JPH0471502A - Hair curler feeding device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To supply electricity to an a.c. hair curler in keeping with charging a charging type hair curler with electricity by providing a charging portion for lowering and rectifying commercial a.c. voltage to charge the charging type hair curler with electricity on a common base having a feeder portion for warming the a.c. hair curler. CONSTITUTION:A feeder portion 3 of an a.c. hair curler 2 is constructed so that plural feeding sockets 17 incorporating feeding terminals 15, 16 connected to a power supply cord 14 are projected on a common base 1. A power receiving portion 12 having electrode terminals 11a, 11b of the above hair curler 2 is removably inserted in each feeding socket 17 to apply an electric current to a heating element 10. A charging portion 5 is constructed so that a commercial a.c. voltage input through feeding terminals 31, 32 in a charging socket 30 is lowered by a transformer 33 and rectified by a rectifier to be applied to a battery charger 20, whereby the battery charger is charged. Accordingly, it is enough to provide one hair curler feeder for feeding the a.c. hair curler 2 and charging a portable charge type hair curler 4 with electricity.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an improvement in a hair curler power supply device that supplies power to an AC hair curler and stores heat therein. Charging of the curler is also made possible by using the power supply device.

[Conventional technology]

As a power supply for AC hair curlers, for example,
As shown in Publication No. 4-81954, a power supply socket is provided on the base, and a hair curler having a heating element inside is inserted into the power supply socket to apply a commercial AC voltage to the heating element. There is.

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

However, the above-mentioned conventional power supply device is used exclusively for heating an AC hair curler and wrapping hair around the hair curler.

By the way, unlike the above-mentioned AC hair curler, there is a rechargeable hair curler that is carried with you at work or on a trip and used to straighten your hair when it is disorganized. In addition to the rechargeable battery, this rechargeable hair curler also incorporates a charging plug blade, transformer, etc.
Some devices charge using a charger (adapter) prepared separately from the main unit. The former type is large and heavy, making it inconvenient to carry. On the other hand, the latter type is small and lightweight and can easily fit into an S pack or the like, making it convenient to carry.

However, this latter rechargeable hair curler, which is convenient to carry, must be charged before going out to work or on a trip, but it is necessary to power the AC hair curler mentioned above and charge it at home. To perform charging and extension,
There is the disadvantage and inconvenience of having to prepare a duplicate power supply and charger, and there is also the hassle of having to use and store each separately.

Therefore, in order to eliminate these disadvantages and inconveniences, the present invention has been developed to extend the power supply to the AC hair curler and the charging of the rechargeable hair curler by preparing at least one hair curler power supply device. An object of the present invention is to obtain a hair curler power supply device that can perform hair curler operations.

[Means to solve the problem]

The hair curler power supply device of the present invention, as shown in FIG.
A common base 1 is provided with a power supply section 3 for heating the AC hair curler 2 by heating the AC voltage, and a charging section 5 for charging the rechargeable hair curler 4 by stepping down and rectifying the commercial AC voltage.

The rechargeable hair curler 4 includes a curler main body 29 and a main body case 19 that houses a rechargeable battery 20 serving as a heating power source for the curler main body 29 and has a power receiving section 25 . Both the curler body 29 and the body case 19 are integrated;
Alternatively, it may be any one that makes it separable.

The power feeding section 3 has a power feeding socket 17 that allows the AC hair curler 2 to be attached and detached, and the charging section 5 has a charging socket 30 that allows the power receiving section 25 of the rechargeable hair curler 4 to be attached and detached.

[Effect]

By attaching the AC hair curler 2 to the power supply socket 17 of the power supply unit 3 on the common base 1, the hair curler 2 can be heated. Furthermore, by attaching the power receiving section 25 of the rechargeable hair curler 4 to the charging socket 30 of the charging section 5 of the base 1, the rechargeable battery 20 can be charged.

〔Example〕

An embodiment of the hair curler power supply device according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, this power supply device includes a power supply section 3 on the left and right sides of the front side of one common base 1, which supplies commercial AC power to the AC hair curler 2 when heating it.
A charging part 5 for charging the rechargeable hair curler 4 is arranged side by side. A box-shaped storage section 6 with an upwardly open shape is arranged behind the power supply section 3 and charging section 5 on the common base 1 to store unused AC hair curlers 2, rechargeable hair curlers 4, etc. are doing.

In FIG. 3, the AC hair curler 2 has a partition wall 7a formed inside a cylindrical hair wrapper 7 made of plastic that partitions the internal space into upper and lower parts, and two heat conductors, upper and lower, inside the hair curler 7. A bottomed metal cylinder 9 having a magnetic field is buried so that its bottoms overlap the partition wall 7a, and a heating element 10 made of a positive temperature coefficient thermistor is sandwiched between the bottoms of the upper and lower metal cylinders 9. Electrode terminals 11a and llb of heating element 10
is formed into an inner and outer double cylindrical shape with an insulator 13 interposed therebetween, and is provided protruding below the partition wall 7a.

This hair curler 2 is heated by applying a commercial AC voltage to a heating element 10.

1 and 4, the power supply unit 3 of the AC hair curler 2 has a power supply terminal 15 connected to a power cord 14.
- A plurality of power supply sockets 17 with built-in sockets 16 are provided protruding from the common base 1. When the power receiving section 12 having the electrode terminals 11a and 11b of the hair curler 2 is removably inserted into each power supply socket 17, the heating element 10 is energized.

