JP2005087534A - Hair treatment apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hair treatment apparatus capable of being securely fixed and reducing its cost. <P>SOLUTION: A movable frame 9 of a hair treatment part 4 and a base frame 7 to hold the hair treatment part 4 are pivoted on a pivot 33. A pull spring 35 to energize the movable frame 9 and the base frame 7 toward their folding directions is fastened on to them. A ratchet nail 32 is pivoted on the movable frame 9 and a ratchet gear 31 is fixed on the base frame 7 so that the ratchet nail 32 can be fastened on to the ratchet gear 31. The hair treatment part 4 is movably mounted on a main body 1 through a tilting mechanism 8 comprised of a ratchet mechanism 30 with a switch mechanism 34 to switch a loading direction on the ratchet nail 32 fastened on to a left/right frank of the ratchet gear 31. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a hair treatment apparatus that can be easily arranged at a treatment site by a hair treatment device that is deployed in a beauty salon or a barber shop and performs various hair treatments.

  Conventionally, hair treatment devices deployed in hair salons and barbers are attached to the head via a movable mechanism so that the hair treatment unit incorporating a heater, blower, and mist sprayer can be moved to and away from the treatment site. The present applicant has filed an application in which the head is mounted on a wagon, or a head mounted on a movable arm installed in the hospital (for example, Patent Document 1).

However, since the hair processing unit incorporating a heater, blower, and mist sprayer becomes heavy, the movable mechanism that vertically pivots the hair processing unit disposed above is configured by bundling a plurality of flexible tubes. It was necessary to withstand the weight. However, there is a problem that the movable mechanism becomes large because the flexible tube is bundled. In addition, since the flexible tube is easily bent when a force is applied in a state in which the load is supported, a stopper mechanism is indispensable for reliably stopping the movement of the hair processing unit disposed above. However, incorporating the stopper mechanism into the movable mechanism has a problem that the structure becomes complicated and the size and weight become heavy. Although it is conceivable that the hair processing unit can be moved by a ratchet mechanism, the ratchet mechanism has a fixed direction to receive the load, so a device corresponding to the direction to receive the load is required, which increases the manufacturing cost and makes inventory management troublesome. It becomes. In addition, there is a problem that an identification tag or the like needs to be attached to a part for preventing an error during assembly.
JP 2002-177041 A

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a hair treatment apparatus that can reliably stop movement and can reduce costs.

  In order to achieve the above-described object, the present invention provides a tensioning device that pivotally attaches a movable frame of a hair treatment device and a base frame for mounting the hair treatment device, and urges both of the movable frame and the base frame in the folding direction. The ratchet pawl is locked to the ratchet teeth by locking a spring, pivoting a ratchet pawl on the movable frame, fixing a ratchet gear to the base frame, and latching on the ratchet gear. A hair treatment apparatus in which a hair treatment device is movably attached to a head body via a tilting mechanism comprising a ratchet mechanism provided with a switching mechanism that switches the direction in which the load is received by being locked is defined as the invention of claim 1, In the invention according to item 1, the switching mechanism includes a posture holding spring for bringing the ratchet pawl into contact with either the left or right flank of the ratchet tooth, and a latch. The hair treatment device in which the ratchet claw posture switching toothless portion is provided on the gut gear is the invention of claim 2, and in the invention of claim 1 or 2, the hair treatment device comprises a heater, a blower, a mist sprayer, The hair treatment apparatus according to claim 3 is a hair treatment apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the warm mist sprayed from the mist sprayer is generated by a reheating device for mists. It is what.

