JP2008061829A - Hair brush - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To style hair into not only a straight style but also a curled style. <P>SOLUTION: This hair brush 1 includes a pair of bristle parts 2 and 3 oppositely having bristle groups, grip parts 4 and 5 capable of gripping them with the pair and extending from the bristle parts, and a connection part 6 openably connecting the grip parts for opening the bristle parts; and the bristle parts 2 and 3 have columnar shape, its body surface has a bristle base body 8 having a first bristle group 7, and a bristle half covering body 10 having a half-arc cross section coaxial with the bristle base body and a second bristle group 9 facing the first bristle group 7 in its recessed surface. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a hair brush, and more particularly, to a hair brush for holding hair between opposed flocking groups and then slidably moving the hair with respect to the flocking group to shape the hair.

As this type of hairbrush, a pair of flocked portions having flocking groups facing each other, a gripping portion extending from each of these flocked portions, and a gripping portion that can be gripped in a pair, and a gripping portion that can be opened to open the flocked portion 2. Description of the Related Art A hairbrush provided with a connecting portion that performs this is conventionally known (see Patent Document 1).
The hair transplantation part of this hairbrush consists of a pair of flat hair transplantation base | substrates which have a flocking group in an opposing surface.

Therefore, when styling the hair, for example, the hair can be placed in a straight style by sandwiching the hair between the flocked groups facing each other between a pair of flocked bases while being exposed to warm air by a dryer, and then sliding the hair. .
However, this hairbrush cannot shave (curl) the hair into a curl style.
Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 6-29434

  The problem to be solved is that the hair cannot be curled into a curled style.

The present invention includes a pair of flocked portions having a flocked group facing each other, a gripping portion that extends from each of the flocked portions and can be gripped in a pair, and a connection that releasably connects the gripping portion to open the flocked portion With
The flocked portion is cylindrical, has a flocked base having a first flocked group on its body surface, a semicircular arc-shaped cross section substantially coaxial with the flocked base, and faces the first flocked group on its concave surface. Provided is a hairbrush comprising a flocked half-envelopment having a second flocking group.

The hairbrush according to the present invention has a flocked portion having a columnar shape, a flocked base having a first flocked group on the body surface, a semicircular arc-shaped cross section substantially coaxial with the flocked base, Since the hair-implanted half-envelopment having the second flocked group opposite to the first flocked group is provided, when the hair is held between the opposed flocked groups, the hair is placed between the flocked base and the flocked half-enclosed body. The hair part is pinched between the flocking groups facing each other, and then the hair part following this hair part is wound around the flocking base and the flocked half-envelopment, so that the hair is curled into hair very easily. Can do.
Of course, the hairbrush according to the present invention can be used to straighten the hair into a straight style by sandwiching the hair between the flocked base and the flocked half-envelopment, and then sliding the hair. it can.

  The hairbrush according to the present invention has a flocked portion having a cylindrical shape, a flocked base having a first flocked group on the body surface, a semicircular arc-shaped cross section substantially coaxial with the flocked base, and It is characterized by comprising a flocked half-envelopment having a second flocking group facing one flocking group.

In the present invention, the cylindrical flocked substrate is preferably set to have a diameter of about 15 to about 30 mm, more preferably about 17 mm, and a length of preferably about 70 to about 120 mm, more preferably about 100 mm. .
The flocked half-enclosed body has a semicircular arc cross section substantially coaxial with the flocked base and is configured to surround approximately half of the circumference of the flocked base at equal intervals. The distance, that is, the distance between the concave surface (inner surface or inner surface) of the flocked half-envelope and the trunk surface of the flocked substrate is preferably set to about 10 to about 20 mm, more preferably about 15 mm. The length of the flocked half-envelopment is preferably about 70 to about 120 mm, more preferably about 100 mm, substantially the same as the flocked substrate.
Further, the thickness of the flocked half envelope is preferably set to about 3 to about 10 mm, more preferably about 6 mm.
Synthetic resins are generally used as the material for the flocked base and the flocked half-envelopment. For example, ABS resin, AS resin and the like are preferably used.

