Vibration type comb using ultrasonic wave

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6722374
  • Patent Number
    6,722,374
  • Date Filed
    Friday, August 2, 2002
    22 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, April 20, 2004
    20 years ago
Abstract
A vibration type comb includes an ultrasonic wave generator which generates an ultrasonic wave, which is transferred to a vibrator in the comb body through an ultrasonic wave transfer pipe connected to the ultrasonic wave generator. A cover in which first slits are formed in a lower portion of the same in a horizontal direction, is detachably engaged to a lower portion of the body and a comb plate which has one end connected with the vibrator and the other end having second slits formed therein in a horizontal direction, is vibrated such that the second slits move in upward and downward directions between the first slits.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




The present invention relates to a vibration type comb using an ultrasonic wave, and in particular to a vibration type comb using an ultrasonic wave which is capable of forming a curly hair to a straight shape hair when combing hairs using a vibration plate which is vibrated by an ultrasonic wave transferred from an ultrasonic wave generator to a comb.




2. Description of the Background Art




The colored race has a curly hair hereditarily. The blacks often go to a hair shop for wearing an artificial wig purchased in a hair shop to the head for thereby styling hairs and forming a desired hair wave using a hot comb flat iron or pressing comb by straightly forming hairs.




At this time, a work for straightly forming hairs is first performed. In order to straightly form hairs, a hot comb flat iron or pressing comb is generally used.




In the case of the blacks, a curly hair is applied with a certain chemical agent such as a Perm or a gel type oil, etc. before straightly forming hairs due to an inherent characteristic of hairs, and then the hairs are straightly formed using a certain tool such as a hot comb flat iron or pressing comb which maintains a high temperature.




However, the processes for straightly forming a curly hair using a high temperature tool have many problems.




First, since a hot comb flat iron or pressing comb which is heated to a high temperature is used, a user's hair and skins near styling hairs may be damaged due to a high temperature heat.




Second, a chemical product for hairs is molten by a hot comb flat iron or pressing comb and is stuck to a portion between slits of a comb, so that when a hair is hold between neighboring slits of a comb or combed, the hairs may be cut or taken out.




Third, a hair stylist may be damaged by a high temperature tool due to carelessness for thereby causing a safety problem.




In the case that a hair is formed in a straight shape in a hair shop, the hairs must be straightly formed again after 2˜3 weeks for thereby maintaining a desired hair style. In addition, in the case that the hairs are combed everyday using various types of combs or brushes at home, a work for straightly forming hairs must be first performed in order to obtain a desired hair style.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a vibration type comb using an ultrasonic wave which is capable of shaping a curly hair to a straightly shape using an ultrasonic wave and implementing various types of waves in hairs.




It is another object of the present invention to provide a vibration type comb using an ultrasonic wave which is capable of implementing an easier hair caring work in such a manner that a user directly straightly form hairs and then form a wave form hair and decreasing a hair styling cost without using a hair shop.




It is another object of the present invention to provide a vibration type comb using an ultrasonic wave which is capable of sterilizing mold bacteria which live in hairs by emitting an ultrasonic wave when combing hairs.




To achieve the above objects, there is provided a vibration type comb using an ultrasonic wave which includes an ultrasonic wave generator which generates an ultrasonic wave, a body which includes a vibrator vibrated by an ultrasonic wave transferred through an ultrasonic wave transfer pipe connected to the ultrasonic wave generator and a handle which is extended from one side of the same, a cover in which first slits are formed in a lower portion of the same in a horizontal direction, with said cover being detachably engaged to a lower portion of the body, and a comb plate which includes one end connected with the vibrator and the other end having second slits formed therein in a horizontal direction, with the second slits being vibrated in upward and downward directions between the first slits.




In the present invention, a bracket having a longitudinal hole is fixed in an upper portion of the vibrator, and a fixing shaft fixed at an inner side surface of the body is inserted into the longitudinal hole.




In addition, a latch is formed in an opened upper portion of the cover to be opposite each other, and a latch groove to which the latch is detachably engaged is formed din the body.




