Patent Application
20200187620
The invention relates to the field of cosmetic care devices.
The following video is considered by the Applicant as the closest prior art:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2mayoOey-Q
It describes the present process of removing nostril hair. A user dips a stick into a heated wax container, and then inserts the stick into his nostril. When the wax cools down, he pulls out the stick along with the nostril hair that has been attached to the wax of the stick.
One of the drawbacks of this method is the need to cover other hairy parts of the face, such as the moustache, in order to prevent the wax to pour on the hairy part. As in the above mentioned video, the solution is using a moustache cover.
All the methods described above have not yet provided satisfactory solutions to the problem of removing hair from a hole, such as a nostril.
In one embodiment, the invention is directed to an apparatus for removing nostril hair and hair of an ear cavity of a user, including a stick (13), a wax cover (11) attached to one end of the stick, the wax cover (11) comprises a quantity of wax so that even in a liquid state the wax cover remains attached to the stick (13), thereby preventing said wax cover from becoming liquid and therefore preventing spilling of wax on a mustache or beard of the user.
The apparatus may further comprise a barrier (12) integrated with the stick (13) between the wax cover (11) and another end of the stick.
The apparatus may further comprise a bulge (14) at the end of the stick (13) opposite to the wax cover (11), for preventing the apparatus to slip from a user's hand.
The apparatus may further comprise a controllable heating device (20) having an adaptation to allow recurrent heating of a stick having wax cover (11).
According to one embodiment of the invention, the adaptation comprises a slider, for setting a heating temperature of the heating device (20).
According to one embodiment of the invention, the adaptation comprises a slider, for setting a heating period of the heating device (20).
According to one embodiment of the invention, the adaptation comprises a button, for triggering the heating device to heat a stick at the temperature to during the period.
The reference numbers have been used to point out elements in the embodiments described and illustrated herein, in order to facilitate the understanding of the invention. They are meant to be merely illustrative, and not limiting. Also, the foregoing embodiments of the invention have been described and illustrated in conjunction with systems and methods thereof, which are meant to be merely illustrative, and not limiting.
Embodiments, features, and aspects of the invention are described herein in conjunction with the following drawings in which:
It should be understood that the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale.
The invention will be understood from the following detailed description of embodiments of the invention, which are meant to be descriptive and not limiting. For the sake of brevity, some well-known features, methods, systems, procedures, components, circuits, and so on, are not described in detail.
In order to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art, there is provided a stick having on one end thereof a predetermined amount of wax sufficient to glue the hair of a hole (such as nostril), but not to spill from the stick on a user's moustache and beard.
The apparatus, which is marked herein by reference numeral 10, comprises a stick 13, having a wax cover 11 on one end thereof, and optionally, a bulge 14 on the other end thereof, for preventing from a user's fingers to slip out of the stick.
Optionally there is provided a barrier 12 integrated with stick 13 between the wax cover 11 and the other end of the stick, for blocking the stick from entering into a user's nostril or ear-cavity beyond the barrier.
The wax cover 11 comprises an amount of wax which on one hand is sufficient to stick thereto nostril hair and ear-cavity hair of a user, but still not spill over the user's moustache and beard.
According to this embodiment of the invention, the heating device 20 comprises a tube 15 into which the end of a stick 13 with the wax cover 11 is disposed in order to be heated. The heating device comprises a heating body (not illustrated), disposed, for example, inside the walls of tube 15.
Preferably, on use the tube 15 is filled with water, which is heated to a certain temperature, and therefore heats any stick disposed in the tube to the water temperature. Thus, in this case tube 15 is a sealed receptacle.
According to one embodiment of the invention, the heating device is preset to heat the tube 15 in a certain temperature, for a certain period.
According to another embodiment of the invention, the heating device 20 comprises a slider 16 for setting the heating temperature, and a slider 17 for setting the heating time. An on/off button 18 triggers the heating device to perform a heating session, and then to turn off.
According to this embodiment of the invention, a user sets the desired temperature and heating time by sliders 16 and 17, places one or more sticks 13 into the inner side of tube 15, and then presses the button 18 in order to start a heating session for the time and temperature defined in sliders 16 and 17.
As such, the heating device allows repeating the same heating process over and over, and since the wax amount of the wax cover 11 is identical on each manufactured stick, the wax won't pour on the user's beard and moustache.
The user, which is marked herein by reference 21, approaches a stick 13 having heated wax cover on one end thereof to a nostril or an ear cavity of a user.
In the figures herein reference numeral 22 denotes hair of a nostril, and reference numeral 23 denotes hair of an ear cavity of a user.
The user 21 inserts the end of stick 13 in which is disposed heated wax, into his nostril or ear. He holds the stick 13 until the wax cools to the room temperature. The same process repeats for the hair of his ear cavity.
The zoomed image shows the stick 13 with the nostril hair 22 that has been attached to the wax cover 11 of the stick.
Once the wax temperature is cooled to the room temperature, the user pulls apparatus 10 with the hair that has been glued to its wax cover 11. Then he disposes the stick.
In the figures and/or description herein, the following reference numerals (Reference Signs List) have been mentioned:
In the description herein, the following references have been mentioned:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2mayoOey-Q
The foregoing description and illustrations of the embodiments of the invention has been presented for the purposes of illustration. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the invention to the above description in any form.
Any term that has been defined above and used in the claims, should to be interpreted according to this definition.
The reference numbers in the claims are not a part of the claims, but rather used for facilitating the reading thereof. These reference numbers should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any form.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 263769 | Dec 2018 | IL | national |
