KR20140145354A - Hair Curling Iron Capable of Pressure Sensing - Google Patents

Hair Curling Iron Capable of Pressure Sensing Download PDF

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KR20140145354A
KR20140145354A KR1020130067663A KR20130067663A KR20140145354A KR 20140145354 A KR20140145354 A KR 20140145354A KR 1020130067663 A KR1020130067663 A KR 1020130067663A KR 20130067663 A KR20130067663 A KR 20130067663A KR 20140145354 A KR20140145354 A KR 20140145354A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D1/00—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor
    • A45D1/02—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor with means for internal heating, e.g. by liquid fuel
    • A45D1/04—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor with means for internal heating, e.g. by liquid fuel by electricity
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D1/00—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor
    • A45D1/06—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor with two or more jaws
    • A45D1/08—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor with two or more jaws the jaws remaining parallel to each other during use, e.g. the jaws sliding parallel to each other
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D2/00—Hair-curling or hair-waving appliances ; Appliances for hair dressing treatment not otherwise provided for
    • A45D2/001—Hair straightening appliances
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D2/00—Hair-curling or hair-waving appliances ; Appliances for hair dressing treatment not otherwise provided for
    • A45D2/02—Hair winders or hair curlers for use substantially perpendicular to the scalp, i.e. steep-curlers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D2/00—Hair-curling or hair-waving appliances ; Appliances for hair dressing treatment not otherwise provided for
    • A45D2/12—Hair winders or hair curlers for use parallel to the scalp, i.e. flat-curlers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D1/00—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor
    • A45D2001/002—Accessories therefor

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The present invention relates to a hair curling iron having a function of sensing pressure, which senses the pressure applied to hair through a heating plate, and visually provides the pressure information so that ordinary people, who are not experts, can easily and precisely perform a desired hair design. The hair curling iron according to the present invention comprises a hair supporting unit; a hair pressing unit connected to the hair supporting unit so as to rotate in the opposite direction around a hinge, and rotating in the opposite direction to the hair supporting unit by a user′s pressing motion; an operative heating element installed within the hair supporting unit or the hair pressing unit to be movable, pressurizing hair at a predetermined pressure, and generating heat by the electric power applied from outside; an elastic member elastically supporting the operative heating element against the hair supporting unit or the hair pressing unit; a pressure sensing unit installed in the hair supporting unit, or between the hair pressing unit and the operative heating element, and sensing the pressure applied to hair by the operative heating element; and a pressure output unit for outputting the pressure sensed by the pressure sensing unit to outside so as to let a user know.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a hair-

The present invention relates to a hair iron, and more particularly, to a hair iron having a pressure sensing function capable of easily and accurately producing a desired hair design by outputting an appropriate pressure visually to a user by sensing a pressure applied to the hair through a heating plate. .

In recent years, there has been a growing interest in women's hair design, and as the desire to produce various styles of hair design has increased, the demand for hair-beauty instruments is increasing. A hair iron (also called a "hair iron"), which is a kind of hair beauty appliance, is a beauty appliance that can be used by being easily connected to a commercial AC power source in a home or hairdressing room and enabling various hair designs to be produced.

These hair irons can be classified into straight type for permanent type and for wave type permanent type. In general, a hair iron for straight permer has a clamping type, and one side of the hair iron is composed of a hinged top plate and a bottom plate, and the top plate and the bottom plate are provided with heating plates each having a heater built therein. A power ON / OFF switch is provided on a side of the upper plate or the lower plate and includes a driving circuit for controlling driving of the heating plate.

For a wavy permanent type, the hair is usually rolled into an elongated heating rod having a circular or fan shape, and then pressed by a heat-pressing part in a semicircular shape.

If the pressure applied by the heating plate of the hair iron is not properly maintained when such a hair iron is used to produce a hair design, the hair can not be produced in a desired design. Experienced hairdressers and experienced hair professionals know empirically the proper pressure to be applied in hair irons so that they can press the hair irons with the proper force to produce the desired hair design, There are many problems that hair directing can not do as you want because you do not know whether you should apply it.

