JP3391971B2 - Hair removal device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a hair removing device used for removing body hair for cosmetic purposes.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a rotating hair removing means is integrally provided with a means for improving combing effect of hairs to improve the introduction of hairs. JP-A-2-26857, European Patent It is known from the specification of No. 0467733 and Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-500984.

In the conventional example disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-36857, a comb-like effect is produced on the hair by each gripping band by providing a depression between the gripping bands provided on the blade for gripping the hair. I am trying to let you. Further, in the conventional example shown in European Patent No. 0467733, a brush is provided in front of the pulling-out means to make bristles stand.

Further, in Japanese Patent Publication No. 7-500984, a comb is provided in a clamp device formed by a coil-shaped spring.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional example, hair is caught by the tip of the hair and is raised, so hair that is in close contact with the skin or short hair may slip and may not be raised. There is a problem that it is not efficient.
In addition, pressing the device against the skin causes irritation to the skin, resulting in a large hair loss stimulus. Also,
When pressed against the skin with a brush, the hair may fall over and may not cause hair.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art, and it surely raises sleeping hair, curly hair, and short hair to efficiently remove hair, and to reduce irritation to the skin. An object is to provide a hair removal device with less irritation.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the epilating apparatus of the present invention holds the hair by opening and closing the upper end opening of the main body casing having a holding portion so that it can be held by hand. In a hair removing device having a plurality of claws and provided with pulling-out means for pulling out hair by rotation or rotation, a comb provided in front of the pulling-out means and integrally with the pulling-out means and rotating or rotating integrally with the pulling-out means. It is characterized in that a hair raising means made of a soft material such as a shaped elastomer is provided. With such a structure, the comb-shaped hair raising means made of a soft material having a high coefficient of friction increases the contact resistance with the hair even if it slightly touches the hair, and as a result, easily raises the hair. In addition, since it is a soft material, it feels good against the skin.

It is also preferred that the soft material comprises an injection moldable thermoplastic elastomer. Further, the hair raising means made of a soft material has a Shore A hardness of 40 ° to 80 °, a tip width of 0.2 to 1.0 mm and a thickness of 0.2 to 1.0.
It is preferably formed in a comb shape having a height of 1 mm and a height of 1 to 3 mm. By providing the comb-like elasticity as described above, it is possible to obtain a good contact with the skin and to deal with unevenness of the skin.

Further, the pulling means is integrally provided with a rotatable roller means and a hair raising means made of a soft material, and the hair raising means is arranged in front of the pulling means and the roller means is arranged in front of the hair raising means. It is also preferable to provide a recess between each means. With such a configuration, it is possible to improve the contact with the skin and the introduction of hair.

Further, it is preferable that the raising means made of a soft member is formed on a support base made of a hard member by integral molding of two materials, soft and hard, and in this one, the soft member and the hard member are formed. It is also preferable to form a protrusion on the molding welded surface. With such a structure, the soft member and the hard member are firmly welded and integrated.

It is also preferable that the hair raising means arranged in front of the pulling-out means is more easily bent in the left-right direction than in the front-rear direction. With such a configuration, when pressed against the skin, the hair raising means bends in the left-right direction, and hair can be raised even in the portion bent in the left-right direction.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. The epilation device of the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings has the following configuration. Body casing 1
A depilation claw 3 and a skin contact member 5 that serve as depilation means are provided at the upper end portion of the drive unit 6 disposed inside, and a depilation claw 3 that serves as the depilation means is provided at the top opening of the sub housing 17 at the upper end of the main body casing 1. No, further, the skin contact members 5 are arranged before and after the hair removal nail 3, respectively. The housing 10 is formed by dividing the main body casing 1 into two parts.
And an upper surface plate 16 arranged on the upper end surface of the housing 10,
It is composed of a frame-shaped sub-housing 17 which is detachably arranged on the upper surface plate 16, and the power jack 14 is provided at the lower end.
Switches 15 are provided on the side surfaces, respectively. The housing 10 is a portion held in the hand, that is, a grip portion.

The drive unit 6 arranged in the main body casing 1 is vertically movably incorporated into the main body casing 1 and is floatingly supported by being biased upward by a spring 18. As shown in FIG. 5, the main frame 61 and the main frame 61
A pair of side covers 62, 62 fixed to both sides of the
A frame 60 composed of
It is attached to the body casing 1 via a support arm 9.

