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EP1974627B1
EP1974627B1 EP20080153332 EP08153332A EP1974627B1 EP 1974627 B1 EP1974627 B1 EP 1974627B1 EP 20080153332 EP20080153332 EP 20080153332 EP 08153332 A EP08153332 A EP 08153332A EP 1974627 B1 EP1974627 B1 EP 1974627B1
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Yasuko Tagaya
Kenya Hayashi
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Maxell Izumi Co Ltd
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D2/00—Hair-curling or hair-waving appliances ; Appliances for hair dressing treatment not otherwise provided for
    • A45D2/48—Eyelash curlers; Eyebrow curlers

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  • the present invention relates to an eyelash curler having an electrically heated brush for curling eyelashes.
  • Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3066463 discloses a method for subjecting eyelashes to a permanent treatment
  • Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open (Kokai) 11-516444 discloses a method for curling eyelashes in which a heated brush is applied to eyelashes.
  • a rod is brought in contact with and set above the eyelid, the eyelashes are secured against this rod, and a softening agent and fixing agent are applied to the eyelashes to curl them and hold their shape.
  • An elastic wire is implanted in the interior of the rod, and the wire is curved so as to matches the roundness of the eyelid, the size of the eye, and the length of the eyelashes, so that a desired curl can be created. It is not disclosed in Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 306646 that the rod is heated by a heater.
  • a brush unit equipped with comb teeth is heated by heat source means, and the eyelashes are curled by moving the brush unit against the eyelashes.
  • a heating means a nichrome wire (50) placed inside the brush unit and a covering layer (51) is disclosed (see Fig. 4 , paragraph 0035 of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open (Kokai) 11-516444 ).
  • Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open (Kokai) 11-516444 further discloses a brush unit (151) that is curved along the lower edge of the upper eyelid and is used by being replaced in a holder unit (Fig. 12, paragraph 0061 to 0064).
  • Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 306646 is a type of permanent wherein liquid chemicals are used, and it is problematic in that it cannot be readily used by an individual.
  • the eyelash beautifying tool disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open (Kokai) 11-516444 uses a nichrome wire, gas combustion heat, or hot water or the like so that heat thereof is transferred to the comb teeth in the brush unit; however, the brush unit is, variously, a linear one or one wherein a curved brush unit is changeably attached; and it becomes necessary to provide a plurality of brush units, and the changing operation is, as a result, bothersome.
  • an object of the present invention is to provide an electrically heated eyelash curler that can easily be used by an individual, and it makes it possible to easily and efficiently curl the eyelashes while being appropriately bent so as to match the roundness of the eyelid.
  • an eyelash curler comprising: a substantially tube-shaped grip unit having therein a battery and a switch; a brush holder unit protruding from one end of the grip unit in a longitudinal direction of the grip unit; a tube-shaped brush unit attached to a tip of the brush holder unit, the outer circumference of the brush unit being formed numerous substantially needle-shaped projections; and a heating element provided inside the tube-shaped brush unit and connected to a drive means, characterized in that the tube-shaped brush unit is made of pliable resin and the heating element is elastically deformable in a direction of bending whereby when the tube-shaped brush unit is bent so as to match the roundness of an eyelash, the heating element in the interior is also simultaneously bent, and the bent heating element and tube-shaped brush unit are able to hold this bent condition during use.
  • the tube-shaped brush unit is made of pliable resins; and in its interior a heating element capable of being elastically deformed in the direction of bending is inserted, and this heating element is heated by electric power from a battery. Accordingly, when the tube-shaped brush unit is bent, the heating element in the interior is also bent simultaneously, and this bent heating element is held in a bent condition. For this reason, the user can bend the tube-shaped brush unit in accordance with the roundness of her own eyelid; and the user, holding the eyelash curler in this condition, after turning the switch to ON and heating the heating element, moves the tube-shaped brush unit up and down against the eyelashes. As a result, the user is able to perform a curling treatment efficiently while holding the eyelashes with the numerous projections in the tube-shaped brush unit.
  • Fig. 1(A) is a front elevational view of one embodiment of the present invention, and Fig. 1(B) shows the interior structure thereof.
  • Fig. 2(A) is an enlarged front elevational view of a tube-shaped brush unit
  • Fig. 2(B) is a right side elevational view thereof
  • 2(C) shows a cross-section taken along the line C-C in Fig. 2(A) .
  • Fig. 3 is a partial enlarged cross-sectional view of Fig. 1(B) .
  • Fig. 4 shows a cross-section taken along the line IV-IV in Fig. 3 .
  • Fig. 5 shows a cross-section taken along the line V-V in Fig. 4 .
  • Fig. 6 is a conceptual diagram of a heating element.
  • the reference numeral 10 designates a cylindrical grip unit with one end thereof closed.
  • the grip unit ahs a griping thickness (of a diameter of approximately 1.5 cm, for example) such that the user can hold it like a pen in the user's fingertips.
  • a battery AAA type, for instance
  • the reference numeral 14 is a switch.
  • a brush holder unit 16 is secured.
  • the brush holder unit 16 has, at its lower end, a plug 18 that closes the opening in the upper end of the grip unit 10, and a small-diameter tube unit 20 extends from the center of the upper surface of this plug 18, in the longitudinal direction of the grip unit 10.
  • a wiring hole 22 is formed, along the center axis thereof, which opens at the upper and lower ends.
  • the reference numeral 24 is a tube-shaped brush unit.
  • This tube-shaped brush unit 24 is made of a pliable heat-resistant resins (plastic), and numerous projections 26 of substantially needle shapes are integrally formed in its outer circumference.
  • the needle-shaped projections 26 are, moreover, adequately narrow and very pliable.
  • numerous cut-ins 30 are formed so that they are aligned in two rows in the longitudinal direction and positioned symmetrically on either side of the centerline 28 of the brush unit 24.
  • cut-ins 30 are formed so that they make it easy to bend the brush unit 24.
  • the cut-ins 30 are open widely in the outer circumferential surface of the tube-shaped brush unit 24.
  • These openings or the cut-ins 30 are in substantially oval shapes, long in the width direction (that is, in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the tube-shaped brush unit 24) as seen from Fig. 2(B) .
  • the imaginary lines in Fig. 3 indicate the bent positions of the tube-shaped brush unit 24.
  • the cut-ins 30 penetrate through the wall of the tube-shaped brush unit 24 (the wall forming the tube) and open in the interior of the tube. In other words, the cut-ins 30 constitute holes.
  • the upper end of the tube-shaped brush unit 24 is closed, while the lower end thereof is open.
  • a temperature sensor 32 is affixed to the lower outer circumference of the tube-shaped brush unit 24.
  • the portion beneath this sensor 32 constitutes an insertion part 34 that is inserted into the tube unit 20 of the brush holder unit 16.
  • the temperature sensor 32 is a tape-shaped unit which employs the temperature sensing effect of liquid crystal (liquid crystal thermography), so that the color of reflected light is changed by changes in temperature. Accordingly, by verifying this color, the temperature of the tube-shaped brush unit 24 can be known.
  • the reference numeral 36 is an elastically deformable heating element. This heating element 36 is made such that, as shown in Fig. 6 , one end (the upper end) of a coil-shaped nichrome wire 38 is folded back, and this folded-back linear portion is covered by a heat-resistant insulating tube 40.
  • This heating element 36 is provided inside the tube-shaped brush unit 24. More specifically, when the heating element 36 is inserted in the tube-shaped brush unit 24, first of all, the two ends of the nichrome wire 38 of the heating element 36 are brought together and inserted into the wiring hole 22 from the upper end of the tube unit 20 of the brush holder unit 16 and are connected to the switch 14 and battery 12 (that form a drive means) inside the grip unit 10. After that, the tube-shaped brush unit 24 is mounted while causing it to cover the heating element 36, and the insertion part 34 thereof is pressure-inserted and secured to the tube unit 20 of the brush holder unit 16. As a result, when the switch 14 to turned ON, electric current flow from the battery 12 to the heating element 36 to cause heating. Furthermore, the temperature of the tube-shaped brush unit 24 can be known from changes in the color of the temperature sensor 32.
  • a user turns on the switch 14 and verifies the temperature of the heating element 36 from the color of the temperature sensor 32, while bending the tube-shaped brush unit 24 in accordance with the roundness of the user's eyelid, eyelash alignment, and preference and the like.
  • the heating element 36 that has a nichrome wire 38 wound in a coil shape and exhibits the property of maintaining a bent condition, that is, a property of elastic deformability, the tube-shaped brush unit 24 is able to hold its bent condition.
  • the cut-ins 30 are set on the inner radial side or outer radial side, the tube-shaped brush unit 24 can easily be bent with a light touch.
  • the tube-shaped brush unit 24 When curling upper eyelashes 42, as illustrated in Fig. 7(A) , the tube-shaped brush unit 24 is brought from below against the eyelashes 42, and the eyelashes 42 are guided between the needle-shaped projections 26 and conducted upward. As diagrammed in Fig. 7(B) , by causing the cut-ins (holes) 30 on the inner radial side of the bent tube-shaped brush unit 24 to oppose the eyelashes 42, air heated by the heating element 36 can be made to flow from the cut-ins (holes) 30 and make good contact with the eyelashes 42. As a result, the curling of the eyelashes 42 is accomplished efficiently in a short time.

