HAIR COLORING APPLIANCE

• US 20180213912A1
• Filed: 03/27/2018
• Published: 08/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Original Assignee: L'Oreal SA
• Inventors: Grez, Joseph
• Granted Patent: US 10,441,048 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 19/00 Devices for washing the hair or the scalp; Similar devices for colouring the hair
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 19/0066 Coloring or bleaching
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 19/012 Devices for colouring or bleaching separated strands of hair, e.g. highlighting A45D19/02 and A45D19/18 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 19/026 having brush or comb applicators A45D24/22 take precedence; brushes with reservoir or other means for applying substances A46B11/00
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/058 Means for mixing different substances prior to application
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 24/22 Combs with dispensing devices for liquids, pastes or powders
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 11/0055 with a reciprocating piston or plunger acting as the pressurising means
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 11/063 by means of a supply pipe
• CPC Class Codes: A46B 13/04 with reservoir or other means for supplying substances
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 25/43141 composed of consecutive sections of helical formed elements
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 33/834 Mixing in several steps, e.g. successive steps B01F33/81, B01F33/82 and B01F33/85 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 33/848 using data, i.e. barcodes, 3D codes or similar type of tagging information, as instruction or identification codes for controlling the dispensing and mixing operations
• CPC Class Codes: B01F 35/7176 using pumps

Abstract

The system includes a hair color packet assembly having one hair color packet and one developer packet and a pump assembly for moving the hair coloring material and developer material to a mixing assembly which mixes the color and the developer and delivers it to a brushhead/distributor, which has openings through which the selected hair color formulation is delivered. The brushhead/distributor is mountable in a handle having a motor which drives the brushhead/distributor in a linear oscillating manner.

Claims

1. A hair coloring system, comprising:

a hair color packet assembly including one coloring material chamber containing coloring dye and one developer material chamber containing developer material;

a pump assembly operatively coupled to the coloring material chamber and the developer material chamber for dispensing the coloring dye material and the developer material;

output lines from the pump assembly receiving the dye material and the developer material, the output lines merging into a mixer line containing a mixer element which receives and mixes the coloring dye material and the developer material dispensed by the pump assembly to produce a hair formulation;

a brushhead connected to the mixer line via a connecting line, wherein the brushhead includes a plurality of tines, one or more of which include openings through which the coloring material moves, the brushhead further including bristles which extend past the lower ends of the tines, contacting the scalp, wherein the tines are positioned above the scalp to allow the hair formulation to escape therefrom; and

a handle extending from the brushhead.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the bristles are positioned intermediate of the tines.

3. The system of claim 1, including more than one brushhead for use in coloring different parts of a user'"'"'s hair.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the pump assembly is controlled to produce a formulation flow rate in the connecting line of approximately 1.25 ml/second.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the pump assembly includes separate pumps for the coloring material chamber and the developer material chamber.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the hair color packet assembly, the pump assembly, the output lines, the inner line and brushhead are separable from the handle and disposable.

7. A single use hair color consumable assembly for use with a hair coloring system, comprising:

a hair color packet assembly having one hair coloring material chamber and one developer material chamber, wherein the hair coloring material chamber includes hair coloring material and the developer chamber includes developer material;

a pump assembly operatively connected to the coloring material chamber and the developer chamber for dispensing the coloring material and the developer material;

output lines from the pump assembly for receiving the coloring material and the developer material dispensed by the pump assembly;

the output lines merging into a mixer line containing a mixer element which receives and mixes the coloring material and the developer material dispensed by the pump assembly, producing a hair formulation; and

a brushhead member connected to the mixing assembly by a connecting line, the brushhead assembly including a plurality of tines, one or more of which include openings through which the coloring material moves, the brushhead further including bristles which extend past the lower end of the tines, contacting the scalp, wherein the tines are positioned slightly above the scalp allowing the hair formulation to escape therefrom.

8. The system of claim 7, including separate pumps for the hair coloring material chamber and the developer material chamber

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the bristles are positioned intermediate of the tines.

10. A hair coloring system, comprising;

a hair color packet assembly having one hair coloring materiel chamber containing coloring dye material and one materiel chamber containing developer material;

a pump assembly operatively connected to the hair coloring material chamber and the developer material chamber for dispensing the coloring dye material and the developer material;

wherein the pump assembly includes output lines for the coloring dye material and the developer material dispensed by the pump assembly;

the output lines merging into a mixer line containing a mixing element which receives and mixes the coloring dye material and the developer material dispensed by the pump assembly to produce a hair formulation;

a brushhead connected to the mixer line via a connecting line;

the brushhead includes a plurality of tines, one or more of which include openings through which the hair formulation moves, the brushhead further including bristles, which extend past the lower end of the tines, contacting the scalp of the user, the tines being positioned slightly above the scalp, to allow the hair formulation to escape;

a handle extending from the brushhead, wherein the brushhead is adapted to move in the handle; and

a motor housed in the handle and operatively connected to the brushhead to move the brushhead back and forth in a linear movement oscillation.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the pump assembly includes separate pumps for the coloring material chamber and the developer material chamber.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the bristles are positioned intermediate of the tines.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the linear movement of the tines is greater than ½

the distance between successive tines and less than ½

times the distance between successive tines.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the color packet assembly, the pump assembly, the output lines, the mixer line, the connecting line and the brushhead are separable from the handle and disposable.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the pump assembly is controlled to produce a formulation flow rate in the range of 10 cc/minute-300 cc/minute.