JP2019088406A - Hair care appliance - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a novel hair care appliance carriable easily without requiring a power supply, and capable of obtaining easily a glazing effect of hair.SOLUTION: In a hair care appliance including a sandwiching part (3) for sandwiching hair, the sandwiching part (3) is provided with plates (15, 17) in contact with the sandwiched hair, and the plates (15, 17) comprise a ceramic or a germanium compound, and is constituted so as to have a contact with the hair in the pressurized state by force for sandwiching the hair at the sandwiching part (3), and does not include an electrical component including a heater and a power supply component.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

  TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a hair care device capable of hair styling while giving gloss to hair.

  Conventionally, a hair brush using a ceramic material that emits far infrared rays is known.

  For example, Patent Document 1 includes a brush main body provided with a plurality of conical projections, and a handle band provided on the back of the brush main body, and the brush main body and the band are rubber molded by far infrared radiation fine ceramic. A system hair brush is disclosed. The massage effect by this hair brush is said to be effective for the glossing of hair and the like.

  Patent Document 2 discloses a hair brush provided with a brush portion formed by implanting a brush on a brush base, and a handle portion on which the brush portion is mounted, wherein the brush base is filled with fused silica of far infrared ceramic material. Is disclosed. At the time of use of this hairbrush, the component effect of the far-infrared ceramic material is said to be obtained by the contact of the component of the fused silica with the hair.

  Patent Document 3 discloses a hair brush provided with a flocked part in which brush bristles are flocked and a grip part integrated with the flocked part, and a negative ion generating sheet is attached to the surface of the flocked part. The negative ion generating sheet used for this hair brush is made of a polymer resin composition containing far infrared ceramic, and it is said that it can promote blood circulation by the action of emitting far infrared rays and can maintain the gloss of the hair.

  There is also known a hair iron provided with a plate made of a ceramic material, containing a heater for heating the plate, and provided with a power supply component including a power cord for obtaining a power source for operating the heater.

  For example, Patent Document 4 discloses a hair iron including a pair of arms provided with a plate on the tip end side and holding the hair by the plates of both arms. In this hair iron, a lightweight material with excellent thermal conductivity such as ceramic is used as the material of the plate, and it becomes possible to hold the hair while heating the plate by the heater built in each arm and to set the hair. There is.

Unexamined-Japanese-Patent No. 09-322826 gazette Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 09-056472 JP 2008-012083 A JP, 2017-000666, A

  However, in the hair brush as described above, the portion made of ceramic material such as the brush main body, the brush base and the negative ion generating sheet attached to the flocked portion is only about to touch the hair at the time of use. It is difficult to obtain the effect of infrared rays, and it is not easy to give gloss to the hair.

  Further, in the above-described hair iron, since the electric parts such as the heater and the power feeding parts are built in, the arm must be relatively thick in order to secure the internal space for housing the electric parts. There is a limit to miniaturization and weight reduction. Moreover, such hair irons are inconvenient to carry because of the power cord or the like, and the usable place is limited to the place where the power is available because the heater needs the power to operate.

  The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and the object of the present invention is a novel hair care device which is easy to carry without requiring a power source and can easily obtain the gloss effect of the hair. To provide.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention uses an arrangement for sandwiching the hair so that a plate made of ceramic or germanium compound can be pressed against the hair when sandwiching the hair, and an electrical component requiring a power source is required. I tried not to prepare.

  Specifically, the present invention is directed to a hair care device for caring for hair, and the following solutions are taken.

  That is, the first aspect of the invention includes the pinching portion for pinching the hair. The sandwiching portion is provided with a plate which contacts the nipped hair. At least the surface of the plate is made of a ceramic or a germanium compound, and the plate is configured to contact the hair in a state of being pressed by the force of sandwiching the hair at the sandwiching portion. And 1st invention is characterized by not having the electrical component containing a heater and an electric power feeding component.

