Hair coloring device and methods
AssigneesKennedy/Matsumoto Design LLC, Longoria Design LLC, Spectrum Associates LLC
InventorsMelvin R. Kennedy, Jose Longoria, Robert G. Robbins
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Abstract
A hair coloring applicator for applying a hair coloring material to one or more strands of hair using a rotating brush. The hair coloring applicator may include one or more brushes rotatably coupled to a body. The body may include a housing having at least one opening for receiving one or more strands of hair. The brush may include a plurality of bristles configured to contact the one or more strands of hair without tangling or snagging the hair. The bristles of the brush receive a hair coloring material and apply the material to strands of hair by contacting the hair. The hair coloring applicator may simultaneously apply one or more colors of hair coloring material to strands of hair.
Claims50
A hair coloring applicator, comprising:
- at least one brush having a plurality of bristles, wherein the at least one brush is rotatably coupled to a body;
- wherein the body includes a housing configured to contain at least a portion of the at least one brush;
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- wherein the housing includes at least one opening for receiving at least one strand of hair and placing the at least one strand of hair in contact with at least one of the plurality of bristles, and the housing includes at least one device for applying a hair coloring material to the plurality of bristles.
A method for applying hair coloring material to hair, comprising:
- positioning at least one strand of hair in an opening of a hair coloring applicator;
- wherein the hair coloring applicator comprises:
- at least one brush having a plurality of bristles, wherein the at least one brush is rotatably coupled to a body;
- wherein the body includes a housing configured to contain at least a portion of the at least one brush;
- and
- wherein the housing includes at least one opening for receiving at least one strand of hair and placing the at least one strand of hair in contact with at least one of the plurality of bristles, and the housing includes at least one device for applying a hair coloring material to the plurality of bristles;
- contacting at least one of the plurality of bristles of the at least one brush with the hair coloring material formed from at least one color;
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- rotating the at least one brush containing the hair coloring material while at least one of the plurality of bristles is in contact with the at least one strand of hair.
A hair coloring applicator, comprising:
- at least one brush rotatably coupled to a body and formed from a plurality of bristles;
- a means for contacting a hair coloring material with at least one of the plurality of bristles of the at least one brush;
- a means for placing at least one strand of hair in contact with at least one of the plurality of bristles of the at least one brush;
- and
- a means for rotating the at least one brush to apply the hair coloring material to the at least one strand of hair.
A hair coloring applicator, comprising:
- at least one brush rotatably coupled to a body and formed from a plurality of bristles;
- a means for contacting a hair coloring material with at least one of the plurality of bristles of the at least one brush;
- a means for placing at least one strand of hair in contact with at least one of the plurality of bristles of the at least one brush,
- wherein the means for contacting a hair coloring material with at least one of the plurality of bristles of the at least one brush comprises an orifice in a housing for receiving a hair coloring material.
A hair coloring applicator, comprising:
- at least one brush rotatably coupled to a body and formed from a plurality of bristles;
- a means for contacting a hair coloring material with at least one of the plurality of bristles of the at least one brush;
- a means for placing at least one strand of hair in contact with at least one of the plurality of bristles of the at least one brush,
- further comprising a biasing mechanism for moving a cartridge containing a hair coloring material so that the hair coloring material contacts at least one of the plurality of bristles of the at least one brush.
A hair coloring applicator, comprising:
- at least one brush rotatably coupled to a body and formed from a plurality of bristles;
- a means for contacting a hair coloring material with at least one of the plurality of bristles of the at least one brush;
- a means for placing at least one strand of hair in contact with at least one of the plurality of bristles of the at least one brush,
- wherein the means for placing at least one strand of hair in contact with at least one of the plurality of bristles of the at least one brush comprises at least one opening in a housing surrounding at least a portion of the at least one brush for receiving the at least one strand of hair.
A hair coloring device, comprising:
- a housing;
- an applicator mounted for rotatable movement relative to the housing;
- a supply of hair coloring material at a first location relative to the housing and positioned so as to contact the applicator;
- a motor having a shaft, the applicator being driven rotationally in response to rotation of the shaft;
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- a deflector movably coupled relative to the housing at a second location which is spaced from the first location so as to contact the applicator at the second location, the deflector defining a hair channel in the housing at the second location between an inlet into the housing and an outlet from the housing,
- whereby rotation of the applicator causes hair coloring material from the supply at the first location to transfer to any hair disposed in the hair channel at the second location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.