JP2021098008A - Multi-functional hair styling device having rotary attachment that can be locked at position with respect to handle - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a new portable multi-functional hair styling device which is used in especially practical, easy, reliable and safe manners.SOLUTION: In a portable hair styling device (1), an attachment (6) which is connected to a handle (2) and includes first and second outlets (12, 13) that are different from each other comprises: lock means which is rotatably attached to the handle so as to move between the first configuration in which the air flow is blown out by the first air outlet (12) and the second configuration in which the air flow is blown out by the second air outlet (13), and locks the attachment (6) in at least one of the first and second configurations in order to prevent the separation of the attachment (6) from the first or second configuration where the attachment (6) is placed; and a control member (21) which allows a user to control locking and/or unlocking of the attachment (6).SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

The present invention relates, for example, to the general technical field of household hair styling devices, and more specifically designed to blow an air stream to facilitate drying and / or hair tying. Regarding the field of portable hair styling equipment.

Handheld hair dryer type hair styling devices are known that include a spray head and a handle, including an air outlet for directing a hot or cold forced air stream to the user's hair. Such hair dryers are mainly used to dry wet hair by evaporation of water due to the influence of the air flow blown by the hair dryer (drying function), and facilitate hair styling (hair styling assistance). It can also be used in combination with some removable accessories designed to function). These accessories, which are intended to be fixed to the head of the hair dryer and to be crossed by the air flow emitted by the spray head, for example, of the diffuser or concentrator type, are sprayed by the spray head of the hair dryer. Form an end piece that modifies the shape of the resulting airflow.

These known hair dryers, if overall satisfying, still have some of their disadvantages. In particular, the transition of the hair dryer from the use mode for drying to the use mode for hair styling requires the user to perform the work of assembling / disassembling the accessories. Such work can sometimes prove to be a hassle, the non-negligible risk of burns when handling the accessories, and the accessories are simply not organized out of reach, and the user has them. There is an additional risk of loss of accessories when the user is unreachable when wanting to use.

Therefore, the object given to the present invention is a novel mobile phone that is particularly practical, simple, reliable and safe to use at the same time, even for users without special specialized skills in the field of hair styling. We aim to propose a multifunctional hair styling device for use.

Another object of the present invention is to propose a novel portable hair styling device that is ergonomic and is specifically designed for intuitive use.

Another object of the present invention aims to propose a new portable hair styling device having a particularly simple and compact configuration.

Another object of the present invention is to propose a novel portable hair styling device that is particularly robust and reliable.

Another object of the present invention is to propose a novel portable hair styling device that allows a particularly effective drying and lumping of hair under comfortable conditions of use.

An object given to the present invention is a hand-held handle, a built-in blower module for generating an air flow, and accessories connected to the handle, which are different first air outlets and first air outlets. A portable hair styling device comprising an accessory with two air outlets, wherein the air flow is blown by the accessory through the first air outlet. The device is rotatably attached to the handle so that it moves between the angular configuration and the second angular configuration in which the air flow is blown by the accessory through the second air outlet, and the device is an accessory. Locking means and devices that lock the accessories to the handle in at least one of the first and second angular configurations to prevent the accessories from separating from the first or second angular configuration on which the air is placed. It is accomplished using a device that further includes a control member that allows the user to control the locking and / or unlocking of the accessory by locking means.

Other properties and advantages of the present invention will be described and described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings provided exclusively as non-limiting examples.

The accessory rotatably moves with respect to the handle of the device between the first angle configuration corresponding to the "hair dryer" usage mode and the second angle configuration corresponding to the "spray brush" usage mode. It is a figure which illustrates the embodiment of the hair styling apparatus according to this invention, which is suitably designed to do so by the side view. In FIG. 1, the accessory is in a first angular configuration that is locked by locking means of the device. FIG. 5 is a side view illustrating an embodiment of the hair styling device of FIG. 1 in which the accessory is in a second angular configuration, which is locked by locking means of the device. It is a figure which illustrates the hair styling apparatus of FIG. 2 in the front view. It is a figure which illustrates the hair styling apparatus of FIG. 2 in the rear view. It is a figure exemplifying the design of a device, particularly the details of the locking means, by the cross-sectional view along the plane orthogonal to the rotation axis of the accessory of the device of FIG. It is a vertical cross section of the device of FIGS. 1 and 5, and is a diagram illustrating the details of the design of the device, particularly the locking means thereof, with a cut view. The cut view illustrates the design of the devices of FIGS. 1, 5 and 6, in particular the details of the locking means. The external envelope of the accessory has been omitted and the control member and internal deflector have been made transparent to clarify some suitable design aspects. 2 to 4 are views cut along a plane orthogonal to the axis of rotation of the accessories of the hair styling device to illustrate the design of the device, in particular the details of its locking means. It is a cross section along a plane orthogonal to the rotation axis of the accessories of the hair styling device of FIGS. 2 to 4 and 8, and is a view illustrating the design of the device, particularly the details of the locking means thereof, by a cut view. The cut view illustrates the design of the devices of FIGS. 2 to 4, 8 and 9, in particular the details of the locking means. The external envelope of the accessory has been omitted and the control member and internal deflector have been made transparent to clarify some suitable design aspects.

The hair styling device 1 according to the present invention is a portable hair styling device designed to be gripped and handled by hand. A hair styling device that is preferably intended for use within the home frame by users without special specialized skills, both in the field of hair styling, that is, in terms of drying, hair styling, and hair tying. Is. Preferably, the hair styling device 1 is designed so that the user uses the device 1 for himself, i.e. for his own hair. However, it is fully conceivable that the device 1 is designed for use by the user on third party hair without departing from the framework of the present invention.

The hair styling device 1 of which a preferred embodiment is illustrated in the figure includes a hand-held handle 2 (or handle) intended to be hand-held by the user to handle the hair styling device 1. The handle 2 extends longitudinally between the first end 3 and the opposite second end 4, preferably along the first axis AA'. The hair styling device 1 has a built-in blower module 5 designed to generate a (forced) air flow, and the air flow connected to the handle 2 and generated by the blower module 5 is the hair of the user. Also included is an accessory 6 (or spray head) intended to be directed out of the hair styling device 1 so that it can be fired towards. The hair styling device 1 includes an air inlet 7 that can be taken in by the blower module 5 so that ambient air is blown toward the user's hair. Preferably, the blower module 5, which includes a ventilator driven by an electric motor, as is known, may be located inside the handle 2 or inside the accessory 6. However, more preferably, the blower module 5 of the hair styling device 1 is assembled to the handle 2 at its first end 3. Preferably, the accessory 6 is connected to the handle 2 at the second end 4 of the handle 2, and more preferably, as a result, the accessory 6 is the second, as in the embodiment illustrated in the figure. The handle 2 is extended from the end 4 of 2. Preferably, the blower module 5 is integrated with the handle 2 at its first end 3 without the possibility of movement and particularly rotation of the blower module 5 with respect to the handle 2. The blower module 5 is therefore preferably separated from the accessory 6 and the handle 2. In this way, it is possible to sizing the blower module 5 economically and without affecting the overall external dimensions of the accessory 6 and the handle 2 so as to generate a large flow rate of air flow F. is there. Moreover, such an arrangement of the blower module 5 is ergonomic and comfortable to use, preferably by allocating mass to both sides of the handle 2 to better balance the weight of the hair styling device 1. Contribute. When the blower module 5 is disposed inside the handle 2 or assembled to the handle 2 at its first end 3, as discussed above and illustrated in the figure, the hair styling device 1 , In order to guide the air flow generated by the blower module 5 toward the accessory 6, the guide channel 8 provided inside the handle 2 may be preferably included.

