EP1672965B1 - Hair-care applicance with an ion generator device - Google Patents
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- A45D1/00—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor
- A45D1/02—Curling-tongs, i.e. tongs for use when hot; Curling-irons, i.e. irons for use when hot; Accessories therefor with means for internal heating, e.g. by liquid fuel
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- A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
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- the invention relates to an electric hair styling or hair care device with an ion generator device for generating ions to be supplied to the hair to be nourished, comprising at least one electrode unit emitting ions during operation of the device.
- Hair care appliances having an ion generator means for generating and dispensing ions are known.
- the ion generator device comprises a generator which is connected to an electrode with an electrode cable.
- the electrodes are typically metal needles, with the tip end of such a needle being the ion donating end.
- Lonengenerator wornen are regularly used only in such hair care equipment, which have a fan, such as a hot air blower, with which promoted air flow, the ions emitted by the electrode is transported to the hair to be maintained and electrostatically neutralized by the ions hair.
- hair care appliances in which the electrode is disposed within the single air flow channel can be distinguished from those in which the electrode is arranged in a side channel provided parallel to the main flow channel.
- this side channel is also flowed through by a partial air flow, so that the ions emitted by the electrode tip ions detected by the partial air flow, expediently be recirculated to the main air flow and then transported to the hair to be treated.
- Such electrodes When using such electrodes in hair styling devices or hair care appliances is regularly taken to ensure that the free electrode tip or the free electrode tips can not be touched easily.
- the electrodes are therefore always inside the device. Therefore, the air flow generated by the blower is needed to transport the released ions to the hair to be cared for.
- the electrodes themselves are held in a socket within the hair care device, but the free end of the electrode is free in the room.
- These prior art ion generator devices with the electrode units described are therefore not suitable for such hair care devices, in which the electrodes either freestanding and thus a risk of touch would have to be taken into account buying and / or are designed to work without a fan.
- Such hair care devices are, for example, hair styling devices such as curling irons and the like.
- the electrodes In the event that such hair care appliances should be equipped with an ion generator device and an electrode unit, the electrodes must overall be accommodated in a narrow socket, so that the free, ion-emitting end of such an electrode unit is also arranged inside the socket. With one of the previously known electrode units, however, an appreciable quantity of ions reaching the hair to be nourished can not be represented in such a then necessary arrangement of the electrodes.
- the invention is therefore the object of developing an aforementioned hair styling or hair care device with an ion generator device such that with this one with a sufficient amount of ion targeted ion application for supporting the hair care or hair shaping process is possible, even if the electrode or electrode unit is arranged in a socket as protection against contact.
- an aforementioned hair styling or hair care device wherein the at least one electrode unit held in a application for the release of the application side open socket, from a plurality of electrically conductive, stiff fibers fiber bundle existing small diameter, wherein the free, ion-emitting end of the fiber bundle is disposed within the socket and the electrode unit in the region of the application-side opening of the socket has at least one electrically conductive element of the same polarity as the fibers of the fiber bundle as a guide electrode.
- the at least one electrode unit consists of an electrically conductive fiber bundle, constructed from a plurality of individual electrically conductive, stiff fibers each having a very small diameter. Fibers whose diameter is smaller than 50 ⁇ m, in particular smaller than 10 ⁇ m, are preferred. Due to their diameter, these fibers already form a tip suitable for the release of ions at their end. The large variety of individual fibers united in such a bundle of fibers permits ion discharge in a very large amount. Particularly suitable for forming such an electrode unit are fiber bundles of carbon fibers, which fibers generally have a diameter of 5 - 8 microns. These fibers also have a sufficiently high rigidity that they remain individualized in their intended arrangement and do not twist with adjacent fibers.
- a socket can be, for example, a ring-cylindrical socket in which the free ion-emitting end of the fiber bundle or of the individual fibers constituting the fiber bundle are arranged at a distance from the application-side opening of the socket.
- the distance from the outer boundary of the socket is expediently chosen to be sufficiently large so that a person using the device can not approach the ion-emitting tips of the individual fibers, for example with one finger.
- the fiber bundle as a whole only has to have a relatively small diameter, to realize the desired ion delivery. It is considered sufficient to use fiber bundles with a diameter of 1 - 3 mm.
- the at least one electrode unit of the hair-styling or hair-care device has the directional conduction of the ions emitted by the individual fibers of the fiber bundle via at least one guide electrode which is arranged in the region of the application-side opening of the socket.
- This lead electrode has the same polarity as the ions emitted by the fiber.
- the ions emitted from the fibers are repelled from the guide electrode.
- the guide electrode is expediently designed as a ring electrode, wherein it is basically not necessary that in such a design, the guide electrode must be a continuous closed ring body.
- the guide electrode of each electrode unit is located in the region of the outlet of the holder of the electrode unit, the term "outlet of the holder" meaning the application-side mouth of the appliance.
- the guide electrode is designed passive working according to a preferred embodiment. In the design of such a guide electrode, the fact that the quantity of ions emitted by the fiber bundles formed from the numerous fibers is utilized is so large that when the first operation of the ion generator device in the application of the device first the guide electrode is charged with the votes of the electrode unit ions before the guide electrode assumes its actual guiding function.
- a passively designed conducting electrode is, for example, an electrically conductive metal ring which is arranged in the region of the application-side mouth of the electrode holder.
- Such a guide electrode can also be realized by an already existing component of a hair styling or hair care device, for example by an outer metal sleeve of a hairbrush. Hair brushes sometimes have chromed outer metal sleeves, so that the hair can be moved past this as smoothly as possible. It is understood that the lead electrodes are electrically insulated and not electrically grounded to perform their intended function.
- the ion generator device In the case of equipping a hair styling or hair care appliance of the type described above with a passively operating guide electrode of the electrode unit, the ion generator device will be actuated one or more times briefly before the actual application to the hair in order to charge the guide electrodes.
- the guide electrodes can also be actively charged by a generator.
- such a hair care or hair styling device can be equipped with an ion generator device that is designed to work without air flow. Therefore, the device is designed according to one embodiment as a blow-less hair styling device, which has only heated hair treatment surfaces.