  According to this configuration, since the sandwiching portion for sandwiching the hair is provided, it is possible to set hair by sliding in a state in which the hair is sandwiched in the sandwiching portion. In the state in which the hair is held in the sandwiching portion, the plate made of ceramic or germanium compound is pressed against the hair and firmly in contact with it, so as the hair setting is performed, the ceramic or germanium compound contained in the plate is attached to the hair. The effect of far infrared rays can be exerted effectively. Thereby, the gloss effect of the hair can be easily obtained.

  Further, according to the above configuration, since the electric component including the heater and the power feeding component requiring the power supply is not provided, the internal space for housing the electric component is not necessary, and the hair care device is miniaturized accordingly. And weight reduction can be achieved. Furthermore, since the hair care device does not have a power cord, it is convenient to carry and does not require a power source, so that it can be used anywhere without being restricted in usable places.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the hair care device according to the first aspect, the pinching portion is constituted by a pair of arms rotatably coupled in a predetermined angular range by urging one end side in the opening direction by the hinge portion. It has a structure. And, the second invention is characterized in that the pair of arms have the plates on the opposite surfaces of each other, and by rotating them in a direction to make them approach each other, it is possible to hold the hair between the plates. .

  According to this configuration, since the configuration in which the hair is sandwiched between the pair of plates made of ceramic or germanium compound is adopted, the far infrared rays from the ceramic or germanium compound contained in both plates are accompanied by the hair setting using the hair care device. The action is more effectively exerted on the hair, and the gloss effect of the hair can be obtained more effectively.

  A third invention is characterized in that, in the hair care device of the second invention, the arm is formed in an elongated flat shape.

  According to this configuration, since the arm has a flat shape extending in an elongated manner, a downsized and lightweight hair care device can be realized. That is, in the hair care device, thinning and weight reduction of the device can be achieved to such an extent that it was difficult to incorporate an electric component such as a heater in the above-described hair iron by not including the electric component. it can.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a novel hair care device which is easy to carry without requiring a power source and can easily obtain the gloss effect of the hair.

It is a perspective view of a hair care instrument concerning an embodiment. It is a side view of the hair care instrument concerning an embodiment. It is an exploded perspective view of a hair care instrument concerning an embodiment. It is sectional drawing of the hair-care apparatus in the IV-IV line of FIG.

  Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments will be described in detail based on the drawings. In the following embodiments, for convenience of explanation, in the hair care device, the connecting portion side of a pair of arms is referred to as “rear side”, the opposite side is referred to as “front side”, and the side where the pair of arms face each other is “ "Interior to the device", the opposite side is referred to as "outside the device"

  FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a hair care device 1 according to this embodiment. FIG. 2 shows a side view of the hair care device 1. FIG. 3 shows an exploded perspective view of the hair care device 1. Moreover, in FIG. 4, sectional drawing of the hair care apparatus 1 in the IV-IV line of FIG. 1 is shown. In addition, in FIG. 4, the state which closed the pair arms 7 and 9 about the hair care instrument 1 is shown.

  The hair care device 1 is a handy-type device that can be handled by the user while operating with one hand, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 3. The hair care device 1 includes a pinching portion 3 for pinching hair, and is configured mainly of the pinching portion 3. In addition, the said hair-care apparatus 1 is not equipped with electrical components, such as an electric power feeding component including the heater and the power supply cord for obtaining a power supply.

  The pinching portion 3 is configured by an upper arm 7 and a lower arm 9 in which end portions on one end side are connected via a hinge portion 5. The upper arm 7 and the lower arm 9 are each formed into a flat shape elongated like a strip, and can be rotated by a hinge 5 within a predetermined angle range. The sandwiching portion 3 is provided with a biasing mechanism 11 that biases the upper arm 7 and the lower arm 9 in the opening direction.

  The biasing mechanism 11 has a coil spring 13, and the coil spring 13 is interposed between the upper arm 7 and the lower arm 9. The upper arm 7 and the lower arm 9 have rectangular flat plate-like care plates 15 and 17 in the front approximately half portion, and in a direction to make them approach each other against the biasing force of the biasing mechanism 11, , 9 can be held between the care plates 15 and 17 by rotating them in the closing direction.