Preferably, the hair styling device 1 also includes a heating element provided to raise the temperature of the air stream generated by the blower module 5. The heating element is built inside the hair styling device 1 and is arranged so as to be interrupted in the air flow F generated by the blower module 5. In the embodiment illustrated in the figure, the heating element is preferably positioned inside the air flow guide channel 8 provided in the handle 2, as mentioned above. The heating element, known as itself, typically functions on the principle of the Joule effect, and at least one heating formed from conductive wires (not shown) wound around the insulating core 9. It is an electric heating element including electric resistance. Alternatively, the heating element can be housed inside the accessory 6, especially at the expense of its compactness.

Preferably, the hair styling device 1 includes a hair styling device 1 and in particular a manual control and / or adjustment means 10 by the user of its blower module 5 and / or the workings of the heating element. It electrically starts / stops the hair styling device 1 and determines the rotational speed of the ventilator of the blower module 5 and therefore the speed / flow rate of the air flow blown by the accessory 6 and / or the heating temperature of the heating element. With the adjusting means 10 of, for example, a rocker switch, a pushbutton switch type and / or a slide or lauret variator type, as in the embodiments exemplified in FIGS. 1 to 4, where the user is directly acted upon to change. is there. Such a manual control / adjustment means 10, known as itself, is its first, eg, in the handle 2, or in the blower module 5, as in the embodiments exemplified in FIGS. 1-4. It can be positioned when assembled to the end 3. The hair styling device 1 preferably constitutes a portable electrical device and is preferably designed to be powered by an outlet via a power cord 11. Alternatively, the hair styling device 1 may be powered by a built-in energy source, such as a storage battery, which can then be housed in the handle 2.

The accessory 6 of the hair styling device 1 according to the present invention includes a first air outlet 12 and a second air outlet 13 in which an air stream can be blown toward the user's hair by the accessory 6. .. The first and second air outlets 12, 13 are different from each other and therefore do not match. The accessory 6 has at least one first angular configuration in which the air flow is blown by the accessory 6 through the first air outlet 12 (and preferably only through the first air outlet 12) (FIG. 1). And FIGS. 5-7), a second angular configuration in which the air flow is blown by the accessory 6 through the second air outlet 13 (and preferably only through the second air outlet 13) (FIG. 5-7). It is rotatably and pivotally attached to the handle 2 to move between 2 and 4 and 8 to 10). In other words, the accessory 6 is attached to the handle 2 by pivotal coupling so that the accessory 6 can rotate with respect to the handle 2, and the hair styling device 1 according to the present invention allows the user to attach the accessory 6 to the handle 2. By pivoting, the airflow is designed and configured so that one or the other of the first and second air outlets 12, 13 of the accessory 6 blown by the accessory 6 can be alternately selected.

Preferably, the accessory 6 is relative to the handle 2 around a second axis BB'that coincides with the first extension axis AA' of the handle 2, as in the embodiment illustrated in the figure. Can be mounted rotatably. However, the second axis of rotation BB'is parallel to the first axis AA' and may be slightly offset from it. The movement of the accessory 6 is thus simple and reliable and allows the user to intuitively operate the hair styling device 1. Alternatively, it can be considered that the second axis BB'divides the first axis AA' by an angle equal to, for example, 5 to 15 °, or approximately 90 °, for example. The transition from the first angle configuration to the second angle configuration of accessory 6 is preferably a second axis of rotation BB'with an angle equal to 90 °, as in the embodiment illustrated in the figure. Can accommodate the rotation of accessory 6 around. However, this angle value is not really limited, and the transition from the first angle configuration to the second angle configuration of accessory 6 is, for example, the second rotation axis BB'at an angle equal to 180 °. It may correspond to the rotation of the accessory 6 around the.

According to the modifications taken up in the embodiments illustrated in the figure, the accessory 6 is designed to remain permanently integrated with the handle 2 of the hair styling device 1 and is therefore used (in normal use). It is not provided so as to be separated from the handle 2 of the hair styling device 1 by a person. This allows the user to avoid losing the hair styling device accessory as it is already available and attached to the hair styling device. According to another variant, the accessory 6 is detachably assembled to the handle 2 so that the user can separate the accessory 6 from the handle 2 to wash or replace the accessory 6, for example. Designed to be.

The hair styling device 1 is preferably the handle 2 especially when the blower module 5 is disposed inside the handle 2 or, as discussed above, is assembled to the handle 2 at its first end 3. When the accessory 6 takes the first angular configuration, the air flow generated by the blower module 5 that is fixed to and immovably connected to the accessory 6 and passes through the accessory 6 is passed through the handle 2. The guide channel 8 provided inside guides the air outlet 12 toward the first air outlet 12, and conversely, when the accessory 6 takes the second angular configuration, the guide channel 8 guides the air outlet 13 toward the second air outlet 13. It may further include an internal deflector 14 designed and configured as such.

Preferably, the first and second air outlets 12 and 13 of the accessory 6 have openings of different shapes. In other words, the effective cross section of the air passage at the opening of the first air outlet 12 is in the form of a contour (or a plurality of contours) that defines the effective cross section of the air passage at the opening of the second air outlet 13, respectively. It is defined by differently shaped contours (or contours). The airflow blown by the accessory 6 thus preferably has a different distribution depending on the selected air outlets 12, 13.

