JP2723976B2 - Steam hair curl device - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Industrial applications]

The present invention relates to a steam-type hair curling device having a steam generating means.

2. Description of the Related Art There is a hair curling device provided with a steam generating means. The steam-type hair curling device, which makes the hair moist with steam, does not damage the hair,
Although it is possible to perform strong curling, various types are provided for its advantages. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 57-190504 discloses that a hair supplying member is provided with a liquid supply member at the tip thereof and the inside of the hair wrapping member. Is provided with a heating means. If the liquid supply member detachable from the hair wrapping member is filled with water and attached to the hair wrapping member, the water supplied from the liquid supply member to the heating means is steamed by the heat of the heating means. Things.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

In this case, there is a problem that the hair is easily caught at the joint between the tip of the hair winding member and the liquid supply member, and it is difficult to brush the hair using the bristle provided in the hair winding member. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object the purpose of preventing hair from being caught and causing no problem in hair brushing, and furthermore, a hair winding member and a liquid supply member. Another object of the present invention is to provide a steam-type hair curling device which can keep the appearance of the seam good.

[Means for Solving the Problems]

Thus, the present invention provides a steam-type hair curling device comprising a liquid supply member at the tip of the hair winding member and a heating means for steaming the liquid supplied from the liquid supply member inside the hair winding member. At the end on the hair wrapping member side of the liquid supply member that is detachable from the member, an attachment portion that is inserted and attached inside the hair wrapping member, And a cylindrical overlapping portion to be covered. [Operation] According to the present invention, the seam between the hair wrapping member and the liquid supply member is covered by the overlap portion, so that the hair does not get caught in the seam. [Embodiment] Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to an illustrated embodiment. This hair curling device is provided with a blower for sending hot air or cold air, changeover switches S ₁ and S ₂ , and a power cord 90. A main body A also serving as a pulled-out grip, an attachment base B detachably connected to a distal end of the main body A, a roll-brush type hair wrapping member C,
The hair wrapping member D has a flat brush shape, and the hair wrapping members C and D are detachably attached to the outer periphery of the pipe 11 of the attachment base B. First, the main body A will be described. As shown in FIG. 2, a blower including a motor M and a fan F driven by the motor M is housed in a rear portion of the cylindrical housing 50 on the side from which the power cord 90 is pulled out.
A heater block H is provided in the front portion of the housing 50. A small-diameter cylindrical portion 51 having a connection jack 54 is provided at a front end of the housing 50, and a net body is attached to a distal end surface of the small-diameter cylindrical portion 51. The air outlet 52 is open. The blower discharges air taken in from a suction port 53 formed at the rear end of the main body A from the blower port 52. When the heater block H is energized, hot air is discharged from the air outlet 52. The attachment base B includes a base 10 detachably connected to the small-diameter cylindrical portion 51 of the main body A, and a cylindrical pipe 11 having one end supported by the base 10.
Heating means 3 is mounted in 11. The base 10 has a shape in which a large-diameter cylindrical portion 10a and a small-diameter cylindrical portion 10b are connected to each other by a rib 10c in a state of being spaced apart in the axial direction, and a plug receiving portion is provided in the large-diameter cylindrical portion 10a. An engagement protrusion 17 is attached to the small-diameter cylindrical portion 10b so as to protrude outward by a spring 18. The pipe 11 has a cylindrical shape, the rear end of which is fixed to a small-diameter cylindrical portion 10b with screws, is formed of a good heat conductor, and has a number of steam holes 14 for ejecting steam, A concave groove 15 is provided on the outer peripheral surface over the entire length in the axial direction. The outer peripheral surface of the pipe 11 is subjected to the electrodeposited flocking 16, a so-called flocky treatment, over the entire surface.
The concave groove 15 is formed such that only one or a plurality of concave grooves are asymmetric with respect to the pipe 11 having a circular cross section. The heating means 3 is provided in the cylindrical pipe 11 and is provided with a liquid (water) supplied from a liquid supply means 4 described later.
The holder 30 is heated to be steamed, and comprises a holder 30 made of a good conductor and a wedge-shaped heater 33 housed in the holder 30. The holder 30 is a hollow member having a wedge-shaped front end portion and a cylindrical rear end portion.
A ring 70 is mounted. The heater 33 is housed in the wedge portion 31 of the holder 30, and has a wedge-shaped holding frame 34 having both sides opened, a heating member 35 made of a positive temperature coefficient thermistor, and a pair of heating members 35 in contact with both sides of the heating member 35. Electrode plate 3
6, 36, and a pair of wedge-shaped insulating plates 37, 37, with the heating member 35 housed in the holding frame 34 sandwiched between the two electrode plates 36, 36 and the two insulating plates 37, 37. By a packing 39 housed in the holder 30 and arranged between a fixing plate 38 and a holding frame 34 fixed in the cylindrical portion 32 of the holder 30,
The heater 33 is pushed into the holder 30. Since the wedge-shaped heater 33 is pushed into the wedge portion 31 of the holder 30, good electrical contact between the electrode plate 36 and the heat generating member 35 is maintained, and a good heat conductor such as alumina is used. A pair of insulating plates 37, 37
Since the inner surface is reliably brought into contact with the inner surface, good thermal contact between the heat generating member 35 and the holder 30 is also maintained. The heating means 3 configured as described above is housed in the cylindrical pipe 11 as described above, and the two electrode plates 36 are connected to the plug 72 supported by the plug receiver 13 through the lead wires 71. Is connected. The attachment base B has a large-diameter cylindrical portion.
The main body A is connected to the main body A by covering the small-diameter cylindrical portion 51 of the main body A. At this time, the plug 72 is connected to the connection jack 54, and the hook 55 provided on the main body A is engaged with the inner surface of the base 10. It is connected to the recess 10d to prevent it from falling off. Next, the hair wrapping members C and D selectively attached to the attachment base B will be described. First, the hair wrapping member C of the roll brush type will be described. Is formed of a brush base 20 and a bristle 22 protruding from the outer peripheral surface of the brush base 20, and a detachable button is provided on its base side.
