US20020007511A1

US20020007511A1 - Hair washer

Info

Publication number: US20020007511A1
Application number: US09/476,063
Authority: US
Inventors: Hirohisa Shimizu; Hideaki Miyoshi
Original assignee: Oohiro Works Ltd
Current assignee: Oohiro Works Ltd
Priority date: 1999-06-11
Filing date: 1999-12-30
Publication date: 2002-01-24
Anticipated expiration: 2019-12-30
Also published as: US6401272B2; TW491045U; KR20010006577A; KR100314882B1; JP2000350614A

Abstract

The present invention provides a hair washer which changes spouting angles of the respective washing nozzles in accordance with a figure, a hair style, and dirt levels of hair of a person under hair washing, thereby washing securely parts where a washing needs to be performed. An engage part 3 a of a nozzle holding means 3 is engaged with an end part of a coupler 2 with respective approximately spherical-shaped base parts 1 b and 4 b of a mist nozzle 1 or a shower nozzle 4 being placed on a hemispherical-shaped nozzle receiving part 2 a, whereby the respective base parts 1 b and 4 b of the mist nozzle 1 and the shower nozzle 4 touch an O-ring 3 c disposed in a nozzle holding means 3. Therefore, the respective base parts 1 b and 4 b enables to move slidably along a face of a nozzle receiving part 2 a of the coupler 2, to change directions of the respective spouting orifices 1 a and 4 a of the mist nozzle 1 and the shower nozzle 4.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a hair washer which is established in a beauty salon, a barber's shop or the like, and more particularly to washing nozzles.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

FIGS. 2 and 3 are diagrams schematically illustrating a construction of a prior art hair washer. FIG. 2 is a plan view and FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view.

In the figures,

reference numeral

11 designates a cabinet. Numeral 12 designates a cistern provided within the cabinet 11, to which a person under hair washing 15 enables to inserts his head. Numeral 13 designates a neck receiving part for supporting the nape part of the person under hair washing 15 when the person inserts his head to the cistern 12. Numeral 14 designates a draining port provided on the bottom of the cistern 12. Characters M1 to M6 designate mist heads for spouting hot water mixed with shampoo agent or conditioner agent. Characters S1 to S12 designate shower heads for spouting hot water.

As shown in the figures, the shower heads S 1 to S12 and the mist heads M1 to M 6 are provided on inner walls of the cistern 12. And hair washing is performed using hot water spouted from the shower heads S1 to S12 and hot water mixed with the shampoo agent or the conditioner agent spouted from the mist heads M1 to M6. A series of hair washing processes are completed by the following processes; preliminary washing, a shampooing process, a rinsing process, a conditioning process, and a rinsing process. The shower heads S1 to S12 and the mist heads M1 to M6 are constituted to automatically spout the hot water or the like during a predetermined period in accordance with the respective processes of hair washing by a control from a control device (not shown).

In addition, respective spout directions of the respective shower heads S and the respective mist heads M are set so that the respective shower heads S 1 and S12, and the mist head M 1 spout the hot water or the like to the top of the head, the respective shower heads S2 to S5 and the mist heads M2 and M6 spout the same to the sides of the head, and the respective shower heads S7 to S10 spout the same to the nape part, whereby a washing is performed.

FIG. 4 are a drawing illustrating a construction of washing nozzles of a prior art washing apparatus. FIG. 4( a) is a longitudinal cross sectional view illustrating a construction of a mist head M. FIG. 4(b) is a longitudinal cross sectional view illustrating a construction of a shower head S.

In FIG. 4, the same reference numerals and characters as those in FIGS. 2 and 3 designate the same or corresponding parts.

As shown in FIG. 4( a), in a mist head M, a mist nozzle 20 is connected to a washing water supply pipe 5 by a coupler 50.

