CN103607926A

CN103607926A - Device for applying a haircare product to locks

Info

Publication number: CN103607926A
Application number: CN201280029783.5A
Authority: CN
Inventors: K.泰布尔; D.莱维
Original assignee: LOreal SA
Current assignee: LOreal SA
Priority date: 2011-06-17
Filing date: 2012-06-15
Publication date: 2014-02-26
Anticipated expiration: 2032-06-15
Also published as: EP2720573A1; EP2720573B1; CN103607926B; US20140246038A1; FR2976461B1; FR2976461A1; KR20140051254A; JP2014534821A; WO2012172096A1; ES2576183T3; BR112013032318A2

Abstract

The subject of the invention is a device (1) for applying a haircare product to locks, having an applicator means (2) in a container (20) and a holding member (4) that is able to engage with the applicator means (2) in order, when the device (1) is moved longitudinally in relation to a lock, to hold said lock in contact with the applicator means (2), said applicator means (2) comprising an applicator end piece (30) mounted on the container (20) and comprising an outlet orifice (31) equipped with an opening/closing element (32) which, in a first position, closes off said outlet orifice and which, in a second position, at least partly releases said outlet orifice.

Description

For hair products being applied to the device of sending out on thread

Technical field

Of the present invention theme as a kind of for applying the device of cosmetic hair-care product.According to device of the present invention, be especially extremely suitable for application to sending out thread above or being suitable for the product that application makes hair savory (specifically nonalcoholic fragrance).

Background technology

Phrase " cosmetics " is understood as the product meaning as the Council Directive 93/35/EEC restriction on June 14th, 1993.

It is a kind of processing that brightness increase/brightness reduces, wherein only the hair of some part floods dyestuff, once so that this is finished dealing with, obtain Color heterogeneous, some of colourity of having strengthened hair moves, and this colourity is brighter or darker than the natural colourity of hair or whole colourity.

There is the several dyestuff for hair: temporary dyestuff, semipermanent dyestuff, and the permanent dyestuff that is called oxidation dye.

These dyestuffs can be emulsifiable paste, mousse or the liquid form of viscosity more or less.The dyestuff of liquid or gel form specifically may be used the device of the bottle of flexible wall or generation mousse (as, spray) to apply after mixing.By contrast, the product mix that composition larger by viscosity or pasty state produces (as, emulsifiable paste), after dyestuff and oxidant have mixed in described bowl, is used from described bowl.

Target hair products of the present invention are care product, cosmetic product or hair styling product equally.

It is also known that, the application's device is based on comb, brush or both combinations.For example, in document FR2769806 and US-A-4691720, such device has been described.

Such device has same shortcoming substantially, and concrete by execution (that is to say at top) outside it, to be applied to the fact that hair uses relevant with them.Product is deposited on the surface of sending out thread and the less inner side that is deposited on substantially, and then coater moves to sending out the tip from root with respect to sending out thread.Yet during this moves, experience shows that user is tending towards lifting coater and is tending towards causing that coater leaves along the path of cranium curvature.As a result, some hairs never contact with coater.Therefore, with regard to these hairs of dyestuff, will not be colored, or with regard to these hairs of care product by not processed.Therefore the result, obtaining is far unsatisfactory.

Also can use " brightness increases cap " that be closely coupled on hair.Use hook type arrangements, via be distributed in regularly the lip-deep aperture of cap by pending and specifically the to be dyeed thread of sending out from cap, pull out.Then, by dyestuff with for " full head " the identical mode that dyes, be applied to the thread of sending out of pulling out in this way.Product is applied by means of brush substantially.After finishing dealing with, removing brightness increases cap and makes the hair of dyeing get back to its physical slot.

When brightness increases cap technology special charges, and also there are three major defects.Particularly, once cap work good, so hair be just pressed downward flat and by aperture, pull out to send out thread very in disorder, and this can specifically cause some to be different from the result of expected result aspect the distribution of sending out thread.The size of sending out thread of pulling out in addition, and the diameter in the aperture in cap are proportional.Due to this diameter substantially less (being typically about 1mm to 2mm), therefore this causes sending out the arranged side by side of in detail poor.Finally, thickness due to cap thickness and a thread, because the hair of pulling out must be not necessarily the fact of the hair that grows of the relative scalp in aperture from pulling out by it with hair, therefore what can demonstrate is, the dyestuff of applying by this technology can not extend as far as hair root, thereby has reduced the uniformity of the result on hair.

