EP3481248A1

EP3481248A1 - Vapour hair-styling appliance

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Publication number: EP3481248A1
Application number: EP17745830.4A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Régis FEREYRE; Johan Sabattier; Nicolas Lauchet
Original assignee: SEB SA
Current assignee: SEB SA
Priority date: 2016-07-06
Filing date: 2017-07-04
Publication date: 2019-05-15
Anticipated expiration: 2037-07-04
Also published as: FR3053577B1; EP3481248B1; ES2880373T3; US11627790B2; CN107594839B; JP2019524222A; BR112019000183B1; JP7046046B2; WO2018007753A1; CN107594839A; US20190313759A1; BR112019000183A2; CN207461639U; FR3053577A1

Abstract

This hair-styling appliance (2) comprises a first and second arm (5, 6) pivotably mounted between a spaced-apart and a closed configuration; a reservoir (13) mounted on the first arm (5) and intended for containing a fluid to be vaporised; a vaporisation device (19) mounted on the first arm (5) and configured for generating vapour; a fluid-conveying element (18) attached to the reservoir (13) and configured for conveying fluid contained in the reservoir (13) to the vaporisation device (19). The reservoir (13) is movably mounted between a vaporisation position in which the vaporisation device (19) is configured for vaporising the fluid conveyed by the fluid conveying element (18) and an inoperative position. The hair-styling appliance (2) comprises an actuating element (25) mounted on the second arm (6) and configured for moving the reservoir (13) from the inoperative position to the vaporisation position when the first and second arms (5, 6) are moved from the spaced-apart configuration to the closed configuration.

Description

VAPOR HAIRSTYLE APPARATUS

The present invention relates to a hairdressing apparatus, and more particularly to a portable steam-styling apparatus for treating the hair by vaporization for shaping. In addition to the vaporization of hair, such a hairdressing apparatus is generally configured to heat the hair for shaping.

Document US7478640 discloses a hairdressing appliance, comprising in particular:

a first arm and a second arm respectively comprising a first contact surface and a second contact surface, the first and second arms being mounted articulated relative to one another between a spaced configuration in which the first and second surfaces; of contact is spaced from each other and a lock of hair is adapted to be introduced between the first and second contact surfaces, and a close configuration in which the first and second contact surfaces are brought closer to one another. other and are able to pinch a lock of hair,

a reservoir mounted on the first arm, the reservoir being intended to contain a fluid to be vaporized,

a vaporization device mounted on the first arm and configured to generate steam,

a fluid conveying element attached to the reservoir and configured to convey fluid contained in the reservoir to the vaporization device, and

a vapor diffusion device configured to diffuse the steam generated by the vaporization device to the outside of the hairdressing apparatus and close to the first contact surface.

In known manner, the vaporization device is activated by moving the first and second arms to their close configuration. Thus, such a hairdressing apparatus furthermore comprises in particular a detection element, such as a magnetic sensor of the type with a flexible blade, called ILS, or a magneto-resistive sensor, called MRS, configured to detect the close-up configuration of the first and a second arm, and a control unit configured to control the activation of the spraying device, and more particularly of a heating element belonging to the spraying device, when the sensing element detects the close-up configuration of the first and second arms. Such a configuration of the hairdressing apparatus, however, requires a complex and precise definition of the fluid conveying element and the vaporization device to ensure a satisfactory flow of steam, which increases the manufacturing costs of such a device. hairdressing. In addition, such a configuration of the hairstyling device can induce fluid accumulation in the vaporization chamber of the vaporization device, and thus adversely affect the operation or even the integrity of the hairstyling apparatus.

The present invention aims to remedy these disadvantages.

The technical problem underlying the invention is therefore to provide a hairdressing appliance that is simple in structure, reliable and economical, while ensuring a satisfactory flow of steam.