- a hair styling device is designed as a scissors-like device with two articulated arms pivotable against each other, wherein the two mutually facing sides of the arms each have a heat plate as a hair treatment surface. The heat is produced by a resistance heater or by one or more PTC elements.
- one or two electrode units suitably sit adjacent to the heated hair treatment area.
- the electrode devices with their held in a socket fiber bundles are aligned in one direction that the emitted ions is usually transported past the heated hair care plate and to the hair supplied during use of the hair styling device or led away. This serves the purpose that the fired ions are not absorbed by the heated hair treatment surfaces, but are supplied to the hair to be treated.
- a hair care appliance designated by the reference numeral 1 is designed like a scissor and has two arms 2, 3 connected to one another in an articulated manner.
- the mutually facing sides of the arms 2, 3 enclose a hair styling gap 4.
- the mutually facing sides of the arms 2, 3 are formed substantially flat and each carry a heated hot plate as a hair treatment surface 5.
- FIG. 1 shown perspective of the hair care device 1 only the hair treatment surface 5 of the arm 3 can be seen.
- the arm 2 carries on the hair treatment surface 5 opposite side also such.
- the hair treatment surface 5 is smooth educated.
- the hair care device is thus suitable for straightening hair.
- the flat heat plate shown in the figures as a hair treatment surface can be used at this point also one with a wave structure or a different structure when the hair care device is provided for forming curls or for crimping hair.
- the hair care appliance 1 has an ion generator unit with a generator and two electrode units 6, 6 'electrically connected to the generator via an electrode cable in each case.
- the electrode unit 6 will be described.
- the electrode unit 6 ' is identical.
- the socket 7 forms a cylindrical cavity and is front side (application side) open.
- the individual fibers of the fiber bundle 8 are arranged to extend parallel to one another, wherein the stiffness of the material serves to maintain this structure of the individual fibers of the fiber bundle 8.
- the fiber bundle 8 are electrically conductive. Each individual fiber of the fiber bundle 8 thus forms its own electrode, so that the fiber bundle 8 can also be addressed as an electrode bundle.
- the free, ion-emitting end 9 of the individual fibers and thus the entire fiber bundle 8 is set back from the front opening 10 of the socket 7, to the extent that an engagement in the opening 10 from the outside to the ion-emitting end 9 of the fiber bundle 8 is prevented.
- the inner diameter of the socket 7 is about 2 mm in the illustrated embodiment.
- the fiber bundle 8 is mechanically and electrically connected by a mechanical crimp connection to the bare end 11 of the electrode cable 12.
- the electrode cable 12 is connected at its other end in a manner not shown to a arranged in the arm 3 of the device 1 generator 13, which is connected to a voltage source.
- the hair care device 1 has a power cord, which is led out of the back of the device 1.
- a sleeve-like annular cylindrical piece of electrically conductive metal is used as the guide electrode 14.
- the guide electrode 14 is designed passive working in the illustrated embodiment and within the housing 3 and the socket 7, both made of plastic, arranged electrically isolated from other elements.
- the guide electrode 14 charges with ions emitted by the individual fibers of the fiber bundle 8 of the electrode unit 6.
- the guide electrode 14 thus has the same polarity as the ions emitted by the electrode unit 6.
- the ions of the fiber bundle 8 emitted after charging of the guide electrode 14 are repelled or deflected by the guide electrode 14, whereby an undesired further outflow of generated ions is prevented in the housing.
- the electrode devices 6, 6 ' are aligned such that the electrodes emitted by the fiber bundles 8 are fired past the hair treatment surface 5, at least with their relevant portion.
- the respectively emitted ion cloud then passes to the hair treatment surfaces 5 supplied or led away by this hair, which is effectively freed by the ion cloud from its electrostatic charge. This supports the hair-shaping process.
- the ion generator device described with its electrode devices 6, 6 'for the hair care appliance 1 can likewise be implemented in such hair care appliances which have a blower, in particular a hot air blower.
- the ion current also generated in such a hair care device is significantly larger than in previously known Hair care appliances. For this reason, due to the presence of an air stream carrying the emitted ions, a generator could be basically provided with a smaller power.
- the handset 17 has a blower device for generating a warm air flow. Part of the blower device is a heater for generating a stream of hot air.
- a high voltage generator 18 is further arranged.
- the high-voltage generator 18 is connected by means of an electrode cable 19 to a arranged in the region of a coupling portion 20 of the handset 17 contact element 21.
- the contact element 21 is arranged in the illustrated embodiment on the inside of the housing of the handset 17.
- the generated by the handset 17 airflow is in FIG. 3 represented schematically by the arrows entered therein.
- the brush attachment 22 is detachably connected to the handset 17.
- the brush attachment 22 can be separated from the handset 17 and equipped with other essays.
- the brush attachment 22 is designed as an Aircurling brush and consists essentially of a cylindrical tube 23, in which flows in part of the air flow generated by the handset 17.
- air outlet openings 25 are introduced for discharging the air flowing into the pipe interior.
- the tube 23 is equipped with outwardly projecting bristle tufts B, of which in FIG. 1 For the sake of clarity, only individual bristle tufts B are shown.
- the bristle tufts B are typically arranged in the longitudinal direction of the tube 23 following rows.
- the air outlet openings 25 are in the illustrated embodiment between the rows of bristle tufts. Then one of the longitudinal extent of the tube 23 following row of air outlet openings 25 may be arranged alternately to a row of bristle tufts.
- the brush attachment 22 air-flow dividing elements to a proportion of the generated in the handset 17 air flow from the inside out and to direct to the outside of the brush attachment 22.
- air outlet openings 27, which are arranged in the region of the coupling section 26, serve for this purpose.
- a plurality of electrodes are arranged embedded, of which in an enlarged view in FIG. 2 such an electrode, indicated generally by reference numeral 28, is shown.
- the electrode 28 is electrically connected to the high voltage generator 18 and serves to emit ions to assist the hair styling or hair care process.
