U.S. patent application number 17/080066 was filed with the patent office on 2021-11-25 for artificial hair spinning nozzle and artificial hair product manufactured using same.
The applicant listed for this patent is CYC CO., LTD.. Invention is credited to Soo Woong KI, Young Ha KIM, Seok Ku YEO.
Application Number | 20210363665 17/080066 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 1000005211543 |
Filed Date | 2021-11-25 |
United States Patent
Application |
20210363665 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
KI; Soo Woong ; et
al. |
November 25, 2021 |
ARTIFICIAL HAIR SPINNING NOZZLE AND ARTIFICIAL HAIR PRODUCT
MANUFACTURED USING SAME
Abstract
An artificial hair spinning nozzle includes a nozzle body having
a spinning hole extending into the nozzle body. In a
cross-sectional view, the spinning hole includes a core section
formed at the center of the nozzle body, and three branch sections
each formed to radially protrude in an arc shape from the core
section at a predetermined angle. The arc shape is bent along one
direction to form an outer contour of the spun artificial hair. The
branch section includes a convex circular part protruding in a
convex circular shape on the end side of the branch section, and a
concave circular part recessed between adjacent branch sections in
a concave circular sectional shape circumscribed to circles of the
convex circular part and the core section.
Inventors: |
KI; Soo Woong; (Uiwang-si,
KR) ; YEO; Seok Ku; (Gimpo-si, KR) ; KIM;
Young Ha; (Ansan-si, KR) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
CYC CO., LTD. |
Ansan-si |
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KR |
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Family ID: |
1000005211543 |
Appl. No.: |
17/080066 |
Filed: |
October 26, 2020 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
1/1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
D01F 6/84 20130101; D01F
6/62 20130101; A41G 3/0083 20130101 |
International
Class: |
D01F 6/62 20060101
D01F006/62; A41G 3/00 20060101 A41G003/00; D01F 6/84 20060101
D01F006/84 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
May 20, 2020 |
KR |
10-2020-0060411 |
Claims
1. An artificial hair spinning nozzle comprising: a nozzle body
extending a predetermined length with a predetermined outer
diameter and having a hollow spinning hole extending into the
nozzle body in a longitudinal direction and into which a synthetic
resin is injected to longitudinally spin artificial hair, wherein
in a cross-sectional view, the spinning hole comprises: a core
section formed in a circular shape at the center of the nozzle body
to serve as the center of the spun artificial hair, wherein the
circular shape has a size smaller than the outer diameter of the
nozzle body; and a branch section composed of three branch sections
formed to radially protrude in an arc shape from the core section
at a predetermined angle, wherein the arc shape is bent along one
direction to form an outer contour of the spun artificial hair,
wherein the branch section includes: a convex circular part located
outside the core section and protruding in a convex circular shape
on the end side of the branch section so as to form the end side of
a branch section of the spun artificial hair; and a concave
circular part recessed between adjacent branch sections in a
concave circular sectional shape circumscribed to circles of the
convex circular part and the core section, respectively, serving to
form the inner side of the branch section of the spun artificial
hair, wherein a diameter of a convex circle forming the convex
circular part is larger than a diameter of a concave circle forming
the concave circular part, wherein the diameter of the concave
circle forming the concave circular part is 25% to 85% of the
diameter of the convex circle forming the convex circular part.
2. The artificial hair spinning nozzle according to claim 1,
wherein the diameter of a circle inscribed with the convex circle
of the convex circular part is 1 mm to 2 mm.
3. The artificial hair spinning nozzle according to claim 1,
wherein a total area of the spinning hole is 55% to 75% of an area
of a circle inscribed with the convex circular part of the branch
section.
4. An artificial hair product spun through the artificial hair
spinning nozzle according to claim 1.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention
[0001] The present disclosure relates to an artificial hair
spinning nozzle for manufacturing artificial hair used in wigs,
hairpieces, braids, or the like, and an artificial hair product
manufactured using the same. Particularly, the present disclosure
relates to an artificial hair spinning nozzle for manufacturing
artificial hair that realizes a specific external gloss provided by
spread reflection of light and specific gravity close to that of
human hair over existing artificial hair, and an artificial hair
product manufactured using the same.
