Patent Application
20080276342
This invention is in the field of haircutting and in particular a method and device to collect hair cuttings with the aid of vacuum.
Hair cutting has been done throughout the ages and has always presented a problem with the hair cuttings. The cuttings cause inconvenience to the person whose hair is being cut as they fall onto his clothes and between his neck and his shirt or other clothing. This is the case even when the person having his hair cut wears a robe or cloak type of garment on top of his regular clothing that is often specially designed for this purpose. Where a cloak is used the problem with fallen hair is less but still significant. The cloak can be worn, often closed uncomfortably tightly around the neck, and the hairdresser brushes or blows with the aid of a hairdryer the excess hair from the head and surroundings but nevertheless when the cloak is removed there are hairs causing to the neck to itch and there are hairs that seem to stick to the persons clothes and are hard to brush or pick off.
In addition to the above, the hairdresser has to spend time, usually after each person has finished his hair cut, cleaning the floor around the seat and the seat itself.
This invention therefore comes to solve these mentioned and other problems with present art. It removes the cut hairs by means of vacuum thereby sucking them towards the vacuum piping and into containers as they fall from the person's head.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description present embodiments of the invention and are intended to provide an overview or framework for understanding the nature and character of the invention as it is claimed.
The invention reveals a method and device to collect hair cuttings while the hair is being cut and dispose of the hair by vacuum means, especially to be used in hairdressing salon to assist hairdressers and their clients by avoiding the problems caused by loose hairs after having been cut from the client's head.
The object of this invention is to have an apparatus shaped as a concave tray placed on a conventional hairdresser's cloak, preferably, on the upper area of the cloak, close to the customer's neck. The concave tray would be as a collar, circumscribing the customer's neck, wherein the two edges of the tray, the one close to said customer's neck and the second which is the furthest from customer's neck, would be higher then the middle area of the tray. Cut hair would fall on the tray and be collected especially in the middle part of tray. The tray would have holes connected to vacuum means to attract the fallen and loose hair into piping and containers for convenient disposal.
The concave tray might also be positioned lower on the hairdresser's cloak, or alternatively, even might be used without the use of the hairdresser's cloak.
The vacuum pipes connected to the holes might be placed under the cloak or might be placed in a different place as for example attached to the back of the chair. The engine creating the vacuum could also be under the cloak or at a distance from the area of the hair cutting joined to the holes of the tray by vacuum pipes.
Alternatively, there could be a central vacuum pump for example under the floor of a hairdresser's premises or in an adjacent room with a detachable vacuum pipe connection next to each hair cutting chair. The vacuum pipes from the hair cutting chair to the vacuum making compressor could be under the floor or over-head. This would have the advantage of reducing the amount of unsightly exposed piping and also reduce the noise of the vacuum motor in the vicinity of the haircutting chairs.
The accompanying drawings are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated into and constitute a part of this specification. The drawings illustrate various embodiments of the invention and, together with the description, serve to explain the principles and operations of the invention, by way of example only and not to limit the invention to these descriptions only.
As will be appreciated the present invention is capable of other and different embodiments than those discussed above and described in more detail below, and its several details are capable of modifications in various aspects, all without departing from the spirit of the invention. Accordingly, the drawings and description of the embodiments set forth below are to be regarded as illustrative in nature and not restrictive.
The collar 110 would fit around the client's neck by such means as is secure and comfortable for the client like for example a spring or elastic based collar or Velcro. The collar could be made of a silicon based substance. This collar could have a hollow section with holes 112 facing the client's neck to catch and suck in any hairs that slip between the neck and the collar 110. This collar could be made wholly or partially of silicon or similar relatively soft but strong material.
The vacuum pipes in this embodiment of the invention are under the cloak 100 and the engine creating the vacuum could be also under the cloak 100 or at a distance joined to each haircutting cloak by vacuum pipes. Alternatively, there could be a central vacuum pump for example under the floor of a hairdresser's premises or in an adjacent room with a detachable vacuum pipe connection next to each hair cutting chair. The vacuum pipes from the hair cutting chair to the vacuum making compressor could be under the floor or over-head. This would have the advantage of reducing the amount of unsightly exposed piping and also reduce the noise of the vacuum motor in the vicinity of the haircutting chairs.
The collar 132 could be hinged and attached to a motor that would close the collar on its longitudinal circular axis. This would enable the hairs to collect during the cutting process and then be sucked away in one short action. This could be used where the constant running of the vacuum would bother the customers. The operation of the vacuum periodically could be done manually or automatically according to time or according to need with the aid of sensors detecting the presence of hair cuttings.
The control box 136 could be to operate the various settings of the vacuum motor. Alternatively or in addition the operation could be by remote control 138.
The present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments described above, but to encompass any and all embodiments within the scope of the following claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 183050 | May 2007 | IL | national |