There is further provided a fan which is installed in the body and sucks an external air from an upper portion of the body and discharges in the direction of the second slits, and a heater which heats an external air sucked by the fan.




There is still further provided a steel wire net which is installed in the body being opposite to the fan for thereby filtering a foreign substance when sucking an external air.




The ultrasonic wave generator includes a first switch which connects or disconnects a commercial power supplied from the outside to the ultrasonic wave generator, and a second switch which adjusts an intensity of the ultrasonic wave generated by the ultrasonic wave generator.




The handle includes a switch which connects or disconnects a commercial power supplied to the heater and fan and controls an ultrasonic wave which is transferred from the ultrasonic wave generator to the vibrator through the ultrasonic wave transfer pipe.




A comb plate which is connected with the vibrator and vibrates, is formed in a flat shape.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS




The present invention will become better understood with reference to the accompanying drawings which are given only by way of illustration and thus are not limitative of the present invention, wherein;





FIG. 1

is a side view illustrating a vibration type comb using an ultrasonic wave according to the present invention;





FIG. 2

is a front view illustrating a vibration type comb using an ultrasonic wave of

FIG. 1

according to the present invention;





FIG. 3

is a cross-sectional view illustrating a vibration type comb using an ultrasonic wave of

FIG. 1

according to the present invention;





FIG. 4

is a perspective view illustrating a cover of an ultrasonic wave vibration type comb of

FIG. 1

according to the present invention;





FIG. 5

is a detailed view illustrating a controlled installed in a handle of an ultrasonic wave vibration type comb of

FIG. 1

according to the present invention; and





FIG. 6

is a cross-sectional view illustrating a comb in which another comb plate formed by modifying the comb plate of

FIG. 1

is installed according to the present invention.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS




The vibration type comb using an ultrasonic wave according to the present invention will be explained with reference to the accompanying drawings.





FIG. 1

is a side view illustrating a vibration type comb using an ultrasonic wave according to the present invention,

FIG. 2

is a front view illustrating a comb of

FIG. 1

,

FIG. 3

is a cross-sectional view illustrating a comb of

FIG. 1

,

FIG. 4

is a perspective view illustrating a cover of

FIG. 1

, and

FIG. 5

is a detailed view illustrating a controlled of FIG.


1


.




As shown in

FIG. 1

, a vibration type comb


100


using an ultrasonic wave according to the present invention includes an ultrasonic wave generator


70


which generates an ultrasonic wave, and a body


10


which performs a combing operation using a comb vibrating by an ultrasonic wave transferred from the ultrasonic wave generator


70


.




As shown in

FIG. 3

, in the body


10


, a comb-shaped cover


20


is detachably engaged to a front end of the same, and a handle


60


is formed in one side surface, and a steel wire net


49


is formed in a rear end of the same for preventing a foreign substance form being introduced into the interior of the body


10


when an external air is flown thereinto.




The body


10


includes a vibrator


30


connected with an end portion of an ultrasonic wave transfer pipe


79


which transfers an ultrasonic wave from the ultrasonic wave generator


70


, a fan


40


for sucking an external air into the body


10


through the steel wire net


49


, and a coil type heater


45


installed between the fan


40


and the vibrator


30


.




A bracket


32


having a longitudinal hole


34


is fixed in a rear end of the vibrator


30


in order for the vibrator


30


to vibrates in a longitudinal direction of the bracket


32


, and a fixing shaft


36


fixed to an inner side surface of the body is inserted into the longitudinal hole


34


.




A comb-shaped comb plate


38


which vibrates in forward and backward directions of the body


10


by the vibration of the vibrator


30


is fixed at a front end of the vibrator


30


, and a plurality of first slits


39


are formed in a front end of the comb plate


38


with each slit being formed at a certain length in a longitudinal direction in parallel.




As shown in

FIGS. 3 and 4

, the cover


20


is detachably engaged to a front end of the body


10


. The cover


20


includes an opened rear end and is engaged to a front end of the body


10


. The front end of the cover


20


is gradually thinned in a certain direction for thereby being formed in a plate shape. A plurality of second slits


29


are formed in a front end of the cover


20


in a direction from the front end to the rear end in a comb shape in a horizontal direction.




