EP2020883B1 - Dispositifs pour produire des stries, des nuances et des luminosités sur les cheveux - Google Patents

Dispositifs pour produire des stries, des nuances et des luminosités sur les cheveux Download PDF

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EP2020883B1
EP2020883B1 EP07735898A EP07735898A EP2020883B1 EP 2020883 B1 EP2020883 B1 EP 2020883B1 EP 07735898 A EP07735898 A EP 07735898A EP 07735898 A EP07735898 A EP 07735898A EP 2020883 B1 EP2020883 B1 EP 2020883B1
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Célia Moreira De Lurdes Martins Carvalho De Pinho
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B11/00—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water
    • A46B11/001—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water with integral reservoirs
    • A46B11/002—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water with integral reservoirs pressurised at moment of use manually or by powered means
    • A46B11/0055—Brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances, e.g. paints, pastes, water with integral reservoirs pressurised at moment of use manually or by powered means with a reciprocating piston or plunger acting as the pressurising means
    • 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
    • A45D19/00—Devices for washing the hair or the scalp; Similar devices for colouring the hair
    • A45D19/012—Devices for colouring or bleaching separated strands of hair, e.g. highlighting
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A46—BRUSHWARE
    • A46B—BRUSHES
    • A46B2200/00—Brushes characterized by their functions, uses or applications
    • A46B2200/10—For human or animal care
    • A46B2200/1046—Brush used for applying cosmetics

