Classifications

• • 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
  • A45D44/005—Other cosmetic or toiletry articles, e.g. for hairdressers' rooms for selecting or displaying personal cosmetic colours or hairstyle
• • 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
  • A45D2044/007—Devices for determining the condition of hair or skin or for selecting the appropriate cosmetic or hair treatment

Definitions

• 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, and 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. 10), and in order to then pull said hair/fiber from the tuft 3 (automatically).
• 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 (Fig. l 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 Dl 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 D2 and, according to Fig. 6, a quadratic rectangle and groove length D3.
• 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 1 1 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 approx. 40 ⁇ m can be produced.

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