wrapped which is then steam treated in the state.
  • This device finds its limits already in the fact that the vapor transfer is at a distance from the steam outlet of the generator, transfer which generates pressure losses and thus a decrease in the output steam flow.
  • a solution has been described in the document WO 2004/002262 where the device is a two-jaw straightener resiliently articulated at one of their ends.
  • the means that generate steam form a sandwich structure contained in one of the jaws. More particularly, a jaw comprises a reservoir containing the treatment liquid which impregnates a wick arranged in contact with the heating element of the jaw to evaporate the liquid which then passes through orifices provided for this purpose in the surface. treatment for contact with the hair.
  • the main disadvantage of this apparatus is that, despite its rather complex structure, the steam flow rate generated is only very low, in particular lower than at 2g / min.
  • a hair treatment performed with such a vapor flow does not produce an observable effect on the hair which must then be subjected to an additional heat treatment, strong enough to print a certain style, and whose very high temperature the dries strongly and can damage them.
  • the object of the present invention is to remedy at least part of these disadvantages and to provide a hair contact treatment apparatus that can continuously provide a constant supply of steam that is capable of deeply and efficiently treating the hair, while having a simplified structure and safe operation.
  • Another object of the invention is a hair-contact treatment apparatus capable of rapidly sending a controlled supply of steam to the treated hair, while being able to dissociate it from any additional supply of heat and / or traction mechanics and or chemical.
  • Another object of the invention is a steam-related hair-contact treatment apparatus which is reliable in operation and which is able to avoid condensation phenomena, while being able to be produced simply and economically.
  • Such a steam generator powered by an electric pump makes it possible to rapidly provide a large, constant and continuous steam flow rate to the treated wick so as to result in a durable and deep treatment thereof.
  • an electric pump whose maximum flow rate is advantageously calculated to be slaved to the maximum heating power of the vaporization chamber, the liquid introduced into the chamber by the pump is immediately and completely converted into vapor, thus avoiding a return of drops of non-vaporized liquid through the dispensing orifices.
  • a device is portable, which makes it possible to have the outlet of the steam arranged as close as possible to the steam generation means of the housing to eliminate the phenomena of condensation, while simplifying the construction of the apparatus and making its handling more flexible.
  • the steam flow rate is greater than 5 g / min and preferably between 10 g / min and 60 g / min.
  • Hair shaping device comprises a device capable of coming at least temporarily and / or locally in contact with the hair to untangle, capping or simply retain them in contact with a treatment surface, such as for example : a comb, a cylinder impregnated with a shaping product, for example coloring, a smoothing pliers with movable or fixed articulated arms, a curling iron with a cylindrical heating mandrel possibly cooperating with at least one heated hot-plate a smoothing head having a plurality of parallel side-by-side processing surfaces, etc.
  • a treatment surface such as for example : a comb, a cylinder impregnated with a shaping product, for example coloring, a smoothing pliers with movable or fixed articulated arms, a curling iron with a cylindrical heating mandrel possibly cooperating with at least one heated hot-plate a smoothing head having a plurality of parallel side-by-side processing surfaces, etc.
  • the electric pump is a piezoelectric pump.
  • This arrangement makes it possible to obtain an electric pump providing a high flow rate for a low manufacturing cost.
  • this type of pump is very compact and can be easily integrated into the device in a small footprint.
  • the steam generator comprises a vaporization chamber connected to the dispensing orifices by one or more conduits each having a length of less than 3 cm.
  • the vaporization chamber is thus positioned as close as possible to the steam distribution or outlet orifices, which makes it possible to treat the lock of hair directly at the outlet of the vaporization chamber, via one or more conduits.
  • These steam ducts leaving the chamber of vaporization being therefore of very short length distribute the steam without it being possible to form condensates which could then disturb and / or cancel the action of steam on the wick or adversely affect the ease of use of the apparatus, condensates that can burn the person using the appliance or on which the treatment is applied.
  • the apparatus comprises an adjusting device for adjusting the flow of liquid sent to the generator.
  • Such a device for adjusting the flow rate of liquid sent by the pump into the vaporization chamber makes it possible to adapt the flow of steam produced to the type of treatment and / or the type of hair treated with the apparatus.
