EP2462832A1 - Enthaarungsgerät mit Präzisionskopf - Google Patents

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EP2462832A1
EP2462832A1 EP11306617A EP11306617A EP2462832A1 EP 2462832 A1 EP2462832 A1 EP 2462832A1 EP 11306617 A EP11306617 A EP 11306617A EP 11306617 A EP11306617 A EP 11306617A EP 2462832 A1 EP2462832 A1 EP 2462832A1
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Jérôme Fabron
Cédric Pollet
Laurent Henin
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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
    • A45D26/0023—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers with rotating clamping elements
    • A45D26/0033—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers with rotating clamping elements with rollers
    • A45D26/0038—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers with rotating clamping elements with rollers power-driven
    • 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
    • A45D26/00—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers
    • A45D2026/008—Details of apparatus for removing superfluous hair
    • A45D2026/0095—Details of apparatus for removing superfluous hair with additional cutting head, e.g. interchangeable

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  • the present invention relates to the technical field of electrical body care appliances and, more particularly, the field of mechanical electrical depilatory appliances also called epilators.
  • an electric hair removal apparatus comprises a housing that encloses an electric motor associated with transmission means.
  • This box is equipped with an epilation head, possibly removable, which comprises a hollow body which defines an epilation chamber open at a depilating window comprising two parallel straight longitudinal edges and two arcuate transverse edges.
  • the depilating head contains a hair removal roller flush with the epilation window and being driven by the drive means in rotation on itself along an axis ⁇ parallel to the longitudinal edges of the window.
  • the depilatory roller comprises a series of pliers opening and closing as the rotation of the roller about the axis ⁇ .
  • the epilation head also comprises means for defining the angular sectors, around the axis ⁇ , for opening and closing the tongs of the epilation roller.
  • the clamps must be open when they arrive at the window and close while they are in the window to enter the hair to tear.
  • a frame or half frame placed around the rotating roller may be provided. This frame defines a plane and is connected to the roller so as to orient the pinch angle.
  • the passage on the skin of the frame allows to guide the clamps to have a pinch angle as effective as possible.
  • the patent EP1024726 discloses such a device having a head with two parallel cylinders on each side of the head that touch the skin when the user applies the device against the skin.
  • the device certainly makes it possible to adjust the angle of hair removal according to the inclination via the two cylinders in contact with the skin, but has several drawbacks: it does not allow to stretch the skin, a bad support on the skin, a large footprint ...
  • the contact surface is tangent to a cylinder of revolution axis ⁇ within which the epilation roller is inscribed.
  • the bearing heel has, opposite to the movable longitudinal edge, a traction edge of the skin of the zone to be epilated which is located at a distance D from the axis ⁇ greater than radius of the cylinder of revolution axis ⁇ within which the epilation roller is inscribed.
  • This dimensional characteristic of the support heel allows both a better tensioning of the skin of the area to be depilated and a better monitoring of the angular orientation variations of the epilation head with respect to the skin of the area to be treated. tweezers.
  • the support heel comprises opposite the movable longitudinal edge a roller of support on the surface to be epilated, mobile in rotation about an axis ⁇ parallel to the axis ⁇ .
  • the rotation can be free.
  • the rotation of the support roll may possibly be slowed down.
  • the axis ⁇ of the support roll is situated at a distance D 'from the axis ⁇ greater than the radius of the axis revolution cylinder ⁇ inside which the hair removal roller.
  • the movable flap is integral with the means for defining the angular sectors so as to ensure a modification of the position of the angular sectors relative to the epilation head according to the orientation of the movable flap.
  • the unfolding of the opening and Closure of the clamps is always optimal despite variations in the inclination of the housing or the head relative to the skin of the area to be treated.
  • the electrical depilation apparatus comprises at least one removable cover intended to be fixed on the movable flap of the epilation head to partially close the epilation window and to define a reduced window. hair removal.
