The application is also related to copending applications entitled, “METHOD FOR USING MASK-TYPE BEAUTY INSTRUMENT”, U.S. Ser. No. 17/036,354, filed Sep. 29, 2020; “SOFT PHYSIOTHERAPY INSTRUMENT”, U.S. Ser. No. 17/036,398, filed Sep. 29, 2020; “METHOD FOR USING SOFT PHYSIOTHERAPY INSTRUMENT,” U.S. Ser. No. 17/036,425, filed Sep. 29, 2020.
The subject matter herein generally relates to a mask-type beauty instrument.
As the living standards being improved, demands for beauty are becoming greater. As such, products of beauty flexible masks and beauty instruments are popular, especially the beauty instruments. Beauty instruments which can produce micro-currents to stimulate human faces are favored by consumers. Existing beauty instruments are hand-held beauty instruments and require users to operate the beauty instruments in front of a mirror. This makes the hand-held beauty instruments inconvenient to use.
Implementations of the present technology will now be described, by way of embodiments, with reference to the attached figures, wherein:
The disclosure is illustrated by way of example and not by way of limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings in which like references indicate similar elements. It should be noted that references to “another,” “an,” or “one” embodiment in this disclosure are not necessarily to the same embodiment, and such references mean “at least one.”
It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the different figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. Also, the description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the embodiments described herein. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and the proportions of certain parts have been exaggerated to better illustrate details and features of the present disclosure.
Several definitions that apply throughout this disclosure will now be presented.
The term “contact” is defined as a direct and physical contact. The term “substantially” is defined to be that while essentially conforming to the particular dimension, shape, or other feature that is described, the component is not or need not be exactly conforming to the description. The term “comprising,” when utilized, means “including, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in the so-described combination, group, series, and the like.
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The flexible mask 100 defines a first region (not labeled) and a second region (not labeled). The plurality of functional layers 104 comprises a plurality of first functional layers 104a and a plurality of second functional layers 104b. The plurality of first functional layers 104a are located in the first region. The plurality of second functional layers 104b are located in the second region. A quantity of the first functional layers 104a is 2K, a quantity of the second functional layers 104b is M, and K is greater than or equal to M. The 2K first functional layers 104a are symmetrically distributed at cheek positions of flexible mask 100. Each pair of first functional layers 104a are symmetrically distributed at a left cheek and a right cheek and are electrically connected with one electrode 108 of the plurality of electrodes 108. That is, K first functional layers 104a are located at the left cheek, the other K first functional layers 104a are located at the right cheek. And, a quantity of the plurality of electrodes 108 is K. Each of the plurality of electrodes 108 is numbered as 1, 2, 3 . . . K, and two electrodes with adjacent numbers are electrically connected with adjacent pairs of first functional layers 104a. A quantity of pairs of the first functional layers 104a is the same as the quantity of the electrodes 108, and a number of each pair of the first functional layers 104a is the same as the number of electrode 108 electrically connected with the pair of first functional layers 104a. Each of the plurality of second functional layers 104b is electrically connected with one electrode. Numbers of two electrodes electrically connected with adjacent second functional layers 104b are x and y, and a difference between x and y is greater than or equal to 2.
Areas of the plurality of functional layers can be different and can be adjusted as required. In the embodiment according to
The controller 112 is configured to control the plurality of functional layers 104 in the flexible mask 100 through the K electrodes 108. The K electrodes extend from the inside of the flexible mask 100 and converge in the connection wire 114, and the controller 112 is connected with the flexible mask 100 through the connection wire 114. The controller 112 comprises a plurality of buttons for controlling the flexible mask 100. The controller 112 is used to input a voltage between two of the plurality of electrodes 108 to produce current in the plurality of functional layers 104. A circuit is formed between the controller, the two of the plurality of electrodes 108, the plurality of functional layers 104 electrically connected with the two of the plurality of electrodes 108, and the face skin of the user. As such, the current flows through the controller, the two of the plurality of electrodes 108, the plurality of functional layers 104 electrically connected with the two of the plurality of electrodes 108, and the face skin of the user. Each of the plurality of function buttons can control the current magnitude, the frequency of the current, the position of the input current, etc., to control the plurality of functional layers 104 inside the flexible mask 100. The flexible mask 100 can be movably coupled to the controller 200. Optionally, the first flexible layer 102 or the second flexible layer 106 can include a window 110, and the plurality of electrodes 108 are exposed from the window 110 and electrically connected to the controller 200. The window 110 is provided with an access port through which the controller 200 is connected to the flexible mask 100. The flexible mask 100 can be replaced as needed. The flexible mask 100 can also be cleaned for reuse.