Description of the Related Art
[0002] As artificial hair fibers, acrylic fibers, polyester fibers,
nylon fibers, polypropylene fibers, and the like are widely
used.
[0003] These fibers are applied in fields such as wigs, hairpieces,
weaves, braids, doll hair, and extension hair. Gloss, tactility,
ease of combing, and curl generation and retention are developed
and improved to give the necessary specialty as hair fibers.
[0004] Existing synthetic fibers generally have a monotonous fiber
surface, so when used as they are, they do not exhibit a natural
gloss effect and are not suitable as hair fibers. In order to solve
this problem, a method of adding a `light-extinction agent` to the
fibers has been developed, but there is a limit to naturalness such
as human hair because it is only effective in reducing gloss.
[0005] On the other hand, polyester fibers are fibers with
excellent curl generation and retention, which is necessarily
required as artificial hair fibers, and are widely used for wigs,
weaves, and the like. Due to a high specific gravity, however, they
give a feeling of weight when used.
[0006] In addition, in the field of braids, a type of product that
extends hair in a pigtail ribbon-braiding manner and requires tying
a knot at the end of the pigtail ribbon is provided. In the case
where the end of the ribbon is treated, since most of the existing
hair fibers are in the shape of a crowbar or Y-type, there are
problems in that the hair become twisted and they are not restored
to their original shape when the ribbon is released. In other
words, there is a problem that is vulnerable to straightness, which
is a necessary element of hair.
[0007] The foregoing is intended merely to aid in the understanding
of the background of the present disclosure, and is not intended to
mean that the present disclosure falls within the purview of the
related art that is already known to those skilled in the art.
DOCUMENTS OF RELATED ART
[0008] (Patent Document 1) Japanese Patent Application Publication
No. 1996-296115 (published on Nov. 12, 1996)
[0009] (Patent Document 2) Japanese Patent Registration No. 3365141
(registered on Nov. 1, 2002)
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0010] Accordingly, the present disclosure has been made keeping in
mind the above problems occurring in the related art, and an
objective of the present disclosure is to provide an artificial
hair spinning nozzle for manufacturing artificial hair that
realizes a specific external gloss provided by spread reflection of
light and specific gravity close to that of human hair over the
existing artificial hair, and an artificial hair product
manufactured using the same.
[0011] In order to achieve the above objective, according to one
aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an artificial
hair spinning nozzle including: a nozzle body 100 extending a
predetermined length with a predetermined outer diameter and having
a hollow spinning hole 200 extending into the nozzle body 100 in a
longitudinal direction and into which a synthetic resin is injected
to longitudinally spin artificial hair, wherein in a
cross-sectional view, the spinning hole includes: a core section
210 formed in a circular shape at the center of the nozzle body 100
to serve as the center of the spun artificial hair, wherein the
circular shape has a size smaller than the outer diameter of the
nozzle body 100; and a branch section 220 composed of three branch
sections formed to radially protrude in an arc shape from the core
section 210 at a predetermined angle, wherein the arc shape is bent
along one direction to form an outer contour of the spun artificial
hair, wherein the branch section includes: a convex circular part
230 located outside the core section 210 and protruding in a convex
circular shape on the end side of the branch section 220 so as to
form the end side of a branch section of the spun artificial hair;
and a concave circular part 240 recessed between adjacent branch
sections 220 in a concave circular sectional shape circumscribed to
circles of the convex circular part 230 and the core section 210,
respectively, serving to form the inner side of the branch section
of the spun artificial hair.
[0012] Here, a diameter D1 of a convex circle forming the convex
circular part 230 is larger than a diameter D2 of a concave circle
forming the concave circular part 240, and the diameter D2 of the
concave circle forming the concave circular part 240 is 25% to 85%
of the diameter D1 of the convex circle forming the convex circular
part 230.
[0013] The diameter of a circle inscribed with the convex circle of
the convex circular part 230 may be 1 mm to 2 mm.