As in claim 1 of the present invention, the movable frame of the hair treatment device and the base frame for attaching the hair treatment device are pivotally attached, and the tension spring biases the movable frame and the base frame in the folding direction. The ratchet pawl is pivotally attached to the movable frame, the ratchet pawl is fixed to the base frame, and the ratchet pawl is locked to the ratchet gear. Since the hair treatment device is movably attached to the head body via a tilting mechanism comprising a ratchet mechanism that switches the direction in which it is stopped and receives the load, it can be positioned reliably, If the ratchet gear is to be formed on the left and right with respect to the vertical line, the hair treatment device placed substantially vertically is obliquely applied to perform the hair side treatment. Or it is tilted to the direction and obliquely upward, it is possible to tilt the hair treatment devices on the left and right obliquely upward which is disposed horizontally for performing treatment of hair top may correspond precisely to the treatment site. Moreover, since the direction of receiving a load can be easily changed with the same structure, it is only necessary to incorporate one type of ratchet mechanism, which can reduce the cost of being able to handle both forward and reverse directions, and cause an assembly error. Therefore, it is not necessary to attach a tag for identification, so that the assembling cost can be reduced and the inventory management can be simplified.
Further, as in claim 2, the switching mechanism is provided with a posture holding spring for bringing the ratchet pawl into contact with either the left or right flank of the ratchet tooth, and a toothless portion for switching the ratchet pawl posture on the ratchet gear. Therefore, if the ratchet claw is intervened in the edentulous part, the ratchet claw released from the urging force by the posture holding spring once becomes a free state. Since switching can be easily performed so as to engage with the opposite flank, the direction of receiving a load can be easily switched by one-touch operation.
As described in claim 3, when the hair treatment device is a combination of a heater, a blower, and a mist sprayer, various treatments can be efficiently performed by a single hair treatment unit.

  Next, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail based on a hair processing apparatus shown in the drawings.

  1 and 2, reference numeral 1 denotes a head main body. The head main body 1 incorporates a steam generating mechanism 2 and a mist generating mechanism 3 as shown in FIG. A plurality of hair treatment devices 4 are attached to the head body 1 as shown in FIGS. The hair treatment device 4 is movably attached to the head body 1 via a tilting mechanism 8 comprising one or more ratchet mechanisms 30 as shown in FIGS. The entire hair treatment device 4 is moved by the tilting mechanism 8 or the hair treatment device 4 itself is inclined obliquely. Further, the movable frame 9 of the hair treatment device 4 and the base frame 7 for attaching the hair treatment device are pivotally attached to the pivot 33 and the movable frame 9 and the base frame 7 are biased in the folding direction by the tension spring 35. .

  As shown in FIG. 10, a pair of upper and lower rear hair treatment units 4 a of the hair treatment device 4 are fixed to the front surface of the head body 1, and a pair of front and rear top hair treatment units 4 b of the hair treatment device 4 are The head main body can be pivoted in the vertical direction as shown by a chain line in FIG. 4 by the tilting mechanism 8, or can be pivoted in the horizontal direction obliquely to the left and right as shown in FIG. 1 is attached. Further, the side hair processing unit 4c of the hair processing device 4 is pivoted in the horizontal direction as shown in FIG. 5 by the tilting mechanism 8, or the side hair processing unit 4c in the vertical state is tilted as shown in FIG. It is attached to the head main body 1 so that it can be pivoted upward or downward. The pair of upper and lower rear hair processing units 4a, the pair of front and rear top hair processing units 4b, and the left and right side hair processing units 4c can operate each pair simultaneously or individually or each processing unit simultaneously or individually. It has become.

  The pivoting movement of the hair treatment device 4 by the tilting mechanism 8 is for proper alignment of the treatment person sitting on the treatment chair to the treatment site. When the head position of the practitioner is adjusted, the vertical position adjustment mechanism 10 and the horizontal position adjustment mechanism 15 are used. The vertical position adjusting mechanism 10 includes a head mounting arm 11 that can pivot up and down, a chair for a patient that can be adjusted in height (not shown), a stand 12 with a caster for head mounting, and the like. The head mounting arm 11 and the stand 12 with a caster for head mounting can be used.