- the electrode 28 is connected to the brush attachment 22 associated electrode cable 29 to an electrical contact element 30 (see FIG. 3 ), which in turn is connected electrically connected to the handset 17 brush attachment 22 with the contact element 21 of the handset 17.
- the brush attachment 22 associated electrical contact element 30 is a plug-like element
- the electrically conductive pin 31 is applied at a contacting of the handset 17 associated electrical contact element 21 under spring tension on this.
- the pin 31 is movably guided in a pin sleeve in the longitudinal axial direction.
- the electrode 28 is arranged in a retaining bush 32, which in turn is attached to the inside of the pipe wall 24.
- the electrode 28 is fixed in the retaining sleeve 32.
- a fiber bundle electrode consisting of a plurality of individual carbon fibers - called carbon fibers - with a thickness of about 6 microns.
- the individual fibers of this electrode 28 are arranged to extend parallel to one another, wherein the stiffness of the material used serves to maintain this structure of the individual fibers.
- the individual carbon fibers of the electrode 28 united into a fiber bundle are shown in FIG FIG. 2 designated by the reference numeral 33.
- the fiber bundle 33 of the electrode 28 extends out of the holding bushing 32 into an opening, designated as an ion channel 34, of the tube wall 24 of the brush attachment 22.
- the end of the fiber bundle 33 ends in front of the outside mouth of the ion channel 34 and is thus set back.
- the version for the electrode or electrode unit 28 is thus formed by the retaining sleeve 32 and the adjoining ion channel 34 and the ion channel 34 delimiting sections of the tube wall 24.
- the ions emitted by the fiber bundle 33 ions are then directly on the way with the brush attachment 22nd fed to treated hair.
- the hair-shaving / hair-care appliance illustrated forms a metal sleeve 35 enclosing the outer surface of the tube 23, the guide electrode for the electrode 28.
- the metal sleeve 35 is chrome-plated in order to ensure that the hair to be treated with the device 16 moves as smoothly as possible.
- the brush attachment 22 has a plurality of electrode units, which are designed like the electrode 28 and which are arranged according to a specific pattern in the tube wall 24 of the brush attachment 22.
- the respective electrode cables are brought together in the region of the coupling section 26 of the brush attachment 22 so that a voltage supply of all the electrodes is supplied with voltage via the electrical interface formed by the contact element 21 of the handheld device 32 and the contact element 30 of the brush attachment 22.
- All electrode units of the device 16 are operated with the same polarity.
- the metal sleeve 35 enclosing the tube 23 likewise forms the guide electrode for all electrode units contained in the attachment 22.
- the handset 17 has an electrical switch with which the operation of the high voltage generator 18 can be turned on and off. An operation of the ionization device formed from the high voltage generator 18 and the individual electrodes 28 is then dependent on an operation of this switch.
- the fiber bundle is designed with a circular cross section corresponding to the shape of the socket.
- the individual fibers in particular if these are carbon fibers, may also be too be summarized other geometric shapes.
- ring electrodes with an annular ion discharge surface or even elongate or elongated electrode surfaces can be designed.
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Die Erfindung betrifft ein elektrisches Haarform- oder Haarpflegegerät mit einer lonengeneratoreinrichtung zum Generieren von dem zu pflegenden Haar zuzuführenden Ionen, umfassend zumindest eine bei einem Betrieb der Einrichtung Ionen emittierende Elektrodeneinheit.The invention relates to an electric hair styling or hair care device with an ion generator device for generating ions to be supplied to the hair to be nourished, comprising at least one electrode unit emitting ions during operation of the device.
Haarpflegegeräte mit einer lonengeneratoreinrichtung zum Generieren und Abgeben von Ionen sind bekannt. Die lonengeneratoreinrichtung umfasst einen Generator, der mit einem Elektrodenkabel an eine Elektrode angeschlossen ist. Als Elektroden dienen typischerweise Metallnadeln, wobei das Spitze Ende einer solchen Nadel das Ionen abgebende Ende ist. lonengeneratoreinrichtungen werden regelmäßig nur bei solchen Haarpflegegeräten eingesetzt, die über ein Gebläse, beispielsweise ein Warmluftgebläse verfügen, mit welchem geförderten Luftstrom die von der Elektrode abgegebenen Ionen an das zu pflegende und durch die Ionen elektrostatisch zu neutralisierende Haar transportiert wird. Grundsätzlich lassen sich Haarpflegegeräte, bei denen die Elektrode innerhalb des einzigen Luftströmungskanals angeordnet ist, von solchen unterscheiden, bei denen die Elektrode in einem parallel zu dem Hauptdurchströmungskanal vorgesehenen Seitenkanal angeordnet ist. Regelmäßig ist dieser Seitenkanal auch von einem Teilluftstrom durchströmt, damit die von der Elektrodenspitze abgegebenen Ionen von dem Teilluftstrom erfasst, zweckmäßigerweise dem Hauptluftstrom wiederzugeführt und sodann an das zu behandelnde Haar transportiert werden.Hair care appliances having an ion generator means for generating and dispensing ions are known. The ion generator device comprises a generator which is connected to an electrode with an electrode cable. The electrodes are typically metal needles, with the tip end of such a needle being the ion donating end. Lonengeneratoreinrichtungen are regularly used only in such hair care equipment, which have a fan, such as a hot air blower, with which promoted air flow, the ions emitted by the electrode is transported to the hair to be maintained and electrostatically neutralized by the ions hair. In principle, hair care appliances in which the electrode is disposed within the single air flow channel can be distinguished from those in which the electrode is arranged in a side channel provided parallel to the main flow channel. Regularly, this side channel is also flowed through by a partial air flow, so that the ions emitted by the electrode tip ions detected by the partial air flow, expediently be recirculated to the main air flow and then transported to the hair to be treated.