In document EP1 275 320, described for sending out the coater of the another kind of type of thread.It is " soupspoon " coater.For hair products being applied to this device of sending out on thread, comprise the first with the atrium that can comprise described product, by making the described thread of sending out contact and by moving described device with respect to described thread, product is applied to send out on thread with the product in chamber, this device also comprises the second portion with fixing parts, two parts can relative to each other move, described fixing parts can keep the thread of sending out of described hair to contact with the product in chamber when described device is mobile with respect to described thread, and fixing parts comprise multihole device.

Yet this coater is difficult to increase for easily obtain brightness on hair that is long or moderate-length.

The coater of another kind of type has been described in US7401612.This device has the coater device for hair treatment product, and described device is connected on the holding member that can engage with coater device by Connection Element.In order to keep sending out thread, it is relative with coater device that holding member can be placed to, and sends out thread and be located between these two elements.In order to give to send out in detail, coat, coater device and holding member move along sending out thread simultaneously, from root of hair, slide into and send out the tip.Interface unit is formed for two elements mobile guiding piece simultaneously.

This coater is difficult to use in the situation that not overflowing hair products equally.In addition, the processing on all threads is all inhomogeneous.

By the own application product of user in the situation that, the device of prior art seems to be difficult to operation to be increased to produce brightness at back of head.This is because these devices are difficult to locate reliably when they are designed for being applied on the hair outside direct field of vision.

In addition, owing to must applying the product of complete pasty state, therefore use brush to be difficult to make product to spread all in the whole length of sending out thread.

Finally, because their assemblies by conventionally more complicated a plurality of mechanical parts produce, therefore it is more expensive to produce at present known coater.

Summary of the invention

Another problem of the present invention is to obtain the coater that where its position can not leak in the situation that not applying power.

The object of the invention is to by proposing to make up the above problem of enumerating for self-service application hair products to the device of sending out on thread.

-in order to address this problem, the invention provides a kind ofly for hair products being applied to the device of sending out on thread, this device has: a certain amount of described hair products can be remained on to the coater device in container,

-holding member, this holding member can engage with coater device, to when device vertically moves with respect to a thread, send out in detail and send out thread above with coater device contacts so that described product is distributed in described in keeping,

Described coater device comprises the coater extremity piece being arranged on container and comprises the discharge orifice that is equipped with opened/closed element, this opened/closed element seals described discharge orifice in primary importance and it discharges at least in part described discharge orifice in the second place, and the movement from primary importance to the second place is in response to inserting the power being applied on opened/closed element between holding member and this opened/closed element and occur by sending out thread.

Following characteristics forms favorable characteristics of the present invention:

As preferably, holding member may be selected to and can move with respect to coater device.

-as preferably, holding member and coater device may be selected to by interface unit and are connected and in order to form single-piece.

-as preferred, holding member and coater device may be selected to and form two independent parts.

-as preferably, can select to have annular narrow portion to contribute to that this container is grasped in to the container between two fingers.

-as preferably, can select to have the surperficial coater extremity piece that can store with release products.

-as preferred, the area of holding member may be selected to be the area that is more than or equal to coater extremity piece.

-as preferably, can select to have the holding member of combing device.

-as preferred, the movement from primary importance to the second place may be selected in response to the power being axially applied on opened/closed element and occurs.

-as preferred, coater device and holding member may be selected to be with respect to dividing the axis of interface unit equally and being mutually symmetrical.

Accompanying drawing explanation

By reading following description and understanding better the present invention with reference to appended accompanying drawing.The latter only presents by the mode of non-limiting expression of the present invention.

