U.S. patent application number 13/762134 was filed with the patent office on 2014-02-20 for comb device for hair treatment.
The applicant listed for this patent is JIE TAN. Invention is credited to JIE TAN.
Application Number | 20140048088 13/762134 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 50099179 |
Filed Date | 2014-02-20 |
United States Patent
Application |
20140048088 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
TAN; JIE |
February 20, 2014 |
COMB DEVICE FOR HAIR TREATMENT
Abstract
A comb applicator device system for applying hair treatment
material to hair. The system include a comb device configured with
apertures on the teeth and cavities or tunnels inside the teeth and
the comb body. An entry opening is configured on the wall of the
comb body to connect a tubing system with a pump. The pump can pump
liquid hair treatment material from its container to the comb body
and teeth, applying to hair when combing hair.
Inventors: |
TAN; JIE; (Tarrytown,
NY) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
TAN; JIE |
Tarrytown |
NY |
US |
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Family ID: |
50099179 |
Appl. No.: |
13/762134 |
Filed: |
February 7, 2013 |
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Application
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Filing Date |
Patent Number |
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61673424 |
Jul 19, 2012 |
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Current U.S.
Class: |
132/112 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A45D 24/28 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
132/112 |
International
Class: |
A45D 24/28 20060101
A45D024/28 |
Claims
1. A comb device for applying liquid hair treatment material to
hair, the comb device comprising: a comb body enclosing a first
cavity inside; an entry opening configured on said comb body,
allowing a tubing to be mounted on said entry opening to connect
said cavity with a reservoir; a plurality of teeth structures
extending from said comb body, with at least one of the teeth
enclosing a second cavity inside connecting to said first cavity;
and a pump fitly mounted to said tubing, configured to pump a
liquid from one end of the tubing to another end.
2. The comb device of claim 1, further comprising: a solid handle
shaped for a human hand gripping, mounted to said comb body.
3. The comb device of claim 1, wherein said tubing has a first end
and a second end, said first end is mounted with a tip head to
tightly hold onto said entry opening, said second end is mounted
with a cap to hold onto a bottle opening.
4. The comb device of claim 1, wherein said entry opening is
mounted with an O-ring for sealingly holding said tubing.
5. The comb device of claim 1, wherein said reservoir is a hair
treatment container containing liquid hair treatment material.
Description
CROSS-REFERENCE
[0001] This Application claims the benefit of the priority of the
U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/673424, filed on Jul. 19, 2012,
and the entirety of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
DESCRIPTION OF RELATED ART
[0002] The present application relates to a device for hair
treatment, and more particularly to a comb that encloses a cavity
and a plurality of apertures and holes on the wall of the comb
teeth; and a pump for pumping hair treatment material into the comb
for hair treatment.
[0003] Note that the points discussed below may reflect the
hindsight gained from the disclosed inventions, and are not
necessarily admitted to be prior art.
[0004] The conventional hair combs comprises a solid handle and a
plurality of solid comb teeth. The combs are generally made of
plastics and metals.
[0005] However, for hair treatment and manipulation, such as hair
styling, hair coloring, hair shining and other treatments, chemical
compositions are generally required to be placed on the hair.
Conventionally the chemicals are put on the hair manually and
little by little, this requires extensive labor. Sometimes a hair
treatment can takes more than two hours of sitting a chair. Hair
treatment is a taunting task for many people, and it generally
requires the help of another person. Additionally, the chemicals,
such as hair dye, can be spilled or stained on clothes, causing
additional damages or grievances for the customers.
[0006] There is a need for a safe and easy to use device for hair
treatment.
SUMMARY
[0007] The present application discloses a hair treatment
applicator device system for applying hair treatment material to
the hair easily and safely.
[0008] In one embodiment, the hair treatment applicator includes a
comb having body and a plurality of teeth, wherein a cavity is
configured inside the body and the connecting teeth. A plurality of
holes are configured on each of the teeth, allowing liquid material
flow outside from the cavity inside the comb. An entry opening is
configured on the body so that a fluid material can be flowed into
the comb body. The entry opening is mounted with an O-ring for
sealablly holding a tubing.
[0009] In one embodiment, a solid handle shaped for easy hand
grasping is mounted with the comb body for easy holding.
[0010] In one embodiment, the comb is connected to a micro-pump
through a tubing. The tubing is configured with a sealable tip head
that can air-tightly insert into the entry opening on the comb
body. The other end of the tubing is configured with a cap that
matches to a hair treatment bottle's open mouth, allowing the
tubing to be held onto the bottle.
[0011] In operation, the micro-pump pumps the liquid hair treatment
from its container bottle into the comb body and its teeth while
the comb teeth are combing hair, so that through the plurality of
the apertures on the teeth, the liquid hair treatment material is
applied to the hair.