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Claims (4)

  1. Recourbe-cils comprenant :
    un élément de tenue en main sensiblement en forme de tube (1) comportant à l'intérieur une batterie (12) et un commutateur (14) ;
    un élément support de brosse (16) faisant saillie à partir d'une extrémité de l'élément de tenue en main (1) dans une direction longitudinale de l'élément de tenue en main (1) ;
    un élément de brosse en forme de tube (24) fixé à un embout de l'élément support de brosse (16), la périphérie extérieure de l'élément de brosse (24) étant formée par de nombreuses saillies sensiblement en forme d'aiguilles (26) ; et
    un élément chauffant (36) prévu à l'intérieur de l'élément de brosse en forme de tube (24) et connecté à un moyen d'alimentation,
    caractérisé en ce que l'élément de brosse en forme de tube (24) est en résine souple et l'élément chauffant (36) est déformable élastiquement dans une direction de courbure, d'où il résulte que lorsque l'élément de brosse en forme de tube (24) est courbé de façon à épouser l'arrondi d'un cil, l'élément chauffant (36) se trouvant à l'intérieur est aussi courbé simultanément, et l'élément chauffant (36) et l'élément de brosse en forme de tube (24) courbés peuvent conserver cet état de courbure pendant une utilisation.
  2. Recourbe-cils selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'élément chauffant (36) est un fil de nichrome en forme d'enroulement.
  3. Recourbe-cils selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel l'élément de brosse est muni de nombreuses découpes (30) qui sont alignées sur deux rangées dans une direction longitudinale de celui-ci et de chaque côté de son axe central.
  4. Recourbe-cils selon la revendication 3, dans lequel les découpes (30) pénètrent dans les parois de l'élément de brosse (24).
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