The washing

water supply pipe

5 leads hot water which is pumped out from a hot water storing tank (not shown) within the cabinet 11 and hot water mixed with shampoo agent or conditioner agent obtained by mixing hot water with shampoo agent or conditioner agent which is pumped out from a shampoo tank or a conditioner tank (not shown), to supply the same to the mist nozzle 20.

The

coupler

50 is provided so as to pass through a wall part of the cistern 12, and one end of which is connected to the washing water supply pipe 5, while the other end of which is connected to the mist nozzle 20.

The

mist nozzle

20 is provided with a single spouting orifice 20 a on an upper part thereof, thereby spouting like a mist the hot water mixed with the shampoo agent or the conditioner agent which is supplied from the washing water supply pipe 5 via the coupler 50.

As shown in FIG. 4( b), in the shower head S, a shower nozzle 30 is connected to a hot water supply pipe 6 by a coupler 60.

The hot

water supply pipe

6 leads hot water which is pumped out from the hot water storing tank within the cabinet 11, to supply the same to the shower nozzle 30.

The

coupler

60 is provided so as to pass through a wall part of the cistern 12, one end of which is connected to the hot water supply pipe 6, while the other end of which is connected to the shower nozzle 30.

The

shower nozzle

30 is provided with a plurality of spouting orifices on an upper part thereof, thereby spouting the hot water like a shower which is supplied from the hot water supply pipe 6 via the coupler 60.

Hereinafter, an explanation will be given of a method for performing hair washing to a person whose hair wants to be washed using a hair washer constituted as described above.

An operation of hair washing is started when a person whose hair wants to be washes lies on his back with putting his nape part on the

neck receiving part

13, and with his head inserted into the cistern 12.

First, hot water is spouted from the shower heads S 1 to S12, to perform hair washing during a predetermined period.

Next, a shampooing process follows, and hot water is spouted from the shower heads S 1 to S12 as well as hot water mixed with shampoo agent is spouted from the mist heads M1 to M6, to perform hair washing with shampoo.

Next, a rinsing process follows, and spouting of the hot water mixed with shampoo agent from the mist heads M 1 to M6 is stopped, to perform hair washing using hot water spouted from the shower heads S1 to S12.

Next, a conditioning process follows, hot water is spouted from the shower heads S 1 to S12 as well as hot water mixed with conditioner agent is spouted from the mist heads M1 to M6, to perform hair washing with rinse.

Next, a rinsing process follows, and spouting of the hot water mixed with conditioner agent from the mist heads M 1 to M6 is stopped, to perform hair washing using hot water spouted from the shower heads S1 to S12. Then a series of washing process ends.

However, in the prior art hair washer, washing nozzles are like from the washing nozzles is kept constant as well as the spouting range is concentrated on the center part of the cistern.

Therefore, when a hair style of a person under hair washing is, for example, a short hair, it is possible to wash his whole hair within the spouting range of the washing nozzles, while when a hair style of a person under hair washing is long hair, there arises a problem such that hot water or the like from the washing nozzles do not spread over some parts which are out of the spouting range of the washing nozzles, for example, tip parts of his hair, or the like, whereby there arise a problem such that hair washing ends incompletely.

In addition, even when only one part of hair needs to be washed concentratedly, in the case where a permanent wave or hair coloring is performed, or hair is partly dirty, or the like, the spouting range from the washing nozzles is kept constant. Accordingly, hot water or the like is spouted to some parts where washing is not required to be performed, thereby being uneconomical and inefficient.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

To solve the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a hair washer which enables partial hair washing, and which can wash hair in a condition most suitable for a hair style and a figure of a person under hair washing.

Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the detailed description and specific embodiments described are provided only for illustration since various additions and modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will be apparent to those of skill in the art from the detailed description.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a hair washer having a cistern, to which a person under hair washing enables to insert his head and a liquid spouting means for spouting liquid supplied from a supply pipe, which is provided on an inner wall of the cistern, wherein the liquid spouting means comprises a nozzle for spouting liquid, a coupler for connecting the nozzle to the supply pipe, and a nozzle holding means for fixing the nozzle and the coupler on inner walls of the cistern, the nozzle has an approximately spherical-shaped base part, the coupler has a nozzle receiving part having a hemispherical-shaped recessed part for engaging with the approximately spherical-shaped base part of the nozzle, and the nozzle holding means comprises an engage part for engaging with an end part, on which the nozzle receiving part of the coupler is formed and a touching part for touching the base part of the nozzle placed on the nozzle receiving part of the coupler, thereby holding slidably the base part of the nozzle along a face of the nozzle receiving part.

Therefore, it is possible to turn the respective directions of the spouting orifice of the nozzles to some parts where washing needs to be performed in accordance with a figure, a hair style, and dirt levels of a person under hair washing, whereby an efficient and economical hair washing can be performed.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a construction of washing nozzles of a hair washer according to a first embodiment of the present nozzles of a hair washer according to a first embodiment of the present invention. [0030]
FIG. 1([0031] a) is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a construction of a mist head M.
FIG. 1([0032] b) is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a construction of a shower head S.
FIG. 2 is a plan view schematically illustrating a construction of a hair washer of the first embodiment. [0033]
FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view schematically illustrating a construction of a hair washer of the first embodiment. [0034]
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating washing nozzles in a prior art hair washer. [0035]
FIG. 4([0036] a) is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a construction of a mist head M.
FIG. 4([0037] b) is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a construction of a shower head S.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0038] Embodiment 1.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a construction of washing nozzles of a hair washer according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1([0039] a) is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a construction of a mist head M. FIG. 1(b) is a longitudinal sectional view illustrating a construction of a shower head S.
In the FIGS. [0040] 1(a) and 1(b), the same reference numerals and characters as those in FIGS. 2 to 4 designate the same or corresponding parts. In addition, a mist nozzle 1 and a shower nozzle 4 respectively have approximately spherical- shaped base parts 1 b and 4 b at a lower part thereof. Numeral 2 designates a coupler, one end of which is connected to a washing nozzle 5 or a hot water supply pipe 6, and on the other end of which a nozzle receiving part 2 a having a recessed part is formed. Numeral 3 designates a nozzle holding means for fixing a mist nozzle 1 and a shower nozzle 4 along the surface of a wall of a cistern 12. Numeral 3 a is an engage part formed on an inner circumference of the nozzle holding means 3, which is engaged with an end part forming the nozzle receiving part 2 a of the coupler 2, to fix the coupler 2 on the cistern 12. Numeral 3 b is an O-ring groove, which is formed at the upper part of the engage part 3 a on an inner circumference of the nozzle holding means 3. Numeral 3 c designates an O-ring provided in the O-ring groove 3 b.
In FIGS. [0041] 1(a) and 1(b), the engage part 3 a of the nozzle holding means 3 is engaged with the end part of the coupler 2 forming the nozzle receiver 2 a being respectively engaged with the base parts 1 b and 4 b of the mist nozzle 1 and the shower nozzle 4 being placed on the receiving part 2 a of the coupler 2, thereby holding the mist nozzle 1 and the shower nozzle 4 along inner walls of the cistern 12. Here, the base parts 1 b and 4 b of the mist nozzle 1 and the shower nozzle 4 touch the O-ring 3 c provided in the nozzle holding means 3, and the respective base parts 1 b and 4 b of the mist nozzle 1 and the shower nozzle 4 are held slidably along a surface of the nozzle receiving part 2 a with the nozzle receiving part 2 a of the coupler 2 and the O-ring 3 c provided in the nozzle holding means 3.
