JP3475485B2 - 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 purposes such as beauty.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a hair removing device of this type, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No.
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 156407 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2-36857 disclose a device using a plurality of disk-shaped hair removing plates that are rotationally driven. Further, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 4-348703 discloses a plurality of depilation claws, each of which is composed of a pair of rods arranged in series in the axial direction, arranged around a rotating member. The hair is pinched out by opening and closing to pinch the hair and rotating it.

[0003]

However, in the above-described hair removing device, when pulling out the hair of a recessed portion such as the back side of the knee or elbow or the armpit, the hair removing plate or the hair removing nail is difficult to adhere to the portion, The hair removal efficiency may decrease. Also,
When the hair removal plate or the nails were pressed against the skin too much, the skin was sagged and the skin was sometimes pinched with the hair removal nails.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and an object thereof is to achieve high hair removal efficiency,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a hair removal device that is comfortable against the skin and has improved safety.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the epilating apparatus according to claim 1 comprises a rotating member which is provided at an end of a main body and which is rotated by an axis, and which is rotated by the rotating member. End faces of the pair of rods or epilators facing each other
A hair removal claw composed of a holding part that can be opened and closed in the axial direction and a contacting part that extends from the outer peripheral side surface of the holding part and contacts the human body
In the epilating device provided with the epilating means and the opening / closing means for opening and closing the sandwiching portion in accordance with the rotational position of the epilating nail of the epilating means, the epilating means has an outer periphery of the abutting portion of the epilating nail in a side view.
As the envelope connecting the sides goes from both ends to the center of the rotating member
Rotate in a generally arcuate shape so that the distance from the axis gradually increases.
The rolling member is arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the rolling member .

According to a second aspect of the hair removing device, the hair removing means of the first aspect is formed by a plurality of rods arranged in parallel in the axial direction, and the outer surface of the rod serves as a contact portion.
The end portions of the adjacent rods are configured as a sandwiching portion.

Further, the hair removing device according to a third aspect of the present invention is configured such that a plurality of the hair removing means according to the second aspect is arranged around the rotating member.

According to a fourth aspect of the hair removing device, the hair removing means according to the third aspect of the present invention includes the hair removing means in which the operating width of the holding portion partially intersects with the operating width of the holding portion of the adjacent hair removing means. The structure is formed so as to shift.

According to a fifth aspect of the epilation device, the epilation means of the first aspect is formed by a plurality of plate-shaped epilation plates arranged in parallel in the axial direction, and the outer peripheral side surface of the epilation plate is in contact with the abutting portion. In this configuration, the end faces of the adjacent epilating plates are used as the sandwiching portion.

Further, in the hair removing device according to a sixth aspect, the hair removing means according to any one of the first to fifth aspects is configured such that the entire body is exposed from the main body.

The hair removing device according to a seventh aspect stores the hair scraps pulled out by the hair removing means in an empty space between the hair removing means and the body of the hair removing device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects. It is configured to be provided with a hair waste storage section.

The hair removing device according to an eighth aspect of the present invention is configured such that the hair waste storage portion of the seventh aspect is formed of an elastic material.

[0013]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, the contact portion of the epilating means is formed in a substantially arcuate shape in a side view, so that the contact portion is located on the back side of the knee or elbow or on a recessed portion such as the armpit. It becomes easy to adhere.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, since the hair removing means is formed by a plurality of rods, the contact with the skin can be improved.

According to the third aspect of the invention, the hair removal time is shorter than that with a single hair removal means.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, even if there is hair that has been missed by one hair removing means, the adjacent hair removing means has an opportunity to remove the hair.

According to the structure of claim 5, a large number of hairs can be pulled out at the same time. According to the structure described in claim 6, there is no fear that a relatively long hair is caught in the gap between the hair removing means and the main body.

According to the structure of claim 7, since the hair scraps removed by the hair removing means are stored in the hair scrap storage portion, the scattering of the hair scraps to the outside is extremely reduced.

According to the structure described in claim 8, since the hair waste storage portion has elasticity, when the distance between the hair removing means and the hair waste storage portion is small, a slack skin may be generated between them. Even if the hair is caught, the force of sandwiching the skin between the hair removing means and the hair waste storage portion becomes small.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. This hair removal device consists of a body 1 and a hair removal block.
It consists of 2 and.

