US3182666A

US3182666A - Hair coloring applicator

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Publication number: US3182666A
Application number: US209338A
Authority: US
Inventors: Willie R Watkins
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1962-07-12
Filing date: 1962-07-12
Publication date: 1965-05-11
Anticipated expiration: 1982-05-11

Description

May 11, 1965 w. R. WATKINS HAIR GOLQRING APPLICA'I'OR Filed July 12. 1962 Q SUCTION LINE Willie I?! Walk/77s 1N VEN TOR.

United States Patent 3,182,666 HAIR QOLORING APPLICATOR Willie R. Watkins, Greensboro, N.C., assiguor of to Alfred T. Staples, Greensboro, N.C. Filed July 12, 1962, Ser. No. 209,338 Claims. (Cl. 132-9) This invention relates, generally construed, to the art of hairdressing and servicing equipment and appliances such as are primarily constructed for use by hair stylists and barbers in beauty salons and barber shops, re-

spectively.

More specifically, the invention pertains to unique multipurpose manually usable means which, while it is capable of practical and effective use as a hair drier, is primarily intended for hair coloring purposes; for example, bleaching, streaking, tinting, and dyeing.

In carrying out the principles of the concept and looking toward the provision of an appliance which gives new vision and perspective to ,hair conditioning problems an applicator of significant simplicity in construction and mode of use has been devised. With no sacrifice to effectiveness and efliciency this applicator, a experimental .testing has shown, well serves the purposes for which it is intended.

Briefly summarized a preferred embodiment of the invention is characterized by means which functions to collect, enclose and confine the lock of hair which is being acted on. This means is such that it subjects the strands of the lock of hair to a circulation of incoming air in a manner to dry the hair preparatory to undertaking a hair tinting or equivalent coloring step. The means embodies a restricted space in which the hair can be confined and concentrated. In addition other means is carried by the first named means for creating a suction, for instance by way of a simple vacuum hose, and for drawing air into and discharging it from the space.

Somewhat more particularly the means first mentioned above is preferably characterized by a hollow body which is such in shape and also in size that it is capable of being held in one hand of at user and shiftably moved according to the skill of the user over the hair which is being treated and in such a manner that it is capable of assuming a position which is spaced from the scalp of the users hair.

The broad expression coloring is being used herein and is intended to comprehend hair conditioning insofar as it pertains to the use of such procedures as are commonly referred to as rinsing, tinting, bleaching or dyeing. it is generally well recognized by beauticians and stylists that a satisfactory hair tinting or dyeing job in keeping with the techniques and a practices now followed requires at least one hour. Experience in using the herein disclosed color applier and applicator tends to indicate that ahighly satisfactory tinting or dyeing job can be achieved in about twenty minutes, more or less. It has also been observed that there is no need to wash the hair after the application and that, as a matter of fact,

. a result more satisfactory than heretofore attainable is almost invariably the case. 1

member provides an air intake. The upper end provides a discharge and permits a suction hose to be connected therewith. The hollow portion between the tubular member and encompassing wall of the body provides a container for the liquid coloring preparation. The junctional portion between the bottom of the body and tubular member has atomizing and diffusing orifices which afford communication between the hollow container portion and the contiguous liquid intake end of the tubular member.

These together with other objects and advantages which will become subsequently apparent reside in the details of construction and operation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

FIG. 1 is a view in perspective showing an exemplary embodiment of the invention and illustratingthe manner in which it is handled and used.

FIG. 2 is also a view in perspective but on a larger scale and which details the construction and arrangement of the exterior surface portions.

FIG. 3 is a bottom plan view with the closure or cover means removed.

FIG. 4 is a section on a suitably enlarged scale taken approximately on the plane of the vertical section line 4-4 of FIG. 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

And FIG. 5 is an exaggerated detailed sectional view taken on the section line 5--5 of FIG. 2.