23 is slidably mounted in a direction perpendicular to the axis. The hair wrapping member C has, on its inner surface, a ridge (not shown) that, when put on the outer periphery of the pipe 11 of the attachment base B, matches the concave groove 15 formed on the outer peripheral surface of the pipe 11. From the above, the rotation stop and circumferential positioning with respect to the pipe 11 are performed, and the steam hole formed in the pipe 11 is formed.
14 coincides with the steam hole 21 of the hair wrapping member C.
The hair wrapping member C is fixed to the attachment base B by engaging the engagement protrusion 17 provided on the attachment base B with the hole in which the attachment / detachment button 23 is provided. A liquid supply unit 4 for supplying a liquid to the heating unit 3 includes:
Tank cases 40 and 41 welded to each other, and a cylindrical tube portion detachably attached to an opening in the tank case 41.
42, and a water absorbing body 44 disposed in the cylindrical portion 42. The tank case 40 is provided with a valve 43 for adjusting the internal pressure, and the pipe 11 extends through the tip opening 25 of the hair wrapping member C. A seal 45 that is in contact with the inner surface of the pipe 11 is attached to the outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion 22 that is inserted into the distal end opening of the pipe. The other end of the water-absorbing body 44 whose one end side is located in the tank cases 40 and 41 is fixed to the inner surface of a V-shaped notch formed on the distal end surface of the cylindrical portion 42 by a wire 75. In the figure, reference numeral 48 denotes a projection for preventing the liquid supply means 4 from coming off by engagement with the inner peripheral surface of the tip of the brush base 20, reference numeral 46 denotes an O-ring for preventing water leakage, and reference numeral 47 denotes a cylindrical part to the tank cases 40 and 41. These are locking projections for attachment. The liquid supply means 4 can be detached by rotating the liquid supply means 4 around its axis to disengage the engagement between the retaining projection 48 and the brush base 20. With tank case 4
By removing from the tank cases 40 and 41, water can be supplied into the tank cases 40 and 41. Then, as shown in FIG. 2, the tank case 41 here has a mounting portion 100 inserted and mounted inside the hair wrapping member C, and when the liquid supply member 4 is mounted on the hair wrapping member C, An overlap portion 49 is provided to cover the outer periphery of the circular flange 29 provided at the end of the hair winding member C, and an opening is provided between the hair winding member C and the liquid supply member 4 in the outer circumferential direction. So that no seams occur. Now, if the attachment base B is connected to the main body A, and the air blower is operated with the hair wrapping member C attached to the attachment base B, the wind will blow to the large-diameter cylindrical portion 10a of the hair wrapping member C. And the small-diameter cylindrical portion 10b. When the heating means 3 is energized while the liquid supply means 4 filled with water is attached, the water absorbing body 44 holding the water sucked from the tank cases 40 and 41 comes into contact with both inclined side surfaces of the outer surface of the holder 30. Therefore, the water is heated at this contact portion to form steam, and the steam holes 14, 2
Squirt from one. At this time, both ends of the pipe 11 are
O-ring 70 mounted on the cylinder and seal mounted on the cylinder 42
Since 45 is closed by contacting the inner peripheral surface of the pipe 11 which is a perfect circle, there is no leakage of steam, so that steam is surely directed toward the hair held by the bristle 22 Discharged. As described above, since the seam between the hair wrapping member C and the liquid supply member 4 is covered with the overlap portion 49, when the hair is wrapped or when brushing is performed using the bristle 22, In addition, the hair does not get caught in the seam. Next, the flat brush type hair winding member D will be described. The hair wrapping member D has a cylindrical inner tube 26.
And an outer cylinder 25 having a semicircular cross section, a bristle stand 27 integrally provided with the bristles 22 and arranged at a side opening of the outer cylinder 25, and a circular flange 29 attached to a tip end surface of the outer cylinder 25. In addition to the multiple steam holes 21 communicating with the steam holes 14 of the pipe 11 through the steam holes formed in the inner cylinder 26, the bristle base 27 has a space between the inner cylinder 26 and the outer cylinder 25. It is provided with a blowout hole 28 that communicates with. When the inner tube 26 is put on the outer periphery of the pipe 11 of the attachment base B, the hair wrapping member D also has a ridge (not shown) that matches the groove 15 formed on the outer peripheral surface of the pipe 11.
Since the pipe 11 is provided on the inner surface, the rotation of the pipe 11 is prevented and the circumferential position is determined. Then, if the air is blown while attached to the main body A via the attachment base B, a part of the wind passes through the space between the outer cylinder 25 and the inner cylinder 26 from the blowout hole 28 of the bristle base 27. Blow out. The liquid supply member 4 can be attached to use the hair wrapping member D to generate steam. Although the cross-sectional shape of the outer cylinder 25 of the hair wrapping member D is semicircular, a circular flange 29 is provided at the tip, so that the overlapping portion 49 of the liquid supply member 4 also To eliminate the seam over the outer circumference of The flange 29 is provided so that the single liquid supply member 4 having the overlap portion 49 can be shared by both types of hair wrapping members C and D. Since the outer diameter of 29 is adjusted to the maximum diameter of the outer cylinder 25 of the hair winding member D, the liquid supply member 4 having the overlap portion 49 covering the flange 29 also has a certain outer diameter, that is, Has a large internal volume. The cap 9 shown in FIGS. 1 and 4 is mounted in place of the liquid supply member 4 when used only by blowing air without generating steam. That is, the switches S ₁ and S ₂ in the main body A allow air to be blown only without energizing the heating means 3. Liquids may leak out of the
If had switched S _1, S _2, unexpectedly so that the steam will be ejected. In addition, when the liquid supply member 4 is used in a state where it is removed, there is a possibility that a burn may occur when a finger accidentally enters the end face opening 25 of the hair winding members C and D. The cap 9 is provided to prevent such a situation.
At this time, it is provided with an overlap portion 99 which covers the outer periphery of the flange 29.