The first and second air outlets 12, 13 are (eg, ratcheted) by an accessory whose one and / or the other is removably assembled to the rest of the accessory 6 which is rotatably attached to the handle 2. It can be considered to be formed (by mechanism, screwing, press fitting, etc.) without departing from the framework of the present invention. That is, this allows the user to equip the hair styling device 1 with two air outlets of different and differently shaped cross sections (rather than a single one as in conventional hair styling devices), and thus. And, according to the special use that the user desires to perform with the hair styling device 1, while maintaining the ability to replace one or the other of these appendages, without the intermediate work of disassembling / reassembling the members. Allows one or the other of them to be used one after another. It is preferable that the accessory 6 forms a coherent aggregate in itself, which is not intended to be disassembled by the user, on the contrary, and the first and second air outlets 12, 13 are attached. It is formed by one or more non-removable components belonging to item 6 (in normal use). In this way, mediated by the rotation of the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2 of the device 1, the user does not need to install or disassemble any accessory element of the hair styling device 1 and the first air outlet 12 (first). (Angle configuration) or one or the other of the second air outlet 13 (second angle configuration) can be selected. The user thus benefits from the easy and fast use of the device 1 and ensures that it does not lose sight of any of its elements.

Depending on the intended use of the hair styling device 1, at least one of the first and second angular configurations of the accessory 6 corresponds to the only predetermined angular (or position) orientation of the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2. Is preferable. In this way, when the accessory 6 is not oriented by the only predetermined angle or positional orientation with respect to the second axis of rotation BB', the airflow is preferably associated with the first and second. It cannot be blown by the accessory 6 through the air outlets 12 and 13. Such a feature is, in particular, when the accessory 6 of the device 1 takes one and / or the other of the first and second angular configurations, and the airflow is, in that case, the only predefined average direction. It turns out to be interesting when the hair styling device 1 is designed to be used by the "hair dryer" mode when it is desired to be sprayed along with the accessory 6.

Alternatively or supplementarily, depending on the intended use of the hair styling device 1, at least one of the first and second angular configurations of the accessory 6 is variable over a predetermined angular range of the handle 2 It is also preferable to allow the angular orientation of the accessory 6 with respect to. In other words, the first and / or second angular configuration involved is, in this case, the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2 in a predetermined, bounded (eg, 20 ° to 60 °) angular range. Corresponds to multiple possible angular (or position) orientations. In this way, when the accessory 6 takes such an angular configuration with a variable angular orientation, the accessory 6 has some tolerance of rotation around the second axis of rotation BB'. Therefore, it is possible to pivot with respect to the handle 2 within a predetermined bounded angle range while blowing an air stream out of the hair styling device 1. Such a feature is, for example, when the hair styling device 1 takes one and / or the other of the first and second angular configurations of the accessory 6 of the device 1 and (eg, the user causes the hair styling device 1). The airflow is in that case along a variable direction (so as to allow the hair to be cleaned by the airflow blown by the accessory 6 without the need to perform wrist movements of the hand holding the handle 2). It has been found to be interesting when designed to be used by the "hair dryer" mode when it is desired that it can be sprayed by the accessory 6.

More preferably, the device 1
-The second angular configuration (and / or the first angular configuration, respectively) allows for variable angular orientation of the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2 with a predetermined angular range, and-corresponding. Second air outlets 13 (and / or corresponding first air outlets 12) are preferably different and include at least one non-adjacent first and second air outlet portions 13A, 13B. More specifically designed and configured.

In the device 1, when the accessory 6 has a second angular configuration (and / or each having a first angular configuration), the accessory 6 has a second air outlet 13 (and / or each first air outlet). It may be specifically configured such that an air stream can be blown by one and / or the other of the first and second portions 13A, 13B of 12). In other words, depending on the angular position of the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2 at a predetermined angular position, the air flow is via the first air outlet portion 13A, through the second air outlet portion 13B, or the first. It can be sprayed by the accessory 6 through the first and second air outlet portions 13A, 13B at the same time.

In the embodiments illustrated in the embodiments illustrated in the figure, the hair styling device 1 is in a "hair dryer" mode, depending on the angular configuration taken by the accessory 6 rotatably attached to the handle 2 of the device 1. It is suitably designed to move between the "1 angle configuration" and the "spray brush" mode (second angle configuration). The accessory 6 has a first surface 15 that carries the first air outlet 12 of the accessory 6 for that reason. In particular, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the first air outlet 12 preferably has an elongated, elongated overall shape opening (the air flow flows out in the form of a thin plate of air). Alternatively, the first air outlet 12 may have, for example, a circular overall shaped opening (the air flow flows out in a substantially cylindrical or conical trapezoidal shape). In this way, the hair styling device 1 can be preferably used to dry the hair when the accessory 6 has a first angle configuration with respect to the handle 2. Preferably, the first angular configuration corresponds to the only predetermined angular orientation of the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2, as previously discussed. In this way, in the "hair dryer" mode, the accessory 6 preferably blows an air stream through the first air outlet 12 in a predefined only average direction, according to the instructions given above.

In the embodiments illustrated in the embodiments illustrated in the figure, the accessory 6 also has a second surface 16 carrying a second air outlet 13 of the accessory 6. Preferably, the first and second surfaces 15 and 16 are positioned on both sides of the second rotation axis BB'of the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2, for example, and face each other. The accessory 6 comprises a second surface 16 preferably a hair mechanical engaging element 17 formed of a row of brush bristles (or pins) or rod-shaped members 17A, 17B, 17C. In particular, as illustrated in FIGS. 3, 5 and 8, the second air outlet 13 of the accessory 6 is preferably different, as previously discussed, the first and second air outlets that are not adjacent. Includes air outlet portions 13A and 13B. In this embodiment, the first and second air outlet portions 13A, 13B form longitudinal slits and are preferably positioned on both sides of the mechanical engagement element 17 of the hair. However, the first and second air outlet portions 13A, 13B may quite naturally have different shapes and positioning. Unlike the first angular configuration, the second angular configuration of the accessory 6 of the hair styling device 1 illustrated in the figure is a variable angular orientation of the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2 according to a predetermined angular range. To enable. Further, in the hair styling device 1, when the accessory 6 has a second angular configuration, the accessory 6 is one and / or the other of the first and second portions 13A, 13B of the second air outlet 13. It is configured so that the air flow can be blown by. In this way, when the user uses the hair styling device 1 in "spray brush" mode, i.e., the accessory 6 takes a second angle configuration with respect to the handle 2 and is attached to the user's hair. The interaction of item 6 with the hair mechanical engagement element 17 can lead to the pivot of accessory 6 with respect to handle 2 along the second axis BB'. This means that depending on the direction of brushing the hair and therefore the orientation of the accessory 6 around the second axis BB', the first and second of the second air outlet 13 One or the other of the portions 13A and 13B will preferably have the effect of selectively blowing airflow. As a result, the airflow can preferably always be blown as close as possible to the user's hair and always in the optimal direction depending on the direction of movement of the device 1. In this case, the air flow is constantly blown in this way from the root to the tip of the hair, which is of particular interest for some tasks of tying the hair or for untangling the hair.