  • a reduced epilation window makes it possible to perform more precise epilation operations than in the case of the implementation of the epilation window without a cover.
  • the reduction in the size of the epilation window also makes it possible to reduce the surface of the hair removal roller in contact with the skin so that all the hair removal power is available for the only zone defined by the window. reduced hair removal. This area will be used on non-flat skin surfaces (armpits, jersey, etc.)
  • the reduced hair removal window is offset laterally with respect to a median plane of the hair removal roller, the medial plane being perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the roller.
  • the removable cover is adapted to be fixed on the movable flap in two positions so as to, in a first position, place the reduced window to the left of the median plane and, in a second position, to place the window reduced to the right of the median plane. This reduces the size of the various accessories to be mounted on the epilator.
  • the reduced epilation window is centered with respect to a median plane of the epilation roller, the median plane being perpendicular to the axis ⁇ of rotation of the roller.
  • the epilation head may be fixed relative to the housing or may be rotatable relative to the housing according to an axis of rotation ⁇ 'parallel to the axis ⁇ of rotation of the roller.
  • the depilating head can be fixed permanently or integrated into the housing or the epilation head can be fixed removably on the housing to allow disassembly of the head of hair removal in order, for example, to ensure its cleaning.
  • FIG. Figures 1 and 2 An electric and mechanical depilation apparatus according to the invention, as illustrated in FIG. Figures 1 and 2 , comprises a hollow housing, generally designated by the reference 1, which consists of two half-shells 2 and 3 monoblocks defining together on the one hand, by their outer surfaces a gripping area of the epilator and, d ' on the other hand, a box containing and holding various functional elements constituting the epilator.
  • the housing 1 encloses an electric motor 4 associated with means 5 for transmitting the rotational movement of the output gear 6 of the motor 4.
  • the transmission means 5 comprise a gear train of axes. parallel to the axis of rotation of the motor.
  • the housing 1 is equipped with an epilation head 10 which comprises a hollow body 11 delimiting an epilation chamber 12 inside which is disposed an epilation roller 13 which is flush with a window 14 arranged in the hollow body 11.
  • the depilating roller 13 is able to rotate about itself about an axis ⁇ and is rotated via the drive or transmission means 5 by the electric motor 4.
  • the roller epilation 13 comprises at its periphery a series of clamps opening and closing as the rotation of the roller.
  • the epilation head 10 comprises means 15 for defining the angular sectors of opening O and closing F of the clamps.
  • the means 15 for defining the angular sectors O and F are, for example, formed by one or more cams associated with adapted cam paths.
  • the embodiment of the clamps as well as means 15 for defining the sectors Angulars O and F are well known to those skilled in the art and therefore do not require further descriptions here.
  • the epilation roller 13 is flush with the window 14 provided in the body 11 of the epilation head 10.
  • the window 14 is delimited by, on the one hand, two longitudinal edges 20 and 21 parallel to each other and to the axis of rotation ⁇ of the roller 13 and, secondly, two transverse edges 22 and 23 which are parallel to each other and have an arcuate shape being contained in perpendicular planes to the axis of rotation ⁇ .
  • One of the longitudinal edges, here the lower edge 20 is fixed by being formed either by a fixed edge of the epilation head 10 or by a fixed edge of the housing 1.
  • the other longitudinal edge, here the upper edge 21 is movable by being formed by a flap 25 rotatable about the axis ⁇ .
  • the movable flap 25 comprises a bearing heel 26 which extends in the extension of the movable longitudinal edge 21 opposite the epilation window 14.
  • the heel 26 then defines a surface S of contact with the skin of the area to be depilated.
  • the contact surface S defined by the heel 26 is preferably substantially tangential to a cylinder of revolution C of axis ⁇ within which the epilation roller 13 is registered.
