This non-provisional application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. ยง119(a) on Patent Application No. 104215619 filed in Taiwan, R.O.C. on 2015 Sep. 25, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference.
Technical Field
The instant disclosure relates to a spray head, in particular, to an adjustable spray head.
Related Art
Nowadays, people pay more attention to their life qualities. When a person is going to work, hangout, or attend a meeting, he or she not only cares about the dress, but also his or her facial look. Consequently, numerous cosmetics for customers have appeared. Nevertheless, to apply a proper facial makeup or an eye makeup, the user must repeatedly practice the makeup skills. Furthermore, drawing various eyebrow shapes, eye contours, eye lines, and eye shadows, etc., requires the purchase of many kinds of cosmetics and makeup tools. However, the difference in proficiency in the makeup technique and the wide range of cosmetics usually results in a difference between the effect of the makeup and the effect expected by the user.
Accordingly, automatic makeup machines are gradually developed; an automatic makeup machine can put the user-selected makeup on the user by the control of the program of the automatic makeup machine, so that the user can have a makeup with expected effect on his or her face. One of the automatic makeup machines applies the makeup materials onto the user's face by spray heads. A conventional spray head comprises a gas feeding tube, a material feeding tube, and an ejecting opening. Motive gas and makeup material are respectively guided into the spray head by the gas feeding tube and the material feeding tube, and ejected by the ejecting opening. In use of the spray head, the ejecting opening cannot be controlled to open or to close, or the opening size of the ejecting opening cannot be adjusted. As a result, the timing, the color, or the concentration of the ejected makeup material cannot be controlled.
In view of these, in one embodiment, an adjustable spray head is provided. The adjustable spray head comprises a coaxial spray head and an adjusting device. The coaxial spray head comprises an outer tube, an inner tube, a needle valve, a gas inlet, and a material inlet. The outer tube is greater than the inner tube. The inner tube is coaxially positioned in the outer tube. A gas channel is formed between the inner tube and the outer tube. One end of the outer tube has an outer exit. The gas channel is communicated between the outer exit and the gas inlet. The inner tube is greater than the needle valve. The needle valve is coaxially positioned in the inner tube. A liquid channel is formed between the inner tube and the needle valve. One end of the inner tube has an inner exit. The inner exit coaxially corresponds to the outer exit. The liquid channel is communicated between the inner exit and the material inlet. The needle valve comprises a top end. The needle valve is movable in the inner tube along the axial direction of the inner tube to allow the top end to be inserted into the inner exit. The adjusting device comprises a clamping member, a transmission gear, and a driving motor. The clamping member comprises a clamping portion and a teeth bar. The clamping portion clamps the needle valve. The teeth bar is engaged with the transmission gear. The driving motor drives the transmission gear to rotate to drive the clamping member to move linearly.
As above, in the adjustable spray head according to embodiments of the instant disclosure, the coaxial alignment of the inner tube and the outer tube allows the motive gas and the makeup material in a material case can be respectively guided into the gas channel and the liquid channel. In addition, the makeup material in the inner tube would mix with the motive gas at a portion close to the outer exit and further ejected out of the outer exit. Moreover, the adjusting device can control the needle valve to move in the inner tube along the axial direction of the inner tube, so that the opening or closing of the inner exit can be controlled, or the opening size of the inner exit can be adjusted. Hence, the timing for material ejection and the concentration of the ejected material can be controlled accurately.
In one embodiment, the inner tube may comprise a cone tapered segment, and the inner exit is located at an end portion of the cone tapered segment. In other words, the diameter of the inner exit is less than the diameter of the inner tube. Alternatively, the inner tube may be a cylinder tube.
In one embodiment, the needle valve may comprise a cone shaped needle, and the top end is located at an end portion of the cone shaped needle. In other words, the top end is the sharp end of the cone shaped needle. Alternatively, the needle valve may be a cylinder tube.
In one embodiment, the adjustable spray head comprises an upper fixing mount and a lower fixing mount. The coaxial spray head is fixed between the upper fixing mount and the lower fixing mount. The driving motor is fixed connected to the lower fixing mount. Alternatively, the driving motor may be fixed connected to the upper fixing mount.
In one embodiment, the adjusting device comprises a packing screw inserted into the clamping member from one end thereof and abutted against the needle valve. Hence, the positioning of the needle valve can be further improved, and the needle valve would not be moved freely relative to the clamping member.
