EP1645367B1 - Dispositif pour fermer et ouvrir des raccords pour des extensions de cheveux - Google Patents

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EP1645367B1
EP1645367B1 EP05425697A EP05425697A EP1645367B1 EP 1645367 B1 EP1645367 B1 EP 1645367B1 EP 05425697 A EP05425697 A EP 05425697A EP 05425697 A EP05425697 A EP 05425697A EP 1645367 B1 EP1645367 B1 EP 1645367B1
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Gianluca Soragna
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41G—ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; WIGS; MASKS; FEATHERS
    • A41G5/00—Hair pieces, inserts, rolls, pads, or the like; Toupées
    • A41G5/004—Hairpieces, e.g. hair extensions
    • A41G5/0086—Applicators or tools for applying hairpieces to the user
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING
    • B25B7/00—Pliers; Other hand-held gripping tools with jaws on pivoted limbs; Details applicable generally to pivoted-limb hand tools
    • B25B7/02—Jaws
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING
    • B25B7/00—Pliers; Other hand-held gripping tools with jaws on pivoted limbs; Details applicable generally to pivoted-limb hand tools
    • B25B7/14—Locking means
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING
    • B25B7/00—Pliers; Other hand-held gripping tools with jaws on pivoted limbs; Details applicable generally to pivoted-limb hand tools
    • B25B7/14—Locking means
    • B25B7/16—Locking means combined with means for tightening the operating arms of jaws

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  • This invention relates to a connector closing and reopening device for hair extensions and relative system of use, particularly suitable for applying and removing hair extensions, the said hair extensions being utilised to increase the amount of the user's hair or its length.
  • hair extensions are a natural way of acquiring longer hair, of the desired length, requiring only a single session for their application.
  • the first system is the traditional system, in which the extension is joined to the natural hair by means of a "knot" of glue melted by means of a source of heat.
  • a first drawback stems from the fact that, during the application stages, the person who applies the hair extensions gets their fingers dirty using substances containing glue and, similarly, the hair gets dirty and is often left sticky and consequently necessitates the use of solvents to remove the gluey residues, with the result that both the hair in the extensions and the natural hair are damaged.
  • the second system mentioned is a cold system, in which the natural hair is inserted into a connector to which a second element is fixed, into which, in turn, the additional hair of the extension is engaged.
  • a further cold system envisages the presence of a connector constituted substantially of a small pipe into which a thin strand of natural hair is slid, by means of a small hook. Once the hair is inserted, the connector is slid along the hair until it reaches approximately one centimetre from the user's scalp and the extension, whose hair is bound together with keratin wax, is inserted. At this point, the connector must be closed by pressing it together by means of tweezers so that the natural hair and the hair in the extension is bound together and cannot slide out of the connector.
  • the application of the hair extensions is performed using a tool equipped with a hook to thread a small lock of hair though a ring.
  • the tool is then reinserted into the ring to hook up an extension and pull it through the ring.
  • pliers are used to crush and close the ring in order to secure the extension to the hair.
  • the pliers used to seal the extension crush the ring, changing its shape from cylindrical to flat.
  • a first drawback stems from the fact that, in addition to the small hook, a further two different instruments are necessary to close and to reopen the connector.
  • a further drawback stems from the fact that the natural hair of the person to whom the hair extensions are applied often breaks during the connector reopening stage.
  • a further but not final drawback is the presence of two separate instruments necessary for carrying out the two connector closing and reopening operations for the removal of the hair extensions, with consequent equipping costs and hindrances.
  • the aim of this invention is substantially to solve the problems of the commonly known technique by overcoming the difficulties outlined above by means of a connector closing and reopening device for hair extensions able to permit the connectors used to apply the hair extensions to be closed and reopened with a single instrument.
  • a second aim of this invention is to make available a connector closing and reopening device for hair extensions able to prevent both the hair of the person using the hair extensions and that of the hair extensions being cut off.
  • a further aim of this invention is to have a connector closing and reopening device for hair extensions able to be used perfectly with any connector of any type and form and with any diameter without losing its solidity and practicality.
  • a further aim of this invention is to have a connector closing and reopening device for hair extensions which enables the user to close the connectors quickly and easily and reopen them without damaging them so that they can be reused.
  • a further aim of this invention stems from the fact that the connector closing and reopening device for hair extensions has limited production costs.
  • a further but not final aim of this invention is to make available a connector closing and reopening device for hair extensions which is simple to produce and works well.
  • 1 refers to the connector closing and reopening device for hair extensions and relative system of use, according to this invention, as a whole.
  • the connector closing and reopening device for hair extensions 1 is substantially constituted of a two jaws joined with a hinge in which there is a first flat portion and a second saddle portion present.
  • the first jaw 20 comprises a handgrip 30, of a substantially known type, endowed, at its free end, with a portion 31 having a plurality of projections 32 and grooves 33 whose function will be outlined in detail below.
  • the first jaw 20 has, on the side opposite the handgrip 30, a first part 6 of the first flat portion, designed to clasp and flatten a connector 10 resting on the said flat portion, and a second part 7 of the second saddle portion, positioned at the free end of the jaw 20, having a first couple of lugs 8 and a second couple of lugs 9, arranged mutually parallel, as shown clearly in figure 2 .
  • a seat 11 present, arranged to house the flattened connector 10 which has to be reopened.
  • the second section 7 is endowed with channel 12 which separates the lugs in each couple.
  • the second jaw 2 has a handgrip 3, also of a substantially known type, fitted with a resisting element 4 designed to exert a thrusting action against the corresponding handgrip 30 present on the first jaw 20.
  • the handgrip 3 has, at the free end, a small tooth 13.
  • each groove 33 is envisaged to house and engage the small tooth 13 on the second handgrip 3 depending on the force the user has to exert to either close a connector or reopen it.
  • the second jaw 2 also has, on the side opposite the handgrip 30, a first part 60 of the first flat portion), designed to come into contact with the corresponding first part 6 to clasp and flatten the connector 10, and a second part 70, positioned at the free end of the jaw 2 of the second saddle portion, having an element 71 designed to enter the channel 12 of the second part 7.
  • the element 71 has a saddle configuration designed to house a flattened connector for its reopening, as shown in figures 3 and 4 .
  • the element 71 can have an arched or rectangular or V-shaped saddle configuration, all of said forms being designed to constrain the connector to be reopened.
  • the device 1 is produced in metal, in particular steel, which confers it considerable resistance to wear and allows the possibility of sterilisation given the type of use, but it could also be produced in any further materials, no matter which, as long as they are sufficiently resistant, or even, at an extremely reasonably cost, in a disposable form.
  • the device 1 in question is movable from a resting condition, in which it is inactive, is not used, to a first operative condition, in which a connector is insertable into the flat part of the device and flattenable following pressing action, performed by a user, exerted on the device's handgrip, and to a second operative condition in which the connector, after being positioned in a specific seat present in the saddle portion of the device, can be brought back to the initial configuration, causing the said connector to spread open in a controlled manner, once again, following a pressing action performed by the user.
  • the device in question is able to enable a simple and quick application of hair extensions, with a cold method, without ruining the hair either by the heat or through the use of glues, as happened in the commonly known technique.
  • the device according to this invention allows the user to both close and reopen the connectors with a single instrument in an extremely simple and safe way.
  • the hair extensions can be reused without requiring replacement, a practically impossible situation with the systems presently in use.
  • the difficulty of having to fit the convergent tips of the tweezers into the edges of the connector no longer exists.
  • the device according to this invention allows the use of connectors of various types and with various dimensions.
  • a further advantage of this device stems from the fact that it has limited production costs.
  • a further but not final advantage of this invention is that it has proved remarkably easy to use, simple to produce and works well.

