JPH1146865A - Hair brush - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make the chemicals permeat not only into the hair and the skin of a head, but also into the pores of the skin, by mounting a brush part comprising the bristles, in a hollow chemicals charging chamber, and mounting bundles of bristles of fine diameter of which a point diameter is within a specific range, on the brush part to form a hair brush. SOLUTION: A hair brush comprising a brush part in which the bristles are mounted on a hollow chemicals charging chamber, a chemicals storing chamber, and a chemicals guide passage for connecting the chemicals charging chamber with the chemicals storing chamber, is formed, and the hair brush comprises the bundles of the bristles of fine diameter of which a point diameter is 1-200 μm, on the brush part. Concretely, the brush part 2 is formed by mounting the bundles which respectively comprises 26 pieces of bristles of fine diameter 4, having 40 μm of a point diameter, and 21 mm of a length after buried, on the surface of the hollow chemicals charging chamber 3 on which the bristles 5 of large diameter of which the insides are communicated with the chemicals charging chamber 3, are integrally molded. The brush part 2 is removably connected with a tubular chemicals guide passage, and the chemicals storing chamber 7 communicated with the tubular chemicals guide passage, through a mounting member 8.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a hair restorer, a hairdressing agent,
The present invention relates to a hairbrush having a storage room for chemicals such as a cleaning agent and capable of directly applying these chemicals to hair and scalp.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A liquid medicine such as a foaming hairdressing material is ejected from a liquid medicine storage chamber provided inside a comb or a brush to a comb tooth or a brush surface through a liquid guide path, and is directly applied to hair from the comb or a brush. For example, Japanese Utility Model Application Laid-Open No. 62-1
No. 28443, Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 57-103003 or Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 50-126478,
There are a foaming brush, a hair impregnating soaker, and a hair cosmetic applicator.

[0003]

However, in these conventional combs or brushes, since the comb teeth or bristles that come into contact with the hair or the scalp are all of a large diameter, a chemical solution is applied to the hair and applied to the scalp. Although it has some massage effect, it cannot remove sebum discharged from pores causing dirt and smell on the scalp and cannot penetrate the pores with a chemical solution. The present invention solves the problems of these conventional combs and brushes, and allows not only the hair and the scalp to penetrate the drug solution into the pores, but also has an excellent massage effect on the scalp, It is an object of the present invention to provide a hairbrush that can be used as a brush.

[0004]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, a brush portion in which a bristle is arranged in a hollow chemical liquid filling chamber, a chemical liquid storage chamber, and a chemical liquid guiding path connecting the chemical liquid storage chamber to the chemical liquid storage chamber. In the hairbrush having (1), a hairbrush is configured by disposing a bundle of small-diameter bristle having a tip diameter of 1 to 200 μ in the brush portion. The diameter of human hair varies depending on race, gender, age, presence or absence of curly hair, etc., but for Japanese, it is usually about 40 to 100 microns, average about 70 microns, and the size of pores where several hairs grow Is equal to or greater than it. In the present invention, by arranging the small-diameter bristle having the specific tip diameter in a bundle in the brush portion,
An object of the present invention is to obtain a hairbrush that massages the scalp very effectively and removes sebum discharged from the pores, so that the drug solution can directly penetrate not only into the hair and the scalp but also into the pores.

[0005]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION In the hairbrush of the present invention, there is no particular limitation on the shape and material of a chemical storage chamber for accommodating a hair restorer, a hairdressing agent, a cleaning agent, and the like. And a cylindrical shape having a thickness capable of being used. The chemical solution storage chamber may be provided with a chemical solution ejection port and an ejection operation unit so that the chemical solution is ejected by high-pressure gas. As the liquid medicine to be stored, a liquid liquid or a foam liquid can be used.