Accordingly, in the hair washer according to the first embodiment, the [0042] respective base parts 1 b and 4 b of the mist nozzle 1 and the shower nozzle 4 move slidably along the nozzle receiving part 2 a, thereby enabling to change directions of the respective spouting orifices 1 a and 4 a of the mist nozzle 1 and the shower nozzle 4.
Hereinafter, an explanation will be given of a method for performing a hair washing of a person whose hair wants to be washed using the hair washer according to the first embodiment constituted as described above. [0043]
At first, a person under hair washing [0044] 15 lies on his back with his head inserted into the cistern, and the respective spouting orifices 1 a of the mist nozzles 1 of the mist heads M1 to M6 are turned manually to parts where washing needs to be performed in accordance with a hair style, dirt levels of the person under hair washing, to adjust spout angle of the respective mist nozzles 1. In more detail, when turning directions of the spouting orifices, the hemispherical-shaped base parts of the mist nozzle 1 moves slidably by the O-ring 3 c disposed in the O-ring groove 3 b of the nozzle holding means 3 along a surface of the nozzle receiving part 2 a of the coupler 2, thereby changing directions of the respective spouting orifices of the mist nozzles 1.
In the same manner as described above, the [0045] respective spouting orifices 4 a of the shower nozzles 4 of the shower heads S1 to S12 are turned manually to the parts where washing needs to be performed, to adjust spout angle of the respective shower nozzles 4.
Next, when a washing operation is started, hot water, hot water mixed with shampoo agent or conditioner agent are respectively spouted from the [0046] shower nozzle 4 of the shower heads S1 to S12, and the mist nozzles 1 of the mist heads M1 to M6, whose respective spout directions are set, to perform preliminary washing, washing with shampoo agent, rinsing, washing with conditioner agent, and rinsing, and a series of washing process ends.
In the above-described washing processes, the respective spout directions of the [0047] mist nozzles 1 of the mist heads M1 to M6 and the shower nozzles 4 of the shower heads S1 to S12 are set, thereby enabling to concentratedly wash parts where a washing needs to be performed.
As described above, according to a hair washer of the first embodiment, the [0048] respective base parts 1 b and 4 b of the mist nozzle 1 of the mist head M or the shower nozzle 4 of the shower head S move slidably along a face of the nozzle receiving part 2 a of the coupler 2 by the O-ring 3 c provided in the nozzle holding means 3, thereby enabling to change respective directions of the respective spouting orifices of the mist nozzle 1 or the shower nozzle 4. Accordingly, when only one part of hair needs to be concentratedly washed such as performing a permanent wave or hair coloring, or when hair is partly dirty, or the like, the respective spout orifices of the mist nozzles 1 of the mist heads M1 to M6 or the shower nozzles 4 of the shower heads S1 to S12 are turned to parts where washing needs to be performed, thereby enabling to concentratedly wash the parts. Therefore, it is possible to perform efficiently hair washing. In addition, respective directions of the respective spout orifices 1 a and 4 a of the mist nozzles 1 of the mist heads M1 to M6 and the shower nozzles style such as long hair or short hair and a size of a head of a person under hair washing so that washing water can be spread over the whole hair, thereby preventing from arising a situation such that some parts cannot be washed. Therefore, it is possible to perform washing over the whole head.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. A hair washer having a cistern, to which a person under hair washing enables to insert his head and a liquid spouting means for spouting liquid supplied from a supply pipe, which is provided on an inner wall of the cistern, wherein

the liquid spouting means comprises a nozzle for spouting liquid, a coupler for connecting the nozzle to the supply pipe, and a nozzle holding means for fixing the nozzle and the coupler on inner walls of the cistern,

the nozzle has an approximately spherical-shaped base part,

the coupler has a nozzle receiving part having a hemispherical-shaped recessed part for engaging with the approximately spherical-shaped base part of the nozzle, and

the nozzle holding means comprises an engage part for engaging with an end part, on which the nozzle receiving part of the coupler is formed and

a touching part for touching the base part of the nozzle placed on the nozzle receiving part of the coupler, thereby holding slidably the base part of the nozzle along a face of the nozzle receiving part.