Blending station apparatus and method for using the same
AssigneeB&R Holdings, LLC
InventorsMitchell H. Saranow, Charles C. Mayberry
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Abstract
A system for recalculating a formula previously used in preparing a mixture made from adding at least two components. The system includes a control system and salon management software. The control system has a processor, a computer-readable memory, and a display. The memory contains software configured to receive a formula defining instructions for blending a hair dye mixture using one or more blending materials and amounts recommended for the hair dye mixture. The salon management software is stored in the computer-readable memory and executed by the control system. The salon management software is in communication with the control system to exchange information on customers and formulas of hair dye mixtures associated with the customers.
Claims17
A method for preparing a hair dye mixture, the system comprising:
- accessing a control system having at least a processor, a computer-readable memory, and a display, wherein the memory contains software configured to receive a formula defining instructions for blending a hair dye mixture using one or more colorants and/or dye blending materials and amounts recommended for the hair dye mixture;
- enabling selection input, via a user control system, of one or more of a stored hair dye mixture from a customer history, a stored dye color from the customer history, a finished mixture from an available list of known hair dye mixtures, or components for a new hair dye formula;
- preparing an amount of a hair dye mixture using the selection input;
- determining an end weight of the hair dye mixture after a user has used the hair dye mixture;
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- calculating a revised amount of the hair dye mixture by subtracting the end weight of the hair dye mixture from the prepared amount of the hair dye mixture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.