Patent Application
20190053598
The disclosure and prior art relates to brush devices and more particularly pertains to a new brush device for containing a selectively dispensing a hair care product.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a brush that is selectively manipulated thereby facilitating the brush to groom hair. The brush has a reservoir therein to contain a fluid. A plunger unit is movably coupled to the brush and the plunger unit is selectively manipulated. The plunger unit is in fluid communication with the reservoir to selectively urge the fluid outwardly from the brush. In this way the fluid may be urged onto the hair to enhance grooming.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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The outer wall 22 has a bounding surface 26 extending between a first half 28 and a second half 30 of the brush 12. The first half 28 is gripped and the well 24 is positioned in the second half 30. The outer wall 22 corresponding to the first half 28 has a plurality of depressions 32 extending therearound to define a plurality of ribs 34. The ribs 34 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed from the bounding surface 26 of the brush 12 toward the second end 20. A plurality of bristles 36 is provided and each of the bristles 36 is coupled to and extends outwardly from the outer wall 22 to groom the hair. Each of the bristles 36 is spaced apart from each other and is distributed around the outer wall 22 corresponding to the second half 30 of the brush 12.
A plunger unit 38 is movably coupled to the brush 12 and the plunger unit 38 is selectively manipulated. The plunger unit 38 is in fluid 16 communication with the reservoir 14. Moreover, the plunger unit 38 selectively urges the fluid 16 outwardly from the brush 12 when the plunger unit 38 is manipulated. In this way the fluid 16 is urged onto the hair to enhance grooming.
The plunger unit 38 comprises a screw 40 that is positioned within the reservoir 14. The screw 40 has a primary end 42, a secondary end 44 and an outside surface 46 extending therebetween. The outside surface 46 is threaded between the primary end 42 and the secondary end 44. A wheel 48 is provided that has a front surface 50 and a peripheral surface 52. The wheel 48 is rotatably coupled to the first half 28 of the brush 12 and the peripheral surface 52 extends outwardly through the outer wall 22 of the brush 12. Thus, the peripheral edge 52 selectively manipulated thereby facilitating the wheel 48 to be rotated. The primary end 42 of the screw 40 is coupled to the front surface 50 of the wheel 48 such that the wheel 48 rotates the screw 40 when the wheel 48 is rotated.
A disk 53 is provided that has a first surface 54, a second surface 56 and an exterior edge 58 extending therebetween. The screw 40 extends through the first 54 and second 56 surfaces of the disk 53 such that the disk 53 threadably engages the screw 40. The exterior edge 58 frictionally engages a bounding surface 59 of the well 24. Moreover, the disk 53 forms a fluid 16 impermeable seal between the disk 53 and the well 24.
The wheel 48 is selectively rotated in a first direction and a second direction. The disk 53 is urged along the screw 40 toward the first end 18 of the brush 12 when the wheel 48 is rotated in the first direction. Thus, the disk 53 urges the fluid 16 outwardly through the first end 18 of the brush 12. The disk 53 is urged along the screw 40 toward the second end 20 of the brush 12 when the wheel 48 is rotated in the second direction.
A cap 60 is removably coupled to the brush 12 to close the reservoir 14. The cap 60 has a plurality of openings 62 therein to pass the fluid 16 outwardly therefrom when the plunger unit 38 is manipulated. The cap 60 has a first end 64, a second end 66 and an outer wall 68 extending therebetween. The second end 66 of the cap 60 is open and each of the openings 62 extends through the first end 18 of the cap 60. The first end 64 of the cap 60 is concavely arcuate with respect to the second end 66 of the cap 60 to radiate the fluid 16 outwardly from the brush 12. The outer wall 68 of the cap 60 is threaded to threadably engage the bounding surface 59 of the well 24 to close the first end 18 of the brush 12.
In use, the wheel 48 is rotated in the second direction to position to disk 53 at a bottom of the well 24. The well 24 is filled with the fluid 16 and the cap 60 is coupled to the brush 12. The wheel 48 is selectively rotated in the first direction when the brush 12 is manipulated to groom the hair. Thus, the fluid 16 is dispensed onto the hair to enhance grooming the hair. Moreover, the plunger unit 38 facilitates the fluid 16 to be dispensed onto the hair without using hands. In this way the plunger unit 38 enhances cleanliness with respect to dispensing the fluid 16 onto the hair.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
