Patent Application
20200170398
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The disclosure and prior art relate to brushes and more particularly pertains to a new brush for applying a fluid to hair.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a plurality of bristles that is coupled to and extends from a housing. The bristles are tubular and are in fluidic communication with an interior space defined by the housing. Each of a plurality of holes is positioned in a respective bristle. A handle extends from a first end of the housing. A channel extends through the handle to the housing. A pump is positioned in the channel proximate to the housing and is in fluidic communication with the interior space. A reservoir is selectively insertable into the channel so that a nozzle of the reservoir sealably couples to an inlet of the pump. The pump is configured to selectively pump a fluid that is positioned in the reservoir through the interior space and the bristles to exit through the holes to apply the fluid to the hair.
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
As best illustrated in
A plurality of bristles 18 is coupled to and extends from a front 22 of the housing 12. The bristles 18 are tubular and are in fluidic communication with the interior space 14. Each bristle 18 has a terminus 20 distal from the front 22 of the housing 12 that is closed. The bristles 18 are positioned in a plurality of rows 24, as shown in
Each of a plurality of holes 30 is positioned in a respective bristle 18. The holes 30 are positioned two-apiece in the respective bristle 18. The holes 30 are positioned singly proximate to a midpoint 32 and the terminus 20 of the respective bristle 18, as shown in
A handle 34 is coupled by a first endpoint 36 to the first end 26 of the housing 12. The handle 34 is configured to be grasped in a hand of a user, positioning the user to manipulate the bristles 18 through hair. The handle 34 has a forward face 38 and a rearward face 40 that are substantially planar. The handle 34 has opposing side faces 42 that are convexly arcuate, as shown in
A channel 44 extends through the handle 34 from a second endpoint 46 of the handle 34 to the housing 12, as shown in
A reservoir 50 is selectively insertable into the channel 44 so that a nozzle 52 of the reservoir 50 sealably couples to an inlet 54 of the pump 48. The reservoir 50 is in fluidic communication with the pump 48 so that the pump 48 is configured to selectively pump a fluid that is positioned in the reservoir 50 through the interior space 14 and the bristles 18. The fluid, such as a hair dye or an oil, exits the holes 30 and is applied to the hair without the fluid coming into contact with the hands of the user.
In one embodiment, as shown in
A recess 58 extends into the handle 34 from a respective opposing side face 42 of the handle 34, as shown in
A switch 66 is coupled to the handle 34 and is operationally coupled to both the pump 48 and the power module 62, as shown in
Each of a plurality of bulbs 68 is coupled to the terminus 20 of a respective bristle 18, as shown in
In use, the reservoir 50 containing the fluid required by the user is inserted into the channel 44 to couple the nozzle 52 of the reservoir 50 to the inlet 54 of the pump 48. The switch 66 is used to actuate the pump 48 to pump the fluid through the tubes 56 and the bristles 18 so that the fluid exits the holes 30 and is applied to 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 elements is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