For this purpose, the present invention relates to a hairdressing apparatus, comprising at least:

a reservoir mounted on the first arm and intended to contain a fluid to be vaporized,

a spraying device mounted on the first arm and configured to generate steam, and

a fluid conveying element attached to the reservoir and configured to convey fluid contained in the reservoir to the vaporization device, characterized in that the reservoir is mounted to move between a rest position in which the fluid conveying element is remote from the vaporizer, and a vaporization position in which the fluid conveying member is brought closer to the vaporizer and the vaporizer is configured to vaporize the fluid conveyed by the fluid conveying member, and the hairdressing apparatus further comprises an actuating element configured to move the reservoir from the home position to the vaporization position when the first and second arms are moved from the remote configuration to the close configuration. The invention thus makes it possible in a remarkable manner to automatically move the tank from its rest position to its vaporization position during the displacement of the first and second arms from their spaced apart configuration to their close configuration.

Such a configuration of the hairdressing apparatus makes it possible to move the fluid conveying element away from the vaporization device when the first and second arms are in the remote configuration, and thus to avoid fluid accumulation, particularly in the chamber of vaporization of the vaporization device.

In addition, such a configuration of the hairdressing appliance, and in particular of the actuating element, ensures easy movement of the tank towards its vaporization position and without requiring any particular action by the user. In other words the displacement of the tank is done automatically.

Thus, the hairdressing apparatus according to the present invention is more reliable than the prior art hairdressing apparatus, while being as easy to use.

The hairdressing appliance may further have one or more of the following features, taken alone or in combination.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the fluid to be vaporized to be contained in the reservoir is water or an aqueous cosmetic product, such as a cosmetic product diluted in water.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the actuating element is mounted on the second arm.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the actuating element comprises a cam surface configured to cooperate with the reservoir.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the cam surface has a continuous curvilinear profile. Such a configuration of the cam surface in particular allows the actuating element to apply a more constant force on the reservoir, and thus improve the performance of the hairdressing apparatus.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the cam surface has a succession of cam surface portions, the cam surface portions having different radii of curvature. Such a configuration of the cam surface makes it possible, in the event of wear of the fluid conveying element, to increase the displacement stroke of the reservoir towards its vaporization position during the displacement of the first and second arms towards the close configuration. , and therefore to maintain substantially constant the pressure exerted by the vaporization device on the fluid conveying element when the first and second arms are in the close configuration. These provisions thus make it possible maintain substantially constant steam flow over time, and thus maintain the performance level of the hairdressing apparatus despite wear of the fluid conveying member.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the cam surface is configured such that each cam surface portion has a radius of curvature greater than the radius of curvature of the cam surface portion that precedes it.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the cam surface is involute of a circle.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the actuating element is pivotally mounted, for example on the first arm, about a pivot axis, the hairdressing apparatus further comprising a biasing element configured to solicit the actuating element to an actuating position in which the actuating element is able to exert a thrust force on the reservoir. These arrangements make it possible to ensure an optimal steam flow rate, and therefore an optimal level of performance of the hairdressing appliance, and this despite the manufacturing tolerances, in particular of the first and second arms, of the tank, of the conveying element of the appliance. fluid and the actuating element, which could interfere with satisfactory cooperation between the fluid conveying element and the vaporization device. These arrangements also make it possible not to be dependent on the support force exerted by the user on the first and second arms, and therefore to ensure a substantially constant flow regardless of the effort exerted by the user on the first. and second arm.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the cam surface is formed at least in part by an ellipsoid surface portion.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the fluid conveying element is configured to be in contact with the vaporization device when the reservoir is in the vaporization position.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the vaporization device comprises a vaporization surface. Advantageously, the fluid conveying element is configured to be in contact with the vaporization surface when the reservoir is in the vaporization position.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the fluid conveying element is a wick.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the fluid conveying element is made of absorbent material. According to one embodiment of the invention, the fluid conveying element is made of non-woven fibers.