  In the stand 12 with a head-mounted caster as shown in FIG. 10, the support column of the stand is slidable and the height is adjusted by tightening and fixing the support column with a fixed knob 10b at an arbitrary length. Since the adjustment mechanism 10 and the left / right position adjustment mechanism 15 using casters are provided, the chair for a patient does not need an expensive height adjustment function.

  A head mounting arm 11 as shown in FIG. 11 is supported by a bracket fixed to a stand (not shown) standing between a wall, a ceiling, or a ceiling and a floor, and an arm 11b is pivotally supported in a horizontally rotatable manner. The base end of the extendable arm 11c is pivotally supported at the tip of the arm 11b so as to be pivotable up and down, and the head body 1 is pivotally attached to the tip of the extendable arm 11c. By mounting the head body 1 on the head mounting arm 11 in this way, the head body 1 does not occupy the floor as in the case where the head body 1 is mounted on a head mounting wagon or a head mounting caster stand. There is no disturbing. In addition, since the head mounting arm 11 has a vertical pivot function, it is not necessary to use an expensive chair for a patient who can adjust the height.

  The heating device 20, the blower 21, and the mist sprayer 22 as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9 are attached to the hair treatment device 4. The heating device 20, the blower 21, and the mist sprayer 22 can be used simultaneously or each. It can be operated individually.

  The mist sprayer 22 of the hair treatment device 4 is supplied with mists of 50 ° C. or more generated by the steam generation mechanism 2 and the mist generation mechanism 3 shown in FIG. 12, and the mist is regenerated as shown in FIG. The temperature lowered by reheating to around 60 ° C. by the heating device 23 is raised. The reheating device 23 includes a heater 23a and a blower 23b. The air sent from the blower 23b is passed through the heater 23a as hot air, and the mist is reheated by the hot air to obtain a warm mist of around 60 ° C. Is.

  The tilting mechanism 8 is composed of a ratchet mechanism 30. As shown in FIG. 1, the ratchet mechanism 30 has a ratchet gear 31 attached to the base frame 7 for attaching the hair treatment device, and a movable on the hair treatment device 4 side. The ratchet claw 32 is pivotally attached to the frame 9, the pivot 33 is pivotally attached to the base frame 7 and the movable frame 9, and the switching mechanism 34 switches the posture of the ratchet claw 32. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the posture of the ratchet pawl 32 is switched by the switching mechanism 34 and is locked to either the left or right flank of the ratchet teeth 31 a so that it can receive loads in different directions. ing. In the embodiment, the movable frame 9 is configured such that only the direction of receiving the load is opposite at the same pivot angle. However, the ratchet gear 31 is divided into left and right parts along a vertical line as shown in FIGS. It is good also as what inclines the hair processing device 4 located horizontally or vertically diagonally rightward or downward upward.

  The switching mechanism 34 is mounted on the movable frame 9 on the side of the hair treatment device 4 so that the ratchet pawl 32 that can be pivoted is pressed against one of the left and right flank of the ratchet teeth 31a, and a ratchet gear. The ratchet pawl posture switching toothless portion 37 is formed on 31. One end of the posture holding spring 36 for urging the ratchet pawl 32 is locked to a spring locking piece 32a of the ratchet claw 32, and the other end is locked to a spring locking piece 9a formed on the movable frame 9. It is.

  The toothless portion 37 is a space for approximately one tooth of the ratchet teeth 31a. For this reason, if the ratchet pawl 32 is intervened in the toothless portion 37, the urging force by the posture holding spring 36 is released and the ratchet pawl 32 is once freed. Therefore, the ratchet pawl 32 is engaged with the ratchet tooth 31a again. If the movable frame 9 is pivoted in the reverse direction so as to stop, the ratchet pawl 32 is switched to be locked to the opposite flank with the posture reversed. Further, the toothless portion 37 is formed between the stopper teeth at both end edges of the ratchet gear 31 and the ratchet teeth 31a at the end, but may be formed between any ratchet teeth 31a as required. It is.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 8 and 9, the heater 20 comprises an annular reflector 20a having a substantially semicircular cross section and an arc-shaped far infrared heater 20b disposed in front of the annular reflector 20a. The heating machine 20 promotes the reaction of the chemical solution during perm and hair dying, activates the metabolic function of the scalp and hair cells by the far infrared effect, and dries the hair that has been washed. . Reference numeral 20c denotes an insulator for supporting the far-infrared heater 20b.

