JP5337597B2 - Hair care equipment - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a hair care device.

  Conventionally, as a hair care device such as a hair brush, a bristle base having a bristle base from which a plurality of bristle protrudes is attached to the outer portion of the brush, and the plurality of bristle and the long bristle that form a line in the longitudinal direction of the hair brush, The thing comprised with the short bristle is known (for example, refer patent document 1).

  In this Patent Document 1, a plurality of short bristle are provided so as to be closely packed together so that the hair is mainly captured by the row of short bristle, and the hair is slid by sliding the hair contact surface of the bristle base while applying tension to the hair. I'm trying to ridicule.

JP 2000-350619 A

  However, in such a conventional hair care device, a plurality of long bristle rows are arranged in the short direction of the hairbrush (hair bristle direction), and the short bristle rows are arranged on the outermost side of the hair combing direction. The surface of the bristle base is not used effectively when combing the hair while grasping the hair with an appropriate tension. I couldn't catch a wide range with the tension.

  Then, an object of this invention is to obtain the hair care apparatus which can capture hair in a wide range with moderate tension.

In the invention of claim 1, a hair care device comprising a brush portion having a bristle base projecting a plurality of bristle and a brush shell portion holding the bristle base, wherein the bristle is a long A bristle and a short bristle shorter than the long bristle, and the short bristle is arranged on the outer side of the bristle base in the hair-stripping direction than the long bristle , and the bristle base deflects the bristle base. In the state, both end portions in the hair combing direction are held by the brush outline portion, and the bristle stand is in the unfolded state of the bristle stand and is the brush outline portion as it goes to both end portions in the hair combing direction. It has a shape that warps in the opposite direction .

  In the hair care device according to claim 1, in the hair care device according to claim 1, the width dimension in the hair combing direction on the hair contact surface of the bristle base is larger than the width dimension in the same direction of the brush outer portion. It is characterized by that.

According to the invention of claim 3 , in the hair care device according to claim 1 or 2 , the brush outer portion is a support curved surface facing the back surface of the bristle base held by the brush outer portion. The curvature of the hair contact surface of the bristle base is made smaller than the curvature of the support curved surface.

In the invention of claim 4 , in the hair care device according to any one of claims 1 to 3 , between the both ends of the bristle stand in the hair combing direction and the brush outer portion, The present invention is characterized in that a bending preventing portion for suppressing bending deformation of the bristle base toward the brush outer portion side is provided.

In invention of Claim 5 , in the hair care apparatus of any one of Claims 1-4 , the said brush outer part is formed including the material which suppresses electrification, It is characterized by the above-mentioned. To do.

According to the invention of claim 1, since the short bristle is arranged outside the long bristle with respect to the hair combing direction of the bristle base, when combing the hair, the distance between the short bristle that captures the hair with an appropriate tension is set. Can take longer. As a result, when combing hair while capturing the hair with an appropriate tension, it is possible to capture the hair in a wide range by using the surface area of the hair contact surface of the bristle base more effectively.
In addition, the bristle stand is shaped to bend back in the opposite direction to the brush outline as it goes to both side ends in the hair combing direction in the unfolded state. When held on the brush outer part with bending deformation, the bent side ends protrude more greatly from both ends of the brush outer direction of the hair combing direction. The surface area of the hair contact surface of the table can be increased.

  According to invention of Claim 2, since the width dimension of the hair combing direction in the hair contact surface of a bristle stand was made larger than the width dimension of the same direction of the brush outline part which hold | maintained the bristle stand, The surface area can be further increased. As a result, the hair can be captured in a wider range, and hair styling is facilitated.