【The invention's effect】

As described above, in the present invention, since the liquid supply member includes the overlap portion that covers the hair wrapping member, the seam between the hair wrapping member and the liquid supply member is covered by the overlap portion. Therefore, when the hair is wound around the hair winding member, the hair does not get caught in the seam,
It is easy to use. In other words, when attaching the liquid supply member to a hair wrapping member such as a roll brush type or a flat brush type, a flange is provided at the tip of the hair wrapping member so that one type of liquid supply member is provided for the plurality of types of hair wrapping members. When a liquid supply member is attached to such a flanged hair wrapping member, a seam in the outer peripheral direction is generated between the flange and the liquid supply member. However, as described above, the liquid supply member By providing an overlap portion that covers the outer periphery of the collar, it is possible to prevent the hair from being caught in the joint between the collar of the hair wrapping member and the liquid supply member during brushing of the hair. In addition, the liquid supply member is provided with an attachment portion that is inserted and attached inside the hair wrapping member, separately from the overlap portion,
Even if the attachment portion has a longer protruding length than the overlap portion, the attachment portion is not exposed to the outside, so that the appearance of the seam between the hair wrapping member and the liquid supply member can be kept good. It is.

[Brief description of the drawings]

1 is an exploded perspective view of one embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a cutaway side view of the same, FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of a flat brush type hair winding member, an attachment base, and a liquid supply member, FIG. Is a longitudinal sectional view of a flat brush type hair wrapping member, an attachment base and a cap, wherein A is a main body,
Is an attachment base, C and D are hair winding members, 3 is a heating means, 4 is a liquid supply means, 49 is an overlap portion,
100 indicates a mounting portion.

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] A hair curling device comprising: a hair supplying member provided at a tip of a hair winding member; and a heating means for steaming a liquid supplied from the liquid supplying member inside the hair winding member. A mounting portion that is inserted into and attached to the inside of the hair wrapping member at an end of the liquid supply member that is detachably attached to the hair wrapping member, and covers an outer periphery of a flange protruding from the tip of the hair wrapping member. A steam-type hair curling device comprising a tubular overlap portion.