  • the direction of the shaping is generally defined by the generally elongate shaped treatment surface of the shaping device, which surface generally treats with its longest side the width of a wick.
  • the dispensing orifices in the vicinity of the edge of the shaping device, it is therefore excluded the arrival of steam inside the device in order to separate the steam treatment function from another function.
  • for shaping the hair which may be, for example, a treatment by application of heat, and / or a tension or pressure on the hair, and / or a product for shaping the hair, by example a fixing agent etc., for a better result on the treated lock.
  • the steam path is via several orifices uniformly distributed parallel to the processing surface of the forming device orienting the vapor in a direction perpendicular to that of their shaping by said device.
  • a vapor path arriving perpendicular to the width of a wick thus allows a quick treatment of the lock of hair and, moreover, homogeneous when the steam is distributed through outlet openings covering the width of the wick.
  • the shaping device comprises at least one electric heating element in thermal contact with the treatment surface.
  • Such a device comprising its own heating element, independent of that of the steam generator, then makes it possible to form a durable shaping of the hair, for example a smoothing, a looping, an embossing thereof.
  • a durable shaping of the hair for example a smoothing, a looping, an embossing thereof.
  • the shaping device comprises control means of the heating element independent of those controlling the steam.
  • the shaping device is removably arranged relative to the housing of the apparatus.
  • the vapor barrier is integral with the body of the device and not the shaping device.
  • the liquid contained in the reservoir is a treatment product.
  • treatment liquid is understood any liquid capable of being vaporized by the generator and which can then be applied to the hair in the form of steam to ensure care, shaping, coloring, discoloration, etc.
  • this liquid is water.
  • the apparatus comprises an additional reservoir of liquid adjacent to or belonging to the hair shaping device.
  • This additional reservoir can therefore belong to the apparatus or to the shaping device and makes it possible to apply to the hair a liquid that is not necessarily vaporized by the steam generator of the apparatus, for example during an application by contacting the liquid from the additional reservoir with the treated wick.
  • the liquid contained in the additional reservoir is different from the liquid contained in the reservoir that supplies the steam generator.
  • the steam serves as a transport medium for the cosmetic to make it penetrate to the heart of the hair via the opening of the scales, the following mechanical treatment allowing close the scales and perform a form of cauterization of the hair to fix the cosmetic.
  • the steam is used as a transport media, while avoiding to subject the cosmetic to very high temperatures and thus avoid it being deteriorated by temperature.
  • the dispensing orifices are arranged at one end of the housing of the apparatus and the latter comprises a deflector arranged vis-à-vis the or orifices of distribution.
  • This deflector functions as a vapor barrier being placed vis-à-vis the steam outlet, while providing a space for the passage of a lock of hair.
  • this deflector makes it possible, on the one hand, to protect the scalp of the person on whom the treatment is carried out and, on the other hand, to redirect the steam towards the back of the wick and thus treat it on both sides with a steam outlet located only on one side of it.
  • the vaporization chamber is in thermal contact with an electric heating element whose power is between 600W and 1000W.
  • This provides a rapid rise in temperature of the vaporization chamber to about 150 ° C to happen to vaporize, preferably instantaneously, the liquid introduced into the chamber by the pump.
  • the steam generator comprises a lower plate provided with a liquid supply orifice and at least one outlet orifice of the steam produced and an upper plate, the steam being circulated between the two plates by minus a baffled path having a length of between 100mm and 200mm.
  • baffle circuits make it possible to increase the contact time and to vary the direction of movement of the liquid in contact with the hot wall of the generator and substantially improve the heat transfer during boiling.
  • the vaporization chamber is thus overheated, all the water droplets carried by the stream being evaporated before reaching the level of the steam outlet orifices of the chamber.
  • the dispensing orifices are adjacent to the hair shaping device being located upstream thereof.
  • upstream is meant that, in the treatment operation, a portion of the lock of hair first supports the application of steam before supporting the shaping treatment.
  • the laboratory tests also showed that the steam sent in upstream of the shaping device makes it possible to sufficiently load the hair with moisture to protect it from significant dehydration during the action of the shaping device that can be heated at high temperature, for example 230 ° C.
