HAIR BRUSH HAVING UNIT STRUCTURE OF BRUSH BRISTLE MODULES

Abstract

A hair brush having a unit structure of brush bristle modules, includes a body having a first side provided with a handle and having a second side provided with a pair of fixing supports which are spread in opposite directions and which are connected with each other in a straight line, a brush bristle module unit detachably coupled along positions spaced apart at equal intervals on the fixing supports, and fixing covers which cover the brush bristle module unit and which are coupled to the fixing supports of the body. Therefore, since a simple assembling structure of the hair brush having a paddle shape is provided, ease of assembly production is provided, so that the defective rate is capable of being minimized and also high-efficiency product productivity is capable of being realized by reducing the assembling time.

Claims

1. A hair brush having a unit structure of brush bristle modules, the hair brush comprising: a body having a first side provided with a handle and having a second side provided with a pair of fixing supports which are spread apart in opposite directions and which are connected with each other in a straight line; a brush bristle module unit detachably coupled along positions spaced apart at equal intervals on the fixing supports; and fixing covers which cover the brush bristle module unit and which are coupled to the fixing supports of the body.

2. The hair brush of claim 1, wherein a space between the fixing supports that are formed as the pair is open.

3. The hair brush of claim 1, wherein the fixing supports are provided with coupling grooves which are open upwardly along inner side surfaces of the fixing supports and which are provided at equal intervals, and are provided with a plurality of cylindrical coupling bodies having coupling holes, the plurality of cylindrical coupling bodies being provided along inner lower surfaces of the fixing supports at equal intervals.

4. The hair brush of claim 1, wherein the brush bristle module unit comprises: a body portion rounded and elongated in a length direction thereof; a brush bristle provided on an upper surface of the body portion; and couplers that protrude toward opposite end sides of the body portion.

5. The hair brush of claim 4, wherein the couplers comprise: extension protrusions that respectively protrude from the opposite end sides of the body portion; and bent protrusions that are respectively and perpendicularly bent from end portions of the extension protrusions.

6. The hair brush of claim 1, wherein the fixing covers have same lengths corresponding to lengths of the fixing supports, have insertion members which have cylindrical shapes and which protrude toward lower surface sides of the fixing covers at equal intervals, and have fixing cover coupling grooves which are open downwardly along inner side surfaces of the fixing covers at equal intervals.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0018] The above and other objectives, features, and other advantages of the present disclosure will be more clearly understood from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:

[0019] FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a state in which a body and fixing covers applied in the present disclosure are separated from each other;

[0020] FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating a brush bristle unit applied in the present disclosure;

[0021] FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a separated state of a hair brush that is before being coupled to a complete product using components in FIGS. 1 and 2;

[0022] FIG. 4 is a partially enlarged view enlarging and illustrating a main part when fixing and coupling is performed by using the fixing covers while the brush bristle unit is coupled to the body;

[0023] FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a state in which an entire configuration of the present disclosure is separated; and

[0024] FIG. 6 is a view illustrating the hair brush completed by using the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0025] In the following description, the structural or functional description specified to exemplary embodiments according to the concept of the present disclosure is intended to describe the exemplary embodiments, so it should be understood that the present disclosure may be variously embodied, without being limited to the exemplary embodiments. The exemplary embodiments according to the concept of the present disclosure may be variously modified and may have various shapes, so examples which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it should be understood that the exemplary embodiments according to the concept of the present disclosure are not limited to the embodiments which will be described hereinbelow with reference to the accompanying drawings, but various modifications, equivalents, additions and substitutions are possible, without departing from the scope and spirit of the present disclosure. All terms or words used in the specification and claims have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which inventive concepts belong. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein. Therefore, the description proposed herein is just an exemplary embodiment for the purpose of illustration only and not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure, so it should be understood that other equivalents and modifications could be made thereto without departing from the scope of the present disclosure at the time at which the present application is filed.

[0026] In addition, unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein including technical or scientific terms have the same meanings as generally understood by a person having ordinary knowledge in the art to which the present disclosure pertains. The terms defined in general dictionaries are construed as having meanings consistent with the contextual meanings of the art, but not interpreted as ideal meanings or excessively formal meanings unless explicitly defined in the present application.

[0027] Hereinafter, an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure will be described with reference to accompanying drawings.

[0028] The present disclosure is intended to propose a hair brush having a paddle shape as illustrated in FIGS. 5 and 6, and includes a body 100, a brush bristle module unit 200 forming a hair brush bristle and being provided as an integrated module, and a fixing cover 300 finishing a space between the body 100 and the brush bristle module unit 200 and maintaining a state in which the body 100 and the brush bristle module unit 200 are fixed to each other.

[0029] The body 100 has a first side provided with a handle 110, and has a second side provided with fixing supports 120 which are spread in opposite directions and which are connected with each other in a straight line.

[0030] Such a handle 110 and fixing supports 120 of the body 100 may be integrally formed by injection molding.

[0031] The fixing supports 120 has shapes which are spread in the opposite directions from the handle 110 and which are spaced apart from each other as a pair. Preferably, a space between the fixing supports 120 that are formed as the pair is open.

[0032] The space is formed between the fixing supports 120, and a plurality of brush bristle module units 200 that will be described later may be arranged and coupled at equal intervals in the space.

[0033] As illustrated in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, the fixing supports 120 are provided with coupling grooves 121 which are open upwardly along inner side surface of the fixing supports 120 and which are provided at equal intervals, and a plurality of cylindrical coupling bodies 122 having coupling holes 123 are provided along inner lower surfaces of the fixing supports 120 at equal intervals.

