JP2727453B2 - Wig flocking machine - Google Patents

Description

Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a wig planting machine for automatically planting hair on a wig base.

[Conventional technology]

Generally, when hair composed of human hair and / or artificial hair is implanted on a wig base, in order to realize a natural hair volume and hair flow, depending on the parts of the wig, such as the frontal region, the crown, and the side occipital region. It is necessary to perform the flocking operation while appropriately mixing several types of flocking methods.

As such a flocking method, typically, a method such as V-planting, single-planting, bread-single-planting, or insertion-planting is known.

By the way, conventionally, the hair transplanting operation of the wig has been performed manually one by one according to these hair transplanting methods. However, this manual flocking operation is heavy labor and requires a high level of skill, so that one wig is required. Even a skilled technician usually takes about 15 to 20 days to finish a wig.

For this reason, as disclosed in, for example, JP-A-59-36707 to JP-A-59-36711 by the present applicant, a new wig flocking machine for automating the manual flocking operation has been proposed. I have.

[Problems to be solved by the invention]

However, each of these wig flocking machines can perform only one type of flocking, V-planting, single-planting, and pan-single planting, with a single device. In order to complete one wig, It is necessary to prepare a plurality of types of wig flocking machines, and to set the wig base to another wig flocking machine during the flocking operation every time the flocking method is changed according to the part of the wig, there is a problem in operability was there.

In addition, none of these hair transplanters consider the flow of the implanted hair at all, and the already implanted hair becomes an obstacle during the implanting operation, and the wig base surface is approximated. Since the flocking operation is performed as a spherical shape, a slight shift may occur in the flocking position.

In view of the above, the present invention can be carried out by a single hair transplanter while appropriately mixing various hair transplanting methods, for example, V planting, single planting, bread single planting, and the like. A wig hair transplanter that can be attached and that can be implanted exactly in accordance with the wig base that matches the user's head shape without the already implanted hair interfering with the next hair implantation operation. It is intended to provide.

[Means and actions for solving the problems]

According to the present invention, the above object has a substantially hemispherical head portion for fixing and holding a wig base, and the substantially hemispherical shape so that the head portion can bring an arbitrary position on the surface of the wig base in a predetermined direction. The head is pivoted about a horizontal axis passing through the center of the shape, further pivoted around the central axis of the head in a state of being pivoted around the horizontal axis, and is entirely pivoted around a vertical axis and vertically Head unit that is driven to translate in the direction, a hair feeding unit that supplies hair to be implanted near the implanted position of the substantially hemispherical head of the head unit, and a straight line that is inclined with respect to the implanted position of the head unit A flocking unit having a flocked needle thereon, the flocked needle being pivotally driven around the straight line, and being driven to translate in three directions with the center line of the flocked needle as one axis; A control device for controlling the dry unit, the hair feeding unit and the hair transplanting unit in accordance with a programmed procedure so that the hair transplanting operation of an appropriate type can be performed in an appropriate direction, and a tip near the flocking needle below the flocking unit. The wig extends to the top and is circulated and driven to move from top to bottom at the tip, and is lowered at the time of the flocking operation of the flocking unit and attached to the head of the head unit. A brush unit for bringing out the hair already in the vicinity of the current planting position among the hairs already planted on the wig base by contacting the surface of the base, to the front, and a previously inputted flocking position, flocking system and hair Based on the flow direction data, at a predetermined position on the wig base in a predetermined manner such as V planting, single planting or pan single planting. Is achieved by a wig flocking machine to perform the wig base flocked by flocking to a constant hair flow direction.