Neben Haarpflegegeräten, die zur Ionenabgabe Nadelelektronen aufweisen, sind solche bekannt, bei denen als Elektrode ein schräg angeschnittenes Litzekabel dient. Bei diesen Elektroden ist die lonenabgabemenge etwas größer als bei einem Einsatz von Nadelelektroden.In addition to hair care devices that have to donate ions to electron donors, those are known in which an obliquely cut stranded cable serves as an electrode. In these electrodes, the ion release amount is slightly larger than when using needle electrodes.
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Bei Einsatz von derartigen Elektroden in Haarformgeräten oder Haarpflegegeräten wird regelmäßig darauf geachtet, dass die freie Elektrodenspitze bzw. die freien Elektrodenspitzen nicht ohne weiteres berührt werden können. Die Elektroden befinden sich mithin immer innerhalb des Gerätes. Es wird daher der durch das Gebläse generierte Luftstrom benötigt, um die abgegebenen Ionen zu dem zu pflegenden Haar zu transportieren. Die Elektroden selbst sind in einer Fassung innerhalb des Haarpflegegerätes gehalten, wobei das freie Ende der Elektrode jedoch frei im Raum steht. Diese vorbekannten Ionengeneratoreinrichtungen mit den beschriebenen Elektrodeneinheiten sind daher nicht für solche Haarpflegegeräte geeignet, bei denen die Elektroden entweder freistehend und somit eine Gefahr von Berührungen in Kauf nehmend angeordnet werden müssten und/oder die ohne ein Gebläse arbeitend ausgelegt sind. Bei solchen Haarpflegegeräten handelt es sich beispielsweise um Haarformgeräte wie etwa Lockeneisen und dergleichen. Für den Fall, dass derartige Haarpflegegeräte mit einer lonengeneratoreinrichtung und einer Elektrodeneinheit ausgerüstet werden sollten, müssen die Elektroden insgesamt in einer engen Fassung untergebracht sein, so dass auch das freie, Ionen abgebende Ende einer solchen Elektrodeneinheit innerhalb der Fassung angeordnet ist. Mit einer der vorbekannten Elektrodeneinheiten lässt sich bei einer solchen, dann notwendigen Anordnung der Elektroden jedoch eine nennenswerte, zum zu pflegenden Haar gelangende lonenmenge nicht darstellen.When using such electrodes in hair styling devices or hair care appliances is regularly taken to ensure that the free electrode tip or the free electrode tips can not be touched easily. The electrodes are therefore always inside the device. Therefore, the air flow generated by the blower is needed to transport the released ions to the hair to be cared for. The electrodes themselves are held in a socket within the hair care device, but the free end of the electrode is free in the room. These prior art ion generator devices with the electrode units described are therefore not suitable for such hair care devices, in which the electrodes either freestanding and thus a risk of touch would have to be taken into account buying and / or are designed to work without a fan. Such hair care devices are, for example, hair styling devices such as curling irons and the like. In the event that such hair care appliances should be equipped with an ion generator device and an electrode unit, the electrodes must overall be accommodated in a narrow socket, so that the free, ion-emitting end of such an electrode unit is also arranged inside the socket. With one of the previously known electrode units, however, an appreciable quantity of ions reaching the hair to be nourished can not be represented in such a then necessary arrangement of the electrodes.
Ausgehend von diesem diskutierten Stand der Technik liegt der Erfindung daher die Aufgabe zugrunde, ein eingangs genanntes Haarform- oder Haarpflegegerät mit einer Ionengeneratoreinrichtung dergestalt weiterzubilden, dass mit diesem eine mit einer ausreichenden lonenmenge gezielte lonenapplikation zum Unterstützen des Haarpflege- oder Haarformprozesses möglich ist, auch wenn die Elektrode bzw. Elektrodeneinheit in einer Fassung als Berührungsschutz angeordnet ist.Based on this discussed prior art, the invention is therefore the object of developing an aforementioned hair styling or hair care device with an ion generator device such that with this one with a sufficient amount of ion targeted ion application for supporting the hair care or hair shaping process is possible, even if the electrode or electrode unit is arranged in a socket as protection against contact.
Diese Aufgabe wird erfindungsgemäß durch ein eingangs genanntes Haarform- oder Haarpflegegerät gelöst, bei dem die zumindest eine Elektrodeneinheit ein in einer zur lonenabgabe applikationsseitig offenen Fassung gehaltenes, aus einer Vielzahl elektrisch leitender, steifer Fasern geringen Durchmessers bestehendes Faserbündel ist, wobei das freie, Ionen emittierende Ende des Faserbündels innerhalb der Fassung angeordnet ist und die Elektrodeneinheit im Bereich der applikationsseitigen Öffnung der Fassung zumindest ein elektrisch leitendes Element gleicher Polarität wie die Fasern des Faserbündels als Leitelektrode aufweist.This object is achieved by an aforementioned hair styling or hair care device, wherein the at least one electrode unit held in a application for the release of the application side open socket, from a plurality of electrically conductive, stiff fibers fiber bundle existing small diameter, wherein the free, ion-emitting end of the fiber bundle is disposed within the socket and the electrode unit in the region of the application-side opening of the socket has at least one electrically conductive element of the same polarity as the fibers of the fiber bundle as a guide electrode.
Bei diesem Haarpflegegerät besteht die zumindest eine Elektrodeneinheit aus einem elektrisch leitenden Faserbündel, aufgebaut aus einer Vielzahl einzelner elektrisch leitender, steifer Fasern mit einem jeweils sehr geringen Durchmesser. Es werden Fasern bevorzugt, deren Durchmesser kleiner als 50 µm, insbesondere kleiner 10 µm ist. Diese Fasern bilden aufgrund ihres Durchmessers an ihrem Ende bereits eine zur lonenabgabe geeignete Spitze aus. Die große Vielzahl der in einem solchen Faserbündel vereinigten einzelnen Fasern gestattet eine lonenabgabe in einer überaus großen Menge. Besonders geeignet zur Ausbildung einer solchen Elektrodeneinheit sind Faserbündel aus Kohlenstofffasern, welche Fasern in der Regel einen Durchmesser von 5 - 8 µm aufweisen. Diese Fasern weisen zudem eine ausreichend hohe Steifigkeit auf, dass sie in ihrer bestimmungsgemäßen Anordnung individualisiert verbleiben und sich mit benachbarten Fasern nicht verdrillen.In this hair care device, the at least one electrode unit consists of an electrically conductive fiber bundle, constructed from a plurality of individual electrically conductive, stiff fibers each having a very small diameter. Fibers whose diameter is smaller than 50 μm, in particular smaller than 10 μm, are preferred. Due to their diameter, these fibers already form a tip suitable for the release of ions at their end. The large variety of individual fibers united in such a bundle of fibers permits ion discharge in a very large amount. Particularly suitable for forming such an electrode unit are fiber bundles of carbon fibers, which fibers generally have a diameter of 5 - 8 microns. These fibers also have a sufficiently high rigidity that they remain individualized in their intended arrangement and do not twist with adjacent fibers.