As shown in FIG. 5, the support arm 9 has a U-shaped planar shape, and has a hole 9 provided at the center thereof.
It is attached to the housing 10 by engaging 0 with the protrusions 99, 99 provided on the inner surface of the housing 10. Then, both side pieces of the support arm 9 are as shown in FIG.
Each of the elastic pieces 91, 91 is formed by a pair of upper and lower thin elastic pieces 91, and the projections 63 formed on both sides of the center of gravity of the drive unit 6 are engaged with each other at the portions connecting the tips of the elastic pieces 91, 91. The engaging hole 93 is provided. Elastic piece 91
The drive unit 6 is movable up and down with respect to the main body casing 1 due to the bending of the main body casing 1. Further, by the spring 18 arranged between the lower end surface of the drive unit 6 and the inner bottom surface of the main body casing 1, It is urged upward. In the figure, reference numeral 68 denotes the lower surface of the flange 64 provided on the outer peripheral surface of the frame 60 of the drive unit 6 and the housing 10.
The dust-proof packing is provided between the inner flange 69 and the inner flange 69 and prevents dust from entering the main body casing 1.

The motor 11 is housed in the lower portion of the frame 60 of the drive unit 6 which is thus floatingly supported, the hair removing block 2 provided with the hair removing claws 3 is arranged in the upper end portion, and the vertical center portion is provided. A positive-moving cam 7 for driving the hair removal claw 3 is housed, and a drive means for reciprocally rotating the hair removal block 2 is housed on one side of the frame 60.

The positive cams 7 are for driving the hair removing claws 3 in the hair removing block 2, and are a pair of cam grooves 7
A rotary shaft 70 having an outer peripheral surface 2 and 72 and a pair of cam followers 75 and 75 provided with boat-shaped rollers 76 that slide in the cam grooves 72 and 72, respectively.
A gear 71 fixed to one end of the rotary shaft 70 meshes with a pinion 12 provided on an output shaft of the motor 11 via an intermediate gear 13 supported by a frame 60. The rotating shaft 70 here is rotatably supported by the bearings 79, 79 on the frame 60 so as to be movable in the axial direction, and a slight gap is formed between the gear 71 and the bearing 79 to allow play. It has. Further, the pair of cam grooves 72, 72 are both formed in a plow shape and are formed in a state of being spaced from each other in the axial direction of the rotary shaft 70, and the rollers 76, 76 of the pair of cam followers 75, 75 are formed. Are located at positions opposite to each other in the axial direction of the rotary shaft 70 except when they are located at the intersections of the cam grooves 72, 72. Also,
Although the rotating shaft 70 can move axially as described above,
Since the position is regulated by the pair of cam followers 75, 75, the axial position thereof does not become unstable.

As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 and 5, the pair of cam followers 75, 75 are rotatable about shafts 67, 67 provided upright from the frame 60. 76 is provided on the lower surface side at a position eccentric from the shaft 67. A driving roller 77 for driving the hair removing claw 3 is provided on the upper surface of each cam follower 75 opposite to the roller 76 with the shaft 67 interposed therebetween. In the figure, 160 is a hook for locking the sub-housing, 65 is an upper lid arranged on the upper surface of the central portion of the main frame 60, 66 is a dustproof plate, and the cylindrical portion concentric with the shaft 67 of each cam follower 75, 75 is the upper lid 65. And the dustproof plate 66 are vertically penetrated.

Next, the epilation block 2 in the present invention will be described in detail. As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, 6, and 7, the epilation block 2 arranged at the upper end portion of the frame 60 is a rotating body rotatably installed between both upper end portions of the frame 60 by a shaft 26. 23 is provided with a hair removing claw 3 and a pair of sliders 28, 28 for moving the hair removing claw 3 in response to the movements of the cam followers 75, 75. The lower part of the rotating body 23 having a gear 27 at one end. Both sliders 28, 28 located on the side are slidable in a direction parallel to the shaft 26 with respect to the rotating body 23 by shafts 29, 29 provided between both ends of the rotating body 23.

