CN1387408A - Depilatory appliance with skin cleansing accessory - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an accessory for an epilator having a housing (21) equipped with a motor which drives an activation device for periodically closing/closing at least one clip device (24, 24') for plucking body hair from the skin Opening movement, said accessory has means fixed on said housing and at least one movable part (4) driven in contact with the skin in use, the movable part of the accessory being driven by a device capable of activating the clip means (24, 24') simultaneously The device is driven to achieve grinding of the skin.

Description

Epilator with peeling attachment

technical field

The invention relates to a peeling attachment for an epilator having a rotating wheel with clips for plucking unwanted excess body hair of the human body.

Background technique

This epilator consists of some clips on a rotating wheel in the shape of a sheet or disc, which can be driven to close and open periodically to clamp the body hair close to the skin so that the body hair can be plucked by the rotation of the wheel , and expel the plucked body hair. The plucking of body hair is a very effective method to inhibit the regeneration of body hair, but the user often needs to treat the skin before plucking.

As a result, laboratory tests have shown that gluing the skin before plucking removes the accumulated dead skin layer and also descales the body hair that grows under the skin so it can be plucked during epilation. Epilation on such treated skin results in a smooth, clean surface that is completely free of dead cells.

Documents are known in the prior art describing devices that can mechanically ablate the skin to improve the condition of the skin. One such device is described in document FR-2773461, which consists of a sterilized housing and a handle in which is mounted an oscillating drive for a grinding tool fixed at the end of the output shaft of the handle.

Other documents describe devices for treatment by abrading the skin with different means of vibrating the abrasive tool.

Document EP-0381962 describes a device for removing calluses on the feet, the device has an elongated handle equipped with a motor, which drives a shaft to rotate, one end of the shaft has a grinding tool, and an unbalanced object is mounted on the on the same axis in order to make the grinding tool rotate and vibrate.

The document US-3169536 describes another device for treating the skin, in particular calluses, by abrasion. The device has a housing containing an electromagnet and a spring-loaded armature mounted so that when a current passes through the electromagnet, the armature is attracted to the electromagnet. The upper part of the armature supports a grinding tool, and the armature drives the grinding tool for translational vibration.

These devices are used to treat the skin and have nothing to do with hair removal. Therefore, if one wants to treat the skin before epilation and then epilate, one has to use two devices one after the other, one for gluing and the second for epilation, which takes a long time and is tedious. It has also been noted that the use of two separately powered, functionally distinct devices, each with its own drive for the tool, increases the cost and complexity of the process.

In addition, document FR-2728777 describes a device for removing calluses by grinding, which has a head with a rotating grinding wheel. The head can be separated from the power box of the device, which may be an epilator. In order to mount the head of the epilator on the power box, the head is equipped with means to connect with the power box, and a driving handle connected to the gear set of the power box. The solution proposed in this document partly solves the above-mentioned problems, since it describes the use of only one power box, which is originally the power box of the epilator and is also used for gluing the skin. However, this solution also has limitations. In order to use it, the first epilation head must be replaced by a second grinding head. Therefore the use of this device is also very inconvenient. In addition, the second grinding head also requires a complex gear set, which changes its cost.

Contents of the invention

An object of the present invention is an epilator having a rotating wheel with clips that open and close periodically for plucking body hair while the wheel is rotating, the device also having means for gluing the skin.

The object of the present invention is to provide an epilator with a rotating wheel having clips formed by movable lamellae. These movable sheets are either combined with other movable sheets, or combined with fixed discs, and the clips are periodically closed and opened to remove body hair when the rotating wheel rotates. Accessories for use with glue dispensers.

In addition, the attachments for using the epilator as a depilator should be simple in structure in order to increase reliability and reduce manufacturing costs.

A supplementary object of the present invention is to provide an attachment that can be used with practically all epilators with movable clips, without requiring structural changes to the device.

Another object of the invention is an accessory for an epilator, which can be easily detached from said epilator in order to clean, disinfect or replace parts in contact with the skin.

Such an attachment should allow switching from one function, such as plucking, to another function, such as gluing the skin, in a simple and user-friendly manner.