According to the invention of claim 3, by making the curvature of the hair contact surface of the bristle base smaller than the curvature of the support curved surface of the brush outer portion, the hair contact surface of the bristle base is smaller than the support curved surface of the brush outer portion. Since it becomes a gentle curved surface, it becomes easy to move a brush part in parallel with respect to the hair caught with bristle, and it can make it easy to straighten hair.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, since the bristle base bending prevention portion is provided between the both side ends of the bristle stand in the hair combing direction and the brush outer portion, It can suppress that it bends and deforms to the brush outer side. As a result, the settling of the long bristle and the short bristle is suppressed, and the hair can be efficiently styled.

According to the invention of claim 5 , since the brush outer portion is formed including the material that suppresses charging, generation of static electricity is suppressed when combing the hair, and the hair can be more easily arranged.

FIG. 1 is a front view showing the entire hair care device according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an enlarged front view of the brush portion of the hair care device shown in FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line III-III in FIG. FIG. 4 is a front view of a short bristle block provided with a short bristle row of the hair care device shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is an enlarged cross-sectional view taken along line VV in FIG. FIGS. 6A and 6B are diagrams illustrating a developed state of the bristle base of the hair care device shown in FIG. 1, wherein FIG. 6A is a front view and FIG. 6B is a plan view. FIG. 7 is a rear view of the attachment state of the deflection preventing portion of the hair care device shown in FIG. 1 as viewed from the back side. FIG. 8 is an enlarged plan view showing one side in the width direction of the bristle base of the hair care device shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 9 is an enlarged plan view showing one of the short bristle of the hair care device shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a view showing a short bristle of the hair care device shown in FIG. 1, wherein (a) is an enlarged plan view showing an initial state in which the brush portion is pressed against the hair, and (b) is a view showing the hair being wrinkled. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a state in which hair is combed with the brush portion of the hair care device shown in FIG. 1, wherein (a) is a plan view showing an initial state in which the brush portion is pressed against the hair bundle, and (b). These are top views which show the state which has combed the hair bundle with the brush part. FIG. 12 is an enlarged view of a short bristle block viewed from the XII direction in FIG. FIG. 13: is a front view which shows the whole hair care apparatus concerning 2nd Embodiment of this invention. FIG. 14 is an enlarged front view of the main part of the brush portion of the hair care device shown in FIG. 13. FIG. 15 is an enlarged plan view of the hair care device shown in FIG. 16 is a cross-sectional view taken along line XVI-XVI in FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that similar components are included in the following embodiments. Therefore, in the following, common reference numerals are given to those similar components, and redundant description is omitted. Moreover, below, a hair brush is illustrated as a hair care apparatus.

(First embodiment)
As shown in FIG. 1, the hair brush 1 according to the present embodiment is generally configured by disposing a brush portion 2 on one end side in the longitudinal direction (vertical direction in FIG. 1) and a grip portion 3 on the other end side. ing. The brush portion 2 is detachably attached to a brush attachment portion 31 provided at one end of the grip portion 3.

  An air blower (not shown) and a heater (not shown) are housed inside the grip portion 3 and an air passage (not shown) penetrating in the longitudinal direction is formed. An air passage is provided at the other end of the grip portion 3. A mesh-shaped air suction port 32 communicating with the air is provided. Reference sign C is a power cord.

  Then, by operating the operation switch 4 provided on the side surface of the grip portion 3, the air blower is operated to suck air from the air suction port 32, and the sucked air is brushed through the air passage. Part 2 is sent. At this time, if the heater is operated, the air passing through the air passage is heated and warm air is supplied to the brush portion 2.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the brush portion 2 includes a bristle base 21 provided with a plurality of bristle 5 projecting, and a brush outer part 22 for holding the bristle base 21. The bristle 5 is composed of a long bristle 51 having a predetermined length and a short bristle 52 that is shorter than the long bristle 51 and efficiently captures hair. Both the long bristle 51 and the short bristle 52 are formed of a synthetic resin such as a polyester elastomer.