Durch Ausnutzen der besonders wirksamen Ionen emittierenden Eigenschaften eines solche Faserbündels, ist es möglich, das Ionen emittierende Ende des Faserbündels in einer Fassung anzuordnen, wobei lediglich die für den Ionenaustritt notwendige Applikationsseite der Fassung geöffnet ist. Eine solche Fassung kann beispielsweise eine ringzylindrische Fassung sein, in der das freie Ionen abgebende Ende des Faserbündels bzw. der einzelnen das Faserbündel aufbauenden Fasern mit Abstand zu der applikationsseitigen Öffnung der Fassung angeordnet sind. Der Abstand von der äußeren Begrenzung der Fassung ist zweckmäßigerweise ausreichend groß gewählt, damit eine das Gerät benutzende Person nicht an die Ionen abgebenden Spitzen der einzelnen Fasern, etwa mit einem Finger heranreichen kann. Aufgrund der großen Vielzahl der an einem Faserbündel beteiligten Fasern, wobei grundsätzlich jede Faser eine eigene Ionen abgebende Elektrode darstellt, braucht aufgrund des geringen Durchmessers der eingesetzten Fasern das Faserbündel insgesamt nur einen relativ geringen Durchmesser aufzuweisen, um die gewünschte Ionenabgabemenge realisieren zu können. Es wird als ausreichend angesehen, Faserbündel mit einem Durchmesser von 1 - 3 mm einzusetzen.By exploiting the particularly effective ion-emitting properties of such a fiber bundle, it is possible to arrange the ion-emitting end of the fiber bundle in a socket, wherein only the application side of the socket required for the ion exit is opened. Such a socket can be, for example, a ring-cylindrical socket in which the free ion-emitting end of the fiber bundle or of the individual fibers constituting the fiber bundle are arranged at a distance from the application-side opening of the socket. The distance from the outer boundary of the socket is expediently chosen to be sufficiently large so that a person using the device can not approach the ion-emitting tips of the individual fibers, for example with one finger. Due to the large number of fibers involved in a fiber bundle, wherein fundamentally each fiber constitutes its own ion-emitting electrode, due to the small diameter of the fibers used, the fiber bundle as a whole only has to have a relatively small diameter, to realize the desired ion delivery. It is considered sufficient to use fiber bundles with a diameter of 1 - 3 mm.
Die zumindest eine Elektrodeneinheit des Haarform- oder Haarpflegegeräts verfügt zum richtungsmäßigen Leiten der von den einzelnen Fasern des Faserbündels emittierten Ionen über zumindest eine Leitelektrode, die im Bereich der applikationsseitigen Öffnung der Fassung angeordnet ist. Diese Leitelektrode weist dieselbe Polarität auf, wie die von dem Fasern emittierten Ionen. Infolge dessen werden die von den Fasern emittierten Ionen von der Leitelektrode abgestoßen. Dieses bedingt, dass die von der Elektrodeneinheit emittierten Ionen nicht über das Gerät abfließen, sondern dem zu ionisierenden Haar zugeführt werden. Die Leitelektrode ist zweckmäßigerweise als Ringelektrode ausgebildet, wobei es grundsätzlich nicht notwendig ist, dass bei einer solchen Ausbildung die Leitelektrode ein durchgehender geschlossener Ringkörper sein muss. Es wird angenommen, dass bei einer solchen Ausgestaltung ebenfalls eine Fokussierung der emittierten Ionen erfolgt und somit von einer solchen Elektrodeneinheit ein gezielter Ionenstrahl abgegeben werden kann. Eine solche Anordnung ist insbesondere dann zweckmäßig, wenn die Elektrodeneinheit zwischen Borstenbüscheln einer Bürste angeordnet ist, da dann ein größerer Anteil der emittierten Ionen dem Haar zugeführt und diese nicht von den der Elektrodeneinheit benachbarten Borsten aufgefangen werden. Da diese zumindest eine im Bereich des Ausganges der Fassung angeordnete Elektrode den emittierten lonenstrom leitet bzw. lenkt, wird im Rahmen dieser Ausführungen diese Elektrode bzw. diese Elektrodenanordnung als "Leitelektrode" angesprochen. Eine asymmetrische Ausbildung der Leitelektrode kann in der Abgabe eines winkligen lonenstromes resultieren.The at least one electrode unit of the hair-styling or hair-care device has the directional conduction of the ions emitted by the individual fibers of the fiber bundle via at least one guide electrode which is arranged in the region of the application-side opening of the socket. This lead electrode has the same polarity as the ions emitted by the fiber. As a result, the ions emitted from the fibers are repelled from the guide electrode. This requires that the ions emitted by the electrode unit do not flow off the device but are supplied to the hair to be ionized. The guide electrode is expediently designed as a ring electrode, wherein it is basically not necessary that in such a design, the guide electrode must be a continuous closed ring body. It is assumed that, in such an embodiment, focusing of the emitted ions also takes place, and thus a targeted ion beam can be emitted from such an electrode unit. Such an arrangement is particularly useful when the electrode unit is arranged between bristle tufts of a brush, since then a larger proportion of the emitted ions are supplied to the hair and these are not collected by the bristles adjacent to the electrode unit. Since this at least one arranged in the region of the output of the socket electrode directs or directs the emitted ion current, in the context of these embodiments, this electrode or this electrode arrangement is addressed as a "guide electrode". An asymmetric design of the guide electrode can result in the delivery of an angular ion current.
