WO2014022678A1 - Appareil d'orientation d'air rotatif pour sèche-cheveux - Google Patents

Appareil d'orientation d'air rotatif pour sèche-cheveux Download PDF

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WO2014022678A1
WO2014022678A1 PCT/US2013/053244 US2013053244W WO2014022678A1 WO 2014022678 A1 WO2014022678 A1 WO 2014022678A1 US 2013053244 W US2013053244 W US 2013053244W WO 2014022678 A1 WO2014022678 A1 WO 2014022678A1
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stopper
rotating air
air directing
directing apparatus
propeller
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Kyusang Han
Kyoung Hak Lee
Won Seok HO
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Kiss Nail Products, Inc.
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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
    • A45D20/122—Diffusers, e.g. for variable air flow
    • A45D20/124—Diffusers, e.g. for variable air flow comprising rotating elements

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  • the invention relates generally to the field of hair dryers, and more particularly, to devices having a rotating member for directing a circular flow of air from a hair dryer.
  • a number of devices are known that direct air flow from a hair dryer. These devices include nozzle attachments or outlets that spin while deflecting air at an acute angle.
  • the attachments are enabled to spin through the use of internal vanes that are pushed by the air exiting the hair dryer.
  • the vanes are typically connected to and spin around a central point within the attachment. The direction of the air exiting the rotating attachment is thereby constantly changed, sometimes in a circular pattern. However, the air flow exiting from the attachment remains linear by nature, and the vanes only act to change how the linear flow is directed.
  • an aspect of the present invention relates to a rotating member for directing a circular flow of air from a portable hand-held hair dryer.
  • a rotating air directing apparatus for a barrel of a hair dryer includes a tubular adapter member having an inlet opening and an outlet opening. The inlet opening is adapted to be removably coupled to the barrel of the hair dryer.
  • the apparatus also includes a propeller member rotatably coupled to the tubular adapter member.
  • the propeller member includes a plurality of curved vanes extending from a central cylinder.
  • the apparatus further includes a nozzle member disposed adjacent to the outlet opening of the tubular adapter member and adapted to rotate with the propeller member.
  • the nozzle member includes an angled tubular member having a nozzle opening disposed at an acute angle relative to the outlet opening of the tubular adapter member.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an exploded perspective view of a rotating air directing apparatus, according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 2. is a diagram illustrating a perspective view of a first part of the rotating air directing apparatus, according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a perspective view of a second part of the rotating air directing apparatus, according to an embodiment of the present invention
  • FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a front view of the rotating air directing apparatus, according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a side view of the rotating air directing apparatus, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a rear view of the rotating air directing apparatus, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIGS. 1-6 show a rotating air directing apparatus for a barrel of a hair dryer, according to embodiments of the present invention.
  • the air directing apparatus may be an attachment adapted to be removably secured to the barrel of a hair dryer, or may be integral with a hair dryer barrel itself.
  • a hair dryer is preferably a handheld portable hair dryer typically used at home or in a salon.
  • the rotating air directing apparatus is powered by the force of the air flowing from the hair dryer.
  • the apparatus is designed and configured to create a moving, rotating pattern of heated air flow similar to that achieved when an operator manually manipulates the hair dryer relative to the hair to be dried.
  • a rotating air directing apparatus, or a hair dryer assembly, according to an embodiment of the present invention eliminates the need for the operator to continuously manipulate the hair dryer, thereby reducing operator fatigue.
  • FIG. 1 a diagram illustrates an exploded perspective view of a rotating air directing apparatus, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the rotating air directing apparatus includes a first stopper 102 that supports a shaft 104.
  • the first stopper includes two or more support members 106 that maintain a central aperture 108 in a central region of the first stopper 102.
  • the shaft 104 extends from the central aperture 108 of the first stopper 102. More specifically, a head 110 of the shaft 104 is wider than the central aperture 108 and is disposed on one side of the central aperture 108, while a main body of the shaft 104 extends perpendicularly away from a face of an opposing side of the central aperture 108.
  • the head 110 of the shaft 104 may be configured so that it can be engaged and rotated by a screwdriver.
  • the shaft 104 is configured to extend within a propeller member 112 from a proximate end 114 and beyond a distal end 116 of the propeller member 112. More specifically, the shaft 104 extends through an aperture 118 that runs through a central cylinder 120 of the propeller member 112.
  • the propeller member 112 includes a plurality of curved vanes 122, 124 and 126.
  • the rotating air directing apparatus may include two, three or more vanes.
  • a first curved vane 122, a second curved vane 124 and a third curved vane 126 may be disposed on and extend from the central cylinder 120 of the propeller member 112.
  • the curved vanes 122-126 are configured to cause the propeller member 112 to rotate when an air stream from a hair dryer flows past the curved vanes 122-126.