These objects are achieved by an accessory for an epilator having a housing equipped with an electric motor which drives an actuating device for cyclically performing a closing/opening movement of at least one clip device for plucking body hair from the skin , the accessory has a device fixed on the housing and at least one movable part, the movable part is driven to contact the skin during use, because the movable part of the accessory is activated by the driving device to achieve grinding of the skin, the driving device can Simultaneously activate the clip device.

In other words, the attachment is arranged to fit on the head of the epilator, using the movement of the epilator (or direct drive of the epilator) to move the movable part which has an abrasive part. The movable part can be moved, for example, along a movement parallel to the axis of rotation of the epilation head.

For interchangeable heads, the structure and arrangement of moving parts have been simplified.

Also, for the user, an attachment that simply fits on top of an existing epilator is more understandable and easier to use than an interchangeable head that requires disassembly of the epilator down to the motor output gear set.

The skin-contacting portion of the movable part may have spikes or teeth that comb and/or lift skin hairs and/or impart a painful sensation prior to plucking pain.

Advantageously, said movable part of the accessory according to the invention is covered with an abrasive material on at least a part of its surface in contact with the skin.

Thus, this attachment can be used for pre-plucking skin treatment and subsequent epilation with the same epilator. This sanding and gluing treatment is done to remove the top layer of the skin and to cleanse the skin of dead cells, especially body hair that sometimes grows under the skin and cannot be plucked without this pretreatment.

In carrying out various trials, it has been able to demonstrate a clear improvement in the synergy of desquamation and subsequent depilation, the quality of the depilation and the quality of the treated skin area compared to conventional depilation without pre-gluing . As a result, skin that has been resurfaced with this physical cleansing method looks fresher, more elastic, and refines the skin. Subsequent plucking removes virtually all of the body hair, that is, that which grows on the surface of the skin as well as what used to grow under the skin.

This accessory can provide supplementary functions to conventional epilators in a simple, reliable, economical and easy-to-handle device, and is safe for all users.

Thus, a kind of epidermal skin grinding with gluing effect can be realized. The moving parts are covered with a material that has particles with sharp, sharp surfaces that move against the skin, removing the dead skin layer and releasing body hair bound by the top layer of the skin.

The moving parts preferably do translational motion relative to the skin.

It has been shown that a translational motion of the grinding element relative to the skin can better remove subcutaneous body hair, performing a repetitive motion that is very light and does not irritate the skin.

Preferably said surface portion covering the abrasive material consists of a substantially planar surface.

This surface facilitates contact with the skin over a sufficiently large area such that a minimum number of passes over the skin is sufficient, which increases the speed of treatment. According to a preferred embodiment of the invention, the movable part of the attachment is driven in movement relative to the epilation head.

This constructive solution is particularly simple and reliable. In fact, no additional drive is required between the drive of the epilator clip and the parts of the attachment. The movable parts supported by the attachment and in contact with the epilation head are driven by the epilation head to do translational movement.

Advantageously, the movable part also performs a translational oscillating movement at a frequency greater than or equal to 50 Hz.

Obviously everyone knows that skin gluing operations are sometimes accompanied by a temporary tingling or warming sensation in the skin. In addition, research has shown that applying vibrations with a frequency greater than or equal to 50 Hz to the skin reduces the sensation of pain. Therefore, a movable part vibrating at such a frequency would mask the uncomfortable feeling caused by friction.

According to an advantageous embodiment of the invention, the accessory has a frame with means fixed on the housing of the epilator, as well as guiding and supporting means for the movable part, the movable part having at least one support that ensures contact with the drive means noodle.

This constructive solution of attachments is very simple, reliable, easy to mass-produce and inexpensive to manufacture. An attachment thus realized can easily be used with existing epilators.

The attachment according to the invention is preferably mounted detachably on the housing of the epilator.

Thus, the attachment can be easily snapped onto the epilator and can be removed in order to wash it, replace it with another attachment or use the epilator without the attachment.

Advantageously, the movable part is removably mounted on the frame of the accessory.

This makes it possible to replace another active part, for example one with a different grain size, while retaining the same support or frame of the attachment. This solution results in an accessory at a small cost that can perform other skin treatment operations, especially callousing and filing of the skin, etc.

