WO2008047120A1 - Appareil de coiffage - Google Patents

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WO2008047120A1
WO2008047120A1 PCT/GB2007/003966 GB2007003966W WO2008047120A1 WO 2008047120 A1 WO2008047120 A1 WO 2008047120A1 GB 2007003966 W GB2007003966 W GB 2007003966W WO 2008047120 A1 WO2008047120 A1 WO 2008047120A1
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styling
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Michael Ralph
Martin Potter
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Martin Potter
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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
    • A45D20/00—Hair drying devices; Accessories therefor
    • A45D20/04—Hot-air producers
    • A45D20/08—Hot-air producers heated electrically
    • A45D20/10—Hand-held drying devices, e.g. air douches
    • A45D20/12—Details thereof or accessories therefor, e.g. nozzles, stands
    • 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
    • A45D2/36—Hair curlers or hair winders with incorporated heating or drying means, e.g. electric, using chemical reaction
    • 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
    • A45D2001/004—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor with a ceramic component, e.g. heater, styling surface

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  • the present invention relates to a hair styling device for styling hair, in particular to a hand held hair styling device for use by a single person in the manner of, and retaining some of the features and functionality of, a hand held hair dryer.
  • hair dryers and styling tools can be divided into two main categories.
  • styling tools which just apply heat and pressure, for example styling tongs and hair straighteners, to style the hair. These rely on pressing the hair between two surfaces and making it hot. This then causes the hair to take the shape of whatever it is being forced against. This may be a flat surface for hair straighteners, or curved for example in curling tongs.
  • Hair drying devices use a combination of air blown onto the hair and heating elements to make the air hot.
  • AU such devices basically include a fan, a heating element and a housing.
  • the fan draws ambient temperature air into the housing, moves it across an activated heating element within the housing and discharges the heated air through a discharge nozzle to dry hair.
  • Hair dryers may be of the bonnet type, but the most useful domestic version is of the hand held type, in which the housing incorporates a gripping portion, and for example a pistol grip, allowing the unit to be held and the air directed as necessary.
  • a hair styler comprising a housing forming an air conduit between an air inlet and an air exhaust; an impeller within the air conduit adapted to drive air from the inlet to the exhaust; a styling formation at the inlet comprising a body presenting a styling surface outwardly of the inlet with at least one aperture therein to serve as an air inlet; the styling body incorporating a heating unit to raise the temperature of the styling body above ambient in use.
  • the styling body is directed at the hair so that the styling surface is placed into contact with the hair to be styled.
  • hair will be damp at this stage, having been for example towel dried after washing or otherwise, but not fully dried.
  • the heating unit is activated to cause the styling body to heat up to a suitable styling temperature.
  • Actuation of the impeller additionally draws air through the aperture. The combination of the applied temperature, and the drawing of air through the hair to be styled and through the aperture to draw the hair against the styling surface together produce the desired styling effect.
  • the device in accordance with this aspect of the invention retains some of the features of a classical hand held hair dryer.
  • a housing defines an air conduit, and an air impeller causes air to move along the conduit.
  • the styling body which is placed in contact with the hair in use, is at the inlet of the conduit. Air is drawn into the inlet.
  • the device is analogous to a conventional blow dryer, it sucks rather than blows.
  • the air is therefore not being preheated before it is drawn through the hair in the vicinity of the styling body.
  • the device does not, as a matter of purpose, have a primary drying function. Nevertheless, it can be expected that this, in conjunction with the heating of the styling body, can have some drying function without departing from the scope of the invention, in addition to enhancing the styling function.
  • the device in accordance with the invention relying not just on temperature and pressure at the styling body but also on the suction effect, produces an enhanced styling function which can be more rapid and flexible than the use of conventional heat/pressure systems, whilst at least potentially retaining some of the benefits of a dryer system.
  • the device in accordance with the invention offers this functionality in a single device adapted for a single user function.
  • the device is adapted to be hand held by a single user.
  • the housing further includes suitable gripping means composed as part of the body of the housing.
  • the housing comprises an elongate and for example generally cylindrical portion defining the conduit with a suitable impeller disposed therein, and for example at an end thereof distally of the inlet, and the gripping means comprises a lateral extension forming a handle, for example adapted for a pistol-style hand grip.
  • the styling formation sits at the inlet of the conduit, and presents a styling surface on which hair can be styled.
  • the styling surface may for example be a substantially planar styling face.
  • the styling formation is a substantially flat plate presenting such a substantially planar styling face on its surface outward of the inlet.
  • the conduit defines an inlet aperture, for example a generally circular aperture
  • the styling formation for example being the form of a styling plate, extends across the whole extent of the conduit inlet aperture, there being provided at least one, and preferably a plurality of, through apertures within the styling formation, serving thereby as air inlets allowing air to be drawn through the styling formation and through the conduit by the air impeller in use in the manner above described.
  • the styling formation may be provided with closure units adapted to permit air to be drawn therethrough unhindered, but inhibit the drawing through of hair.
  • closure units adapted to permit air to be drawn therethrough unhindered, but inhibit the drawing through of hair.
  • gauze, mesh, net or other reticulated sheet formations may extend across the apertures for this purpose.
  • the styling formation comprises a styling plate or otherwise presents a substantially planar styling surface to the hair to be styled. Hair is manipulated against the styling surface to achieve the desired styling effect in use. In particular, such a planar surface is especially suited to hair straightening.
  • the styling surface may be provided with optional additional formations to produce additional styling effects, for example projections out of the plane of the plate.
  • Removable attachments may be provided for this purpose.
  • a device in accordance with the invention may be provided with a plurality of removably interchangeable styling formations to produce different styling effects.