The fluid conveying element may for example be made of polyethylene terephthalate, polyethylene or a mixture of polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the fluid conveying element comprises a first portion extending into the reservoir and intended to be in contact with the fluid to be vaporized contained in the reservoir, and a second portion extending outside the tank.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the reservoir comprises an outlet orifice, the fluid conveying element extending through the outlet orifice.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the fluid conveying element is fixed in the outlet orifice of the reservoir.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the reservoir is removably mounted on the first arm.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the first arm comprises a housing in which the tank is mounted, a passage opening opening into the housing and intended for the passage of the tank, and a movably mounted closure element, and for example pivoting, on the first arm between an open position in which the shutter element releases at least in part the passage opening and allows withdrawal or mounting of the reservoir in the housing, and a closed position in which the element shutter at least partially closes the passage opening and prevents withdrawal or mounting of the reservoir in the housing.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the tank is mounted to move in translation relative to the first arm.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the reservoir is mounted to move relative to the first arm in a direction of movement substantially parallel to the direction of extension of the first arm.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the hairdressing appliance comprises at least one return element configured to return the reservoir to the rest position.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the vaporization device comprises a vaporization chamber in which at least a portion of the fluid conveying element is disposed when the reservoir is in the vaporization position. Advantageously, the vaporization surface delimits at least part of the vaporization chamber.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the vaporization device comprises a heating element. The heating element may for example be a resistive element.

According to one embodiment of the invention, at least one of the first and second arms comprises a heating plate, which may for example be substantially flat.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the first and second arms respectively comprise a first heating plate and a second heating plate. The first and second hot plates then advantageously define the first and second contact surfaces.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the reservoir is elongate and comprises a first end portion located on the side of the vaporization device and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion, the element of actuation being configured to cooperate with the second end portion of the tank.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the reservoir extends generally in an extension direction.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the reservoir comprises a reservoir portion intended to contain the fluid to be vaporized, and a retaining portion attached to the reservoir portion, the retaining portion being configured to retain the conveying element. of fluid. The retaining part may for example be fixed by screwing on the tank part.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the retaining portion delimits the outlet orifice.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the hairdressing apparatus further comprises a vapor diffusion device configured to diffuse the steam generated by the vaporizer to the outside of the hairdressing apparatus. The vapor diffusion device may further be configured to diffuse vapor generated by the vaporizer near the first contact surface. The term "near the first contact surface", especially adjacent to the first contact surface or at the first contact surface.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the vapor diffusion device is configured to diffuse steam towards the second contact surface, when the first and second arms are in the close configuration. According to one embodiment of the invention, the vapor diffusion device comprises at least one diffusion orifice fluidly connected to the vaporization device, and for example to the vaporization chamber, the at least one diffusion orifice being configured to diffusing the vapor generated by the vaporizer device to the outside of the hairdressing apparatus and near the first contact surface.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the first contact surface comprises a groove provided with a bottom, the at least one diffusion orifice opening into the bottom of the groove.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the vapor diffusion device comprises a plurality of diffusion orifices.

According to one embodiment of the invention, the diffusion orifices are distributed along the groove.

In any case the invention will be better understood with the aid of the description which follows with reference to the appended diagrammatic drawings showing, by way of non-limiting examples, several embodiments of this hairdressing appliance.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a hairdressing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the hairdressing apparatus of Fig. 1, in which the arms of the hairdressing apparatus are in a remote configuration.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the hairdressing apparatus of Fig. 1, in which the arms of the hairdressing apparatus are in a closely spaced configuration.

Figure 4 is a longitudinal sectional view of the hairdressing apparatus of Figure 1, more particularly showing return means configured to return a reservoir to a rest position.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a detail of FIG. 3. FIG. 6 is an enlarged view of a detail of FIG. 3. FIG. 7 is a perspective view of the plates. heating apparatus of the hairdressing apparatus of FIG.

Figure 8 is a partial sectional view of a hairdressing appliance according to a second embodiment of the invention.

Figure 9 is a partial sectional view of a hairdressing apparatus according to a third embodiment of the invention.

Figures 1 to 7 show a hairstyling device 2 according to a first embodiment of the invention, and more particularly a hair straightener. The hairdressing appliance 2 comprises a portable treatment unit 3, which can advantageously be electrically powered by an electrical connection cable 4.

The portable treatment unit 3 comprises a first arm 5 and a second arm 6, also called jaws, respectively comprising a first contact surface 7 and a second contact surface 8. The first and second arms 5, 6 are more particularly mounted articulated relative to each other by means of a pivot connection 9 and between a spaced configuration in which the first and second contact surfaces 7, 8 are spaced from each other and a lock of hair is adapted to be introduced between the first and second contact surfaces, and a close configuration in which the first and second contact surfaces 7, 8 are close to one another and are able to pinch a lock of hair.