The movable parts are preferably removably mounted on elastic means in the accessory frame. This mounting enables the attachment to better follow the contours of the skin without injuring bony areas.

In another embodiment of the present invention, the epilator has a housing, and a motor is housed in the housing, and the motor drives the actuating device to make at least one clip device for plucking skin and body hair periodically close/open, There is also at least one movable part in contact with the skin in use, the movable part is located next to the clip device, in front of the clip device in the direction of movement of the epilator on the skin, said movable part of the epilator forms friction against the skin before plucking .

This structure allows the epilator to pass through the skin only once to complete gluing and depilation, and the gluing is performed before plucking, which can reduce the time for skin treatment.

Advantageously, said movable part is activated by drive means which simultaneously activate the clip means.

The movable part for gluing may be part of an accessory having means capable of driving the accessory for gluing. Obviously, this relatively heavy accessory is connected to the epilator via means and electrical connections fixed to the housing.

It is also conceivable to use a separate motor and mechanism to drive the moving parts that perform the gluing, these being located in the housing of the epilator.

However, due to cost and volume reasons, people prefer to use the driving device of the plucking clip to move the gluing device. Thus, a part that implements gluing is incorporated into the structure of the epilator, which part is fixedly mounted on or next to the epilation head, before it moves over the skin relative to the epilator in front of the epilation head. The part can be directly rotated by the plucking head, or directly rotated and oscillated or translated by the plucking head, or converted into oscillation by other mechanisms.

Description of drawings

The present invention can be better understood by the non-limiting embodiment shown in accompanying drawing, and accompanying drawing is as follows:

- Figure 1a is a perspective view of an accessory according to a first embodiment of the invention, and Figure 1b is a side view of the same accessory;

- Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an epilator, an accessory shown in Fig. 1 is installed on the epilator;

- Fig. 3 is a simplified diagram of the overall axial section shown in Fig. 2;

- Figure 4a is a perspective view of an accessory according to a second embodiment of the invention, Figure 4b is a side view of the same accessory;

- Fig. 5 is a perspective view of an epilator, an accessory shown in Fig. 4 is installed on the epilator;

- Figure 6 is a simplified axial section view of the whole shown in Figure 5 .

Detailed ways

The accompanying drawings show a peeling attachment and a skin epilator equipped with such an attachment.

An epilator that can be used with such an accessory is described in the applicant's document FR2758060. But it is clear that this epilator is only an example, because all epilators, in particular epilators with a rotating wheel of plucking clips, can be used together with an attachment according to the invention.

An epilator 20 having a wheel 22 mounted rotatably around an axis 23 can be seen in FIG. 3 . The wheel 22 has several gripper arrangements, each consisting of two side-by-side laminae 24, 24'. The clip is driven by a cam mechanism, and the rotating wheel 22 and the cam mechanism are driven by a motor through a gear set, and all these parts are housed in the shell 21 of the epilator.

When working, under the action of the cams located on the outer surfaces of the side plates 26, 27, the side plates 26, 27 move in translation and drive the clip device to move. Thus, a movable sheet 24 can move away from an adjacent sheet 24', and vice versa can abut against an adjacent sheet 24'. The movement of starting movable piece 24 causes respectively the closing and opening of the hair-plucking clip, so that body hair is clamped, it is plucked, and body hair is loosened after plucking, and these all carry out along with the rotation of runner 22. Therefore, the body hair of the area to be depilated that appears in front of a window 25 of the housing 21 is plucked along with the rotation of the rotary wheel 22 or the epilation head.

As can be seen from Fig. 1a, 1b, the accessory 1 according to the first embodiment of the invention has two main parts: a frame 2 with devices fixed on the shell of the epilator, such as a hook 10, and a Movable part 4 supported by frame 2 of attachment 1.

The shape of the frame 2 is a jacket, its shape can match the shape of the upper part of the shell 21 of the epilator 20, and the frame 2 is installed on the shell 21. The frame 2 has a hollow portion or window 5 in which the movable part 4 is located. As can be seen from FIG. 3 , the transverse partitions of the frame 2 form a support for the two guides of the part 4 and the support rods 6 .