The hair removing claws 3 in the hair removing block 2 are a plurality of fixed claws 3a arranged in the axial direction of the rotating body 23 at a predetermined interval, and a plurality of movable claws 3b arranged between the respective fixed claws 3a. As shown in FIG. 8, the movable claw 3b includes two kinds of movable claws 3b, which are different in the number and position of the engaging projections 37 at one end, and are alternately arranged in the axial direction of the rotating body 23. The support protrusions 38, 38 protruding from the both side edges are supported by the rotating body 23, so that the rotating body 23 can swing around the axis in the direction orthogonal to the axial direction of the rotating body 23. Reference numeral 39 in FIG. 8 denotes a hole through which the shaft 26 of the movable claw 3b is inserted. Further, the movable claw 3b is provided with an elastic piece 38a so as to reduce noise due to rattling caused by being pressed into the groove between the fixed claws 3a shown by S in FIG. Here, as shown in FIG. 8C, the elastic piece 38a of the movable claw 3b is elastically supported by the arc-shaped projection 3a ₁ provided at the end of the portion of the fixed claw 3a indicated by S in FIG. As a result, the elastic contact portion of the elastic piece 38a serves as a pivotal fulcrum of the movable claw 3b, which prevents rattling.
The noise is reduced. The elastic piece 38a is shown in FIG.
In addition to the cut-and-raised pieces as shown in (1), an elastic body such as a rubber-like piece may be provided by a fixing means such as bonding.

The pair of sliders 28, 28 slidably attached to the rotating body 23 have portions that overlap each other in the axial direction, and the positive moving cam 7 described above.
Are slid in opposite directions, so that one slider 28 simultaneously swings every other one of the plurality of movable claws 3b arranged in the axial direction of the rotating body 23, while the other slider 28 remains. 3b is simultaneously swung in the opposite direction. The movable claw 3b is attached to both sliders 28, 28.
An engaging groove 280 with which the engaging protrusion 37 of FIG. However, one slider 28 is provided with engaging grooves 280 arranged in one row, and the other slider 28 is provided with engaging grooves 280 arranged in two rows on both sides of the engaging groove 280 of one slider 28. , A plurality of movable claws 3b arranged in a line are alternately engaged with both sliders 28, 28. Further, on the lower surfaces of both the sliders 28, 28, there are provided grooves 281 each having an arc centered on the shaft 26, and the cam followers 75, 75 are provided in the respective grooves 281.
Drive rollers 77 are engaged with each other.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the rotary member 23
A large recess 230 is provided in front of the fixing claw 3a on the circumference of the roller. A roller 231 rotatably attached to the recess 230 is located at the end of the rotating body 23. The shaft 23 is attached to the mounting hole 232 in the circumferential direction of the claw 3a.
It is press-fitted and fixed by 3. At this time, the shaft 233 may be press-fitted and fixed to the roller 231, and the shaft 233 may be loosely inserted in the mounting hole 232. As a result, the skin contact, which has been aggravated by the sliding stimulus of the ribs of the rotor 23 during rotation, rolls without pulling the skin by the roller 231 rotatably attached, so that the skin contact is good, and even in the bone part. The impact of the fixed claw 3a and the movable claw 3b on the skin is softened by the roller 231, so that the contact with the skin is very good.

Further, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the rotating body 23
A comb-shaped fin 234, which serves as a hair raising device and is formed of a thermoplastic elastic elastomer that can be injection-molded, is provided substantially in the center of the recess 230 between the fixed claw 3a and the roller 231. 234 is designed to rotate integrally with the rotating body 23. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 5, the drive means incorporated between the main frame 61 and the one side cover 62 of the drive unit 6 has one end at the eccentric portion of the one end surface of the rotating shaft 70 of the positive cam 7. It is composed of a link 80 connected by a shaft 81 and a gear 83 supported by a frame 84 by a shaft 84. The other end of the link 80 is connected to an eccentric part of the gear 83 by a shaft 82. The gear 83 is the rotating body 2 in the epilation block 2.
3 is engaged with the gear 27.

