Hair coloring appliance
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1. A hair coloring system, comprising:
- a hair color packet assembly having at least two coloring material chambers each containing different coloring dye material, and one or zero developer material chamber containing developer material;
each of the coloring material chambers and the one or zero developer material chamber having a pump operatively coupled thereto for dispensing the coloring dye material or the developer material associated therewith;
each pump having an output line therefrom for receiving the coloring dye materials and the developer material dispensed by the pumps associated therewith;
the output lines merging into a mixer line containing a mixing element which receives and mixes the coloring dye materials or the coloring dye materials and the developer material dispensed by the pumps;
a control assembly including a microprocessor operable to control each of the pumps separately to dispense each of the coloring dye materials and developer material over a range of flow rates, wherein the microprocessor has control information stored therein for producing colors and responds to a user'"'"'s input of a selected color to control the pumps to dispense appropriate combinations of one or more of the hair coloring dye materials and developer material to produce the selected color, following mixing;
a brushhead connected to the mixer line via a connecting line; and
a handle extending from the brushheadwherein the hair color packet assembly, the pumps, the output lines, the mixer line, the connecting line and the control assembly are external to the handle and the brushhead.
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Abstract
The system includes a hair color packet assembly having several individual hair color packets and one developer packet, each packet having a pump for delivering selected amounts of material to a mixing assembly. A control assembly operable in response to a user'"'"'s input controls each of the pumps to deliver selected amounts of color material and developer material to a mixing assembly which mixes the colors 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.
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1. A hair coloring system, comprising:
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a hair color packet assembly having at least two coloring material chambers each containing different coloring dye material, and one or zero developer material chamber containing developer material; each of the coloring material chambers and the one or zero developer material chamber having a pump operatively coupled thereto for dispensing the coloring dye material or the developer material associated therewith; each pump having an output line therefrom for receiving the coloring dye materials and the developer material dispensed by the pumps associated therewith; the output lines merging into a mixer line containing a mixing element which receives and mixes the coloring dye materials or the coloring dye materials and the developer material dispensed by the pumps; a control assembly including a microprocessor operable to control each of the pumps separately to dispense each of the coloring dye materials and developer material over a range of flow rates, wherein the microprocessor has control information stored therein for producing colors and responds to a user'"'"'s input of a selected color to control the pumps to dispense appropriate combinations of one or more of the hair coloring dye materials and developer material to produce the selected color, following mixing; a brushhead connected to the mixer line via a connecting line; and a handle extending from the brushhead wherein the hair color packet assembly, the pumps, the output lines, the mixer line, the connecting line and the control assembly are external to the handle and the brushhead. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A hair coloring system, comprising:
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a hair color packet assembly having at least two coloring material chambers each containing coloring dye material, and one or zero developer material chamber containing developer material; each of the coloring material chambers and the one or zero developer material chamber having a pump operatively coupled thereto for dispensing the coloring dye materials or the developer material associated therewith; each pump having an output line therefrom for receiving the coloring dye materials and the developer material dispensed by the pumps associated therewith; the output lines merging into a mixer line containing a mixing element which receives and mixes the coloring dye materials or the coloring dye materials and the developer material dispensed by the pumps; a control assembly including a microprocessor operable to control each of the pumps separately to dispense each of the coloring dye materials and developer material over a range of flow rates, wherein the microprocessor has control information stored therein for producing colors and responds to a user'"'"'s input of a selected color to control the pumps to dispense appropriate combinations of one or more of the hair coloring dye materials and developer material to produce the selected color, following mixing; a brushhead connected to the mixer line via a connecting line; 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 coupled to the brushhead to move the brushhead back and forth in a linear movement oscillation; wherein the hair color packet assembly, the pumps, the output lines, the mixing line, the connecting line and the control assembly are external to the handle and the brushhead. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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