In one embodiment, the diameter of the inner exit may equal to or less than the diameter of the outer exit. Therefore, the liquid flowing out of the inner exit would not be blocked by the outer exit and left in the outer tube.
In one embodiment, the top end of the needle valve may be inserted into the outer exit. As a result, when the needle valve is moved along the axial direction of the inner tube, the opening size of the outer exit can be adjusted at the same time, so that the amount of the material ejected out of the outer exit can be adjusted.
In one embodiment, the adjustable spray head may further comprise a gear assembly connected between the driving motor and the transmission gear. The driving motor drives the gear assembly to drive the transmission gear to rotate. Alternatively, the driving motor may directly drive the transmission gear to rotate without the aids of other gears.
In one embodiment, the gear assembly may comprise a shaft, a passive bevel gear, and an active bevel gear. The transmission gear is coaxially assembled at one of two ends of the shaft, the passive bevel gear is coaxially assembled at the other end of the shaft, and the active bevel gear is drivably connected to the driving motor and engaged with the passive bevel gear.
In one embodiment, the adjustable spray head further comprises an outer housing enclosing the outer exit of the outer tube. The outer housing comprises a passage communicating with the outer exit. Accordingly, when the needle valve is moved along the axial direction of the inner tube, the needle valve would not protrude from the outer exit to hurt someone or to be damaged by someone or something. Furthermore, the liquid ejecting out of the outer exit would not spread, so that the material ejected out of the outer exit can be focused.
The disclosure will become more fully understood from the detailed description given herein below for illustration only, and thus not limitative of the disclosure, wherein:
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In this embodiment, the coaxial spray head 10 comprises an outer tube 11, an inner tube 12, a needle valve 13, a gas inlet 14, and a material inlet 15. The outer tube 11 and the inner tube 12 are approximately round tubular shaped, and the diameter of the outer tube 11 is greater than the diameter of the inner tube 12. The inner tube 12 is coaxially positioned in the outer tube 11. In other words, the coaxial spray head 10 has dual tubes. In this embodiment, a positioning mount 18 is further assembled in the coaxial spray head 10. The positioning mount 18 may be assembled in the coaxial spray head 10 by gluing, buckling, threading, or other means. The positioning mount 18 has a central groove 181. One end of the inner tube 12 is closely mated or glued in the central groove 181 and positioned by the central groove 181, so that a gas channel 16 is formed between the inner tube 12 and the outer tube 11. In other words, the gas channel 16 surrounds the inner tube 12. Alternatively, in some embodiments, the central groove 181 may have a male thread (or a female thread), and the outer surface of the inner tube 12 has a female thread (or a male thread), so that the inner tube 12 can be threaded in the central groove 181.
One end of the outer tube 11 has an outer exit 111, and the gas channel 16 is communicated between the outer exit 111 and the gas inlet 14. Hence, the external motive gas can be pumped into the coaxial spray head 10 from the gas inlet 14, pass through the gas channel 16, and be ejected out of the outer exit 111. For example, the gas inlet 14 may be connected to one of two ends of a pipeline, and the other end of the pipeline is connected to a gas supplying device like an air pump or a gas cylinder, so that the motive gas can be pumped into the gas channel 16 via the pipeline.
The needle valve 13 is approximately of cylinder shape, and the diameter of the needle valve 13 is less than the diameter of the inner tube 12. The needle valve 13 is coaxially positioned in the inner tube 12. In this embodiment, the positioning mount 18 further comprises a thru groove 182 communicating with the inner tube 12. The needle valve 13 may be inserted into the inner tube 12 through the thru groove 182, so that the needle valve 13 can be coaxially aligned with the inner tube 12. In addition, the needle valve 13 is loosely mated with the thru groove 182, so that the needle valve 13 can be moved along the axial direction of the inner tube 12, and a liquid channel 17 is formed between the needle valve 13 and the inner tube 12. In other words, the liquid channel 17 surrounds the needle valve 13. Moreover, because the inner tube 12 is coaxially positioned in the outer tube 11, the gas channel 16 is partitioned from the liquid channel 17.