Preferably, the hair styling device 1 has the accessory 6 defined, for example, when there is no interaction between the user's hair and the mechanical engagement element 17 of the hair of the accessory 6. It is designed to automatically return to a known angular position called stationary, near the center within the angular range. To this end, return means, such as springs or magnets, may optionally be provided between the handle 2 and the accessory 6, as discussed below.

In view of the above, the hair styling device 1 according to the present invention therefore preferably allows the user to simply rotate the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2 to at least one first of the hair styling device 1. It is possible to select between a use mode (eg, a first angle configuration for performing hair drying) and a second use mode (eg, a second angle configuration for performing hair brushing). To. Preferably, the transition of the accessory 6 from one angular configuration to the other is performed by the user so that the user transmits a rotational motion about the axis BB'with respect to the handle 2. Hold the handle 2 of the hair styling device 1 with one hand and grip the accessory 6 with the other hand.

Preferably, the accessory 6 has a hair whose outer surface is connected to the handle 2 of the hair styling device 1 such that the outer surface of the accessory 6 has an external shape and contour, and preferably the handle 2 is preferably extended. Includes a hollow outer envelope (or housing) 18 that primarily defines the outer shape and contour of the end portion of the styling device 1. Preferably, the outer envelope 18 positions the accessory 6 to one or the other of the first and second angular configurations, as discussed above, and therefore the airflow is the accessory. The second axis of rotation BB'of the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2 to select one or the other of the air outlets of the first, twelfth and second, thirteen of the accessory 6 that are blown out of the six. Adapted to allow manual gripping by the user so that the pivotal movement around the body can be transmitted directly to the external envelope 18 (hence to accessory 6) by hand.

In the embodiment illustrated in the embodiment shown in the figure, the hair styling device 1 uses the air flow guide channel 8 provided inside the handle 2 as a second end portion of the handle 2, as previously discussed. Includes an internal deflector 14 that extends axially beyond 4 (FIGS. 5-10). In this embodiment, the external envelopes 18 of the accessory 6 are fixed to each other (eg, by a screwing or ratchet mechanism) and at least partially define the first and second surfaces 15 and 16 of the accessory 6. It is mainly formed from two half-shells 18A and 18B. Preferably, the second rotating shaft BB'of the accessory 6 that coincides with the first longitudinal extension shaft AA' of the handle 2 allows the rotatable assembly of the accessory 6 to the handle 2. To this end, the internal deflector 14 comprises an annular outer lip 19 adjacent to the second end 4 of the handle 2 and preferably extending a plane orthogonal to the first axis AA'of the handle 2. .. Each of the half shells 18A, 18B of the outer envelope 18 of the accessory 6 captures the annular outer lip 19 and is thus rotatable when the half shells 18A, 18B are secured to each other. Complementary notches 20A, 20B of the annular outer lip 19 are provided on the inner surface to ensure assembly (FIGS. 6 and 9).

According to the present invention, the hair styling device 1 is an accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2 in at least one of the first and second angular configurations to prevent the accessory 6 from moving away from the first or second angular configuration. Further includes locking means. The hair styling device 1 according to the present invention also includes a slider 36 for allowing the user of the hair styling device 1 to control the locking and / or unlocking of the accessory 6 by locking means.

The locking means thus-away the accessory 6 from one and / or the other of the angular configurations in which it is locked, the locking means handles the handle 2 along the second axis of rotation BB'. With a locked configuration that mechanically suppresses all possibilities of rotating accessory 6 against
-The locking means, on the contrary, allows the accessory 6 to rotate with respect to the handle 2 along the second axis of rotation BB', so that the accessory 6 is placed in one and / or the other of the existing angular configurations. Designed to move reversibly away from and preferably to an unlocked configuration that allows it to be mechanically guided to the other of the angular configurations that it may take alternately. To.

The transition from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration and, conversely, from an unlocked configuration to a locked configuration is for, or counteracts, the locking / unlocking control member 21 of accessory 6. It requires positive action from the side of the person. That is, once locked to one and / or the other first and second angular configurations with respect to the handle 2, the accessory 6 is from the user's side with respect to the control member 21 which orders the unlocking of the locking means. Without prior positive action, you cannot leave the locked angular configuration. In particular, any manual rotation of the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2 is not possible when the accessory 6 is in one and / or the other of the first and second angular configurations and the locking means is in a locked configuration. Be made possible. This guarantees the user comfort and safety of use as long as the accessory 6 is ensured not to leave its position unexpectedly. This is particularly beneficial when the accessory 6 comprises the hair engaging element 17, as described above.

In the sense of the present invention, the control member 21 is functionally independent of the handle 2 and the accessory 6. In other words, the control member 21 may be supported and incorporated by the handle 2 and / or the accessory 6, as detailed below, but the handle 2 and the accessory 6 do not constitute the control member 21 by themselves. .. In particular, the unlocking of the accessory 6 cannot be controlled by the user, exerting only overall stress on the handle 2 and / or the accessory 6. On the contrary, voluntary action on the part of the user with respect to the control member 21 is necessary to enable the unlocking of the accessory 6.

In the embodiments illustrated in the figure, the locking means is
-On the one hand, when the accessory is in the first angular configuration, the device 1 can be suitably used in the "hair dryer" mode to prevent the accessory 6 from leaving the first angular configuration. -On the other hand, when the accessory 6 is in the second angular configuration, the device 1 is preferably in the "spray brush" mode to prevent the accessory 6 from moving away from the second angular configuration. Is suitably designed to alternately lock the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2 in a second angular configuration that can be used.

The possibility given by the device 1 thus locking the angular configuration of the accessory to the "hair dryer" mode (first angular configuration) is that the user alternates the wrist of the hand holding the handle 2 of the device 1. When the hair is dried using the device 1 by performing the rotational movement of the hair dryer, it is preferable that the accessory 6 starts rotating by inertia and unexpectedly separates from the first angular configuration "hair dryer". Especially makes it possible to avoid. The possibility given by device 1, which locks the angle configuration of the accessory to the "spray brush" mode (second angle configuration) instead, is given by the user when the user brushes the hair with the device 1. The interaction between the hair and the mechanically engaging element 17 of the hair of accessory 6 pivots accessory 6 around a second axis BB'and its second angular configuration " It is especially possible to avoid causing sufficient stress to be thus separated from the "spray brush".

As in the embodiment illustrated in the figure, the locking means is designed to allow the accessory 6 to lock at each of the different angular configurations that the accessory 6 can take with respect to the handle 2. However, it is also possible to consider providing such a lock only for one of the first and second angular configurations depending on the intended use of the device 1. However, the hair styling device 1, however, in some cases-to limit the ability of the accessory 6 to move away from the "unlockable" angular configuration taken by the accessory 6 without completely forbidden-the accessory can be locked. When taking it in a non-angle configuration-may include means of limiting the rotation of the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2. The limiting means may be formed from, for example, a pair of magnets, ledges, or the like. Preferably, the limiting means can also serve as an indexing means that allows the user to know that the accessory 6 is indeed within the "unlockable" angular configuration involved. However, it will still be possible to apply sufficient torque against the accessory 6 and the handle 2 to separate the accessory 6 from the "unlockable" angular configuration.