Now, when the motor 11 is rotated, the rotary shaft 70 is rotated via the intermediate gear 13, and the rotation of the rotary shaft 70 causes the link 80 and the gear 83 to rotate the entire epilation block 2. It reciprocates within a predetermined angle about the shaft 26. This rotation causes the roller 231 to be positioned substantially in the center of the upper opening of the sub-housing 17, and the depilation claw 3
The movable claw 3b in FIG. Simultaneously with the above rotation, the pair of cam followers 75, 75 of the positive cam 7 are respectively moved to the shaft 6
In order to cause the pair of sliders 28, 28 in the epilation block 2 to perform a reciprocating linear motion in opposite directions by performing reciprocal rotations in opposite directions about 7, the slider 2
The movable claw 3b that reciprocates by the reciprocating movements of 8 and 28 is an operation in which two movable claws 3b adjacent to each other on both sides of every other fixed claw 3a simultaneously come into contact with each other, and a movable claw 3b adjacent to both sides of the remaining fixed claw 3a. The operation of contacting the two movable claws 3b at the same time is repeated.

Here, in the embodiment,
The positive movement cam 7 is configured so that the movable claw 3b makes one reciprocating movement during two reciprocating rotations about the shaft 26 of the epilation block 2. That is, the shaft 26 of the epilation block 2
During one reciprocating rotation centering around, the state in which the movable claw 3b is in contact with the fixed claw 3a on one side is changed to the state in which the movable claw 3b is in contact with the fixed claw 3a on the other side. In addition, the movement of the movable claw 3b is a dead point of the dead center of the reciprocating rotation about the shaft 26 of the epilation block 2 when the movable claw 3b is located at the upper opening of the sub housing. Most of this is done at this point, and the movable claw 3b comes into contact with the fixed claw 3a at the transition at this point, and at the other dead point,
The movable claw 3b is moved slightly away from the fixed claw 3a that was in contact therewith.

That is, when the fixed claw 3a and the movable claw 3b come to a position facing the skin from the state where the roller 231 is in contact with the skin by one-way rotation about the shaft 26 of the epilation block 2, Hair is pinched by the fixed pawl 3a and the movable pawl 3b, and the hair removal block 2 is rotated in the opposite direction while the hair is pinched, so that the hair is pulled out, and the roller 231 is re-skinned. When it comes into contact with, the operation of releasing the pinched hair is repeated.

Next, the skin contact member 5 will be described. The skin contact member 5 is located inside the opening of the sub-housing 17 above the main body casing 1 and is swingable and floatable with respect to the main body casing 1. That is, a member A is integrally formed between the both ends of the front and rear skin contact members 5 arranged before and after the epilation block 2 as the epilation means by the connecting portion 50 to contact the skin.
That is, in the present embodiment, the front and rear skin contact members 5 connected by the connecting portion 50 are in contact with the skin and are separated from each other.
It is one member. Here, the front skin contact member 5 is composed of a comb-shaped comb 51, and is adapted to cause sleeping hair or curly hair. As shown in the operation diagrams (a), (b) and (c) of FIG. 13, the comb 51 stretches the skin and raises the lying hair or curly hair, and the fins 23
The hair raised in 4 is maintained, the hair is introduced into the pinching portion, and hair is removed. The arrow in FIG. 13 indicates the rotation direction of the rotating body 23 having the hair removal claw 3. The comb 51 is surrounded by an elastic elastomer made of urethane-based elastomer, and the elastic elastomer is a two-material molding that integrally molds two materials of the elastic elastomer and the hard material when molding the skin contact member 5 having the comb 51. It is molded by. Here, in forming the two materials as described above, by providing the protrusion 5a ₁ on the hard portion 5a formed of the hard material forming the main body of the skin contact member 5 as shown in FIG. 20, the comb is formed. The elastic elastomer 51a, which is a soft material forming the outer surface portion of 51, is prevented from shifting in the arrow direction of FIG. 19 when used with respect to the hard portion 5a made of a hard material. Further, the hard portion 5a is provided a hole 5a ₂ resilient elastomer 51a is softer material in the hole 5a ₂ is tightly integrated with the elastic elastomer 51a and the hard portion 5a is filled together.