The K electrodes 108 are electrically connected to the K pairs of first functional layers 104a, and at the same time, are electrically connected to the M second functional layers 104b. This connection mode does not require additional electrodes to be electrically connected to the M second functional layers 104b except the K electrodes 108. The quantity of electrodes 108 is saved. Since the K electrodes 108 extend from the flexible mask 100 and converge in the connection wire 114, the diameter of the connection wire 114 can be small. It can be understood that the smaller the diameter of the connection wire 114, the better the flexibility of the connection wire 114. The flexible mask 100 and the controller 112 are connected by the connection wire 114. The better the flexibility of the connecting wire 114, the better the user experience.
Each of the plurality of electrodes 108 is electrically connected with a pair of first functional layers 104a. In the use of the mask-typee beauty instrument 10, the flexible mask 100 is applied on a user's face, and a voltage is applied to two electrodes 108, the voltage is applied between the two electrodes 108 in cycles of 1 and 2, 2 and 3, 3 and 4 . . . K-1 and K, so as to circulate the two pairs of first functional layers 104a corresponding to each two electrodes 108. A loop is formed between the controller 112, the two electrodes 108, two pairs of first functional layers 104a, the face skin of the user between the two first functional layers 104a on one side, the face skin of the user between the two first functional layers 104a on the other side. A current is generated in the loop. As such, the face skin of the user between the two first functional layers 104a on one side and the face skin of the user between the two first functional layers 104a on the other side are stimulated. The two electrodes 108 with two neighbor numbers, e,g., K-1 and K, are connected with the two pair of first functional layer 104a, wherein the two functional layers 104a on the same side are located adjacent with each other and named adjacent functional layers, and there is no other functional layer 104a located between the adjacent functional layers on the same side. The user's skin located between the adjacent functional layers is stimulated. In this way, by sequentially or selectively applying a voltage to the two electrodes 108 with adjacent numbers, the purpose of sequentially or selectively stimulating the skin of the user at different positions in the first region can be achieved.
The controller 112 can also input a voltage between two electrodes 108 with non-adjacent numbers. When the difference between the numbers x and y of the two electrodes 108 is greater than or equal to 2, the two pairs of first function layers 104a corresponding to the two electrodes 108 comprises two first functional layers 104a on the same side separated with each other. The two first functional layers 104a on the same side are separated by at least one first functional layer 104a on the same side of the flexible mask 100. Even if a loop is formed between the controller 112, the two electrodes 108, two pairs of first functional layers 104a, the face skin of the user between the two first functional layers 104a on one side, the face skin of the user between the two first functional layers 104a on the other side, since the two first functional layers 104a are farther apart on the same side of the flexible mask 100, the skin between the two first functional layer 104a has a large area, the electrical resistance of the skin is relatively large, and the current generated at this time will be very small, and the user basically cannot feel it. On the other hand, when the two electrodes 108 numbered x and y are respectively connected to two second functional layers 104b, input voltage on the two electrodes 108, then another loop is formed between the two electrodes 108, the two second functional layers 104b, the facial skin between the two second functional layers 104b and the controller 112. Since the two electrically connected second functional layers 104b are adjacent to each other, the current value is relatively large, which can stimulate the skin between the two secondary functional layers 104b. As such, the skin in the second area is stimulated. Therefore, when the controller 112 chooses to apply a voltage between two electrodes 108 that have numbers not adjacent, it will not stimulate the skin between the first functional layers 104a in the first region, but it can stimulate the skin between the second functional layers 104b in the second region.
A material of the first flexible layer 102 or the second flexible layer 106 can be a flexible material such as non-woven fabric, silk, flexible cloth, porous flexible paper, or silica gel, and can be directly attached to a person's face. A thickness of the first flexible layer 102 or the second flexible layer 106 can be set according to actual needs. In this embodiment, the thickness of the first flexible layer 102 or the second flexible layer 106 is in a range from 10 to 100 micrometers. In the use of the mask-typee beauty instrument, the second flexible layer 106 will be directly in contact with a face. The second flexible layer 106 has a porous structure.
A material of the electrode 108 can be metal, alloy, indium tin oxide (ITO), antimony tin oxide (ATO), conductive silver paste, conductive polymer, or conductive carbon nanotube. The metal or the alloy can be aluminum, copper, tungsten, molybdenum, gold, titanium, rhodium, palladium, iridium, or an alloy thereof. In this embodiment, the K electrodes 108 are all copper wires with a diameter of 1 micrometer. Preferably, an insulating layer can be coated on the surface of each of the K electrodes 108. A material of the insulating layer can be a flexible material.
