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Granted Patent B2
US 8,733,373 · App. 13/288,056 · Granted May 27, 2014

Steam hairdressing device comprising a base and a portable unit

Inventors: Xavier Vacheron (Genas, FR); Jerome Tougouchi (Genilac, FR); Martial Maisonneuve (Villefontaine, FR)
Assignee: SEB S.A.
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Patent No.
US 8,733,373
App. No.
13/288,056
Granted
May 27, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a device intended for the styling of hair including: a base ( 1000 ) comprising a fluid reservoir ( 19 ), a portable unit ( 100 ) detached from the base ( 1000 ) and comprising fluid vaporization means ( 7 ), steam distribution means ( 7′, 7 ″) intended for hair, a cord set ( 21 ) comprising at least one line ( 215 ) intended for the passage of fluid and arranged between the fluid reservoir ( 19 ) and the vaporization means ( 7 ), the portable unit ( 1000 ) comprises a first treatment surface ( 4 ) intended to come into contact with the hair and the fluid vaporization means ( 7 ) are exclusively provided in the portable unit ( 100 ).

Claims (18)

1. Device intended for the styling of hair comprising:

a base comprising a fluid reservoir, a portable unit detached and separated from the base at least when the device is on and in an operating mode, and comprising a fluid vaporization mechanism, a steam distribution mechanism intended for hair, a cord set comprising at least one line intended for the passage of fluid and arranged between the fluid reservoir and the vaporization mechanism,

wherein the portable unit comprises a first treatment surface intended to come into contact with the hair and in that the fluid vaporization mechanism is exclusively provided in the portable unit, and

wherein fluid from the fluid reservoir is converted to steam by the fluid vaporization mechanism in the portable unit.

2. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the portable unit comprises heating mechanism to heat the first treatment surface.

3. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid vaporization mechanism comprise a vaporization chamber and a heating mechanism of the vaporization chamber.

4. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the vapor distribution mechanism have a series of steam outlet orifices arranged laterally to the first treatment surface.

5. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the portable unit comprises a first jaw and a second jaw arranged facing each other, the first treatment surface being borne by the first jaw, a second treatment surface borne by the second jaw, the jaws being connected in such a manner as to pass from an open position to a closed position so that the first and second treatment surfaces clamp a section of hair.

6. Device according to claim 5 comprising a heating mechanism to heat the second treatment surface.

7. Device according to claim 6 , wherein the first surface and the second surface for treating the hair are complementary surfaces that are flat, curved, or corrugated, which in the closed position of the device, approximately match.

8. Device according to claim 5 , wherein the first surface and the second surface for treating the hair are complementary surfaces that are flat, curved, or corrugated, which in the closed position of the device, approximately match.

9. Device according to claim 1 comprising fluid output regulation mechanism arranged in the detached base and a control unit to control at least the fluid output regulation mechanism.

10. Device according to claim 9 , including a cord set comprising at least a first electric cable enclosing a first conductive wire and a second electric cable enclosing a second conductive wire, the first and second cables being inside a sheath and allowing power to be supplied to the control unit.

11. Device according to claim 10 , wherein the cord set comprises a third electric cable enclosing a third conductor inside the sheath and allowing power to be supplied at least to the fluid output regulation mechanism.

12. Device according to claim 10 , wherein the cord set comprises a third electric cable enclosing a third conductor, the first and second cables being inside the sheath, the third cable being outside the sheath and allowing power to be supplied at least to the fluid output regulation mechanism.

13. Device according to claim 10 , wherein the cord set is composed at least partially of a braiding or encapsulation.

14. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid line is composed of a pliable, tubular material.

15. Device according to claim 1 , wherein the fluid line has an interior diameter between about 0.5 and about 3 mm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2011
From: VACHERON, XAVIER; TOUGOUCHI, JEROME; MAISONNEUVE, MARTIAL
To: SEB S.A.
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Priority Claims (1)
FR 10 59120 · Nov 5, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120111355A1 · May 10, 2012