  The bristle base 21 has a hair contact surface 21a on the outer surface from which the bristle 5 protrudes, and the hair contact surface 21a holds the bristle base 21 on the brush outer portion 22 in the hair combing direction (left and right in FIG. 2). Direction: the width direction of the hairbrush) forms a curved surface protruding outward.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the brush outer portion 22 includes an outer main body portion 23 having an arcuate cross section that bulges outward, and a bristle base holding frame 24 attached to the inner surface side of the outer main body portion 23. Has been. And the hook part 21H formed in the width direction both ends of the bristle base 21 is detachably engaged with the engagement parts 23a provided in the width direction both ends inside the outer shell main body part 23, so that the bristle base 21 is held by the brush shell 22. At this time, the bristle base 21 is formed of a material such as a synthetic resin having flexibility. When the bristle base 21 is held by the brush outer portion 22, the hook portion 21H of the bristle base 21 is moved to the bristle base 21. Is engaged with the engaging portion 23a with a resilient force.

  Further, in a state where the bristle base 21 is held on the brush outer portion 22, a hollow portion S is formed between them, and the hollow portion S communicates with the air passage of the grip portion 3 and is sent from the blower. An air introduction space 25 into which supplied air is introduced. The air introduced into the air introduction space 25 is blown out as air from a plurality of outlets 21 b formed on the hair contact surface 21 a of the bristle base 21. At this time, when the heater is operated, it is blown out as warm air.

  Here, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 8, the short bristle 52 is disposed outside the long bristle 51 with respect to the hair combing direction (width direction) of the bristle base 21.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 2, the long bristle 51 and the short bristle 52 are arranged in a row in the longitudinal direction of the brush portion 2, and a plurality of long bristle rows 51Q are arranged in the hair combing direction ( In this embodiment, 7 rows) are arranged, and the short bristle rows 52Q are further arranged outside the long bristle rows 51Q arranged on the outermost side in the hair combing direction. That is, a pair of short bristle rows 52 </ b> Q are arranged on the outermost sides on both sides in the width direction of the hair contact surface 21 a of the bristle base 21.

  At this time, as shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 7, the long bristle rows 51 </ b> Q are connected by connecting bands 51 </ b> B in which the base ends of the long bristle 51 are continuous in the longitudinal direction, as shown in FIG. 3. Each long bristle 51 is inserted from the back side into a mounting hole 21 c formed in the bristle base 21 and protrudes from the hair contact surface 21 a of the bristle base 21. Then, when the connecting band 51B is locked to the bristle base 21, the long bristle 51 is prevented from being removed.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, in the short bristle row 52Q, three rows of short bristle 52 project from the short bristle block 52B by integral molding, and the short bristle block 52B is formed in the bristle base 21. The short bristle 52 is protruded from the hair contact surface 21a of the bristle base 21 by being inserted into the attachment port 21d formed in the rear side from the back side. Then, the end bristle 52 is prevented from being detached by engaging the retaining plate 52P provided at the end of the short bristle block 52B on the side opposite to the side where the short bristle 52 protrudes, with the back surface of the bristle base 21. Done.

  The center plate in the width direction of the retaining plate 52P is inserted into the long bristle 51 of the long bristle row 51Q adjacent to the short bristle row 52Q and is sandwiched between the connection band 51B and the bristle base 21. Further, the outer side in the width direction of the retaining plate 52P is fixed by being inserted into a rib 52K protruding from the rear surface of the bristle base 21 and pressed by a bristle support 26 described later.

