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US 9,066,568 B2Granted
Portable apparatus for the steam treatment of hair
AssigneeSeb S.A.
InventorsGérald Serres-Vives, Bénédicte Simond
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Abstract
A portable apparatus for the steam treatment of hair, comprising a housing including a liquid tank, and a means for supplying a steam generator with liquid having a vaporization chamber in thermal contact with an electric heating member, the vaporization chamber communicating with one or more openings for dispensing steam towards a lock of hair. The generator is supplied with liquid by an electric pump, and the flow rate of the steam thus generated is higher than 5 g/min, and preferably of between 10 g/min and 60 g/min.
Claims17
A portable apparatus for the steam treatment of hair comprising:
- a liquid tank,
- means for supplying liquid for a steam generator comprising a vaporization chamber in thermal contact with an electric heating element, the vaporization chamber communicating with one or a plurality of openings for dispensing steam to a lock of hair, and
- a hair shaping device comprising at least one treatment surface designed to come into contact with said lock of hair, characterized in that the generator is supplied with liquid by an electric pump, and
- wherein the vaporization chamber comprises a bottom plate equipped with a liquid intake opening and at least one outlet opening for the steam generated and a top plate, wherein the steam is made to circulate between the top plate and bottom plate by at least two paths formed by a plurality of baffles and the steam formed in the at least two paths is rejoined in a buffer zone formed between the baffles and a wall comprising the at least one outlet opening.
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