Classifications

• • 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
  • A45D20/00—Hair drying devices; Accessories therefor
  • A45D20/04—Hot-air producers
  • A45D20/08—Hot-air producers heated electrically
  • A45D20/10—Hand-held drying devices, e.g. air douches
  • A45D20/12—Details thereof or accessories therefor, e.g. nozzles, stands
• • 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
  • A45D20/00—Hair drying devices; Accessories therefor
  • A45D20/04—Hot-air producers
  • A45D20/08—Hot-air producers heated electrically
  • A45D20/10—Hand-held drying devices, e.g. air douches
  • A45D20/12—Details thereof or accessories therefor, e.g. nozzles, stands
  • A45D20/122—Diffusers, e.g. for variable air flow
  • A45D20/124—Diffusers, e.g. for variable air flow comprising rotating elements

Definitions

• the present invention relates to the technical field of hand-held electrical appliances used for drying and / or shaping hair by means of, in particular, a hot air flow or by application of heat by contact such as hand-held electric hairdryers, blower brushes or smoothing or curling irons used by individuals and / or professionals.
• the invention relates to the field of hair shaping accessories used with blower electric hairdressing appliances.
• This hairdressing accessory comprises a hollow body provided with a connecting end at the outlet of the blowing apparatus and an air outlet end and shaping. The output end is then associated with a diffusion grid which carries rows of solid teeth substantially parallel to each other and to a direction of air blowing at the outlet. [04] Such an accessory effectively separates the hair during drying. However, this accessory does not allow an optimal volume of hair and does not promote a detachment of the hair root to inflate the hair.
• the invention relates to an accessory for shaping the hair, adapted to be adapted to an air outlet of a hair blowing apparatus or hair drying device, accessory comprising a body hollow provided with a connecting end at the outlet of the blowing apparatus and an air outlet end and shaping associated with at least one hair guide comb formed of teeth substantially parallel to a direction D.
• this hairdressing accessory is characterized in that:
• the comb comprises hollow teeth which each have:
• the outlet end comprises an air outlet mouth adjacent to the comb.
• the implementation of hollow teeth with lateral openings allows to spread the drying air within the hair mass supported by the hairdressing accessory while the air coming from the mouth is spreads along the hair mass to the tips.
• the lateral openings of the teeth make it possible to diffuse the drying air as close as possible to the roots and to take them off.
• the hairdressing accessory according to the invention makes it possible to obtain a hairstyle of "blow-dry" type.
• the teeth of the comb do not extend into the extension of the body of the hair dryer which is parallel to the direction of the air flow at the outlet of the hair dryer.
• the direction D of the teeth of the comb forms a non-zero angle with the normal to the input section of the connecting end of the hairdressing accessory.
• the direction D of the teeth of the comb forms a non-zero angle ⁇ with the direction of the air at the connection end of the hairdressing accessory.
• the angle a is preferably between 30 ° and 160 °, more precisely between 70 ° and 1 10 ° and for example of the order of 90 °.
• the angle ⁇ may be adjustable, for example by a pivoting connection of the teeth relative to the body of the nozzle.
• each hollow tooth comprises at least two lateral openings located on two opposite faces of the hollow tooth.
• each face provided with a lateral opening is substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal plane of the comb.
• each lateral opening is located opposite the lateral opening of the adjacent tooth.
• at least some teeth of the comb comprise electric heating means.
• At least some teeth of the comb comprise means for applying a cosmetic product.
• some teeth, at least, of the comb comprise bristles of brushes.
• the outlet mouth has an elongated shape and extends parallel to the comb.
• the outlet mouth is located between the comb and the connecting end of the accessory.
• the value of the passage section of the outlet mouth is greater than or equal to the sum of the passage sections of the side openings of all the hollow teeth of the comb.
• at least some teeth comprise vibrating means.
• the vibrating means may be made in any appropriate manner and for example comprise a helix integral with the tooth to be vibrated.