As shown in

FIG. 4

, two latches


22


are formed in an opposite direction each other in an opened upper end of the cover


20


in which a circular protrusion


24


is formed in an outward direction, with the circular protrusion


24


being detachably engaged to a latch groove


12


opposite to a front end of the body


10


.




At this time, in order to separate the cover


20


from the body


10


, the protrusion


24


of the latch


22


is inwardly pressurized from the external direction, and then the cover


20


is pulled out in the opposite direction with respect to the body


10


.




As shown in

FIG. 3

, in the case that the cover


20


is engaged to the front end of the body


10


, the comb plate


38


received in the interior of the body


10


is positioned in a state that the comb plate


38


is inserted in the interior of the cover


20


, and the first slits


39


formed in the comb plate


38


are matched with the second slits


29


formed in the cover


20


. When the comb plate


38


is vibrated in the upper and lower directions in the drawings by the vibrator


30


, the first slits


39


of the comb plate


38


are vibrated in the forward and backward directions in a state that the first slits


39


are matched with the second slits


29


.




As shown in

FIG. 1

, the ultrasonic wave generator


70


includes a first power supply unit which supplies power, a second power supply unit which rectifies and smoothes the inputted power after increasing the power level based on the number of windings and then which supplies the power, a plurality of switches, a controller for controlling the signals inputted from the switches, and an ultrasonic wave oscillator which generates a high frequency electric vibration in accordance with an ultrasonic generation control signal of the controller. Since the above construction of the same is well known art, the detailed description thereon will be omitted.




There is further provided an ultrasonic wave transfer pipe


79


which transfers an ultrasonic wave from the ultrasonic wave oscillator of the ultrasonic wave generator to the vibrator


30


of the body


10


.




In addition, the switch


71


of the ultrasonic wave generator


70


includes a first switch


72


which turned on/off the power externally supplied to the ultrasonic wave generator


70


through a plug, and a second switch


73


for adjusting the intensity of the ultrasonic wave.




As shown in

FIG. 5

, a controller


62


is installed in the handle


60


of the body


10


for controlling the operation of the body


10


, and in a state that the switch


64


of the controller


62


is in OFF state, the ultrasonic wave transferred trough the ultrasonic wave transfer pipe


79


is disconnected, and the fan


40


is stopped, and the supply of the current to the heater


45


is disconnected. In a state that the switch


64


is ON state, a constant ultrasonic wave is transferred through the ultrasonic wave transfer pipe


79


, and the fan


40


is driven, and the voltage supplied to the heater


45


is changed based on the position of the switch


64


of the controller


62


. Therefore, the amount of heat generated by the heater


45


is controlled.




The operation of the vibration type comb using an ultrasonic wave according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.




As shown in

FIG. 3

, in the cover


20


is engaged to the body


10


, in the case that the first switch


72


of the ultrasonic wave generator


70


is switched to ON state, and then the switch


64


of the controller


62


is switched to OFF state, the ultrasonic wave generated by the ultrasonic wave generator


70


is transferred to the vibrator


30


in the interior of the body


10


through the ultrasonic wave transfer pipe


79


. The vibrator


30


is vibrated in the forward and backward directions of the body


10


(Upward and downward directions in FIG.


3


).




The vibrator


30


is vibrated in the forward and backward directions by the longitudinal hole


34


of the bracket


32


fixed to an inner side surface of the body


10


, and the comb plate


38


is vibrated in the forward and backward directions by the vibration of the vibrator


30


. As the first slits


39


of the comb plate


38


is vibrated in the forward and backward directions along the second slits


29


of the cover


20


, in the case that when a combing operation is performed using the second slits


29


of the cover


20


, the curled hairs are uncurled by the first slits


39


of the comb plate


38


which vibrates between the second slits


29


of the cover


20


.