The applicator means considered broadly is denoted by the numeral 8 and the suction line which is an essential component part thereof is denoted at 10. The means 8, more particularly comprises a plastic or an equivalent bulbous-shaped hollow body the enlarged forward end portion of which is denoted at 12. The body may be of transparent material and the hollow portion thereof provides a container or reservoir 14 for the liquid preparation which is intended for use depending, of course, on the particular coloring technique and procedure which is to be carried out. This body portion surrounds or envelopes an axially disposed open-ended tubular member '16 the lower or forward endportion of which is denoted at 18. This lower end portion merges into' 'the convex web portion 20 which latter portion in end elevation is substantially annular, the convex or exterior surface thereof being provided with circumferentially spaced open-ended air intake and delivery grooves or structurally equivalent air intake passages 22. The junctional portion between the annulus 20 and lower end 18 is provided with a plurality of circumferentially spaced liquid dicharging and dispersing orifices 24. These orifices afford communication between the chamber 14 and the duct which is defined by the tube 16. To produce the desired dispensing and atomizing result and with a view toward providing a suction-pulled mist the delivery ends of the orifices are preferably, but not essentially provided with bosses 26 which assist in effectually spraying the aerated mist into the duct. The grooves 22 are arranged so that the innermost ends are approximately in alinement with Approached specifically and primarily from a struc-.

tural standpoint, the embodiment of the invention herein exemplary of the concept comprises a hollow bulbous shaped body one. end of which is annular and provided with convex surface means which is radially grooved or otherwise correspondingly constructed. The body has a.

closable filler port preferably'on one side and a vent on the other side. bodied in the hollow portion of the body and is integral therewithand extends axially and lengthwise therethrough 5/ and is open at the ends. Theirlower end of this tubular An elongated tubular member is em- I with an extension ld with a passage 48 providing an air it be for bleaching, tinting, dyeing or other hair tending problems.

On the. diametrically opposite side there is a similar indentation or well 44 provided on its inner end 3 vent. There is a screw threaded hole at 569 to accommodate the screw portion of the plug 52 which has a passage 54 therethrough and which as is clear provides the desired venting result.

It is within the purview of the inventive concept to use the device in the manner illustrated for example in FIG. 1 as a hair drier. For instance with the chamber having no liquid therein and applying suction through the suction line the hair, if wet, can be drawn up into the concentrating duct in the manner illustrated generally in FIG. 4 and in this way dried. In other words, after a shampoo, the suction hair tinter or drier can be used to remove most of the Water to the point of reducing the time needed to dry the hair at least 50%. This step in and of itself is a valuable time saver. By sitting under a drier for a long time the customer is often tired and in some instances irritated. Therefore the usual under-the-drier step can be eliminated by using the herein disclosed invention for hair-drying purposes. Experimental use of the invention has shown that valuable time and labor is effectually saved in fact to the extent that it is believed that adoption and use of the invention will promote the progress in a conclusive manner. It is to be again suggested that in the tinting and dyeing steps involving the use of the invention the scalp is not touched by the applicator. In fact the users have shown that the effect is gentle, smooth and soothing. In practice when the suction is turned on and the reservoir chamber 14 is chargedwith the desired liquid preparation, air and liquid are simultaneously drawn into the intake end of the tube or duct along with the hair and with the hair confined the strands are colorcoated in a self-evident manner.

It is within the purview of the invention to put up containers in packages for sale to members of the public and when this is done and also for beauty shop use it is desirable to have a closure such as shown with greater particularity in FIG. 5. The closure is denoted at 56 and comprises a plug 58 which is plugged into the intake end of the duct and is partly retained with the aid of the nipple-like protrusions 26. The disk itself provides a flange and consequently otters the user a satisfactory grip.

. The aforementioned reservoir chamber can, of course, be loaded with the desiredliquid preparation in the manner shown and described. However, it is within the purview of the invention to attach one end of a liquid supply hose to the chamber for communication therewith and to connect the other end of the hose with a remote delivery or supply tank in lieu of hand filling the chamber as herein shown and described.

It is believed that after after careful consideration of the illustrative views in the drawing and specification a clear and comprehensive understanding of the subject matter of the invention, the features and advantages and mode of use will be clear. Therefore, a more extended description is regarded as unnecessary. r

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention as claimed.

What is claimed asnew is as fOllOWSt 7 1. A multipurpose applicance for use in a beauty salon, barber shop or home comprising: in combination, a suction hose, and means communicative'ly' but detach ably mounted on the intake end of said hose for tinting,

rinsing, dyeing, bleaching or otherwise conditioning ones hair, said means being manually manipulable and embodying a hollow applicator embodying'a forward surface provided with radial circumferentially spaced openended channels functioning to pick up, suck in atmoss a pheric air and deliver the same into the central opening of said surface, the latter being applicable directly to the hair being acted on while proximal to but spaced slightly from the scalp, the hollow portion of said applicator defining a reservoir for suction activated liquid and embodying an axially extending open-ended tubular member constituting a duct and serving to encompass and concentrate the loose hair Within the confines of said duct, the intake end of said duct having an annular row of suction-controlled orifices for distributively atomizing and dispersing the atomized mist within the confines of said duct whereby to coat and condition the confined hair.

