JPH02309903A - Steam type hair curler - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent an opening/closing operating part from increasing a blowing resistance, and also, to prevent heating caused by hot air of the same part by providing the opening/closing operating part of a hair holding plate in an attachment on the same side as an electrical connecting part between the attachment and a body in the vicinity of a blowing port. CONSTITUTION:An attachment E of a curling iron type is cylindrical and consists of a base 20 provided with a steam hole 21 and a hair holding plate 27 connected so as to be freely turnable to this base 20, and one end of the hair holding plate 27 energized with a spring in the direction coming into contact with the outside peripheral surface of the base 20 becomes an opening/ closing part 28. In this case, the opening/closing operating part 29 comes to a position traversing the front of a blowing port of a body A, but in this state, as for the body A, since the opening/closing operating part 29 is placed on the same side as an electrical connecting part to a heating device 3 of an attachment base B, blowing is executed by avoiding the opening/closing operating part 28. In such a way, the opening/closing operating part 28 does not become a blowing resistance, and also, the opening/closing operating part 28 does not become hot at the time when hot air is exhausted.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention] [Industrial application field]

The present invention relates to a steam hair curler equipped with a steam generator.

[Conventional technology]

Some hair curlers are equipped with a steam generator. The steam-type hair curler disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-190504 etc. curls the hair while it is moistened with steam, so it is possible to curl the hair strongly without damaging the hair. Various types are provided due to their advantages.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Among these, the hair wrapping section is formed as a removable attachment to the main body, which has a built-in blower and hot air heater, and various attachments can be attached depending on the hairstyle and type of curl. However, when a trowel-type attachment with a hair presser plate is connected to the air outlet part of the main body, the opening/closing operation part of the hair presser plate that crosses the front of the air outlet may act as an air blow resistance. In addition, the temperature of the opening/closing operation part rises when hot air is discharged, making it difficult to use. The present invention has been made in view of these points, and its purpose is to prevent the opening/closing operation part of the hair press plate of the trowel-type attachment from becoming air blowing resistance, and to prevent the opening/closing operation part from becoming air blowing resistance. To provide a steam type hair curler that does not get hot due to hot air.

[Means to solve the problem]