[0006] The chemical storage chamber and the hollow chemical filling chamber are connected by a chemical guide path. At this time, a connecting member that covers the outer peripheral portion of the chemical guide path can be used if necessary.
A preferred liquid guide path has, for example, an opening at the tip and a cross-sectional area of 30 to 70% of the internal cross-sectional area of the liquid filling chamber.
The tubular body which is is mentioned. When the tubular body is arranged in the chemical liquid filling chamber such that the tip thereof is located at a position of 35 to 65% with respect to the length of the chemical liquid filling chamber, the chemical liquid sufficiently goes to the tip of the chemical liquid filling chamber. It is preferable because it can be applied uniformly to hair and scalp via a brush portion.

A plurality of, for example, pore-shaped or groove-shaped openings are provided on the surface of the chemical solution charging chamber, and the diameter of the tip is 1-2.
A brush portion is formed by arranging a bundle of small diameter bristles of 00μ. The brush portion may be constituted only by a bundle of small-diameter bristle.However, when a large-diameter hollow bristle having an opening communicating with the chemical solution filling chamber near the bristle tip is provided together with the bundle of small-diameter bristle, Is preferable because it can reach the tip of the small diameter bristle and can sufficiently penetrate the scalp and hair.

The material constituting the small diameter bristle of the hairbrush of the present invention is not particularly limited, and any material commonly used for a hairbrush can be used. Examples of preferred materials include, for example, polyolefins such as polyethylene and polypropylene, plastics such as nylon and polyacetal, and animal hair such as pig hair, and the use of nylon is particularly preferred.

The tip diameter of the small diameter bristle is 1 to 200.
μ, preferably 20 to 80 μ, and the length after implantation is usually adjusted to 10 to 35 mm, preferably 12 to 25 mm. The shape of the tip of the small diameter bristle is not particularly limited, and may be spherical, pointed, or the like. In addition, the entire shape of the small diameter bristles can be any shape such as a straight hair shape or a tapered shape. The hardness of each small diameter bristle is
4 measured according to JIS S 3016-1995
0 N / cm ² or more, especially 50 N / cm ^{2 to} 80 N / cm ²
It is preferable to use a small diameter bristle. Usually, 5 to 50 fine bristles are preferably bundled and planted, and the arrangement of the bundle is not particularly limited. The area density of the small diameter bristle is 5
Book / cm ² -250 book / cm ² , preferably 20 book / cm ²
m ^{2 to} 160 wires / cm ² .

There are no particular restrictions on the material constituting the large-diameter bristle or the chemical filling chamber, but usually a flexible material, for example, a polyolefin resin such as polyethylene or polypropylene, a vinyl resin, a styrene resin, a polyester resin, a polyamide resin, etc. And synthetic resins obtained by combining two or more of these synthetic resins. When two types of bristles, a bundle of small-diameter bristle and a large-diameter bristle, are attached to the brush part, the small-diameter bristle removes sebum discharged from pores that cause dirt and smell on the scalp, and removes thick oil. A chemical solution such as a hair restorer can be directly penetrated into the scalp and pores from the diameter bristle tip. In addition, the fine massage effect by the small diameter bristles and the powerful massage effect by the large diameter bristles act synergistically, and the two kinds of bristles allow the chemical solution to be uniformly applied to the hair.

The hairbrush of the present invention can also be used as a brush for washing hair, using a cleaning agent such as shampoo as a chemical solution. When using as a brush for hair washing,
By using the small diameter bristle having the specific tip diameter, it is possible to extremely effectively clean the pores and remove dirt from the pores that could not be removed by the conventional hair brush. In addition, when a small diameter bristle and a large diameter bristle are installed in the brush part, the cleaning agent is sufficiently supplied to the scalp and pores, and the hair, scalp and pores are further enhanced by the synergistic massage effect of the two types of bristles. This is preferable because it can be effectively cleaned. Antibacterial properties can be imparted to the material constituting the small diameter and large diameter bristles and the brush portion by kneading or impregnating an antibacterial agent.