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  • the present invention concerns a device for making streaks, nuances and/or luminosities.
  • the more usual system in the market is the technique of the cap that is made of a material of rubber perforated with holes, through which are pulled the filaments of hair, with a knitting needle. It is also used a comb of long handle.
  • the treatment implies the use of more than one distinct product to make each streak, for example a product to bleach followed by a second one to colour, there are difficulties in guaranteeing that the hairs comprising the streaks are exactly the same during the various distinct steps of the treatment.
  • the release hairs reassume their initial position, being defined a continuous strand and not several autonomous and regularly spaced strands.
  • the mentioned device by its construction, does not allow the imprisonment of the hairs to be made close to the scalp or in its immediate proximity.
  • the application of colour is anaesthetically made distant from the root of the hair.
  • the mentioned implement is provided with a set of rotatable hook members that may be simultaneously actuated and moved from an open position to a " closed " position so that when the implement is place against the scalp and actuated to move the hook members from the open position to the "closed” position they will hookingly engage the hair in order to form spaced groups of hair strands which may then be separated from the rest of the hair and isolated from it for application of the desired treatment.
  • the mentioned implement presents, however, three main inconvenients: (i) it is of relatively complex construction, having an assembly that demands a lot of work, which makes difficult and more expensive the respective manufacture; (ii) it does not allow to regulate the spacing between the streaks of each group of strands that allows to separate from the rest of the hair; and (iii) the " closed " position does not guarantee in absolute that hairs won't get released from the separated strands, namely when these are isolated from the rest of the hair - due to the advanced position of the hook members relatively to the body of the implement, as may be visualised in the figure 3 of the respective document - which may originate an undesirable lack of uniformity of the streaks.
  • the present invention aims a device that allows to face several of the inconvenients of the devices of the state of the art previously indicated and, in particular, aims a device that allies the simplicity of manufacture to the easiness of handling, namely one able to be used without difficulty with one single hand, and which allows to imprison effectively and simultaneously and in a single operation a series of strands spaced between themselves in a predefined way, with more than one possibility of spacing, said strands being maintained imprisoned (with the same hairs) until the end of the operation of separation of said streaks from the rest of the hair, enabling the ulterior application of a treatment to the hairs that are part of those same strands, treatment that may comprise the application of one or more products, simultaneously, sequentially or intermittently.
  • the device is a manual apparatus that allows, in a practical and productive way, to select and imprison, without hairs escaping from the recently formed strands, a predefined number of spaced strands, in a single attempt and in a practically immediate way.
  • the predefined number of strands may be, at least, 5, 3 or 2 strands at a time.
  • the device of the invention comprises a set of arcuated needles operated simultaneously, each one of them being responsible for entrapping a distinct strand of hair, and further comprising a box in which translates a slide element that operates as a single support of a set of needles that translate with said slide element, between two limiting positions, one of them where a closed confined zone is defined between an external surface of .said box and each one of the needles and the other one in which the needles assume a position further apart from said surface, without the existence of any closed confined zone, so that the hairs may freely enter into the zone defined by the arcuated part of the needles or come out of it.
  • the first position indicated before is the equilibrium position, that is, the position adopted when the lever is not being operated.
  • the direction of the movement of the slide element is substantially parallel to the direction of the body of the needles, said body being comprised of the needle except the arcuated zone thereof.
  • Figure 1 shows, in a perspective view, an example of embodiment of the device according to the invention.
  • Figures 2 to 4 show, also in a perspective view, the operation sequence of the said device, in three distinct phases starting from the phase represented in figure 1 .
  • Figures 5 and 6 show other examples of embodiment, represented, in each one of them, in four views (a, b, c, d). In the case of figure 5 was suppressed the representation of the springs (or equivalent elastic elements) for the benefit of the clarity.
  • the slide element (3) - also named needle pallet - that is supported against two or more springs (7) - schematically represented - gets moving forward, from the initial position ( figures 1 , 6a and 6c ), and compressing said springs, dragging with it the respective set (30) of needles (3 i ) - for example with 5, 3 or 2 needles, accordingly to the slide element used - ( figure 2 ).
  • the initial position of the needles relatively to the box is inverse to the one previously described.
  • the lever (25) when the lever (25) is in the resting position ( figure 5a and 5c ) the set of needles (30) is apart from the external surface (21) of the box, the hairs being able to enter in the valleys of the arcuated ends of the needles.
  • the needles retract, by action of the slide element, inside of the box, the arcuated ends staying on the outside, but standing against the external surface of the box, defining a confined closed space that may imprison effectively and simultaneously as many strands as the number of needles,
  • lever foreseen namely in figures 1 to 4
  • a button namely on the top, connected to the slide element (3).
  • the embodiment of the invention may be made resorting to a lateral button (25') that defines with the slide element a system of sliding wedges, this last one in itself already known. May be foreseen a spring or additional elastic element (not represented in the figure) destined to facilitate the return of the button to the initial position.
  • the slide elements (3) have needles (3 i ) - for example 5, 3 or 2 needles - for strands with different thicknesses - for example two or more - and also different spacing among them (for example 3).
  • a set of slide elements (3) each one of them provided with a set (30) of needles (3 i ), needles that are in different number ( i ) and/or position, the slide elements being interchangeable with each other, and able to be freely removed or placed in the box (2) through an opening existent in said box - opening that is susceptible of being covered/uncovered by a lid - the i needles being simultaneously inserted in correspondent slots (8j).
  • the needles (3i) are able to be removably fastened to the slide element (3) - their number and/or positioning being able to vary - and they are able to be inserted in the slide element (3), even when this is already assembled in the interior of the box (2), inserting them through the slots (8 j ) correspondent to the intended position.
  • the number ( i ) of needles (3 i ) will always be the same or inferior to the number ( j ) of slots (8 j ). Varying i (for a given j ) one can regulate the spacing between the streaks..Varying the size of the arcuated zone (3 i 1) of the needles (3 i ) one regulates the thickness of the streaks individually considered.
  • the distance between the needles determines the spacing between the streaks, while the size of the arcuated zone of the needles determines the wideness of each streak, individually considered. May be easily obtained uniform and evenly distributed streaks which valorises the final aesthetic effect.
  • the device according to the invention allows to work very thin strands in a painless fashion, as the tearing effect associated to the perforated caps is completely eliminated and, on the other hand, the needles do not penetrate the scalp, both due to its shape, and because of the fact that the pressure is not distributed only at one point, since there are always two or more needles operating simultaneously.
  • the broad brush or further handle (5) and the broad brush (5') are removable, being able to function as autonomous accessories. Instead of the broad brushes there may be spatulas. It may also be foreseen a comb (6), preferentially removable, for example, being able to slidingly fit (see the succession of arrows in the figures 5a and 6a ) in a system of grooves (27) or an equivalent one.