  • the shape and arrangement of the curved vanes 122-126 create a vortex or a whirling mass of air.
  • the plurality of curved vanes 122-126 include a corresponding plurality of fixed edges at the central cylinder 120. Each fixed edge is associated with a respective one of the curved vanes 122-126.
  • the plurality of curved vanes 122-126 also include a plurality of free edges. Each free edge is associated with a respective one of the curved vanes 122-126. The free edges are spaced apart from the central cylinder 120 of the propeller member 112.
  • the plurality of curved vanes 122-126 may also include a plurality of side edges that extend between a respective one of the fixed edges and a respective one of the free edges.
  • the curved vanes 122-126 are equally spaced apart and define a plurality of curved radial openings between adjacent curved vanes.
  • a washer 128, a second stopper 130 and a third stopper 132 are disposed over the central cylinder 120 of the propeller member 112.
  • the second stopper 130 is substantially identical to the first stopper 102. More specifically, the central cylinder 120 passes through the washer 128 and the second stopper 130, such that the substantially circular outer periphery of the central cylinder 120 freely rotates within the substantially circular inner periphery of the washer 128 and a central aperture 134 of the second stopper 130.
  • the distal end 116 of the central cylinder 120 has flattened portions on the top and the bottom. These flattened portions coincide with flattened portions of an inner circumference of a central aperture 136 of the third stopper 132.
  • the third stopper 132 is substantially identical to the first stopper 102 and the second stopper 130 with the exception of these flattened portions. Accordingly, the distal end 116 of the central cylinder 120 extends within the central aperture 136 of the third stopper 132 a distance that the flattened portions allow. Further, the flattened portions of both the distal end 116 and the central aperture 136 enable the third stopper 132 to rotate with the propeller member 112.
  • a nut 116 engages a distal end of the shaft 104 that extends beyond the central cylinder 120 and the third stopper 132.
  • the distal end of the shaft 104 is grooved for engagement with the nut, and the head 110 of the shaft 104 may be turned by a screwdriver, for example, for assembly.
  • the nut 116 allows the shaft 104 to run through the first stopper 102, the propeller member 112, the washer 128, the second stopper 130 and the third stopper 132. More specifically, the nut 116 secures the propeller member 112, the washer 128, and the second stopper 130, between the first stopper 102 and the third stopper 132.
  • the elements of the rotating air directing apparatus including and disposed between the first stopper 102 and the second stopper 130 are disposed within a tubular adapter member 140.
  • the tubular adapter member 140 includes a proximate inlet end 142 and distal outlet end 144.
  • the third stopper 132 is disposed within a nozzle member 146.
  • the nozzle member 146 has an inlet end 148 and an outlet end 150.
  • the tubular adapter member 140 is adapted to be removably coupled to a barrel of a hair dryer.
  • an internal diameter of the tubular adapter member 140 may be dimensioned to fit over an outer diameter of the hair dryer barrel to provide a press-on or friction fit.
  • an outer diameter of the tubular adapter member 140 may have dimensions that fit within an inner diameter of the hair dryer barrel to provide a press-on or friction fit.
  • Other possible arrangements for providing a removable coupling between the tubular adapter member 140 and the barrel of the hair dryer include an engaging groove on one or both of the tubular adapter member 140 and the barrel of the hair dryer, a threaded fit and a clamping element.
  • the tubular adapter member 140 may be formed from a rigid, lightweight plastic material or any other suitable material or materials.
  • the tubular adapter member 140 may have an outer diameter in a range between approximately 30 mm and 70 mm, for example, approximately 53 mm, and a length in a range between approximately 40 and 80 mm, for example, approximately 61 mm.
  • the tubular adapter member 140 may be any suitable size for coupling to the hair dryer.
  • a length of the tubular adapter member 140 may be in a range of approximately 60 to 100 mm, for example, 82 mm.
  • the assembly may be any suitable length for achieving its intended purpose.
  • the inlet end 148 of the nozzle member 146 is disposed adjacent to the distal outlet opening 144 of the tubular adapter member 140 and is adapted to rotate independent of the tubular adapter member 140.
  • the nozzle member 146 may be rigidly coupled to the propeller member 112 or may be formed integrally therewith to provide a single unitary structure.
  • the nozzle member 146 includes an angled tubular member, which can have, for example, a semi- conical or frusto-conical shape.
  • the outlet end 150 of the nozzle member 146 is disposed at an acute angle relative to the distal outlet opening 144 of the tubular adapter member 140. Specifically, a imaginary perpendicular line passing through a center of the outlet end 150 of the nozzle member 146 forms an angle of less than ninety degrees with an imaginary perpendicular line passing though a center of the distal outlet opening 144. Due to the configuration of the angled nozzle opening, when the nozzle member 146 rotates, a moving, rotating pattern of heated air flow is created which is similar to that achieved by an operator manually manipulating the hair dryer relative to the hair to be dried.