  Specifically, the upper arm 7 is an upper outer case 19 which forms an exterior of the hair care device 1, an upper inner panel 21 attached to the inner side of the upper outer case 19 substantially in the rear half of the upper outer case 19, and an upper outer case 19. And an upper care plate 15 disposed in front of the upper inner panel 21 inside the nineteen instruments.

  A front recess 23 accommodating the upper care plate 15 is provided in a front half portion of the upper outer case 19. The front recess 23 is provided with a plurality of support ribs 25 that also serve as reinforcement for the upper outer case 19. The support ribs 25 extend, for example, in the longitudinal direction of the upper arm 7 and are parallel to each other in the width direction of the upper arm 7. The upper care plate 15 is fitted in the front recess 23 and fixed to the upper outer case 19 with an adhesive or the like, and is supported by the support rib 25 so as to project from the front recess 23 to the inside of the device.

  The upper care plate 15 is made of ceramic or germanium compound that emits far infrared radiation. The upper care plate 15 may contain a trace amount of impurities in addition to the ceramic or germanium compound. As the germanium compound, germanium alloys such as titanium germanium alloy and silicon germanium alloy, germanium oxides such as germanium dioxide, and various other germanium compounds can be used.

As the ceramic material, various ceramic materials such as alumina ceramic, zirconia ceramic, silicon nitride ceramic, aluminum nitride ceramic, silicon carbide ceramic and the like can be used. Among these, zirconia-based ceramics are preferable in securing the mechanical strength of the hair care device 1 because they have high strength and toughness. For zirconia ceramic, for example, a ZrO ₂ 93.689-95.793 _wt%, a Y 2 _{O 3} 4 to 6% by weight, FeO ₃ and 0.2 to 0.3 wt%, a Na ₂ O 0 A composition comprising .0005 to 0.0015% by weight, 0.002 to 0.008% by weight of SiO ₂ and 0.0005 to 0.0015% by weight of TiO ₂ can be adopted.

  A rear recess 29 is provided in a substantially rear half portion of the upper outer case 19 and is separated from the front recess 23 by the partition wall 27. The rear side portion of the rear side recess 29 is provided with a roughly elliptical shallow recess 31 and a boss 33 for positioning a coil spring located at the center of the recess 31. In addition, a plurality of bosses 35 for screwing are provided in the rear side recess 29. The bosses 35 are disposed, for example, on the front end portion of the rear recess 29 and on both side portions near the rear end.

  The upper inner panel 21 is fixed to the upper outer case 19 by being fitted into the rear recess 29 and fastened to the bosses 33 with screws 37. At the rear side portion of the upper inner panel 21, a cylindrical outer communication portion 39 is provided which protrudes toward the bottom surface of the rear side recess 29 of the upper outer case 19. The outer connecting portion 39 has an outer shape corresponding to the recess 31 of the rear recess 29 and is fitted into the recess 31.

  The lower arm 9 is also basically configured in the same manner as the upper arm 7. Specifically, the lower arm 9 is a lower outer case 41 forming an exterior of the hair care device 1, a lower inner panel 43 attached to the rear side approximately half of the lower outer case 41 facing the inner side of the device, and a lower outer case And a lower care plate 17 disposed on the front side of the lower inner panel 43 inside the device 41.

  A front recess 45 for accommodating the lower care plate 17 is provided in a front half portion of the lower outer case 41. The front recess 45 is provided with a plurality of support ribs 47 which also serve to reinforce the lower outer case 41. The support ribs 47 extend, for example, in the longitudinal direction of the lower arm 9 and are parallel to each other in the width direction of the lower arm 9. The lower care plate 17 is fitted in the front recess 45 and fixed to the lower outer case 41 by an adhesive or the like, and is supported by the support rib 47 so that the entire surface extends from the front recess 45 of the lower care plate 17 to the inside of the appliance. Overhang.

  The lower care plate 17, like the upper care plate 15, is made of a ceramic or germanium compound that emits far infrared radiation. The materials described above can be used as specific ceramic and germanium compounds.