Die Leitelektrode jeder Elektrodeneinheit befindet sich im Bereich des Ausgangs der Fassung der Elektrodeneinheit, wobei unter dem Begriff des Ausgangs der Fassung die applikationsseitige Mündung des Gerätes zu verstehen ist. Die Leitelektrode ist gemäß einem bevorzugten Ausführungsbeispiel passiv arbeitend ausgelegt. Ausgenutzt wird bei der Konzeption einer solchen Leitelektrode der Umstand, dass mit der aus den zahlreichen Fasern gebildeten Faserbündel die abgegebene Ionenmenge so groß ist, dass bei einer ersten Inbetriebnahme der lonengeneratoreinrichtung bei der Anwendung des Gerätes zunächst die Leitelektrode mit den von der Elektrodeneinheit abgegebenen Ionen aufgeladen wird, bevor die Leitelektrode ihre eigentliche Leitfunktion einnimmt. Bei einer solchen passiv arbeitend ausgelegten Leitelektrode handelt es sich beispielsweise um einen elektrisch leitenden Metallring, der im Bereich der applikationsseitigen Mündung der Elektrodenfassung angeordnet ist. Eine solche Leitelektrode kann gleichfalls durch ein ohnehin vorhandenes Bauteil eines Haarform- oder Haarpflegegerätes realisiert sein, beispielsweise durch eine äußere Metallhülse einer Haarbürste. Haarbürsten verfügen mitunter über verchromte äußere Metallhülsen, damit das Haar an diesem möglichst reibungsfrei vorbeibewegt werden kann. Es versteht sich, dass die Leitelektroden zum Ausüben ihrer vorgesehenen Funktion elektrisch isoliert und nicht elektrisch geerdet sind.The guide electrode of each electrode unit is located in the region of the outlet of the holder of the electrode unit, the term "outlet of the holder" meaning the application-side mouth of the appliance. The guide electrode is designed passive working according to a preferred embodiment. In the design of such a guide electrode, the fact that the quantity of ions emitted by the fiber bundles formed from the numerous fibers is utilized is so large that when the first operation of the ion generator device in the application of the device first the guide electrode is charged with the votes of the electrode unit ions before the guide electrode assumes its actual guiding function. Such a passively designed conducting electrode is, for example, an electrically conductive metal ring which is arranged in the region of the application-side mouth of the electrode holder. Such a guide electrode can also be realized by an already existing component of a hair styling or hair care device, for example by an outer metal sleeve of a hairbrush. Hair brushes sometimes have chromed outer metal sleeves, so that the hair can be moved past this as smoothly as possible. It is understood that the lead electrodes are electrically insulated and not electrically grounded to perform their intended function.
Bei einer Ausrüstung eines Haarform- oder Haarpflegegerätes der vorbeschriebenen Art mit einer passiv arbeitenden Leitelektrode der Elektrodeneinheit wird man vor der eigentlichen Applikation am Haar die lonengeneratoreinrichtung ein oder mehrmalig kurz betätigen, um die Leitelektroden aufzuladen.In the case of equipping a hair styling or hair care appliance of the type described above with a passively operating guide electrode of the electrode unit, the ion generator device will be actuated one or more times briefly before the actual application to the hair in order to charge the guide electrodes.
Neben einer Konzeption der Leitelektroden als passiv arbeitende Elektroden können diese auch aktiv durch einen Generator aufgeladen werden.In addition to designing the guide electrodes as passively operating electrodes, these can also be actively charged by a generator.
Aufgrund der starken Ionen abgebenden Wirkung einer solchen Elektrodeneinheit, kann auch ein solches Haarpflege- oder Haarformgerät mit einer Ionengeneratoreinrichtung ausgestattet werden, das ohne Luftstrom arbeitend ausgelegt ist. Daher ist das Gerät gemäß einer Ausgestaltung als gebläseloses Haarformgerät konzipiert, das lediglich beheizte Haarbehandlungsflächen aufweist. Typischerweise ist ein solches Haarformgerät als scherenartiges Gerät mit zwei gelenkig gegeneinander verschwenkbaren Armen konzipiert, wobei die beiden zueinander weisenden Seiten der Arme jeweils eine Wärmeplatte als Haarbehandlungsfläche aufweisen. Die Wärme wird über eine Widerstandsheizeinrichtung oder über ein oder mehrere PTC-Elemente produziert. Bei einem solchen Gerät sitzen zweckmäßigerweise ein oder zwei Elektrodeneinheiten benachbart mit Abstand zu der beheizten Haarbehandlungsfläche. Die Elektrodeneinrichtungen mit ihren in einer Fassung gehaltenen Faserbündeln sind in einer Richtung ausgerichtet, dass die abgegebenen Ionen zumeist an der beheizten Haarpflegeplatte vorbei und an das bei einer Benutzung des Haarformgerätes zugeführte bzw. weggeführte Haar transportiert wird. Dieses dient dem Zweck, dass die abgefeuerten Ionen nicht von den beheizten Haarbehandlungsflächen aufgefangen werden, sondern dem zu behandelnden Haar zugeführt werden.Due to the strong ion-emitting effect of such an electrode unit, such a hair care or hair styling device can be equipped with an ion generator device that is designed to work without air flow. Therefore, the device is designed according to one embodiment as a blow-less hair styling device, which has only heated hair treatment surfaces. Typically, such a hair styling device is designed as a scissors-like device with two articulated arms pivotable against each other, wherein the two mutually facing sides of the arms each have a heat plate as a hair treatment surface. The heat is produced by a resistance heater or by one or more PTC elements. In such a device, one or two electrode units suitably sit adjacent to the heated hair treatment area. The electrode devices with their held in a socket fiber bundles are aligned in one direction that the emitted ions is usually transported past the heated hair care plate and to the hair supplied during use of the hair styling device or led away. This serves the purpose that the fired ions are not absorbed by the heated hair treatment surfaces, but are supplied to the hair to be treated.
