JPH08228824A - Hair remover - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To remove hair in convex and concave parts of a skin efficiently, comfortably and without much pain. CONSTITUTION: This hair remover has a hair removing neabs fir renivubg hair by nipping the hair with a rotatable hair nipping member, an outer peripheral ring 7 provided around the hair removing face of the hair removing means, and a drive means for rotating the hair removing means, incorporated. The outer peripheral ring 7 is provided so as to freely get in or get out through an elastic member 21. It is so constituted that, when the hair removing means is pressed against a skin, the outer peripheral ring 7 is elastically pushed in so as to press the skin.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an epilator for pinching and pulling out hair.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An epilator for removing hair by pinching and pulling hair on the skin with a rotating hair pinching member has been developed. FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of a conventional epilator. The epilator shown in this figure
The hair removing means is rotated by the motor 1. The operation principle in which the epilator of FIG. 1 drives the epilating means by the motor 1 is shown in a schematic sectional view of FIG. The epilating means 2 of the epilator shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 is
A plurality of coil springs 3 are radially arranged on the turntable 5. The coil spring 3 is attached to the turntable 5 via the sandwiching arm 4. Below the sandwiching arm 4,
A ring cam 6 that does not rotate is provided. Ring cam 6
Has a circular ring as the entire shape, and the width thereof is partially changed. The sandwiching arm 4 is rotated along the ring cam 6 in a posture of sandwiching both sides of the ring cam 6.

In the epilator of this structure, when the motor 1 rotates the turntable 5, the holding arm 4 moves along the ring cam 6 along a circular path. The sandwiching arm 4 that moves along the ring cam 6 crushes the coil spring 3 in the wide portion of the ring cam 6, and the gap between the lines of the coil spring 3 disappears. In this state, pinch the hair. When the rotary table 5 is rotated in this state, the pinched hair is pulled to remove the hair. When the sandwiching arm 4 moves in the narrow portion of the ring cam 6, the coil spring 3 is spread. This is because the ring cam 6 does not press the sandwiching arm 4 in the direction of compressing the coil spring 3. In this state, bristles are introduced between the lines of the coil spring 3. When the turntable 5 is rotated, this operation is repeated, and the hair is sandwiched between the coil springs 3 to remove hair.

Further, in the epilator shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an outer peripheral ring 7 is arranged around the epilating means 2 in order to press the epilating means 2 against the skin with an optimum pressure. The outer peripheral ring 7 is arranged such that the tip surface thereof is substantially flush with the tip surface of the epilating means 2.

[0005]

The epilator shown in the figure has a drawback that it is difficult to set the pressure for pressing the epilating means 2 on the skin to an optimum value. This is because if the pressure that presses the epilating means 2 against the skin is too strong, the coil spring 3 will pinch a portion of the skin, damage the skin, and cause pain. If the hair removing means 2 is lightly pressed against the skin so as not to hurt, it is difficult to remove the hair, and hair such as recesses in the skin cannot be efficiently introduced between the lines of the coil spring 3. Therefore, there is a drawback that hair cannot be surely removed. Since human skin also has a three-dimensional uneven surface instead of a flat surface, it is extremely difficult to efficiently and comfortably remove the entire convex and concave portions.

It is known that the epilator can reduce the pain by removing the hair while pulling the skin. This is because the pulled skin can remove hair instantly. To remove hair in this state, it is necessary to pluck the skin with both hands to remove hair. However, since the epilator is held with one hand, the skin cannot be pulled with both hands. It is extremely difficult to pull the hair-removed part of the skin with one hand and hold the epilator in the other hand to remove the hair from the pulled part of the skin. In order to pull the skin with one hand, it is necessary to spread the skin with fingers and insert an epilator between them to remove hair. Since the space between the fingers is narrow,
It is difficult to insert an epilator during this period. Therefore, the conventional epilator has a drawback that it cannot be removed while pulling the skin to reduce pain.

The present invention was developed for the purpose of solving this drawback, and an important object of the present invention is to efficiently and comfortably treat the skin having convexities and concaves with less pain. It is to provide an epilator capable of removing hair.