Therefore, the use of the angularly configured locking means taken by the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2 thus causes the user to avoid some actual discomfort in use and the hair styling device 1 Contributes to the high reliability of use of. Moreover, the locking means avoids unexpected firing of hot airflow in unexpected directions and, for example, to the user's eyes, due to the unwanted rotation of accessory 6, which causes a sudden change in angular configuration. To the extent that it is particularly possible, it contributes to ensuring the particularly safe working of the hair styling device 1. Hair styling of the airflow generated by the blower module 5 and guiding the accessory 6 to an angular position outside the first and second angular configurations, which may occur abruptly due to unwanted rotation of the accessory 6. The risk of overheating and damage to the device 1 which has the effect of overly strongly limiting the launch of the device 1 to the outside and also providing a completely forbidden effect is similarly limited by locking means.

In this way, the hair styling device 1 according to the present invention is preferably provided so that it can be used in a plurality of different usage modes (multifunctional device), and shifts from one usage mode to another. Not only is it particularly simple and practical to use, as it is sufficient for the user to modify the configuration / orientation of the accessories with respect to the handle, but also while the hair styling device 1 is operating undesirably by the user. It is a portable hair styling device that is particularly reliable and safe, as long as it does not deviate from the angular configuration it takes.

Preferably, the unlocked configuration of the locking means is an unstable configuration, so that when the locking means is the unlocked configuration, it naturally returns towards its locked configuration. Tend. The safety of the hair styling device 1 is that (the first and second angles at which the accessory 6 may be locked in that case) in the absence of the user's positive action on the control member 21 of the locking means. The locking means (as long as one or the other of the configurations is taken) naturally retakes the locked configuration and therefore tends to block the accessory 6, thus increasing. Therefore, the locked configuration of the locking means is thus preferably a stationary configuration that the locking means may naturally take in the absence of external force of the control member 21 by the user.

Preferably, the locking means of the accessory 6 to the handle 2 comprises at least one tongue 22 and at least one accommodation corresponding to receive the tongue 22 within the locking means when it is in a locked configuration. The collaboration of the tongue 22 and the accommodating 23, 24, including the portions 23, 24, mechanically prevents the accessory 6 from leaving the first or second angular configuration it takes in that case. In the unlocked configuration of the locking means, if the tongue 22 is no longer able to collaborate with the corresponding containment 23, 24 and as a result there is no longer an obstacle to the rotation of the accessory 6, the accessory 6 will It is separated from the first or second angular configuration it takes. Such a configuration with locking means has the advantage of being particularly easy to utilize in reduced external dimensions. Preferably, the accommodating portions 23, 24 are integral with the accessory 6 and the tongue portion 22 is integral with the handle 2, particularly to simplify the design of the accessory 6. Quite naturally, the invention is, however, not limited to the special design involving the locking means, and the locking means may have any suitable alternative design (eg, one corresponding surface of the handle 2 or the like). Jaw type that tightens the surface of accessory 6 against the surface of.

Therefore, although the tongue portion 22 is provided so as to be accommodated in the corresponding accommodating portions 23 and 24 in the locking configuration of the locking means, the shape of the tongue portion 22 is not particularly limited to itself. For example, as in the embodiment illustrated in the figure, the tongue 22 may preferably take the form of a rigid rod (or "fastening pin") with a circular cross section that extends along the longitudinal axis, and is longitudinal. At least one position (a locked configuration of locking means) in which at least a portion of the rod is positioned inside the accommodating portions 23, 24 along the directional axis, and vice versa The rod is provided so that it can be translated, that is, slidably moved, from a position positioned outside the lock (unlocked configuration of the locking means).

If at least one of the first and second angular configurations of the accessory 6 corresponds to the only predetermined angular orientation of the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2, where it is desired to be able to lock the accessory 6, the accommodating portion 23 Is then suitably adapted to receive the tongue 22 closely within it. In the locked configuration of the locking means, the tongue portion 22 is then trapped inside the accommodating portion 23 without significant play in the direction of rotation of the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2. If the perimeter of the accommodating portion 23 is not necessarily closed, the accommodating portion 23, however, has at least a perimeter portion that forms a stopper for the tongue portion 22 in each of the two directions of rotation of the accessory 6. Quite naturally, it can be considered that the locking means includes multiple pairs of tongues and corresponding containments. In this case, the locking means is preferably configured such that each pair of tongues and accommodating portions cooperate with the other pair of tongue portions and accommodating portions at the same time. Moreover, if each of the first and second angular configurations of the accessory 6 corresponds to the only predetermined angular orientation of the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2, it is desired that the accessory 6 can be locked. The means may preferably include at least one tongue portion 22 and two corresponding different containment portions 23. Each of these accommodating portions 23 has the tongue portion 22 inside, depending on whether the accessory 6 is in the first or second angular configuration in which the accessory 6 should be locked, as described above. It is adapted to be received alternately and closely.

Allows the angular orientation of the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2, where at least one of the first and second angular configurations of the accessory 6 is variable over a predetermined angular range and it is desired that the accessory 6 can be locked. If so, the accommodating portion 24 preferably forms a square groove 24, an arc-shaped opening (or hole) as seen in FIG. The length of the square groove 24 defines a predetermined angle range, so that the square groove 24 receives the tongue portion 22 inside the square groove 24 between the opposite end portions 25, 26 of the square groove 24 forming the stopper. Adapted to. Once the tongue portion 22 is housed in the angular groove 24 of the locked configuration of the locking means, the relative movement of the tongue portion 22 and the angular groove 24 (hence the pivot of the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2) is the angular groove. It is thus limited by the opposing ends 25, 26 of the 24. According to the modification, the tongue portion 22 is provided so as to be in direct contact with the ends 25 and 26 of the square groove 24. According to another modification described in more detail below in connection with the embodiment illustrated in the figure, the tongue portion 22 is attached to an intermediate member 27 movably attached to the inside of the square groove 24. In the locking configuration of the locking means-provided to be accommodated. In that case, the tongue portion 22 can indirectly abut with the end portions 25, 26 of the square groove 24 via the opposite end portions 28, 29 of the movable intermediate member 27, respectively. It is desired that each of the first and second angular configurations of the accessory 6 be variable over a predetermined angular range (not necessarily the same width for each of the angular configurations) and that the accessory 6 can be locked. Assuming that the device 1 is designed to allow the angular orientation of the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2, the locking means preferably has at least one tongue 22 and two corresponding different angular grooves 24. It may be included. Each of these square grooves 24 has a tongue 22 inside it, depending on whether the accessory 6 is in the first or second angular configuration in which the accessory 6 must be locked, as described above. Adapted to take turns.