Next, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, but these embodiments do not limit the present invention. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of a hairbrush of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged side view of the hairbrush of FIG. FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a distal end of a large diameter bristle disposed on the hairbrush of FIG. 1, and FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a distal end of the chemical liquid guide path. In these figures, reference numeral 1 denotes a hairbrush, reference numeral 2 denotes a brush portion, reference numeral 3 denotes a chemical solution filling chamber, reference numeral 4 denotes a bundle of small-diameter bristle, reference numeral 5 denotes a large-diameter bristle, reference numeral 6 denotes a liquid guide path, and reference numeral 7 denotes a liquid chemical. Represents a storage room.

[0013] In this hair brush, the diameter of the root is 3 m.
m, a tip diameter of 40 μm and a flocking on the surface of a polyethylene-made hollow drug solution filling chamber 3 integrally formed with a large-diameter bristle 5 having a length of 1 mm and a length of 20 mm, the inside of which communicates with the drug solution filling chamber 3. The brush portion 2 was formed by arranging a bundle of 26 narrow diameter bristles 4 made of nylon having a length of 21 mm later. The brush portion 2 was detachably connected to a tubular chemical solution introduction passage 6 and a chemical solution storage chamber 7 communicating therewith via an attachment member 8. A spouting operation unit 9 is provided at a connection portion between the medicine guide path 6 and the medicine storage chamber 7, and a medicine can be spouted by pressing the spouting operation unit via the mounting member 8.

The tubular chemical guide path 6 is made of polyethylene, and the internal cross-sectional area of the chemical guide path 3 must be equal to that of the chemical fill chamber 3 in order for the chemical to sufficiently reach the tip of the chemical fill chamber 3. It is preferable that the inner cross-sectional area be 30 to 70% of the internal cross-sectional area.
It is preferable to arrange them so as to exist at 65% positions. In this example, the distal end of the tubular liquid guide path 6 has an opening 61 as shown in FIG. The opening 61 can be provided on the side surface of the distal end as shown in FIGS. 4B and 4C.

In the vicinity of the tip of the hollow large-diameter bristle 5,
An opening 51 is provided as shown in FIG. 3 so that the drug solution can be applied directly to the scalp and pores. The shape and number of the openings 51 are not particularly limited, and may be, for example, those shown in FIGS. Further, a pore and / or a groove (not shown) communicating with the chemical solution filling chamber may be provided at the base of the small diameter bristle so that the chemical solution can be evenly applied to the hair.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another example of the hairbrush of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is an enlarged side sectional view of a main part of the hairbrush of FIG. In these figures, reference numeral 1 denotes a hairbrush, reference numeral 2 denotes a brush portion, reference numeral 3 denotes a chemical solution filling chamber, reference numeral 4 denotes a bundle of small-diameter bristle, reference numeral 5 denotes a large-diameter bristle, reference numeral 6 denotes a liquid guide path, and reference numeral 7 denotes a liquid chemical. Represents a storage room.

In this hairbrush, a bunch 4 of small-diameter bristle and a hollow large-diameter bristle 5 communicating with the chemical liquid filling chamber 3 are alternately arranged in a single row in the brush portion 2 to form a narrow comb-like shape. The brush portion was slightly inclined via the mounting member 8 to be detachably connected to the chemical liquid guide path 6 and the chemical liquid storage chamber 7. A jet operation unit 9 having an operation button 91 is provided at an upper portion of the drug solution storage chamber 7, and the jet button operation unit is moved up and down by the operation button 91 to jet a drug solution from the drug solution storage chamber 7. Other configurations of the hairbrush are basically the same as those of the first embodiment.

The effect of using the hairbrush of the present invention was evaluated as follows. (1) Evaluation of massage feeling to scalp Example 1 with three adult men and two women as panelists
Was evaluated in comparison with the feeling when using a hairbrush having only a large diameter bristle when the scalp was massaged using the hairbrush. When the massage feeling when using a hairbrush was used, the feeling was good, the feeling was inadequate, and the feeling was poor. Table 1 shows the results.