  As shown in FIG. 3, in the long bristle row 51Q, the long bristle 51 is arranged one by one at a predetermined interval in the longitudinal direction. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 4, the short bristle rows 52Q are arranged in a staggered manner in the longitudinal direction, with the short bristle 52 densely arranged in three rows arranged in the hair combing direction. By arranging the short bristle 52 in a staggered manner in this way, as shown in FIG. 5, the short bristle 52 forming one row in a side view as viewed from the direction orthogonal to the row direction of the short bristle row 52Q, It arrange | positions so that it may be located between the short bristle 52 which comprises the other row | line | column adjacent to the row | line | column.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the short bristle 52 is divided into three groups G1, G2, and G3 in the longitudinal direction by one short bristle block 52B, and the short bristle 52 is divided into each group G1, G2, and G3. The intervals in the column direction (longitudinal direction) are set to be substantially equal. For example, in this embodiment, the interval in the column direction of each short bristle 52 is P1, and the apparent interval of the short bristle 52 is P2 in a side view as viewed from a direction orthogonal to the column direction of the short bristle column 52Q. , P2 = P1 / 2. In this way, by reducing the apparent interval P2 of the short bristle 52, the density of the short bristle 52 in the direction orthogonal to the hair is increased, and when the hair is combed, the hair captured by the short bristle 52 is reduced. The tension can be applied efficiently. In the present embodiment, the distance P2 in the longitudinal direction of the short bristle 52 on both sides in the width direction is set to be substantially equal through the third group G1, G2, and G3.

  As shown in FIG. 2, three short bristle blocks 52B are arranged in series along the longitudinal direction to form one short bristle row 52Q. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6, three attachment ports 21 d are formed in the longitudinal direction on both sides of the bristle base 21 in the hair combing direction, and the short bristle block 52 </ b> B is fitted into each attachment port 21 d. .

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 9, the short bristle 52 is formed in an elongated taper shape whose diameter is reduced toward the tip, and a convex curved surface 52c is formed at the tip. Further, a step portion 52S is provided at the intermediate portion in the longitudinal direction of the short bristle 52, and the base side of the step portion 52S is a short bristle lower portion 52a and the tip side is a short bristle upper portion 52b. That is, as shown in FIG. 9, when the diameter of the short bristle upper portion 52b in the stepped portion 52S is α and the diameter of the short bristle lower portion 52a is β, α <β is established.

  And the diameter difference is provided between the short bristle lower part 52a and the short bristle upper part 52b, and the short bristle lower part 52a is made larger diameter than the short bristle upper part 52b, and the improvement of the durability of the short bristle 52 is aimed at. . Furthermore, by making the short bristle upper part 52b small in diameter, as shown in FIG. 10 (a), the gap δ between the short bristle upper parts 52b is increased, so that a large amount of hair H can be easily taken in. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 10B, the hair that has been taken in is guided to a narrow gap δ between the short bristle lower portions 52a, whereby the hair H can be effectively tensioned.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 3, the width dimension L1 of the hair contact direction 21a of the bristle stand 21 is set larger than the width dimension L2 of the brush outline portion 22 in the same direction. .

  By the way, the bristle base 21 is formed in an unfolded state as shown in FIG. 6, and the hook portion 21 </ b> H is connected to the brush outer portion 22 as shown in FIG. 3 while bending both ends in the width direction to the back side. By being engaged with the engaging portion 23a, the brush outer portion 22 is held. At this time, in the bristle base 21, the outer peripheral surface on which the long bristle 51 and the short bristle 52 project is the hair contact surface 21a, and the brush outline formed so that the width dimension L1 of the hair contact surface 21a is a certain size. It is larger than the width dimension L2 of the portion 22. Thus, in this embodiment, the hair contact area of the hair contact surface 21a is positively increased by increasing the width dimension L1 of the hair contact surface 21a. In this case, the width dimension L1 of the hair contact surface 21a is preferably 30% or more larger than the width dimension L2 of the brush outer portion 22.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 6, the bristle base 21 is in a state opposite to the brush outer portion 22 in the unfolded state, that is, in the direction opposite to the brush outer portion 22, that is, on the hair contact surface 21a side. The shape is warped.

  The bristle base 21 is formed of a flexible material such as a synthetic resin having elasticity, and as shown in FIG. 6 (b), when the bristle base 21 is unfolded, the hair on the hair contact surface 21a. The center portion in the rolling direction is gently curved and recessed on the back side, which is the lower side in FIG. 6B, so that both side end portions are warped. And the outer side part of the both ends which curved back is connected to the hook part 21H via the circular arc surface 21R. In this case, it is preferable that the maximum height of the warping of both side end portions of the bristle base 21 has a height difference of 40% or more with respect to the central part of the bristle base 21 in the hair combing direction.