  • the device of the invention is provided with a heating unit to raise the temperature of the styling formation above ambient.
  • the heating unit comprises a heating element conformed as part of the styling formation, and for example conformed within or on a surface of the solid body comprising the styling formation.
  • the solid body comprises a ceramic substance with a resistance heated metal element disposed within or on a surface thereof to effect heating of the same in use.
  • the device further includes control means to control the functioning of the device, for example including means to vary impeller power and hence air flow rate, and means to vary the heat imparted to the styling formation.
  • control means to control the functioning of the device, for example including means to vary impeller power and hence air flow rate, and means to vary the heat imparted to the styling formation.
  • the device in accordance with the invention is so configured as to be hand held, and the control means are incorporated into the hand holding means, for example into the pistol grip as above described.
  • the pistol grip incorporates user operatable switches in a manner which will be familiar by analogy with hand held hair dryers.
  • the impeller is a rotary pump, and for example is a rotary electric pump of the type which will be familiar from conventional hand held hair dryers.
  • the unit preferably further includes a power source to drive the impeller and heating unit.
  • the power source is an electric power source.
  • the unit may include a power cord allowing it to be connected to a mains electricity supply.
  • the unit may include a rechargeable battery power source.
  • the unit will be supplied with a recharging means enabling the battery power source to be connected to mains electricity for recharging, for example via a corded attachment, or composed into a recharging base, in either case in a manner which will be familiar in relation to domestic electrical appliances of various kinds.
  • Figure 1 is a plan view of the heated styling plate of a device in accordance with the invention.
  • Figure 2 shows in front view and side view the apparatus of an embodiment of the invention incorporating the plate of Figure 1.
  • a rotary electric pump (not shown) is stored in a pump housing (2) located distally of the air inlet (4).
  • a cylindrical conduit portion (6) provides a fluid communication between the inlet (4) and the pump housing (2) allowing air to be drawn in use through the inlet by the fan and eventually out of the exhaust apertures (9) in the housing (2). Air flow is the direction of the labelled arrows.
  • a flared portion (7) of the conduit (6) expands to the desired size of aperture optimised for incorporation of the styling plate (11).
  • the power of the pump, and the size of the conduit portion (6) flared portion (7) and aperture (8) incorporating the styling plate (11) are selected to be optimised for the desired function, and in particular optimised to get the desired degree of suction to enhance the styling effect by drawing hair against the styling plate in use.
  • considerations will differ from those for a hair dryer, where the device would be designed to blow rather than suck air through the aperture (8), and the design considerations for the aperture would differ accordingly (for example, in that it would often constitute an area of reduced extent to increase the air flow from the dryer).
  • a downward extension of the housing (10) provides a pistol-grip style handle to allow a user to manipulate the styling tool.
  • the housing (10) may also incorporate a battery power source, or include a power cord or an electrical inlet for a power cord, to power the system in use.
  • Switches (13) are provided on the grip to allow a user to control operation.
  • the heated styling plate (11) is shown in greater detail in Figure 1.
  • the plate comprises a ceramic body (16) which is provided with air apertures (15) through which air can be drawn.
  • a heated surface (14) serves as the styling surface on which hair is styled when drawn on to the surface by the action of the suction effect as air is drawn through the apertures (15).
  • the heated surfaces in practice provided by incorporating a resistance heated electric element in the plate (16).
  • the heated plate (11) is recessed slightly from the forwardmost extent of the aperture (8) to prevent it coming into direct contact with a user's skin should the device be pushed close to someone's face.
  • the heated surface (14) is used to provide an area against which hair can be drawn in order to use the styling effect of the heat.
  • the hair is drawn towards the heated surface by the suction fan, in effect in a manner analogous to an ordinary hair dryer running in reverse (but without the internal heating element).
  • the design of the heated plate is optimised to allow the maximum air flow through the suction fan whilst provided enough heated surface area to allow the styling of the hair which is pulled against the plates by the action of the fan.
  • heated plates A single heated plate is shown presenting a flat surface.
  • heated plates of alternative designs are perfectly possible within the scope of the invention, and heated plates may be flat or curved to allow different styling effects. Heated plates may be interchangeable.
  • the temperature of the plate is thermostatically controlled. It will be appreciated that cooling of the plate is continuously taking place due to evaporation of water from the hair, exacerbated by air being drawn over the plate.
  • control can be provided, for example, by a thermistor, in contact with a surface of the plate which is operably attached to the power supply heat to the plate or heating element in the plate. If desired then the operator can be provided with a control to set the temperature of the plate to suit, for example, the styling being imparted to the hair.
  • the plates have alternate air apertures and heated surfaces in order to hold the hair against them at several points and thus inhibit its being sucked into the fan tube.
  • the apertures or the tube itself may also be provided with a fine mesh grill between the styling plate area and the fan itself to prevent hair being sucked down the tube and become entangled in the fan mechanism.
  • an enhanced styling effect is obtained in that the suction draws hair against the plate to provide the pressure necessary to combine with the temperature offered by the heated plate to give the required styling effect.
  • the device of the invention offers this functionality conformed in a housing which offers the simplicity of use of, and indeed borrows a number of designed features from, a conventional hand held hair dryer.
  • the device of the invention is primarily a styling tool. It confers improved functionality over conventional styling tools by making use of suction to draw the hair onto the styling plate. Structural similarities with hand held hair dryers arise because there is a desire to use a fan in a compact and easily manipulatable device.
  • the invention is not intended to be a hair dryer as such, although when used with damp hair the actions of suction and heating are likely to have some drying effect.
  • a convenient, efficient and easy to use solution to the problem of styling hair is offered which can readily be made compact, portable and suitable for hand held use by a single user.

