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
  • A45D1/00—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor
  • A45D1/06—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor with two or more jaws
• • 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
  • 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

Definitions

• 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.
• a hairdressing apparatus is generally configured to heat the hair for shaping.
• first arm comprising a first gripping portion and a first treatment portion
• second arm comprising a second gripping portion and a second treatment portion
• first and second gripping portions being mounted articulated relative to one another; the other between a spaced configuration in which the first and second treatment portions are spaced from each other and a lock of hair is adapted to be introduced between the first and second treatment portions, and a close configuration in which the first and second treatment parts are close to one another and are able to pinch a lock of hair
• 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
• a vapor diffusion device configured to diffuse the steam generated by the vaporization device to the outside of the hairdressing appliance and close to the first treatment part.
• the vaporization device is activated by moving the first and second gripping portions towards their close configuration.
• 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 second gripping portions, 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. vaporization, when the detection element detects the close configuration of the first and second gripping portions.
• Such a configuration of the hairdressing apparatus 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.
• 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 arrangement of the reservoir in the first treatment part, and more precisely at the end of the first arm opposite to the first gripping portion, has the effect of shifting the center of mass of the hairdressing appliance at a distance of the pivot connection connecting the first and second arms, which has the consequence of making the handling of the hairdressing appliance tiring for a user.
• the present invention aims to remedy all or part of these disadvantages.
• the technical problem underlying the invention consists in particular in providing a hairdressing appliance that is of reliable and ergonomic structure, while ensuring a satisfactory flow of steam.
• the present invention relates to a hairdressing apparatus, comprising at least:
• first arm comprising a first gripping portion and a first treatment portion
• second arm comprising a second gripping portion and a second treatment portion
• first and second gripping portions being mounted articulated relative to one another; the other between a spaced configuration in which the first and second treatment portions are spaced from each other and a lock of hair is adapted to be introduced between the first and second treatment portions, and a close configuration in which the first and second treatment parts are close to one another and are able to pinch a lock of hair
• 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
• 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 extends at least partially in the first gripping portion, and in that the reservoir is movably mounted between a rest position in which the fluid conveying member is remote from the vaporizer, and a vaporization position in which the fluid conveying member is brought closer to the vaporizer and the vaporizing device is configured to vaporize the fluid conveyed by the fluid conveying member.
• 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 treatment parts are in the remote configuration, and thus to avoid fluid accumulation, particularly in the vaporization chamber of the vaporization device.
• the arrangement of the reservoir in the first gripping portion makes it possible to bring the center of mass of the hairdressing appliance closer to the articulation zone of the first and second gripping portions.
• the hairdressing apparatus according to the present invention has better ergonomics than that of hairdressing appliances of the prior art, and in particular that described in the document US7478640.
• such an arrangement of the reservoir makes the hairdressing appliance according to the invention more compact than the hairdressing appliances of the prior art.
• the hairdressing appliance may further have one or more of the following features, taken alone or in combination.
• 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.
• the first gripping portion delimits at least in part a housing in which is at least partly mounted the tank.
• the first gripping portion comprises a covering portion configured to cover at least part of the reservoir.
• the covering portion is at least partly transparent.
• the first arm and for example the first gripping portion, comprises a fluid level visual indication element configured to allow the visualization of the fluid level in the reservoir.
• the fluid level visual indication element may for example be a display grid, a viewing light, a viewing aperture or a viewing slot.
• the covering portion comprises the fluid level visual indication element.
• the tank is mounted to move in translation relative to the first arm.
• 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.
• the reservoir is removably mounted on the first arm.
• the first arm further comprises a passage opening opening into the housing and intended for the passage of the reservoir, and a shutter member mounted to move on the first arm between an open position in which the shutter element at least partially releases the passage opening and allows removal or mounting of the reservoir in the housing, and a closed position in which the shutter member at least partially closes the passage opening and prevents removal or mounting of the tank in the housing.
• the shutter member is mounted to move on the first gripping portion.
• the closure element comprises the covering portion.
• the hairdressing apparatus further comprises an actuating element configured to move the reservoir from the rest position to the vaporization position when the first and second gripping portions are displaced from the configuration discarded at close configuration.
• an actuating element configured to move the reservoir from the rest position to the vaporization position when the first and second gripping portions are displaced from the configuration discarded at close configuration.
• the actuating element comprises a cam surface configured to cooperate with the reservoir.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• the cam surface is involute of a circle.
• 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.
• 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 actuation being configured to cooperate with the second end portion of the reservoir.
• the hairdressing appliance comprises at least one return element configured to return the reservoir to the rest position.
• 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.
• the vaporization device comprises a heating element.
• the heating element may for example be a resistive element.
• the fluid conveying element is configured to be in contact with the vaporization device when the reservoir is in the vaporization position.
• the vaporization device comprises a vaporization surface.
• the fluid conveying element is configured to be in contact with the vaporization surface when the reservoir is in the vaporization position.
• the vaporization surface delimits at least part of the vaporization chamber.
• the fluid conveying element is a wick.
• the fluid conveying element is made of absorbent material.
• 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.
• 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.
• the reservoir comprises an outlet orifice, the fluid conveying element extending through the outlet orifice.