According to the modifications taken up in the embodiments illustrated in the embodiments in the figure, the locking means is preferably an accessory in the first angular configuration when the accessory 6 is in the first angular configuration. The second angle configuration is designed to ensure (alternately) locking of the accessory 6 to the handle 2 when the 6 is in the second angle configuration. According to this modification, the locking means includes only the tongue portion 22, and a first accommodating portion 23 for receiving the tongue portion 22 inside the tongue portion 22 in order to lock the accessory in the first angular configuration. Each includes a second accommodating portion 24 (different from the first accommodating portion 23) for receiving the tongue portion 22 inside the accessory 6 in order to lock the accessory 6 in a second angular configuration. Such a modification allows for the same tongue portion 22 to alternately lock the accessory 6 in each of the first and second angular configurations, thus providing a particularly simple design of the locking means of the hair styling device 1. to enable. In the embodiments illustrated in the embodiments illustrated in the figure, the only tongue portion 22 of the locking means is formed from a rigid rod 22 (or "fastening pin") of circular cross section, as previously mentioned. The rod is preferably along a longitudinal axis provided so that the locking means translates, slides and moves as the locking means transitions from a locked configuration to an unlocked configuration and vice versa. Stretch. The longitudinal extension shaft of the rod 22 is preferably oriented substantially parallel to the handle 2 and the second rotation shaft BB'of the accessory 6. The second axis of rotation BB, in this embodiment, coincides with, or is at least parallel to, the first longitudinal extension axis AA'of the handle 2, so that the longitudinal extension axis of the rod 22 is Moreover, it is preferably substantially parallel to the first axis AA'(FIGS. 6, 7, 9, 9 and 10).

More specifically, in the embodiments illustrated in the embodiments in the figure, the first angular configuration (“hair dryer” mode) is preferably the only predetermined angular orientation of the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2. Correspondingly, the second angular configuration (“spray brush” mode), on the other hand, allows the angular orientation of the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2 which is preferably variable over a predetermined angular range. The first accommodating portion 23 of the locking means is preferably adapted so that the only tongue portion 22 is closely received therein to lock the accessory 6 in the first angular configuration (FIGS. 5 to 5). 7). In this case, the first accommodating portion 23 is formed from a first cylindrical perforation 23 having a circular cross section, which is preferably provided in the half shell 18 of the outer envelope 18 that supports the second surface 16 (FIG. 5 and 8). Preferably, the first accommodating portion 23 is formed to reduce the risk of shearing of the tongue portion 22 under the influence of the forced rotational stress of the accessory 6 along the second axis BB'. The first cylindrical perforation 23 penetrates and the tongue 22 is one of the distal ends 30 of the tongue 22 when the tongue 22 is closely received therein in the locking configuration of the locking means. The portions are sized to extend beyond the first accommodating portion 23. The annular outer lip 19 of the internal deflector 14 preferably has a portion of the distal end 30 of the tongue 22 inside in a locked configuration of locking means, as partially illustrated in FIGS. 6 and 7. It is provided with a first orifice 31 provided on the lower surface of the opposite annular outer peripheral lip 19 of the first accommodating portion 23 which is provided so as to be closely received and penetrates.

The second accommodating portion 24 of the locking means has a length defining a predetermined angular range and, according to the description given above, of the opposing end portions 25, 26 of the square groove 24 forming the stopper. Preferably, a square groove 24 (or an arcuate hole) is formed, which is adapted to receive the only tongue portion 22 in between. As already mentioned above, the tongue portion 22 is the end of the square groove 24 so as to prevent the accessory 6 from leaving the second angular configuration when the locking means is in the locked configuration. It is not provided in the examples illustrated in the figure because it is in direct contact with 25, 26. That is, as particularly seen in FIGS. 5 and 8, the accessory 6 includes an intermediate member 27 movably attached to the inside of the square groove 24. One end of each of the intermediate members 27 is supported with respect to the surface of the half shell 18A of the outer envelope 18 that supports the first surface 15 of the accessory 6, and the other end of each is connected to the intermediate member 27. It is mechanically connected to the accessory 6 via two tension springs 32, 33. In the springs 32 and 33, the first end position (not shown) at which the end 28 of the intermediate member abuts on one of the ends 25 of the square groove 24 and the opposite end 29 of the intermediate member 27 are cornered. Between the other end of the groove 24 and the second end position (not shown) in contact with the other, the intermediate members 27 act in opposition to each other so that they can thus vibrate inside the square groove 24. .. The intermediate member 24 locks the accessory 6 to the second angular configuration (FIGS. 8 and 10), leaving the accessory 6 with some allowance for rotation along the second axis of rotation BB'. A second perforation 34 adapted to receive the tongue 22 closely internally is optionally provided equidistant from its ends 28, 29. In this case, the springs 32 and 33 are preferably balanced so that the intermediate member 27 is automatically returned to the central position inside the square groove 24 (FIGS. 5 and 8). The springs 32, 33 thus preferably define a known angular position, referred to as stationary, which can automatically return when the accessory 6 is in the second angular configuration. To enable. Preferably, a second cylinder provided in the intermediate member 27 to reduce the risk of shearing of the tongue 22 under the influence of the forced rotational stress of the accessory 6 along the second axis BB'. The shaped perforation 34 penetrates and the tongue 22 is a portion of the distal end 30 of the tongue 22 when the tongue 22 is closely received therein in a locked configuration of locking means. Dimensioned to extend beyond the second perforation 24. The annular outer lip 19 of the internal deflector 14 preferably closes the portion of the distal end 30 of the tongue 22 within the locked configuration of the locking means, as illustrated in FIGS. 9 and 10. A second orifice 35 is provided so as to receive and is provided on the lower surface of the annular outer peripheral lip 19 facing the square groove 24.

In some cases, according to a modification not illustrated in the figure, the square groove 24 forming the second accommodating portion 24 is preferably positioned equidistantly from the ends 25, 26 of the square groove 24, and the accessory 6 However, the distal end 30 of the tongue 22 may be provided with a third orifice that can be closely received when locked in a second angular configuration. As a result, the accessory 6 is advanced by the cooperation of the tongue portion 22 with the third orifice provided in the square groove 24 (and with the second perforation 34 when the intermediate member 24 is utilized). Can be suitably locked to the static central angular position already mentioned in. If the user so desires, it is thus suitably desired to prevent the accessory 6 from pivoting within a predetermined angular range when the accessory 6 is locked in the second angular configuration. Would be possible.