According to this invention, if the desired flocking data, that is, the flocking position and the flocking method of the wig are input to the control device in advance, the wig base fixed and held on the substantially hemispherical head portion of the head unit is automatically set. In accordance with the desired flocking data, the flocking operation of the wig, which has conventionally been performed manually, is automatically performed by one flocking machine regardless of V planting, single planting, bread single planting, and insertion planting. Will be performed. In addition, by adding a brush unit to the present hair transplanter, the hair that has already been implanted during the hair transplanting operation will not be in the way, and it will be possible to accurately and accurately follow the user's head shape in a very short time. It is possible to perform a desired flocking operation.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail based on one embodiment shown in the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows an entire embodiment of a wig flocking machine according to the present invention. This wig flocking machine 10 has a head unit
21, Hair supply unit 31, Hair transplant unit 41 and Brush unit
Each of these units is preferably fixedly arranged on a movable frame 11.

First, the head unit 21 has a substantially hemispherical head portion 22 for fixing and holding a wig base (not shown) to be implanted, and is made of, for example, a soft synthetic resin separately made of polyurethane, silicone, or the like. The wig base is fixed on the head portion 22 by an appropriate method such as tacking or sticking. The head section 22 is pivotally driven by a motor 24 about a center axis A 'perpendicular to the head section 22 with respect to the center A of the substantially hemispherical shape, and together with the rotation drive mechanism about the center axis A', the head section 22 is rotated. Horizontal axis (this is the X axis)
Is turned around by a motor 23. Further, the entire structure including the above-mentioned turning drive mechanism is configured to be translated by the motor 25 in the vertical direction (that is, the Z-axis direction) and to be turned around the Z-axis by the motor 26.

Thus, the head section 22 of the head unit 21 is
By the operation of 23 and 24, an arbitrary position on the surface is brought to the flocking position B on the Z axis, and can be set in a desired direction by the operation of the motor 26.

Further, a position sensor 27 for detecting the height of the wig base at the flocking position is provided above the head portion 22.
The head unit 22 is fixed to the motor based on a signal from the position sensor 27 before the flocking operation.
The height of the surface of the wig base at the position on the Z-axis is adjusted by 25 so that the wig base can be accurately brought to the flocking position B.

The head portion 22 is formed of, for example, an epoxy resin or a rubber material so as to be replaceable so that a flocked needle described later is not broken, and a substantially hemispherical surface is formed on a wig base according to the head shape of the user. Is preferably formed in a substantially hemispherical shape so as to match the inner surface of the concave curved surface.

Next, as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 2, the main body of the hair supply unit 31 is fixedly arranged obliquely with respect to the frame 11, and supplied from a hair supply unit (not shown). A hair gripper 32 provided with two clamps 32a and 32b on the opposite side in the diameter direction for gripping the hair H to be cut, and the hair H gripped by the two clamps 32a and 32b is placed on the head 22 at the flocking position. And two parallel hair feeding rods 33 having a fork-shaped tip (see FIG. 3) brought near B.

The hair gripper 32 is a motor with a clutch brake.
34, the hair is intermittently driven in the direction of arrow C by 180 degrees every one flocking operation, so that the two clamp portions 32a, 32a,
32b is stopped by, for example, a click mechanism or the like so as to be located side by side so as to face the head portion 22.

Each of the clamp portions 32a and 32b has two frustoconical disks 3
5a and 35b are vertically opposed and the lower disk 35a is fixed to the hair gripper 32, and the upper disk 35b is along the center axis of the lower disk 35a with respect to the lower disk 35a. It is slidably held up and down, and a lower disk 35a is held by a spring 36.
Is abutted against A rod 35 extending downward from the center of the upper disk 35b in the central axis direction.
Since the lower side of c is always in contact with the annular cam surface 37 formed on the upper surface of the main body of the hair supply unit 31 in accordance with the rotation operation of the hair gripper 32, the clamps 32a and 32b The hair H is firmly gripped at a position in front (that is, the position of the clamp portion 32b), and the other one of the clamp portions 32 is held.
In the position a, the hair H is loosely gripped so that the supplied hair H is kept in tension, and the hair H is opened to grip the hair arrangement H in a position rearward with respect to the head portion 22. It has become.