The main body 1 has a motor 12 disposed inside a housing 11 divided into two parts, a pinion 13 attached to an output shaft of the motor 12, and an intermediate gear meshing with the pinion 13.
14, a power jack 16 to which a power cord 15 is detachably connected, and a switch 17.

The epilation block 2 includes a pair of frames 22 and 23 connected to the housing 11 by screws 21 and a frame.
A pair of cam plates 24 and 25 as opening / closing means fixed to the facing surfaces of 22,23 and a pair of cam plates 24 and 25, which are arranged between the cam plates 24 and 25 and are rotatably rotatable about their axes. Rotating member 3
And 4 as a hair removing means arranged on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating member 3.
The hair removal nail 4 and the shaft stopper plate 26 having the square hole 26a are provided.

One frame 22 is provided with a screw hole 22a. A screw 28 is screwed into the screw hole 22a via a coil spring 27. By changing the screwing amount of the screw 28 into the screw hole 22a, the cam plate 24 by the coil spring 27 is changed.
It is possible to change the pressing force on the rods, and as a result, it becomes possible to adjust the sandwiching force between the rods 41 and 42 described later.

The pair of cam plates 24, 25 are formed such that the distance between them is narrowed on the top side of the frames 22, 23.

A gear 31 meshing with the intermediate gear 14 is integrally formed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotary member 3 on one end side.

As shown in FIG. 2, the hair removal nail 4 is provided so as to be exposed to the outside and to have a space 5 between itself and the main body 1. As shown in FIG. 4, each hair removal claw 4 has a pair of rods 41, 42 arranged in parallel on the axis so that the end faces thereof face each other with a small gap, and a pair of rods 41, 42
Is formed integrally with a leaf spring 43 that connects the rods 41 and 42 to each other, and the end faces of the pair of rods 41 and 42 that face each other are used as the holding portions 44, and the outer surfaces of the rods 41 and 42 that can come into contact with the human body are brought into contact. Part 45. As shown in FIG. 1, the abutting portion 45 is formed in a substantially arcuate shape in a side view so that the distance from the axis of the rotating member 3 gradually increases from both ends toward the center. It is easy to adhere to the recessed part of the. The side view used here is the rotating member.
It shows a plan view seen from a direction substantially orthogonal to the axis of 3.

The rods 41, 42 have holes 41a, 42a penetrating from one end to the other end. The shafts 41 having a substantially rectangular cross section are loosely inserted into the holes 41a, 42a and the rods 41, 42a are loosely inserted. The lower ends of 42 and 42 are slidably engaged with the dovetail-shaped groove 32 formed on the outer peripheral surface of the rotating member 3, and one end of the shaft 46 is press-fitted and fixed in the square hole 31a provided in the gear 31, and the shaft 46 It is held by press-fitting and fixing the other end of the shaft into the square hole 26a of the shaft stopper plate 26. In this state, the protrusions 41b provided on the ends of the rods 41, 42,
42b comes into contact with the cam plates 24 and 25.

Here, as shown in FIG. 5, the four hair-removing claws 4 arranged in the circumferential direction of the rotating member 3 are composed of rods 41 and 42 and leaf springs.
43 and the gap formed by 43 in the axial direction of the rotary member 4.
It is formed so as to come to a position shifted by 5H. As a result, even if there is hair that has been missed by one hair removal nail 4, the adjacent hair removal nail 4 has the opportunity to pull out that hair. In addition, H represents the axial dimension of the gap portion in the normal state.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.
When the motor 12 is driven by the switch 17, the pinion 13,
The hair removal claw 4 rotates integrally with the rotating member 3 via the intermediate gear 14 and the gear 31. At this time, since the pair of rods 41, 42 are axially operated by the cam plates 24, 25 in accordance with the rotational position, the hair removal claws 4 are repeatedly opened and closed by the holding section 44. Here, the leaf spring 43 is deformed in the direction in which the elastic force is increased in the closed state of the holding portion 44, and when the holding portion 44 is in the open state, the elastic force causes the rod 41, 4
It acts to quickly return 2 to the normal state.