  A rear recess 51 partitioned from the front recess 45 by the partition wall 49 is provided in a rear half portion of the lower outer case 41. The rear recess 51 is provided with a plurality of bosses 53 for screwing. The bosses 53 are disposed, for example, on the front end portion of the rear recess 51 and on both sides near the rear end. The lower inner panel 43 is fixed to the lower outer case 41 by being fitted into the rear recess 51 and fastened to the bosses 53 with screws 55.

  At the rear side portion of the lower inner panel 43, a bottomed cylindrical inner communication portion 53 projecting toward the upper arm 7 side is provided. The inner communication portion 53 is loosely fitted to the outer communication portion 39 of the upper arm 7. The coil spring 13 is accommodated in the outer connecting portion 39 in a state of being inserted into the boss 33 and is sandwiched between the bottom surface of the inner connecting portion 53 of the lower arm 9 and the bottom surface of the recess 31 of the rear recess 29 of the upper arm 7 It is held.

  At the rear end of the upper outer case 19, a circular cylindrical center bearing portion 59 is provided along the cylinder arm in the width direction of the upper arm 7. On one side surface of the center bearing portion 59, a keyhole-shaped insertion hole 61 in which a circular hole and a fan-shaped hole are combined is formed. On the other hand, on both sides of the rear end portion of the lower outer case 41, side bearings 63 having an annular shape in a side view are provided in a pair in a positional relationship in which the center bearing 59 is sandwiched.

  The center bearing portion 59 of the upper outer case 19 and the both side bearing portions 63 of the lower outer case 41 are connected by a rotating shaft component 65. The rotary shaft component 65 includes a rotary shaft 67 having a rotational axis of the upper arm 7 and the lower arm 9, and an annular retaining plate 69 screwed to the distal end side of the rotary shaft 67. The rotating shaft 67 is constituted by a relatively large diameter cap portion 71 provided at one end, and a relatively small diameter shaft main body 73 including a portion excluding the cap portion 71.

  The rotary shaft 67 is inserted from the circular portion of the insertion hole 61 through the center bearing 59 from one side bearing 63 to the other side bearing 63, and the fastening plate 69 is fastened with a screw 75 at its tip. Thus, the upper arm 7 and the lower arm 9 are rotatably supported. A cap 77 for concealing the retaining plate 69 and a screw 75 for securing the same is attached to the side bearing portion 63 located on the opposite side to the cap portion 71 of the rotating shaft 67. The center bearing portion 59 of the upper outer case 19, the two side bearing portions 63 of the lower outer case 41, and the rotary shaft component 65 constitute a hinge portion 5.

  An opening restricting mechanism 79 which restricts the opening angle between the upper arm 7 and the lower arm 9 to a predetermined angle in a state where no force is applied to the both arms 7 and 9 to approach each other. Is provided. The opening restricting mechanism 79 is constituted by the insertion hole 61 of the center bearing 59 and the stopper piece 81 provided on the retaining plate 69.

  The stopper piece 81 extends along the rotary shaft 67 to the center bearing 59, and is inserted into the sector portion of the insertion hole 61. The stopper piece 81 is swung in the circumferential direction in the insertion hole 61 by relative rotation of the upper arm 7 and the lower arm 9. The opening restricting mechanism 79 restricts the opening angle between the upper arm 7 and the lower arm 9 to a predetermined angle when the stopper piece 81 abuts on the end edge of the fan-shaped portion of the insertion hole 61.

  According to the hair care device 1 of this embodiment, since the upper arm 7 and the lower arm 9 sandwiching the hair are provided, it is possible to set the hair by sliding while sandwiching the hair between the both arms 7 and 9 or the like. When hair is sandwiched between both arms 7 and 9, the upper care plate 15 and the lower care plate 17 made of ceramic or germanium compound are pressed against the hair and firmly in contact with the hair. On the other hand, far infrared rays from the ceramic or germanium compound contained in the care plates 15 and 17 can be effectively exerted. Thereby, the gloss effect of the hair can be easily obtained.