The hair supply rod 33 is moved in the thrust direction by the operation of the cylinder 38, and the two fork-shaped tips of the hair supply rod 33 respectively hook the hair H while the head portion of the head unit 21 is moved.
22 and reaches the position sandwiching the flocking position B,
Abuts the surface of the wig base attached to 22.

Thus, the hair supply rod 33 supplies the hair H gripped by the clamps 32a and 32b of the hair gripper 32 by the operation of the cylinder 38 to the vicinity of the flocking position B of the head 22 of the head unit 21, which will be described later. So that the flocking unit 41 V
In conjunction with the flocking operation such as planting, bread single planting, single planting, etc., the hair H is transplanted to the flocking position B by operating the cylinder 39.
And constitute a part of the flocking operation.

 Next, the flocking unit 41 will be described.

The main body of the flocking unit 41 is fixedly arranged with respect to the frame 11, and the head portion 22 of the head unit 21 is
The flocked needle 42 is provided on a straight line P inclined with respect to the flocked position B. The flocking needle 42 is moved by a motor 43 to a crank 43
By being largely translated and driven along the guide 43b in the direction of the straight line P through the guide 43b, it is brought from the retreat position to the vicinity of the flocking position, and is perpendicular to the straight line P by the motor 44 and perpendicular to the straight line P by the motor 45. The motor 46 is driven to translate in the direction of the horizontal axis Q and in the R direction perpendicular to the P direction and the Q direction, that is, in three axial directions including the straight line P. Further, the flocking needle 42 is configured to perform a predetermined flocking operation by being rotationally driven by the motor 47 in the axial direction, that is, around the straight line P.

The wig flocking machine according to the present invention is configured as described above. According to the above-described embodiment, the wig flocking machine further includes the brush unit 51.

As shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 4, the brush unit 51 has a substantially wedge-shaped guide body 52 having a cylindrical tip 52a under the flocking unit 41 and a flocking needle 42 performing a flocking operation. Swinging arm having a roller 54 driven by a motor 53 at the rear of the guide body 52.
55 are provided. This swing arm 55 is
Can be pivoted around a horizontal axis 55a by a cylinder 56 so that the tip 52a of the
Can be moved along.

A brush belt 59 is wound around the guide body 52 and the rollers 54 as shown in the figure. When the roller 54 rotates through the motor 53, the tip 52a of the guide body 52
And can be circularly driven to move from top to bottom as indicated by the arrow. At this time, a side guide 55b is provided at both ends at the tip of the swing arm 55 in order to restrict the displacement of the brush belt 59 to the side.

Preferably, in order to eliminate the slack of the brush belt 59, the guide body 52 is supported so as to be slightly slidable in the longitudinal direction with respect to the swing arm 55, and is moved in the direction of its tip by the spring 52b. It is pressed so that the brush belt 59 can always be stretched.

Thus, before the flocking operation of the flocking unit 41, the brush unit 51 moves the tip of the guide body 52 by the operation of the cylinder 57.
The head 52a is brought below the flocking position B where the flocking needle 42 performs the flocking operation below the flocking unit 41, and then the distal end 52a of the guide body 52 is swung downward by the operation of the cylinder 56 to thereby move the head 52a. The brush belt 59 is brought into contact with the surface of a wig base (not shown) attached to the head portion 22 of the unit 21, and then the brush belt 59 is circulated by the operation of the motor 53, and the brush belt 59 is moved below the tip 52 a of the guide body 52. The hair implanted in the wig base is pulled out toward the user, brushed, and then the guide body 52 is retracted.