Here, the operation of the pinching portion 44 during one rotation of the one epilation nail 4 will be described with reference to FIG. The pinching portion 44 becomes closer as the hair removal claw 4 rotates to approach the top part, and when the hair removal claw 44 reaches the vicinity of the top part, the holding part 44 closes and holds the hair. The closed state of the holding portion 44 is maintained for a while until the hair removal claw 4 rotates to a predetermined position. That is, the hair removal nail with the gripping portion 44 gripping the hair.
The rotation of 4 causes the hair to be pulled out. When the hair removal nail 4 further rotates, the gripping portion 44 gradually increases the interval and releases the extracted hair.

Therefore, the four hair removal nails 4 continuously perform the above-described operation.

As described above, in this embodiment, since the contact portion 45 is formed in a substantially arcuate shape in a side view, the contact portion can be easily attached to a recessed portion such as the back side of the knee or elbow or the armpit. ,as a result,
The contact portion 45 makes good contact with the skin, and the hair removal efficiency of the depressed portion can be improved.

Further, in the present embodiment, since it is not necessary to forcibly bring the skin into close contact with the contact portion 45 by strongly pressing the contact portion 45 against the skin, the skin is less likely to be sandwiched by the sandwiching portion 44,
As a result, it can be used safely.

Further, in this embodiment, since the sandwiching portions 44 of the four hair removal claws 4 are continuously opened and closed, the hair removal process can be performed efficiently in a relatively short time.

Further, in this embodiment, the four hair removal claws 4 are formed by the rods 41, 42 and the plate spring 43, and the gaps between them are the rotating members.
Since it is formed so as to be displaced by 0.5H in the axial direction of 3, the hair removal nail 4 adjacent to the hair removal nail 4 has the opportunity to pull out the hair even if it is missed by one hair removal nail 4. Therefore, the hair can be removed more efficiently.

Further, in this embodiment, since the hair removal nail 4 is exposed to the outside and the space 5 is provided between the hair removal nail 4 and the main body 1, comparison between the hair removal nail 4 and the main body 1 is made. It does not involve long hair.

In this embodiment, four hair removal claws 4 are provided, but the number may be three or less or five or more.

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. It should be noted that members having substantially the same functions as those of the first embodiment described above are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

In this embodiment, the hair waste storage portion 6 is detachably attached to the main body 1 so that the whole is located in the space portion 5 so that the overall shape does not become large.

The dust storage section 6 is formed of an elastic material such as rubber into a generally rectangular box shape, and has an elongated opening hole 61 at one end face.
have. The opening hole 61 is formed in consideration of the rotational speed of the hair removal nail 4, the influence of gravity, etc. on the hair so that the hair pulled out by the hair removal nail 4 can surely enter the inside through the opening hole 61.

As described above, according to the present embodiment, the hairs pulled out by the hair removing claws 4 are stored in the hair scraps storage portion 6, so that the scattering of the hair scraps to the outside is extremely small, and the cleaning of the scattered hair scraps is omitted. be able to.

Further, in this embodiment, since the hair scraps storage portion 6 has elasticity, the hair removal claw 4 and the hair scraps storage portion 6 may be changed at any time.
Even if slack skin is caught between and, the force to pinch the skin by the hair removal nail 4 and the hair waste storage portion 6 becomes small, and damage to the skin can be minimized.

Next, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. It should be noted that members having substantially the same functions as those of the first and second embodiments described above are designated by the same reference numerals and the description thereof will be omitted.

In this embodiment, a plurality of disc-shaped hair removing plates 7 are arranged in parallel on the rotating member 3 as the hair removing means.
The outer peripheral side surface of 7 is the contact portion 71, and the end surface of the adjacent epilating plate 7 is the holding portion 72.

That is, in this embodiment, the epilating plate 7 is arranged on the rotating member 3 such that the distance from the axial center of the rotating member 3 gradually increases as the envelope connecting the outer peripheral side surfaces from the both ends goes to the center. When the hair removing plate 7 rotates integrally with the rotating member 3, the adjacent hair removing plates 7 open and close in a predetermined cycle.

As described above, in this embodiment, since a plurality of hair removing plates 7 are used as the hair removing means, a large number of hairs can be removed at the same time, and the hair removing time can be shortened.

[0047]

In the epilating apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention, the abutting portion of the epilating means is formed in a substantially arcuate shape in a side view, so that the abutting portion is a recessed portion such as the back side of the knee or elbow or the armpit. As a result, the skin contact can be improved, and the hair removal efficiency of the recessed portion can be improved. Further, since it is not necessary to strongly press the hair removing means against the skin, the skin is less likely to be pinched by the hair removing means, and as a result, it can be used safely.