  • the hair removal apparatus thus constituted is used in the following manner. After switching on the electric motor 4, the user places the epilation head 10 against the skin P of the zone to be depilated as shown in FIG. figure 3 . The user moves the head applied against the skin P in the direction of the arrow F1 so that the heel 26 is upstream of the window 14 at which is flush with the hair removal roller 13.
  • the heel 26 and its surface S then ensure a slight tensioning of the skin P which helps lift the hairs and promotes their grip and tearing by the clips of the hair removal roller 13 which is in contact with the skin P at the window 14
  • the flap 25 and the heel 26, which it carries, are movable around the axis of rotation ⁇ , they can follow the slight oscillations of the housing 1, indicated by the arrow F2, induced by the user. during the removal of the hair removal device.
  • the support heel 26 and the roller hair removal 13 always remain in contact with the skin P of the area to be depilated.
  • the support heel 26 comprises, in the form of illustrated embodiment, opposite the movable longitudinal edge 21, a roller 30 movable in rotation about an axis ⁇ parallel to the axis ⁇ of rotation of the hair removal roller 13.
  • the axis ⁇ is located at a distance D 'from the axis ⁇ greater than the radius R of the revolution cylinder C inside which the epilation roller 13 fits.
  • the backing roll 30 may extend the entire length of the epilation roller or epilation window, as illustrated in FIG. figure 1 . Alternatively, it may extend over a portion of the length of the hair removal roller or epilation window, and in this case, it is advantageously placed in the middle of the length.
  • the mobile flap 25 is preferably integral with the means of definition. angular sectors of opening and closing of the clamps.
  • the definition means 15 are rotatable about the ⁇ axis and follow the variations of the inclination of the housing or the epilating head relative to the skin of the area to be dehaired.
  • the invention provides the possibility of implementing at least one removable cover 35, as illustrated in FIG. figure 4 , and intended to be fixed temporarily on the flap 25 as shown in FIG. figure 5 .
  • the removable cover 35 has a reduced epilation window 36.
  • the window 36 is substantially centered on a median plane M, of the epilation head 10 or the epilation roller 13, substantially perpendicular to the axis ⁇ .
  • the invention also provides the possibility of implementing a second cover 37 intended to be removably fitted on the shutter 25 in two positions.
  • This second removable cover 37 differs from that described above in that it comprises a reduced epilation window 38 offset laterally.
  • the reduced epilation window 38 is on the left of the median plane M.
  • the second removable cover 38 is fitted, on the movable flap 25, in the second position, the reduced window 38 is located. to the right of the median plane as shown in figure 8 .
  • the epilation head 10 is removably fitted on the housing 1 and can be separated by pressing a button 39 accessible at one of the sides
  • the epilation head could be integrated into the housing or fixed on the housing 1 permanently without being removable.
  • the orientation of the depilating head 10 relative to the housing 1 is fixed.
  • the figure 9 shows an embodiment according to which the depilating head 10 is movable, relative to the housing 1, along an axis ⁇ 'parallel to the axis ⁇ of rotation of the depilating roller 13.
  • the epilation head 10 can oscillate around the axis ⁇ 'to better follow the skin of the area to be treated.
  • the movable flap 25 does not comprise a roller and has opposite the movable edge 21 a traction edge 41 of the skin of the area to be depilated.
  • the traction edge is then located at a distance D from the axis ⁇ greater than the radius R of the revolution cylinder in which the hair removal roller 13 fits. This characteristic makes it possible to guarantee a good effect. lever to ensure the flap 25 a good monitoring of the skin surface of the area to be dehaired.

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EP1884174A1 (de) 2006-08-01 2008-02-06 Seb Sa Enthaarungsgerät mit Schmerzlinderungsmitteln
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EP1024726A1 (de) 1997-10-17 2000-08-09 Braun GmbH Epilationsgerät
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EP1884174A1 (de) 2006-08-01 2008-02-06 Seb Sa Enthaarungsgerät mit Schmerzlinderungsmitteln
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FR2968513B1 (fr) 2013-01-11
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