JP2005270523A - Tool for polishing nail - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a tool for polishing a nail providing no unhealthiness, capable of helping polish the nail to put a uniform and minute gloss on and being simply and conveniently housed, held and carried. <P>SOLUTION: The tool for polishing the nail comprises a sheet-like nail polisher provided with a backing layer consisting of paper, a fabric, a nonwoven fabric or a flexible resin sheet and a coating layer containing fine powders and a binder component, a protector for protecting the nail polisher and an assistant tool disposed on the nail polisher brought into contact with the nail and assisting the nail polisher in rubbing. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a nail brush used for polishing nails of human or animal limbs.

  In general, the enamel solution is applied to make up the surface of the nail, but the enamel layer applied to the nail tends to be unsightly due to physical impact or chemical solvents, and the enameled fingertip can be freely applied. Use is restricted. Inhalation of enamel and stripping solution vapors is a health problem, so enamel coating and enamel stripping must be performed in a well-ventilated area. Furthermore, in order to apply the enamel uniformly, it is necessary to apply several times carefully, taking time and effort, and the solvent of the enamel solution and the stripping solution is volatile and needs to be carefully controlled. was there.

  On the other hand, a nail polish sheet in which abrasive particles for rough polishing and finish polishing are applied on both sides has been proposed for the purpose of polishing the nails without giving an enamel solution and giving gloss (for example, Patent Document 1). ). However, since a sheet based on paper or non-woven fabric is easily deformed, there is a problem that it is difficult to apply a force uniformly during polishing, and a locally polished nail portion becomes thin and breaks. Further, it is not easy to polish the tip part of the nail and the hairline part of the nail which are most likely to be watched until they become glossy. Furthermore, since the abrasive particles of the nail polish sheet are bonded to the sheet by a binder such as a resin, they are easily peeled off by physical rubbing with other articles, and special care is required for storage. When it is vibrated for movement in a proper storage state, the polishing function is easily lost.

JP-A-5-91919

  An object of the present invention is to provide a nail polisher which can be polished, easily stored, possessed and moved without any health problems and evenly polished until details are glossed.

The present invention is a sheet-like nail polish provided with a base material layer made of paper, woven / knitted fabric, non-woven fabric or flexible resin sheet, and a coating layer containing fine particles and a binder component, and a protective device for protecting the sheet-like nail polish, In addition, the present invention relates to a nail polisher provided with an auxiliary tool that is disposed on a sheet-like nail polish brought into contact with the nail and assists in rubbing the sheet-like nail polish.
The protector may be bound to the sheet-like nail polish so that the sheet-like nail polish can be sandwiched.
The sheet-like nail polish, the protective device and the auxiliary device are bound to each other by a string-like body or a rod-like body, and in use, the sheet-like nail polish can be brought into contact with the nail and the auxiliary device can be placed on the nail polish. It may be possible to rub the sheet-like nail polish by moving it.
The auxiliary tool may be stored in a pocket provided inside or outside the protective equipment.

  The nail polisher of the present invention has no health problems, can easily beautify the surface of the nail anywhere, and evenly polish until the details are glossy, without requiring special attention Can be stored, owned and moved. Further, the use of the auxiliary tool has an advantage that the nail is not easily broken because it is not polished and unevenly polished.

FIG. 1 shows a nail polisher provided with a sheet-like nail polish 1 having a base material layer and a coating layer made of a flexible resin sheet, a transparent protector 2 for protecting the sheet-like nail polish, and an auxiliary tool 3. And the protector 2 represents an example of the nail polisher of the present invention bound by the string-like body 4 with the sheet-like nail polish 1 and the auxiliary tool 3 thereon.
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the state of use of the nail polisher of FIG. 1. The sheet nail 1 is brought into contact with the nail, the auxiliary tool 3 is placed thereon, and the auxiliary tool 3 is moved to move the sheet nail. Rub the polish and use a nail polisher. In use, the sheet-like nail polish 1 may be used separately from the string 4.

