FR2582522A1 - Electronic brush or comb - Google Patents

Abstract

This electronic comb or brush provides for the bioelectric treatment of conditions of the scalp at the same time as the hair is being brushed. The electrodes 10 connected to the teeth 9 of the comb or the bristles of the brush 1 in contact with the upper layers of the epidermis propagate electrical micro-currents which provide for a massage and stimulation of the skin. This comb 1 can receive, in the handle 2, a reservoir 20 containing the medicinal substances, and these are distributed by mechanical action in the capillary tubes 22 pierced with holes 23 in line with the teeth 9 of the comb 1.

Description

The present invention relates to a brush and an electronic comb intended, in addition to hairdressing, for the treatment of the main benign or more serious affections of the scalp such as baldness, dandruff, greasy, dry hair, hair loss, brittle hair, etc. .

Many products exist which carry out this care by physico-chemical or biological means generally by friction, sometimes by ingestion or by combination of the means between them.

These treatments are administered at doses and times advised by the practitioner and may prove inconvenient to perform during a professional activity.

They require the intervention of a third person to separate the strands, place the liquid or cream on the scalp, massage, dry, style or any other cosmetic operation, especially for women who cannot perform them during of their day of professional activity.

Often these treatments are long and therefore prove to be expensive without always providing radical solutions to the ills from which the patient suffers.

The present invention aims to remedy the above-mentioned drawbacks by offering a simple, economical and practical means for the treatment of the main diseases of the scalp while retaining the qualities proper to a hairstyling tool for disentangling, separating, ordering the hair.

To this end, the electronic brush or comb according to the invention consists mainly of electrodes at the end of each tooth of the brush or comb and connected by a printed circuit or any other suitable means to a fixed source of electrical energy. or mobile. When the teeth of the brush or comb come into contact with the scalp, the electrode delivers a micro electric current. Indeed the scalp like any part of the skin of the human body is traversed permanently by electric micro-currents.

The conductivity and resistivity of the upper layers of the epidermis create, with the contact of the electrode, an electric microarc. Advantageously, the voltage delivered and the duration at the end of the electrodes can be adjusted by electronic means such as a thyristor or sequential capacitor. Furthermore, the total height of the electrode can be adjusted at the end of the teeth of the brush or comb to generate electric micro-arcs of variable length depending on the importance and type of conditions to be treated. Thus the creation of electric micro-arcs acts on the upper layers of the epidermis as micro-massages and regenerates the electrical or biological or physiological functions lost totally or partially. the vascularization of the upper layers of the epidermis according to the settings chosen by contraction or dilation of the vessels and capillaries thus providing relief in the case of circulatory disorders often causing headaches, migraines, headaches.

We also know that the action of electric currents is effective in destroying germs, microbes, bacteria and that electric micro-currents have a healing effect.

This function which the present invention incorporates is useful and easy to carry out for the care of scalp wounds accelerating micobial healing by facilitating healing in addition to the action of allopathic drugs ingested or applied.

According to a first embodiment of the invention the electrodes can be adjustable in height and in translation be with central or peripheral core to embrace all types of conditions and provide the corresponding solutions.

According to a second embodiment of the invention, the electronic brush or comb preferably comprises in the handle or the handle a refillable reservoir making it possible to accommodate the chemical or biological means of the treatment.

A flexible membrane or a plunger allows the user to contract the hand or handle to deliver the required doses of lotion or medication directly to the scalp, thanks to a network of capillary tubes provided with small holes drilled in line with the teeth of the brush or comb. The holes have increasing diameters as one moves away from the reservoir contained in the handle or the handle.

Advantageously, the drug action is reinforced by the bio-electric action and can be practiced without discomfort and without loss of time at all times and in all places.

It is obvious that the electronic comb which is the subject of the invention will be better understood thanks to the description which follows, with reference to the appended drawing representing by way of nonlimiting example a form of this electronic hairdressing tool.

Figure I is a view showing the electronic comb with its electrodes and its handle receiving its source of energy # ie.

Figure 2 is a perspective view showing the head of the comb teeth to illustrate the principle of height and translation adjustments.