[0019]

[Table 1]

(2) Evaluation of cleaning of scalp and pores using a cleaning agent Three adult men were used as panelists, and the hair brush of Example 1 was filled with LPG as a propellant based on an ES-based shampoo and used as a hair-washing brush. The cleaning effect of the scalp and pores was evaluated by the following procedure. 1) After pre-washing the hair with hot water of 40 ° C. for 30 seconds, 2) about 3 g of shampoo is discharged from the hair brush to the hair, and 3) the entire head is uniformly combed through the hair brush for 3 minutes.
4) rinsed with 40 ° C. water for 1 minute, 5) dried. The amount of hot water used for washing the hair was about 6 l / min. For evaluation, after drying, the head was projected on a monitor screen using a camera with a 20-fold light source and observed. The evaluation of pore cleaning was evaluated in the following five stages. 1: The pores are clearly visible. 2: Dirt remains partially in pores. 3: The pores are completely clogged with dirt. 4: Dirt protrudes from pores. 5: Both pores and hair are stained. Table 2 shows the evaluation results in comparison with the case where the hair was washed using a hairbrush having only a large diameter bristle.

[0021]

[Table 2]

[0022]

According to the hairbrush of the present invention, the small diameter bristles having the above-mentioned specific tip diameter are bundled and arranged on the brush portion, so that the scalp can be massaged very effectively and the sebum discharged from the pores. And a chemical solution such as a hair restorer, a hairdressing agent or a cleaning agent can be directly penetrated not only into the hair and scalp but also into the pores. In addition, by installing a large-diameter hollow bristle having an opening communicating with the drug solution filling chamber near the bristle tip with a bundle of small-diameter bristle, the chemical solution reaches the tip of the small-diameter bristle, and is sufficient for the scalp and hair. It is possible to impart a synergistic massage effect while permeating. In addition, since the brush portion is detachably connected via the mounting member, the brush portion can be repeatedly used by exchanging the used drug solution storage chamber, and the practical value is high. Things.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing one example of a hairbrush of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a partially enlarged side view of the hairbrush of FIG. 1 with a part cut away.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a distal end portion of a large-diameter bristle disposed on the hairbrush of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a distal end portion of a chemical solution guide path provided in the hairbrush of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another example of the hairbrush of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged side sectional view of a main part of the hairbrush of FIG. 5;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Hair brush 2 Brush part 3 Chemical filling chamber 4 Bundle of small diameter bristle 5 Large diameter bristle 6 Chemical liquid guideway 7 Chemical storage room 8 Mounting member 9 Spray operation part 51, 61 Opening 91 Operation button

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A hair brush having a brush portion in which a bristle is arranged in a hollow drug solution filling chamber, a drug solution storage chamber, and a drug solution guiding path connecting the drug solution filling chamber and the drug solution storage chamber, wherein the brush portion has a tip diameter of 1 to 200 μm. A hairbrush comprising a bundle of small diameter bristles. 2. The hairbrush according to claim 1, wherein the brush portion has a pore and / or a groove at a base portion of the bristle communicating with the chemical solution filling chamber. 3. The hairbrush according to claim 1, wherein the brush portion has a large-diameter hollow bristle provided with an opening near the tip of the bristle and communicating with the chemical liquid filling chamber. 4. The liquid guide path is a tubular body disposed such that a base end thereof communicates with a chemical storage chamber and a distal end thereof is located at a position of 35 to 65% with respect to the length of the chemical filling chamber. The hairbrush according to claim 1, wherein the hairbrush is a hairbrush. 5. The small-diameter bristle has an area density of 5 / cm ^2.
２５０250 / cm ² , preferably 20 / cm ² １６16
Hairbrush as claimed in claim 1, characterized in that the 0 present / cm ^2. 6. A brush unit according to claim 1, wherein said brush unit is detachably connected via a mounting member.
The hairbrush according to any one of the above.