This elastic elastomer has a Shore A hardness of 40.
The angle is in the range of 80 ° to 80 °, so that the skin can be stretched and the hair can be regulated while making the skin feel good. Furthermore,
The comb 51 is provided with a protrusion 51a at the front to facilitate hair raising. As shown in FIG. 6, a part of the connecting portion 50 serves as an elastic hinge portion 52 integrally extended from the main body of the connecting portion 50, and the comb 51 is integrally connected and supported by the elastic hinge portion 52. For this reason, the front skin contact member 5 is configured to be able to float independently of the main body of the connecting portion 50, which further improves the skin contact. A skin pressing portion 53 is formed on the upper surface of the main body of the connecting portion 50 by the same elastic elastomer as the above. The rear skin contact member 5 is composed of a roller 54, which is formed of an elastic elastomer and is rotatably attached by a shaft 54a so that it can follow the skin and roll.

As shown in FIG. 6, a projection 55 having an arcuate upper surface is provided on the outer surface of the main body of the connecting portion 50, and a boss 56 is provided on the outer surface of the projection 55. In addition, the above-mentioned hinge portion 52 extends from the convex portion 55. Further, a fulcrum groove 57 is provided at the lower end of the convex portion 55. On the other hand, on the upper part of the main body casing 1, the sub housing 1
Long holes 171 that are long in the vertical direction are provided in the central portions of the inner surface portions on both sides of 7 so as to face each other. The front and rear skin contact members 50 connected by the connecting portion 50 are inserted into the sub-housing 17 from below to face the opening of the sub-housing 17, but here, the front and rear skin contact members 5 are connected. The boss 56 provided on the convex portion 55 of the connecting portion 50 is engaged with the elongated hole 171 so as to be vertically movable. An upper surface piece 172 is provided on both sides of the opening of the sub-housing 17, and the upper surface piece 172 is a recess 173 having an arcuate cross section and an arcuate lower surface.

A fulcrum rib 62 provided on the side cover 62 with the sub-housing 17 attached to the housing 10.
a is fitted in the fulcrum groove 57 of the connecting portion 50, the upward pressing force of the spring 18 is transmitted to the fulcrum rib 62a via the side cover 62 of the drive portion, and the convex portion 55 of the connecting portion 50 is transmitted through the fulcrum groove 57. To contact the recess 173.
Here, the radius of curvature R ₁ of the arcuate concave portion 173 is set to be larger than the radius of curvature R _{2 of} the arcuate convex portion 55. Therefore, the arcuate convex portion 55 is formed in the arcuate concave portion 17
3 is hit at one point, and the part hit at this one point is the fulcrum part P of the swing of the member A that abuts on the skin. At the same time, the fulcrum part P of this swing is the upper end of the float of the member A that abuts on the skin. It constitutes the support.

That is, as shown in FIG. 11 and FIG.
Swing by pressing against the above fulcrum (contact with skin
Upper end supporting portion of the member A to the sub-housing 17)
P₁, P ₂Is in the opposite direction due to the downward float of the drive
The spring 18 is moved downward by the pressing force F.
It becomes possible to swing by pressing. At this time, press
The fulcrum P can be changed by the float of the spring 18 due to the pressure F
B of FIG.₁On the other hand, B of FIG.₂, Of FIG.
B₃Becomes longer and the spring 18 is pressed with a small pressing force F.
It can be floated by swinging around the boss 56.
It becomes possible. Also, in the state of FIG. 11 and FIG.
When the pressing force F that is a force is released, that is, when it is released from the skin, the center
Fulcrum P that was away from₁Or P₂Spring 1
The spring force of 8 makes contact with the skin at the initial position shown in FIG.
The member A is returned. In the state where this external force does not act
Initial stage of the fulcrum P of the swing of the member A that abuts on the skin
Float whose position passes through the rotation or rotation center of the epilating means
It is provided on the opposite line.

By making the fulcrum portion P variable in this way, a smooth swing can be obtained by pressing it against the skin.
It is possible to provide an epilator having a simple structure and a small size. In addition, as already described, the radius of curvature R ₁ of the arc-shaped concave portion 173 is the arc-shaped convex portion 55.
The radius of curvature R ₂ is larger than R ₂ , that is, R ₁ ≧ R ₂ so that a smooth swing can be performed.

