Hair shaping device

Abstract

A hair shaping device (1) designed as a curling bar, in particular for drying or wave-styling of hair, equipped with a handle (2) and a heatable hair shaping component (3), whereby the hair shaping component (3) has a curled structure (4), and where the hair shaping component (3) features an elliptical cross section down its longitudinal axis, at least down the length of a section (5). This shape of cross section is retained while the alignment of the ellipse (6) is changed in order to achieve the curled structure (4).The proposed hair shaping device (1) permits uniform wave-styling and drying of locks of hair through the application of relatively high levels of tension to those locks of hair.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]This invention relates to a hair shaping device for the drying or styling of hair.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]We are familiar from U.S. Pat. No. 1,491,415 with a hair shaping device comprising a handle component and a heatable hair styling component. The hair styling component features a curled structure and a hair retaining clip adapted to the shape of this structure to assist with the spiral curling of locks of hair on the hair styling component.[0003]This hair shaping device is intended for the styling of hair. Essentially, a heating unit arranged inside the hair styling component is a suitable way of heating the outer surface of the hair styling component. This heat helps both to dry and to style locks of hair.[0004]The disadvantage of the familiar hair shaping device is that it is relatively unsuited to tight curling of locks of hair using only a relatively narrow range of the entire section. This curling technique, frequently used in practice, ...

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Benefits of technology

"The patent describes a hair shaping device that can create a natural wave effect in hair. The device has an elliptical cross section along its length, which is maintained by changing the alignment of the ellipse. The device can be used with a hair retaining clip to hold curled hair in place and apply uniform pressure to it. The curled structure of the hair shaping component consists of half a complete turn to three complete turns, which results in a wave effect that matches a natural wave in hair. The device also has a separating spike that can be used to separate out individual locks of hair and then curl them around the hair shaping component. The device is designed to create a uniform wave effect in hair and can be adjusted to different application angles."

Problems solved by technology

The disadvantage of the familiar hair shaping device is that it is relatively unsuited to tight curling of locks of hair using only a relatively narrow range of the entire section.

On the one hand, straight sections of hair of this kind are undesirable in locks of hair being styled.

On the other hand, these straight sections of hair, in contrast to the relatively tightly curled strands of hair, do not lie on the surface of the heatable hair styling component, which means that the straight sections of hair are dried less well than the curled strands which, in overall terms, gives rise to a relatively long drying process during permanent wave treatment.

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