In addition to the effect of the first aspect of the hair removing device, the hair removing means is formed by a plurality of rods, so that the contact with the contact portion can be further improved.

In addition to the effect according to the second aspect, the hair removing device according to the third aspect can shorten the hair removing time as compared with the case where only one hair removing means is used.

In addition to the effect of claim 3, the hair removing device according to claim 4 has the opportunity to remove the hair by the adjacent hair removing means even if there is hair that has been missed by one hair removing means. Can be further increased.

In addition to the effect of the first aspect, the hair removing device according to the fifth aspect can remove a large number of hairs at the same time, and the hair removing time can be shortened.

In addition to the effect of any one of the first to fifth aspects, the hair removing device according to the sixth aspect eliminates the risk of relatively long hair being caught in the gap between the hair removing means and the main body, and further improves safety. can do.

In addition to the effect according to any one of claims 1 to 6, the hair removing device according to claim 7 stores the hair scraps removed by the hair removing means in the hair scraps storing portion. Scattering is extremely reduced, and cleaning of scattered dust can be omitted.

In addition to the effect of the seventh aspect, the hair removing device according to the eighth aspect has elasticity in the hair debris storage portion. Therefore, if the distance between the hair removal means and the hair debris storage portion is small, it will cause some trouble. Even if slack skin is caught between them, the force of sandwiching the skin by the hair removing means and the hair waste storage portion becomes small, and damage to the skin can be minimized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view of a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view thereof.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of the epilation block.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the hair removal nail.

FIG. 5 is a partial arrangement diagram showing a pattern of a gap portion when the hair removal nails are arranged two-dimensionally.

FIG. 6 is an operation of the hair removal block ((a) → (b) →
It is an operation explanatory view showing (c)).

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a simplified partial cross-sectional view of the third embodiment of the present invention when the holding portion is in the closed state.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 body 3 Rotating member 6 Debris storage 7 Hair removal board 41 rod 42 rod 44 clamping part 45 Contact part 71 Abutment part 72 clamping part

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── --- Continuation of the front page (56) References JP-A-4-348703 (JP, A) JP-A-2-149210 (JP, A) JP-A-60-156407 (JP, A) JP-A-3- 29605 (JP, A) Actual Kaihei 3-62504 (JP, U) Special Table 3-504097 (JP, A) (58) Fields investigated (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A45D 26/00

Claims (8)

(57) [Claims] 1. A rotating member, which is provided at an end of a main body and rotates about an axis, and a pair of rotary members which are rotated by the rotating member .
A hair removing means having a hair removing claw, which comprises a holding portion that axially opens and closes mutually facing end surfaces of a pad or a hair removing plate, and a contacting portion that extends from an outer peripheral side surface of the holding portion and contacts a human body, and hair removing means. A depilation device comprising: an opening / closing means for opening and closing a pinching portion according to the rotational position of the depilation claw of the device, wherein the depilation means is an envelope connecting the contacting part of the depilation claw to the outer peripheral side surface in a side view.
The distance from the axis of the rotating member as the line goes from both ends to the center
The outer peripheral surface of the rotating member has a substantially circular arc shape so that
Arranged by comprising hair removal device. 2. The hair removing means according to claim 1, wherein the hair removing means is formed by a plurality of rods arranged in parallel in the axial direction, the outer surfaces of the rods serve as contact portions, and the end portions of adjacent rods serve as holding portions. Hair removal device. 3. The epilating apparatus according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of the epilating means are arranged around a rotating member. 4. The epilating device according to claim 3, wherein the epilating means is formed such that the operating width of the nipping portion partially intersects the operating width of the nipping portion of the adjacent epilating means and is displaced in the axial direction. . 5. The epilating means is formed of a plurality of plate-like epilating plates arranged in parallel in the axial direction, the outer peripheral side surface of the epilating plate serves as an abutting portion, and the end faces of adjacent epilating plates serve as a sandwiching portion. Item 1. The hair removal device according to item 1. 6. The epilating apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the epilating means is entirely exposed from the main body. 7. The hair removal device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising: a hair waste storage part for storing hair waste extracted by the hair removing means, in an empty space between the hair removing means and the main body. apparatus. 8. The hair removal device according to claim 7, wherein the hair waste storage portion is formed of an elastic material.