JP2011115379A - Scalp care device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a scalp care device, capable of efficiently transmitting motion of an operation element to the scalp side, and providing effective stimulation to the scalp. <P>SOLUTION: To a rotator 15 which rotates based on driving by a motor 12, the operation element 20 having four projections 22 is rotatably installed with deviation from the center of rotation of the rotator 15 in a radial direction to rotate around a first rotation axis 15a of it. By means of suction structure of recesses 22b provided on distal ends 22a of the projections 22 on the operation element 20, the distal ends 22a of the projections 22 are tightly applied to the scalp of a user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a scalp care device that promotes scalp activation and hair growth.

  In scalp care devices, traditionally a brush drive mechanism that performs exercise by bringing the brush into contact with the surface of the scalp as a massaging scalp by manually tapping the scalp using a brush or as an electric one The one with is known.

  For example, in the electric scalp care device disclosed in Patent Document 1, a brush body (surgical element) having a plurality of protrusions that stimulate the scalp is attached to a rotating tool in which the rotation shaft of the motor is connected to an eccentric position with a gap. Become. Then, by rotating the rotating tool by driving the motor, the brush body in contact with the scalp performs a circular motion that swings without rotating, thereby removing dirt substances from the scalp, massage, etc. Is possible.

JP 7-213328 A

  By the way, the predetermined motion of the brush body by driving the motor is transmitted to the scalp side when the tip of the projection provided on the brush body contacts the scalp, but the adhesion between the tip of the projection and the scalp If it is low, the movement of the brush body is not efficiently transmitted to the scalp side, and there is a problem that effective stimulation cannot be given to the scalp.

  The present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems, and its purpose is to efficiently transmit the movement of the surgical element to the scalp side and to provide effective stimulation to the scalp. To provide an apparatus.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, a scalp care device that rotates a surgical element having a flexible projection to be brought into contact with a user's scalp by driving a driving source and gives stimulation to a scalp portion that contacts the projection. The surgical element is installed so as to be rotatable in a radial direction from the rotation center of the rotating body so that the protrusion circulates around the rotation axis of the rotating body rotating based on the driving of the drive source. In addition, the gist of the invention is that a close contact means is provided in which the distal end portion of the projection of the treatment element is in close contact with the scalp of the user.

  In the present invention, the surgical element is installed rotatably with respect to the rotating body that rotates based on the drive of the drive source so that the protrusion rotates around the rotation axis in a radial direction from the rotation center of the rotating body. An adhesion means is provided in which the tip of the projection of the treatment element is in close contact with the user's scalp. For this reason, the adhesion between the distal end of the projection of the surgical element and the scalp is enhanced, and the surgical operation is performed by circularly moving the projection around the rotation axis of the rotating body while bringing the distal end of the projection into close contact with the scalp. The child's movement can be efficiently transmitted to the scalp side, and effective stimulation can be applied to the scalp.

  The gist of the invention according to claim 2 is that, in the scalp care device according to claim 1, the contact means is constituted by an adsorbing structure formed by a recess provided at the tip of the protrusion.

  In this invention, since the contact means is constituted by an adsorption structure with a recess provided at the tip of the protrusion, the adhesion to the scalp is increased by the adsorption of the protrusion, and more effective stimulation can be applied to the scalp. It becomes possible.

The gist of the invention described in claim 3 is that, in the scalp care device according to claim 1 or 2, the projection is formed in a tapered shape.
In the present invention, since the protrusion is formed in a tapered shape, the user's hair is easily scraped to reach the scalp, and can be more closely attached to the scalp.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the scalp care device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the protrusion has an elastic body whose tip is softer than the main body, and the tip at the time of scalp contact. The gist is that it is configured to adhere to the scalp by elastic deformation of the part.

  According to the present invention, the protrusion is configured such that the distal end portion thereof is an elastic body that is softer than the main body portion, and is in close contact with the scalp by elastic deformation of the distal end portion when contacting the scalp. For this reason, when the tip of the projection comes into contact with the scalp, the tip is crushed by elastic deformation and comes into contact with the scalp, the contact surface between the tip of the projection and the scalp increases, adhesion to the scalp increases, and the projection becomes more It becomes possible to closely adhere to the scalp. Moreover, since it becomes possible to make a protrusion into a tapered shape, it becomes easy to reach | attain a scalp by a protrusion scraping a user's hair, and it can anticipate further improving the adhesiveness with respect to a scalp.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the scalp care device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the contact means is connected to the user's scalp by suction from a suction port provided in the protrusion. The gist of the present invention is that it is composed of a suction means for achieving close contact.

  In the present invention, the contact means is constituted by the suction means for making contact with the user's scalp by suction from the suction port provided in the protrusion, so that the adhesion between the protrusion and the scalp is increased and more effective. Can be applied to the scalp.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the scalp care apparatus which can transmit the exercise | movement of a treatment element to the scalp side efficiently and can provide an effective stimulus to a scalp can be provided.