Die Erfindung ist nachfolgend anhand von Ausführungsbeispielen unter Bezugnahme auf die beigefügten Figuren beschrieben. Es zeigen:
- Fig. 1:
- eine schematisierte perspektivische Darstellung eines als Haarformgerät ausgebildeten Haarpflegegerätes mit einer lonengeneratoreinrichtung,
- Fig. 2:
- einen Teillängsschnitt durch das Haarpflegegerät der
darstellend eine Elektrodeneinrichtung der lonengeneratoreinrichtung,Figur 1 - Fig. 3:
- eine schematisierte, zum Teil geschnittene Seitenansicht eines elektrischen Haarformgerätes gemäß einem weiteren Ausführungsbeispiel mit einer Bürste als Haarform- oder Haarpflegewerkzeug und
- Fig.4:
- einen vergrößerten Ausschnitt eines Teillängsschnittes durch das Werkzeug der
.Figur 3
- Fig. 1:
- a schematic perspective view of trained as a hair styling device hair care device with an ion generator device,
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- a partial longitudinal section through the hair care device of
FIG. 1 representing an electrode device of the ion generator device, - 3 :
- a schematic, partially sectioned side view of an electric hair styling device according to another embodiment with a brush hair styling or hair care tool and
- Figure 4:
- an enlarged section of a partial longitudinal section through the tool of
FIG. 3 ,
Ein mit dem Bezugszeichen 1 gekennzeichnetes Haarpflegegerät ist scherenartig konzipiert und verfügt über zwei gelenkig miteinander verbundene Arme 2, 3. Die zueinander weisenden Seiten der Arme 2, 3 schließen einen Haarformspalt 4 ein. Die zueinander weisenden Seiten der Arme 2, 3 sind im wesentlichen eben ausgebildet und tragen jeweils eine beheizte Wärmeplatte als Haarbehandlungsfläche 5. In der in
Das Haarpflegegerät 1 verfügt über eine lonengeneratoreinheit mit einem Generator und zwei über jeweils ein Elektrodenkabel an den Generator elektrisch angeschlossene Elektrodeneinheiten 6, 6'. Im Folgenden ist die Elektrodeneinheit 6 beschrieben. Die Elektrodeneinheit 6' ist identisch ausgebaut. In
Im Bereich der applikationsseitigen Öffnung 10 der Fassung 7 ist ein hülsenartiges Ringzylinderstück aus elektrisch leitendem Metall als Leitelektrode 14 eingesetzt. Die Leitelektrode 14 ist bei dem dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel passiv arbeitend ausgelegt und innerhalb des Gehäuses 3 bzw. der Fassung 7, die beide aus Kunststoff bestehen, elektrisch isoliert gegenüber anderen Elementen angeordnet. bei einem Betrieb der lonengeneratoreinheit, lädt sich die Leitelektrode 14 mit von den einzelnen Fasern des Faserbündels 8 der Elektrodeneinheit 6 emittierten Ionen auf. Die Leitelektrode 14 weist somit dieselbe Polarität auf, wie die von der Elektrodeneinheit 6 emittierten Ionen. Infolge dessen werden die nach Aufladen der Leitelektrode 14 emittierten Ionen des Faserbündels 8 von der Leitelektrode 14 abgestoßen bzw. abgelenkt, wodurch ein unerwünschtes weiteres Abfließen von generierten lonen in das Gehäuse verhindert ist. In Strömungsrichtung der emittierten Ionen der Leitelektrode 14 nachgeschaltet befindet sich auf der Oberseite des Gehäuses 3 eine weitere Leitelektrode 15. Wie aus
Wie aus
Die zu dem Haarpflegegerät 1 beschriebene lonengeneratoreinrichtung mit ihren Elektrodeneinrichtungen 6, 6' lässt sich gleichermaßen auch in solche Haarpflegegeräte implementieren, die ein Gebläse, insbesondere ein Warmluftgebläse aufweisen. Der auch bei einem solchen Haarpflegegerät generierte lonenstrom ist bedeutend größer als bei vorbekannten Haarpflegegeräten. Aus diesem Grunde könnte aufgrund des Vorhandenseins eines die emittierten Ionen transportierenden Luftstroms ein Generator grundsätzlich mit einer kleineren Leistung vorgesehen werden.The ion generator device described with its
Ein weiteres elektrisches Haarform- bzw. Haarpflegegerät 16 umfasst ein als Griffstück ausgebildetes Handgerät 17, von dem in
Teil des Gerätes 16 ist ein Bürstenaufsatz 22 als Haarform- bzw. Haarpflegewerkzeug. Der Bürstenaufsatz 22 ist lösbar an das Handgerät 17 angeschlossen. Der Bürstenaufsatz 22 kann von dem Handgerät 17 getrennt und mit anderen Aufsätzen bestückt werden. Der Bürstenaufsatz 22 ist als Aircurling-Bürste ausgebildet und besteht im Wesentlichen aus einem zylindrischen Rohr 23, in das ein Teil des von dem Handgerät 17 generierten Luftstroms einströmt. In die Rohrwandung 24 sind Luftaustrittsöffnungen 25 zum Auslassen der in das Rohrinnere einströmenden Luft eingebracht. Das Rohr 23 ist bestückt mit nach außen abragenden Borstenbüscheln B, von denen in
In das durch die Rohrwandung 24 gebildete Gehäuse des als Haarform- bzw. Haarformgerät dienenden Bürstenaufsatzes 22 sind mehrere Elektroden eingelassen angeordnet, von denen in einer vergrößerten Darstellung in
Die Elektrode 28 ist in einer Haltebuchse 32 angeordnet, die ihrerseits an der Innenseite der Rohrwandung 24 befestigt ist. Die Elektrode 28 ist in der Haltebuchse 32 festgesetzt. Bei der in den Figuren dargestellten Elektrode 28 handelt es sich um eine Faserbündelelektrode, bestehend aus einer Vielzahl einzelner Kohlenstofffasern - sogenannten Carbonfasern - mit einer Dicke von jeweils etwa 6 µm. Die einzelnen Fasern dieser Elektrode 28 sind parallel zueinander verlaufend angeordnet, wobei zur Beibehaltung dieser Struktur der einzelnen Fasern die Steifigkeit des eingesetzten Materials dient. Die zu einem Faserbündel vereinigten einzelnen Carbonfasern der Elektrode 28 sind in
Bei dem in den
Der Bürstenaufsatz 22 verfügt über mehrere Elektrodeneinheiten, die konzipiert sind wie die Elektrode 28 und die einem bestimmten Muster entsprechend in der Rohrwandung 24 des Bürstenaufsatzes 22 angeordnet sind. Die jeweiligen Elektrodenkabel sind im Bereich des Kupplungsabschnittes 26 des Bürstenaufsatzes 22 zusammengeführt, so dass eine Spannungsversorgung sämtlicher Elektroden über die durch das Kontaktelement 21 des Handgerätes 32 und das Kontaktelement 30 des Bürstenaufsatzes 22 gebildete elektrische Schnittstelle mit Spannung versorgt werden. Sämtliche Elektrodeneinheiten des Gerätes 16 werden mit gleicher Polarität betrieben. Die das Rohr 23 einfassende Metallhülse 35 bildet gleichermaßen für alle in dem Aufsatz 22 enthaltene Elektrodeneinheiten die Leitelektrode.The