As a base material layer of the sheet-like nail polish of this invention, it consists of paper, a woven / knitted fabric, a nonwoven fabric, or a flexible resin, and basis weight is 5-200 g / m < ² > as paper, Preferably it is 5-100 g. / M ² , Japanese paper, kraft paper, and latex-treated paper. Examples of woven and knitted fabrics include woven plain weave, satin weave, and twill weave, and may be subjected to latex treatment. As raw materials for the woven or knitted fabric, organic fibers such as polyester, polyamide, polyimide, polyurethane, acrylic resin, polyetheretherketone, polyphenylene sulfide, polyolefin such as polyethylene and polypropylene, inorganic fibers, and natural fibers can be used. The material of the non-woven fabric is the same as above, and the weight per unit area is about 5 to 400 g / m ² . Examples of the flexible resin sheet include a plastic or rubber sheet having a thickness of about 0.3 to 2 mm. In order to impart cushioning properties to plastic or rubber, a modifier, a foaming agent, or the like may be blended.

The coating layer of the sheet-like nail polish uses a coating agent containing fine particles that perform an abrasive action and a binder component, for example, blade coater, air knife coater, roll coater, bar coater, gravure coater, rod flade coater, lip coater, die coater. The coating layer can be formed by coating using various coating apparatuses such as a coater or a curtain coater, and a coating layer obtained by drying and solidifying the coating layer can be formed. For example, aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, zirconium oxide, chromium oxide, iron oxide, diamond, boron nitride, emery, silicon oxide, cerium oxide, calcium carbonate, calcium oxide, kaolin, zinc oxide, crosslinked acrylic resin particles, crosslinked Examples include polystyrene resin particles, urea resin particles, melamine resin particles, and crosslinked silicone resin particles. The average particle diameter of the fine particles is, for example, about 0.05 to 100 μm, preferably 0.1 to 80 μm, more preferably 0.1 to 60 μm. When producing a sheet-like nail polish for rough finishing, fine particles having an average particle diameter of usually about 5 to 80 μm, preferably about 10 to 60 μm can be used, and for gloss finishing, usually 0.01 to 30 μm, preferably Can use fine particles having an average particle diameter of about 0.1 to 10 μm.
As binder components, polyurethane resins, acrylic resins, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resins, polyester resins, vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymer resins, butyral resins, polyamide resins, epoxy resins, isocyanurate derivatives, vinyl ethers, Examples thereof include one or a mixture of two or more of nitrified cotton, chlorinated rubber, carboxymethyl cellulose and the like.
Colorants, dispersants, antistatic agents and other additives and solvents can be added to the coating agent. As the solvent, for example, one or more solvents composed of toluene, xylene, methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, anone, isopropyl alcohol, ethyl acetate, butyl acetate, ethanol and the like can be used.

The thickness of the coating layer (after drying) is usually 1-1000 μm, preferably about 50-100 μm.
The surface of the coating layer is preferably a discontinuous shape having a concave portion where a cross section of the coating layer is generated and more fine particles for polishing appear. The discontinuous state may be a fine pattern, and the polishing effect is enhanced by the presence of corners between the horizontal and vertical surfaces of the coating layer. The width | variety of a recessed part is 0.2-5 mm, for example, Preferably it is 0.5-3 mm. In this case, by using different patterns and / or symbols for rough finish and gloss finish, it is easy to discriminate even with sheet-like nail polish of the same color or with just the touch without the need for visual acuity. Is possible.
The base material layer and the coating layer may be directly laminated, may be laminated via an intermediate layer in order to prevent the coating layer from falling off, or may be undercoated on the base material layer. As an intermediate | middle layer, film sheets, such as a plastic or rubber | gum consisting of the material which can be used for a base material layer, are mentioned.

  The auxiliary tool is disposed on the sheet-like nail polish that is in contact with the nail, and is used for rubbing the sheet-like nail polish by moving the auxiliary tool. Using the nail polish on the corners of the assisting tool allows the nail to be brushed cleanly, and using the nail polish on the flat surface of the assisting tool allows the nail flat surface to be evenly mirror-polished. Any material can be used for the auxiliary tool as long as it can achieve the above-mentioned purpose, and examples thereof include metal, plastic, rubber, wood, bamboo, and cardboard. Any plastic material may be used, but it can be selected on the basis of economy, lightness, beauty, etc., and examples thereof include PP, PE, polyester, polyamide, acrylic resin, polycarbonate, and polyacetal.