In the embodiment shown in the accompanying drawings, at least two members, which are in contact with the skin and are spaced apart from each other, are connected to each other. As an example,
Although an example in which the front and rear skin contact members 5 are integrally connected by the connecting portion 50 is shown, as another embodiment, the hair removing means and the hair removing means are connected by the connecting portion so that they come into contact with the skin. The member A that constitutes the member A and that contacts the skin may be swingable and floatable with respect to the main body casing 1 as in the above-described embodiment. Further, by connecting the skin contact member 5 and the epilating means at the connecting portion, a member A that comes into contact with the skin is configured, and the member A that comes into contact with the skin is attached to the main body casing 1 in the same manner as in the above-described embodiment. The swing and float may be freely set.

By the way, as shown in FIGS. 6 and 7, the rotor 23 is provided with a comb-like fin 234 formed of a thermoplastic elastic elastomer (for example, urethane elastomer) which can be injection-molded, and the fixing claw 3a and the roller. It is provided substantially in the center of the recess 230 between 231 and 231 so as to rotate integrally with the rotating body 23, and the fins 234 cause sleeping hair, curly hair or short hair to be raised. Further, the hardness of the elastic elastomer forming the fins 234 is good against the skin, and the Shore A hardness is 40 in order to easily cause hairs.
The angle is set to 80 °. The thickness is 0.2 to 1.0 m.
m, the tip width is 0.2 to 1.0 mm, and the height is 1 to 3 mm so as to have elasticity that is gentle on the skin. Here, in the embodiment shown in FIG. 22, the tip thickness S ₁
Is 0.4 mm (base thickness S ₂ is 0.7 mm), tip width S ₃ is 0.5 mm (base width S ₄ is 0.6 mm), and height S ₅ is 1.5 mm. Like fin 23
By making the thickness and width of 4 different, the direction in which the fin 234 is bent and tilted when pressed against the skin is regulated. Further, the fins 234 have a rectangular shape with rounded corners in a plan view as shown in FIG. 22A, and the fins 234 are pressed into the skin in the same manner as described above even when the fins 234 have a rectangular shape in a plan view. It regulates the direction in which it bends and falls. With these configurations, when the fins 234 are pressed against the skin, as shown in FIG. 14, a direction that is orthogonal to the traveling direction at the time of the hair removal operation (that is, the traveling direction is the left-right direction).
Since it has a large amount of bending and frictional resistance, hair can be raised even in a portion that is bent in the left-right direction.

Further, the fin 2 made of soft elastic elastomer
Reference numeral 34 denotes a support member 235 which is a hard member and is integrally molded with two materials. At this time, as shown in FIGS.
The protruding portion 235a is provided on the upper part to increase the welding surface and strengthen the welding force. Also, a boss 235b and a welder welding rib 235c are provided on the support base 235, and the boss 235b is fitted and positioned in the hole 23a of the rotating body 23 as shown in FIG. 23 and fixed to the rotating body 23 by weld welding. ,
In this case, the welder welding rib 235c is melted and welded to the rotating body 23. In order to improve the welding strength by the welder, the supporting base 235 and the rotating body 23 are preferably made of the same material. Further, the support base 235 may be fixed to the rotating body 23 with a hook or the like. Here, the fins 234 may be integrally formed on the rotor 23, which is a hard member, by using two materials.

Although the hair is removed in the order shown in FIGS. 13 (a), 13 (b), and 13 (c), as described above, the comb 51 stretches the skin to raise the hair (especially the comb 5).
1 is effective for long hairs), the hairs raised by the fins 234 are maintained, and the hairs are introduced into the nipping portion of the hair removing means to remove hair. The fins 234 operate integrally with the hair removing means, and the fins 234 Since the distance between the hair removing means and the hair removing means does not change, hair can be raised by the movable nail 3a and the fixed nail 3b, which are hair removing means, until just before hair removal. As a result, even short hair can be reliably raised by the fins 234. Is something that can be done. Further, in this case, as shown in FIG. 13, the hair is raised by the fins 234 that operate integrally with the hair removing means when the skin is stretched by the comb 51 surrounded by the elastic elastomer. It is possible to raise hair, and to raise short hair more reliably. That is, the fins 234 are particularly effective for short bristles. As described above, the fin 234 raises the hair that has not been raised by the comb 51 as shown in FIG. 13, surely introduces the root of the hair into the hair removal nail 3, and performs efficient hair removal and also by the hair removal. It reduces irritation.

