JP2009118960A - Mask for female - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a mask for a female, preventing makeup or the like from sticking to the mask and is excellent in comfortableness even when the female uses the same mask over a long period of time such as one day. <P>SOLUTION: The mask 10 is provided with a mask main body 11 and ear hooking parts 12 constituted of strings to be locked to a part of a face in order to keep the state of covering the required part of the face including the nose and mouth of a user by the inner side face 11A of the mask main body 11. The inner side face 11A of the mask main body 11 is subjected to water repellent and oil repellent treatment by a water repellent and oil repellent processing agent. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a mask used for the purpose of protecting against cold virus, pollen, dust, and the like, and more particularly, to a female mask that can be worn comfortably for a long time without worrying about makeup removal or re-dressing.

  In recent years, the demand for effective masks for hay fever prevention and cold prevention has increased. As a mask that has been commercially available for a long time, a mask body that is composed of a plurality of layers of gauze sewed in a generally rectangular shape, and an ear hook such as a string or rubber at both ends of the body is known. Yes. In general, many gauze masks with good water absorption are prevalent, and they are comfortable to wear, but when used for a long time, the inner surface touched by the mouth and nose due to moist breath exhaled from the mouth and nose It gets wet and sticky, making it uncomfortable.

  In view of this, a mask that can withstand long-term comfortable use by preventing wetting and stickiness has been proposed (for example, see Patent Document 1). As shown in FIG. 5, this mask has a hydrophobic sheet material 101 on the inner surface (hereinafter referred to as “inner surface”) where the body 100 covering the mouth, nostril, etc. touches the face, and the opposite. A hydrophilic sheet material 102 is provided on the side surface (hereinafter referred to as “outer surface”).

  As another form, at least one binder selected from alkyl silicate resins, silicone resins and fluorine resins and a photocatalytic agent are attached to the fiber surface of the material used for the surface layer, inner layer and innermost layer of the mask. Thus, antibacterial properties, deodorant properties, and wearing comfort are improved (see, for example, Patent Document 2).

  Further, in order to prevent the foundation, lipstick, etc. from directly adhering to the inner surface of the mask and becoming dirty, it is often performed to additionally arrange a separate replaceable gauze. However, since gauze has coarse eyes, there is a problem that the foundation and lipstick are scraped off by contact with the skin, and the gauze tends to get dirty. Therefore, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, a configuration in which a smooth sheet 201 with less fluff and unevenness on the surface in contact with the skin is additionally arranged on the inner side surface 200 </ b> A of the mask body 200 is proposed. (For example, refer to Patent Document 3).

  Furthermore, a mask is also known in which the mask body can be transformed into a three-dimensional shape when used so as to fit the shape of the face. As such a mask, a pleated mask (for example, refer to Patent Document 4) in which a mask main body made of nonwoven fabric or the like is subjected to pleating in the lateral direction, or two sheet members at the center of the mask main body are in a palm shape. There is a three-dimensional mold mask (see, for example, Patent Document 5) joined in this manner.

JP 2006-325688 A JP 2004-154209 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-165527 JP 2007-61536 A JP 2007-54381A

However, with conventional masks, makeup (foundation, lipstick, etc.) may adhere to the inner surface of the mask, especially when used by women.
For this reason, it is unpleasant and unpreferable for hygiene if a mask with a foundation, lipstick, or the like is used for a long time (for example, all day). In addition, when removing the mask in public, it is worried about makeup removal and re-dressing, which is unfavorable psychologically and mentally.

  In addition, as in the mask described in Patent Document 3, when a separate sheet is additionally arranged to prevent adhesion of foundations, lipsticks, etc., the sheet slips from the mask body after a long period of use, and the mask There is a problem that it is easily exposed to the outside from the main body. In addition, this sheet is likely to be wrinkled, and if left as it is, it will be stiff, so that the feeling of use (wearing) is poor and there is a risk of causing discomfort.

  Moreover, even if the mask main body can have a three-dimensional shape at the time of use, as in the masks described in Patent Documents 4 and 5, when used for a long time, adhesion of foundations and lipsticks is prevented. Is difficult. In recent years, even in the case of three-dimensional masks, in order to more reliably protect against cold viruses, pollen, etc., there are an increasing number of masks that have their peripheral parts in close contact with the face. Make-up of the foundation is more likely to occur.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and even if a woman has used the same mask for a long time, it is necessary to prevent makeup and the like from adhering to the mask and to worry about makeup removal and re-dressing. An object of the present invention is to provide a feminine mask that has no comfort and is excellent in comfort.