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Abstract

La présente invention concerne un appareil de coiffage comprenant un boîtier (2) formant un conduit d'air (6) entre une entrée d'air (4) et une sortie d'air ; un impulseur à l'intérieur du conduit d'air conçu pour entraîner l'air de l'entrée vers la sortie ; une formation de coiffage (11) à l'entrée comprenant un corps présentant une surface de coiffage s'étendant vers l'extérieur de l'entrée avec au moins un orifice (15) à l'intérieur pour servir d'entrée (4) ; le corps de coiffage comprenant une unité chauffante destinée à faire monter la température du corps de coiffage au-dessus de la température de l'air lors de l'utilisation.
PCT/GB2007/003966 2006-10-18 2007-10-18 Appareil de coiffage WO2008047120A1 (fr)

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ITTV20100157A1 (it) * 2010-12-03 2012-06-04 Massimo Bosco Attrezzatura per modellare i capelli
US9185957B2 (en) 2013-06-14 2015-11-17 Trade Box, Llc Automatic hair styling device
US10368624B2 (en) 2014-12-02 2019-08-06 RevAir, LLC Vacuum assisted systems and methods for grooming hair

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US4210162A (en) * 1977-06-30 1980-07-01 Dreyer Bernard F Hair styling device
GB2232588A (en) * 1989-04-26 1990-12-19 James Macdonald Fursdon Hair styling apparatus
WO1998010677A1 (fr) * 1996-09-10 1998-03-19 Aapo Aarrekorpi Appareil de coiffure, en particulier pour le sechage des cheveux et/ou la creation de coiffures
US20030037793A1 (en) * 2001-08-27 2003-02-27 Jeung Hoon Park Vibration type comb using ultrasonic wave
GB2405584A (en) * 2003-08-27 2005-03-09 Advanced Ceramics Ltd A hair iron

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US4210162A (en) * 1977-06-30 1980-07-01 Dreyer Bernard F Hair styling device
GB2232588A (en) * 1989-04-26 1990-12-19 James Macdonald Fursdon Hair styling apparatus
WO1998010677A1 (fr) * 1996-09-10 1998-03-19 Aapo Aarrekorpi Appareil de coiffure, en particulier pour le sechage des cheveux et/ou la creation de coiffures
US20030037793A1 (en) * 2001-08-27 2003-02-27 Jeung Hoon Park Vibration type comb using ultrasonic wave
GB2405584A (en) * 2003-08-27 2005-03-09 Advanced Ceramics Ltd A hair iron

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
ITTV20100157A1 (it) * 2010-12-03 2012-06-04 Massimo Bosco Attrezzatura per modellare i capelli
US9185957B2 (en) 2013-06-14 2015-11-17 Trade Box, Llc Automatic hair styling device
US10368624B2 (en) 2014-12-02 2019-08-06 RevAir, LLC Vacuum assisted systems and methods for grooming hair
US11076671B2 (en) 2014-12-02 2021-08-03 RevAir, LLC Vacuum assisted systems and methods for grooming hair

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