One end of the inner tube 12 has an inner exit 121, and the inner exit 121 coaxially corresponds to the outer exit 111. In other words, the center of the inner exit 121 and the center of the outer exit 111 are aligned at the same straight line. In addition, in this embodiment, the inner exit 121 is spaced from the outer exit 111 by an interval. The liquid channel 17 is communicated between the inner exit 121 and the material inlet 15. Therefore, liquids like the makeup painting can be pumped into the material inlet 15 externally, pass through the liquid channel 17, and be ejected out of the inner exit 121. For example, the material inlet 15 may also be connected to a makeup painting case via a pipeline, so that the makeup painting can be pumped into the liquid channel 17 via the pipeline. In addition, because the inner tube 12 is fixed with (may be closely mated, glued to, or threaded with) the positioning mount 18, the inner tube 12 would not be shaken easily. Moreover, in some embodiments, the inner tube 12 may be integrally formed with the positioning mount 18.
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In this embodiment, the adjusting device 20 comprises a clamping member 21, a transmission gear 22, and a driving motor 23. The clamping member 21 comprises a clamping portion 211 and a teeth bar 212. The clamping portion 211 clamps the needle valve 13. The teeth bar 212 is engaged with the transmission gear 22. The driving motor 23 drives the transmission gear 22 to rotate and the clamping member 21, being driven by the transmission gear 22, moves linearly. In this embodiment, the clamping member 21 is a block and located outside of the coaxial spray head 10. The clamping portion 211 is a through slot passing through the clamping member 21. The needle valve 13 is closely mated in the clamping portion 211, so that the clamping member 21 can clamp the needle valve 13. As a result, when the clamping member 21 is moved by the transmission gear 22, the clamping member 21 drives the needle valve 13 to move. The extension direction of the teeth bar 212 is the same as the axial direction of the needle valve 13, so that when the transmission gear 22 is rotated, the transmission gear 22 drives the needle valve 13 to move along the axial direction of the inner tube 12. Please refer to
Based on the above, the adjustable spray head 1 can be implemented in an automatic makeup machine, as described in the following.
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It is understood that, in addition to adjusting the opening size of the inner exit 121, the needle valve 13 may have other functions. As shown in
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The adjusting device 20 may further comprise a gear assembly 25 connected between the driving motor 23 and the transmission gear 22. The driving motor 23 drives the gear assembly 25 to drive the transmission gear 22 to rotate. In this embodiment, the gear assembly 25 comprises a shaft 251, a passive bevel gear 252, and an active bevel gear 253. The transmission gear 22 is coaxially assembled to one of two ends of the shaft 251, and the passive bevel gear 252 is coaxially assembled to the other end of the shaft 251. The shaft 251 is pivoted with the upper fixing mount 31, for example, a pivot 254 is connected to the upper fixing mount 31 and the shaft 251, so that the shaft 251 is positioned and can be rotated relative to the upper fixing mount 31. The active bevel gear 253 may directly connect to a driving shaft of the driving motor 23, so that the active bevel gear 253 can be directly driven by the driving motor 23. In addition, the active bevel gear 253 is engaged with the passive bevel gear 252. Hence, when the active bevel gear 253 is driven by the driving motor 23 to rotate, the active bevel gear 253 drives the passive bevel gear 252 and the transmission gear 22 to rotate and further drives the clamping member 21 and the needle valve 13 to move linearly, but embodiments are not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the driving shaft of the driving motor 23 may be directly connected to the transmission gear 22 without the connection of other gears.
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In addition, in this embodiment, the passage 34 comprises a shrunk end 341 and an expanded end 342. In other words, the passage 34 is cone shaped. The shrunk end 341 is closer to the outer exit 111 than the expanded end 342, so that the liquid sprayed out of the outer exit 111 can be slightly spread outward, but embodiments are not limited thereto. In some embodiments, the outer housing 33 may be cylinder or inverse cone shaped, according to different requirements.
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As above, in the adjustable spray head according to embodiments of the instant disclosure, the coaxial alignment of the inner tube and the outer tube allows the motive gas and the makeup material in a material case can be respectively guided into the gas channel and the liquid channel. In addition, the makeup material in the inner tube would mix with the motive gas at a portion close to the outer exit and further ejected out of the outer exit. Moreover, the adjusting device can control the needle valve to move in the inner tube along the axial direction of the inner tube, so that the opening or closing of the inner exit can be controlled, or the opening size of the inner exit can be adjusted. Hence, the timing for material ejection and the concentration of the ejected material can be controlled accurately.
While the disclosure has been described by the way of example and in terms of the preferred embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention need not be limited to the disclosed embodiments. On the contrary, it is intended to cover various modifications and similar arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims, the scope of which should be accorded the broadest interpretation so as to encompass all such modifications and similar structures.
Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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104215619 | Sep 2015 | TW | national |