In addition, in a state that the switch


64


of the controller


62


formed in an outer side surface of the handle


60


is ON, the heat is generated by the heater


45


, and as the fan


40


is rotated, an external air is sucked into the interior of the body


10


through the steel line net


49


formed in the rear end of the body


10


and is discharged through the second lines


29


of the cover


20


, so that the hairs are dried and hardened while the hairs are being combed, whereby the curled hairs are changed to a straight shape.




As shown in

FIG. 6

, in the case that the slits are not formed in the comb plate, the comb plate


138


is fixed to the vibrator


30


and is vibrated, so that it is possible to change the curled hairs to a straight shape. At this time, since the cover


20


in which the second slits


29


are formed, the body


10


in which the heater


45


and the handle


60


are provided, and the ultrasonic transfer pipe


79


which transfers an ultrasonic wave to the vibrator


30


are constituted in the same construction as

FIG. 3

, the description thereon will be omitted.




In addition, a horn(not shown) may be further installed in order for an ultrasonic wave which is transferred through an ultrasonic wave transfer pipe to be discharged toward the slits of the cover. Here, the above horn may be easily installed in a conventional method by a person who has a skill in the ultrasonic wave field.




The vibration type comb using an ultrasonic wave according to the present invention is capable of easily combing and straightly forming a tangled hair or curled hairs based on a vibration of a vibrator during a transfer of ultrasonic waves when combing hairs.




In addition, in the present invention, when uniformly arranging and combing the hairs or curled hairs, as a high temperature air is supplied to the hairs, it is possible to form a certain wave in the straightly formed hairs.




As the ultrasonic wave is transferred to the hairs, it is possible to sterilize mold bacteria which live in the hairs.




When a foreign substance is accumulated in the slits of the cover, it is possible to easily exchange or wash by simply disassembling the cover from the body.




As the present invention may be embodied in several forms without departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be understood that the above-described examples are not limited by any of the details of the foregoing description, unless otherwise specified, but rather should be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the meets and bounds of the claims, or equivalences of such meets and bounds are therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.



Claims
  • 1. A vibration type comb using an ultrasonic wave, comprising:an ultrasonic wave generator which generates an ultrasonic wave; a body which includes a vibrator vibrated by an ultrasonic wave transferred through an ultrasonic wave transfer pipe connected to the ultrasonic wave generator and a handle which is extended from one side of the same; a cover in which first slits are formed in a lower portion of the same in a horizontal direction, with said cover being detachably engaged to a lower portion of the body; and a comb plate which includes one end connected with the vibrator and the other end having second slits formed therein in a horizontal direction, with the second slits being vibrated in upward and downward directions between the first slits.
  • 2. The comb of claim 1, wherein a bracket having a longitudinal hole is fixed in an upper portion of the vibrator, and a fixing shaft fixed at an inner side surface of the body is inserted into the longitudinal hole.
  • 3. The comb of either claim 1 or claim 2, wherein a latch is formed in an opened upper portion of the cover to be opposite each other, and a latch groove to which the latch is detachably engaged is formed din the body.
  • 4. The comb of either claim 1 or claim 2, further comprising:a fan which is installed in the body and sucks an external air from an upper portion of the body and discharges in the direction of the second slits; and a heater which heats an external air sucked by the fan.
  • 5. The comb of claim 4, further comprising:a steel wire net which is installed in the body being opposite to the fan for thereby filtering a foreign substance when sucking an external air.
  • 6. The comb of claim 4, wherein said handle includes a switch which connects or disconnects a commercial power supplied to the heater and fan and controls an ultrasonic wave which is transferred from the ultrasonic wave generator to the vibrator through the ultrasonic wave transfer pipe.
  • 7. The comb of claim 1, wherein said ultrasonic wave generator includes:a first switch which connects or disconnects a commercial power supplied from the outside to the ultrasonic wave generator; and a second switch which adjusts an intensity of the ultrasonic wave generated by the ultrasonic wave generator.
  • 8. The comb of claim 1, wherein a comb plate which is connected with the vibrator and vibrates, is formed in a flat shape.
Priority Claims (1)
Number Date Country Kind
2001-51904 Aug 2001 KR
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Number Name Date Kind
3853133 Komatsu et al. Dec 1974 A
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