  When the bristle base 21 is attached to the brush outer portion 22, as shown in FIG. 3, the warped side end portions are bent toward the brush outer portion 22 to engage the hook portion 21H with the engaging portion 23a. Let Thereby, the hair contact surface 21a of the bristle base 21 is bent and deformed in the direction opposite to the unfolded state, and becomes a curved surface C1 protruding in the direction opposite to the brush outer portion 22.

  On the other hand, the bristle base holding frame 24 attached to the outer shell main body 23 of the brush outer portion 22 has a support curved surface C2 that faces the back surface of the bristle base 21 held by the brush outer portion 22. At this time, a gap is provided between the bristle base 21 and the support curved surface C <b> 2 of the brush outer portion 22 to allow an appropriate bending deformation of the bristle base 21 in the center of the hair combing direction. In this case, the brush outer portion 22 is formed of a synthetic resin such as a polyester elastomer and has some elasticity.

  And in this embodiment, the curvature of the hair contact surface 21a of the bristle stand 21 is set smaller than the curvature of the support curved surface C2. That is, the support curved surface C2 is generally formed with a certain degree of curved surface in the width direction, but the hair contact surface 21a is formed so as to be a gentle curved surface than the support curved surface C2. Thus, by reducing the curvature of the hair contact surface 21a, as shown in FIG. 3, the tip of the short bristle 52 is located above the central tangent line T that contacts the apex 21T of the curved bristle base 21. It becomes easy to project.

  In addition, by providing a gap between the bristle base 21 and the support curved surface C2 of the brush outer portion 22 as described above, moderate bending deformation of the bristle base 21 is allowed. As a bending prevention portion that suppresses bending deformation of the bristle base 21 toward the brush outer portion 22 side between both end portions in the hair combing direction of the base 21 and the brush outer portion 22 (specifically, the support curved surface C2). A bristle support 26 is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the bristle support 26 is formed in an elongated shape in the longitudinal direction of the hair brush 1, and each is arranged at both ends in the width direction on the back side of the bristle base 21. The bristle support 26 is provided with L-shaped ribs 26a on both sides in the width direction at the front end in the longitudinal direction and T-shaped ribs 26b on both sides in the width direction at the end. Two slits 26c are formed at predetermined intervals in the outer side in the width direction of the middle stage.

  The body portion of the bristle support 26 is formed with a plurality of fixing through holes 26d in the longitudinal direction (six in this embodiment) at predetermined intervals, and the inner side in the width direction of the fixing through holes 26d. The four long and short through holes 26e are formed in the longitudinal direction.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 7, an L-shaped groove 21e and a T-shaped groove 21f are formed on the back surface of the bristle base 21 at positions corresponding to the L-shaped rib 26a and the T-shaped rib 26b, respectively. The bristle support 26 is fixed to the bristle base 21 by fitting them together. Further, the retaining plate 52P of the short bristle block 52B is inserted between the bristle support 26 and the bristle base 21 by inserting the above-described rib 52K protruding from the rear surface of the bristle base 21 into the fixing through hole 26d. It is designed to be sandwiched between and fixed.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 7, ribs 52N that fit into the slits 26c are provided on the rear surface of the bristle base 21, and the bristle support 26 and the bristle base 21 are also formed by the slits 26c and the ribs 52N. And are fixed.

  In the present embodiment, the brush outer portion 22 is formed including a material that suppresses charging. Specifically, the brush outer portion 22 according to the present embodiment is formed using a material in which a low molecular type surfactant is blended with polybutylene terephthalate (PBT). In addition, as a material for suppressing charging, it is possible to use a high molecular type surfactant or a low molecular type surfactant, but in this embodiment, the strength is reduced by blending. A low molecular type surfactant that can be suppressed was used.