  • said dispensing orifices are adjacent to the hair shaping device while being located downstream thereof.
  • downstream it is meant that, in the treatment operation, a portion of the lock of hair initially supports the shaping treatment before supporting the application of steam.
  • Tests carried out with an apparatus made according to this variant of the invention have shown that, after mechanical shaping of the wick, the steam rehydrates the hair to compensate for the dehydration associated with the application to the hair of the surface of the hair. hot treatment of a shaping device.
  • the housing comprises a body extending downwards by a handle, the shaping device being arranged opposite the handle and the steam path exiting through the dispensing orifices is oriented in the longitudinal direction of the body of the case.
  • Such a housing configuration provides both good ergonomics in use and effective treatment of the hair by steam.
  • the hair shaping device comprises two articulated arms movable in opposite directions, each having a hair treatment surface, at least one of the arms having a heating element. in thermal contact with said treatment surface.
  • Such a device provides effective smoothing of the hair, with good performance over time.
  • the attached figures represent a portable apparatus for steam hair treatment comprising a housing 1 made of plastic material having a body 2 extended downwards by an elongate portion forming a handle 3 receiving a removable water tank 4 whose upper wall constitutes the upper part of the handle.
  • the elongate portion of the housing 1 also encloses feed means 6 ( figure 3a ) of a steam generator 8 contained in the body 2 of the housing 1.
  • the steam generator 8 is constituted by a vaporization chamber 10, for example instantaneous, associated with an electric heating element 9, these elements being visible to the figure 3a .
  • the steam generator is powered by an electric pump and is designed to produce a steam flow rate of up to 100g / min.
  • the feed means 6 comprise in particular an electric pump 5, visible to the figures 3a and 6 , whose start is controlled by a command button 7.
  • the electric pump 5 comprises an intake port 16 connected by a first conduit 17 to the tank 4 and a delivery port 18 sending the water from the tank 4 through a supply circuit of the steam generator 8.
  • the supply circuit of the steam generator 8 comprises a second conduit 19 leading to a branch line dividing the supply circuit into a first branch pipe 20 connected to an inlet 21 in the vaporization chamber 10 of the steam generator 8 and a second pipe branch 22 connected to the tank 4 for discharging a portion of water from the pump 5 to the tank 4.
  • the passage section of the first pipe branch 20 is smaller than that of the second pipe branch 22 which is, it, made of a flexible pipe, l apparatus further comprising a device 23 for controlling the flow of water to the inside of the generator 8.
  • the adjusting device 23 comprises means for compressing the hose of the second branch 22 which passes through a cylindrical casing 25. More In particular, the adjusting device 23 makes it possible, by turning a knurled knob 24, to actuate an internal bent lever to the housing 25, which lever is supported on the outer surface of the hose.
  • the pump 5 When the pump 5 is turned on by means of the control knob 7, the latter sucks the water from the tank 4 through the first conduit 17 and delivers the water through the second conduit 19, the flow of water sent by this circuit being then divided between a first weak stream sent to the generator 8 and a larger flow sent to the tank.
  • the knob 24 is rotated to compress the return pipe to the tank 4.
  • the pump 5 is a piezoelectric pump comprising a circular chamber 61 comprising a bottom wall formed by a flexible membrane 62 made of brass.
  • a piezoelectric element 63 made of ceramic is fixed on the membrane 62, outside the circular chamber 61.
  • the circular chamber 61 comprises an upper wall provided with an inlet orifice 16 connected to the reservoir 4 and a discharge port 18 connected to the vaporization chamber 10.
  • the piezoelectric pump 5 comprises a power supply terminal 68 fixed on the membrane 62 and a power supply terminal 69 fixed on the piezoelectric element 63.
  • the pump 5 is supplied at its terminals 68, 69 by a alternating voltage.
  • the piezoelectric element 63 is deformed, driving the membrane 62, so as to increase the volume of the circular chamber 61.
  • the discharge orifice 18 comprises an anti-return valve 67 which closes and prevents the suction of the water present downstream of the valve 67.
  • the inlet port 16 also comprises a non-return valve 66 which opens and thus allows the water present in the inlet orifice 16, from the tank 4, to be sucked into the circular chamber 61.