The above problem can be solved by the following means.
(1) A female mask comprising a mask main body for covering at least a part of a user's face, and ear hooks provided on both sides of the mask main body, the inner surface of the mask main body being A female mask characterized in that the water repellent is treated with a water repellent oil processing agent.
(2) The female mask according to (1) above, wherein the water-repellent oil-repellent processing agent is a fluorine-based processing agent.
(3) The mask for women according to (1) or (2) above, wherein the mask main body includes a nonwoven fabric made of polyester fibers.
(4) The female mask according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the mask body is subjected to a lateral pleating process.
(5) The mask main body is formed by joining a pair of left and right sheet materials at end portions, and the joint portion of the pair of sheets is formed in a curved shape convex outward. The female mask according to any one of 1) to (3).
(6) The female mask according to any one of (1) to (5) above, wherein the mask body has a multilayer structure composed of a plurality of sheet materials.

  In the mask according to the present invention, the inner surface of the mask main body (the surface that touches the user's face) is treated with water-repellent and oil-repellent treatment, so that it easily repels moisture and oil, and has a three-dimensional shape. Even if a woman wears the same mask for a long time, not only runny nose and saliva but also makeup with a lot of moisture and oil can be prevented from adhering to the mask. Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a female mask excellent in comfort even when used by a woman.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a mask 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the mask 10 is composed of a mask body 11 for covering the user's face (for example, the periphery of the mouth and nostril), and fine strings provided on both sides of the mask body 11. And an ear hook 12.

  The mask 10 shown in FIG. 1 has a so-called “pleated pattern”, and the mask body 11 has pleats 16 formed from a plurality (four in FIG. 1) of lateral folds 14. Yes. In the state shown in FIG. 1, the pleat 16 is folded into two substantially Ω-shapes, and when the pleat 16 is unfolded, it becomes a three-dimensional shape that swells outward as shown in FIGS. 2 (a) and 2 (b). It is configured as follows. Thus, in this embodiment, since the mask main body 11 is pleated, it is less likely that the lips, the mouth, and the like are physically in contact with the inner side surface 11A of the mask main body 11, which helps to prevent the adhesion of makeup. It also becomes difficult to obstruct breathing and conversation.

  As a material constituting the mask body 11, generally known materials can be used as mask materials. Specifically, non-woven fabrics such as polyester fiber, polypropylene fiber, rayon fiber, nylon fiber, acetate fiber, wool fiber, cotton fiber, urethane fiber, polyethylene fiber, gauze, paper, A moisture-permeable resin sheet etc. are mentioned. Among these, materials suitable for water-repellent oil treatment are polyester fiber, rayon fiber, nylon fiber, gauze, paper, moisture-permeable resin sheet, and the like. Especially, it is preferable to use the nonwoven fabric (henceforth a polyester nonwoven fabric and a polypropylene nonwoven fabric respectively) which consists of a polyester fiber, a polypropylene fiber, etc. from a viewpoint of workability.

  As shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, the mask main body 11 is composed of a plurality of sheet materials 15 (in FIG. 3, a total of four layers including an outermost layer 15A, two intermediate layers 15B, and an innermost layer 15C). It preferably has a multilayer structure. Thus, when the mask main body 11 has a multilayer structure, durability of the mask main body 11 can be improved. Specifically, it is preferable to use a polyester nonwoven fabric, a polypropylene nonwoven fabric or the like as the intermediate layer 15B. Moreover, since the innermost layer 15C has a good touch and water repellency is excellent in oil repellency treatment and heat resistant processability, it is preferable to use a polyester nonwoven fabric.

Further, according to preference, the outermost layer 15A may be provided with a colorant, a fragrance, or a pattern, or the intermediate layer 15B and the innermost layer 15C may be provided with antibacterial properties, moisture retention, etc. Can be applied. In particular, colors such as pink, orange, lavender, and yellow are used as colorants, aromas such as aroma are used as fragrances, and patterns such as heart patterns, check patterns, floral patterns, and lace patterns are used as pattern patterns. Is preferred.
As a material constituting the ear hook 12, a well-known material that is generally used can be used.