In the present invention, flocks are vegetated on the trunk surface of the flocked base and the concave surface of the flocked half-envelopment.
Here, when the flocked group of the flocked base is referred to as a first flocked group, and the flocked group of the flocked half-enclosed body is referred to as the second flocked group, the first flocked group is vegetated in a substantially radial direction from the central axis of the flocked base. In addition, it is preferable that the second flocked group is directed substantially toward the flocked base or is vegetated in a substantially centripetal direction with respect to the central axis of the flocked base because the hair can be pinched more uniformly and reliably.

  The first flocked group is preferably 6 to 10 rows (the row direction is parallel to the longitudinal direction of the hairbrush, the same shall apply hereinafter), more preferably 8 rows, and each row is vegetated dispersed at equal intervals. It is composed of one hair bundle. The second flocking group is preferably composed of 5 to 7 rows, more preferably 5 rows, and second vegetation bundles that are vegetated by dispersing each row at equal intervals.

Here, the row spacing (center-to-center distance or pitch along the trunk surface of the flocked base) of each first flocked bundle is preferably set to about 3 to about 15 mm, more preferably about 10 mm. The distance between the first flocks in one row is preferably set to about 3 to about 10 mm, more preferably about 5 mm.
In addition, the row spacing of each second flocked bundle (the center-to-center distance or pitch along the concave surface of the flocked half envelope) is preferably set to about 3 to about 15 mm, more preferably about 10 mm. The interval between the second flocks in one row is preferably set to about 3 to about 10 mm, more preferably about 5 mm.

Then, first and second bristle bundles, natural hair, for example, pig bristles, or the like boar bristles, synthetic hair, for example, a bundle of bristles made of nylon resin, preferably in the case of natural hair, about 20 About 65, more preferably about 60 are bundled.
Moreover, you may orient the front-end | tip part to the gap | interval of a 2nd flock for the 1st flock. Specifically, the row of the first flocked group and the row of the second flocked group are shifted by a half row in the row direction, and / or shifted by a half gap in the lateral direction, and You can make more contact.

In the present invention, the flocked half-enclosure preferably has a plurality of ventilation slits (air holes) along each row of the second flocked bundle (for example, the width is about 5 mm, the length is about 87 mm, and 3 ~ 5 slits for ventilation).
On the other hand, the pair of gripping portions have a long ventilation gap (gap) in the longitudinal direction (for example, the width of the ventilation gap is about 5 to about 10 mm, the length is about 55 to about 130 mm), or mutually It is preferable to have a ventilation slit (air hole) communicating with each other (for example, the width of the ventilation slit is about 3 to about 10 mm, and the length is about 55 to about 100 mm).

  In the present invention, the trunk surface layer of the flocked substrate and at least the convex surface layer of the flocked half-enclosure are formed of a thin film layer having good thermal conductivity, specifically, a thin film layer of metal such as aluminum (for example, having a thickness of about 0 .3 to 1 mm aluminum plating layer), the heat of hot air that tends to be transmitted to a part of each surface (for example, hot air of about 30 to 90 ° C. by a dryer) is applied to the entire surface of the thin film layer, Alternatively, it is preferable that the sandwiched hair is warmed more quickly and uniformly by transmitting it to each hair bundle through the thin film layer and the entire surface of the hair transplantation half envelope.