Korea public utility model 2012-0006023 (public date August 28, 2012): Hair irons equipped with a cushion member Korean Patent No. 10-0899458 (registered on May 19, 2009): Permanent hair iron

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a hair styling apparatus and a hair styling method for a hair stylist, And more particularly, to a hair iron having a pressure sensing function for easily and accurately producing a hair iron.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a hair iron comprising: a hair support unit; A hair pressing part connected to the hair holding part to relatively rotate about a hinge axis and to be rotated relative to the hair holding part by a user pressing operation; A movable heating member movably installed on the inside of the hair holding unit or inside the hair pressing unit to press the hair with a predetermined pressure and generate heat by an external power source; An elastic member for elastically supporting the movable heating member with respect to the hair holding unit or the hair pressing unit; A pressure sensing unit installed between the hair supporting unit or the hair pressing unit and the movable heating member for sensing a pressure applied to the hair by the movable heating member; And a pressure notification unit for outputting the pressure sensed by the pressure sensing unit to the outside so that the user can recognize the pressure.

According to the present invention, the user can easily and immediately recognize the pressure applied to the hair pressing part through the pressure notifying unit and can maintain the appropriate pressure, so that the user can easily and accurately perform the perming treatment in a desired form to improve the satisfaction.

1 is a perspective view of a hair iron according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a sectional view of the hair iron of Fig.
3 is a cross-sectional view of the pressure sensing unit of the hair iron of FIG.
4 is a plan view showing the pressure notification unit of the hair iron shown in Fig.
5 is a sectional view showing another embodiment of the pressure sensing unit of the hair iron according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a hair iron having a pressure sensing function according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, a hair iron according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a hair support unit 10 and a hinge shaft 15, which is connected to the hair support unit 10 so as to rotate relative to the hinge shaft 15, A hair pressing unit 20 which is rotated relative to the hair receiving unit 10 by an operation of pressing the hair pressing unit 20 and a fixed heating member 20 which is fixed to the inside of the hair pressing unit 20 and generates heat by an external power source, (40), a movable heating member (30) movably installed on the inside of the hair receiving unit (10) to pressurize the hair with a predetermined pressure and generate heat by an external power source, An elastic member 33 for elastically supporting the movable heating member 30 with respect to the movable heating member 10 and an elastic member 33 provided between the movable support member 10 and the movable heating member 30, 30 for detecting the pressure applied to the hair by the pressure sensing unit 5 0), and a pressure notification unit 60 for outputting the pressure sensed by the pressure sensing unit 50 to the outside so that the user can know the pressure.

For the sake of clarity, the portion where the hair holding portion 10 is provided is defined as the lower side of the hair iron, and the portion where the hair pressing portion 20 is provided is defined as the upper side of the hair iron.

The hair holding unit 10 and the hair pressing unit 20 are connected to each other by a hinge shaft 15 so as to be relatively rotatable. A space 12 in which the movable heating member 30 is vertically movably received is recessed in the hair-receiving unit 10. A separate handle may be integrally formed on the rear portion of the hair-receiving portion 10 to facilitate the user's hand.

The hair pressing unit 20 has a rear end rotatably mounted on the upper side of the hair receiving unit 10 via a hinge shaft 15. An elastic body 16 such as a torsion spring is attached to the hinge shaft 15 to apply an elastic force to the hair pressing unit 20 in a direction in which the hair pressing unit 20 is extended. Therefore, in a state in which the user does not press the hair pressing unit 20, the hair pressing unit 20 keeps the state of being opened at a predetermined angle with respect to the hair receiving unit 10 by the elastic force of the elastic body 16.

A pressing part 21 may be formed on the rear portion of the hair pressing part 20 so that the user can easily press the hair pressing part 20 with a finger.

The fixed heating member 40 includes a heating plate 41 having a rectangular plate shape and made of a thermally conductive material and fixed to the lower portion of the hair pressing unit 20 and fixed to the upper surface of the heating plate 41, And an electric heater 42 that generates heat by an applied power source.

The movable heating member 30 presses and holds the hair together with the fixed heating member 40 to transmit heat. The movable heating member 30 includes a heating plate 31 having a rectangular plate shape and made of a thermally conductive material so as to be movable up and down inside the space 12 of the hair supporting unit 10, And an electric heater 32 which is fixedly installed on the heat exchanger and generates heat by an external power source.

