Dye container and hair dyeing device using the same

• US 20060021627A1
• Filed: 07/23/2003
• Published: 02/02/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jae-Kun Lee
• Original Assignee: Jae-Kun Lee
• Inventors: Lee, Jae-Kun
• Granted Patent: US 8,109,278 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 132/113
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 19/0075 Producing special patterns, e.g. by masks
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/058 Means for mixing different substances prior to application
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 24/28 with piston pump or other types of pumps

Abstract

This invention relates to a device for performing dyeing operation such as bleaching, coloring, and coating using an electric power with a dye container attached. Main components of the invention are comprised of a body, a comb assembly, a pump and a piping member. The body composed of handle and head is equipped with a motor, battery and switch. The comb assembly composed of a plurality of teeth having respective conduits is rotatably fixed to the body. The pump is connected to the motor so as to feed the dye from the container attached to the body to the respective comb of the comb assembly with an enforced and uniform flow. The piping member is disposed at a flow path between the pump and the comb assembly so as to maintain a uniform flow of dye through the conduits of the comb assembly.

Claims

1. A dye container for storing a hair dye, comprising:

a dye-containing space adapted not to make contact with the air introduced by discharging the dye;

the dye-containing space being defined in a thin resin film, the thin resin film being easily collapsible so that a negative pressure applied to the dye-containing space is small when the dye is discharged; and

at least one mouth adapted so that the dye is discharged through the mouth.

2. The container as set forth in claim 1, further comprising at least one hole formed at the outside of the dye container adjacent to the dye-containing space so that the negative pressure created by diminution of the dye is reduced.

3. A hair dyeing device for discharging dye by means of an electric force to dye hair, comprising:

a main body having a motor, a power source, a switch, and a port formed so that at least one dye container as set forth in claim 1 is attached to the main body through the port;

a comb assembly attached to the main body, the comb assembly comprising a plurality of tines, each of the tines having at least one flow channel formed therein;

at least one pump connected to the motor for supplying dye contained in the dye container attached to the main body to the tines of the comb assembly, and

flow channels formed so that the dye supplied by the pump flows to the respective tines along the corresponding flow channels.

4. The device as set forth in claim 3, wherein the comb assembly is pivotably attached to one end of the main body.

5. The device as set forth in claim 3, wherein each of the tines of the comb assembly has one to eight flow channels formed therein.

6. The device as set forth in claim 3, wherein the pump mounted in the main body is a multi channel pump having a plurality of pumping elements divided by partitions, the pumping elements being coaxially arranged, and wherein the number of the pumping elements corresponds to that of the tines with flow channel(s).

7. The device as set forth in claim 3, further comprising a valve mounted in each of the flow channels formed between the pump and the comb assembly so that the dye is discharged through each of the flow channels while the dye is mixed with another dye or the dye is discharged through each of the flow channels while the dye is not mixed with another dye depending upon selected positions of the valve.

8. The device as set forth in claim 3, further comprising an intermediate plate attached to the port formed in the main body so that the dye container is easily replaced irrespective of the size of a mouth of the dye container.

9. The device as set forth in claim 3, further comprising a plurality of dispensers disposed between the pump and the comb assembly for uniformly distributing the dye supplied by the pump, wherein each of the dispensers has a plurality of rotors arranged on the same shaft.