Hair care apparatus
AssigneePalock Limited
InventorsPalesa Sansole, Hans Henrik Petersen, Andrew Robert-James Russell, Roderick McBrien, Digby Redshaw, Neil Bowker
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Abstract
An apparatus for dreadlocking hair comprising a motor and a means for holding or engaging a strand of hair. The holding means is rotated by the motor, so that the strand of hair is twisted into a dreadlock, that is, a twisted bundle of hair where hair on the surface of the bundle describes a purely helical path, at least in a newly dreadlocked part of the strand.
Claims22
An apparatus for locking a strand of hair comprising a holder for engaging the strand of hair, the holder driveably connected with an electric motor so that operation of the electric motor causes a rotation of parts or all of the holder for locking an unlocked part of the strand of hair in the holder, wherein the holder is arranged to engage the strand of hair so that a distal free end of the strand of hair can move freely.
A method of forming a dreadlock on a person from a strand of hair or part thereof, the method comprising:
- separating a strand of hair from surrounding hair;
- using a holder of a dreadlocking apparatus to hold the strand of hair so that a distal portion of the strand of hair can move freely;
- activating a motor of the apparatus, the motor arranged to rotate the holder or a part of the holder that holds the strand of hair, thereby twisting a portion of the strand of hair between the holder and the scalp of the person;
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- disengaging the strand of hair from the holder after deactivation of the motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.