Figure 3 is a top view showing the different spacing positions that can take the teeth of the comb or brush.

Figure 4 is a view showing in perspective the height and spacing adjustments that can take the teeth of the comb or brush.

Figure 5 is a view showing in section a comb with its reservoir and its capillary tubes for the distribution of medicated liquids arranged inside.

The comb or the brush shown 1 in FIG. I comprises a hollow handle or handle 2 inside which is placed the energy source 3 mainly constituted by an electric battery. A conductor 4 brings the energy to the end of the body of the comb 5. A device 6 for adjusting the current delivered in voltage and duration is interposed between the battery 3 and the body of the comb 5 and operating by means of a graduated dial 7. From the heel 8 of the sleeve 2 are regularly arranged the fixed or movable teeth 9 coated with a conductor or electrode 10 running over the entire height of the tooth 9. The top 11 of the tooth 9 intersects the conductor 4 coming from the stack 3 and the electrode 10 frictionally captures the electric current. Each tooth 9 is thus made conductive by each electrode 10.

FIG. 2 shows the head 11 of tooth 9 with its electrode 10 running on the faces 12 of tooth 9 to capture the current on the conductor 4 whatever the height of the head 11 of tooth 9 relative to the body 5 of the comb.

Vertical grooves 13 allow the head 11 of the tooth 9 to be positioned in spacing in the same protrusions of identical shape in relief 14 on the inside of the body 5 of the comb.

FIG. 3 shows that the spacing 15 is different from the spacing 16 in order to constitute either a comb with large or small teeth.

FIG. 4 shows the two uprights 17 of the body 5 of the comb 1 coated with the conductor 4. Note the vertical protuberances 14 intended for positioning the intervals of the teeth 9 as well as the same horizontal protuberances 18 intended to adjust the height of the teeth 9 by nesting in the female grooves 19 of the head 11 of the teeth 9.

 Whatever the heights of the heads 11 of the teeth 9 or of its intervals between them, the conductor 4 distributes the energy to each of the electrodes 10 of the teeth 9. A mechanical means 19 such as a screw makes it possible to assemble the two uprights 17 of the body 5 of the comb 1 to maintain the different teeth 9 in the desired position.

Figure 5 shows does not cut the handle 2 with its battery 3, its adjusting device 6 and the conductor 4, the tank 20 with its orifice 21 for filling. From the other end of the bulb 20 leaves a capillary tube 22 which runs all along the uprights 17 of the body 5 of the comb 1. At regular intervals between the teeth 9 holes 23 are drilled on the capillary 22 for direct dispensing on the scalp, the drugs contained in the reservoir 20 when the user manually exerts pressure on the membrane 24 of the handle 2.

Claims (8)

1 - Comb or electronic brush of the kind comprising a handle 2 and teeth 9 as well as an energy source 3 characterized in that peripheral electrodes 10 cover the teeth 9 in contact with the scalp. 2 - Electronic comb or brush according to claim 1, characterized in that the electrodes 10 are located inside the teeth 9. 3 - Electronic comb or brush according to claims 1 and 2 characterized in that the electrodes 10 located inside or outside of the teeth 9 are adjustable in height by grooves 19 and the correspondingly shaped protrusions 18 on the branches 17 of the body 5 of the comb 1. 4 - Electronic comb or brush according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the electrodes 10 of the head 11 of the teeth 9 are adjustable in translation thanks to female grooves 13 located on the head 11 and sliding in male protuberances 14 corresponding on the branches 17 of the body 5. 5 - Comb or electronic brush according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the handle or the handle 2 comprises an additional recess capable of receiving a reservoir 20 for delivering the medicaments or lotions suitable for the treatment.  6 - Electronic comb or brush according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that capillary tubes 22 leave from the reservoir 20 located in the handle 2. 7 - Electronic comb or brush according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the capillary tubes 22 are provided with orifices 23 of progressive diameters as one moves away from the reservoir 20. 8 - Electronic comb or brush according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the tension and the duration can be adjusted by an appropriate electronic device 6 thanks to the adjustment wheel 7.