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  • Hair Curling (AREA)
  • Control Of El Displays (AREA)
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  • Electrical Discharge Machining, Electrochemical Machining, And Combined Machining (AREA)
  • Cleaning And Drying Hair (AREA)
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  1. Dispositif pour faire des mèches, des nuances et/ou des luminosités sur les cheveux comprenant un ensemble (30) d'aiguilles (3i) recourbées qui sont actionnées simultanément, chacune responsable pour récolter une mèche (9i) distincte des cheveux, et comprenant encore une boîte (2) dans laquelle il se déplace en translation une glissière (3) qui agit comme un soutien unique d'un ensemble (30) d'aiguilles (3i) qui se déplacent en translation avec ladite glissière, entre deux positions limites, une où une zone fermée confinée est définie entre une surface extérieure (21) de ladite boîte et chacune des aiguilles (3i) et une autre dans laquelle les aiguilles (3i) prennent une position plus éloignée de ladite surface (21), sans former une zone fermée, les cheveux pouvant donc entrer librement dans la zone définie par la partie recourbée (3i1) des aiguilles (3i) ou en sortir, caractérisé en ce que la direction du mouvement de la glissière (3) est sensiblement parallèle à la direction du corps des aiguilles, le corps comprenant l'aiguille (3i) à l'exception de la zone recourbée (3i1) respective.
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce qu'il y a un ensemble de glissières (3) munies chacune d'un ensemble (30) d'aiguilles (3i), ces aiguilles étant en nombre (i) différent et/ou en position différente, en ce que les glissières sont interchangeables entre elles pouvant être librement retirées ou placées dans la boîte (2) par une ouverture existante dans la boîte, en ce que telle ouverture couvercle, et en ce que les i aiguilles sont simultanément insérées dans des fissures (8j) correspondantes.
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que les aiguilles (3i) sont encastrables, de façon amovible, dans la glissière (3), leur nombre et/ou placement pouvant varier.
  4. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce que la taille de la zone recourbée (3i1) des aiguilles est variable, et les aiguilles, notamment celles d'un ensemble (30) connectées à une même glissière (3), ont une taille de la zone recourbée (3i1) distincte par rapport à d'autres aiguilles, notamment par rapport à celles d'un autre ensemble (30) liées à une autre glissière (3), permettant ainsi obtenir des mèches d'épaisseurs différentes.
  5. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il comprend un levier (25) ou un bouton (25').
  6. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisé en ce qu'il présent un ensemble d'accessoires amovibles, tels qu'un peigne latéral (6) et une ou plusieurs poignées, brosses ou spatules (5, 5').
  7. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, caractérisée en ce que la position d'équilibre, c'est à dire la position adoptée quand le levier n'est pas activé, est celle qui correspond à la situation où les aiguilles définissent avec la boite une zone fermée confinée.
EP07735898A 2006-05-12 2007-05-14 Dispositifs pour produire des stries, des nuances et des luminosités sur les cheveux Not-in-force EP2020883B1 (fr)

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PT103478A PT103478A (pt) 2006-05-12 2006-05-12 Dispositivo para fazer madeixas, nuances e luminosidades no cabelo
PCT/IB2007/051827 WO2007132426A2 (fr) 2006-05-12 2007-05-14 Dispositifs pour produire des stries, des nuances et des luminosités sur les cheveux

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WO2007132426A3 (fr) 2008-01-24
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