[0034] The coupling grooves 121 are configured to accommodate and couple opposite ends of the brush bristle module units 200.

[0035] The brush bristle module units 200 are configured to detached from and attached to respective positions spaced apart from each other along the fixing supports 120 of the body 100.

[0036] As illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 4, the brush bristle module units 200 respectively includes a body portion 210 which is rounded and which extends long in a longitudinal direction thereof, brush bristles 220 provided on an upper surface of the body portion 210, and couplers 230 that protrude toward opposite end sides of the body portion 210.

[0037] As illustrated in FIG. 4, the couplers 230 is configured to be fitted into the coupling grooves 121 that are provided on inner sides of the fixing supports 120 of the body 100 of a hair brush 1 at equal intervals.

[0038] Such couplers 230 include extension protrusions 231 that respectively protrude toward the opposite sides of the body portion 210, and include bent protrusions 232 that are respectively and perpendicularly bent from end portions of the extension protrusions 231.

[0039] As illustrated in FIG. 4, the extension protrusions 231 is inserted into and coupled to the coupling grooves 121 that are formed inside the fixing supports 120 of the body 100 at the equal intervals 121. Furthermore, as it can be seen in the drawing, the bent protrusions 232 integrally provided on the end portion sides of the extension protrusions 231 are bent perpendicularly from the end portions of the extension protrusions 231, so that a structure in which bent protrusions 232 are caught on vertical walls 124 that are naturally formed between the coupling grooves 121.

[0040] The fixing covers 300 are configured to cover the brush bristle module units 200 and to be coupled to the fixing supports 120 of the body 100.

[0041] Such fixing covers 300 serve to fix a state in which the brush bristle module units 200 are coupled to the fixing supports 120 while the fixing covers 300 are coupled to the fixing supports 120.

[0042] As illustrated in FIGS. 1, 3, and 4, the fixing covers 300 have same lengths corresponding to lengths of the fixing supports 120, have insertion members 310 which have cylindrical shapes and which protrude toward lower surface sides of the fixing covers 300 at equal intervals, and have fixing cover coupling grooves 320 which are open downwardly along inner side surfaces of the fixing covers 300 at equal intervals.

[0043] As the insertion members 310 are inserted into the coupling holes 123 of the cylindrical coupling bodies 122 provided on the fixing supports 120 of the body 100, the brush bristle module units 200 that are fitted into the coupling groove 121 of the fixing supports 120 by a structure coupled to the fixing supports 120 are completely fixed.

[0044] As the fixing covers 300 are coupled to the fixing supports 120, the fixing cover coupling grooves 320 cover and couple upper surface sides of the extension protrusions 231 that constitute the couplers 230 of the brush bristle module units 200.

[0045] By the fixing covers 300 having structures as described above, a firmly fixed state of the insertion members 310 and the fixing supports 120 by the coupling holes 123 may be secured in a shape in which the couplers 230 provided on the opposite end sides of the brush bristle module units 200 are gripped by the coupling grooves 121 provided on the fixing supports 120 of the body and by the fixing cover coupling grooves 320 of the fixing covers 300.

[0046] By the present disclosure having the structure as described above, the body 100, the brush bristle module units 200, and the fixing covers 300 as semi products in each fittings shape are obtained by injection molding.

[0047] The semi products obtained as described above may be assembled by a worker or may be supplied and assembled through an automated robot assembly line and so on, so that the hair brush 1 as a finished product may be obtained.

[0048] In describing an assembling process briefly, the brush bristle module units 200 are sequentially supplied toward the fixing supports 120 of the body 100 that is supplied, and the couplers 230 positioned at the opposite end portion sides of the brush bristle module units 200 are accommodated in and coupled to the coupling grooves 121 that are positioned on the fixing supports 120 of the body 100.

[0049] In this manner, the brush bristle module units 200 fill the space between the pair of fixing supports 120 that are spread toward the opposite sides of the body 100, and the plurality of brush bristle module units 200 may be coupled to the fixing supports 120 according to the process as described above.

[0050] The upper surface sides of the fixing supports 120 are covered by the fixing covers 300 in order to fix the brush bristle module units 200 which fill the space between the fixing supports 120 and which are coupled to the fixing supports 120, and the brush bristle module units 200 are fixed and coupled, thereby being capable of obtaining the finished hair brush 1.

[0051] The hair brush 1 coupled as described above has a detachable structure unlike a conventional hair brush. Therefore, when brush bristles are damaged due to carelessness in use, the brush bristle module units 200 may be replaced and used, so that life cycle of use of the hair brush 1 may be increased.

[0052] In addition, during an assembling process for obtaining the hair brush 1 by using the present disclosure, defective rate of the hair brush 1 that is the finished product may be significantly reduced by performing a selection process of defective units among the brush bristle module units 200.

[0053] In addition, in the present disclosure, brush bristles of the brush bristle module units 200 may be formed in different colors, or the entire brush bristle module units 200 may be formed in different colors.

[0054] For example, when the brush bristle module units 200 are coupled to the fixing supports 120 of the body 100 and when the brush bristle module units 200 are arranged and coupled so that the brush bristle module units 200 have different colors in each cluster unit, various colors of brush bristles may be produced so as to realize customer value.

[0055] Although the present disclosure has been described with the limited embodiments and the drawings, the present disclosure is not limited to the above embodiments, and it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art to which the present disclosure pertains that various modifications and changes may be made from the above description.

[0056] Accordingly, the scope of the present disclosure should be defined by the appended claims, and it would be obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art that other equal or equivalent modifications thereto fall within the scope of the present disclosure.