In the accompanying drawings:

Fig. 1 show for hair products are applied to send out on thread according to the decomposition diagram of device of the present invention,

Fig. 2 show for hair products are applied to send out on thread according to the decomposition diagram of another device of the present invention,

Fig. 3 shows the decomposition diagram of coater top section,

Fig. 4 shows the top view of the coater in off-position (second place),

Fig. 5 shows the top view of the coater in detent position (primary importance),

Fig. 6 shows the perspective view of the opened/closed element in off-position (second place),

Fig. 7 shows the perspective view of the opened/closed element in detent position (primary importance),

Fig. 8 shows the front view in coater skirt section,

Fig. 9 shows the top view in coater skirt section,

Figure 10 showed before using be one according to the perspective view of device of the present invention,

Figure 11 showed before using be two according to the perspective view of device of the present invention,

Figure 12 show be during use one according to the perspective view of device of the present invention.

The specific embodiment

In whole description, unless the contrary indicated otherwise, otherwise " comprising one ", phrase should be considered to and " comprising at least one " synonym.

Device shown in Fig. 1 and Fig. 2 has the coater device 2 that comprises hair products P and holding member 4.2 of coater parts are as known and specifically at US 5,961, are described in 665.

Coater device 2 comprises the container 20 of less flexibility or rigidity bottle form.As alternative, for example can use, by the thermoplastic (bottle of, PET) making.For example, this bottle has the capacity of 6ml.Bottle comprises the sidewall of turning circle cylindrical form, and one end thereof is sealed by end wall 23.The second end is formed by the part having compared with narrow diameter, and it ends to limit the free edge 24a place of opening 25.

Coater extremity piece 30 is provided as to be coupled on bottle and to be provided as buckle and is fastened to or is screwed on the opening 25 in bottle.Extremity piece is the form of substantial cylindrical housing, and this cylindrical housings has constant round diameter in its most of length.It can have any other form, for example, progressively diminishes until it limits the form of frusto-conical of circular portion.For example, extremity piece 30 has the diameter of about 15mm.Axial ribs can be located on the inwall of housing.They can have radial recess, and in the cooperation position of housing, this recess is accommodated on the opening 25 of bottle, thereby allow housing buckle to be fastened on bottle.As alternative, a kind of inner walls is likely provided, it is provided with the screw thread being threadedly engaged with being provided as in order to being located in bottle neck.

As visible in Fig. 3 to Fig. 9, extremity piece comprises cylindrical skirt 34, and it provides opening 25 in bottle and sealing between discharge orifice 31.Roughly axially extend as far as the free edge 340 that forms sealed lip from cylindrical part or the frusto-conically shaped portion of housing around pedestal 33 in skirt section.In the cooperation position of coater extremity piece 30, lip 340 is realized sealing against top edge 24a.Therefore, sealing skirt is along lateral overlap bottle, makes the existence in skirt section not affect the lateral space needs of housing.Protuberance 341 is radially located on the inwall in skirt section 34 for against opened/closed element 32.This is continuous circular flange.Evidently, for example, by the flange of the interruption that isolated part forms angulately, be can be used for the adjacency of closure member.

Extremity piece passes through by preferred thermoplastic, and specifically polyethylene, polypropylene, PETG, polyvinyl chloride, polyamide molding single-piece advantageously obtain.

Opened/closed element 32 comprises the spring 321 being formed by spiral coil, and its underpart remains in the material of installing ring 323.The lower edge 323a of installing ring 323 is 34 radially protuberance 341 against skirt section.The top of spring remains in the material of hollow shape body, and its end has the realization of being provided as against the frusto-conical region 320 of pedestal 33, thereby forms valve.This frusto-conical region is extended by the post 322 with circular cross-section, and the end 322a of post 322 can be slightly circular, to do not destroy pending surface, post 322 is realized and directly being contacted with this surface.The diameter of post is less than the diameter in dispensing aperture, so that post can easily slip over aperture 31, the product that is allowed for dispensing passes.In resting position, post 322 is outstanding from aperture, its end 322a can be placed to directly contact with pending surface or via diaphragm 37 mediate contacts.

Opened/closed element 32 is same to be passed through by preferred thermoplastic, and specifically polyethylene, polypropylene, PETG, polyvinyl chloride, polyamide molding single-piece obtain.