2. A multipurpose appliance for manually controllable use in a beauty salon, barber shop or home comprising: applicator means embodying an unobstructed openended duct capable of enabling the user to collect and confine a selected lock of ones hair therein for rinsing, drying, tinting or coloring the same, said duct having an intake end which when in use is held proximal to the scalp to guide and draw the loose hair of the selected lock into said duct to be acted on, said intake end having means to suck atmospheric air distributively into said duct, also having orifice means for atomizing a mistforming rinsing, tinting or coloring liquid which is sucked into the duct to film-coat the hair which is being acted on, means for creating the desired suction in said duct, and liquid containing and supply means acted on by the suction for delivering the desired amount of tinting or similar liquid to the duct by way of and to be atomized by said atomizing means.

3. The structure according to claim 2, and wherein the means for creating the suction comprises a vacuum hose, the latter communicatively attached to the rearward discharge end of said duct.

4. The structure defined in claim 3, and wherein the supply means comprises a reservoir in which the liquid is stored and which when acted on by suction, is drawn through the orifices of the orifice means and thus transformed into the desired hair coating mist.

5. A hair coloring appliance for use in a beauty salon, barber shop or at ones home comprising a hollow body having air intake means at one end, also having a tubular member embodied in the hollow portion of the body and integral therewith and extending axially through the hollow portion of the body and being open at its respective ends, the lower end of said tubular member having at atmospheric air intake means, a suction hose connected to the upper discharge end of said member, the hollow portion of said body providing a container for a liquid hair tint, the junctional portion between the bottom of the body and intake end of said tubular member having atornizing orifices which provide communication between the hollow container portion of the body and contiguous intake end of the tubular member, said body being provided with an air vent communicable with. said hollow container portion.

6. A hair coloring appliance comprising an applicator embodying an open-ended elongated tubular member defining an aerated mist directing and hair collecting and concentrating duct, said duct being encompassed by and enveloped within the chamber of 'a hollow bulbous body, said chamber providing a receiving reservoir for a liquid hair lotion, the lower end portion of said body communicating with the adjacent corresponding lotion intake end of said tubular member by way of registering lotion atomizing and dispersing orifices formed in the tubular member, the upper end of said member constituting a discharge neck and being adapted to permit a suction hose to be separably connected thereto.

7. The structure according to claim 6, and wherein the intake end of said tubular'member is provided with areadily applicable and removable closure, said closure embodying a disk-like member having a central boss which is plugged telescopicallyinto said intake end;. i

8. The'structure according to claim 6,'and wherein said body is provided with a filler opening having a removable closure and is also provided with a vent.

9. The structure according to claim 6, and wherein each orifice is provided with a protruding nipple-like boss projecting radially into the suction activated air intake end of said duct.

10. A hair coloring appliance comprising a hollow bulbous-shaped body one end of which is annular and provided with a radially grooved convex surface, said body having a closable filler port on one side and a vent on another side, an elongated tubular member embodied in the hollow portion of said body and integral therewith and extending axially and lengthwise therethrough and open at its ends, the lower end of said member providing an air intake, the upper end providing a discharge and permitting a suction hose to be connected therewith,

the hollow portion between the tubular member and encompassing wall of the body providing a container for a References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,514,495 11/24 Wirth FOREIG N PATENTS 1,060,405 11/53 France.

610,771 12/60 Canada.

RICHARD A. GAUDET, Primary Examiner.

Claims

2. A MULTIPURPOSE APPLIANCE FOR MANUALLY CONTROLLABLE USE IN A BEAUTY SALON, BARBER SHOP OR HOME COMPRISING: APPLICATOR MEANS EMBODYING AND UNOBSTRUCTED OPENENDED DUCT CAPABLE OF ENABLING THE USED TO COLLECT AND CONFINE A SELECTED LOCK OF ONE''S HAIR THEREIN FOR RINISING, DRYING, TINTING OR COLORING THE SMAE, SAID DUCT HAVING AN INTAKE END WHICH WHEN IN USE IS HELD PROXIMAL TO THE SCALP TO GUIDE AND DRAW THE LOOSE HAIR TO THE SELECTED LOCK INTO SAID DUCT TO BE ACTED ON, SAID INTAKE, END HAVING MEANS TO SUCK ATMOSPHERIC AIR DISTRIBUTIVELY INTO SAID