The movable part 4 is installed on the frame 2 so that it is supported by the frame 2 and guides its movement. Thus, the mobile part 4 has inside it two lateral support walls 7 , 8 with openings sliding along the bars 6 of the frame 2 . The supporting or arched surfaces 7, 8 are in contact with the drive means of the part 4, in particular with the side plates 26, 27 of the epilator. A single support wall with elastic return is also conceivable.

As can be seen from FIGS. 1 a , 1 b , the frame 2 is covered by the movable part 4 , which partly has the shape of the frame 2 . At least a part of the outer surface of the movable part 4, in particular its front part 16, is covered with an abrasive material. In a variant of the invention, the entire outer surface of the part 4 can be covered with a layer of abrasive material.

During operation, when the attachment 1 is fixed on the epilator 20 , the start button of the epilator is pressed to cause the epilator head to produce periodic translational motion along a direction parallel to the rotation axis 23 . The epilation head rests on the walls 7, 8 of the movable part 4, causing the same movement of the attachment 1. Putting the attachment 1 on the skin, the movable part 4 of translational vibration is in contact with the skin, thus achieving grinding with the effect of exfoliating the surface layer of the skin.

The rotating wheel rotates at a speed of about 1500 rev/min, and the epilation head carries out two kinds of motions to and fro through the rotation of the rotating wheel, which produces a frequency of 50Hz in the movable part 4. Vibration. Vibrations at this frequency can reduce the temporary pins and needles and warming of the skin that may be felt during skin buffing procedures.

For example, the amplitude of the reciprocating movement of the moving part may be between 0.5-1.5mm.

After the skin is glued, the attachment 1 can be removed so that the epilator 20 without attachment can be used for depilation. Therefore, the body hair that grows on the surface of the skin and that grows under the skin and has been cleaned out by the glueing operation is plucked.

In addition, the attachment 1 is detachably mounted on the housing 21 of the epilator 20 . Attachment 1 is provided with a hook 10 for this purpose.

The front portion of part 4 extending substantially parallel to the generatrix of runner 22 has a substantially planar surface 12, rectangular, oval, or otherwise shaped, and covered with an abrasive material. This arrangement facilitates the use of the epilator vertically attached to the skin so that the surface 12 is tangential to the skin, in the same way as when using an epilator for epilation of the skin.

The part 4 can also be covered with abrasive material only on one side 12', which corresponds to using the epilator at an angle, ie the surface 12' is tangential to the skin.

For example, the abrasive material used may be cork or apricot or olive stone powder with a minimum particle size of 500 microns.

Advantageously, the abrasive part of the movable part can be detachably mounted on the frame 2 of the attachment 1 of the epilator 20 as is the case with the second embodiment of the invention shown in FIGS. 4-6.

The accessory 1 according to the second embodiment consists of a hat-shaped frame 2 for mounting on the top of the epilator 20, in which there are side plates 26, 27 supported on the epilation head, in particular on the epilation head The upper side walls 7,8.

In the upper part of the frame 2 facing the epilator window 25 there is a slightly curved or substantially planar portion 4 of shape forming a support for a detachable part 4' covering the abrasive material. The part 4' is preferably of the same shape as its support 4 and has an outer portion formed by a layer of abrasive particles on the support and an inner portion provided with fastening means such as hooks in correspondingly shaped holes in part 4 of the frame 2 .

The frame 2 additionally has devices 10 , 11 fastened to a housing 21 of the epilator 20 . These fixing devices are made up of a hook 10 embedded in a corresponding eyelet of the housing 21 and a hollow fixing tongue 11 of the housing 21 supporting the epilator 20, into which a lug of the housing 21 enters. Each housing-fixed female part of the frame is dimensioned to allow translational movement of the corresponding male part according to the range of motion specified by the attachment.

During operation, the periodic translational movement of the epilation head 22 is transmitted to the attachment 1 , in particular to the arches 7 , 8 of the frame 2 , via the side plates 26 , 27 . The accessory 1 is thus driven to oscillate in a direction parallel to the axis of rotation 23 of the runner 22 . In this embodiment, all parts of the attachment 1 follow the translational movement of the epilation head, the part of the frame 2 fixed to the housing 21 moving in the corresponding aperture.

