US20070095360A1 - Apparatus to remove one individual hair/fiber at a time from a tuft using a gripping device - Google Patents

Apparatus to remove one individual hair/fiber at a time from a tuft using a gripping device Download PDF

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US20070095360A1
US20070095360A1 US11/476,226 US47622606A US2007095360A1 US 20070095360 A1 US20070095360 A1 US 20070095360A1 US 47622606 A US47622606 A US 47622606A US 2007095360 A1 US2007095360 A1 US 2007095360A1
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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
    • A45D44/00—Other cosmetic or toiletry articles, e.g. for hairdressers' rooms
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    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
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  • the invention relates to an apparatus for removing one individual hair/fiber at a time from a tuft using a gripping device.
  • the object of the invention is to obtain an apparatus for removing one individual hair/fiber at a time from a tuft using a gripping device, which enables targeted removal of one individual hair/fiber at a time from a tuft with maximum accuracy meaning with an error rate approaching zero. If by chance the apparatus doesn't collect a single hair/fiber from a tuft, this should also be correspondingly considered by the apparatus according to a sub-object.
  • a first gripping element has a wedge-shaped groove oriented towards the second gripping element and a second gripping element has an essentially flat counterpressure zone, wherein the first gripping element is tapered on the side of the wedge-shaped groove (taper A), whereby an individually removed hair/fiber from a tuft is fixated between the wedge-shaped groove and the counterpressure zone.
  • FIG. 1 shows a perspective representation from above, which is a view of a part of the apparatus
  • FIG. 2 shows a view from above of the apparatus according to FIG. 1 , but with a tuft of hair or fibers between a first and a second gripping element;
  • FIG. 3 shows an enlarged detailed view of Detail III according to FIG. 2 ;
  • FIG. 4 shows a top view of the first gripping element with a conical tip
  • FIG. 5 shows a top view of the first gripping element with an oblong, rectangular pyramid tip
  • FIG. 6 shows a top view of the first gripping element with a quadratic, pyramid tip
  • FIG. 7 shows a top view of the second gripping element with a counterpressure zone that is arranged transversely with respect to groove length D 1 - 3 ;
  • FIG. 8 shows a view from above of the apparatus according to FIG. 2 , but with a first and a second shank;
  • FIG. 9 shows a view from above of the apparatus according to FIG. 8 , but in a first phase of the removal process for an individual hair/individual fiber;
  • FIG. 10 shows an enlarged representation of the view according to FIG. 9 ;
  • FIG. 11 shows another enlarged representation of the view according to FIG. 10 , but in a phase of removal of an individual hair/individual fiber from a tuft;
  • FIG. 12 shows the representation according to FIG. 11 , but in an enlarged view and in a reduced perspective from above;
  • FIG. 13 shows the representation according to FIG. 9 , but in an exceptional condition of non-collection of a hair/fiber
  • FIG. 14 shows the representation according to FIG. 1 , but with a rotation-symmetrical disk as a first gripping element and a cylindrical disk as a second gripping element;
  • FIG. 15 shows an enlarged representation of the view of a ring groove of the disk according to FIG. 14 ;
  • FIG. 16 shows a cutout similar to FIG. 15 of two half-shells that are combined as mirror images as a disk ( FIG. 15 ).
  • FIGS. 1 through 16 show an apparatus 1 to remove one individual hair/fiber 2 at a time from a tuft 3 using a gripping device 4 , which has a first and a second opposing gripping element 5 , 6 .
  • the first gripping element 5 is connected to a first shank 21
  • the second gripping element 6 is connected to a second shank 22 .
  • the first and the second gripping element 5 , 6 and/or the first shank 21 and the second shank 22 are relatively movable with respect to each other and/or can be moved, for example, as if using a set of tweezers.