In the cooperation position of opened/closed element, the lower edge 323a of installing ring is against radially protuberance and spring 321 are slightly compressed, to keep frusto-conical region 320 hermetically against pedestal 33, to prevent that product from passing through any leakage in aperture 31.When post is when pending surface contacts, power puts on post, and described power is delivered to spring so that Compress Spring.Therefore,, as shown in Fig. 3 to Fig. 7, post inserts in aperture 31 and frusto-conically shaped portion is removed and engaged with pedestal 33.

That diaphragm 37 can be porous or atresia, it can be supported on extremity piece 30, for example, has at least one aperture through its dispensed product, and its outside is coated with flocked surface at least in part, diaphragm and extremity piece 30 limit the inner space that can hold product to be dispensed.

Diaphragm can be flexible and/or is arranged on extremity piece 30, makes it with respect to supporting member and/or with respect to holder distortion and/or mobile, to cause inner space volume to reduce at least 0.1ml.

As shown in Figures 10 and 11, for operative installations, user holds bottle, and it is applied to send out on thread conversely and by extremity piece.Therefore, this is enough to meet the movement that he extends its hand, to depress post 322 and make frusto-conical region 320 remove and engage with pedestal 33, to clear up at least in part aperture 31 (Fig. 3).For this reason, he is placed to his thumb with holding member 4 and contacts.Product is discharged by aperture under gravity.Because this aperture has less diameter, therefore product flows to a thread above in the mode localizing very much, thereby make likely with very accurate mode application product.Next, his mobile device, clamps and sends out thread.User one moves apart distributor mechanism to send out thread or no longer with his thumb, apply any pressure and the power that puts on post stops, spring with regard to getting back to its resting position frusto-conically shaped portion just get back to pedestal against.Therefore, product stops flowing and air was inhaled in bottle before valve closure.

According to specific embodiment, holding member 4 comprises circular lid 41, and circular lid 41 has the diameter of the diameter that is greater than diaphragm 37.It also comprises the connection strap 50 of being made by flexible material, and this flexible material is chosen to send out the required distance of thread to flexibly extend location.This 50 can be made by elastomer, thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) specifically, as, polyethylene elastomer.Bar 50 can be molded as single-piece with lid 41 or be bonding or be solder-connected on lid 41 by adhesive.

Interface unit 50 can specifically consist of film hinge or pin hinge type hinge, or has the element of the one supporting in described first or second portion, and described element is arranged in the recess in the another one being formed in described end wall or described lid 41 rotatably.

Lid 41 can have the shape of selecting from following inventory: circular, non-circular, and microscler, avette, oval, polygon specifically, specifically square, rectangle, kidney shape, zigzag, star, or there are one or more grooves.

Lid 41 and diaphragm 50 can be made by different materials.At least one can be made by thermoplastic, a kind of material of specifically selecting from the group of following formation: PE, PP, POM, PA, PET, PBT.

Lid 41 can have at least one in following coater element: pieces, felt, flocking liner, foam or other other coater element, as, nail or tooth.These coater elements are arranged on the surface of lid 41, contact with a thread.

These coater elements can or distribute with periodic pattern with the form setting of one or more line.For example, coater element can be comb or brush.

Coater element specifically can be bonding by adhesive, binding or coated being molded in part 41 fix.Coater element also can have flocking tip.

Holding member 4 can have the holding part for grasping to be scheduled to orientation.Holding part can have for taking at least one region of finger, specifically flat or hole, and it is roughly parallel to the Axis Extension with the size larger than flexible portion cross section substantially.

According to unshowned alternative, how much hinge axes are limited by single film hinge, have been guaranteed to return elastically by two side direction connection straps that are arranged on the either side of film hinge simultaneously.The cross section of container is depended in the selection of this certain structure significantly.