According to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, the first and second contact surfaces 7, 8 are planar, and the first and second arms 5, 6 respectively comprise a first heating plate 11 and a second heating plate 12 (shown in FIG. more particularly in Figure 7) which respectively define the first and second contact surfaces 7, 8. Nevertheless, according to an alternative embodiment of the hairdressing appliance, only one of the first and second arms 5, 6 could be equipped with a heating plate, and at least one of the first and second contact surfaces 7, 8 could be curved or corrugated to allow for example a looping or embossing of the locks of hair introduced between the first and second contact surfaces 7, 8.

The portable treatment unit 3 further comprises heating means configured to heat the first and second heating plates 11, 12. These heating means are not described in detail in the present patent application since they are well known in the art. the skilled person. These heating means may for example comprise a first heating device (not shown in the figures) disposed in the first arm 5 and a second heating device (not shown in the figures) disposed in the second arm 6. Each of the first and The second heating device may for example comprise a thermistor with a positive temperature coefficient, called PTC.

The portable treatment unit 3 also comprises a reservoir 13 intended to contain a fluid to be vaporized, such as water or an aqueous cosmetic product. According to the embodiment shown in Figures 1 to 7, the reservoir 13 is elongated and extends generally in an extension direction. Nevertheless, the tank 13 could have a completely different shape without departing from the scope of this invention. In addition, according to one embodiment of the invention, the reservoir 13 comprises a reservoir portion 13.1 intended to contain the fluid to be vaporized, and a retention portion 13.2 fixed on the reservoir portion 13.1 and delimiting an outlet orifice 14. The retaining portion 13.2 may for example be fixed by screwing on the tank portion 13.1.

According to the embodiment shown in Figures 1 to 7, the reservoir 13 is removably mounted in a housing 15 provided in the first arm 5. Advantageously, the first arm 5 has a through opening 16 opening into the housing 15 and intended for the passage of the tank 13, and a shutter member 17, such as a shutter, pivotally mounted on the first arm 5 between an open position in which the shutter member 17 releases at least partially the passage opening 16 and allows a withdrawal or mounting of the reservoir 13 in the housing 15, and a closed position in which the closure member 17 at least partially closes the passage opening 16 and prevents a withdrawal or a mounting the reservoir 13 in the housing 15.

The portable treatment unit 3 further comprises a fluid conveying element 18 fixed on the reservoir 13, and more particularly on the retaining portion 13.2, and extending through the outlet orifice 14 of the reservoir 13. L fluid conveying member 18 is configured to convey fluid contained in the tank 13 to the outside of the tank. According to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, the fluid conveying element 18 is a wick of absorbent material, and has a first portion extending into the reservoir 13 and intended to be in contact with the fluid at vaporize content in the reservoir 13, and a second portion extending outside the reservoir 13. The fluid conveying element 18 may for example be made of non-woven fibers, and be made of polyethylene terephthalate ), polyethylene or a mixture of polyethylene terephthalate and polyethylene. Nevertheless, the fluid conveying element 18 could also be made of any other suitable material.

As shown in Figure 6, the portable processing unit 3 also includes a spraying device 19 mounted on the first arm 5, and configured to generate steam. The vaporization device 19 more particularly comprises a vaporization chamber 21 in which at least a portion of the fluid conveying element 18 is placed when the reservoir 13 is in the vaporization position. The vaporization device 19 further comprises a vaporization surface 22 partially delimiting the vaporization chamber 21, and a heating element 23 configured to heat the vaporization surface 22. The element The heating element 23 may for example be a resistive element, such as a positive temperature coefficient thermistor, called PTC.