(A) is a perspective view which shows the scalp care apparatus in this embodiment, (b) is sectional drawing of the processus | protrusion in this embodiment. It is sectional drawing of the scalp care apparatus in this embodiment. It is a perspective view of the treatment element in another example. (A) (b) is sectional drawing of the protrusion in another example. It is sectional drawing of the treatment element in another example.

DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of the invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
Fig.1 (a) is a perspective view of the scalp care apparatus 1 in this embodiment. The scalp care device 1 includes a housing 10 having a substantially rectangular parallelepiped appearance, and a substantially columnar surgical element 20 formed on an upper portion of the housing 10. A switch 11 is provided on the side surface 10a of the housing 10 so that the user can turn on and off the scalp care device 1.

  A motor 12 is accommodated inside the housing 10 as shown in FIG. 2, and the motor 12 is electrically connected to a control unit 13 accommodated in the housing 10. The control unit 13 is electrically connected to the power supply unit 14 and the switch 11 disposed on the upper part of the control unit 13.

  A driving gear 12b is attached to the tip of the motor shaft 12a of the motor 12, and this driving gear 12b meshes with a first gear 15b attached to the lower end of the first rotating shaft 15a for rotating the disk-like rotating body 15. Is done. The first rotating shaft 15 a is rotatably supported by a bearing 16 provided in the opening 10 c of the upper surface 10 b of the housing 10 and protrudes from the housing 10. The first rotating shaft 15 a is provided at the center of the circle of the rotating body 15. The through hole 15c is inserted and fixed. A bearing 21 is supported on the upper surface 15 d of the rotating body 15 at a position shifted in the radial direction from the rotation center by the rotating body 15, and the treatment element 20 is rotatably supported by the bearing 21. Accordingly, the surgical element 20 operates so as to circulate around the first rotation shaft 15a based on the rotation of the rotating body 15, and the surgical element 20 when it is brought into contact with the scalp does not rotate with the rotational operation. It has become. In the present embodiment, the distance between the first rotation axis L1 of the rotating body 15 and the second rotation axis L2 of the treatment element 20 is set to about 5 mm.

  The surgical element 20 is supported such that the upper surface (the upper surface 23a of the cover 23) is parallel to the upper surface 10b of the housing 10, and four substantially conical protrusions 22 are provided upright in the direction perpendicular to the upper surface. ing. The protrusions 22 are arranged at equiangular intervals on the same circumference around the second rotation axis L2 (rotation center). The protrusion 22 has a height of, for example, 10 mm, and is formed of a flexible elastic body. The tip 22a of the protrusion 22 has a recess 22b that is recessed in a semicircular shape toward the center (see FIG. 1 (b)). The recess 22b constitutes an adsorbing structure, and when pressed against the scalp, it adsorbs (adheres) to the scalp by its own elasticity. The surgical element 20 is covered with a cover 23 having an upper surface 23a and a side wall 23b extending from the edge of the upper surface 23a, and an insertion hole 23c (FIG. The protrusion 22 protrudes from the reference a).

  When the switch 11 is turned on by the user, the control unit 13 supplies the motor 12 with electric power for rotating the motor 12 from the power supply unit 14 based on the input of the on operation signal from the switch 11. The motor 12 rotates the motor shaft 12a based on the power supply, and rotates the first rotating shaft 15a and the first rotating shaft 15a via the driving gear 12b attached to the tip of the motor shaft 12a and the first gear 15b meshing with the driving gear 12b. The body 15 is rotated. As the rotating body 15 rotates, the treatment element 20 supported by the bearing 21 at a position shifted in the radial direction from the rotation center operates so as to go around the rotation center (around the first rotation shaft 15a). To do. At this time, since the recess 22b provided at the tip 22a of each projection 22 of the surgical element 20 is in close contact with the scalp, the circular motion of the surgical element 20 such as massage of a human hand is efficiently transmitted to the scalp side. It is designed to give effective stimulation to the scalp.

Next, characteristic effects of the present embodiment will be described.
(1) In this embodiment, four protrusions 22 circulate around the rotation axis center (around the first rotation axis 15 a) with respect to the rotating body 15 (first rotation axis 15 a) that rotates based on the drive of the motor 12. In this way, the treatment element 20 is installed so as to be rotatable in a radial direction from the rotation center of the rotating body 15. And since the recessed part 22b provided in the front-end | tip part 22a of the processus | protrusion 22 is provided as an adhesion | attachment means to which the front-end | tip part 22a of the processus | protrusion 22 adheres to a user's scalp, the adhesiveness of the front-end | tip part 22a of the processus | protrusion 22 and a scalp is provided. Rise. The movement of the surgical element 20 is performed by performing a circular motion so that the protrusion 22 circulates around the rotation axis center of the rotating body 15 (around the first rotation axis 15a) while the tip 22a of the protrusion 22 is in close contact with the scalp. It can be efficiently transmitted to the scalp side, and effective stimulation can be given to the scalp.

  (2) In this embodiment, the suction structure is formed by the recess 22b provided at the tip 22a of the protrusion 22 so as to be in close contact with the scalp. For this reason, the adhesion to the scalp is increased by the adsorption of the protrusions 22, and more effective stimulation can be applied to the scalp.