  • first or the second gripping element 5 , 6 can be arranged at a fixed location so that only one gripping element 5 , 6 and/or only one shank 21 , 22 can be correspondingly precisely moved by, for example, an automatically controlled hydraulic/pneumatic drive (not shown).
  • the first gripping element 5 has a wedge-shaped groove 7 oriented towards the second gripping element 6 , wherein the second gripping element 6 has an essentially flat counterpressure zone 8 , in order to hold an individual hair/fiber 2 that has been removed from a tuft 3 between the wedge-shaped groove 7 and the counterpressure zone 8 when the first and second gripping element 5 , 6 are pressed together (e.g., FIG.
  • the hair/fiber 2 is then automatically affixed at both ends with a sleeve for additional processing, for example, with a prescribed length, in order to treat and/or test and/or examine it with a corresponding apparatus (not shown).
  • the first gripping element 5 is tapered on the side of the wedge-shaped groove 7 (taper A).
  • the gripping element 5 is thereby precisely routed up to a first position of multiple hairs/fibers 2 through a tuft 3 that is suspended in a fixed position and it then collects, normally with the wedge-shaped groove 7 , an individual hair 2 or an individual fiber 2 ( FIGS. 1 and 2 ).
  • a spring device 37 which is arranged in a first and/or second shank 21 , 22 of the first and/or second gripping element 5 , 6 and consists of a bore hole 38 with a lateral slot 39 ( FIG. 1 ).
  • the wedge-shaped groove 7 has an edge width C of approximately 40 ⁇ m and an alpha angle of approximately 45 degrees ( FIG. 3 ).
  • Taper A of the first gripping element 5 is formed by a pointy cone 31 ( FIG. 4 ).
  • the groove 7 has at least length D 1 of a hair/fiber diameter.
  • the average hair diameter is approximately 60 to 80 ⁇ m.
  • Taper A of the first gripping element 5 is formed by a rectangular pyramid tip 32 ( FIGS. 5 and 6 ), wherein a pyramid surface, according to FIG. 5 , has an oblong rectangle and groove length D 2 and, according to FIG. 6 , a quadratic rectangle and groove length D 3 .
  • FIG. 7 shows the second gripping element 6 with a counterpressure zone 8 arranged transversely with respect to groove length D 1 - 3 .
  • FIG. 8 shows a view from above of the apparatus 1 according to FIG. 2 , but with a first and a second shank 21 , 22 .
  • Both gripping elements 5 , 6 consist of one current-conducting material (metal) and are each connected via a conductor 35 , 36 , whereby the first and second gripping element 5 , 6 communicates with an electric detection device 13 to control the collection of an individual hair/fiber 2 from a tuft 3 .
  • the first and second gripping elements 5 , 6 are formed as an electric current bridge 14 when they come into mechanical contact B ( FIG. 13 ) with each other, wherein a current flow 15 signals that there is no individual hair/fiber 2 from a tuft 3 between the first and second gripping element 5 , 6 , and, correspondingly, automatic further processing is possible.
  • FIG. 9 shows a view from above of the apparatus 1 according to FIG. 8 , but in a first phase of the removal process for an individual hair/individual fiber.
  • FIG. 10 shows an enlarged representation of the view according to FIG. 9 .
  • FIG. 11 shows another enlarged representation of the view according to FIG. 10 , but in a phase of removal of an individual hair/individual fiber 2 from a tuft 3 .
  • FIG. 12 shows the representation according to FIG. 11 , but in an enlarged view and in a reduced perspective from above.
  • FIG. 13 shows the representation according to FIG. 9 , but in an exceptional status of non-collection of a hair/fiber 2 , which is detected by the detection device 13 ( FIG. 8 ).
  • the first gripping element 5 is designed as a rotation-symmetrical disk 9 , wherein the wedge-shaped groove 7 is designed as a peripheral ring groove 10 with a chamfer 33 on each side ( FIGS. 15 and 16 ) as taper A.
  • the second gripping element 6 is a cylindrical disk 11 , wherein the peripheral ring groove 10 and a surface 12 of the cylindrical disk 11 communicate with one another.
  • the rotation-symmetrical disk 9 consists of two similar, rotation-symmetrical half-shells 34 , whereby a ring groove 10 with an edge width C of approximately 40 ⁇ m can be produced.

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