In the present invention, the connecting portion is rotatably connected by a support shaft to connect the gripping portion so that the gripping portion can be opened, and has a pair of connecting members having an opposing gap that becomes narrow when the gripping portion is opened, and these connecting members. A slide piece that is supported so as to be manually slidable and has an engaging convex portion that engages and disengages by sliding when the gripping portion is opened in the opposed gap and prevents the gripping portion from being opened, It is preferable to make the sliding more uniform and reliable.
(Embodiment 1)

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described based on the first embodiment of the hairbrush according to the present invention shown in the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view seen from above showing Embodiment 1 of the hairbrush according to the present invention in a closed state.
2A and 2B are perspective views of the first embodiment of FIG. 1 as viewed from different directions, with FIG. 2A viewed from below and FIG. 2B viewed from above.
FIG. 3 is a diagram (side view) of the first embodiment of FIG. 1 viewed from the tip in the axial direction.
4 is a perspective view seen from above showing Embodiment 1 of the hairbrush according to the present invention in an opened state, and FIG. 5 is a front view showing Embodiment 1 of FIG.

FIG. 6 is an explanatory view for explaining the structure of the connecting portion of the hair brush according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 (A) is a partially broken view of the slide piece in the closed state of the hair brush according to the first embodiment. FIG. 2B is a perspective view showing the opened state of the first embodiment with a part of the slide piece broken away, and FIG. 3C is a perspective view of the slide piece.
FIGS. 7A and 7B are explanatory diagrams for explaining a method for styling hair using the first embodiment of the hairbrush according to the present invention. FIG. 7A is a method for styling hair in a straight style, and FIG. Each method will be described.

First, in FIGS. 1 to 3, the hairbrush 1 includes a pair of flocked portions (iron portions) 2 and 3 that have flocking groups facing each other, and gripping portions 4 and 5 that extend from these flocked portions and can be gripped as a pair. And a connecting portion 6 for releasably connecting the gripping portions 4 and 5 in order to open the flocked portions 2 and 3.
In particular, in FIG. 2, the flocked portion 2 has a cylindrical shape and is composed of a flocked base 8 having the first flocked group 7 on the trunk surface, and the flocked portion 3 has a semicircular arc cross section substantially coaxial with the flocked base 8. And a hair transplantation half envelope 10 having a second flocking group 9 facing the first flocking group 7 on its concave surface, and holding the hair between the flocking groups facing each other while being exposed to warm air by a dryer or the like, Next, the hair is trimmed by sliding.
Here, the diameter of the flocked substrate 8 is about 17 mm and the length is about 100 mm. The distance between the flocked envelope 10 and the flocked substrate 8 is about 15 mm, the length is about 100 mm, and the thickness is about 6 mm.

The flocked substrate 8 and the flocked half-envelopment body 10 are made of ABS resin, and the first flocked group 7 and the second flocked group 9 are made of natural hair (lashes). Then, the first flocked group 7 is vegetated in a substantially radial direction from the central axis of the flocked substrate 8, and the second flocked group 9 is directed toward the substantially flocked substrate 8.
The first flocking group 7 is composed of first flocks 11 that are vegetated with 8 rows distributed at equal intervals, and the second flocked group 9 is vegetated with 5 rows distributed at equal intervals. It consists of the second flock 12.
The first flocked bundle 11 has its tip portion substantially oriented in the gap between adjacent second flocked bundles 12 and 12 of the second flocked group 9.

In addition, the row | line space | interval (center distance or pitch along the trunk | drum surface of a flocking base | substrate) of each 1st flocking bundle 11 is about 10 mm. The interval between the first flocks 11 in one row is about 5 mm. Moreover, the row | line | column space | interval (distance between centers or pitch along the concave surface of the flocked half-envelopment) of each 2nd flocked bundle 12 is about 10 mm. The distance between the second flocks 12 in one row is about 5 mm.
The flocked half envelope 10 has four ventilation slits 13 along each row of the second flock 12. Each ventilation slit 13 has a width of about 4 mm and a length of about 87 mm.
The pair of grip portions 4 and 5 has a long ventilation gap 14 in the longitudinal direction. The width of the air gap 14 is about 4 mm and the length is about 77 mm.