According to the preferred modifications taken up in the embodiments illustrated in the figure, the control member 21 of the locking means locks and / or locks the accessory 6 by the locking means by the user by a direct manual action on the control member 21. A manual mechanical control member 21 (not directly or directly) coupled to the tongue 22 to ensure unlocking. The manual mechanical control member 21 thus preferably, under the influence of the control member 21, has a locking position in which the locking means is at least locked and a locking position in which the locking means is unlocked. It can be movably attached to the unlocked position. Such variants have the benefit of relatively simple, inexpensive and reliable implementation. Alternatively, it may be an automatic control member that the user indirectly acts to control the locking and / or unlocking of the accessory 6 by the locking means. Such automatic control members may then include, for example, an electromechanical relay coupled to the locking means on the one hand and / or the adjusting means 10 manually by the user of the work of the hair styling device 1 on the other hand. In this way, when the user works with the inspection and / or adjustment means 10 to start the hair styling device 1, the automatic control member automatically locks the locking means, for example, in the angular configuration taken by the accessory 6. Can be controlled. The change in the angular configuration of the accessory 6 causes the user to re-engage the inspection and / or the adjusting means 10 to control the automatic unlocking of the accessory 6 in that case and stop the hair styling device 1 from working. May need to be done.

More specifically, the description that follows covers the preferred modification described above, wherein the control member 21 of the locking means is a manual mechanical control member 21.

Preferably, the manual mechanical control member 21 of the locking means is movably attached to the handle 2 rather than the accessory 6. As a result, the user can preferably handle the manual mechanical slider 36 with the fingers of the hand holding the handle 2 of the device 1, which is particularly ergonomic in the hair styling device 1. Contribute to giving to. More preferably, the manual mechanical control member 21 is such that at the end of the handle 2 where the accessory 6 is connected to the handle 2 and more preferably the accessory 6 extends the handle 2 from the end. It is attached at or from the second end 4 of the handle 2 in the embodiments illustrated in the figure. Therefore, such positioning of the manual mechanical control member 21 as close as possible to the interface between the rotary accessory 6 and the handle 2 is a manual mechanical control, particularly reducing the need to rely on complex coupling means. It particularly enables a simpler, more reliable and space-saving design of the mechanical coupling between the control member 21 and the locking means. Various movements of the manual mechanical control member 21 can be considered. In a particularly simple modification featured in the embodiments illustrated in the figure, the manual mechanical control member 21 is preferably along the first longitudinal extension axis AA'of the handle 2. Is mounted in a linear translation. The manual mechanical control member 21 is preferably formed from a slider 36 that is slidably attached to a slide 37 provided in the handle 2. According to another modification (not shown), the manual mechanical control member 21 may preferably be rotatably mounted around the first longitudinal extension axis AA'of the handle 2. According to yet another variant (not shown), the manual mechanical control member 21 is preferably translated and translated along and around the first axis AA', i.e. by spiral coupling. Can be mounted rotatably. In these two variations, the manual mechanical control member 21 is formed from an annular ring rotatably or translated-rotatably mounted inside a corresponding annular groove or notch provided within the handle 2. Can be done. According to yet another less preferred embodiment (not shown), the manual mechanical control member 21 divides (and eg, orthogonally) the first longitudinal extension axes AA'of the handle 2. It can be mounted so that it can be translated along the direction. In this case, the manual mechanical control member 21 may be formed from a push button.

According to a variant (not shown), the manual mechanical control member 21 and the tongue portion 22 (not single or single) form an integral single member, which is a hair styling device. It makes it especially possible to simplify the design of the and its assembly. According to other variations taken up in the embodiments illustrated in the figure, the manual mechanical control member 21 and the tongue portion 22 (single or non-single) are optionally made of two different materials. Also good, different members can be formed. The tongue 22 and the control member 21 are then mechanically connected to each other, either directly or not directly. For example, the tongue portion 22 can be assembled into a manual mechanical control member 21 by, for example, screwing, gluing, driving fit, or overmolding. For example, the manual mechanical control member 21 may be made of a plastic material, especially to control the total weight of the device, while the tongue 22 is to provide excellent mechanical resistance, especially shear resistance. , May be made of metal.

Preferably, the hair styling device 1 stops any direct action on the manual mechanical control member 21 when the manual mechanical control member 21 takes the unlocking position of the locking means (and the user discontinues any direct action on the manual mechanical control member 21). Includes return means designed to automatically return the manual mechanical control member 21 to the lock position of the locking means. In this way, the unlocked configuration of the locking means ensures the previously discussed preferably unstable properties. Preferably, the return means is at least one arranged to act in a pulling or compressing manner to elastically return the manual mechanical control member 21 to the locking position when it takes the unlocking position. It is an elastic return means including a spring. In the embodiment illustrated in the figure, the return means is such an elastic return means, preferably, as can be seen from making the manual mechanical control member 21 transparent in FIGS. 7 and 10. Includes a pair of tension springs 38, 39 arranged between the surface of the handle 2 and each surface of the manual mechanical control member 21. Quite naturally, in order to ensure such automatic return function of the manual mechanical control member 21 at the lock position of the locking means, the other returning means may be elastic (such as a spring blade) or inelastic (paired). Any magnet, etc.) can be used as an alternative.

Preferably, the unstable nature of the unlocked configuration of the locking means is that in the first and / or second angular configuration, the locking means can be locked by the locking means. It may also be possible to play the role of an automatic indexing instrument. That is, when the user rotates the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2 in order to position the accessory 6 in an angle configuration that can be locked, the locking means automatically shifts to the locked configuration. As a result, the user (by listening to the noise emitted by the locking means, such as the noise of engagement of the tongue 22 into the corresponding housing 23, 24, or by the accessory 6 exerted by the user. Know that the rotational stress of the accessory 6 has reached the degree of rotation required to actually position the accessory 6 in the desired angular configuration (due to the simple fact that it is abruptly blocked).

The device 1 is further preferably rotated with respect to the handle 2 in order to pivot the accessory 6 accordingly in order to position the accessory 6 on one or the other of the first and second angular configurations. It may include a visual and / or tactile index 40 to inform the user of the direction. The indicator means 40 is engraved, drawn, or otherwise realized at the interface between the handle 2 and the accessory 6, particularly as illustrated in the embodiment in FIG. A pair of arrows 41 may be included, for example. The visual and / or tactile index 40 is an alternative or alternative to inform the user of the angular position of the accessory 6 with respect to the handle 2 that corresponds exactly to the arrival of one or the other of the first and second angular configurations. It can be provided as a supplement. In particular, as illustrated in the embodiment in FIG. 3, the index 40 thus projects from, for example, the outer surface of the slider 35 of the control member 21 (or is engraved, drawn, or otherwise relative to the slider 35. The first marker 42 (realized by the method) may be included. The index 40 is from the outer surface of the envelope 18 of the accessory 21, where the tongue 22 of the locking means corresponds to the receiving housing 23, 24 or the second perforation 34 to ensure the locking of the accessory 6. Second and third markers 43, 44 that protrude (or are engraved, drawn, or otherwise realized on the outer surface of the envelope 18) may also be included. The second and third markers 43, 44 are preferably positioned so that the accessories 6 visually correspond to the first marker 42 when they are in the first and second angular configurations, respectively. (Fig. 3).