[0014] A total area of the spinning hole 200 may be 55% to 75% of
an area of a circle inscribed with the convex circular part 230 of
the branch section 220.
[0015] The artificial hair spun by the artificial hair spinning
nozzle having the above-mentioned configuration according to the
present disclosure has a directional feature of bending in one
direction while forming three branch sections, so it is possible to
maintain curl generation and retention, and to give more hair
volume, and since three types of different gloss due to spread
reflection of light are blended for the three branch sections, it
is possible to realize a natural gloss unlike the conventional
artificial hair that reduces gloss by using an extinction
agent.
[0016] In addition, the artificial hair formed with the three
branches can facilitate combing, unlike the simple conventional
artificial hair having a circular or rectangular shape. Further,
since the artificial hair forms the branch section 220 of three
branches and has a directional feature of bending (rotating) along
one direction, there is an effect of improving the straightness of
the artificial hair compared to the conventional artificial
hair.
[0017] Furthermore, the three-pronged branch section 220 not only
allows the hair thickness to be maintained similar to that of human
hair, but also allows the hair weight to be reduced, and the amount
of synthetic resin consumed for spinning the artificial hair can be
reduced, resulting in cost reduction.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0018] The above and other objectives, features, and advantages of
the present disclosure will be more clearly understood from the
following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the
accompanying drawing, in which:
[0019] FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an artificial
hair spinning nozzle according to an exemplary embodiment of the
present disclosure.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0020] Hereinafter, an artificial hair spinning nozzle according to
the present disclosure will be described with reference to the
accompanying drawing.
[0021] FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view illustrating an artificial
hair spinning nozzle according to an exemplary embodiment of the
present disclosure.
[0022] The artificial hair spinning nozzle according to the present
disclosure includes a nozzle body 100 that extends a predetermined
length with a predetermined outer diameter and has a hollow
spinning hole 200 that extends into the nozzle body 100 in a
longitudinal direction and into which a synthetic resin is injected
to longitudinally spin artificial hair. The synthetic resin
injected into the spinning hole 200 uses a known polyester having
excellent curl generation and retention, which is necessarily
required as an artificial hair fiber.
[0023] The artificial hair spinning nozzle according to the present
disclosure may be separately manufactured so that the spinning
nozzle may be inserted and fixed to a spinning plate, or otherwise
the nozzle body 100 may be integrally formed with the spinning
plate. A plurality of artificial hair spinning nozzles according to
the present disclosure is installed side by side so that artificial
hairs can be spun therethrough.
[0024] As illustrated in FIG. 1, the cross-sectional shape of the
artificial hair spinning nozzle includes a core section 210 and
branch sections 220 each having a convex circular part 230 and a
concave circular part 240.
[0025] The core section 210 is a section that is formed at the
center of the nozzle body 100 to serve as the center of the spun
artificial hair, with a circular shape having a size smaller than
the outer diameter of the nozzle body 100.
[0026] The branch section 220 consists of three branch sections
that are formed to outwardly protrude in an arc shape from the core
section 210 at a certain angle, that is, 120 degrees, so that the
arc shape is bent along one direction to form the outer contour of
the spun artificial hair. Here, the diameter of the arc is larger
than the diameter of the convex circular part 230 and smaller than
the diameter of the nozzle body 100.
[0027] The outer surface of the artificial hair spun through the
branch section 220 has natural gloss obtained by spread reflection
of light. In addition, the shape of the branch section serves to
give volume to hair.
[0028] The outer surface of the artificial hair spun through the
convex circular part of the branch section 220 can realize a deep
color together with the inner surface of the artificial hair spun
through the concave circular part 240 of the branch section to be
described later. That is, the outer surface of the artificial hair
spun through the convex circular part of the branch section 220 and
the inner surface of the artificial hair spun through the concave
circular part 240 of the branch section bring different gloss due
to the spread reflection, so that a deep color can be realized.
[0029] The convex circular part 230 is located outside the core
section 210 and protrudes in a convex circular shape on the end
portion of the branch section 220 so as to form the end side of a
branch section of the spun artificial hair.
[0030] Since the end side of a branch section 220 of the artificial
hair is spun in a circular form through the convex circular part
230, the artificial hair has soft tactility like a real hair, as
well as more hair volume.