The head unit 21, the hair supply unit 31, the hair implantation unit 41, and the brush unit 51 described above are connected to a control device (not shown), and the control device includes a motor 34, a cylinder, and a cylinder of the hair supply unit 31 according to a programmed procedure. 38,
By controlling the motors 39 to 43 and the motors 43 to 47 of the flocking unit 41, for example, any one of V planting, single planting, pan single planting, and insertion planting based on the data of the flocking system input in advance to the controller. A hair transplant operation of a system is performed. By controlling the motors 23, 24, 25, and 26 of the head unit 21, the head portion 22 of the head unit 21 At the position where it should be, and by controlling the motor 53 and the cylinders 56 and 57 of the brush unit 51, the wig base attached to the head portion 22 of the head unit 21 is already planted near the flocking position of the wig base. Pull out the cut hair.

The wig flocking machine according to the present invention is configured as described above, and the flocking operation is performed as follows.

First, before starting the hair transplanting operation, the hair transplantation data of the wig corresponding to the user's depilation state or various hairstyles, that is, the flocking position relating to the wig base to be transplanted and the flocking method at the flocking position (V planting, single planting, pan single planting) , Etc.), and data on the direction of hair flow are input to the control device in advance. Then, a wig base (not shown) to be implanted is set on the head section 22 of the head unit 21, and the hair H is set on the hair supply unit 31 from a hair supply section (not shown) as shown in the drawing.

From this state, the flocking operation of the present wig flocking machine 10 is started.

First, the motors 23, 24, 25 and 26 of the head unit 21 are operated based on the data of the flocking position, respectively.
The head section 22 is rotated by a motor 23 around the X axis.
Is driven in the Z-axis direction by the motor 25 on the basis of a signal from the position sensor 27, and the arbitrary position to be implanted is height-adjusted on the Z-axis, so that the implantation position B And the entire motor 26
Is driven to rotate around the Z axis and set in an arbitrary direction. As a result, the position of the wig base attached to the head portion 22 of the head unit 21 is moved in the desired direction at the flocking position B on the Z-axis.

Subsequently, when the cylinder 38 of the hair supply unit 31 is operated, the hair H in which the hair supply rod 33 is stretched between the clamp portions 32a and 32b is implanted into the head portion 22 by the fork-shaped point. Bring it near position B.

At the same time, when the motor 43 of the flocking unit 41 is operated, the flocking needle 42 is brought to the flocking position B, penetrates the wig base, and the needle tip is exposed to the surface. When the hair H stretched on the hair supply rod 33 is hooked on the hair implantation needle 42, the hair supply rod 33 is pulled back to the position shown in FIG.

Here, the motors 44, 45, 46, 47 of the flocking unit 41 and the cylinder 39 of the bristle feeding unit 31 are each operated according to a procedure programmed in advance based on the data of the flocking method, so that the flocking needle 42 is It is driven in translation in the P direction, the Q direction, and the R direction, and is pivotally driven around its axis P. Thus, the wig base set on the head portion 22 of the head unit 21 has a predetermined flocking method at a predetermined flocking position, that is, V planting,
The planting is performed in a predetermined planting direction by single planting, single planting of bread or planting by insertion.

After flocking, the cutting means 300 (see FIG. 2 (B))
The hair H implanted at a predetermined position on the wig base is cut near the clamp portion 32a of the hair gripping portion of the hair feeding unit 31, and further, the motor 34 of the hair feeding unit 31 is operated, and the hair gripping portion 32 is pointed by an arrow. The clamp portion 32a is moved to the position of the illustrated clamp portion 32b, and the clamp portion 32b is moved to the position of the illustrated clamp portion 32a. At this time, the clamp portion 32a firmly grips the hair H. The hair H is pulled along with the turning motion, whereby the hair H is stretched between the clamp portions 32b and 32a.

Finally, by operating the cylinders 56 and 57 of the brush unit 51, the tip of the brush belt 59 of the brush unit 51 is to be implanted next to the wig base attached to the head unit 22 of the head unit 21. The brush belt 59 is brought out of position and is brought into contact with the surface of the wig base. The brush belt 59 is circulated in the direction of the arrow (see FIG.
The already planted hair under the 59 tips is pulled forward.

