JP2011056141A - Hair dryer - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a hair dryer for allowing a user to freely use one hand in a state where the dryer is held in the other hand when waving the hair, etc. <P>SOLUTION: In the hair dryer 1, an attachment 4 having a holding part 4a is arranged in a blow-out port 3a and also the holding part 4a is freely changeable in shape. The shape of the holding part 4a is changed into a rolled-in shape or a substantially erected shape by operating an operation part 6 arranged in the grip 5 of the hair dryer 1 or in response to the temperature of hot air and cool air blown out from the blow-out port 3a. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a hair dryer, and more particularly to a hair dryer that can be applied to various uses such as hair styling.

  The hair dryer is used when drying wet hair or setting a hairstyle. By the way, conventional hair dryers are mainly used to blow either hot air or cold air by switching, and when setting a hairstyle, the hot and cold air is applied to the hair part to which a brush or the like is applied. By using them properly, hair is addicted. That is, one hand of the dryer user has a brush and the other hand has a dryer, and both hands are closed. Therefore, when trying to add one effort there, both hands of the user are blocked, and it is necessary to borrow the hands of others.

Japanese Utility Model Publication 1-155901 Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 1-153103. Japanese Utility Model Publication No. 63-48503

  Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and is free to use the other hand with the hair dryer held in one hand for hair styling and other various uses. Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a hair dryer that can be used.

  In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention has a configuration in which a hair dryer is provided with an attachment having a sandwiching portion at the air outlet, and the sandwiching portion can be freely changed in shape.

  Further, the present invention may employ a structure in which the shape of the clamping portion is changed by manual operation at the gripping portion in the hair dryer.

  Furthermore, the present invention provides a structure in which, in the hair dryer, at least a core part of the clamping part is made of a shape memory alloy, whereby the shape of the clamping part is changed in accordance with hot air or cold air sent from a blower port. Can be adopted.

  Furthermore, the present invention can be considered to have a structure in which the attachment is detachable from the blower opening in the hair dryer.

  In addition, the present invention may be configured such that, in the hair dryer, the holding portion is any one of a comb shape, a brush shape, and a trowel shape.

  According to the present invention, it becomes possible for a hair dryer user to easily perform hair setting simultaneously without using the other hand while holding the hair dryer with one hand. Therefore, using the other free hand, it is possible to freely adjust another part of the hair, such as fine-tuning the hair's habit, applying chemicals, etc. It is what you play.

  In addition, according to the present invention, it is possible to freely change the holding portion of the kind as necessary by exchanging various attachments, and comb-like, brush-like, trowels necessary for hair setting. It is possible to replace it with an attachment having a sandwiching part that can apply shape changes, for example, by replacing it with an attachment having several finger-shaped sandwiching parts. It is also possible to grab items using.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a hair dryer 1 according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of a hair dryer 1 according to the present invention.
As shown in the drawings, the hair dryer 1 according to the present embodiment has a configuration in which an attachment 4 is provided in the air blowing port 3a of the air blowing nozzle 3 attached to the tip of the dryer body 2.

  The attachment 4 includes a sandwiching portion 4a and a base portion 4b, and one end of the sandwiching portion 4a is joined to the base portion 4b. Further, the sandwiching portion 4a has a structure that can be freely changed in shape.

  In addition, about the shape of the clamping part 4a, the various thing suitable for the habit of hair is considered, for example, what is shown by FIG. 2 can be considered. That is, FIG. 2A shows a case where the clamping part 4a has a comb shape, FIG. 2B shows a case where the clamping part 4a has a brush shape, and FIG. 3C shows a case where the clamping part 4a has a trowel shape. Shows about.

  For the structure for changing the shape of the sandwiching part 4a, for example, an operation part 6 for manual operation is provided in the grip part 5 of the hair dryer 1, and by operating the operation part 6, via a wire or the like, A structure in which the shape of the sandwiching portion 4a is appropriately changed is conceivable.

  This will be described with respect to a case where the sandwiching portion 4a has a comb shape as shown in FIG. 2A. For example, by operating the operation portion 6 with one finger of the hands holding the grip portion 5. Then, an operation mechanism such as a wire provided in the hair dryer 1 is operated, and as shown in FIG. 3 (b), the comb-shaped sandwiching portion 4a changes in shape into a winding shape, and the operation portion 6 is reversed. When the operation is performed, the operation mechanism naturally returns to the original state, and the shape of the comb-shaped sandwiching portion 4a is changed to a substantially upright shape as shown in FIG. The entrainment force of the sandwiching portion 4a can be varied depending on the strength of pressing by the operation portion 6.

  The structure for changing the shape of the sandwiching portion 4a may be a structure in which the operation portion 6 is provided in the grip portion 5 of the hair dryer 1 and the shape of the sandwiching portion 4a is changed by operating the operation portion 6. For example, the structure is not limited to the above.

  Alternatively, for the structure for changing the shape of the sandwiching portion 4a, for example, by configuring at least the core portion of the sandwiching portion 4a with a shape memory alloy, along with hot air or cold air sent from the blower port 3a, It is conceivable to adopt a structure in which the shape of the sandwiching portion 4a is appropriately changed.