  Further, the water repellent / oil repellent treatment is applied to the inner side surface 11A (FIG. 2B) of the mask main body 11 with a water repellent / oil repellent agent. The water / oil repellent treatment can be applied to a part or the entire surface of the inner side surface 11A of the mask body 11. By this treatment, the inner surface 11A of the mask main body 11 is provided with water repellency so that it is easy to repel moisture and oil. It is difficult to configure.

  Furthermore, the water-repellent and oil-repellent treatment can be applied to the ear hook 12 as necessary. In this case, the material for the ear hook 12 is preferably polyester fiber, rayon fiber, nylon fiber, gauze, paper, moisture-permeable resin sheet, or the like.

  In general, the pleated mask as shown in FIG. 2 makes it difficult for the lips and mouth to come into contact with the inner surface 11A as compared with the planar mask, but it is used for a long time (such as a whole day). During this time, the three-dimensional shape may collapse, or the inner surface 11A may be sucked into the mouth by breathing or talking, and the inner surface 11A may come into contact with the user's face, and makeup may adhere. Further, in the portions 18A and 18B where the mask body 11 and the face are in close contact, the makeup is easily transferred by rubbing against the face. However, in this embodiment, since the inner surface 11A of the mask body 11 is treated with water-repellent oil as described above, makeup transfer such as foundation and lipstick can be prevented and makeup removal can be avoided. it can.

As the water-repellent and oil-repellent processing agent, well-known materials can be used as long as they are materials that are highly safe for the human body, but it is more preferable to use materials that are less irritating to the skin. Specific examples include fluorine processing agents including fluorine resins, silicon processing agents including silicon resins, paraffin processing agents, wax processing agents, and the like. Among these, it is preferable to use fluorine processing agents. . As a fluorine processing agent, a fluororesin emulsion, a fluororesin aqueous solution, etc. can be used.
Further, the water-repellent and oil-repellent processing agent can be used in various forms such as liquid and powder.

The treatment method using water repellency oil finishing agent is not particularly limited, and it can be applied and applied by an appropriate method such as application or impregnation by means of spray, roll, brush or the like. As processing conditions, for example, when a fluorinated processing agent is used as a water repellent oil processing agent, the processing temperature is usually 20 ° C. to 70 ° C., preferably 20 ° C. to 40 ° C., and the processing time is the size of the material used. Depending on the sheath processing method, usually a few seconds to a few minutes is sufficient. It should be noted that the amount of water repellent oil processing agent can be appropriately set by those skilled in the art.
It is preferable that the water repellency is appropriately dried after the oil repellant processing agent is attached and applied. The drying step is usually 100 to 170 ° C. for 10 seconds to 5 minutes, preferably 100 to 120 ° C. for 10 seconds to 5 minutes, and further 150 to 170 ° C. for 10 seconds to 5 minutes. Two-stage drying is good.

  A nose fitter 13 is provided on the upper side of the mask body 11. As the nose fitter 13, a tape formed of metal, polyethylene, or the like can be used.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and can be implemented in various forms without departing from the gist of the present invention.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the pleated mask 10 is shown as an example. However, the present invention can be applied to a so-called “three-dimensional mold mask” as shown in FIG. it can.

That is, the mask 40 shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B includes a mask body 41 formed by joining a pair of left and right fan-shaped sheet materials 44A and 44B at the joint 43, and an ear hook 42. ing. The joint portion 43 is formed in a curved line protruding outward, and is configured to have a three-dimensional shape that swells outward by opening the sheet materials 44A and 44B to the left and right.
Since the water repellent and oil repellent treatment with the water repellent oil processing agent is also applied to the inner side surface 41A of the mask body 41, foundations and lipsticks are difficult to adhere to the inner side surface 41A, and the makeup break-up also occurs. It can be avoided and used comfortably.

  Further, the mask according to the present invention can be applied to a planar gauze mask in addition to the three-dimensional molding mask as described above. When the present invention is applied to a gauze mask, in addition to obtaining the above-described effect, it is not necessary to additionally arrange a mouthpiece sheet or the like, so that the feeling of use can be prevented from being lowered.

