JP3579844B2 - Hair foam application tool - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial applications]
TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a foam coating agent for hair, and more particularly, to a foam coating agent for hair for foaming a hair styling agent or a hair dye and applying it to hair.
[0002]
[Prior art]
A so-called foam aerosol in which a hair coating material, such as a hairdressing agent or a hair dye, is foamed from a container using a high pressure gas such as LPG gas and applied to hair. A type of applicator is used.
[0003]
This foam coating agent for hair generally comprises a container for accommodating the hair coating agent and a brush body detachably engaged with the container, and the brush body is screwed into the container during use. Then, when a button provided at the base of the brush body is pressed, a foamy paint is discharged from between the comb teeth implanted in the brush body, and the paint is applied to the hair by an operation of combing the hair. Has become.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, this kind of conventional foam application device for hair has an insufficient foam holding power with comb teeth, and therefore, especially when applied to long hair, from the root to the tip of the hair. It was not possible to hold a sufficient amount of foam to be applied at one time, and the application operation was complicated.
[0005]
In addition, the insufficient retention of the foam by the comb teeth makes it easy for the foam to fall off the brush during application of the paint, especially when the hair paint is a hair dye. , Careful attention was required to use such an applicator.
[0006]
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an aerosol-type hair application tool having comb teeth having a large holding power for a foamy coating agent.
[0007]
Another object of the present invention is to provide an application tool that can be deformed into a shape suitable for application to hair at a hairline portion by removing an outer comb tooth detachably attached.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The object is to provide a connecting portion detachably engaged with a container for accommodating the hair coating agent, and a communication hole extending from the connecting portion and guiding the hair coating agent ejected from the container therein. An elongated first comb tooth support, a plurality of inner comb teeth erected on the first comb tooth support, and a second comb tooth support detachably engaged with the first comb tooth support; When the second comb tooth supporting portion is attached to the first comb tooth supporting portion, a plurality of outer comb teeth standing upright on an outer periphery of the second comb tooth supporting portion surround the plurality of inner comb teeth. Wherein the inner comb teeth are shorter than the outer comb teeth, and the inner comb teeth communicate with the communication holes, and a discharge nozzle for discharging a foam coating agent is provided near a base portion. It can be solved by the agent application tool.
[0009]
Preferably, the length of the inner comb teeth is approximately one half of the length of the outer comb teeth.
[0010]
Further, it is preferable that the inner comb teeth are arranged in a row at equal intervals.
[0011]
It is preferable that discharge nozzles for discharging the foam coating agent are provided on both sides along the direction in which the inner comb teeth are arranged.
[0012]
It is preferable that the connecting portion is provided with an operating mechanism for operating a discharge mechanism of a container containing the hair coating agent.
[0013]
It is preferable that the first comb tooth supporting portion is snap-fitted into a groove provided in the second comb tooth supporting portion.
[0014]
[Action]
According to the foaming agent for hair application of the present invention described above, when the button provided on the connecting portion of the application tool is pressed, the valve provided on the container is opened, and the hair application inside is released from the air. And the mixture is discharged through the communication hole into a foam from a discharge nozzle provided on the inner comb teeth.
[0015]
Since the discharge nozzle is located in the space surrounded by the outer comb teeth, the bubbles discharged from the discharge nozzle first adhere to the inner comb teeth, then fill the space between the inner comb teeth, and Fill the space between the comb teeth and the outer comb teeth.
[0016]
In this state, the foam-like coating material is uniformly held in the space inside the outer comb teeth from the root of the comb teeth to the tip of the comb teeth by its own adhesiveness, so that the foam holding property is extremely good. It is.
[0017]
Therefore, the foaming agent application tool for hair of the present invention has no risk of bubbles falling during use of the application tool, and is applied continuously from the root to the tip of the hair when applying to long hair. Since a sufficient amount of foam can be held, the coating operation can be easily performed.
