Applicator and partial hair dyeing device
AssigneeKao Corporation
InventorYoshimasa Takagi
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Abstract
An applicator (100) for applying a treatment agent to one's hair includes a container connector (110) for connection with a dispensing container (ST) accommodating therein the treatment agent, an upper guide member (120) formed in a hollow shape so as to extend forward from the container connector (110) and including an outlet formed in a lower face for dispensing the treatment agent, a lower guide member (130) disposed parallel to the upper guide member so as to oppose the outlet, and a parallel supporting body (140) that displaces at least one of the upper guide member (120) and the lower guide member (130) up and downward, while maintaining the guide members parallel to each other. With the applicator (100) an individual user can easily apply the treatment agent uniformly to the hair.
Claims17
An applicator to be used for applying a treatment agent to head hair, the applicator comprising:
- a container connector for connection with a dispensing container having a treatment agent present therein;
- an upper guide member of a hollow shape comprising an outlet formed in a lower face thereof through which the treatment agent is dispensed, and formed so as to extend forward from the container connector;
- a lower guide member disposed parallel to the upper guide member so as to oppose the outlet;
- a parallel supporting body that displaces at least one of the upper guide member and the lower guide member up and downward, while maintaining the upper guide member and the lower guide member parallel to each other
- wherein the upper guide member comprises a plurality of hair guide protrusions present on the lower face thereof, thereby protruding in a comb teeth shape, and
- wherein the upper guide member comprises a hair grasping portion comprising a plurality of the hair guide protrusions formed in a comb teeth shape and a frontal portion formed on a front side of the hair grasping portion, and the frontal portion is formed such that a clearance between the upper guide member and the lower guide member becomes narrower from a forward position toward the hair grasping portion.
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A partial hair dyeing device to be used for partially dyeing head hair, the device comprising:
- a container connector for connection with a dispensing container having hair dye therein present therein;
- an upper grasp member of a hollow shape formed in a slender shape extending forward from the container connector, and comprising an outlet through which the hair dye is dispensed, the outlet being located on a lower face of the upper grasp member;
- a lower grasp member formed in a slender shape and disposed parallel to the upper grasp member so as to oppose the outlet;
- a parallel supporting body that displaces at least one of the upper grasp member and the lower grasp member up and downward, while maintaining the upper grasp member and the lower grasp member parallel to each other, and
- a plurality of hair guide protrusions protruding from a lower face of the upper grasp member, in a comb teeth shape as a whole,
- wherein
- the upper grasp member comprises a hair grasping portion comprising a plurality of the hair guide protrusions formed in a comb teeth shape and a frontal portion formed on a front side of the hair grasping portion, and
- the frontal portion is formed such that a clearance between the upper grasp member and the lower grasp member becomes narrower from a forward position toward the hair grasping portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.