Patent Application
20240041143
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The disclosure relates to hair braid devices and more particularly pertains to a new hair braid device for melting synthetic hair braids to inhibit fraying. The device includes a clamp that has channels for insertably receiving hair braids. The device further includes a plurality of heating elements that are each integrated into a respective channel. In this way the heating elements melt the hair braids when the heating elements are turned on. Thus, the hair braids are sealed to inhibit the hair braids from fraying.
The prior art relates to hair braid devices including a hair singer that has a pair of wells for insertably receiving strands of hair and a heating element integrated into the wells for heating the strands of hair. The prior art discloses a hair iron that includes a pair of scissors for clamping hair and heating elements attached to the scissors for heating the hair. The prior art discloses a hair clamp that includes a pair of members pivotally attached together for clamping hair and heating elements attached to the members for heating the hair. The prior art discloses a hair heating device that includes a pair of scissors, each having a concave recess to receive hair and a pair of heating elements integrated into the concave recess in a respective scissor. The prior art discloses a hair clamp which includes a pair of pliers that each has a pair of concave clamps each oriented perpendicular to the pliers.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a clamp that has a plurality of hair channels thereby facilitating each of the hair channels to receive a respective one of a plurality of hair braids. The clamp is biased into an open position and the clamp is positionable in a closed position to enclose the hair braids in the channels. A plurality of heating elements is provided and each of the heating elements is integrated into a respective one of the channels in the clamp thereby facilitating each of the heating elements to be in thermal communication with a respective one of the hair braids. In this way the heating elements can melt the hair braids when the heating elements are turned on to improve the appearance of the hair braids by inhibiting the hair braids from fraying.
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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Each of the channels 14 associated with the first member 18 is recessed into the engaging surface 26 of the first member 18. Furthermore, the channels 14 associated with the first member 18 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed from the free end 24 toward the coupled end 22. Each of the channels 14 associated with the second member 20 is recessed into the engaging surface 26 of the second member 20. The channels 14 associated with the second member 20 are aligned with a respective one of the channels 14 associated with the first member 18. Each of the plurality of channels 14 has a bounding surface 32 and the bounding surface 32 of each of the channels 14 is concavely arcuate with respect to the engaging surface 26 of the respective first member 18 and the second member 20.
The engaging surface 26 of the first member 18 rests against the engaging surface 26 of the second member 20 when the clamp 12 is positioned in the closed position. The engaging surface 26 of the first member 18 is spaced from the engaging surface 26 of the second member 20 when the clamp 12 is in the open position. Each of the plurality of channels 14 associated with the first member 18 forms an aperture 34 with a respective channel 14 in the second member 20 when the clamp 12 is positioned in the closed position. Each of the first member 18 and the second member 20 is substantially hollow.
A hinge 36 is integrated into each of the first member 18 and the second member for hingedly attaching the first member 18 to the second member 20. The hinge 36 is integrated into the engaging surface 26 of each of the first member 18 and the second member 20 at a point located adjacent to the coupled end 22 of each of the first member 18 and the second member 20. A biasing member 38 is integrated into the hinge 36 and the biasing member 38 biases the clamp 12 into the open position. The biasing member 38 may comprise a coiled spring or other type of biasing member.
A plurality of heating elements 40 is provided and each of the heating elements 40 is integrated into a respective one of the channels 14 in the clamp 12. In this way each of the heating elements 40 is in thermal communication with a respective one of the hair braids 16 thereby facilitating the heating elements 40 to melt the hair braids 16 when the heating elements 40 are turned on. Thus, the heating elements 40 improve the appearance of the hair braids 16 by inhibiting the hair braids 16 from fraying. The hair braids 16 comprise synthetic hair braids that are employed in the convention of hair extensions in the field of cosmetology. Each of the heating elements 40 conforms to the bounding surface 32 of the respective channel 14 such that each of the heating elements 40 has a concavely arcuate shape. Each of the heating elements 40 comprises an electric heating element that has an operational temperature of at least 520.0 degrees Fahrenheit thereby facilitating the heating elements 40 to melt nylon, for example, which is a material commonly employed in the construction of synthetic hair braids 16.
A temperature control 42 is slidably integrated into the top surface 28 of the first member 18 and the temperature control 42 is electrically coupled to each of the heating elements 40. The temperature control 42 adjusts a temperature of each of the heating elements 40 between a minimum temperature and a maximum temperature. A power button 44 is movably integrated into the top surface 28 of the first member 18. The power button 44 is electrically coupled to each of the heating elements 40 and the power button 44 turns each of the heating elements 40 on and off. A power cord 46 is coupled to and extends away from the coupled end 22 of the first member 18 and the power cord 46 is electrically coupled to the power button 44. The power cord 46 has a distal end 48 with respect to the coupled end 22 of the first member 18 and a male plug 50 is electrically coupled to the distal end 48 thereby facilitating the male plug 50 to be plugged into a power source 52 comprising a female electrical outlet.
In use, a respective one of a plurality of hair braids 16 is inserted into a respective channel 14 in the first member 18 and the clamp 12 is manipulated into the closed position. Additionally, the clamp 12 is positioned such that the plurality of heating elements 40 is aligned with a free end 54 of the hair braids 16. The power button 44 is manipulated to turn on the heating elements 40 and the temperature control 42 is adjusted to the preferred temperature. In this way the free end 54 of the hair braids 16 is melted thereby inhibiting the hair braids 16 from fraying. Furthermore, the process of heating the hair braids 16 in the clamp 12 is repeated as many times as is necessary to melt all of the hair braids 16 that are worn on a user's head 56.
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.