Furthermore, in the said embodiment, although the mask body 10 illustrated the form formed from the sheet material 15 of 4 layers, the mask which concerns on this invention is not limited to this, Even if it has a multilayer structure other than 4 layers It may be a single layer.
The mask of the present invention is suitable for female use, but does not prevent male use. Dwarfs can also be used.

  For female subjects with makeup such as foundation and lipstick, the degree of makeup transfer when wearing the mask according to the present invention and the conventional mask was compared and verified. Specifically, four subjects (A, B, C, and D) who put on makeup using the types of foundations and lipsticks shown in Table 1, respectively, were put on a mask for a whole day. As the mask of the example (product of the present invention) and the comparative example, a mask having the same shape as the mask 10 of FIG. 1 (pleated processing type) was used.

Moreover, the mask main body 11 was formed using the sheet material of 4 layers, and the sheet material used the polyester nonwoven fabric-polypropylene nonwoven fabric-polypropylene nonwoven fabric-polyester nonwoven fabric in order from the outer side.
In Examples 1 and 2, the inner surface 11A of the mask body 11 was fluorine coated with a fluororesin emulsion. Specifically, as a sheet material for the innermost layer, a polyester nonwoven fabric having a width of 1 m × length of 5 m was impregnated with a fluororesin emulsion for several seconds at 25 ° C., then dried at 110 ° C. for 90 seconds, and further at 160 ° C. What was dried for 30 seconds was used.
In Comparative Examples 1 and 2, the inner surface 11A was not treated at all.
A pleated mask was produced by a conventional method except that the above nonwoven fabric was used.
In Example 1 and Comparative Example 1, the mask was mounted in a planar shape without opening the pleats, and in Example 2 and Comparative Example 2, the pleats were opened and the mask was mounted in a three-dimensional shape.

After use, each subject visually observed whether or not makeup was attached to the inner surface of the mask, and scored whether or not remake was necessary after using the mask. The score was evaluated as follows. The evaluation results are shown in Table 2.
(Post-use evaluation)
・ 3 points: No makeup, no retouching required.
・ 2 points: A little makeup, but no need to remake.
・ 1 point: Makeup is on and remake is necessary.
・ 0 point: Make-up is pretty much and you need to remake immediately.

  As shown in Table 2, the masks (Examples 1 and 2) in which up to 3 out of 4 people were coated with fluorine coating had a makeup transfer compared to the masks (Comparative Examples 1 and 2) that were not treated at all. There were few results, especially when it was used in a three-dimensional shape, and there was no need to remake. From the above, it was shown that the mask of the present invention is excellent in comfort for women.

It is the schematic which shows an example of the mask which concerns on embodiment of this invention. (A) is explanatory drawing which shows the state which expand | deployed the pleat of the mask shown in FIG. 1, (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the use condition of the mask shown in FIG. (A) is the cross-sectional perspective view of the mask shown in FIG. 1, (b) is the elements on larger scale of FIG. 3 (a). (A) is schematic which shows an example of the mask which concerns on embodiment of this invention, (b) is explanatory drawing which shows the use condition of the mask shown to Fig.4 (a). It is sectional drawing which shows an example of the conventional mask. It is a perspective view which shows an example of another conventional mask.

Explanation of symbols

10, 40 Mask 11, 41 Mask body 11A, 41A Inner side surface 12, 42 Ear hook

Claims (6)

  A female mask comprising a mask main body for covering at least a part of a user's face and ear hooks provided on both sides of the mask main body, wherein the inner surface of the mask main body is water-repellent A female mask characterized in that the water repellent is treated with a repellent agent.   2. The female mask according to claim 1, wherein the water-repellent and oil-repellent processing agent is a fluorine-based processing agent.   The mask for women according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the mask body includes a nonwoven fabric made of polyester fibers.   The female mask according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the mask body is subjected to a pleating process in a lateral direction.   The mask main body is formed by joining a pair of left and right sheet materials at end portions, and the joint portion of the pair of sheets is formed in an outwardly convex curved shape. A female mask according to any one of the above.   The female mask according to claim 1, wherein the mask main body has a multilayer structure composed of a plurality of sheet materials.

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