  • the nozzle member 146 may be formed from a rigid, lightweight plastic material or any other suitable material or materials.
  • FIG. 2 a diagram illustrates a perspective view of a first part of the rotating air directing apparatus, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the first part of the rotating air directing apparatus includes the propeller member 112, the third stopper 132, and the nozzle member 146.
  • the propeller member 112, the third stopper 132, and the nozzle member 146 all rotate together when air is directed toward the propeller member 112.
  • the third stopper 132 and the nut 138 are disposed within the nozzle member 146.
  • the third stopper member 132 has a substantially circular periphery with the exception of flattened regions on the top and bottom of the periphery.
  • the periphery of the third stopper member 132 fits within a similarly shaped interior circumference of the nozzle member 146.
  • the flattened portions of both the periphery of the third stopper member 132 and the interior circumference of the nozzle member 146 prevent the third stopper member 132 from rotating within the nozzle member 146, and allow the third stopper 132 member and the nozzle member 146 to rotate together.
  • the distal end 116 of the central cylinder 120 of the propeller member 112 engages the central aperture 136 of the third stopper 132. Due to the flattened regions on the periphery of the distal end 116 and interior circumference of the central aperture 136 of the third stopper 132, the central cylinder 120 is prevented from rotating within the central aperture 136 of the third stopper 132, and the third stopper 132 is allowed to rotate with the propeller member 112.
  • the nut 138 engages a threaded end of the shaft 104 so that the propeller member 112 and the third stopper 132 also remain engaged. As described above, the threaded end of the shaft 104 may be tightened into the nut 138 by engaging the head 110 of the shaft 104 with a screwdriver.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a perspective view of a second part of the rotating air directing apparatus, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the second part of the rotating air directing apparatus includes the first stopper 102, the second stopper 130 and the tubular adapter member 140.
  • the first stopper 102 and the second stopper 130 both have substantially circular peripheries with the exception of flattened regions on the top and bottom of the peripheries.
  • the first stopper 102 and the second stopper 130 are disposed at defined areas on the interior of the tubular adapter member 140, where an interior circumference of the tubular adapter member has corresponding flattened portions.
  • first stopper 102 and the second stopper 130 fit within similarly shaped interior portions of the tubular adapter member 140.
  • the flattened portions the periphery of the first and second stoppers 102 and 130 and the interior portions of the tubular adapter 140 prevent the first and second stoppers 102 and 130 from rotating within the tubular adapter 140.
  • FIG. 4 a diagram illustrates a front view of the rotating air directing apparatus, according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • the outlet opening 150 of the nozzle member 146 shows the nut 138, the third stopper 132 and the propeller member 112 within the nozzle member 146 and the tubular adapter 140.
  • FIG. 5 a diagram illustrates a side view of the rotating air directing apparatus, according to the embodiment of the present invention.
  • the nozzle member 146 is shown having the outlet opening 150, which has an acute angle, and extends only partially across a planar circumference of the nozzle member 146.
  • the outlet opening 150 of the nozzle member 146 extends from a first end of the planar circumference outwardly at an acute angle to a point beyond the center of the planar circumference of the nozzle member 146 but not reaching the other end of the planar circumference.
  • the outlet opening 150 is preferably ovular in shape.
  • a center line C/Ll is drawn through a center of the tubular adapter member 204.
  • a lowest point of the outlet opening 150 of the nozzle member 146 is illustrated as 7.3 mm below the center line C/Ll, while a center line C/L2 of the opening of the nozzle member 146 is illustrated as 6.3 mm above the center line C/Ll .
  • FIG. 6 illustrates a back view of the rotating air directing apparatus, according to an embodiment of the present invention.
  • the first stopper 102, the head 110 of the shaft 104, and the propeller member 112 are shown through the inlet opening 142 of the tubular adapter member 140.

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L'invention concerne un appareil d'orientation d'air rotatif pour un corps de sèche-cheveux. L'appareil comprend un élément adaptateur tubulaire comportant une ouverture d'admission et une ouverture de refoulement. L'ouverture d'admission est adaptée pour être couplée de façon amovible au corps du sèche-cheveux. L'appareil comprend également un élément hélice couplé en rotation à l'élément adaptateur tubulaire. L'élément hélice comprend une pluralité d'ailettes incurvées s'étendant depuis un cylindre central. L'appareil comprend en outre un élément buse disposé adjacent à l'ouverture de refoulement de l'élément adaptateur tubulaire et adapté pour tourner avec l'élément hélice. L'élément buse comprend un élément tubulaire coudé ayant une ouverture de buse disposée à un angle aigu par rapport à l'ouverture de refoulement de l'élément adaptateur tubulaire.
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