[0031] The concave circular part 240 is recessed between the inner
side and outer side of the branch section 220 in a concave circular
sectional shape that is circumscribed to the circles of the convex
circular part 230 and the core section 210, respectively, serving
to form the inner side of the branch section of the spun artificial
hair.
[0032] As described above, according to the present disclosure,
since the three branch sections 220 each have a direction in which
the branch section 220 is bent (rotated) along one direction, it is
possible to maintain curl generation and retention, to provide more
hair volume, and to realize a natural gloss unlike the conventional
artificial hair that reduces gloss by using an extinction agent
since the three types of different gloss due to spread reflection
of light are blended for three branch sections 220. In addition,
the artificial hair formed with the three branches can facilitate
combing, unlike the simple conventional artificial hair having the
crowbar or Y-shape. Further, since the artificial hair forms the
branch section 220 of three branches and has a directional feature
of bending (rotating) along one direction, there is an effect of
improving the straightness of the artificial hair compared to the
conventional artificial hair. Furthermore, the three-pronged branch
section 220 not only allows the hair thickness to be maintained
similar to that of human hair, but also allows the hair weight to
be reduced, and the amount of synthetic resin consumed for spinning
the artificial hair can be reduced, resulting in cost
reduction.
[0033] According to the present disclosure, the diameter D1 of a
convex circle forming the convex circular part 230 is larger than
the diameter D2 of a concave circle forming the concave circular
part 240, wherein the diameter D2 of the concave circle forming the
concave circular part 240 is preferably 25% to 85% of the diameter
D1 of the convex circle forming the convex circular part 230.
[0034] When the diameter D2 of the concave circle forming the
concave circular part 240 is less than 25% of the diameter D1 of
the convex circle forming the convex circular part 230, there is a
problem in that the core section 210 becomes much larger, the
branch sections 220 become less elastic, and the hair weight
increases.
[0035] When the diameter D2 of the concave circle forming the
concave circular part 240 is more than 85% of the diameter D1 of
the convex circle forming the convex circular part 230, there is a
problem in that the elasticity of the branch sections 220 is large,
a curl generation and retention feature becomes much deteriorated,
and although the hair weight decreases due to a reduction in the
size of core section 210, such a reduction causes detachment of the
branch sections, resulting in a damage to the hair.
[0036] It is preferable that the diameter of a circle inscribed
with the convex circle of the convex circular part 230 be 1 mm to 2
mm.
[0037] If the diameter of the circle inscribed with the convex
circle of the convex circular part 230 is less than 1 mm, it is
difficult to manufacture the artificial hair spinning nozzle. In
addition, if the diameter of the circle inscribed with the convex
circle of the convex circular part 230 is more than 2 mm, the
elasticity of the branch section of the spun artificial hair
decreases and the hair becomes stiff, thereby greatly degrading the
softness of the hair.
[0038] It is preferable that the total area of the spinning hole
200 be 55% to 75% of the area of the circle inscribed with the
convex circular part 230 of the branch section 220.
[0039] When the total area of the spinning hole 200 is less than
55% of the area of the circle inscribed with the convex circular
part 230 of the branch section 220, the elasticity of the branch
sections 220 is large, a curl generation and retention feature
becomes much deteriorated, and although the hair weight decreases
due to a reduction in the size of core section 210, such a
reduction causes detachment of the branch sections 220, resulting
in a damage to the hair.
[0040] When the total area of the spinning hole 200 is more than
75% of the area of the circle inscribed with the convex circular
part 230 of the branch section 220, the core section 210 becomes
much larger, the branch sections 220 become less elastic, and the
hair weight increases.
[0041] The artificial hair spun by the artificial hair spinning
nozzle according to the present disclosure is used for hair
ornaments such as wigs, hairpieces, and braids.
[0042] Although the present disclosure has been described and
illustrated with respect to the specific embodiments, those skilled
in the art will appreciate that various improvements and
modifications are possible, without departing from the scope and
spirit of the present disclosure as disclosed in the accompanying
claims.
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