  • the piezoelectric element 63 deforms, driving the membrane 62, so as to reduce the volume of the circular chamber 61.
  • the valve 66 of the intake port 16 closes and at the same time, the valve 67 of the discharge port 18 opens.
  • the water will pass from the circular chamber 61 to the vaporization chamber 10.
  • the vaporization chamber 10 comprises a closed compartment made between a lower plate 50 of general shape rectangular and an upper plate (not shown for clarity), the two plates being fixed together at the four corners by screws 52.
  • a peripheral seal 51 silicone located between the two plates ensures the seal inside the chamber spraying 10.
  • the lower plate 50 is provided with several reliefs constituting baffles which ensure the flow of the fluid from a water inlet to the steam outlet orifices of the chamber.
  • the water inlet inside the vaporization chamber 10 is through the inlet orifice 21 located in the central part of a front wall 53.
  • the flow of incoming water is divided, then the drops water and steam are conveyed by the reliefs of the lower plate 50 along two symmetrical labyrinth paths 55 and 56, arranged on either side of the axis of the chamber passing through the central inlet orifice. 21.
  • the pathways 55, 56 have a length of approximately 150 mm each to lengthen the heating zone of the chamber allowing steam to be converted into water from the vaporization chamber 10.
  • the two paths 55, 56 meet in a buffer zone 57 located just before a bottom wall 54 of the chamber.
  • the buffer zone 57 forms a distribution chamber for the steam leaving via openings 58.
  • five openings 58 are made on the bottom wall 54 and open via five internal pipes made in one piece with the chamber.
  • Each duct 14 is attached, at one of its ends, in a sealed manner at the outlet of a manifold and has, at the opposite end, a diffusion nozzle placed in correspondence, with respect to a dispensing orifice 12 of the housing of the apparatus.
  • the internal walls of the vaporization chamber 10 are covered with a layer made of a granular coating intended to increase the contact surface between its walls and the drops of water inside the chamber and thus improving the diffusion of the drops on the heating surface of the chamber.
  • a vaporization chamber is able to instantaneously produce dry steam at the outlet.
  • the steam generator 8 is made of an aluminum block or an alloy aluminum having a good thermal inertia forming a reservoir of calories for the vaporization chamber 10, for quickly vaporize the water when starting the pump.
  • the vaporization chamber 10 and the electric heating element 9 form a one-piece assembly.
  • the electric heating element 9 is a shielded resistor having a power of 900W.
  • the electrical power supply of the apparatus is done by a power cord 15, a start-up button of the apparatus that can control the supply of the heating element 9.
  • the flow of water arriving inside the vaporization chamber 10 is rapidly transformed into vapor by the latter during its path along the baffles of the instantaneous vaporization chamber 10.
  • the vapor exits the vaporization chamber 10 by several orifices provided on a bottom wall of the vaporization chamber located opposite the one receiving the inlet orifice 21.
  • the steam outlet ports of the vaporization chamber 10 each communicate with a conduit 14 allowing distribute the steam to the outside of the appliance. So, we can notice at the figure 3b , five ducts 14 of short length, for example of about 1 cm each, allowing the steam to be distributed immediately after the exit of the vaporization chamber 10.
  • the body 2 of the casing 1 is closed, in its lower part and opposite the handle 3, by a flat face 11 having a plurality of steam distribution orifices 12, each orifice communicating with the outlet of a duct 14.
  • the steam distribution ports 12 are adjacent to a hair shaping device.
  • the upper part of the body 2 advantageously receives the shaping device 30, the latter comprising at least one treatment surface 31 located in the extension, or even set back a few mm, parallel to the flat face 11 of the casing 1.
  • the shaping device 30 is better visible at the figure 4 and it comprises two arms 33,34 mounted articulated around a hinge 35 being held in the open position or, in a variant, in the closed position by a compression spring (not visible in the drawings).
  • the lower arm 34 also has, at its free end, an introduction shoe 37 of flared shape extending through a planar treatment surface 32 of rectangular shape in contact with a heating element.