[0008]

The epilator of the present invention has the following constitution in order to achieve the above-mentioned object. The epilator is a hair removing means 2 for removing hair by pinching hair with a rotating hair pinching member.
And an outer peripheral ring 7 arranged around the epilating surface of the epilating means 2 and a driving means for rotating the epilating means 2. Further, in the epilator of the present invention, the outer peripheral ring 7 is arranged so as to be able to move in and out via the elastic member, and the epilator 2
Is pressed against the skin, the outer peripheral ring 7 is elastically pushed in, and the pressing force of the skin is adjusted to an optimum value. In this specification, the "hair removal surface" of the hair removal means 2 means
It is assumed that the epilating means 2 refers to a tip surface on which hair is removed by sandwiching the hair.

Furthermore, in the epilator according to claim 2 of the present invention, the slip resistant material 10 is provided on the tip surface of the outer peripheral ring 7.
Is provided so that the outer ring 7 can more effectively pull the skin.

[0010]

In the epilator of the present invention, the outer peripheral ring 7 disposed around the epilating means 2 is mounted so as to be able to move in and out, and the outer peripheral ring 7 is elastically pushed out by the elastic member 21. In the epilator of this structure, when the epilating means 2 is pressed against the skin, the outer peripheral ring 7 on the outer periphery thereof also elastically presses against the skin. Since the outer peripheral ring 7 moves in and out of the elastic member 21 and presses the skin, when the epilation means 2 is strongly pressed against the skin, the outer peripheral ring 7 is also strongly pressed and strongly presses against the skin. When the epilating means 2 is weakly pressed against the skin, the force with which the outer peripheral ring 7 presses the skin is also weakened. That is, as the force of pressing the epilation means 2 against the skin of the outer peripheral ring 7 becomes stronger, the force of pressing the skin becomes stronger. This means that the outer peripheral ring 7 adjusts the pressing force of the epilating means 2 on the skin to an optimum value. This is because the pressing force is dispersed in the outer peripheral ring 7 when the epilating means 2 is strongly pressed against the skin. In particular, the pressing force of the outer peripheral ring 7 becomes stronger as it is strongly pressed against the skin.

Also in the conventional epilator in which the outer peripheral ring 7 is fixed to the outer periphery of the epilating means 2, when the epilating means 2 is strongly pressed against the skin, the force with which the outer peripheral ring 7 presses the skin becomes strong.
However, the epilator of this structure has the epilating means 2 and the outer ring 7
The balance between and pressing the skin cannot be changed. For this reason, it is particularly difficult to efficiently remove hair from the recesses of the skin. If the epilating means 2 is projected from the outer peripheral ring 7 so that the concave portion can also be effectively epilated, the epilating means 2 is strongly pressed against the skin when the convex portion is epilated, and the epilation cannot be comfortably performed. The epilator of the present invention changes the force balance between the epilating means 2 and the outer peripheral ring 7 to press the skin,
Removes hair from the convex and concave parts comfortably and efficiently. This is because when the concave portion of the skin is strongly depressed when the hair is removed, the outer peripheral ring 7 is elastically pushed in and the epilation means 2 projects and is efficiently pressed against the skin. When removing hair on the convex parts of the skin,
By gently pressing, the amount of protrusion of the outer peripheral ring 7 can be increased, and the amount of protrusion of the epilating means 2 with respect to the outer peripheral ring 7 can be reduced, so that hair removal can be performed comfortably without pain.

Further, in the epilator of claim 2 of the present invention, the outer ring 7 is provided with the non-slip material 10. The difficult-to-slip material 10 is a member having a large frictional resistance against the skin, that is, a member that is hard to slip. The non-slip outer peripheral ring 7 can efficiently pull the skin. This is because when the outer peripheral ring 7 is pressed against the skin and moved along the skin, the skin is pulled by the outer peripheral ring 7. When the skin is pulled by the outer peripheral ring 7 and the hair is removed by the hair removing means 2, the pain can be reduced and the hair can be removed more comfortably.

[0013]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. However, the examples described below exemplify epilators for embodying the technical idea of the present invention, and the present invention does not specify epilators to the following.

Further, in this specification, for easy understanding of the claims, the numbers corresponding to the members shown in the embodiments are referred to as "claims column", "action column", and "action column". It is added to the members shown in the section of "Means for Solving the Problems". However, the members shown in the claims are
It is by no means specific to the members of the examples.

The epilator shown in FIG. 3 has a hair removing means 2 attached to the tip of the case for removing hair by sandwiching the hair with a rotating hair pinching member. An outer peripheral ring 7 is arranged around the epilating surface of the epilating means 2. The epilating means 2 is rotated by a driving means incorporated in the case.