The elastic member (33) is provided below the movable heating member (30). The elastic member 33 may be formed using a compression coil spring, a leaf spring, or the like. The elastic member 33 applies an elastic force upward to the movable heating member 30 so that when the movable heating member 30 is pressed and moved downward and an external force applied to the hair pressing unit 20 is removed And returns the movable heating member 30 to its original position again.

The pressure sensing unit 50 is configured to detect the pressure applied to the hair by the movable heating member 30 between the hair supporting unit 10 and the movable heating member 30 do. In this embodiment, the pressure sensing unit 50 is installed to be elastically movable in the hair-bearing unit 10 so that the movable heat-generating member 30 and the movable heat- (Three in this embodiment) sensing switches 51, 52, and 53 that generate electrical signals while contacting the sensing switches 51, 52, and 53. The three sensing switches 51, 52 and 53 are resiliently supported by springs (not shown), and each of the three sensing switches 51, 52 and 53 is installed at different heights, so that the highest sensing switch 51 is disposed below the movable heating member 30 And then touches the movable heating member 30 in the order of the middle height sensing switch 52 and the lowest sensing switch 53 to detect the degree of pressing of the movable heating member 30 .

The pressure degree of the movable heating member 30 sensed by the pressure sensing unit 50 is visually communicated to the user through the pressure notification unit 60. [ 3, in this embodiment, the pressure notification unit 60 includes a plurality of (four in this embodiment) light emitting diodes (LEDs) 61, 62, 63 ). The first light emitting diode 61 of the light emitting diodes 61, 62 and 63 emits light when the movable heating member 30 is pressed and touches the highest sensing switch 51, The third light emitting diode 63 emits light when the movable heating member 30 touches the sensing switch 53 having the lowest height, and the third light emitting diode 63 emits light when the movable heating member 30 touches the sensing switch 53 having the lowest height do. The light emitting diodes 61, 62 and 63 may all use the same color, but it is preferable to use different colors to facilitate recognition from the outside.

The hair iron constructed as described above operates as follows.

Power is applied to the electric heaters 32 and 42 of the movable heating member 30 and the fixed heating member 40 to generate heat when the user turns on the power switch (not shown) of the hair iron, The heat of the electric heaters 32 and 42 is transmitted to the heating plates 31 and 41 to heat the heating plates 31 and 41.

In this state, when the user puts the hair on the movable heating member 30 of the hair holding unit 10 and presses the pressing unit 21 of the hair pressing unit 20, the hair pressing unit 20 presses the hinge shaft 15 So that the fixed heating member 40 comes into contact with the movable heating member 30 and presses the hair.

As a result, the movable heating member 30 is pressed while being lowered. When the movable heating member 30 descends and touches the highest sensing switch 51, the first light emitting diode 61 of the pressure notification unit 60 is turned on and the user recognizes that the pressure is low.

When the user further presses the hair pressing unit 20, when the movable heating member 30 further descends and touches the middle height sensing switch 52, the second light emitting diode 62 of the pressure notification unit 60 The user is recognized as having reached the proper pressure, and the hair is subjected to perming treatment while maintaining this state.

When the user applies excessive pressure to the hair pressing unit 20 during the perming process and the movable heating member 30 contacts the lowest sensing switch 53 to light the third light emitting diode 63, The pressure applied to the hair pressing unit 20 is reduced so that the second light emitting diode 62 is turned on and the perming process is performed at an appropriate pressure while maintaining this state do.

As described above, according to the present invention, the user can easily and immediately recognize the pressure applied to the hair pressing unit 20 through the lighting state of the light emitting diodes 61, 62, 63 of the pressure notification unit 60, Therefore, it is possible to easily and accurately perform the perming process in a desired form to improve the satisfaction.

4, the pressure sensing unit 50 includes a plurality of (three) sensing switches 51, 52, and 53. However, the pressure sensing unit 50 may include a plurality of A sensing bar 55 installed on the hair-receiving unit 10 so as to be movable up and down and pressed and moved by the movable heating member 30; The sensing bar 55 is disposed at regular intervals along the moving direction of the bar 55 and sequentially contacts the conductive sensor dog 56 mounted at the lower end of the sensing bar 55 according to the degree of the sensing bar 55 being pressed, A plurality of sensing terminals 57 may be provided.

In addition, a known pressure sensor may be applied as the pressure sensing unit 50.