The body surface layer 15 of the flocked substrate 8 and at least the convex surface layer 16 of the flocked half-enclosed body 10 are aluminum thin film layers (thickness of aluminum plating: about 0.5 mm) as a thin film layer having good thermal conductivity. is there.
In particular, in FIG. 6, the connecting portion 6 is rotatably connected by a support shaft 17 to connect the gripping portions 4 and 5 so as to be openable, and has a pair of opposing gaps S that become narrow when the gripping portions 4 and 5 are opened. The connecting members 18 and 19 are supported by these connecting members so as to be slidable manually, and are engaged with the opposing gap S so as to be detachable by sliding when the gripping portions 4 and 5 are opened, thereby opening the gripping portions 4 and 5. It consists of a substantially U-shaped slide piece 21 having an engaging convex portion 20 for blocking.

  In addition, 22 and 22 (one is abbreviate | omitting illustration) are the groove parts formed inside a pair of free piece of the slide piece 21, and have covered the convex part of the support shaft 17. As shown in FIG. Therefore, when the gripping portions 4 and 5 are opened in order to open the hair transplantation portions 2 and 3, the slide pieces 21 are pulled out from the connecting portion 6 and conversely, the gripping portions 4 and 5 are closed in order to close the hair transplantation portions 2 and 3. In closing, the slide piece 21 is pushed into the connecting portion 6.

Next, a method for styling hair using the hairbrush 1 having the above configuration will be described.
1-6 and FIG. 7 (A), especially FIG. 7 (A), the hair brush 1 is basically the hair brush 1 while exposing the hair H to warm air (hot air of about 70 ° C.) by a dryer D or the like. The hair H can be hair-styled by holding the hair H between the opposed hair transplantation groups 7, 9 and then sliding the hair H relative to the hair transplantation groups 7, 9.

  First, when the hair H is sandwiched between the opposing hair transplant groups 7 and 9, the slide piece 21 is pulled out from the connecting portion 6, and the gripping portions 4 and 5 are opened to open the hair transplant portions 2 and 3. Then, an appropriate amount of the hair H is sandwiched between the flocked groups 7 and 9 facing each other between the flocked base 8 and the flocked half-envelop 10, and then the hair H is slowly straightened carefully and carefully in the direction of the arrows. The hair H can be straightened by sliding it against the hair.

Normally, at this stage, the hair H is sandwiched between the flocked groups 7 and 9 by grasping the grip portions 4 and 5 by hand, and then the hair H is slid. At the time of storage, the gripping portions 4 and 5 are closed in order to close the flocked portions 2 and 3 in FIG. 6, and the slide piece 21 is pushed into the connecting portion 6 to reduce the storage space.
In this straight style, the flocked portion 2 has a columnar shape and is composed of a flocked base 8 having the first flocked group 7 on the trunk surface, and the flocked portion 3 is a semicircular arc cross section substantially coaxial with the flocked base 8. Since the hair is sandwiched in a circular arc shape by the hair transplantation groups 7 and 9, the hair is bent to thereby reduce the curl of the hair, and the head side or the opposite side ( Hair straightening with a slight curl on the outside.

  Further, in FIGS. 1 to 6 and FIG. 7 (B), particularly FIG. 7 (B), when the hair brush 1 holds the hair H between the opposed flocking groups 7 and 9, the hair H is mixed with the flocked substrate 8 and the flocked hair. A small amount of the hair tip portion is sandwiched between the flocking groups 7 and 9 opposed to the half-envelopment body 10, and the hair portion following the hair tip portion is wrapped around the flocking base 8 and the flocked half-envelopment case 10 Then, the hair H can be curled in a curled style by sliding the entire hair H with respect to the contact surfaces of the flocked groups 7 and 9 and the flocked substrate 8 and the flocked half-envelop 10.

Usually, even at this stage, the grasping parts 4 and 5 are grasped by hand, the hair tip portions are held between the hair transplantation groups 7 and 9, and the hair portions following the hair tip portions are surrounded by the hair transplant base 8 and the hair transplant half-enclosure 10. Then, the hair H is slid. In storing, the gripping portions 4 and 5 are closed in order to close the flocked portions 2 and 3 in FIG. 6, and the slide piece 21 is pushed into the connecting portion 6 to reduce the storage space.
As described above, it can be said that the hairbrush 1 is a straight and curl style hair brush that can not only straight hair but also curl hair.