[0012] The design is simple modification of the current comb
systems, does not require special assembly or new complicated
designs. The manufacturing cost increase due to the increased
functionality of the comb is minimized. The pump system can be
designed to be multifunctional.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0013] The disclosed application will be described with reference
to the accompanying drawings, which show important sample
embodiments of the invention and which are incorporated in the
specification hereof by reference, wherein:
[0014] FIG. 1 shows a front view of an example hair treatment
applicator in accordance with this application.
[0015] FIG. 2A shows a front view of from the front side of an
example hair comb in accordance with this application.
[0016] FIG. 2B shows a side sectional view of an example hair comb
in accordance with this application.
[0017] FIG. 2C shows a front view from the side of an example hair
comb in accordance with this application.
[0018] FIG. 3A shows a sectional view from the front side of an
example hair comb in accordance with this application.
[0019] FIG. 3B shows another sectional view from the front side of
an example hair comb in accordance with this application.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF SAMPLE EMBODIMENTS
[0020] The numerous innovative teachings of the present application
will be described with particular reference to presently preferred
embodiments (by way of example, and not of limitation). The present
application describes several embodiments, and none of the
statements below should be taken as limiting the claims
generally.
[0021] For simplicity and clarity of illustration, the drawing
figures illustrate the general manner of construction, and
description and details of well-known features and techniques may
be omitted to avoid unnecessarily obscuring the invention.
Additionally, elements in the drawing figures are not necessarily
drawn to scale, some areas or elements may be expanded to help
improve understanding of embodiments of the invention.
[0022] The terms "first," "second," "third," "fourth," and the like
in the description and the claims, if any, may be used for
distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for
describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to
be understood that the terms so used are interchangeable.
Furthermore, the terms "comprise," "include," "have," and any
variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions,
such that a process, method, article, apparatus, or composition
that comprises a list of elements is not necessarily limited to
those elements, but may include other elements not expressly listed
or inherent to such process, method, article, apparatus, or
composition.
[0023] In reference to FIG. 1, a hair treatment applicator system
100 includes a comb shaped applicator 120 and a pump system 110.
Comb shaped applicator 120 includes a comb that is of the shape and
size of a conventional comb, which matches the many different types
of shapes and sizes commercially available. Generally comb shaped
applicator 120 includes a solid handle 101 for hand gripping, and
comb body 103 and a plurality of application teeth 107. Comb body
103 and comb teeth 107 enclose an internal housing or cavity for
containing and flowing liquid hair treating material. An entry
opening 105 is configured on comb body 103 for connecting pump
system 110. Plurality of holes 109 are dispersely configured on the
teeth 107 so that a liquid hair treatment material can flow out to
the hair by combing with teeth 107. Entry opening 105 is mounted
with an O-ring for sealablly holding a tubing 113. The 0-ring can
be made of transparent or white rubber or latex material.
[0024] Pumping system 110 includes a tubing system 113 and a pump
111. One end of the tubing system 113 is mounted with a tip head
115 having shape that can inert into entry opening 105 and match to
the O-ring tightly. Preferably, tip head 115 is of a concaved
groove shape that matches the convex shape of entry opening 105, so
that they can hold onto each other tightly. The other end of tubing
system 113 is configured to be disposed with a hair treatment
material bottle 117, preferably with a cap 121 to hold onto the
bottle without slipping off.
[0025] Tubing system 113 is fitly mounted unto pump 111 so that
pump 111 can readily pump hair treatment material 119 from bottle
117 into comb body 103.
[0026] In reference to FIG. 2A, 2B, 2C, FIG. 3A and 3B, an internal
cavity 201 is configured inside comb body 103 and teeth 107.
Plurality of holes 109 can be disposed on the front side of the
comb teeth (FIG. 2A and 2B) or on the side wall of the comb teeth
(FIG. 2C). The internal cavity 201 of the comb body is connected
with the cavities inside teeth 107 without any barrier so that
liquid and air can flow from the cavity through holes 109 on the
walls of the teeth.
[0027] In operation, a user combs hair with the comb applicator 120
while the micro-pump pumps a liquid hair treatment from its
container bottle into the comb body and its teeth. Through the
plurality of the apertures 109 on the teeth, the liquid hair
treatment material is applied to the hair while combing.
[0028] None of the description in the present application should be
read as implying that any particular element, step, or function is
an essential element which must be included in the claim scope: THE
SCOPE OF PATENTED SUBJECT MATTER IS DEFINED ONLY BY THE ALLOWED
CLAIMS. Moreover, none of these claims are intended to invoke
paragraph six of 35 USC section 112 unless the exact words "means
for" are followed by a participle.
[0029] The claims as filed are intended to be as comprehensive as
possible, and NO subject matter is intentionally relinquished,
dedicated, or abandoned.
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