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  1. Dispositif de fermeture et réouverture de connecteurs pour les extensions de cheveux et système d'utilisation correspondant du type comprenant deux mâchoires (2 et 20) unies par une charnière (5) et équipées respectivement d'une poignée (3 et 30), ledit dispositif étant mobile d'une condition de repos à laquelle il est inactif, pas utilisé, à une première condition opérationnelle, dans laquelle un connecteur (10) est insérable dans la portion plate du dispositif et écrasable suite à une action de pression de la part d'un utilisateur, à une deuxième condition opérationnelle dans laquelle le connecteur (10), après avoir été positionné dans un logement spécifique (11) présent dans la portion en selle du dispositif peut être replacé dans la configuration initiale en en déterminant un élargissement contrôlé, de nouveau, à la suite d'une action de pression de la part de l'utilisateur, caractérisé par le fait que ledit dispositif présente les deux dites mâchoires (2 et 20) munies d'une première portion plate et une deuxième portion en selle où ladite première mâchoire (20) présente, à partir de la partie opposée à la poignée (30), un segment (6) de ladite première portion plate destiné à serrer et à écraser un connecteur (10) posé contre ledit segment et un segment (7) de ladite deuxième portion en selle situé à l'extrémité libre de la mâchoire (20) ayant une première paire de crans (8) et une deuxième paire de crans (9) disposés parallèlement les uns par aux autres où, entre les deux paires (8 et 9) de crans, se trouve le logement (11) disposé à accueillir le connecteur (10) écrasé qui doit être rouvert et ladite deuxième mâchoire (2) présente elle aussi, du côté opposé à la poignée (3), un segment (60) de ladite première portion plate destiné à se mettre au contact du segment (6) correspondant pour serrer et écraser le connecteur (10) et un segment (70) de ladite deuxième portion en selle situé à l'extrémité libre de la mâchoire (2) ayant un élément (71) destiné à entrer dans la rainure (12) du segment (7).
  2. Dispositif de fermeture et réouverture de connecteurs pour les extensions de cheveux selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que ladite première mâchoire (20) comprend une poignée (30) munie à l'extrémité libre d'une portion (31) ayant une pluralité de becs (32) et de gorges (33).
  3. Dispositif de fermeture et réouverture de connecteurs pour les extensions de cheveux selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait qu'orthogonalement par rapport au logement (11), le deuxième segment (7) est muni d'une rainure (12) qui sépare les crans de chaque paire.
  4. Dispositif de fermeture et réouverture de connecteurs pour les extensions de cheveux selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que ledit élément (71) présente une configuration « en selle » disposée pour accueillir le connecteur écrasé pour sa réouverture.
  5. Dispositif de fermeture et réouverture de connecteurs pour les extensions de cheveux selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que ledit élément (71) présente une configuration de la « selle » recourbée et rectangulaire ou en V, toutes destinées à contraindre un connecteur à se rouvrir.
  6. Dispositif de fermeture et réouverture de connecteurs pour les extensions de cheveux selon la revendication 1, caractérisé par le fait que ladite deuxième mâchoire (2) présente une poignée (3) munie d'un élément de résistance (4) destiné à exercer une action de poussée sur la poignée 30 correspondante présente sur la première mâchoire (20) et munie, à l'extrémité libre, d'une dent (13).
  7. Dispositif de fermeture et réouverture de connecteurs pour les extensions de cheveux selon la revendication 2, caractérisé par le fait que chaque gorge (33) de la première mâchoire (20) est prévue pour accueillir et engager la dent (13) de la deuxième poignée (3) en fonction de la force qu'un utilisateur doit exercer soit pour fermer un connecteur soit pour le rouvrir.
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