Apparatus and method for applying a product to skin
AssigneeCrystals Ltd.
InventorChristopher Stafford-Nelson
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Abstract
An apparatus for applying product to the skin of a person in a booth, comprising: an applicator configured to apply the product to the person; a first guide configured to guide movement of an applicator in a first dimension, in order to enable the applicator to apply the product to the person at a plurality of different heights; and a second guide configured to guide movement of the applicator in a second dimension, in order to enable the applicator to apply the product across the width of the person. The apparatus may comprise control circuitry for controlling the applicator in dependence upon the weight of the person.
Claims20
A booth for applying product to the skin of a person, comprising:
- an entrance;
- an applicator configured to output the product;
- a guide configured to guide vertical movement of the applicator;
- an arm rotatably coupled to a roof of the booth;
- a drive configured to cause the arm to rotate the guide across the entrance of the booth into a plurality of different azimuthal positions;
- a further drive configured to drive vertical movement of the applicator along the guide;
- a sensor configured to sense the height of a person to whom the product is to be applied;
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- control circuitry configured to control the drive, configured to use the sensor to determine the height of a person to whom product is to be applied, configured to determine positions of various body parts of the person from at least the height of the person, and configured to control the further drive to vary a speed at which the applicator moves along the guide in dependence upon the body part that the product is being applied to.
A booth, for applying product to the skin of a person, comprising:
- an entrance;
- an applicator configured to output the product;
- a guide configured to guide vertical movement of the applicator;
- an arm rotatably coupled to a roof of the booth;
- a drive configured to cause the arm to rotate the guide across the entrance in discrete steps into a plurality of different azimuthal positions;
- a further drive configured to drive vertical movement of the applicator along the guide;
- and
- control circuitry configured to control the drive and the further drive.
A booth, for applying product to the skin of a person, comprising:
- an entrance;
- an applicator configured to output the product;
- a substantially vertical guide configured to guide vertical movement of the applicator;
- a track comprising a rack;
- an arm, rotatably coupled to a roof of the booth;
- a stepper motor configured to drive the arm along the rack in discrete steps by rotating a pinion, causing the arm to rotate the guide in discrete steps about an axis of rotation across the entrance of the booth into a plurality of different azimuthal positions;
- a drive, mounted on the arm and coupled to the applicator, configured to rotate the applicator about a further axis of rotation that is spaced from and substantially parallel to the axis of rotation of the arm;
- a further drive configured to drive vertical movement of the applicator along the guide;
- and
- control circuitry configured to control the stepper motor, the drive and the further drive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.