The choice of material for the accessory should take into account the continuous contact of the arches 7, 8 of the accessory with the rotating parts, in particular the side plates 26, 27 of the epilator, for example, the accessory can be made by an injection molding technique from a material with good resistance. Made of friction-resistant POM-type plastic.

An epilator with such an attachment can be placed against the skin without any particular orientation and can therefore be used by both left-handed and right-handed persons.

Other variants of the invention can be considered without departing from the scope of the invention.

Thus, the attachment may have a planar or curved stick that is movable and supported by one side of the attachment frame, the frame additionally having a window adjacent to the grinding side, allowing body hair from one area of skin to be glued and plucked. clip contacts. It is also conceivable to imagine a vibrating frame covered with abrasive material around the epilation head. In this case, the epilation can be carried out while keeping the epilation attachment attached to the epilator.

According to another variant not shown in the figures, the frame can have at least one rotating wheel made of abrasive material, mounted as before next to a depilation window. The rotating wheel can be driven into rotation by the epilator's electric motor through a series of reduction gear sets.

According to yet another variant of the invention, the grinding wheel can be driven in rotation by a runner with a clip.

In another variant, it is possible to provide grinding rollers mounted directly on the rotating wheel, which are positioned radially on the axis of the rotating wheel, in particular instead of the brushed rollers described in document EP0467733 of the Applicant.

All variants are interchangeable within a range of epilators with a movable part 4 made of abrasive material, which achieves the grinding of the skin, driven by a motor and motor gear set, or even a separate motor.

Claims (12)

1. the annex of a grainer, grainer has a shell (21) that motor is housed, the motor-driven starting drive, make at least one clamp apparatus that is used to pull out chaeta on the skin (24,24 ') carry out periodic close motion, described annex has and is driven the movable members (4) that contacts with skin when the device that is fixed on the described shell uses with at least one, it is characterized in that, the described movable members of annex is by starting clamp apparatus (24 simultaneously, 24 ') drive unit drives, and realizes the grinding to skin.

2. according to the annex of claim 1, it is characterized in that, be covered with a kind of grinding-material at least a portion (12) that described movable members (4) surface contacts with skin.

3. according to the annex of claim 1 or 2, it is characterized in that movable members (4) is done the translational motion of relative skin.

4. according to the annex of claim 2 or 3, it is characterized in that the surface portion of described covering grinding-material (12) constitutes for the surface on plane substantially by one.

5. according to the annex of claim 3 or 4, it is characterized in that the depilation head drives the movable members motion.

6. according to the annex of one of aforesaid right requirement, it is characterized in that movable members is actuated to do the translation oscillating movement more than or equal to the frequency of 50Hz.

7. the annex that one of requires according to aforesaid right, it is characterized in that, it has a framework (2), the device (10 on the shell that is fixed on grainer is equipped with in its inside, 11) and the guiding of movable members (4) and bracing or strutting arrangement (6), the stayed surface (7,8) that movable members (4) has at least an assurance to contact with drive unit.

8. according to the annex of one of aforesaid right requirement, it is characterized in that annex is removably mounted on the shell of grainer.

9. according to the annex of claim 7 or 8, it is characterized in that movable members (4) is removably mounted on the framework (2) of annex.

10. according to the annex of one of claim 7 to 9, it is characterized in that, in movable members (4) the installation accessories framework (2), on elastic device.

11. grainer, has the shell (21) that a motor is housed, the motor-driven starting drive, make at least one be used to pull out the clamp apparatus (24 of skin chaeta, 24 ') carry out periodic close motion, described grainer has at least one movable members (4), be driven when being used to use with skin and contact, movable members (4) is positioned at clamp apparatus (24,24 ') next door, in the place ahead of clamp apparatus, it is characterized in that along the moving direction of grainer on skin the described movable members of grainer is realized the grinding to skin before depilation.

12. the grainer according to claim 11 is characterized in that, described movable members (4) is started by the drive unit that can start clamp apparatus (24,24 ') simultaneously.

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