  Also, the blower 21 is composed of a fan 21a driven by a motor, and can be operated separately or simultaneously with the heater 20, and only the blower 21 is operated to dry only the surface moisture of the hair. It can be glazed or operated simultaneously with the heater 20 for rapid drying. Reference numeral 21b denotes an intake port for sucking blown air formed on the back surface.

  Reference numeral 40 denotes a dripping prevention device provided in the mist sprayer 22, and the dripping prevention device 40 forms an annular weir 22b on the inner peripheral edge of the opening of the spray nozzle 22a as shown in FIG. While preventing dripping, the heater 24 formed around the spray nozzle 22a evaporates and drys the condensed water of the spray nozzle 22a. Further, by forming the weir 22b as an outwardly-extending acute angle formed at the inner peripheral edge, it is possible to prevent the condensed water adhering to the tip of the spray nozzle 22a from continuing dripping due to surface tension.

  Further, the steam generation mechanism 2 and the mist generation mechanism 3 described above supply mist to the mist sprayer 22, and the steam generation mechanism 2 is provided in the steam kiln 50 and the steam kiln 50 as shown in FIG. The sheathed heater 50a is arranged. The mist generating mechanism 3 includes a water tank 51, an ultrasonic vibrator 51a disposed at the bottom of the water tank 51, a detachable water supply tank 51c for quantitatively supplying water to the water tank 51, and an ultrasonic vibration. It consists of the ventilation fan 51d which sends out the mist generated by the child 51a. Reference numeral 52 denotes a water supply nozzle of the water supply tank 51c. The water supply nozzle 52 is closed at its tip, and a water passage hole is provided in the side wall of the water supply water level level so that the water level can always be maintained constant. Reference numeral 53 denotes a partition plate having a tip disposed in the water tank 51 at a position slightly separated from the water surface. The partition plate 53 is divided into a mist generating unit and a blower unit, and the generated mist is blown by air. This prevents it from flowing into the part.

  55 is a mixer that mixes mist and steam. As shown in FIG. 12, the mixer 55 has, on its side wall, a mist supply pipe 55a of the mist generation mechanism 3 and a steam supply pipe 55b of the steam generation mechanism 2. Is connected. An ion generator 56 and a thermistor are provided at the outlet of the mixer 55. The ion generator 56 decomposes the chemical odor contained in the steam or mist with ions to deodorize it, and the thermistor mixes the steam and mist based on the temperature of the mist, that is, the sheathed heater of the steam generating mechanism 2. The supply amount of steam is changed by turning on and off 50a, and the mist is brought to a predetermined temperature. 57 is a drain pipe for discharging condensed water provided at the bottom of the mixer 55, and the drain pipe 57 is connected to the steam generation mechanism 2 and the mist generation mechanism 3. 58 is a drain valve.

  Reference numerals 60 and 60 denote mist distributors, which supply mists to the mist sprayer 22 and the hair cap 61 of the hair treatment device 4, the hand-held steam mist sprayer 62, and the like via a connecting pipe. It is.

  What is configured in this manner is that the head body 1 is first attached to a stand 12 with a caster for head mounting, the height of which can be adjusted according to the usage environment and installation conditions, or the head body 11 attached to a head mounting arm 11 fixed to a building. The one with 1 is deployed in the beauty salon and barber shop.

