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The disclosure and prior art relates to stripping devices and more particularly pertains to a new stripping device for removing oil from hair.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a plate that has a handle is coupled to an end. A pad, which comprises a sorbent and is configured to absorb oil, is coupled to an upper face of the plate. A plurality of bristles is coupled to and extends from the upper face of the plate through the pad. The handle is configured to be grasped in a hand of a user positioning the bristles to brush a strand of hair. Each bristle comprises a wall that is annular so that the bristle is tubular. A plurality of barbs is coupled to and extends from the wall. The barbs are configured to scrape oil from hairs and to direct the oil toward the wall. The oil enters the bristle through set of holes. The bristle directs the oil to the pad, positioning the pad to absorb the oil.
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 handle 18 is coupled to and extends from an end 20 of the plate 12. The handle 18 is configured to be grasped in a hand of a user. The handle 18 has a terminus 22 distal from the plate 12. The terminus 22 is arcuate.
An aperture 24 is positioned through the handle 18 proximate to the terminus 22, as shown in
Each of a pair of recesses 26 extends into a respective opposing edge 28 of the handle 18. The recesses 26 are arcuate. The recesses 26 define a grasp section 30 of the handle 18 that is configured to deter slippage of the hand of the user.
A plurality of bristles 32 is coupled to and extends from the upper face 16 of the plate 12. The bristles 32 extend through the pad 14. The bristles 32 are configured to brush a strand of hair. Each bristle 32 comprises a wall 34. The wall 34 is annular so that the bristle 32 is tubular, as shown in
Each of a plurality of barbs 38 is coupled to and extends radially from the wall 34. The barbs 38 are configured to scrape oil from the hairs of the strand of hair and to direct the oil toward the wall 34. The oil enters the bristle 32 through the holes 36. The bristle 32 is configured to direct the oil to the pad 14, positioning the pad 14 to absorb the oil.
Each barb 38 comprises a base 40 that is coupled to the wall 34. An apex 42 is positioned distal from the wall 34. The apex 42 is arcuate. A first side 44 extends between the base 40 and the apex 42. A second side 46 extends between the base 40 and the apex 42 so that the barb 38 is substantially triangularly shaped. The first side 44 is dimensionally longer than the second side 46 so that the barb 38 extends transversely from the wall 34 toward the pad 14. The barb 38 is configured to selectively retain the hair adjacent to the wall 34 and the second side 46 to facilitate the scraping of the oil from the hair.
A bulb 48 is coupled to an endpoint 50 of the wall 34 distal from the plate 12. The bulb is configured to facilitate insertion of the bristle 32 between hairs of the strand of hair.
In use, the handle 18 is configured to be grasped in a hand of the user, positioning the user for passing the bristles 32 through the strand of hair to brush the strand of hair. The barbs 38 are configured to scrape the oil from the hairs of the strand of hair and to direct the oil toward the wall 34. The oil enters the bristle 32 through the holes 36. The bristles 32 are configured to direct the oil to the pad 14, positioning the pad 14 to absorb the oil.
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.
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