  Here, when performing hair styling such as curling or setting the hair H using the hair brush 1 according to the present embodiment, the long bristle rows 51Q and the short bristle rows 52Q are arranged in the direction of the hair H as shown in FIG. The brush portion 2 is disposed so as to be orthogonal to the direction of the hair, and a bundle of hair H is inserted between the long bristle 51 and the short bristle 52 and spread.

  The bundle of hair H is first caught between the long bristle 51 of the long bristle row 51Q and further inserted between the short bristle 52 located on the side. At this time, since the short bristle 51 is formed so that the diameter of the short bristle upper part 52b is smaller than that of the short bristle lower part 52a, the gap δ between the adjacent short bristle 51 becomes larger at the tip side, and FIG. As shown, the hair H can be easily inserted into the short bristle row 52Q. And the hair H inserted between the short bristle 52 is guide | induced to the short bristle lower part 52a direction where the clearance gap (delta) becomes narrow along the short bristle 52, as shown in FIG.10 (b). At this time, since the short bristle 52 is formed in a tapered shape, the hair H is smoothly guided downward.

  Further, the short bristle 52 protrudes from the short bristle block 52B in close contact, and the gap δ between the short bristle 52 is narrow on the lower side, so that the hair H is on the short bristle lower part 52a side. The hair H is sandwiched between them, and an appropriate tension can be applied to the hair H.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 11 (a), the hair H is guided along the curved shape of the hair contact surface 21a of the bristle base 21 and reliably contacts the arc surface 21R at the end in the hair combing direction. It can be easily adjusted to the shape.

  Further, the hair H is captured by the long bristle 51 and is held to the hair tip portion by the short bristle 52. As shown in FIG. By rotating in the bending direction of 21a, further tension can be applied to the hair end portion.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 11A, the hair H that has passed through the short bristle row 52 </ b> Q on one side provided on the bristle base 21, that is, the root side of the hair H, is a curved hair contact surface 21 a of the bristle base 21. As shown in FIG. 11 (b), the hair H can be captured again by the tip of the other short bristle row 52Q that protrudes from the central tangent 21T. . In this way, the hair H is more firmly and stably held by passing through both short bristle rows 52Q located at both ends in the hair combing direction of the bristle base 21, and the hair H is more desired. Can be arranged in the shape of

  In this state, when the operation switch 4 is operated to operate the blower and the heater, the heated air is jetted as hot air from the outlet 21b to the hair H held in a desired shape. Then, by blowing with warm air, first, the bundle of hair H caught between the long bristle 51 is further guided to the gap δ between the short bristle 52 and dispersed into fine bundles as shown in FIG. The drying efficiency of wet hair H is increased.

  According to the above embodiment, since the short bristle 52 that efficiently captures the hair H is disposed outside the long bristle 51 with respect to the hair combing direction of the bristle base 21, the hair H is combed when combing the hair H. The distance between the short bristle 52 captured with an appropriate tension can be increased. As a result, when the hair H is combed while capturing the hair H with an appropriate tension, the hair H can be captured in a wide range using the surface area of the hair contact surface 21a of the bristle base 21 more effectively. Thereby, it becomes possible to perform hair styling of the hair H efficiently.

  Moreover, since the width dimension L1 in the hair combing direction on the hair contact surface 21a of the bristle base 21 is larger than the width dimension L2 in the same direction of the brush outer portion 22 holding the bristle base 21, the hair contact surface of the bristle base 21 The surface area of 21a can be further increased, and hair H can be captured in a wider range, so that hair styling is facilitated.

  Furthermore, by making the bristle base 21 into a shape that warps in the opposite direction to the brush outer portion 22 as it goes to both side end parts in the hair combing direction in the unfolded state, both side end parts in the hair combing direction of the bristle base 21 are When the bristle base 21 is held by the brush outer portion 22 while being deformed, both side ends that are warped protrude more greatly from both sides of the brush outer portion 22 in the same direction. For this reason, it becomes possible to increase the surface area of the hair contact surface 21a of the bristle base 21 while further simplifying the structure of the bristle base 21.

