# US 9,751,070 B2 · Structure modifying apparatus

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- Number: US 9,751,070 B2
- Document ID: US9751070B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/479,434
- Filed: 2014-09-08
- Published: 2016-03-10
- Granted: 2017-09-05
- Earliest claimed: 2014-09-08
- Assignees: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Applicants: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Inventors: Alan David Willey; Jacob Robert Adams; Earl Osborne; Daniel E Machenheimer; Vanessa Marie Melendez; Randall Alan Watson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9751070B2

## CPC

- B01J 19/123: {Ultraviolet light}
- A45D 34/04: Appliances specially adapted for applying liquid, e.g. using roller or ball
- A61N 5/0617: {Hair treatment}
- B01J 19/127: {Sunlight; Visible light}
- B01J 19/128: {Infrared light}
- A45D 2200/205: Radiation, e.g. UV, infrared
- A46B 15/0034: {with a source of radiation, e.g. UV, IR, LASER, X-ray for irradiating the teeth and associated surfaces}
- A61N 2005/0644: {Handheld applicators}
- B01J 2219/0879: Solid
- B01J 2219/1203: Incoherent waves
- B01J: CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOID CHEMISTRY; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS
- A45D: HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT (wigs, toupees or the like A41G3/00, A41G5/00; hairdressers' chairs A47C1/04; hair cutting appliances, razors B26B); EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
- A61N: ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; RADIATION THERAPY; ULTRASOUND THERAPY (measurement of bioelectric currents A61B; surgical instruments, devices or methods for transferring non-mechanical forms of energy to or from the body A61B18/00; anaesthetic apparatus in general A61M; incandescent lamps H01K; infrared radiators for heating H05B)
- A46B: BRUSHES (handles not integral with brushware B25G)

## Abstract

An apparatus for activating a chemistry disposed upon a target structure includes a handle having an axis of orientation; a structure contacting element attached to the handle a radiant energy source having an emissive outlet adjacent to the structure contacting element wherein a vector associated with the application of the apparatus to a structure intersects and is normal to the axis of orientation and passes through the structure contacting surface.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus for activating a composition disposed upon a target structure, the apparatus comprising: a handle having an axis of orientation, a structure contacting element attached to the handle, a radiant energy source having an emissive outlet adjacent said structure contacting element, wherein a vector associated with an application of force via the apparatus is normal to the axis of orientation of the handle and passes through the structure contacting surface, wherein the structure contacting element further comprises a surface coating, the surface coating decreases the coefficient of friction of the structure contacting element.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the radiant energy source is fixedly attached to the handle.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the radiant energy source comprises a plurality of emissive sources.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the radiant energy source is at least partially enclosed by the structure contacting element.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the structure contacting element is transparent to at least a portion of the radiation spectrum emitted by the radiant energy source.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the structure contacting element comprises a composition which emits electromagnetic radiation upon exposure to radiation from the radiant energy source.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising a treatment composition reservoir and a composition dispensing element fluidly connected to the reservoir.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein an emission spectrum of the radiant energy source consists substantially of photons having a wavelength of between about 100 nm and about 400 nm.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein an emission spectrum of the radiant energy source consists substantially of photons having a wavelength of between about 400 nm and about 700 nm.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein an emission spectrum of the radiant energy source consists substantially of photons having a wavelength of between about 700 nm and about 1000 nm.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein the surface contacting element comprises a structure contacting surface having an area greater than about 100 square centimeters (about 15.5 square inches).

### Claim 12

An apparatus for activating a composition disposed upon a target structure, the apparatus comprising: a handle having an axis of orientation, a structure contacting element attached to the handle, a radiant energy source having an emissive outlet adjacent said structure contacting element, wherein a vector associated with an application of force via the apparatus is normal to the axis of orientation of the handle and passes through the structure contacting surface, wherein the structure contacting element further comprises a surface coating, the surface coating increases the coefficient of friction of the structure contacting element.