In nicht dargestellter Art und Weise verfügt das Handgerät 17 über einen elektrischen Schalter, mit dem der Betrieb des Hochspannungsgenerators 18 ein- und ausgeschaltet werden kann. Ein Betrieb der aus dem Hochspannungsgenerator 18 und den einzelnen Elektroden 28 gebildeten lonisierungseinrichtung ist sodann abhängig von einer Betätigung dieses Schalters.In a manner not shown, the
Bei dem in den Figuren dargestellten Ausführungsbeispiel ist das Faserbündel mit einem kreisrunden Querschnitt entsprechend der Form der Fassung konzipiert. Ohne weiteres können die einzelnen Fasern, insbesondere wenn es sich bei diesen um Kohlenstofffasern handelt, auch zu anderen geometrischen Formen zusammengefasst werden. So lassen sich beispielsweise Ringelektroden mit einer ringförmigen lonenabgabefläche oder auch längliche oder langgestreckte Elektrodenflächen konzipieren.In the embodiment shown in the figures, the fiber bundle is designed with a circular cross section corresponding to the shape of the socket. Without further ado, the individual fibers, in particular if these are carbon fibers, may also be too be summarized other geometric shapes. Thus, for example, ring electrodes with an annular ion discharge surface or even elongate or elongated electrode surfaces can be designed.
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Claims (13)
- Electrical hair shaping or hair care appliance with an ion generating device (6, 6', 13; 18, 28) for generating ions to be supplied to the hair to be treated, said appliance comprising at least one electrode unit (6, 6'; 28) that emits ions during the operation of the appliance, characterized in that the at least one electrode unit (6, 6': 28) is a fibre bundle (8; 33) that is retained in a holder (7; 32, 34) that is open on the application side towards the ion discharge and comprises a plurality of electrically conducting, rigid, small-diameter fibres, wherein the free end of the fibre bundle (8; 33) emitting the ions is positioned within the holder (7; 28) and the electrode unit (6, 6'; 28), in the region of the opening (10) of the holder (7; 32, 34) on the application side, has an electrically conducting element (14, 35) of identical polarity as the fibres of the fibre bundle (14, 35) as conducting electrode.
- Hair shaping or hair care appliance according to Claim 1, characterized in that the conducting electrode (14, 35) is an annular electrode.
- Hair shaping or hair care appliance according to Claim 2, characterized in that the conducting electrode (14) is a ring-shaped insert in the opening (10) of the holder (7) of the electrode unit (6, 6') on the application side.
- Hair shaping or hair care appliance according to Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the conducting electrode (35) is formed by an electrically conducting layer that forms the application side of the hair shaping or hair care appliance (16).
- Hair shaping or hair care appliance according to Claim 4, characterized in that the electrically conducting layer is formed by a metal sleeve (35).
- Hair shaping or hair care appliance according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that the conducting electrode (14, 35) is designed to operate in a passive manner.
- Hair shaping or hair care appliance according to Claim 1, characterized in that the diameter of the individual fibres of the fibre bundle (8, 33) is less than 50 µm.
- Hair shaping or hair care appliance according to one of Claims 1 to 7, characterized in that the fibre bundle (8, 33) consists of carbon fibres.
- Hair shaping or hair care appliance according to one of Claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the fibre bundle (8, 33) is connected in an electrically conducting manner by means of a mechanical connection to an electrode cable (12, 29) connected to a generator.
- Hair shaping or hair care appliance according to one of Claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the appliance (1) is designed to operate without a fan.
- Hair shaping or hair care appliance according to one of Claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the at least one electrode unit (28) is part of a hair shaping or hair care tool (22) associated with the hair shaping or hair care appliance and is positioned in or on the tool (22) in such a manner that the ions emitted by the at least one electrode unit (28) are supplied directly and on a direct path to the hair that is to be treated with the tool (22).
- Hair shaping or hair care appliance according to Claim 11, characterized in that the holder for the at least one electrode unit (28) is a recess in the housing (24) of the tool (22) and the electrode unit (28) is consequently admitted into the housing (24) of the tool and is connected to the outside of the tool (22) by means of an ion channel (34) that opens out on the outer surface of the tool (22).
- Hair shaping or hair care appliance according to Claim 11 or 12,
characterized in that the tool is a hair shaping or hair care attachment (22) for the placing of the same onto a hand appliance (17) that includes a high-voltage generator (18) of the ionizing device and an electrical contact (21, 30) is connected into the connection line (19, 29) for electrically connecting the at least one electrode unit (28) to the high-voltage generator (18), said electrical contact being closed when the tool (22) is placed onto the hand appliance (17).
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