The reservoir 13 is more particularly mounted movable in a direction of displacement D between a rest position (see FIG. 2) in which the fluid conveying element 18 is remote from the vaporization surface 22, and a vaporization position ( see Figure 6) in which the fluid conveying element 18 is brought closer to the vaporization surface 22, and for example in contact with the vaporization surface 22, and the vaporization device 19 is configured to vaporize the fluid conveyed by the fluid conveying element 18. Advantageously, the displacement direction D of the reservoir 13 is substantially parallel to the direction of extension of the first arm 5. It should be noted that the portable processing unit 3 advantageously comprises a or several return element (s) 24 (see Figure 4) configured (s) to recall the reservoir 13 to the rest position. The or each return element 24 may for example be formed by a helical spring.

The portable processing unit 3 further comprises an actuating element 25 mounted on the second arm 5, and configured to move the reservoir 13 from the rest position to the vaporization position when the first and second arms 5, 6 are moved from the discarded configuration to the close configuration. The actuating element 25 comprises a cam surface 26 configured to cooperate with the reservoir 13, and more particularly with an end portion of the reservoir 13 opposite the vaporization device 19.

According to the embodiment shown in Figures 1 to 7, the cam surface 26 has a continuous curvilinear profile, and comprises a succession of cam surface portions having different radii of curvature. The cam surface 26 is more particularly configured so that each cam surface portion has a radius of curvature greater than the radius of curvature of the cam surface portion that precedes it. According to this embodiment, the cam surface 26 is substantially involute in a circle.

Furthermore, according to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 7, the actuating element 25 is pivotally mounted on the first arm 5 about a pivot axis A, and the portable processing unit 3 comprises in addition to a biasing element 27, such as a compression spring or a torsion spring, configured to urge the actuating element 25 towards an actuating position in which the actuating element 25 is adapted to exert an thrust force on the reservoir 13. The biasing element 27 is more particularly configured to urge the actuating element 25 to rotate. away from the end of the cam surface 26, opposite to the pivot axis A, of the second arm 6.

Such a configuration of the cam surface 26 allows the actuating member 25 to apply a more constant force to the reservoir 13 when the first and second arms 5, 6 are moved into the close configuration, and thus to improve In addition, such a configuration of the cam surface 26 makes it possible, in the event of wear of the fluid conveying element 18, to increase the displacement path of the tank 13 towards its position of vaporization, and thus to maintain substantially constant, over time, the pressure exerted by the spray device 19 on the fluid conveying element 18 when the first and second arms 5, 6 are in the close configuration. This results in the maintenance of a substantially constant steam flow over time, despite the wear of the fluid conveying element 18.

In addition, such an assembly of the actuating element 25 on the second arm 6 and the presence of the biasing element 27 make it possible to compensate for the manufacturing tolerances, in particular of the first and second arms 5, 6, of the tank 13. of the fluid conveying element 18 and the actuating element 25, and thus to ensure an optimum steam flow, and therefore an optimum level of performance of the hairdressing appliance 2. These arrangements also make it possible to not being dependent on the support force exerted by the user on the first and second arms 5, 6, and thus ensuring a substantially constant flow regardless of the effort exerted by the user on the first and second arm 5, 6.

The portable processing unit 3 further comprises a vapor diffusion device 28 fluidly connected to the vaporizer 19, and configured to diffuse the vapor generated by the vaporizer 19 at the first contact surface 7, and particularly in the direction of the second contact surface 8, when the first and second arms 5, 6 are in the close configuration.

According to the embodiment shown in Figures 1 to 7, the first contact surface 7 comprises a groove 29 provided with a bottom 31, and the vapor diffusion device 28 comprises a plurality of diffusion orifices 32 fluidly connected to the vaporization chamber 21, and opening into the bottom 31 of the groove 29. Advantageously, the diffusion orifices 32 are regularly distributed along the groove 29. It should be noted that the second contact surface 8 may advantageously comprise a containment groove 33 configured to be disposed opposite the groove 29 when the first and second arms 5, 6 are in the close configuration, so as to confine the vapor diffused by the diffusion orifices 32.

FIG. 8 shows a hairdressing apparatus 2 according to a second embodiment of the invention which differs from the first embodiment essentially in that the cam surface 26 of the actuating element 25 comprises a first and a second portions. surfaces 26a, 26b substantially flat and of different inclinations, and a rounded intermediate surface portion 26c disposed between the first and second surface portions 26a, 26b.