  Furthermore, by making the curvature of the hair contact surface 21a of the bristle base 21 smaller than the curvature of the support curved surface C2 of the brush outer portion 22, the hair contact surface 21a of the bristle base 21 becomes the support curved surface C2 of the brush outer portion 22. Since the curved surface C1 is gentler, the brush portion 2 can be easily moved in parallel to the hair H captured by the long bristle 51 or the short bristle 52, and the hair H can be easily straightened.

  In addition, since the bristle support (deflection prevention part) 26 is provided between the both side ends of the bristle base 21 in the hair combing direction and the brush outer part 22, the brush outer part 22 of the bristle base 21 when the hair H is combed. It is possible to suppress bending and deformation to the side. As a result, the long bristle 51 and the short bristle 52 are prevented from sinking, and the hair H can be hair-styled efficiently.

  Furthermore, since the brush outer portion 22 is formed to include a material that suppresses charging, generation of static electricity when the hair H is combed is suppressed, and the hair H can be more easily arranged.

(Second Embodiment)
As shown in FIG. 13, the hair brush 1 </ b> A according to the present embodiment has basically the same configuration as the hair brush 1 of the first embodiment, and includes a brush portion 2 and a grip portion 3. . The brush portion 2 includes a bristle base 21 and a brush outer part 22, and the bristle base 21 includes a long bristle 51 that forms a long bristle row 51Q and a short bristle 52 that forms a short bristle row 52Q. Projected. Further, the short bristle row 52Q is disposed outside the long bristle row 51Q with respect to the hair combing direction of the bristle base 21.

  Here, the hair brush 1 </ b> A according to the present embodiment is mainly different from the hair brush 1 of the first embodiment in that ions that release ions such as negative ions are provided at substantially the center of the hair contact surface 21 a of the bristle base 21. The discharge port 6 is provided.

  That is, as shown in FIG. 14, an ion generator 61 for generating ions is built in the brush portion 2, and the ion generator is operated by operating the operation switch 4 </ b> A provided on the side surface of the grip portion 3. The ions generated in 61 are released from the ion release port 6 and can be released to the hair (not shown).

  As the ion generator 61, for example, a corona discharge type device can be used. If this corona discharge type ion generator 61 is used, a high voltage is applied to the ionization needle side to cause corona discharge to emit electrons into the air to generate ions.

  Furthermore, the hair brush 1 </ b> A according to the present embodiment includes a light emitting unit 70. The light emitting unit 70 includes a light source 70a such as an LED (light emitting diode) disposed in the brush unit 2, and an emission end 70b exposed to the outside of the brush unit 2, and the light of the light source 70a. Is emitted to the outside of the brush portion 2 from the emission end portion 70b. In such a configuration, when the hairbrush 1A is used, the emission end portion 70b is arranged to face the user's hair.

  The light emitting unit 70 can be used as display means for the operation mode of the hairbrush 1A. For example, when the heater is used and hot air is blown out, the color is red. When the heater is not used and cold air is blown out, the color is green. When the ion generator 61 is operating and ions are released. Then, the color can be changed according to the operation state, such as yellow. In this case, a plurality of light sources 70a corresponding to the respective colors are mounted, and the control circuit controls light emission of the plurality of light sources 70a. The light source 70a can be blinked by the control circuit, the blinking interval can be controlled, and the light emission intensity can be changed. These light emission modes can be set in association with various operation modes. Is possible.

  In addition, the light emitting unit 70 can be used as an irradiation unit for illuminating the ion generator 61. This makes it easy to visually recognize the state of the ion generator 61, and also provides an effect of improving the work efficiency by improving visibility even when performing maintenance such as cleaning.