In addition, you may change embodiment of this invention as follows.
-In above-mentioned embodiment, although protrusion 22 was comprised in the substantially cylindrical shape, the shape is not restricted to this, For example, as shown in FIG. 3, you may comprise the protrusion 22 in a tapered shape. According to this configuration, the user's hair is easily scraped to reach the scalp, and the tip portion 22a of the protrusion 22 can be more closely attached to the scalp. In the present embodiment, the diameter of the tip 22a of the protrusion 22 is about 5 mm. However, the diameter is not limited to this, and may be appropriately changed, for example, between 3 and 20 mm, or may be other than this.

  In the above embodiment, the protrusion 22 is formed of a uniform elastic body. However, as shown in FIG. 4A, for example, the tip 22a of the protrusion 22 is more elastic than the main body 22c of the protrusion 22. You may comprise with a body. Specifically, the tip 22a of the protrusion 22 is made of an elastomer having a rubber hardness of 30, and the main body 22c is made of an elastomer having a rubber hardness of 60. In addition, the rubber hardness of the front end portion 22a may be appropriately changed between 20 and 40, or may be other than this. The rubber hardness of the main body portion 22c only needs to be higher than the rubber hardness of the tip portion 22a. For example, the rubber hardness may be appropriately changed between 50 and 80, or may be other than this. According to this configuration, when the projection 22 contacts the scalp as shown in FIG. 4B, the tip 22a is crushed by elastic deformation, and the contact surface between the tip 22a of the projection 22 and the scalp increases, and more The adhesion to the scalp is increased, and the protrusion 22 can be suitably adhered to the scalp. In addition, since the protrusion 22 can be tapered as shown in FIG. 4, the protrusion 22 can easily reach the scalp by scraping the user's hair, and can be expected to further improve the adhesion to the scalp. .

  In the above embodiment, the suction structure has the protrusion 22 provided with the recess 22b. However, as shown in FIG. 5, for example, the pump 30 is provided in the surgical element 20 as a suction means so as to be sucked to the user's scalp. Also good. That is, a suction port 22 d is provided in the protrusion 22, and the suction port 22 d is connected to the pump 30 through the flow passage 31. When the pump 30 is driven based on power supply from the power supply unit 14 or the like, air is sucked from the suction port 22d of the protrusion 22 and is discharged from the exhaust port 30a of the pump 30 through the flow path 31. The vicinity of the suction port 22d is adsorbed (adhered) to the scalp on the protrusion 22. Thereby, the adhesiveness of the protrusion 22 and the scalp is increased, and a more effective stimulus can be applied to the scalp. Incidentally, you may accommodate the pump 30 in the housing 10 which is a main body side.

  In addition, the protrusion 22 is provided with a recess 22b, or the pump 30 is used to adsorb to the scalp. However, the tip 22a of the protrusion 22 is formed with a shape and material having high adhesion, and is necessarily configured to adsorb. It does not have to be.

In the embodiment described above, one surgical element 20 is provided, but the scalp care apparatus 1 may be configured by providing two or more surgical elements 20.
In the above embodiment, one treatment element 20 includes four protrusions 22, but the number is not limited to this and may be changed as appropriate.

  In the present embodiment, the distance between the first rotation axis L1 of the rotator 15 and the second rotation axis L2 of the treatment element 20 is set to about 5 mm. It may also be other than this.

  -In this embodiment, although the height of the protrusion 22 was set to 10 mm, it is not restricted to this, For example, you may change suitably between 5-15 mm, and other than this.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Scalp care apparatus, 12 ... Motor (drive source), 15 ... Rotating body, 15a ... 1st rotating shaft, 20 ... Surgical element, 22 ... Protrusion, 22a ... Tip part, 22b ... Recessed part (contact | adherence means), 22c ... Main body, 22d ... suction port (contact means and suction means), 30 ... pump (contact means and suction means), L1, L2 ... rotation axis.

Claims (5)

A scalp care device that rotates a treatment element having a flexible protrusion to be brought into contact with a user's scalp by driving a driving source and gives stimulation to a scalp portion that contacts the protrusion,
With respect to the rotating body that rotates based on the driving of the driving source, the treatment element is installed so as to be rotatable in a radial direction away from the rotation center of the rotating body so that the protrusion circulates around the rotation axis. A scalp care device, characterized in that a close contact means is provided for bringing the tip of the projection of the surgical element into close contact with the user's scalp. The scalp care device according to claim 1,
The scalp care device according to claim 1, wherein the contact means is constituted by a suction structure formed by a concave portion provided at a tip portion of the protrusion. The scalp care device according to claim 1 or 2,
The scalp care device is characterized in that the protrusion is formed in a tapered shape. In the scalp care apparatus of any one of Claims 1-3,
The scalp care device is characterized in that the protrusion has an elastic body whose tip is softer than the main body and is in close contact with the scalp by elastic deformation of the tip when contacting the scalp. In the scalp care apparatus of any one of Claims 1-4,
The scalp care device is characterized in that the contact means is constituted by suction means for close contact with a user's scalp by suction from a suction port provided in the protrusion.

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