  • Each treatment surface 31, 32 is formed of a metal plate coming into thermal contact with an electric heating element (not visible in the drawings), which may be a resistive, PTC, infrared emitting heater, etc., which is placed against the treatment surface and inside a body 38, respectively 39 plastic of each arm 33,34.
  • Each electric heating element may have its own regulating means and is supplied with electrical power by a power cord 40.
  • the heating element is provided for heating the plates in a temperature range of 90 ° C to 230 ° C.
  • the apparatus comprises a single power cord 15 for supplying electrical energy to the steam generator 8 and the heating plates of the shaping device 30.
  • the treatment surface 31, 32 is made of a thermally conductive material, being polished, optionally covered with an enamel, a ceramic material, a layer of glass, etc.
  • the arms 33,34 are thus elastically movable in pivoting about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of their respective processing surfaces 31,32 between an open position and a closed position.
  • a lock of hair can be inserted between the treatment surfaces 31, 32 of the arms 33, 34 when the arms are in the open position and it can then be subjected to pressure to come into contact with the surfaces of the arms.
  • treatment 31,32 when the arms are in the closed position the closure can be carried out by pressing on the outer surface of the bodies 38,39 of the arms.
  • the flat 31,32 treatment surfaces thus smooth the wick with which they come into contact.
  • the jaws are closed at rest and the insertion of the wick is manually forced between the plates of the treatment surfaces 31, 32 by stretching the wick and pushing between the two plates using the introduction shoes 36,37.
  • a system for controlling the opening of the plates to separate them sufficiently in such a way as to simplify the introduction of the wick, the actuation being able for example to be done from the handle of the apparatus or close to that -this.
  • the lower arm 34 comprises a deflector 42 having a wall 43 arranged recessed, but parallel to the treatment surface 32.
  • the wall 43 forms a vapor barrier protecting the scalp from the action of the steam to return the steam towards the lock of hair treated.
  • This vapor return also has the advantage of impregnating the wick on both sides by having only a unilateral steam outlet.
  • the upper arm 33 comprises a fixing support 45 to the body 2 of the housing 1 of the apparatus, more particularly a removable attachment by means of a screw 46 cooperating with a threaded orifice in the upper part of the body 2 of the device.
  • This removable attachment then allows, by loosening the screw 46, to move from a position as illustrated in the figures, suitable for use by a right-handed person, to another where the device is rotated 180 ° around the longitudinal axis of the body 2 for the use of the device by a left-handed person.
  • This shaping device can be replaced by another, for example, having a cylindrical winding body cooperating with a pivoting clip for attaching the hair, this device then being introduced into the mounting bracket 45 and mounted on the body 2 of the housing 1 of the apparatus.
  • Removable attachment of the shaping device 30 also allows the use of the steam hair treatment apparatus alone, without a shaping device mounted at its vapor outlet end.
  • the figure 5 illustrates an alternative embodiment of the deflector 42, in particular by making it integral with the body 2 of the housing 1 of the device.
  • the deflector 42 has a general tuning fork shape with a bottom wall 44 through which the dispensing orifices 12 pass, extending through a bend connecting it to a deflecting wall 43 spaced apart.
  • the deflecting wall 43 is located at a distance parallel to the bottom wall 44 and ends with an end curved towards the latter.
  • Such a deflector allows the passage of a lock of hair between its parallel walls while protecting the scalp, and at the same time ensures the return of steam through the baffle wall towards the wick.
  • Such a deflector may advantageously be made of a plastic material.
  • the apparatus according to figure 5 can be used alone to perform the hair treatment, the shaping device 30 being removable.
  • the hair shaping device is turned on by pressing a control button and a light (not shown in the drawings) can indicate when the hotplates have reached the correct temperature.
  • a lock of hair is then introduced into the arms 33, 34 of the shaping device 30 applying a pressing force to the wick, and then the control button 7 is pressed, the apparatus starting to produce hair. steam instantly.
  • the apparatus is then moved along the wick and vapor treatment is performed immediately followed by smoothing by contact with the treatment surfaces 31, 32 of the shaping device.
  • control means of the device are independent of those of the device, it can also be used with the smoothing plates at room temperature or very weakly heated. This allows in particular clean the wick by removing impurities and moisturizing at the same time.

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