This will be described with respect to the case where the sandwiching portion 4a has a comb shape shown in FIG. 2A. For example, the comb-shaped sandwiching portion 4a is caught by appropriately switching the blower of the hair dryer 1 between hot air and cold air. When it becomes a shape or an upright shape, the shape changes in response to the temperature of the blast.
Specifically, when hot air is blown from the hair dryer 1, the comb-shaped sandwiching portion 4a reacts to the temperature of the blown air and changes its shape into a wrapping shape as shown in FIG. On the contrary, when cool air is blown from the hair dryer 1, the comb-shaped sandwiching portion 4a is cooled and changes its shape into a substantially upright shape as shown in FIG.

  In the above description, the mode of shape change of the sandwiching portion 4a has been described with respect to the case where the shape changes in an upright shape with warm air and the shape changes in an upright shape with cool air. The state in which the shape changes is not particularly limited.

When the sandwiching portion 4a is comb-shaped or brush-shaped, the sandwiching portion 4a can be changed in any form when the operation portion 6 is operated or when the shape memory alloy is used. It is conceivable that the central part of the pin is changed in a winding shape so as to grab the hair H, and the both ends of the sandwiching part 4a change in shape toward the inner side (in the central part).
By adopting such a mode, when the hair H is wound around the sandwiching part 4a, the both ends of the sandwiching part 4a are sandwiched from both sides so that the hair H grasped by the central part spreads outward and does not escape to both sides. Thus, it is possible to perform an operation such as a habit while the hair H is reliably involved.

  About the attachment 4, it does not ask | require that it can be attached or detached with respect to the said ventilation port 3 if it is fixed. However. By adopting a configuration in which the attachment 4 is detachable, the attachment 4 can be removed from the blower opening 3 and used as a normal hair dryer 1. By attaching the attachment 4 selected from the attachments 4 provided to the blower opening 3 as appropriate, it is possible to reuse it according to each application.

About the hair dryer 1 concerning this invention comprised as mentioned above, the use condition in the case of a heavy asset is shown in FIG.
That is, first, the distal end portion of the holding portion 4a of the attachment 4 is applied to the portion of the hair H to be combed, and the operation portion 6 of the gripping portion 5 is pushed in order to wind the hair H in the holding portion 4a. Operate or blow warm air from the blower opening 3a of the hair dryer 1. Then, in conjunction with the operation unit 6 or in response to the temperature of the warm air, the sandwiching unit 4a gradually changes in shape into a winding shape. At this time, the sandwiching portion 4a is entrained while the hair H applied is entrained.

  In a state where the hair H is entrained, the hair dryer 1 itself may be turned at an angle, and hot air is blown for a while to cool, and then cold air is blown while weakening the pressing of the operation unit 6. Or just blow cool air. Then, in conjunction with the pressing of the operation part 6 or in response to the temperature of the cold air, the sandwiching part 4a gradually changes its shape into a substantially upright shape, and the hair H in which the sandwiching part 4a is entrained is cooled by cold air. The cooling will be fixed while cooling. Then, when the clamping part 4a is completely upright, the tip of the clamping part 4a of the attachment 4 is separated from the hair H, and the series of operations is completed.

As described above, according to the hair dryer 1 according to the present invention, it is possible to easily set the hairstyle with only one hand while holding the hair dryer 1, so that the other available one hand can be freely used. It is possible to make additional adjustments to the hair, such as fine adjustment of the hair crease and chemical application.
Moreover, it is possible to easily and immediately perform a series of operations of hardening hair set with warm air with cold air.

  In addition, about the usage aspect of the hair dryer 1 concerning this invention, it is not limited to the aspect of the asset shown in above-mentioned FIG. For example, by attaching an attachment 4 having several finger-shaped clamping parts 4a, it is possible to grasp an article such as a place that is out of reach by using the hair dryer 1; Various application modes can be considered by exchanging with the attachment 4 provided with the part 4a.

  The hair dryer 1 according to the present invention has a simple structure, and can be applied only to one hand with the hair dryer 1 for use in applying hair change or shape change of the hair H when setting a hairstyle. It can be easily operated and has a sufficient value for use in both the hairdressing and beauty industry and personally, and it can be said that the industrial applicability of the present invention is very large.

It is a perspective view which shows embodiment of the hair dryer concerning this invention. It is a perspective view which shows embodiment of the hair dryer concerning this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows embodiment of the hair dryer concerning this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the usage condition of the hair dryer concerning this invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hair dryer 2 Dryer main body 3 Blower nozzle 3a Blower port 4 Attachment 4a Clamping part 4b Base part 5 Gripping part 6 Operation part H Hair

Claims (5)

  A hair dryer, characterized in that an attachment having a sandwiching portion is provided in the blower opening, and the sandwiching portion can be freely changed in shape.   The hair dryer according to claim 1, wherein the hair dryer has a structure in which the shape of the holding portion is changed by a manual operation in a grip portion.   In the hair dryer, at least the core part of the clamping part is made of a shape memory alloy, so that the shape of the clamping part is changed in accordance with hot air or cold air sent from the blower opening. The hair dryer according to claim 1.   The said hair dryer WHEREIN: The said attachment is detachable with respect to the said ventilation opening, The hair dryer in any one of Claims 1-3 characterized by the above-mentioned.   The hair dryer according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the sandwiching portion has any one of a comb shape, a brush shape, and a trowel shape.

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