  Furthermore, according to the hair care device 1 of this embodiment, since there is no electrical component including a heater and a power supply component requiring a power source, an internal space for housing such an electrical component is not necessary. As a result, the upper arm 7 and the lower arm 9 can be formed into an elongated flat shape, and the size and weight of the hair care device 1 can be reduced. Furthermore, since the hair care device 1 does not have a power cord, it is convenient to carry and does not require a power source for its use, so that it can be used anywhere without being restricted in usable places.

  As described above, the preferred embodiments have been described as examples of the technology disclosed herein. However, the technology disclosed herein is not limited to this, and is also applicable to embodiments in which changes, replacements, additions, omissions, and the like are made as appropriate. Further, among the components described in the attached drawings and the detailed description, components which are not essential for solving the problem may be included. Therefore, the fact that those non-essential components are described in the attached drawings and the detailed description should not immediately mean that those non-essential components are essential.

  For example, the above-described embodiment may be configured as follows.

  Although the above-mentioned embodiment did not mention locking mechanism, hair care instrument 1 may be provided with the locking mechanism which locks upper arm 7 and lower arm 9 in the closed position. According to such a configuration, since the upper arm 7 and the lower arm 9 can be closed to achieve compactness, it becomes easier to carry.

  Moreover, although the upper care plate 15 and the lower care plate 17 consist of a ceramic or a germanium compound in the said embodiment, it does not restrict to this. The upper care plate 15 and the lower care plate 17 have a configuration in which a ceramic base or a layer made of a germanium compound is coated on the surface of a metal base plate made of aluminum, steel, stainless steel, a compound or alloy thereof. Good. The point is that at least the surfaces of the upper care plate 15 and the lower care plate 17 may be formed of a ceramic or a germanium compound.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the upper care plate 15 and the lower care plate 17 presupposed that it is flat form, it does not restrict to this. One of the upper care plate 15 and the lower care plate 17 has a convex curved surface that forms a convex surface toward the inside of the device, and the other plate forms a concave surface with a curvature corresponding to the convex curved surface It may have a concave curved surface. According to such a configuration, since hair setting can be performed while winding the hair with these both curved surfaces, it can be suitably used for a curly hair.

  Moreover, although the form which the pinching part 3 which pinches | interposes the hair was comprised by the upper arm 7 and the lower arm 9 was illustrated in the said embodiment, it does not restrict to this. The sandwiching portion 3 may have a configuration capable of sandwiching the hair and capable of pressing a care plate made of a ceramic or a germanium compound against the hair when performing hair setting.

  As described above, the present invention is useful for a hair care device that can perform hair setting while giving gloss to hair.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 hair care device 3 pinching portion 5 hinge portion 7 upper arm 9 lower arm 11 biasing mechanism 13 coil spring 15 upper care plate 17 lower care plate 19 upper outer case 21 upper outer panel 23, 41 front concave portion 25, 43 support rib 27 , 45 partition wall 29, 51 rear side recess 33, 35, 53 boss 37, 55, 75 screw 39 outer connecting portion 41 lower outer case 43 lower inner panel 49 hollow 53 inner connecting portion 59 center bearing portion 61 insertion hole 63 side bearing Part 65 Rotary shaft parts 67 Rotary shaft 69 Stop plate 71 Cap part 73 Shaft body 77 Cap 79 Opening restriction mechanism 81 Stopper piece

Claims (3)

It has a pinching section to pinch the hair,
The pinching portion is provided with a plate that contacts pinched hair;
The plate is configured such that at least the surface is made of a ceramic or a germanium compound, and is brought into contact with the hair in a state of being pressed by a force for sandwiching the hair at the sandwiching portion;
A hair care device characterized in that it does not have an electrical component including a heater and a power feeding component. In the hair care device according to claim 1,
The sandwiching portion is constituted by a pair of arms which are rotatably connected in a predetermined angular range by urging in a direction in which one end side is opened by a hinge portion,
A hair care device characterized in that the pair of arms respectively have the plates on opposing surfaces and are capable of holding the hair between the plates by rotating them in a direction in which they approach each other. In the hair care device according to claim 2,
A hair care device characterized in that the arm is formed into an elongated flat shape.

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