• the fluid conveying element is fixed in the outlet orifice of the reservoir.
• the first and second treatment portions respectively comprise first and second contact surfaces capable of pinching a lock of hair when the first and second treatment portions are in the close configuration.
• At least one of the first and second treatment portions comprises a heating plate, which may for example be substantially flat.
• the first and second treatment portions 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.
• the reservoir extends generally in an extension direction.
• 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.
• the retaining portion delimits the outlet orifice.
• 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 vapor diffusion device is configured to diffuse steam towards the second contact surface, when the first and second arms are in the close configuration.
• 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.
• the first contact surface comprises a groove provided with a bottom, the at least one diffusion orifice opening into the bottom of the groove.
• the vapor diffusion device comprises a plurality of diffusion orifices.
• the diffusion orifices are distributed along the groove.
• the actuating element is mounted on the second arm, and for example on the second gripping portion.
• the shutter member is mounted to move on the first gripping portion.
• the vaporization device is arranged in the first treatment part.
• the first treatment portion extends in the extension of the first gripping portion
• the second treatment portion extends in the extension of the second gripping portion
• 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.
• Figure 6 is an enlarged view of a detail of Figure 3.
• FIG 7 is a perspective view of the heating plates of the hairdressing apparatus of Figure 1.
• 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.
• Figure 10 is a schematic partial view of a hairdressing apparatus according to a fourth embodiment of the invention.
• Figure 11 is a schematic partial view of a hairdressing apparatus according to a fifth 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.
• the first arm 5 comprises a first gripping portion 5.1 and a first treatment portion 5.2 extending in the extension of the first gripping portion 5.1
• the second arm 6 comprises a second gripping portion 6.1 and a second treatment portion 6.2 extending in the extension of the first gripping portion 6.1.
• the first and second treatment portions 5.2, 6.2 respectively comprise a first contact surface 7 and a second contact surface 8.
• the first and second gripping parts 5.1, 6.1 are more particularly mounted articulated with respect 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 able to be introduced between the first and second surfaces contact, and a close configuration in which the first and second contact surfaces 7, 8 are close to each other and are able to pinch a lock of hair.
• the first and second contact surfaces 7, 8 are planar, and the first and second treatment portions 5.2, 6.2 respectively comprise a first hot plate 11 and a second hot plate 12 (More particularly shown in Figure 7) which respectively define 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.
• 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 treatment part 5.2 and a second heating device (not shown in the figures) arranged in the second treatment part 6.2.
• Each of the first and second heating devices 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.
• a fluid to be vaporized such as water or an aqueous cosmetic product.
• 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 the present 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.
• 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 closure element 17, such as a shutter, pivotally mounted between an open position wherein the closure member 17 at least partially frees the passage opening 16 and allows withdrawal or mounting of the reservoir 13 in the housing 15, and a closed position in which the closure member 17 closes at the at least partly the passage opening 16 and prevents withdrawal or mounting of the reservoir 13 in the housing 15.
• a closure element 17 such as a shutter
• the shutter element 17 is configured to cover at least part of the tank 13, and is at least partly transparent in order to allow a user to visualize the level of fluid in the reservoir 13, including when the shutter element 17 is in the closed position.
• a completely different part of the first gripping part 5.1 could be transparent in order to allow the visualization of the level of fluid in the reservoir 13.
• 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.
• 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.
• the portable processing unit 3 also includes a spraying device 19 mounted on the first processing part 5.2, 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 heating element 23 may for example be a resistive element, such as that a thermistor with a positive temperature coefficient, called CTP.
• 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.
• the displacement direction D of the reservoir 13 is substantially parallel to the direction of extension of the first arm 5.
• 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 gripping portion 6.1, 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 remote 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.
• 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.
• the cam surface 26 is substantially involute in a circle.
• the actuating element 25 is pivotally mounted on the first gripping portion 5.1 around a pivot axis A, and the portable treatment unit 3 further comprises a biasing member 27, such as a compression spring or a torsion spring, configured to urge the actuating member 25 to an actuating position in which the actuating member 25 is adapted to exerting a thrust force on the reservoir 13.
• the biasing element 27 is more particularly configured to urge the actuating element 25 in rotation so as to move the end of the cam surface 26 away from the axis pivoting A, 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 gripping portions 5.1, 6.1 are moved in the close configuration, and thus
• 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 reservoir. 13 to its vaporization position, and thus to maintain substantially constant, over time, the pressure exerted by the vaporization device 19 on the fluid conveying element 18 when the first and second arms 5, 6 are in the configuration close. This results in the maintenance of a substantially constant steam flow over time, despite the wear of the fluid conveying element 18.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• the diffusion orifices 32 are evenly distributed along the groove 29.
• 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 holes 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.
• FIG. 10 represents a hairdressing apparatus 2 according to a fourth embodiment of the invention which differs from the first embodiment essentially in that the first arm 5, and advantageously the first grip part 5.1, comprises an indication element.
• fluid level visual 34 configured for allow visualization of the fluid level in the reservoir 13.
• the visual fluid level indication element 34 is a display grid, and is provided on the shutter member 17.
• the viewing grid could be provided on any other portion of the first gripping portion 5.1 which is configured to at least partially cover the tank 13 when received in the housing 15.
• Fig. 11 shows a hairdressing apparatus 2 according to a fifth embodiment of the invention which differs from the fourth embodiment essentially in that the visual fluid level indication element 34 is a viewing slot.
• the invention is not limited to the embodiments of this hairdressing apparatus, described above as examples, it encompasses all the variants.

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