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US 11,528,978 B2Granted
Hair conditioning treatment apparatus and method
AssigneeRoholm Limited
InventorsBlythe Guy Rees-Jones, David Erl Roe, Jonathan Martin Jones, Simon John Crane, Timothy Mark Allan
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Abstract
In one aspect the invention is arranged to provide a hair treatment apparatus adapted to reduce the temperature of hair. This apparatus includes at least one thermal energy storage core arranged to draw heat out of hair wherein said at least one thermal energy storage core is arranged to cool hair to a temperature below 0° Celsius.
Claims20
A hair treatment apparatus adapted to reduce the temperature of hair, the apparatus including:
- at least one fluid thermal energy storage core formed from a liquid or gel material that only experiences a solidification or condensation phase change when cooled below 0° C. and being arranged to draw heat out of hair;
- at least one contact housing comprising a contact surface arranged to contact hair during a treatment process and a sealed compartment confining the at least one fluid thermal energy storage core;
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- a handle removably connected to the at least one contact housing,
- wherein, prior to use, the at least one contact housing, together with the at least one fluid thermal energy storage core, is cooled to below 0° C., and
- wherein said at least one fluid thermal energy storage core is arranged to cool hair to a temperature below 0° Celsius.
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A hair treatment method comprising the steps of:
- providing a hair treatment apparatus including:
- a fluid thermal energy storage core formed from a liquid or gel material that only experiences a solidification or condensation phase change when cooled below 0° C., the fluid thermal energy storage core being confined in a sealed compartment of a contact housing connected to a handle, the contact housing comprising a contact surface arranged to contact hair during a treatment process, the handle being removably connected to the contact housing;
- prior to use, cooling the contact housing, together with the fluid thermal energy storage core to below 0° C.;
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- exposing hair to be treated to the contact housing confining the thermal energy storage core to extract heat from the hair and reduce a temperature of the hair to below 0° C.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.