  In the present embodiment, the ion release port 6 is provided in the central portion of the hair contact surface 21a so that ions can be efficiently released to the entire hair, but it is not necessarily provided in the central portion of the hair contact surface 21a. .

  Also in this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 15, the width dimension L1 in the hair combing direction on the hair contact surface 21a of the bristle base 21 is set to be larger than the width dimension L2 in the same direction of the brush outer portion 22. doing.

  Further, in the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, the configuration of the bristle base 21 is configured such that both end portions in the hair combing direction are held by the brush outer portion 22 while being bent and deformed. In the unfolded state, it is preferable to have a shape that warps in a direction opposite to the brush outer portion 22 as it goes to both end portions in the hair combing direction.

  Furthermore, when the support curved surface facing the back side of the bristle base 21 is provided in the brush outer portion 22, the curvature of the hair contact surface 21a of the bristle base 21 can be set smaller than the curvature of the support curved surface. preferable.

  In addition, it is preferable to provide a bending preventing portion that suppresses the bending deformation of the bristle base 21 toward the brush outer portion 22 between both end portions of the bristle base 21 in the hair combing direction and the brush outer portion 22.

  Furthermore, it is preferable that the brush outer portion 22 is formed to include a material that suppresses charging.

  In addition, in the hairbrush 1A concerning this embodiment, the ventilation apparatus and heater with which the hairbrush 1 of the said 1st Embodiment was equipped are not provided, but the blower outlet exists in the bristle stand 21 concerning this embodiment. However, they may be provided as in the first embodiment.

  Also according to this embodiment described above, the same operations and effects as those of the first embodiment can be achieved.

  Furthermore, according to this embodiment, since the ion release port 6 that discharges ions such as negative ions is provided on the hair contact surface 21a of the bristle base 21, it is possible to continue releasing ions when combing the hair with the hair brush 1A. It can improve the gloss of hair, moist feeling and the growth of habit.

  The preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and various modifications can be made.

  For example, in the said embodiment, although the hairbrush was illustrated as a hair care apparatus, this invention can be implemented even if it uses the hair care apparatus provided with the bristle, without restricting to this.

  In addition, the bristle base, brush outline, grip, and other detailed specifications (shape, size, layout, etc.) can be changed as appropriate.

1, 1A Hair brush (hair care device)
2 Brush part 21 Bristle stand 21a Hair contact surface 22 Brush outer part 26 Bristle support (bending prevention part)
5 Bristle 51 Long bristle 52 Short bristle L1 Width of bristle base L2 Width of brush outer part C1 Curved surface of bristle base C2 Curved support of brush outer part

Claims (5)

A hair care device comprising a brush part having a bristle base projecting a plurality of bristle, and a brush outer part holding the bristle base,
The bristle comprises a long bristle and a short bristle shorter than the long bristle,
The short bristle is arranged on the outer side of the bristle base in the direction of hair combing than the long bristle ,
The bristle stand is in a state where the bristle stand is bent, and both end portions in the hair combing direction are held by the brush outer portion,
The hair care device according to claim 1, wherein the bristle stand is shaped to bend in a direction opposite to the brush outline as it goes to both side ends in a hair combing direction in a developed state of the bristle stand .   The hair care device according to claim 1, wherein a width dimension in a hair combing direction on a hair contact surface of the bristle base is made larger than a width dimension in the same direction of the brush outline portion. The brush outer portion has a support curved surface facing the back surface of the bristle base held by the brush outer portion, and the curvature of the hair contact surface of the bristle base is smaller than the curvature of the support curved surface. The hair care device according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein The bend prevention part which suppresses the bending deformation to the brush outline part side of the bristle stand is provided between the both ends of the bristle stand in the hair combing direction and the brush outline part. The hair care device according to any one of 1 to 3 . The hair care device according to any one of claims 1 to 4 , wherein the brush outer portion is formed to include a material that suppresses electrification.

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