The case 11 is a molded plastic product, the tip of which is curved forward from the grip and the tip of which is circularly opened. Hair removal means 2 is attached to the open surface of the tip.
As the epilating means 2, the one having the same structure as the conventional epilator shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, that is, the one shown in the schematic sectional view of FIG. 4 can be used.

In the hair removing means 2 of FIG. 4, a plurality of coil springs 3 are radially arranged on a rotary table 5. The turntable 5 is rotatably mounted on a central shaft 9 fixed at the center of the opening of the case. The coil spring 3 is attached to the turntable 5 while being sandwiched between the pair of sandwiching arms 4. The pair of sandwiching arms 4 are connected at their intermediate portions to the rotary table 5 via the tilting shaft 14. The tilting shaft 14 is the turntable 5
It is attached to the turntable 5 extending in the circumferential direction. The upper part of the clamping arm 4 projects above the rotary table 5 to clamp the coil spring 3. The lower end of the sandwiching arm 4 has a rotary table 5
Projecting below. The sandwiching arm 4 is made of plastic and has a metal pin 15 embedded in the lower end. Metal pin 15
The sandwiching arm 4 for embedding is characterized in that it smoothly slides on the surface of the ring cam 6 and does not wear.

A ring cam 6 is fixed below the sandwiching arm 4 in order to spread the metal pin 15 of the sandwiching arm 4. The ring cam 6 is fixed to the case so as not to rotate. Since the ring cam 6 slides the metal pin 15 of the sandwiching arm 4, it is fixed to a plane orthogonal to the central axis. Further, the ring cam 6 is arranged on the locus where the metal pin 15 of the sandwiching arm 4 rotates. The ring cam 6 is similar to the conventional epilator shown in FIG.
The entire shape is a circular ring, and the width is partially changed. The wide part of the ring cam 6 has a metal pin 15
Is a part that pushes and spreads to crush the coil spring 3. The narrow portion of the ring cam 6 is the portion where the coil spring 3 opens because it does not push the metal pin 15 wide. The sandwiching arm 4 moves the metal pin 15 along the ring cam 6 to spread or compress the coil spring 3 to remove hair.

The driving means comprises a motor 1 and a reduction gear. The motor 1 is connected to the rotary table 5 via gears, and the motor 1 rotates the rotary table 5. When the turntable 5 is rotated, the coil spring 3 moves in a circular orbit while being expanded and compressed. When the coil spring 3 spreads, hair is introduced between the lines, and when the coil spring 3 is compressed, hair is removed while moving while sandwiching the hair.

An outer peripheral ring 7 is provided on the opening edge of the case. The outer peripheral ring 7 is attached to the opening of the case so that it can be moved in and out. The outer peripheral ring 7 shown in FIG. 5 is attached to the case via a detachable ring 16. The detachable ring 16 is attached to the outside of a peripheral wall 17 provided in the opening of the case and is detachably connected. The peripheral wall 17 is locally integrally formed with a connecting convex portion 18 for connecting the detachable ring 16. The detachable ring 16 is integrally formed with a connecting hook that is hooked on the connecting convex portion 18. The connecting hook is hooked on the connecting convex portion 18 of the peripheral wall 17 to attach and detach the ring 1.
6 can be attached to the case. Outer ring 7 is removable ring 1
The epilator attached to the case via 6 is the detachable ring 1
It has the feature that it can be easily cleaned by removing 6 and the outer ring 7. However, in the epilator of the present invention, the outer ring can be attached to the case so that the detachable ring is fixed to the case without detachably attaching the detachable ring to the case.

The outer peripheral ring 7 shown in this figure is formed integrally with a ridge 19 projecting to the outer periphery along the lower edge. The ridge 19 is mounted so that it can slide in and out of the outer peripheral ring 7 by sliding in the guide groove 20 of the detachable ring 16 mounted on the case. A pushing spring, which is an elastic member 21, is arranged in the guide groove 20. The pressing spring shown in the figure is a coil spring. However, the elastic member is not limited to the coil spring. Instead of the coil spring, a leaf spring such as a spring washer or a rubber-like elastic body that can be elastically deformed can be used as the elastic member. The push springs are arranged at a plurality of positions on the outer peripheral ring 7 at regular intervals so that the outer spring 7 can be pushed out in parallel. To prevent the push spring from being displaced, part of the tip should be
The outer peripheral ring 7 and the guide groove 20 are inserted into mounting holes provided on the opposing surfaces. The push spring elastically pushes the outer peripheral ring 7. The position where the outer peripheral ring 7 comes in and out is preferably the tip surface of the outer peripheral ring 7 when the outer peripheral ring 7 is not pressed by the skin as shown in FIG.
When the outer peripheral ring 7 protrudes from the hair removing surface and the outer peripheral ring 7 is most pushed in, the hair removing surface of the hair removing means 2 is designed to protrude beyond the tip surface of the outer peripheral ring 7.