Therefore, the present invention consists of a main body that also serves as a handle and has a built-in air blower and a warm air heater, and a trowel-type attachment that is equipped with a steam generator and is detachably connected to the air outlet of the main body. The opening/closing operation section of the presser plate is characterized in that it is provided on the same side of the air outlet as the electrical connection section between the attachment and the main body. [Function] According to the present invention, since the opening/closing operation part of the presser plate is located on the same side as the electrical connection between the attachment equipped with the steam generator and the main body, the opening/closing operation part particularly increases the air blowing resistance. The opening/closing operation section will not be heated by hot air. [Embodiments] The present invention will be described in detail below based on illustrated embodiments. This hair curler is equipped with a blower device for sending hot air or cold air, changeover switches St and S2, and a power cord 90 is pulled out. Body A that also serves as a grip
, an attachment base B that is detachably connected to the tip of the main body A, and a roll brush type attachment C.
It consists of a flat brush-shaped attachment ID, and a iron-type attachment E. Each attachment C, D, and E can be attached to and detached from the outer periphery of the vibrator 11 of the attachment base B. It has become. First, the main body A will be explained. As shown in FIG. 2, a blower device consisting of a motor M and a fan F driven by the motor M is housed in the rear part of the cylindrical housing 50 from which the power cord 90 is pulled out, and the front part of the housing 50 is A heater block H is arranged inside the housing 50. A small diameter cylindrical part 51 equipped with a connection jack 54 is provided at the front end of the housing 50, and an air outlet with a mesh attached to the tip surface of this small diameter cylindrical part 51 is provided. 52 is open. The above-mentioned air blower has an inlet 5 formed at the rear end of the main body A.
The air taken in from 3 is discharged from the air outlet 52. When the heater block H is energized, warm air is discharged from the air outlet 52. The attachment base B consists of a base 10 that is detachably connected to the small diameter cylindrical portion 51 of the main body A, and a cylindrical pipe 11 whose one end is supported by the base 10.
A heating device 3 is attached within the vibrator 11. The base 10 has a shape in which a large-diameter cylindrical portion 10a and a small-diameter cylindrical portion 10b are connected by a rib 10c with an interval in the axial direction, and a plug receiver is provided in the large-diameter cylindrical portion 10a. 13, and an engagement protrusion 17 that is urged outwardly by a spring 18 is attached to the small diameter cylindrical portion 10b. The vibrator 11 has a cylindrical shape and its rear end is fixed to a small-diameter cylindrical portion 10b with screws, and is made of a good thermal conductor, and is formed with a large number of steam holes 14 for blowing out steam. Concave groove 1 on the outer circumferential surface spanning the entire length in the axial direction
5 is provided. Further, the outer peripheral surface of the vibrator 11 is entirely covered with flocks 16. The flocking 16 is performed by electrodeposition flocking using acrylic or nylon resin, so-called floating treatment. Note that the groove 15 is formed in the pipe 1 having a circular cross section.
1, only one or a plurality of them are formed asymmetrically. The steam generating means consists of a heating device 3 disposed within the cylindrical pipe 11, and a liquid supplying means 4 that supplies liquid (water) to the surface of the heating device 3, which will be described later.
The heating device 3 that heats and steams the liquid supplied to the surface includes a holder 30 made of a good thermal conductor and a wedge-shaped heater 33 housed within the holder 30. The holder 30 is hollow with a wedge-shaped tip and a cylindrical rear end, and an O-ring 70 is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 32. The heater 33 is housed in the wedge portion 31 of the holder 30, and includes a wedge-shaped holding frame 34 with both sides open, a heat generating member 35 made of a positive temperature coefficient thermistor, and a pair of heat generating members 35 in contact with both sides of the heat generating member 35, respectively. It consists of an electrode plate 36.36 and a pair of wedge-shaped insulating plates 37.37, and a heat generating member 35 housed in a holding frame 34 is sandwiched between both electrode plates 36.36 and both insulating plates 37.37. The heater 33 is housed in the holder 30 in this state, and the heater 33 is pushed into the holder 30 by a gasket 39 arranged between the fixing plate 38 fixed in the cylindrical part 32 of the holder 30 and the holding frame 34. . Since the wedge-shaped heater 33 is pushed into the wedge portion 31 of the holder 30, good electrical contact between the electrode plate 36 and the heat generating member 35 is maintained, and it is possible to maintain good electrical contact between the electrode plate 36 and the heat generating member 35. A pair of insulating plates 37.3
7 reliably contacts the inner surface of the holder 30, good thermal contact between the heat generating member 35 and the holder 30 is maintained. The heating device 3 configured in this way is housed in the cylindrical vibe 11 as described above, and is connected to both the electrode plates 36 and 36.
A plug 72 supported by the plug receiver 13 is connected via a lead wire 71 to the plug 72 . In addition, the attachment base B has a large diameter cylindrical portion 1.
0a is placed over the small diameter cylindrical portion 51 of the main body A.
At this time, the plug 72 is connected to the connection jack 54, and the hook 55 provided on the main body A is connected to the base 1.