[0018]
Further, in the hair foam coating agent applying tool of the present invention, the second comb-tooth support portion is detachably engaged with the first comb-tooth support portion, so that the second comb-tooth support portion is detached. Then, the application tool is constituted only by the short inner comb teeth provided upright on the first comb tooth support portion, and the hair can be easily applied to the hair at the time of fine application work.
[0019]
【Example】
Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, a specific configuration of the foam application agent for hair of the present invention will be described.
[0020]
First, referring to FIG. 1, there is shown a container 10 containing a hair coating and a hair foam coating applying tool 20 connected to the container 10.
[0021]
The hair foam application tool 20 includes a connecting portion 30 detachably attached to the container 10 and a brush body 42 extending from the connecting portion 30 and having a first comb-tooth supporting portion 40 at a distal end.
[0022]
The connecting portion 30 has a substantially cap-like structure, and is attached to the container 10 by screwing a female screw 32 provided on the inner wall to the male screw 12 of the container.
[0023]
The container 10 is filled with a hair coating agent, in this embodiment, a hair dye, a foaming agent, and a high-pressure gas.
[0024]
A push button 36 is provided on the shoulder portion 34 of the connection portion 30. When the push button 36 is pressed while holding the container, the discharge nozzle of the container 10 is discharged through a spring member 38 provided in the connection portion 30. 14 can be pressed.
[0025]
The internal mechanism of the connecting portion 30 is the same as that of a conventional container of this type. For example, a mechanism as described in Japanese Patent Application No. 4-176091 (Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 5-337008) is used. Can be.
[0026]
The brush main body 42 extends forward from the connecting portion 30 in a state where the brush main body 42 is slightly inclined with respect to the center axis C of the container 10, and has an elongated first comb tooth support portion 40 provided at a tip end portion.
[0027]
As shown in the drawing, a communication hole 44 for guiding the hair coating agent is provided inside the brush main body 42.
[0028]
A guide pipe 48 whose one end is fixed to the spring member 38 in the connecting portion 30 is movably inserted into the communication hole 44, and the tip of the pipe 48 is substantially at the center of the first comb tooth support portion 40. It extends to be located.
[0029]
A plurality of inner comb teeth 54 are provided upright at equal intervals in the longitudinal direction on the first comb tooth support portion 40.
[0030]
In the embodiment shown in the drawings, as shown in FIG. 2, a plurality of holes 54 ′ for inserting the inner comb teeth are provided on the side of the first comb support portion 40 where the comb teeth are implanted. As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 5, the inner comb teeth 54 are inserted into the respective holes 54 'to be erected.
[0031]
As shown in detail in FIG. 5, these inner comb teeth 54 are provided with through holes 58 from the lower end to the middle in the longitudinal direction, and the through holes 58 are formed in the longitudinal direction of the first comb tooth support 40. It communicates with a discharge nozzle 60 provided on the side surface of the inner comb tooth 54 along the direction and near the base.
[0032]
Further, the through hole 58 communicates with the communication hole 44 in the first comb tooth support portion 40.
[0033]
A second comb tooth support portion 41 described below is detachably engaged with the first comb tooth support portion 40.
[0034]
As shown in FIG. 4, the second comb-tooth support portion 41 is a member having a substantially rectangular plane, and has a groove 43 provided in the center along the longitudinal direction. Outer comb teeth are erected at substantially equal intervals.
[0035]
The cross-section of the groove 43 is substantially complementary to the cross-section of the first comb-tooth support portion 40, and the first comb-tooth support portion 40 is fitted to the second comb-tooth support portion 41 in close contact with the groove 43. I can do it.
[0036]
As shown in FIG. 2, a projection 45 is provided near the tip of the first comb tooth support portion 40, and when the second comb tooth support portion 41 is inserted into the first comb tooth support portion 40, the first comb tooth The projection 45 of the tooth support portion 40 snap-fits into the recess 47 of the groove 43 of the second comb tooth support portion 41, so that the second comb tooth support portion 41 does not easily fall off the first comb tooth support portion 40. ing.