In the above-described embodiment, the pressure notification unit 60 is composed of a plurality of light emitting diodes 61, 62, 63, each of which exhibits a low pressure, an appropriate pressure, and a high pressure state. However, instead of using such light emitting diodes 61, 62 and 63, a known display device such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) may be used to transmit information on the pressure state to the user or to inform the user of the pressure state through sound It might be.

In addition, the hair iron of the above-described embodiment sets the appropriate pressure regardless of the state or kind of the hair to recognize the pressure state. However, a pressure setting unit for varying the set pressure to be sensed by the pressure notification unit 60 may be additionally provided depending on the condition or kind of hair to be treated differently.

That is, the state of the hair can be classified into the light / soft hair, the hair / curl hair, the health hair / the damage hair / the hair damage, and the button or the switch for setting the hair condition, It may be set to be set. For example, when the user selects epilating, the lowest sensing switch 51, 52, 53 of the pressure sensing unit 50 of the first embodiment described above contacts the movable heating member 30, The time can be displayed at the appropriate pressure.

While the fixed heating member 40 is installed in the hair pressing unit 20 and the movable heating member 30 is installed in the hair supporting unit 10 in the above embodiment, And the movable heating member 30 may be installed in the hair-bearing unit 10, as shown in FIG.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the appended claims. And it is to be understood that such modified embodiments belong to the scope of protection of the present invention defined by the appended claims.

10: Hair rest part 15: Hinge shaft
20: a hair pressing part 21:
30: movable heating member 31: heating plate
32: electric heater 40: fixed heating member
41: heating plate 42: electric heater
50: pressure sensing unit 51, 52, 53: sensing switch
55: Sensing bar 56: Sensor dog
57: sensing terminal 60: pressure notification unit
61, 62, 63: light emitting diodes

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A hair support portion 10;
A hair pressing unit 20 connected to the hair holding unit 10 so as to rotate relative to the hinge shaft 15 about the hinge shaft 15 and rotated relative to the hair holding unit 10 by a user's pressing operation;
A movable heating member 30 movably installed on the inside of the hair holding unit 10 or inside the hair pressing unit 20 to press the hair with a predetermined pressure and generate heat by an external power source, ;
An elastic member (33) for elastically supporting the movable heating member (30) with respect to the hair holding unit (10) or the hair pressing unit (20);
A pressure sensing unit (50) provided between the hair supporting unit (10) or the hair pressing unit (20) and the movable heating member (30) for sensing a pressure applied to the hair by the movable heating member )and;
And a pressure notification unit (60) for outputting the pressure sensed by the pressure sensing unit (50) to the outside so that the user can know the pressure. The hair heating apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a fixed heating member which is fixed to an inner side of the hair pressing unit (10) or the hair pressing unit (20) facing the movable heating member (30) (40). ≪ / RTI > The hair dryer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the movable heating member (30) comprises a heating plate (31) of a heat conductive material provided movably with respect to the hair holding unit (10) or the hair pressing unit (20) And an electric heater (32) fixed to the heating plate (31) and generating heat by an external power source. The pressure sensing unit (60) according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the pressure sensing unit (60) is provided on the hair pressing unit (10) or the hair pressing unit (20) And one or a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) emitting light when a pressure is reached. The pressure sensing unit (60) according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the pressure notifying unit (60) is provided on the hair pressing part (10) or the hair pressing part (20) Wherein the display unit is a display device for outputting information. The pressure detecting apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a pressure setting unit for varying a set pressure to be sensed by the pressure notifying unit (60) according to the state or kind of hair to be handled. Hair iron. 3. The hair dryer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the pressure sensing unit (50) is provided to be elastically movable to the hair holding unit (10) or the hair pressing unit (20) And a plurality of sensing switches (51, 52, 53) for sequentially generating electrical signals while being in contact with the movable heating member (30) as they move while being pressurized. The pressure sensing unit (50) according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the pressure sensing unit (50) is movably installed on the hair supporting unit (10) or the hair pressing unit (20) and is pressed by the movable heating member A sensing bar 55 having a conductive sensor dog 56 and a sensing bar 55 disposed at a predetermined interval inside the hair holding unit 10 or the hair pressing unit 20 to press the sensing bar 55 And a plurality of sensing terminals (57) for sequentially generating an electrical signal while being in contact with the sensor dog (56) of the sensing bar (55) in accordance with the sensing signal.
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