• the propeller is rotatably connected to an eccentric flyweight so that when the propeller is rotated by the air flow, the rotation of the flyweight vibrates the tooth of which the helix-flyweight assembly is integral.
• the tooth can be mounted floating on the accessory according to the invention.
• the vibration of the tooth could also be provided by a tongue connected at one end to the tooth and located in the air flow.
• the tongue carries at its free end a flyweight. Under the effect of the air flow the tongue oscillates which ensures a vibration of the tooth.
• the hairdressing accessory also comprises at least one rotating brush.
• the rotary brush is rotatable on itself along an axis ⁇ 'parallel to the comb.
• the hairdressing accessory comprises at least one rotary brush interposed between two teeth of the comb.
• the axis of rotation of the rotating brush may be substantially parallel to the main axis of the tooth.
• the accessory may comprise a secondary row of teeth heated by conduction by a heating element and parallel to the main row.
• the accessory may comprise a secondary row of clamping teeth parallel to the main row.
• These clamping teeth consist of clamping blades some of which are movable and move under the action of a spring to other fixed to tighten each small strand of hair. These teeth are described in detail in patent EP 1 898 740 in the name of the applicant.
• the accessory may comprise a traction system or tension positioned on the teeth or parallel to the teeth.
• the accessory may comprise an ion emitter means whose outlet outlet (s) are oriented in the same direction as that of the hollow teeth.
• the invention relates to a blown-air hairdressing apparatus comprising a hairdressing accessory according to the invention.
• the apparatus can be a hair dryer or a blower that can be rotatable or not.
• FIG. 1 is a side view of a hairdressing accessory according to the invention, adapted to a hair dryer schematically in phantom.
• FIG. 1 is a perspective view of three-quarters forward of the hair accessory illustrated in Figure 1.
• FIG. 3 is a perspective view of rear three-quarter of the hair accessory illustrated in Figure 1.
• FIG. 4 is a partially cutaway perspective in plan view of the hairdressing accessory illustrated in FIG.
• FIG. 5 is a partial longitudinal section, along plane V-V of FIG. 1, of the hairdressing accessory illustrated in FIG.
• FIG. 6 is a section similar to Figure 5 showing a detail of another embodiment of a hairdressing accessory according to the invention, the teeth comprise electric heating means.
• FIG. 7 is a side view of another embodiment of a hairdressing accessory according to the invention, comprising a rotating brush.
• FIG. 8 is a perspective of three quarters before another embodiment of a hairdressing accessory according to the invention, comprising rotating brushes interposed between the teeth of the comb.
• - Figure 9 is a section, similar to Figure 5, showing a detail of another embodiment of a hairdressing accessory according to the invention, some teeth include vibrating means.
• FIG. 31 An accessory for shaping the hair according to the invention, as illustrated in Figures 1 to 3 and designated as a whole by the reference 1, is intended to be adapted at the output S of a SC hair dryer schematized in phantom.
• the hair dryer SC has a general pistol shape with an elongated body C having a longitudinal axis L and provided with a lateral handle P.
• the hair dryer SC could have another shape, such as for example, a cylindrical form of revolution without a handle.
• the hairdressing accessory 1 comprises a hollow body 2 for channeling the flow of air, generated by the hairdryer SC from a connecting end 3 to an outlet end 4.
• the connecting end 3 defines an inlet section E of substantially circular general shape corresponding to the shape of the output S of the hair dryer SC.
• the connecting end 3 has, according to the illustrated example, a male conformation intended to be releasably embedded in a complementary female shape provided by the S output of the SC hairdryer.
• the outlet end 4 comprises a mouth 5 through which at least a portion of the air drawn by the hairdryer SC.
• the mouth 5 has, as shown in FIG. 4, an elongated overall shape extending along a longitudinal axis ⁇ substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis L and normal to the inlet section of the connecting end 3.
• the hollow body 2 defines a chamber 6 for distribution of air from the hairdryer SC.
• the distribution chamber 6 and the outlet end 4 are shaped so that the outgoing air flow, through the mouth 5, is not parallel to the direction L of the air flow at the level of the S outlet of the hair dryer.