Each of the plurality of functional layer 104 can comprise a carbon nanotube layer or can be the carbon nanotube layer. The carbon nanotube layer includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes joined by van der Waals attractive force therebetween. The carbon nanotube layer can be a substantially pure structure of carbon nanotubes, with few impurities. The carbon nanotube layer can be a freestanding structure, that is, the carbon nanotube layer can be supported by itself without a substrate. For example, if at least one point of the carbon nanotube layer is held, the entire carbon nanotube layer can be lifted while retaining its structural integrity.
The carbon nanotubes in the carbon nanotube layer can be orderly or disorderly arranged. The term ‘disordered carbon nanotube layer’ refers to a structure where the carbon nanotubes are arranged along different directions, and the aligning directions of the carbon nanotubes are random. The number of the carbon nanotubes arranged along each different direction can be almost the same (e.g. uniformly disordered). The disordered carbon nanotube layer can be isotropic, namely, the carbon nanotube layer has properties identical in all directions of the carbon nanotube layer. The carbon nanotubes in the disordered carbon nanotube layer can be entangled with each other.
The carbon nanotube layer including ordered carbon nanotubes is an ordered carbon nanotube layer. The term ‘ordered carbon nanotube layer’ refers to a structure where the carbon nanotubes are arranged in a consistently systematic manner, e.g., the carbon nanotubes are arranged approximately along a same direction and/or have two or more sections within each of which the carbon nanotubes are arranged approximately along a same direction (different sections can have different directions). The carbon nanotubes in the carbon nanotube layer can be selected from single-walled, double-walled, and/or multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotube layer may include at least one carbon nanotube film. In other embodiments, the carbon nanotube layer is composed of one carbon nanotube film or at least two carbon nanotube films. In another embodiment, the carbon nanotube layer consists of one carbon nanotube film or at least two carbon nanotube films.
In one embodiment, the carbon nanotube film can be a drawn carbon nanotube film. Referring to
The carbon nanotubes in the drawn carbon nanotube film can be single-walled, double-walled, and/or multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The diameters of the single-walled carbon nanotubes may range from about 0.5 nanometers to about 50 nanometers. The diameters of the double-walled carbon nanotubes may range from about 1 nanometer to about 50 nanometers. The diameters of the multi-walled carbon nanotubes may range from about 1.5 nanometers to about 50 nanometers. The lengths of the carbon nanotubes may range from about 200 micrometers to about 900 micrometers.
The carbon nanotube layer may include at least two stacked drawn carbon nanotube films. The carbon nanotubes in the drawn carbon nanotube film are aligned along one preferred orientation, an angle can exist between the orientations of carbon nanotubes in adjacent drawn carbon nanotube films, whether stacked or adjacent. An angle between the aligned directions of the carbon nanotubes in two adjacent drawn carbon nanotube films may range from about 0 degrees to about 90 degrees (e.g. about 15 degrees, 45 degrees, or 60 degrees).
In other embodiments, the carbon nanotube film can be a flocculated carbon nanotube film. Referring to
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In some embodiments, the carbon nanotube layer may include a plurality of carbon nanotube wires. Referring to
The carbon nanotube wire can be untwisted or twisted. Referring to
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The carbon nanotube layer has better flexibility than the first flexible layer 102 and/or the second flexible layer 106. When the carbon nanotube layer is used as the functional layer 104 in the flexible mask 100, the flexibility of the entire flexible mask 100 is not decreased by the functional layer 104. The carbon nanotube layer has a large strength, as such, no matter how the flexible mask 100 is bent or pulled, and the carbon nanotube layer is not damaged.
In another embodiment, each of the plurality of functional layer 104 can further comprise a graphene layer. The graphene layer includes at least one graphene. In one embodiment, the graphene layer is a pure structure of graphenes. The graphene layer structure can include a single graphene or a plurality of graphenes. In one embodiment, the graphene layer includes a plurality of graphenes, the plurality of graphenes is stacked with each other and/or located side by side. The plurality of graphenes is combined with each other by van der Waals attractive force. The graphene layer can be a continuous integrated structure. The term “continuous integrated structure” can be defined as a structure that is combined by a plurality of chemical covalent bonds (e.g., sp2 bonds, sp1 bonds, or sp3 bonds) to form an overall structure. A thickness of the graphene layer can be less than 100 nanometers. The carbon nanotube layer can be overlapped with the graphene layer. The carbon nanotube layer and the graphene layer can be two separate layers overlapped with each other.
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Other characteristics of the mask-typee beauty instrument in the second embodiment are the same as that of the mask-typee beauty instrument in the first embodiment.
Referring to
Other characteristics of the mask-typee beauty instrument in the third embodiment are the same as that of the mask-typee beauty instrument in the first embodiment.
Referring to
Step S1: providing a mask-typee beauty instrument, the mask-typee beauty instrument comprises a flexible mask and a controller;
Step S2: applying the flexible mask on a user's face; and
Step S3: turning on the controller and selecting a function button on the controller, inputting a voltage to a plurality of functional layer in the flexible mask, at least one loop is formed to generate current to stimulate the face skin of the user.