It engages with the engagement recess 10d on the inner surface of the holder 0 and is prevented from being removed. Next, attachments C, D, and E are selectively attached to the attachment base B. The roll brush type attachment C has a cylindrical shape and a base 20 in which a large number of steam holes 21 are formed. and a bristle 22 protruding from the outer peripheral surface of the base 20. The flat brush type attachment D has bristles 22 and steam holes 21 formed on one side of a wide flat base 20, as well as a plurality of air outlet holes 26. The trowel-type attachment E consists of a cylindrical base 20 provided with a steam hole 21, and a hair press plate 27 rotatably connected to the base 20. One end of the hair presser plate 27, which is biased by a spring in the direction of contact with the outer peripheral surface of the base 20, serves as an opening/closing operation part 28. Note that each of these attachments C, D, and E has a detachable silver 23 attached to the base side so as to be slidable in a direction orthogonal to the axis. These attachments C, D, and E have protrusions (not shown) on their inner surfaces that match the grooves 15 formed on the outer circumferential surface of the pipe 11 when placed over the outer circumference of the pipe 11 of the attachment base B. Therefore, the pipe 11 is prevented from rotating and positioned in the circumferential direction, and the steam holes 14 formed in the pipe 11 and the steam holes 21 of the attachments C, D, and E are aligned. The attachments C, D, and E are fixed to the attachment base B by engaging the engagement protrusion 17 provided on the attachment base B with the hole in which the detachable silver 23 is provided. The liquid supply means 4 for supplying liquid to the heating device 3 includes tank cases 40 and 41 welded to each other, a cylindrical tube portion 42 that is detachably attached to an opening in the tank case 41, and a tube portion 42. The tank case 40 is provided with a valve 43 for adjusting the internal pressure, and attachments C, D, and E are provided.
A seal 45 that contacts the inner surface of the pipe 11 is attached to the outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion 22 that is inserted into the tip opening of the pipe 11 through the tip opening 25 . The water absorbing body 44, which has one end located inside the tank cases 40, 41, has its other end fixed to the inner surface of a V-shaped notch formed in the distal end surface of the cylindrical portion 42 with a wire 75. In the figure, 48 is a protrusion that prevents the liquid supply means 4 from being removed by engaging with the inner peripheral surface of the tip of the brush base 20, 46 is a ring for preventing water leakage, and 47 is a projection that connects the cylindrical portion 42 to the tank case 40, 4.
This is a locking protrusion for attaching to 1. Liquid supply means 4
The liquid supply means 4 can be removed by rotating it around its axis and disengaging the projection 48 for preventing removal from the brush base 20.
By removing it from the tank case 40.41,
Water can be replenished into the tank cases 40, 41. Incidentally, this liquid supply means 4 can be used in common with any of the attachments C, -D, and E. Now, if you attach any of attachments C, D, or E to attachment base B and operate the air blower, when attachments C or E are attached, the air will flow through the large diameter of attachment base B. Air is discharged from between the cylindrical portion 10a and the small diameter cylindrical portion 10b, and when the attachment D is attached, the air is discharged from the air outlet hole 2 of the attachment D.
It is also discharged from 6. Here, if what is connected to the main body A via the attachment base B is a trowel type attachment E,
The opening/closing operation part 28 of the hair press plate 27 is located at a position crossing the front of the air outlet 52 of the main body A, but here it is located on the same side as the electrical connection part between the main body A and the heating device 3 of the attachment base B. Since the opening/closing operation section 28 is arranged,
The air is blown while avoiding the opening/closing operation part 28, so the opening/closing operation part 28 does not become a resistance to air blowing.
The opening/closing operation part 28 does not become hot when hot air is discharged. If the heater 33 in the heating device 3 is energized with the liquid supply means 4 filled with water attached, the water absorbent body 44 is in contact with the inclined side surface of the holder 30 in the heating means 3. The moisture held in 44 is heated and becomes steam, and the steam is passed through the steam hole 14.2.
It erupts from 1.

【Effect of the invention】

As described above, in the present invention, since the opening/closing operation part of the hair press plate is located on the same side as the electrical connection part between the attachment equipped with the steam generator and the main body, the presence of the electrical connection part In addition, the opening/closing operation part does not particularly increase air blowing resistance, and since the opening/closing operation part is not heated by hot air, the opening/closing operation part does not become hot and difficult to operate. It is.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is an exploded perspective view of one embodiment of the present invention, Figures 2 and 3.
The figures are a broken exploded side view and a perspective view when the trowel attachment is installed, where A is the main body, B is the attachment base, and E is the main body.
is an attachment, 3 is a heating device, 27 is a hair presser plate,
Reference numeral 28 indicates an opening/closing operation section, and reference numeral 52 indicates an air outlet.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) It consists of a main body that also serves as a handle and has a built-in blower and hot air heater, and a trowel-type attachment that is equipped with a steam generator and is detachably connected to the air outlet of the main body. A steam-type hair curler characterized in that the opening/closing operation section is provided on the same side of the air outlet as the electrical connection section between the attachment and the main body.