As described in detail above, the functions and uses of the hair styling device 1 according to the present invention are as follows, for example. The accessory 6 of the device 1 initially takes its first angular configuration (eg, corresponding to a mode of use of a "hair dryer") with respect to the handle 2 in which the accessory 6 is preferably locked by the locking means of the device 1. .. The user grips the handle 2 of the device 1 with one hand while preparing to position the device 1 so that the first air outlet 12 of the accessory 6 is oriented towards the wet hair in that case. .. The user then activates the manual inspection and / or adjustment means 10 of the operation of the device 1 so that a preferably warm forced air flow is provided via the first air outlet 12 of the accessory 6. It is sprayed on the hair. The device 1 is then used in this way for a desired time, eg, until a certain level of drying or pre-drying of the hair is reached, after which the user unlocks the accessory 6 by locking means. To command, it works on the control member 21 of the locking means of the accessory 6. For example, the user manually uses the finger (eg, thumb) of the hand holding the handle 2 to guide the slider 36 from its locked position (high position in the figure) to the unlocked position (low position). The slider 36 is slid within the slide 37 of the mechanical control member 21. While the accessory 6 is kept unlocked in this way, the user puts the accessory 6 into its second angular configuration (eg, corresponding to the "spray brush" usage mode). While holding the handle 2 with one hand and the accessory 6 with the other hand until positioning, manually transmit the rotational movement with respect to the handle 2 around the second axis BB'to the accessory 6. .. The user can then stop any action against the control member 21. Due to the preferably unstable nature of the unlocked configuration of the locking means, the locking means automatically transitions to the locked configuration and thus locks accessory 6 in the second angular configuration. To do. The user may then preferably use the device 1 to brush and tie the hair, for example using the hair engaging element 17.

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A first hand-held handle (2), a built-in blower module (5) for generating an air flow, and an accessory (6) connected to the handle (2), which are different from each other. A portable hair styling device (1) comprising an accessory (6) with an air outlet (12) and a second air outlet (13), wherein the accessory (6) is the air flow. At least one first angular configuration in which is blown by the accessory (6) through the first air outlet (12) and said air flow through the second air outlet (13). In a device (1) that is rotatably attached to the handle so as to move between and from a second angular configuration sprayed by the article (6), the first on which the accessory (6) is placed. With respect to the handle (2) in at least one of the first angle configuration and the second angle configuration in order to prevent the accessory (6) from being separated from the angle configuration of 1 or the second angle configuration. A locking means that locks the accessory (6) and a control member that allows the user of the device (1) to control the locking and / or unlocking of the accessory (6) by the locking means. 21) and an apparatus (1) further including. The device (1) according to claim 1, wherein the locking means is designed to move between a locked configuration and an unlocked configuration, wherein the unlocked configuration is an unstable configuration. ). At least one of the first angular configuration and the second angular configuration of the accessory (6) corresponds to the only predetermined angular orientation of the accessory (6) with respect to the handle (2). The device (1) according to claim 1 or 2. At least one of the first angle configuration and the second angle configuration of the accessory (6) is variable in a predetermined angle range, and the angle of the accessory (6) with respect to the handle (2). The apparatus (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 3, which enables orientation. The second air outlet (13) preferably comprises at least one first air outlet portion and one second air outlet portion (13A, 13B) that are different and not adjacent to each other. 1) is when the accessory (6) takes the second angular configuration that allows the accessory (6) to have a variable angular orientation with respect to the handle (2) over a predetermined angle range. 4. The accessory (6) is configured to allow an air stream to be blown by one and / or the other of the first air outlet portion and the second air outlet portion (13A, 13B). (1). Any of claims 1 to 5, wherein the locking means includes at least one tongue portion (22) and a corresponding accommodating portion (23, 24) so as to receive the tongue portion (22) inside the tongue portion (22). The device (1) according to the first paragraph. The device (1) according to claim 3 or 6, wherein the accommodating portion (23) is adapted to receive the tongue portion closely inside the accommodating portion (23). The accommodating portion (24) forms a square groove (24), the length of the square groove (24) defines the predetermined angle range, and the square groove (24) forms a stopper. 6. And claim 4 or 5, wherein the tongue portion (22) is adapted to be received therein between the opposite end portions (25, 26) of the square groove (24). The device (1) according to any one of the following items. One of claims 6 to 8, wherein the accommodating portion (23, 24) is integrated with the accessory (6), and the tongue portion (22) is integrated with the handle (2). (1). The locking means is said to be in the first angle configuration when the accessory (6) is in the first angle configuration, and when the accessory (6) is in the second angle configuration, respectively. The two angular configurations are designed to ensure locking of the accessory (6) with respect to the handle (2), the locking means having only the tongue (22) and the accessory being the first. In order to lock the tongue portion (22) to the first accommodating portion (23) that receives the tongue portion (22) inside, and to lock the accessory (6) to the second angular configuration. The device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 9, which includes a second accommodating portion (24) that receives the tongue portion (22) inside the tongue portion (22). The control member (21) ensures that the user can lock and / or unlock the accessory (6) by the locking means by a direct manual action on the control member (21). The device (1) according to any one of claims 6 to 10, which is a manual mechanical control member connected to the tongue portion (22). The device (1) according to claim 11, wherein the manual mechanical control member (21) is movably attached to the handle (2). The manual mechanical control member (21) is preferably linearly translated and / or along the longitudinal axis (AA') of the handle (2). The device (1) according to claim 12, which is rotatably attached around AA'). 23. The manual mechanical control member (21) is attached to claim 12 or 13 at the end (4) of the handle (2) to which the accessory (6) is connected to the handle (2). The device (1) according to the description. The manual mechanical control member (21) is movably attached between a lock position in which the locking means takes the locked configuration and an unlocking position in which the locking means takes the unlocked configuration. The device (1) preferably includes an elastic return means designed to automatically recall the manual mechanical control member (21) to the lock position when the unlock position is taken. 2. The apparatus according to any one of claims 11 to 14. The device according to any one of claims 1 to 15, wherein the first air outlet and the second air outlet (12, 13) of the accessory (6) have openings having different shapes. (1).

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