Toilet – Hair device – Comb
Patent
1993-06-18
1995-07-25
Weiss, John G.
Toilet
Hair device
Comb
132271, 34 97, 34100, 119 85, A45D 2410
Patent
active
054353270
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to devices for grooming. The purpose of the invention is to collect unsightly hairs and dandruff that are removed whilst grooming one's hair.
Broadly the grooming device of the invention comprises grooming means, conduit means which extend from an inlet orifice adjacent the grooming means to an outlet orifice also adjacent the grooming means, means for generating a flow of air in the conduit means and debris-collection means which extract debris from the air flowing in the conduit means.
In this specification, the term "grooming means" is used to cover tines forming a comb, bristles of any material forming a brush and also any other elements intended for use for grooming purposes.
Furthermore, this device should not be considered limited to use on hair. For example, when the grooming means is a brush, the device can be used to remove lint and dust from clothing.
In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the air-flow generating means is contained in a housing on which the grooming means is mounted. Advantageously the housing is elongate and capable of being held in the hand and the grooming means is mounted on an elongate extension portion to a main portion of the housing, the conduit means having a first conduit portion inside the main housing and a second conduit portion inside the extension portion.
With the latter construction, one orifice of the conduit means can be a slot extending longitudinally of the extension portion. The grooming means may then comprise an array of tines or bristles which extends longitudinally from the slot, through which the tines or bristles extend.
Preferably, the air-flow generating means comprises a fan driven by an electric motor. The electric motor may be of a type that operates from an AC power supply only or alternatively from a DC power supply only, or further alternatively from either an AC or a DC power supply.
Advantageously, there is provided a selectively energizable heating means for heating the exhaust air prior to expulsion through the conduit means outlet. The heating means can be an electric element.
It is a further optional feature of this invention that the position of the conduit means outlet relative to the grooming means is adjustable around the longitudinal axis of the housing and its extension portion, the grooming means extending over only part of the circumference of the extension portion. There may be included means for adjusting the operative area of the inlet orifice of the device in order to vary the airflow therethrough. Conveniently the debris collection means comprises a removable mesh filter.
In a further preferred embodiment of the invention the first conduit portion has at its ends proximate orifices forming an inlet to and outlet from the main housing, and the extension portion can be separably attached to either orifice of the first conduit portion by locating means, whereby the device can be assembled in a selected one of two configurations, in the first of which the extension portion is located in the inlet orifice of the first conduit portion, an orifice of the second conduit portion in the extension portion forms the inlet orifice of the device and the outlet orifice of the first conduit portion leads to or forms the outlet of the device, and in the second of which the extension portion is located in the outlet orifice of the first conduit portion, an orifice of the second conduit portion in the extension portion forms the outlet orifice of the device and the inlet orifice of the first conduit portion leads from or forms the inlet orifice of the device.
Further preferred features of both embodiments of the invention are disclosed in the dependent claims.
Embodiments of the invention are described below with reference to the drawings in which:
FIG. 1 is a sectional side view of a hair groomer,
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of part of FIG. 1 viewed in the direction of arrow A,
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a second hair groomer with its internal parts shown schematically,
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the bod
REFERENCES:
patent: 2999263 (1961-09-01), Smith
patent: 3102941 (1963-09-01), Pope
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