Further, as shown in FIG. 14, the fin 234 formed by the elastic elastomer has elasticity and has a large frictional resistance, and the hair can be easily raised by contact with the hair. In addition, the fin 234 is provided in the middle portion of the recess 230 in front of the fixed claw 3a of the rotating body 23.
By providing the above, a recess having a width of 2 to 4 mm is formed between the roller 231 and the fins 234 and the hair removing claws 3a and 3b. As a result, the hair is raised and easily engages with the fins 234 and the hair removal claws 3a and 3b, and the hair is raised and introduced, so that efficient hair removal can be performed, and the root of the hair is grasped so that hair removal stimulation is small. Is. Furthermore, the movable claw 3a,
Hair is further raised by providing a protrusion on the fixed claw 3b toward the fin 234 side, which is the traveling direction during hair removal.

Further, the fin 234 is shown in FIGS.
Various embodiments of are shown. That is, FIG. 15 is an example in which a plurality of fins 234 are arranged in parallel at right angles to the roller 231 with a certain interval, and show the embodiment shown in FIG. 7. FIG. 16 shows an example in which the fins 234 are arranged in parallel with respect to the roller 231 (in this example,
This is an example in which the left and right fins 234 are tilted in the opposite direction with the center as a boundary. By tilting the fins 234, it is easy to cause bristles to pass through. FIG. 17 shows an example in which fins 234 are alternately arranged in a zigzag pattern, and the introduction gap M is increased to improve the introduction of hair. Further, FIG. 18 shows an example in which a plurality of fins 234 are arranged in parallel and alternately in a zigzag pattern with respect to the roller 231.
4 makes the skin feel better.

In the attached drawings, 101 indicates hair and 100 indicates skin.

[0039]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, as described above, the hair is grasped by opening and closing the upper end opening portion of the main body casing having the grip portion so that the hair can be held by the hand. In a hair removing device having a plurality of claws and provided with pulling-out means for pulling out hair by rotation or rotation, a comb provided in front of the pulling-out means and integrally with the pulling-out means and rotating or rotating integrally with the pulling-out means. Since the hair raising means made of a soft material such as a shaped elastomer is provided, the contact resistance can be maintained even by a slight contact due to the hair raising means made of a soft material such as a comb-shaped elastomer that rotates or rotates integrally with the drawing means. Large and long hairs and short hairs can be easily raised and introduced into the pulling-out means, and efficient hair removal can be performed. Good contact skin so made of a soft material such, those capable of reducing hair loss stimulation.

Further, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, in the invention described in claim 2, since the soft material is made of a thermoplastic elastomer which can be injection-molded, an integral comb shape is formed by injection molding. It is possible to form a hair raising means and it becomes inexpensive. According to the invention of claim 3, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1, the hair raising means made of a soft material has a Shore hardness A of 40 ° to 80 ° and a tip width of 0.2. ~ 1.0 mm, thickness 0.2-1.
Since it is formed in a comb shape with a height of 0 mm and a height of 1 to 3 mm,
With good elasticity to the skin, good skin contact, rigidity to efficiently cause hair removal, efficient hair removal, less stimulation of hair loss, and support for uneven skin. is there.

In addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, a rotatable roller means and a hair raising means made of a soft material are provided integrally with the pulling-out means. Since the hair raising means is arranged in front of the pulling means and the roller means is arranged in front of the hair raising means, and the concave portion is provided between each means, the roller means presses the skin well and raises the hair. The hair can be easily and efficiently raised by the hair raising means made of a soft material, and the hair can be efficiently introduced by the succeeding pulling means and pinched for efficient hair removal. Also, by providing a recess between each means, the hair easily engages the hair raising means and the pulling means, and the hair is raised and introduced, so that efficient hair removal can be performed and the root of the hair can be grasped. Hair removal can be performed with less hair loss stimulation.

