Apparel – Garment protectors – Aprons
Patent
1997-10-14
1999-09-14
Calvert, John J.
Apparel
Garment protectors
Aprons
2 495, A41B 1300, A41B 1310
Patent
active
059502363
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is a method for collecting hair cuttings during cutting of hair with shears or with an electric cutting device, in which the hair cuttings are caught and retained in the shoulder region immediately following seperation from the head hair by a catching device installed there. An object of the invention is furthermore a device for collecting hair cuttings during cutting the hair with shears or with an electrical haircutting device, including a collar which is designed and constructed to be laid on the neck of a person in order to catch hair cuttings.
During hair care by cutting, not only long, but also to the greatest extent very short, hair cuttings accumulate which do not fall rapidly to the floor owing to their small mass, but are rather swirled around by air currents such as they exist in a room in which people move about and in which hair drying devices are in operation. Through these air currents, these fine and finest hair cuttings, in part only fractions of a millimeter long, can be breathed in and cause irritations and, if worse comes to worse, infections as well in respiratory organs, on the skin and even in the eyes.
With a device known from GB-A 2256577, the hairs are held fast by electrostatic charging of a drape (cape) which can be laid around the neck during the haircut. Maintaining an electrostatic charge over a long period of time, as is necessary in cutting hair, is difficult, and it is not guaranteed that the hairs will be held fast when the electrostatic charge is reduced in the cape, and thereby get into the environment once again. In particular, fine hair cuttings can get into the environment when the cape is removed after the haircut and taken away.
Furthermore, with the device known from DE-PS 806 279 the hair cuttings are continuously sucked off on a frustum-shaped collar, through whose upper opening the head must be passed, and on whose conic surface suction openings are present. Such a device, if the suction is to be effective, is very loud and unpractical, as the hair dresser must work at a great distance from the hair.
From GB-A-2 264 234, a collar-like hair collection container is also known which (similar to a bib for children) can be hung around the neck. This hair collection container is very stiff and uncomfortable to wear, and hardly solves the problem of small hair cuttings flying around, as these only lie on the surface of the container owing to their weight, but can come off again at any time.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The object of the present invention now consists in creating a process and a device which make it possible to collect the hair cuttings immediately after cutting and thereby prevent them from spreading in the area.
This object is accomplished by a procedure in which the hair cuttings fall and are retained on a collar which is laid around the neck and has an adhesive or wet surface which takes up the hairs, and by a device wherein the surface of the collar has an adhesive coating or is irrigated with water.
By seizing the hair cuttings immediately after cutting, that is after the shortest falling height possible, their spread is effectively prevented. By seizing the hair cuttings on an adhesive surface of the collar, as well as by additional collection of the same in an almost self-contained trough at the lower end of the collar, further spreading of the hair cuttings is no longer possible.
In a particularly advantageous embodiment, the adhesive surface is applied to a paper or a plastic sheet, which can be disposed of after the haircut with the hairs sticking to it. Preferably several adhesive layers are produced lying above one another in the form of a package, so that a new one is available immediately after use. To prevent a soiling of the new adhesive layer before use and removal of the adhesive or carrier layer loaded with hairs, a separating sheet can be placed between the individual sheets.
In a further embodiment the hair cuttings, which get out below over the edge of the adhesive surface, c
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Andrew Vladimir
Himber Roger
Andrew Vladimir
Calvert John J.
Jenkins Shirra L.
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