[0037]
When the protrusion 45 of the first comb-tooth support portion 40 is fitted into the groove 43 of the second comb-tooth support portion 41 in the direction indicated by the arrow A in FIG. The teeth 54 are surrounded by the outer comb teeth 52 of the second comb tooth support 41, and the positions of the inner comb teeth 54 and the outer comb teeth 52 are arranged in a zigzag state along the longitudinal direction.
[0038]
Next, the operation of the container 10 containing the hair coating composition and the hair foam coating composition applying tool 20 will be described.
[0039]
When the push button 36 is pressed in the container 10 to which the above-mentioned hair foam application tool 20 is connected, the discharge nozzle 14 of the container 10 is pressed via the spring member 38, and the hair dye inside the container 10 is released together with the foaming agent. It is discharged from the tip through the guide pipe 48, then through the communicating hole 44, through the through hole 58 in each inner comb tooth 54, and discharged from the discharge nozzle 60 in the form of a bubble.
[0040]
The discharged bubbles first adhere to the inner comb teeth 54, then fill the space between the inner comb teeth 54, and then fill the space between the inner comb teeth 54 and the outer comb teeth 52 uniformly. By combing the hair in this state, the hair dye can be applied to the hair.
[0041]
【The invention's effect】
According to the foaming agent application tool for hair of the present invention, since the foam is uniformly held in the space between the inner comb teeth 54 and the outer comb teeth 52, the holding property of the foam is good, There is no danger that bubbles may suddenly fall and adhere to clothes or the body during the application operation of the foamy coating agent for use.
[0042]
Further, according to the foam application agent for hair of the present invention, since the foam retention property is good, the amount that can be applied at once from the root to the tip of the hair even when applied to long hair, especially when applied to long hair. , The application operation of the hair foam coating agent is easy.
[0043]
Furthermore, according to the foaming agent application tool for hair of the present invention, by removing the second comb tooth supporting portion on which the long outer comb teeth are planted from the first comb tooth supporting portion, only the short inner comb teeth are removed. , The application to the hair at the hairline where fine application is required can be easily performed.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a partial cross-sectional view showing a container provided with an embodiment of a hair foam application tool of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a plan view of a first comb tooth supporting portion viewed from a side where a comb tooth is implanted.
FIG. 3 is a plan view of a second comb tooth support portion and outer comb teeth as viewed from a tip end of the comb teeth.
FIG. 4 is a side sectional view of a second comb tooth supporting portion.
FIG. 5 is an enlarged partial cross-sectional view showing a distal end portion of the foam application device for hair of FIG. 1;
[Explanation of symbols]
40 first comb tooth support 41 second comb tooth support 52 outer comb tooth 54 inner comb tooth 58 communication hole 60 Discharge nozzle

Claims (5)

An elongated first comb provided with a connecting portion detachably engaged with a container for accommodating the hair coating material, and a communication hole extending from the connecting portion and communicating therein for guiding the hair coating material ejected from the container. A tooth support portion, a plurality of inner comb teeth erected on the first comb tooth support portion, a second comb tooth support portion detachably engaged with the first comb tooth support portion, and the second comb A plurality of outer comb teeth provided on an outer periphery of the second comb tooth support section so as to surround the plurality of inner comb teeth when the tooth support section is attached to the first comb tooth support section; The inner comb tooth is shorter than the outer comb tooth, and the inner comb tooth is provided near the base with a discharge nozzle that communicates with the communication hole and discharges a foam-like coating material. Paint application tool. The tool according to claim 1, wherein the length of the inner comb teeth is approximately one half of the length of the outer comb teeth. The foamy hair coating device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the inner comb teeth are arranged in a line at equal intervals. The discharge nozzle for discharging the foamed coating material is provided on both sides of the inner comb teeth along a direction in which the inner comb teeth are arranged. 3. The tool for applying a foamy hair coating composition according to claim 1. The foam coating for hair according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the first comb-tooth support portion is snap-fitted into a groove provided in the second comb-tooth support portion. Agent application tool.

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