According to the invention of claim 5, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1, the hair raising means made of a soft member has a support base made of a hard member that is soft and hard. Since it is formed by integrally molding the material, the soft member can be held on the support base with a simple structure and can be fixed to the rotating body by welder welding or the like. Further, in the invention of claim 6, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 5, since a protrusion is formed on the molding and welding surface of the soft member and the hard member, the welding surface is increased. The holding strength of the welded surface of the soft member can be increased.

In addition to the effect of the invention according to claim 1, in the invention according to claim 7, the hair raising means arranged in front of the pulling-out means is more likely to bend in the left-right direction than in the front-rear direction. Therefore, when the hair raising means made of a soft material is pressed against the skin, the hair raising means bends to the left and right, and the hair can be raised at the portion bent to the left and right, and effective hair raising can be performed.

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FIG. 1 is a front sectional view of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the same, with some parts omitted.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged front sectional view of the above.

FIG. 4 is a plan view of the above.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of the above main body.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the epilation block of the above.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a rotating body in the epilation block of the above.

8A and 8B are perspective views of movable claws, and FIG. 8C is a sectional view of a portion in which the movable claws are press-fitted and supported between fixed claws.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged front view of the above.

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which a member that comes into contact with the skin of the same as above is located at an initial position.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an operation in a swinging state when the front side of the member that abuts on the skin is pressed.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory view showing an operation in a swinging state when the rear side of the member that abuts on the skin is pressed.

13 (a), (b), and (c) are explanatory views of an operation sequence showing a hair loss state.

FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing a state in which the above-mentioned hair raising means bends in the left-right direction to raise hair.

15A is a plan view showing the positional relationship between fins and rollers, and FIG. 15B is a side view of fins.

FIG. 16 is a plan view of another embodiment showing the positional relationship between fins and rollers.

FIG. 17A is a plan view of still another embodiment showing the positional relationship between fins and rollers, and FIG. 17B is a side view of fins.

FIG. 18A is a plan view of still another embodiment showing the positional relationship between fins and rollers, and FIG. 18B is a side view of fins.

FIG. 19 is an explanatory view showing a state where two materials of the skin contact member are integrally molded, the right half shows a state where the elastic elastomer is not omitted in the drawing, and the left half shows a state where the elastic elastomer is omitted in the drawing. .

20 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line XX of FIG.

FIG. 21 is a front view showing a state in which a comb-shaped fin formed of an elastic elastomer is integrally molded on a support base with two materials.

22 (a) is an enlarged plan view of a Y portion in FIG. 21, (b) is an enlarged sectional view, and (c) is an enlarged front view.

FIG. 23 is a cross-sectional view showing a state where the support base is attached to the rotating body.

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1 Main body casing 2 hair removal block 3 hair removal nails 234 Fin 235 support 231 Laura

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Claims (7)

(57) [Claims] 1. A pull-out means for pulling out hair by rotation or rotation is provided with a plurality of claws for opening and closing to hold the hair at an upper end opening portion of a main body casing having a holding portion that can be held by hand. In the provided hair removing device, a hair raising device made of a soft material such as a comb-shaped elastomer is provided in front of the extraction device and is integrally provided with the extraction device and rotates or rotates integrally with the extraction device. Hair removal device. 2. The epilating device according to claim 1, wherein the soft material comprises an injection moldable thermoplastic elastomer. 3. The hair raising means made of a soft material has a Shore A hardness of 40 ° to 80 ° and a tip width of 0.2 to 1.0.
The epilator according to claim 1, wherein the epilator is formed in a comb shape having a thickness of 0.2 mm, a thickness of 0.2 to 1.0 mm, and a height of 1 to 3 mm. 4. A roller means rotatable with respect to the drawing means,
In addition to integrally providing hair raising means made of soft material,
2. The hair removing device according to claim 1, wherein the hair raising means is arranged in front of the pulling means, the roller means is arranged in front of the hair raising means, and a recess is provided between each means. 5. The epilating device according to claim 1, wherein the hair raising means made of a soft member is formed on a support base made of a hard member by integral molding of two materials, soft and hard. 6. The epilating device according to claim 5, wherein a protrusion is formed on the molding and welding surface of the soft member and the hard member. 7. The epilating device according to claim 1, wherein the hair raising means arranged in front of the pulling-out means is more easily bent in the left-right direction than in the front-rear direction.