IP Library Granted Patent US 7,958,897
Granted Patent B2
US 7,958,897 · App. 12/088,140 · Granted Jun 14, 2011

Ultrasonic hair treatment device

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Patent No.
US 7,958,897
App. No.
12/088,140
Granted
Jun 14, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an ultrasonic hair treatment device comprising a vibrator having a vibration element for generating ultrasonic vibrations and a receiver facing the vibrator as to apply the ultrasonic vibrations to a bundle of hairs which is pinched between the vibrator and the receiver, the vibration element has an oblong plate shape so as to have a plurality of resonance points arranged like a periodic lattice on a vibration face disposed in a thickness direction thereof, a plurality of circular recesses or grooves for trapping a hair treatment agent therein is formed on a vibration face of a head of the vibrator facing the receiver corresponding to the resonance points of the vibration element.

Claims (15)

1. An ultrasonic hair treatment device comprising a vibrator having a vibration element for generating ultrasonic vibrations and a receiver facing the vibrator as to apply the ultrasonic vibrations to a bundle of hairs which is pinched between the vibrator and the receiver, characterized by that

the vibration element has an oblong plate shape so as to have a plurality of resonance points arranged like a periodic lattice on a vibration face disposed in a thickness direction thereof;

the vibrator has a header having an oblong plate shape and laminated on the vibration face of the vibration element;

a plurality of concave portions for trapping a hair treatment agent therein is formed on a face of the header facing the receiver so as to include points corresponding to the resonance points of the vibration element;

the concave portions are circular recesses, each formed at a point corresponding to each of the resonance points of the vibration element; and

a reception face of the receiver facing a vibration face of the header is formed to be flat.

2. The ultrasonic hair treatment device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein

the vibration element utilizes a vibration mode of longitudinal piezoelectric effect in the thickness direction thereof.

3. The ultrasonic hair treatment device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein

the receiver is made of a synthetic resin foam.

4. The ultrasonic hair treatment device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein

a pair of pinching members, rear end of which are hinged; and

the vibrator and the receiver are respectively provided at front end portions of the pinching members so that a longer side of the oblong plate shape becomes parallel to a longitudinal direction of the pinching member.

5. The ultrasonic hair treatment device in accordance with claim 1 , wherein

the vibration face of the header except the recesses is formed to be flat so as to be contacted with the reception face of the receiver, closely.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 28, 2009
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
To: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022206/0574 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2008
From: UCHINASHI, SAKAE
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 020708/0389 →