  The hair brush according to the present invention can be suitably used as a professional styling hair brush or blow styling hair brush for both straight and curl styles.

It is a perspective view which shows Embodiment 1 of the hairbrush which concerns on this invention in the closed state. It is the perspective view which looked at Embodiment 1 of Drawing 1 from a different direction, and (A) is a figure seen from the lower part, and (B) from the upper part, respectively. It is the figure (side view) which looked at Embodiment 1 of FIG. 1 from the front-end | tip to the axial direction. It is a perspective view which shows Embodiment 1 of the hairbrush which concerns on this invention in the open state. It is a front view which shows Embodiment 1 of FIG. It is explanatory drawing explaining the structure of the connection part of Embodiment 1 of the hairbrush which concerns on this invention, (A) is the perspective view which fractured | ruptured a part of slide piece and showed the closed state of Embodiment 1 of a hairbrush. (B) is a view corresponding to (A) showing the opened state of the first embodiment, and (C) is a perspective view of the slide piece. It is explanatory drawing explaining the method of styling hair using Embodiment 1 of the hairbrush which concerns on this invention, (A) is the method of styling hair in a straight style, (B) is the method of styling hair in a curl style, respectively. explain.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hair brush 2 Flocked part 3 Flocked part 4 Gripping part 5 Gripping part 6 Connection part 7 1st flocked group 8 Flocked base 9 Second flocked group 10 Flocked half-enclosed body 11 First flocked bundle 12 Second flocked bundle 13 Slit for ventilation 14 Ventilation gap 15 Trunk surface layer 16 Convex surface layer 17 Support shaft 18 Connecting member 19 Connecting member 20 Engaging protrusion 21 Slide piece 22 Groove

Claims (9)

A pair of flocking portions having a flocking group facing each other, a gripping portion that extends from each of these flocking portions and can be gripped by a pair, and a connecting portion that releasably connects the gripping portion to open the flocking portion ,
The flocked portion is cylindrical, has a flocked base having a first flocked group on its body surface, a semicircular arc-shaped cross section substantially coaxial with the flocked base, and faces the first flocked group on its concave surface. A hairbrush comprising a flocked half-envelopment having a second flocking group.   2. The first flocked group is vegetated in a substantially radial direction from a central axis of the flocked substrate, and the second flocked group is directed toward the substantially flocked substrate or vegetated in a substantially centripetal direction on the central axis of the flocked substrate. Hairbrush as described in.   The first flocking group is composed of first to flocked plants that are vegetated with 6 to 10 rows distributed at equal intervals, and the second flocked group is distributed at equal intervals with 5 to 7 rows. The hairbrush according to claim 1 or 2, comprising a vegetated second hair bundle.   The hairbrush according to claim 3, wherein the first flocked hair bundle has a tip portion substantially oriented in a gap between the second flocked hair bundles.   The hairbrush according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the flocked half envelope has a plurality of ventilation slits along each row of the second flock.   The hairbrush according to any one of claims 3 to 5, wherein each of the pair of gripping portions has a long ventilation gap in the longitudinal direction, or has ventilation slits communicating with each other.   The hairbrush according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein at least the convex surface layer of the trunk surface layer of the flocked base and the flocked half envelope is a thin film layer having good thermal conductivity.   The hairbrush according to claim 7, wherein the thin film layer having good thermal conductivity is an aluminum thin film layer.   A pair of connecting members, which are pivotally connected by a support shaft to connect the gripping part so as to be openable, have a facing gap that becomes narrow when the gripping part is opened, and can be manually slid to these connecting members. And a slide piece having an engaging convex portion that is detachably engaged with the opposing gap by the slide when the grip portion is opened and that prevents the grip portion from being opened. Hairbrush as described in.