EP2158819A1 - Appareil de coiffage et de soin des cheveux - Google Patents

Appareil de coiffage et de soin des cheveux Download PDF

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Publication number: EP2158819A1
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: electrode; attachment; ionization; contact; ionization electrode
Prior art date: 2008-08-30
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EP09168103A

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EP2158819B1 (fr

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Klaus Hafemann

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WIK Far East Ltd

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WIK Far East Ltd

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2008-08-30

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- 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
- A45D20/00—Hair drying devices; Accessories therefor
- A45D20/04—Hot-air producers
- A45D20/08—Hot-air producers heated electrically
- A45D20/10—Hand-held drying devices, e.g. air douches
- A45D20/12—Details thereof or accessories therefor, e.g. nozzles, stands
- 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
- A45D2200/00—Details not otherwise provided for in A45D
- A45D2200/20—Additional enhancing means
- A45D2200/202—Ionisation

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the invention relates to a hair styling or care device, comprising a blower arranged in a housing for conveying an air flow, an opening from which the delivered air flow exits, an ionization device having at least one ionization electrode arranged to emit electrons in the direction of the axis of the air outlet opening, and a Attachable to the air outlet opening attachable.
Such hair styling or care appliances are, for example, hair dryers, air curlers or the like, and thus devices with which hair can be shaped and / or cared for.
Such hair styling or care appliances include a fan for conveying an airflow routed through the appliance.
a device also has a heating device for heating the conveyed air flow.
the conveyed air flow exits an air outlet opening from the housing of the device.
Such hair styling or - care devices are also equipped with a lonmaschines Surprise.
Such an ionization device comprises a high voltage generator and one or more ionization electrodes connected to the high voltage generator.
the ionization device During operation of the ionization device, electrons are emitted from the electrode tip (s) and the ambient air adjacent thereto is ionized, with the effect that the hair to be treated is exposed to an ion current.
the one or more ionization electrodes are arranged so that the ions are supplied to the hair to be treated. This supports the hair styling or hair care process.
such ionization electrodes are arranged in the air outlet opening or in the immediate vicinity thereof.
an essay such as an ondulier nozzle, a volumizer or the like in order to achieve a specific care or molding result can. If such an attachment is connected to the air outlet opening of such a device having an ionization device, typically by plugging it, the operation of the ionization device is ineffective because the generated ion current is neutralized before reaching the hair to be nourished.
a hair treatment can therefore be done with a device designed in this way with its attached to the air outlet opening essay only without the sometimes desired ion current.
the present invention is therefore the object of developing an aforementioned hair styling or care device such that effective ions can be supplied to the hair to be treated, both with attached to the device essay and without patch essay.
an aforementioned, generic hair styling or care device in which the attachment has at least one ionization electrode and has a contact for connecting its at least one ionization electrode to the ionization device of the hair styling or care device, wherein for transmitting High voltage on the attachment-side contact when the attachment is connected to the device, this contact is either located at a small distance to the free end of a device-side ionizing electrode or physically contacted.
the attachment associated with this device has an ionizing electrode.
a contact made of an electrically conductive material For transmitting high voltage to this tower side Contact this is either in physical contact with the device-side electrode when the attachment is connected to the air outlet opening of the device, or - which is preferred - at a small distance to the device-side electrode.
the electrode of the attachment is contacted via the device side arranged electrode.
the electron-emitting properties of the device-side electrode are used in a skilful manner in order to supply high voltage to the attachment-side electrode during operation of the ionization device. Due to the high voltage applied to the device-side electrode during operation of the ionization device, the latter jumps through the electron emission onto the contact of the attachment-side electrode which is arranged at a small distance therefrom. Since this contact is electrically conductive, the electrons emitted by the device-side ionization electrode are sucked out of it. An intended function of the attachment-side ionization electrode is thus ensured even if there is no physical contact with the device-side electrode. Therefore, in this contacting the otherwise necessary for contacting electrical connections pressing force of the contacts need not be present.
the attachment-side electrical contact at a small distance to the device-side electrode, so that it is not damaged during a placement of the essay or in a removal of the same.
the use of a carbon fiber bundle electrode as a device-side electrode is particularly expedient since it can emit an electron current in high density and, as a result, a transfer of voltage to the contact and the attachment-side electrode is assisted.
the device-side ionizing electrode is in an axial arrangement within the air outlet opening of the device. Accordingly, axially with respect to its air outlet opening, the attachment-side electrode is also arranged, which can then be understood in the axial direction as an extension of the device-side ionization electrode.
An otherwise not shown hair dryer 1 has a fan for conveying an air flow flowing through the housing 2.
the air flow exits through an air outlet opening 3.
the electrode unit 4 of an otherwise not shown ionization device is arranged.
the electrode unit 4 is held within the air outlet opening 3 by a plurality of radial spokes 5.
the electrode unit 4 comprises a sleeve-like housing 6, in which a carbon fiber bundle electrode 7 is arranged as the ionization electrode.
the electrical contacting of the carbon fiber bundle electrode 7 is not shown.
the free, electron-donating ends 8 of the individual carbon fibers of the carbon fiber bundle electrode 7 are still within the housing 2 of the hair dryer. 1
an ondulier nozzle attachment 9 Associated with the hair dryer 1 is an ondulier nozzle attachment 9.
the ondulier nozzle attachment 9 To connect the ondulier nozzle attachment 9 to the hair dryer 1, the latter has an annular, cylindrical coupling section 10 which can be inserted into the air outlet opening 3 of the hair dryer 1. A peripheral paragraph 10.1 limited as a stop the coupling portion 10 of the attachment 9.
the hair dryer 1 To connect the Ondulierdüsenetzsatzes 9 to the hair dryer 1, the hair dryer 1 has within its air outlet opening 3 via a complementary to the outer surface of the coupling portion 10 coupling surface 11.
Centric and with axial alignment disposed within the Ondulierdüsenetzsatzes 9 an electrode unit 12.
the electrode unit 12 comprises a housing part 13, in which a metal sleeve 14 is arranged.
the metal sleeve 14 is at its pointing to the coupling portion 10 end around the pointing in this direction completion of the housing part 13 to form an electrical contact ring 15 crimped outwardly.
an ionization electrode 16 is connected at its opposite end of the coupling ring 15. This is also executed in the illustrated embodiment as a carbon fiber bundle electrode.
the free end of the carbon fibers of the carbon fiber bundle electrode 16 is located at a small distance on the inside from the outer end of the ondulier nozzle attachment 9.
the hairdryer 1 can be operated without Ondulierdüsenetzsatz 9.
the carbon fiber bundle electrode 7 is used for Producing a high voltage contact with the contact ring 15 of the attachment side carbon fiber bundle electrode 16.
the emitted from the carbon fiber bundle electrode 7 electrons are collected by the lying directly in front of the free ends of the carbon fibers contact ring 15 and forwarded to the attached to the metal sleeve 14 on-side carbon fiber electrode 16, which in turn to emit 16 electrons for generating an ion current to be supplied to the hair to be treated to the free ends of the carbon fibers of their carbon fiber bundle electrode.
the arrangement of the contact ring 15 to the free ends of the carbon fibers of the carbon fiber bundle electrode 7 makes it clear that mounting and dismounting of the Ondulierdüsenetzsatzes 9 for lack of contact of the contact ring 15 to the free ends of the carbon fibers of the carbon fiber bundle electrode 7 or other parts of the Ondulierdüsenetzsatzes 9 they are not damaged.
the properties of the device-side ionization electrode 7 are usefully used to forward the emitted electrons to an ionization electrode 16 arranged in the attachment 9.
a contacting of the attachment-side electrode can also take place when providing one or more needle electrodes arranged on the device side.
the described voltage propagation can also be used in other articles if they do not have an ionization electrode.
other top-side actuators could be operated by the described contacting the device-side ionization.