  In use, the practitioner first adjusts the position of the head body 1 to the position of the head of the practitioner. This alignment is performed when the head body 1 is attached to a stand 12 with a head mounting caster having a height adjustment mechanism 10 and a left and right position adjustment mechanism 15 that can be adjusted in height. Is moved horizontally on the floor to adjust the left and right position of the head body 1 and the height of the stand 12 with casters for head mounting is manually adjusted and fixed by the fixing knob 10b to fix the vertical position of the head body 1. adjust. When the head body 1 is attached to a head mounting arm 11 having a vertical position adjusting mechanism 10 and a left / right position adjusting mechanism 15, as shown in FIG. 11, a bracket fixed to a wall, ceiling, floor or the like. The arm 11b pivotally supported by 11a is horizontally rotated, or the telescopic arm 11c pivotally supported by the arm 11b is pivoted up and down.

  In addition, when the vertical position adjusting mechanism 10 is not provided on the stand 12 with the head mounting caster, the position of the head of the patient in the vertical direction is adjusted by the height adjustable patient chair having the vertical position adjusting mechanism 15. Alignment shall be performed.

  In this way, after the position of the head of the person to be treated and the head body 1 is aligned, the hair treatment device 4 is moved by pivoting or tilting the hair treatment device 4 with the tilting mechanism 8. Match to the optimal site for treatment. Specifically, the hair treatment device 4 is shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 by gripping the hair treatment device 4, operating the ratchet mechanism 30, and locking the ratchet claw 32 to the ratchet teeth 31 a of the ratchet gear 31. As shown in FIG. 6, the hair treatment device 4 in the horizontal position is tilted in either the left or right direction as shown by a one-dot chain line, or substantially vertical as shown in FIG. The hair treatment device 4 in the state is tilted upward or downward as indicated by a one-dot chain line.

  6 and 7, if the ratchet pawl 32 of the ratchet mechanism 30 is inserted into the toothless portion 37, the biasing force by the posture holding spring 36 of the switching mechanism 34 is released, and the ratchet pawl 32 is once free. Therefore, if the movable frame 9 of the hair treatment device 4 is pivoted so that the ratchet claw 32 is again locked to the ratchet teeth 31a, the posture of the ratchet claw 32 can be switched by the ratchet teeth 31a. If the ratchet pawl 32 is locked to the ratchet gear 31 in this posture, the ratchet claw 32 is locked to the flank on the opposite side. For example, the one-dot chain line shown in FIG. 3 is switched to the one-dot chain line shown in FIG.

  In this way, after positioning the top hair processing unit 4b and the side hair processing unit 4c of the hair processing device 4, and when drying the head, the rear hair processing unit 4a, the top hair processing unit 4b, The heater 20 and the blower 21 of the side hair treatment unit 4 c are operated, and the heating by the far infrared heater 20 b and the blowing by the fan 21 a of the blower 21 are performed. The hair can be dried very efficiently by heating and blowing with far infrared rays. In addition, the far-infrared effect of the far-infrared heater 20b can activate the scalp and hair metabolism to prepare damaged hair and scalp.

  In addition, in the case of a permanent or blow set using a chemical solution, the rear hair treatment unit 4a, the top hair treatment unit 4b, and the side hair treatment unit so that warm mist is sprayed on substantially the entire head of the subject. 4c is arranged. In this state, if the mist spraying device 22 of the rear hair processing unit 4a, the top hair processing unit 4b, and the side hair processing unit 4c is operated to spray the warm mist on the entire head, the warm mist around 60 ° C. In addition to supplementing water lost to the reduced alkali by penetrating into the water, the activation of the chemical solution is promoted. Moreover, in the case of blow set, before performing blow set, spray the warm mist with the mist sprayer 22 of the rear hair treatment unit 4a, the top hair treatment unit 4b, and the side hair treatment unit 4c, Infiltrate warm mist into the hair to protect the hair from the high temperature of the blow and prevent it from drying out too much.