In this manner, one flocking operation is completed, the above operation is performed again based on the next flocking data, and thus the wig base set in the head portion 22 of the head unit 21 by repeating the flocking operation. Hair transplantation is completed.
The flocking operation is controlled by a control device.

〔The invention's effect〕

As described above, according to the present invention, if the desired flocking data, that is, the flocking position and the hair flow and the flocking method of the wig are input in advance to the control device, they are fixedly held in the substantially hemispherical head portion of the head unit. The set wig base is automatically planted based on the desired flocking data. Therefore, the wig planting operation conventionally performed manually has been changed to V planting, single planting, bread single planting, insertion planting or the like. It will be done automatically by every single flocking machine.

Moreover, if the brush unit is provided with a brush unit and the brush unit is used to pull out the hair near the current planting position among the hairs already planted on the wig base, the brush unit can be used at the time of the flocking operation. In this way, it is possible to perform the desired flocking operation in a very short time and accurately according to the head shape of the user without the hair already implanted being in the way, Is controlled and driven in the three-axis directions including the above, so that the control at the time of performing the flocking operation can be performed very easily.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic side view showing an embodiment of a wig flocking machine according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is an enlarged view showing details of a hair feeding unit in the embodiment of FIG. 1, (A) is a plan view, B) is a side view, FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view of a hair supply rod used in the hair supply unit of FIG. 2, FIG. 4 is an enlarged view showing details of the brush unit in the embodiment of FIG. A) is a plan view,
(B) is a side view. 10… wig flocking machine; 11… frame; 21… head unit; 22… head unit; 23, 24… motor; 25… cylinder… 26 motor… 27… position sensor… 31… Hair supply unit; 32 hair gripper; 32a, 32b clamp; 33 hair supply rod; 34 motor; 35a, 35b
Disc; 35c …… Rod; 36 …… Spring; 37 …… Cam surface; 38,39…
... Cylinder; 41 ... flocking unit; 42 ... flocking needle; 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 ...
Motor; 51 Brush unit; 52 Guide body; 53 Motor; 5
4 ... Roller; 55 ... Swing arm; 56,57 ... Cylinder; 58
…… horizontal guide; 59 …… brush belt.

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Makoto Tamura 1-6-3 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Within Aderans Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yoji Tanaka 1-3-6 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Aderans Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masashi Akazawa 1-6-3 Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo Within Aderans Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-59-36707 (JP, A) JP-A-59-36709 (JP, A) JP-A-59-36711 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A head portion having a substantially hemispherical shape for fixing and holding a wig base, and passing through a center of the substantially hemispherical shape so that the head portion can bring an arbitrary position on the surface of the wig base in a predetermined direction. Pivotally driven about an axis, further pivoted about a central axis of the head portion while being pivoted about a horizontal axis, and entirely pivotally driven about a vertical axis and translated in a vertical direction. A head unit to be supplied, a hair supplying unit for supplying hair to be implanted in the vicinity of the implanted position of the substantially hemispherical head portion of the head unit, and a linearly inclined line with respect to the implanted position of the head unit. A flocking unit having a flocked needle, the flocked needle being pivotally driven around the straight line and being driven to translate in a triaxial direction with the center line of the flocked needle as one axis; You A control device for performing a proper flocking operation in a predetermined direction by controlling the cutting unit and the flocking unit in accordance with a programmed procedure; and a leading end extending to the vicinity of the flocking needle below the flocking unit. A wig base that extends and is driven to circulate by being wound around the tip so as to move from top to bottom at the tip and lowered during the flocking operation of the flocking unit and attached to the head portion of the head unit A brush unit that pulls out the hair near the current flocking position among the hairs that have already been planted on the wig base by abutting on the surface of the wig base. Based on the data on the direction of the hair flow, V-planted,
A wig flocking machine characterized in that wig-based flocking is performed by flocking in a predetermined hair flow direction by a predetermined flocking method such as single planting or bread single planting.