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Cleaning And Drying Hair (AREA)
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EP09168103A 2008-08-30 2009-08-18 Appareil de coiffage et de soin des cheveux Not-in-force EP2158819B1 (fr)

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Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
DE202008011605U DE202008011605U1 (de)	2008-08-30	2008-08-30	Haarform- und -pflegegerät

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EP2158819A1 true EP2158819A1 (fr)	2010-03-03
EP2158819B1 EP2158819B1 (fr)	2011-01-26

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EP (1)	EP2158819B1 (fr)
CN (1)	CN101658354B (fr)
AT (1)	ATE496551T1 (fr)
DE (2)	DE202008011605U1 (fr)
ES (1)	ES2360407T3 (fr)
HK (1)	HK1140650A1 (fr)

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DE202004003592U1 (de) *	2004-03-09	2005-07-14	Wik Far East Ltd.	Elektrisches Haarformgerät
EP1639910A2 (fr) *	2004-09-27	2006-03-29	Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.	Sèche-cheveux avec atomisation électrostatique et atomiseur électrostatique
EP1672965A1 (fr)	2004-12-15	2006-06-21	WIK Far East Ltd.	Appareil pour le soin des cheveux avec un generateur d'ions
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JP2007190086A (ja) *	2006-01-17	2007-08-02	Kyushu Hitachi Maxell Ltd	送風装置

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- 2008-08-30 DE DE202008011605U patent/DE202008011605U1/de not_active Expired - Lifetime
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- 2009-08-18 EP EP09168103A patent/EP2158819B1/fr not_active Not-in-force
- 2009-08-18 DE DE502009000347T patent/DE502009000347D1/de active Active
- 2009-08-18 ES ES09168103T patent/ES2360407T3/es active Active
- 2009-08-18 AT AT09168103T patent/ATE496551T1/de active
- 2009-08-28 CN CN2009101714332A patent/CN101658354B/zh not_active Expired - Fee Related
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WO1998050110A1 (fr) *	1997-05-02	1998-11-12	John Wetling	Dispositif de soufflage de courant d'air ionise pour ameliorer le bien-etre d'une personne et les conditions bacteriologiques dans l'environnement de cette personne
FR2766338A1 (fr)	1997-07-22	1999-01-29	Seb Sa	Accessoire de seche-cheveux destine a la neutralisation des charges electrostatiques des cheveux
DE202004003592U1 (de) *	2004-03-09	2005-07-14	Wik Far East Ltd.	Elektrisches Haarformgerät
EP1639910A2 (fr) *	2004-09-27	2006-03-29	Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.	Sèche-cheveux avec atomisation électrostatique et atomiseur électrostatique
EP1672965A1 (fr)	2004-12-15	2006-06-21	WIK Far East Ltd.	Appareil pour le soin des cheveux avec un generateur d'ions
JP2007190084A (ja) *	2006-01-17	2007-08-02	Kyushu Hitachi Maxell Ltd	送風装置、静電霧化器及び送風装置セット
JP2007190086A (ja) *	2006-01-17	2007-08-02	Kyushu Hitachi Maxell Ltd	送風装置

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Publication number	Publication date
ATE496551T1 (de)	2011-02-15
EP2158819B1 (fr)	2011-01-26
HK1140650A1 (en)	2010-10-22
CN101658354A (zh)	2010-03-03
CN101658354B (zh)	2012-11-21
DE202008011605U1 (de)	2010-01-07
DE502009000347D1 (de)	2011-03-10
ES2360407T3 (es)	2011-06-03

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