In step S1, the mask-typee beauty instrument is any one of the beauty instruments with masks 10, 20 and 30 discussed above.
Alternatively, before step S2, the flexible mask can be further infiltrated with liquid, that is, before the flexible mask of the mask-typee beauty instrument is placed on the user's face. The liquid can be a cosmetic liquid.
In step S3, the controller includes a plurality of function buttons for controlling the flexible mask. Each of the plurality of function buttons is used to control the functional layer inside the flexible mask to achieve the stimulating function. Each of the plurality of function buttons can be configured to control a current magnitude, a current frequency, a position of the functional layer in which the current is input. The voltage applied on each two electrodes can be kept for a power-on time, and the voltage is stop for a dwell time, then the voltage is applied to another two electrodes for another power-on time and another dwell time.
In step S3, the voltage is applied between the two electrodes in cycles of 1 and 2, 2 and 3, 3 and 4 . . . K-1 and K, so as to circulate the two pairs of first functional layers corresponding to each two electrodes. A loop is formed between the controller, the two electrodes, two pairs of first functional layers, the face skin of the user between the two first functional layers on one side, the face skin of the user between the two first functional layers on the other side. A current is generated in the loop. As such, the face skin of the user between the two first functional layers on one side and the face skin of the user between the two first functional layers on the other side in the first region are stimulated. The two electrodes 108 with two neighbor number, e,g., K-1 and K, are connected with the two pairs of first functional layer 104a with two neighbor number, e,g., K-1 and K. And there is no other functional layer 104a located between the adjacent functional layers on the same side. The user's skin located between the adjacent functional layers is stimulated. In this way, by sequentially or selectively applying a voltage to the two electrodes 108 with adjacent numbers, the purpose of sequentially or selectively stimulating the skin of the user at different positions in the first region can be achieved.
The controller can also input a voltage between two electrodes that are not adjacent in number. When the difference between the numbers x and y of the two electrodes is greater than or equal to 2, the two pairs of first function layers corresponding to the two electrodes comprise two first functional layers on the same side separated with each other. The two first functional layers on the same side are separated by at least one first functional layer on the same side of the flexible mask. Even if a loop is formed between the controller, the two electrodes, two pairs of first functional layers, the face skin of the user between the two first functional layers on one side, the face skin of the user between the two first functional layers on the other side, since the two first functional layers are farther apart on the same side of the flexible mask, the skin between the two first functional layer has a large area, the electrical resistance of the skin is relatively large, and the current generated at this time will be very small, and the user basically cannot feel it. On the other hand, when the two electrodes numbered x and y are respectively connected to two second functional layers, input voltage on the two electrodes, then another loop is formed between the two electrodes, the two second functional layers, the facial skin between the two second functional layers and the controller. Since the two electrically connected second functional layers 104b are adjacent to each other, the current value is relatively large, which can stimulate the skin between the two secondary functional layers in the second region. As such, the skin in the second region is stimulated. Therefore, when the controller chooses to apply a voltage between two electrodes that are not adjacent to the number, it will not stimulate the skin between the first functional layers in the first region, but it can stimulate the skin between the second functional layers in the second region.
In one embodiment according to
Compared with the prior art, the mask-typee beauty instrument provided by the present invention has the following advantages: first, it can directly fit on a user's face without the need to hold it by hand, which frees the user's hands. Secondly, through controlling a circuit by the controller, the skin on the user's face can be selectively stimulated, and the face parts to be stimulated can be selected more accurately without causing facial asymmetry. Third, the carbon nanotube layer is used as the functional layer, the carbon nanotube layer has better flexibility than the first flexible layer or/and the second flexible layer, and the flexibility of the entire flexible mask will not be reduced due to the setting of the functional layers, the flexible mask can fit on the user's face well, and the user has a high comfort degree. Fourth, the carbon nanotube layer is used as a functional layer, a strength of the carbon nanotube layer is relatively large, no matter how to bend and pull or clean the flexible mask, the carbon nanotube layer will not be damaged, and the flexible mask has a long life.
Depending on the embodiment, certain blocks/steps of the methods described may be removed, others may be added, and the sequence of blocks may be altered. It is also to be understood that the description and the claims drawn to a method may comprise some indication in reference to certain blocks/steps. However, the indication used is only to be viewed for identification purposes and not as a suggestion as to an order for the blocks/steps.
The embodiments shown and described above are only examples. Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present technology have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the present disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in the detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of the parts within the principles of the present disclosure, up to and including the full extent established by the broad general meaning of the terms used in the claims. It will therefore be appreciated that the embodiments described above may be modified within the scope of the claims.
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