The outer peripheral ring 7 of the epilator shown in FIG. 3 has an uneven surface at the tip. When the uneven surface of the detachable ring 16 is pressed against the skin, the skin is also pressed and pressed against the tip surface of the detachable ring 16. The desorption ring 16 of this shape allows the tip end surface of the convex portion to project more than the depilation surface of the epilation means 2 when not pressed by the skin, and detaches the epilation surface of the epilation means 2 when the outer peripheral ring 7 is most pushed in. The ring 16 is designed to project from the recess.

The outer peripheral ring 7 is provided with a slip resistant material 1 on the tip surface.
0 is fixed. The difficult slip material 10 is the outer ring 7.
Are locally arranged at regular intervals on the tip surface of the. For example, the difficult slip material 10 is fixed at four positions on the outer peripheral ring 7 at equal intervals. However, the difficult slip material 10 is 3 or less,
Alternatively, it may be provided at five or more locations. The detachable ring 16 shown in FIG. 3 has one convex portion as the difficult slip material 10. The outer peripheral ring 7 can also fix the slip-resistant material 10 around the entire circumference on the tip surface. The difficult slip material 10 is
A material having a large frictional resistance in contact with the skin, for example, a rubber-like elastic body such as natural or synthetic rubber is most suitable. As the synthetic rubber, for example, diene rubber such as SBR, BR and NBR, olefin rubber such as IIR, EPM and DEPM, urethane rubber, chlorosulfonated polyethylene and silicone rubber can be used. The outer peripheral ring 7 for locally fixing the difficult slip material 10 is provided with a concave portion locally, and the difficult slip material 10 is fitted into the concave portion and adhered and fixed.

[0024]

The epilator of the present invention is characterized in that it is possible to efficiently and comfortably remove the hair having a convex portion or a concave portion. This is because the epilator of the present invention can change the balance of the force of pressing the skin of the outer peripheral ring and the epilating means to remove the convex and concave portions of the skin comfortably and efficiently. The epilator of the present invention is
When the concave portion of the skin is dehaired, if it is strongly pressed against the skin, the outer peripheral ring is elastically pushed and the depilation means is projected, and the protruding depilation means efficiently removes the hair in the concave portion of the skin. When the hair on the convex portion of the skin is to be removed, if it is lightly pressed, the amount of protrusion of the hair removing means with respect to the outer peripheral ring is reduced, and the hair can be comfortably removed without pain.

Further, in the epilator according to claim 2 of the present invention, since the non-slip material is fixed to the distal end surface of the outer peripheral ring, the outer peripheral ring is used to pull the skin and remove the hair while pulling the skin. It has the feature of reducing pain.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view showing a conventional epilator.

FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the operating principle of the epilator shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view showing the epilator of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a schematic sectional view showing the operating principle of the epilator shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is an enlarged sectional view of an outer peripheral ring portion of the epilator shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Motor 2 ... Depilation means 3 ... Coil spring 4 ... Clamping arm 5 ... Rotating table 6 ... Ring cam 7 ... Outer ring 9 ... Central axis 10 ... Difficult slip material 11 ... Case 14 ... Tilt axis 15 ... Metal pin 16 ... Desorption Ring 17 ... Peripheral wall 18 ... Connection convex part 19 ... Convex ridge 20 ... Guide groove 21 ... Elastic member

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A hair removing means (2) for removing hair by sandwiching hair with a rotating hair holding member, an outer peripheral ring (7) arranged around the hair removing surface of the hair removing means (2), and a hair removing means. In the epilator incorporating the drive means for rotating (2), the outer peripheral ring (7) is arranged so as to be able to move in and out via an elastic member, and when the hair removing means (2) is pressed against the skin, the outer peripheral ring
An epilator, wherein (7) is configured to be elastically pushed to press the skin. 2. The epilator according to claim 1, wherein the outer peripheral ring (7) has a slip-resistant material (10) on the tip surface.