FIG. 9 represents a hairdressing appliance 2 according to a third embodiment of the invention which differs from the second embodiment essentially in that the actuating element 25 is fixedly mounted on the second arm 6.

As goes without saying, the invention is not limited to the sole embodiment of this hairdressing appliance, described above as an example, it encompasses all the variants.

Claims

Hairdressing apparatus (2), comprising at least:

a first arm (5) and a second arm (6) respectively comprising a first contact surface (7) and a second contact surface (8), the first and second arms (5, 6) being mounted articulated one relative to each other between a spaced configuration in which the first and second contact surfaces (7, 8) are spaced from each other and a lock of hair is adapted to be introduced between the first and second surfaces of contact (7, 8), and a close configuration in which the first and second contact surfaces (7, 8) are brought closer to one another and are able to grip a lock of hair,

a reservoir (13) mounted on the first arm (5) and intended to contain a fluid to be vaporized,

a spraying device (19) mounted on the first arm (5) and configured to generate steam, and

a fluid conveying element (18) fixed on the reservoir (13) and configured to convey fluid contained in the reservoir (13) to the vaporization device (19),

characterized in that the reservoir (13) is movably mounted between a rest position in which the fluid conveying member (18) is remote from the vaporizer (19), and a vaporization position in which the fluid conveying (18) is brought closer to the vaporization device (19) and the vaporizing device (19) is configured to vaporize the fluid conveyed by the fluid conveying element (18), and in that the hairstyle (2) further comprises an actuating element (25) configured to move the reservoir (13) from the rest position to the vaporization position when the first and second arms (5, 6) are displaced from the remote configuration at the close configuration.

The hairdressing apparatus (2) according to claim 1, wherein the actuating member (25) has a cam surface (26) configured to cooperate with the reservoir (13).

The hairdressing apparatus (2) according to claim 2, wherein the cam surface (26) has a continuous curvilinear profile.

The hairdressing apparatus (2) according to claim 3, wherein the cam surface (26) has a succession of cam surface portions, the cam surface portions having different radii of curvature.

Hairdressing apparatus (2) according to one of claims 2 to

4, wherein the cam surface (26) is involute.

Hairdressing apparatus (2) according to one of claims 1 to

5, wherein the actuating member (25) is pivotally mounted about a pivot axis (A), the hairdressing apparatus (2) further comprising a biasing member (27) configured to bias the actuating element (25) to an actuating position in which the actuating element (25) is adapted to exert a thrust force on the reservoir (13).

Hairdressing apparatus (2) according to one of claims 1 to

6, wherein the fluid conveying member (18) is a wick.

Hairdressing apparatus (2) according to one of claims 1 to

7, wherein the reservoir (13) is removably mounted on the first arm (5).

Hairdressing apparatus (2) according to claim 8, wherein the first arm (5) has a housing (15) in which the reservoir (13) is mounted, a passage opening (16) opening into the housing (15). ) and intended for the passage of the tank (13), and a closing element (17) mounted to move on the first arm (5) between an open position in which the closure element (17) releases at least partly the passage opening (16) and allows removal or mounting of the reservoir (13) in the housing (15), and a closed position in which the closure element (17) at least partially closes the opening of the passage (16) and prevents withdrawal or mounting of the reservoir (13) in the housing (15).

10. Hairdressing appliance (2) according to any one of claims 1 to 9, which comprises at least one return element (24) configured to return the reservoir (13) to the rest position.

Hairdressing apparatus (2) according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein at least one of the first and second arms (5, 6) comprises a heating plate (11, 12).

Hairdressing apparatus (2) according to one of claims 1 to

11, wherein the reservoir (13) is elongated and has a first end portion on the side of the vaporizer (19), and a second end portion opposite the first end portion, the actuation (25) being configured to cooperate with the second end portion of the reservoir (13).

Hairdressing apparatus (2) according to one of claims 1 to

12, which further comprises a vapor diffusion device (28) configured to diffuse the steam generated by the vaporizer (19) to the outside of the hair styling apparatus.

Hairdressing appliance (2) according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the actuating element (25) is mounted on the second arm (6).