The shape of the auxiliary tool may be any shape as long as the above object can be achieved, and examples include those illustrated in FIGS. 3 to 5, but may be simply a rectangular parallelepiped, a triangle, a circle, an ellipse, or a combination thereof. Considering storage properties, operability and strength, the thickness of the auxiliary tool is, for example, about 0.5 to 5 mm, preferably about 1 to 3 mm, and more preferably about 1.1 to 2 mm. Considering the storage property, the length and width of the assisting tool are preferably equal to or less than the length and width of the protective equipment, for example, 1 to 10 cm, preferably 2 to 8 cm, and more preferably 3 to 5 cm.
If the assisting tool is rigid, it is highly likely that the portion where pressure is applied and the nail is polished non-uniformly, so that it has a certain elasticity, and the flexural modulus is preferably 300 to 3500 MPa, for example. Has 700 to 3400 MPa, more preferably 850 to 2500 MPa, particularly preferably 1000 to 2300 MPa.

  The protective device may have any shape as long as it covers the sheet-like nail polish and prevents it from being physically rubbed with other articles, but at least the length and width must be greater than the length and width of the sheet-like nail polish. . Examples of the protective equipment include those that sandwich and sandwich a plurality of sheet-like nail polishes, such as the front and back covers of a book (see FIG. 1). However, the side of the protective device facing the sheet-like nail polish needs to be smooth so that the coating layer does not peel off. The material of the protective equipment may be any material such as paper, plastic or rubber sheet (film), woven / knitted fabric, non-woven fabric, metal, wood, bamboo, etc., but paper or plastic film is preferable in view of economy and light weight. .

  Any string-like or stick-like body (binding tool) that binds the sheet-like nail polish, protector, and assisting tool may be used, but the sheet-like nail polish can be rubbed by moving the assisting tool. In order to secure the degree, the auxiliary tool may be freely attached or detached, and the auxiliary tool may be always attached with a sufficient length to assist in rubbing the sheet-like nail polish. The sheet-like nail polish may be separated and used with an auxiliary tool always attached. When the sheet-like nail polish and the auxiliary tool are not separated from the string-like body at the time of use, the maximum length of the movement distance from the fixed state of the auxiliary tool is, for example, 1 to 10 cm, considering the vertical or horizontal length of the sheet-like nail polish, Preferably it is 2-8 cm, More preferably, it is 3-5 cm. The auxiliary tool may be sandwiched between the sheet-like nail polish and the protector, or may be stored in a pocket provided inside or outside the protector.

Example 1
Auxiliary tools are placed on four commercially available sheet-like nail polishes (4 x 6.5 cm, base material layer; flexible resin sheet, coating layer; inorganic fine powder fixed in a checkered pattern with a binder resin) Then, it was sandwiched between transparent polypropylene sheets (8.5 × 6.8 cm), and the whole was bound through a string having a total length of 10 cm to produce the nail polish shown in FIG. The auxiliary tool was made of a transparent acrylic resin having a thickness of 1.5 mm (flexural modulus 3 × 10 ⁴ kgf / cm ² , ASTM D790). FIG. 2 shows the state of use. The manufactured nail polish is compact enough to fit in the palm of the hand and does not use volatile organic solvents, so it has the effect of making nails beautiful in a short time, regardless of time or place, even when going out on the train. Furthermore, the use of an auxiliary tool has an advantage that the nail is not easily broken because there is no unpolished portion and non-uniform polishing.

It is the schematic of an example of the nail polish tool of this invention. It is the schematic of the use condition of the nail polish tool of FIG. It is the schematic of an example of the auxiliary tool of this invention. It is the schematic of another example of the auxiliary tool of this invention. It is the schematic of another example of the auxiliary tool of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1: Sheet-like nail polish
2: Protective equipment 3: Auxiliary equipment 4: String-like body 10: Nail polisher

Claims (4)

  A sheet-like nail polish provided with a base layer made of paper, woven / knitted fabric, non-woven fabric or flexible resin sheet, and a coating layer containing fine particles and a binder component, a protective device for protecting the sheet-like nail polish, and a nail contact A nail polisher provided with an auxiliary tool for assisting in rubbing the sheet nail polish placed on the sheet-like nail polish.   The nail polisher according to claim 1, wherein the protector is bound to the sheet nail polish so as to sandwich the sheet nail polish.   Sheet nail polish, protector and auxiliary tool are bound together by a string or rod, and in use, the sheet nail polish can be contacted on the nail and the auxiliary tool can be placed on the nail polish. The nail polisher according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the nail polisher has a configuration capable of rubbing the sheet-like nail polish. The nail polish tool according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the auxiliary tool can be stored in a pocket provided inside or outside the protective equipment.

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