  At the time of the warm mist spraying, the warm mist from the mist sprayer 22 is a mist obtained by mixing the steam generated by the steam generating mechanism 2 and the mist generated by the mist generating mechanism 3 by a mixer 55 as shown in FIG. Is delivered, reheated by the reheating device 23, and sprayed as a warm mist of around 60 ° C. Also, if air blow by the blower 21 and spraying of warm mist are performed at the same time, the warm mist is sprayed more strongly and penetrates into the back corners of the hair, so that moisture is penetrated into the hair near the scalp in a short time. be able to.

  Moreover, if necessary, various hair treatments can be performed by the rear hair treatment unit 4a, the top hair treatment unit 4b, and the side hair treatment unit 4c by using the mist sprayer 22 and the heater 20 together. It becomes. Further, when spraying warm mist with the mist sprayer 22, the condensed water adhering in the spray nozzle 22a is wound around the annular weir 22b formed on the inner peripheral surface of the tip of the spray nozzle 22a or around the spray nozzle 22a. The dripping prevention mechanism 40 including the heater 23 and the like prevents the dripping water from dripping reliably, so that the condensate does not drip on the person to be treated, and uneven dyeing and uneven color may occur during hair treatment. In addition, there is no discomfort to the patient.

  In the preferred embodiment, the switching mechanism 34 is composed of the posture maintaining spring 36 and the toothless portion 37, but it is needless to say that the switching mechanism 34 may be electrically switched using a solenoid.

It is a partially notched side view which shows the ratchet mechanism of preferable embodiment of this invention. It is a partially notched side view which shows the ratchet mechanism of preferable embodiment of this invention. It is a partially notched side view which shows the state of the ratchet mechanism of preferable embodiment of this invention differently. It is a partially cutaway side view showing a preferred embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a partially cutaway plan view showing a preferred embodiment of the present invention. It is a partially notched front view which shows the top hair processing part used for preferable embodiment of this invention. It is a partially notched front view which shows the side part hair treatment part used for preferable embodiment of this invention. It is sectional drawing of the hair treatment device used for preferable embodiment of this invention. It is a front view of the hair processing device used for preferable embodiment of this invention. It is a front view which shows the example which attached the head of preferable embodiment of this invention to the stand with a caster for head attachment which can adjust height. It is a side view which shows the example which attached the head main body of preferable embodiment of this invention to the head attachment arm attached to a building. It is a schematic explanatory drawing which shows the apparatus integrated in the head main body of preferable embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Head body 4 Hair treatment device 7 Base frame 9 Movable frame
20 Heating machine
21 Blower
22 Mist sprayer
23 Reheating device
31 Ratchet gear
32 ratchet claws
33 Axis
34 Switching mechanism
35 Tension spring
36 Posture holding spring
37 edentulous part

Claims (4)

  A movable frame of the hair treatment device and a base frame for attaching the hair treatment device are pivotally attached, and a tension spring that urges both of the movable frame and the base frame in the folding direction is locked to the movable frame. A ratchet pawl is pivotally mounted, and the ratchet pawl that is locked to the ratchet gear by fixing the ratchet gear to the base frame is switched to switch the direction in which the load is received by being locked to either the right or left flank of the ratchet teeth. A hair treatment apparatus, wherein a hair treatment device is movably attached to a head body via a tilting mechanism including a ratchet mechanism provided with a mechanism.   The switching mechanism is provided with a posture holding spring for bringing the ratchet pawl into contact with either the left or right flank of the ratchet tooth, and a toothless portion for switching the ratchet pawl posture on the ratchet gear. Item 2. A hair treatment apparatus according to item 1.   The hair treatment apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the hair treatment device is a combination of a heater, a blower, and a mist sprayer. The hair treatment device according to claim 3, wherein the warm mist sprayed from the mist sprayer is generated by a reheating device for mists.

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