• the air flow generated by the hair dryer SC has, at the outlet S, a direction substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis L while the air flow leaving the hair accessory 1 has a direction D forming an angle ⁇ with the longitudinal axis L.
• the longitudinal axis L coincides with the normal of the inlet section of the connecting end 3 when the hairdressing accessory 1 is adapted on the hair dryer SC.
• the angle a is preferably between 30 ° and 160 ° and is, according to the illustrated example, substantially 90 °.
• the hairstyle accessory 1 comprises at its output end 4 a comb 10 comprising, according to the illustrated example , five teeth 1 1 substantially parallel to the direction D.
• the comb 10 and, more particularly the alignment of the teeth 1 1, extends parallel to the longitudinal axis ⁇ of the mouth 5.
• the comb 10 and the mouth 5 are adjacent c ' that is, side by side.
• the mouth 5 is located between the comb 10 and the connecting end 3.
• the comb 10 is adapted to ensure diffusion of the air drawn by the hair dryer inside the hair mass supported by the hairdressing accessory 1 .
• the teeth 11 of the comb 10 are hollow.
• the five teeth 1 1 are hollow.
• each hollow tooth 11 has at its base an inlet 12 for air coming from the distribution chamber 6.
• Each hollow tooth 11 has, in addition to at least one and, according to the illustrated example, two lateral openings 13 located between the base 12 and a distal end 14 of said hollow tooth January 1.
• the two lateral openings 13 are, in the present case, located on two opposite faces 15 of the hollow tooth 11. Each of these faces 15 is substantially orthogonal to a longitudinal plane of the comb 10 through which the teeth of the comb pass.
• Each lateral opening 13 is further arranged so as to be located opposite the lateral opening 13 of the adjacent tooth.
• each hollow tooth January 1 also comprises an internal baffle 16 which directs air from the distribution chamber 6 to the two openings 13 of said tooth January 1.
• the value of the passage section of the outlet mouth 5 is greater than or equal to the sum of the passage sections of the lateral openings 13 of the set of hollow teeth January 1.
• the speed of the airflow leaving the lateral openings 13 is greater than the speed of the airflow leaving the mouth 5.
• This feature of the invention contributes to the efficiency of the volume adjustment provided by the openings. lateral 13.
• each of the teeth 11 comprises an electrical resistance 20 placed on its internal face.
• Each tooth 1 1 is then made of a thermally conductive material such for example an aluminum alloy whose outer surface will be covered with a low coefficient of friction material.
• the outer teeth of the comb further comprise brush bristles 21.
• the hairdressing accessory 1 comprises a rotary brush 25 which is rotatable on itself along a longitudinal axis ⁇ 'parallel to the comb 10.
• the rotating brush 25 extends substantially over the entire length of the comb 10 being supported by two lateral flanges 26 which are each integral with a tooth 11 of the comb 10.
• FIG. 8 illustrates yet another alternative embodiment according to which the hairdressing accessory 1 comprises one or several rotating brushes 27 which are each interposed between two teeth 1 1 of the comb 10.
• each tooth 11 comprises at its base. a peripheral flange 31 which is engaged in a complementary housing 32 of the body 2. The housing 32 and the corresponding peripheral flange 31 are then adapted to ensure a floating mounting of the tooth and to give it an ability to move so that it can vibrate or swing on itself.
• the vibrating means 30 comprises a blade 33, a proximal end 34 located near the inlet 12 is rigidly connected to the corresponding tooth while its opposite end 35 is free. This free end 35 then carries a flyweight 36.
• the blade 33 extends in the direction of the length of the corresponding tooth so that it is in the flow of air inside the tooth. Thus, under the effect of this flow the blade 33 vibrates and vibrates the tooth.
• the two teeth 1 1 comprise cosmetic application means 37 formed here by pads soaked with a cosmetic product.
• the cosmetic application means could be formed in various other ways, for example in the form of diffusion nozzles of a cosmetic product under pressure.
• the comb 10 comprises five teeth 1 1, it could include more or less.

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