Hair grooming device

• US 7,225,758 B1
• Filed: 11/17/2004
• Issued: 06/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eric T. Galloway
• Original Assignee: Eric T. Galloway
• Inventors: Galloway, Eric T.
• Primary Examiner(s): PRICE JR, RICHARD THOMAS
• Application Number:
  US10/989,441
• Time in Patent Office: 930 Days
• Field of Search: 119/603, 119/604, 119/608, 119/609, 119/665, 132/119, 132/118, 153/22, 153/20
• US Class Current: 119/603
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 13/001 Washing, cleaning, or drying devices for veterinary purposes A61D7/00, A61D11/00
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 13/002 Curry-combs; Brushes shearing sheep B26B19/24
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 24/22 Combs with dispensing devices for liquids, pastes or powders

Abstract

A portable device for treating and grooming hair and head, the device has a reservoir for holding various treatment liquids, a flexible tube for delivery, and a brush with interchangeable hair contact means for application. The device also has a switched heater for the liquids and a switched pump for their forced delivery, along with a flow switch in the brush handle.

Claims

1. A hair grooming device for grooming hair and applying liquids to hair and head, the device comprised of:

a base, the base further comprising;

liquid storage means, wherein the liquid storage means is a reservoir with a removable lid,

a heating element that surrounds an input line between the liquid reservoir and a pumping means, the heating means further comprises a switch for on/off power of the heating element,

powering means for the heating element;

liquid delivery means connecting the base to a brush comprising interchangeable hair contact devices, the brush applying the liquid to the hair and head, wherein the liquid delivery means is flexible tubing,

the pumping means for delivering the liquid from the liquid storage means to the delivery means and the applicator means,

powering means for the pumping means.

2. The hair grooming device in claim 1 wherein the base further comprises a switch for on/off power of the pumping means.

3. The hair grooming device in claim 2 wherein the powering means is an electrical cord and a plug utilizing standard household voltage.

4. The hair grooming device in claim 3 wherein the brush further comprises a plurality of liquid delivery ports.

5. The hair grooming device in claim 4 wherein the brush further comprises a handle with a switch for controlling flow of the liquid through the brush and to the delivery ports.

6. The hair grooming device in claim 5 wherein the switch further comprises a lever for controlling the switch.

7. A hair grooming device for grooming hair and applying liquids to hair and head, the device comprised of:

a substantially rectangular parallelepiped base, the base further comprising;

a liquid reservoir, the reservoir having a lid and the base having a depression accessing the lid;

a pump pumping the liquid from the reservoir;

a heating element heating the liquid, the heating element surrounding a pump input line between the pump and the liquid reservoir;

an electrical cord and plug powering the pump and the heating element in the base, the plug inserting into standard household electrical outlets;

the hair grooming device further comprising;

a flexible delivery tube supplying the liquid from the pump in the base to hair contact means, the hair contact means comprising a brush;

a main artery in a handle of the brush supplying a plurality of artery branches and outlet ports of the artery branches in a head of the brush.

8. The hair grooming device in claim 7 wherein the base further comprises an on/off switch controlling the heating element.

9. The hair grooming device in claim 8 wherein the base further comprises an on/off switch controlling the pump.

10. The hair grooming device in claim 9 wherein the brush comprises a plurality of varied, interchangeable brushes.

11. The hair grooming device in claim 10 wherein the handle of the brush further comprises a flow switch controlling flow of the liquid through the artery.

12. The hair grooming device in claim 11 wherein the base further comprises a carrying handle.

13. The hair grooming device in claim 12 wherein the pump further comprises a recirculation line returning the liquid from the pump to the reservoir.