When attaching parts 4 do not comprise interface unit 50, lid 41 can weld, molded or gluing being adhered on ring or fingerstall, and at least one finger can insert in this ring or fingerstall.In this case, ring or fingerstall are screwed on user's the thumb of a hand and coater device 2 is clamped between other finger of identical hand.Treat diaphragm 37 settings that thread is close to coater device 2 of sending out of coating.Thumb is rolled over backward to pinch the thread of sending out between diaphragm 37 and lid 41.Artificial pressure is along the axis of container 20 and meet at right angles and apply with diaphragm 37.User moves apart head by his hand, keeps this pressure.He discharges described pressure to stop sending out the dyeing of thread.

Coater device 2 can have foam extremity piece, and this foam extremity piece can be smeared type extremity piece (this rolls and smears the oval shape that part can be spheroid, cylinder or has olive ball-type) and substitutes by rolling.

With device according to the present invention, in the situation that be with or without the annular narrow portion that contributes to grasp coater device 2, hand (beautician or people's) can be located to be best suited for the mode of user's selection.

By means of this device, all types of products all can be applicable on hair, specifically cleaning product, conditioning products, for temporary transient moulding product, for permanent moulding product, and specifically scald or stretching product, decolouring product, dyestuff, for making hair there is the product of fragrance (specifically nonalcoholic fragrance).

As preferably, this device will be for applying direct dyes or oxidation dye, and direct dyes more preferably.

Can be used for direct dyes in the present invention comprises and dissolves in one or more the direct colouring agents in dyeing medium or be insoluble in one or more pigment in composition.

Of the present invention being modified to used device according to the present invention for applying the direct dyes of the insoluble pearling agent that comprises that one or more are coloured.

Claims

1. one kind for being applied to hair products in the device (1) of sending out on thread, has:

I) coater device (2), described coater device (2) can remain on a certain amount of described hair products (P) in container (20),

Ii) holding member (4), described holding member (4) can engage with described coater device (2), while vertically moving with respect to a thread with the described device of box lunch (1), keep the described thread of sending out to contact with described coater device (2), to make the described thread of sending out be coated with described product (P), it is characterized in that:

Described coater device (2) comprises the coater extremity piece (30) being arranged on container (20) and comprises the discharge orifice (31) that is equipped with opened/closed element (32), described opened/closed element (32) seals described discharge orifice in primary importance and described opened/closed element (32) discharges at least in part described discharge orifice in the second place, and the movement from described primary importance to the described second place is in response to being inserted by described thread described holding member and described opened/closed element (32) and the power being applied to described opened/closed element (32) occurs.

2. device according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described holding member (4) can be mobile with respect to described coater device (2).

3. according to device in any one of the preceding claims wherein, it is characterized in that, described holding member (4) is connected by interface unit (50) with described coater (2) and forms single-piece.

4. according to claim 1 or device claimed in claim 2, it is characterized in that, described holding member (4) and described coater device (2) form two independent parts.

5. according to device in any one of the preceding claims wherein, it is characterized in that, described container has annular narrow portion in order to help described container to be grasped between two fingers.

6. according to device in any one of the preceding claims wherein, it is characterized in that, described coater extremity piece (30) has the surface (37) that can store and discharge described product (P).

7. according to device in any one of the preceding claims wherein, it is characterized in that, the area of described holding member (4) is more than or equal to the area of described coater extremity piece.

8. according to device in any one of the preceding claims wherein, it is characterized in that, described holding member (4) has combing device.

9. according to device in any one of the preceding claims wherein, it is characterized in that, the movement from described primary importance to the described second place occurs in response to the power axially putting on described opened/closed element (32).

10. device according to claim 3, is characterized in that, described coater device (2) and described holding member (4) are with respect to dividing the axis of described interface unit (50) equally and being mutually symmetrical.

11. 1 kinds according to the purposes of device in any one of the preceding claims wherein, described device is for by cleaning product, conditioning products, for temporary transient moulding product, for permanent moulding product, and specifically scald or stretching product, decolouring product, dyestuff, for making hair there is fragrance, specifically the product of nonalcoholic fragrance is applied on described hair.

12. according to claim 11 for direct dyes being applied to the purposes on described hair.

13. purposes according to claim 12, is characterized in that, described direct dyes comprises insoluble pearling agent that one or more are coloured.