1 and 4, the rechargeable hair curler 4 houses a rechargeable battery 20 such as a nickel-cadmium battery in a main body case 19 that is compact and can be used as a grip for convenient portability. The main body case 19 has terminals 21 and 22 connected to both negative and negative terminals, and a power receiving part 25 having electrode terminals 23 and 24 implanted therein is recessed in the lower end of the main body case 19. Terminals 21 and 22 of a hair curler body 29 having a hair wrap 27 and a built-in heater 28 are detachably attached to the upper part of the body case 19. A rechargeable battery 20 is located on the front of the main body case 19.
A switch 26 is provided to control power supply from the heater 28 to the heater 28 .

1 and 4, a charging unit 5 that charges the rechargeable battery 20 of this rechargeable hair curler 4 connects a charging socket 30 into which the power receiving unit 25 of the rechargeable hair curler 4 is detachably inserted from the base 1. As shown in FIG.
By applying the voltage to the rechargeable battery 20 after rectifying it, the rechargeable battery 20 can be charged.

In FIG. 4, switches 35 and 36 are provided in each of the power supply section 3 and the charging section 5 so that the power supply to the power supply section 3 and the power supply to the charging section 5 can be opened and closed independently. In the figure, 39 is a fuse, and 40 is a charging display section, which consists of a light emitting diode 41 and a resistor 42 for overcurrent prevention connected in series.

[Another example]

In the above embodiment, the heating element 10 is built into the AC hair curler 2, but instead, as shown in FIG. The AC hair curler 2 is equipped with a heating rod 43 that is heated by the heating rod 43, and a heat storage body 44 such as paraffin is built into the AC hair curler 2, so that the AC hair curler 2 can be heated by inserting it into the heating rod 43. There may be.

Further, in the above embodiment, the power feeding section 3 and the charging section 5 are individually provided with switches 35 and 36, but instead of this, a sixth switch is provided.
As shown in the figure, the switch 35 may be provided only in the power feeding section 3. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 7, a changeover switch 37 may be provided that can selectively switch between the power supply section 3 and the charging section 5.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the rechargeable hair curler 4 allows the curler main body 29 and main body case 19 to be separated;
The present invention is not necessarily limited to this, and the curler main body 29 and the main body case 19 may be integrally integrated in a manner that cannot be separated.

8 to 10 show a modified embodiment of a rechargeable hair curler in which a main body case 19 housing a rechargeable battery 20 and a curler main body 29 are separable.

8 shows a main body case 19 formed in an L-shape, FIG. 9 shows a main body case 19 in a U-shape, and FIG. 10 shows a main body case 19 in an inverted T-shape.

〔Effect of the invention〕

According to the present invention, it is also possible to simultaneously supply power to the AC hair curler 2 and charge the rechargeable hair curler 4 that you carry when you are using your hair before going out to work or on a trip.
- Since it is sufficient to prepare only one hair curler power supply device, the disadvantages and inconveniences and troublesome handling of the conventional hair curler power supply device and charger that were required to be prepared are eliminated.

Furthermore, since only one hair curler power supply device is required, this device can be stored and stored in a smaller storage space than the installation space required to store two hair curler power supply devices and a charger, which is advantageous. .

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

1 to 4 show an embodiment of the hair curler power supply device according to the present invention, FIG. 1 is a perspective view, FIG. 2 is a partially cutaway front view, and FIG. 3 is a partially cutaway front view. A cross-sectional view of the hair curler, and FIG. 4 is a circuit diagram. FIG. 5 is a sectional view of an AC hair curler and a power supply socket showing another embodiment of the present invention. 6 and 7 are both circuit diagrams of a switch showing still another embodiment of the present invention. 8 to 10 are front views of a rechargeable hair curler showing still another embodiment of the present invention. 1... 2... 3... 4... 5... 10... 17... 19... 20... 25... 29... 30... ・Common base, ・AC hair curler, ・Power supply part, ・Rechargeable hair curler, ・Charging part, ・Heating element, ・Power supply socket, ・Body of rechargeable hair curler Case, ・Rechargeable battery, ・Power receiving unit, ・Cara body, ・Charging socket. Inventor: Tatsu Shigematsu
Who Patent Applicant Kyushu Hitachi Maxell Co., Ltd. Agent Patent Attorney

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. Consisting of a common base (1), an AC hair curler (2) that is heated and used, and a rechargeable hair curler (4), the rechargeable hair curler (4) is a curler. A main body (29) and a main body case (19) that contains a built-in rechargeable battery (20) which is a heating power source for the curler main body (29) and has a power receiving part (25).
), the common base (1) includes a power supply section (3) for heating the heating element (10) by applying a commercial AC voltage to warm the AC hair curler (2); AC voltage is stepped down and rectified to create a rechargeable hair curler (4) rechargeable battery (20)
It is equipped with a charging section (5) that charges the battery, and a power supply section (3).
has a power supply socket (17) to which the AC hair curler (2) can be attached and detached, and the charging part (5) has a charging socket (30) to which the power receiving part (25) of the rechargeable hair curler (4) can be attached and detached. ) A hair curler power supply device comprising: