MULTIFUNCTIONAL BRUSH FOR SCALP CARE

Abstract

A multifunctional brush for scalp care according to the present invention has an air intake opening and an air discharge opening formed to have sufficient sizes, respectively, and arranged on a straight line; the multifunctional brush uses a blowing fan (70) designed to increase the amount of blown air; it is possible to obtain a body-temperature wind, which has a low temperature similar to the temperature of human bodies, not only by using a domestic AC power supply, but also by using a low-power lithium ion secondary battery; the multifunctional brush has both a vibration lamp and an ultraviolet LED lamp such that multifunctional scalp care is possible; and brushes (90) with various densities and materials can be easily replaced and used in an attachable/detachable manner, making it possible to replace and use various brushes according to the conditions of the scalp and hair.

Claims

1. A multifunctional brush for scalp care comprising: an upward concavity-type upper body 10 having an air intake opening formed at an upper surface of the upward concavity-type upper body, a lower surface formed into a fully opened portion and a hollow inner space; a downward concavity-type lower body having an air discharge opening formed in the same axial direction as the axial direction of the air intake opening at a lower surface of the downward concavity-type lower body, an upper surface formed into a fully opened portion and a hollow inner space, wherein the downward concavity-type lower body comes into contact with and is fitted into the fully opened portion of the upper body such that space in which parts are installed may be created and a brush head body may be formed; an electric fan motor installed at the center of the air intake opening by means of a bracket and having a drive shaft extending downwardly inside the upper body; a ceramic heater unit installed at a lower portion of the electronic fan motor and having a body through which the drive shaft of the electric fan motor rotatably penetrates; a cylindrical air-intake-concentration housing in which the drive shaft of the fan motor extends at a lower portion of the ceramic heater unit; a blowing fan 70 installed inside the cylindrical air-intake-concentration house, engaged to the drive shaft of the electric fan motor to rotate in the cylindrical air-intake-concentration housing; a blowing fan cover installed in the same axial direction as the axial direction of the housing at a lower portion of the cylindrical air-intake-concentration housing; and a brush pad detachably installed at a bottom of the lower body, having a center through-hole corresponding to the air discharge opening and having bristles at a bottom of the brush pad.

2. The multifunctional brush for scalp care according to claim 1, wherein the fan motor, the air intake opening, the air discharge opening, the cylindrical air-intake-concentration housing, the blowing fan cover and the center through-hole of the brush pad have an identical central axis, and the central axis constitutes a blowing axis on which air provided by the blowing fan is blown.

3. The multifunctional brush for scalp care according to claim 2, wherein the brush head body comprises a handle formed to extend in a direction perpendicular to the blowing axis on an outer side of the brush head body, and the handle comprises an adapter installed inside the handle for converting secondary cell batteries and AC for households into low voltage direct current (DC).

4. The multifunctional brush for scalp care according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the space in which parts are installed comprises a recess wall formed integrally with the lower body and further comprises a vibration motor installed to be fitted into the recess wall inside the space such that vibration of the vibration motor is delivered to the brush head body through the recess wall.

5. The multifunctional brush for scalp care according to claim 4, wherein the handle further comprises a power-cord-connection consent, at an end portion of the handle, for supplying and using AC power sources for households to charge the fan motor, the ceramic heater unit, the vibration motor and the secondary cell batteries.

6. The multifunctional brush for scalp care according to claim 1, wherein air heated by the ceramic heater unit and discharged from the air discharge opening is low-temperature air having temperatures of 35 C. to 46 C.

7. The multifunctional brush for scalp care according to claim 1, wherein the lower body comprises a plurality of bolt holes formed at the bottom of the lower body for combining the lower body with the upper body; wherein the brush pad comprises a plurality of magnets formed to protrude at an upper surface of the brush pad in positions corresponding to the bolt holes; and wherein the magnets are inserted into the bolt holes and join the bolt heads engaged inside the bolt holes by means of magnetic force such that the brush pad is detachably combined with the brush head body.

8. The multifunctional brush for scalp care according to claim 1, the blowing fan comprising: a cylindrical central hub inserted into and fixed to the drive shaft of the fan motor; a plurality of fan wings extending from an outer circumferential surface of the central hub against the central axis of the central hub radially, at a tilted angle, in the radial direction; and tip wings, for increasing amounts of air blown, integrally bent to extend from end portions of the fan wings to form a right or an acute angle with the fan wings at the outer end portions of the fan wings in the racial direction, wherein the tip wings have curved surfaces corresponding to curvature of an inner circumferential surface the cylindrical air-intake-concentration housing.

9. The multifunctional brush for scalp care according to claims 6 to 8, wherein the air discharge opening comprises a blowing fan cover comprising a central ring-shaped cylinder, an outer ring-shaper cylinder and a plurality of tilted wing blades connecting the central ring-shaped cylinder and the outer ring-shaped cylinder radially, in the radial direction.

10. The multifunctional brush for scalp care according to claim 9, wherein the blowing fan cover has a LED lamp kit installed inside the central ring-shaped cylinder of the blowing fan cover.

11. The multifunctional brush for scalp care according to claim 8, wherein the fan wings further have assistant projection wings with a projection height H1 in the width direction of the fan wings formed on each upper surface of the fan wings, the height (H1) of the assistant projection wings is smaller than the height of the top wings (H2) (h1 h2).

12. The multifunctional brush for scalp care according to claim 1, wherein the bristles have a smooth semi-spherical or spherical shaped end, and a distance between the air discharge opening and the scalp is less than 10 mm when the brush is used to brush hair.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0039] FIG. 1 is an exploded perspective view of an entire configuration of a multifunctional brush according to Korean Patent No. 10-1076057.

[0040] FIG. 2 shows a plan view of a multifunctional brush for scalp care of and an entire longitudinal sectional view cut along the A-A line of the plan view according to the present invention.

[0041] FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a multifunctional brush for scalp care according to the present invention seen from a head portion obliquely.

[0042] FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a multifunctional brush for scalp care according to the present invention seen from a handle obliquely.

[0043] FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a multifunctional brush for scalp care according to the present invention seen from the bottom obliquely.

[0044] FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of main parts installed inside a brush body, in which a ceramic heater unit a motor shaft of a blowing fan penetrates, a cylindrical air-intake-concentration housing, a blowing fan and a blowing fan cover are illustrated in order of the combination thereof according to a multifunctional brush of scalp care of the present invention.

[0045] FIG. 7 shows a plan view, an elevation and a perspective view of a blowing fan used for a multifunctional brush for scalp care according to the present invention and a perspective view of the rake structure of a top wing.

[0046] FIG. 8 is a view in which a blowing fan C used for a multifunctional brush for scalp care according to the present invention is compared with conventional blowing fans A. B when it comes to the speed at which wind is blown.

[0047] FIG. 9 shows exploded perspective views A, B in which a blowing fan motor supported by a bracket, a ceramic heater unit, a cylindrical air-intake-concentration housing, a blowing fan and a blowing fan cover are illustrated in order of the combination thereof and seen in an up and down direction thereof according to a multifunctional brush for scalp care of the present invention.

[0048] FIG. 10 shows a front view A and a side view B, in which a blowing fan motor supported by a bracket, a ceramic heater unit, a cylindrical air-intake-concentration housing, a blowing fan and a blowing fan cover are illustrated in order of the combination thereof and seen in an up and down direction thereof according to a multifunctional brush for scalp care of the present invention, and a cross sectional view of the flow of wind.

[0049] FIG. 11 shows a plan view A, an elevation B and a cross sectional view C and a perspective view D of a blowing fan cover used for a multifunctional brush for scalp care according to the present invention.

[0050] FIG. 12 shows partial exploded perspective views illustrating in an up and down direction a configuration of the detachable portion of a brush pad detachably installed at the bottom of a lower body according to a multifunctional brush for scalp care of the present invention.

MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

[0051] FIG. 2 shows a plan view of a multifunctional brush for scalp care 300 of and a longitudinal sectional view cut along the A-A line of the plan view according to the present invention, FIGS. 3 to 5 is an exploded perspective view of a multifunctional brush for scalp care 300 seen from different directions obliquely for better understanding of a configuration of a multifunctional brush for scalp care according to the present invention, FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a multifunctional brush for scalp care 300 according to the present invention seen from a head portion, FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of a multifunctional brush for scalp care according to the present invention seen from a handle, and FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a multifunctional brush for scalp care according to the present invention seen from the bottom.

[0052] As illustrated in FIGS. 2 to 5 in detail, a multifunctional brush for scalp care 300 according to the present invention includes an upward concavity-type upper body 10 having an air intake opening 12 formed at the upper surface of the upward concavity-type upper body, a lower surface formed into a fully opened portion 14 and a hollow inner space 16; a downward concavity-type lower body 20 having an air discharge opening 22 formed in the same axial direction as the axial direction of the air intake opening 12 at the lower surface of the downward concavity-type lower body, an upper surface formed into a fully opened portion 24 and a hollow inner space 2, wherein the fully opened portion 24 comes into contact with and is fitted into the fully opened portion 14 of the upper body such that space in which parts are installed may be created and a brush head body 30 may be formed; an electric fan motor 40 supported by a bracket 42, installed at the center of the air intake opening 12 and having a drive shaft 44 extending downwardly in the inner space 16 of the upper body 10; a ceramic heater unit 50 installed at the lower portion of the electronic fan motor 40 and having an inner body through which the drive shaft 44 of the electric fan motor rotatably penetrates; a cylindrical air-intake-concentration housing 60 the inside of which the drive shaft 44 of the fan motor 40 extends towards and penetrates at the lower portion of the ceramic heater unit; a blowing fan 70 installed inside the cylindrical air-intake-concentration house 60, joined to the drive shaft 44 of the electric fan motor 40 to rotate in the cylindrical air-intake-concentration housing 60; a blowing fan cover 80 installed in the same axial direction as the axial direction of the housing at the lower portion of the cylindrical air-intake-concentration housing 60; and a brush pad 90 detachably installed at the bottom of the lower body 20, having a center through-hole 92 corresponding to the air discharge opening 22 and having bristles 94 at the bottom of the brush pad.

[0053] The upper 10 and lower 20 bodies of a multifunctional brush for scalp care 200 according the present invention described above are manufactured through injection mounding, and unless otherwise stated, projections, grooves, recesses or thorough-holes including penetration pillars for bolt engagement, connection parts for combining each component etc. used to mount onto the upper body and/or lower body each component or to determine the positions thereof in the mutual combination of the upper and lower bodies or in an inner space created through the mutual combination of the upper and lower bodies will not be described in detail and illustrated in the drawings, because they are well-known to those skilled in the art related to injection molding.

[0054] In FIGS. 2 to 5, reference numeral 2 denotes an intake cover 2 which covers the air intake opening side 12 in a way that air is funneled while blocking the fan motor 40 from being exposed outwardly and preferably, the intake cover 2 has curvature corresponding to the curvature of the upper surface of the upper body to enhance integration in designs, and the number and size of a plurality of intake holes 4 radially formed is determined considering that enough air is smoothly input into the head 30 by means of a negative pressure generated in the head through drive of the fan motor 40. Further, the size, arrangement, shape, number of the intake holes 4 formed at an intake cover 2 and the configuration in which the intake cover is combined with the upper body are optional elements in designs.

[0055] In FIGS. 2 to 5, reference numeral 100 denotes a vibration motor, and an eccentric weight 102 is installed on the outer circumferential surface of the drive shaft of the vibration motor. Further, reference numeral 104 denotes a recess wall for accommodating the vibration motor tightly, and the recess wall and the lower body 20 are formed integrally such that vibration generated by eccentric drive of the eccentric weight 102 is delivered to the lower body 20 through the recess wall and then, the brush pad 90 attached at the bottom of the lower body 20 vibrates such that the bristles make the scalp vibrate and stimulates the scalp while a multifunctional brush for scalp care 200 according to the present invention are used to brush hair. As illustrated in these drawings and FIG. 12 that will be described hereunder, the end portion of the bristles 94 has a semi-spherical or spherical shape such that the bristles softly contact and massage the scalp while vibrating and brushing hair thereby helping improve blood circulation.

[0056] As illustrated in these drawings, a multifunctional brush for scalp care 200 according to the present invention includes a handle H formed integrally with the head 30 to extend in a direction perpendicular to the directions in which each component installed in the head is installed and in which air flows, an alternating current (AC) power source connection socket 122 for providing and using power sources for households provided at the end portion of the handle, and a lithium-ion polymer battery 124 provided inside the handle such that the lithium-ion polymer battery 124 is charged through AC power sources for households. Accordingly, a multifunctional brush for scalp care 200 according to the present invention may become portable and available through the charged power of the lithium-ion polymer battery 124 without using power codes. The capacity of the lithium-ion polymer battery 124 used for a multifunctional brush for scalp care 200 according to the present invention ranges from 3-10V, 2-8 A.

[0057] Reference numeral 126 denotes an AC power-source-connection plug for households, reference numeral 128 denotes an operation button, and reference numeral 130 denotes a signal lamp revealing operation conditions. Further, reference numerals 132, 134 respectively denote AC power source PCB and DC power source PCB, and a multifunctional brush for scalp care 200 may selectively use not only AC power sources but also lithium-ion polymer batteries 124 that are secondary cell batteries. Circuit design of each of the boards will not be described and illustrated in detail because those skilled in the related art are well aware of the circuit design. The present invention blows air with a low temperature similar to the human body temperature unlike conventional hair dryers which blows high-temperature air. As described hereunder in detail, although low power lithium-ion polymer batteries 124 are used, low-temperature air is generated by the ceramic heater unit 50, and the blowing fan 70, the vibration motor 100 and an LED lamp 110 (FIG. 6) operates together for not less than 10 minutes because the blowing fan 70 designed to increases the amount of blown air is used. According to the present invention, air heated by the ceramic heater unit 50 and discharged from the air discharge opening 22 is low-temperature air having temperatures of 35 C. to 46 C.

[0058] FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of main parts installed inside a brush body, in which a ceramic heater unit 50 a motor shaft 44 of a blowing fan penetrates, a cylindrical air-intake-concentration housing 60, a blowing fan 70 and a blowing fan cover 80 are illustrated in order of the combination thereof according to a multifunctional brush of scalp care 200 of the present invention.

[0059] The blowing fan cover 80 includes a central ring-shaped cylinder 82 inside the blowing fan cover, an outer ring-shaper cylinder 84 and a plurality of tilted wing blades 86 connecting the central ring-shaped cylinder 82 and the outer ring-shaped cylinder 84 radially, in the radial direction. According to the present invention, an LED Lamp and the PCB thereof with wavelengths of 630 nm to 660 nm helpful for Vitamin D synthesis are installed inside the central ring-shaped cylinder 82. As described above, according to a multifunctional brush 200 for scalp care of the present invention, the Led Lamp and the PCB 110 thereof are installed at the center of the lower body 20 of the brush head to be exposed outwardly and the distance between the scalp and the air discharge opening is minimized (less than 10 mm, preferably, less than 5 mm). Accordingly, the present invention has a configuration for improving effectiveness in a scalp massage using low-temperature air. Further, according to a multifunctional brush 200 for scalp care of the present invention, air supplied by the blowing fan 70, as described hereunder, is smoothly discharged from radial gaps between the tilted wing blades 86 of the blowing fan cover 80 rather than the center of the blowing fan cover 80 thanks to the configuration of the specially designed blowing fan 70 and the configuration of the above-described blowing fan cover 80 such that great resistance to air blow is avoidable although the LED lamp and the PCB 110 thereof are positioned at the center of the lower body of the brush head. It is as if the LED lamp and the PCB thereof are positioned at the eye of a typhoon.

[0060] FIG. 7 shows a plan view, an elevation, a perspective view and a perspective view of the rake structure of a blowing fan 70 used for a multifunctional brush for scalp care according to the present invention, and FIG. 8 is a view in which a blowing fan C used for a multifunctional brush for scalp care according to the present invention is compared with conventional blowing fans A, B when it comes to the speed at which wind is blown.

[0061] As illustrated in detail in FIG. 7, the blowing fan 70 according to the present invention includes a cylindrical central hub 72 inserted into and fixed to the drive shaft 44 of the blowing fan motor 40; a plurality of fan wings 74 extending from an outer circumferential surface of the central hub against the central axis of the central hub radially, at a tilted angle, in the radial direction; and rake-type tip wings 76, for increasing amounts of air blown, integrally bent to extend from end portions of the fan wings to form a right or an acute angle with the fan wings at the outer end portions of the fan wings in the racial direction, wherein the tip wings have curved surfaces corresponding to curvature of an inner circumferential surface the cylindrical air-intake-concentration housing 60. Further, reference numeral 78 denotes assistant projection wings formed to protrude on the upper surface of the fan wings 74 in the width direction of the fan wings for inducing air flow, and the assistant projection wings have a projection height H1 smaller than the height H2 of the top wings 76 formed at the ends of the fan wings (H1 H2). The configuration in which the blowing fans have triple wings (fan wings+assistant projection wings+tip wings) according to the present invention helps improve straightness and speed of air discharge even with low power.

[0062] That is, as illustrated in FIG. 8, when the blowing fans C of a multifunctional brush for scalp care according to the present invention is compared with conventional blowing fans A, B when it comes to the amount of blown air (the speed at which air is blown), the flowing fans according to the present invention are compared with two conventional flowing fans having identical specifications by using the same low power when it comes to the speed at which air is blown. The results slow that the speeds of the conventional flowing fans are 2.7 m/sec, 4.2 m/sec while the speed of the flowing fans according to the present invention is 6.7 m/sec. Accordingly, the flowing fans according to the present invention has a speed 1.5 to 2.5 times faster than that of the conventional blowing fans. On the basis of such results, low-power lithium-ion secondary cell batteries may be used and the blowing fan 40 may be designed to consume less power to drive the blowing fan. Accordingly, the size of the other elements may be minimized such that a compact multifunctional brush for scalp care consuming less power may be embodied. The multifunctional brush for scalp care according to the present invention consumes ten times less power than conventional bulky hairdryers supplying high-temperature air.

[0063] FIG. 9 shows exploded perspective views A, B in which a blowing fan motor 40 supported by a bracket 42, a ceramic heater unit 50, a cylindrical air-intake-concentration housing 60, a blowing fan 70 and a blowing fan cover 80 are illustrated in order of the combination thereof and seen in an up and down direction thereof according to a multifunctional brush for scalp care of the present invention, and FIG. 10 shows a front view A and a side view B, in which a blowing fan motor 40 supported by a bracket 42, a ceramic heater unit 50, a cylindrical air-intake-concentration housing 60, a blowing fan 70 and a blowing fan cover 80 are illustrated in order of the combination thereof and seen in an up and down direction thereof according to a multifunctional brush for scalp care of the present invention, and a cross sectional view C of the flow of wind.

[0064] As illustrated in the drawings, the air intake opening 12, the air discharge opening 22, the fan motor 40 installed therebetween, the ceramic heater unit 50, the cylindrical air-intake-concentration housing 60, the blowing fan 70 and the blowing fan cover 80 have an identical central axis A, and the central axis A constitutes a blowing axis A of air which is sucked from the air intake opening 12 and provided to a lower portion by the blowing fan 70 which operates to generate negative pressure in the head. As described above, the multifunctional brush for scalp care may supply abundant air faster in one direction by means of the raking hook-type action on air of the triple wings and tip wing 76 of the blowing fan 70 which is particularly designed according to the present invention, and the concept of blowing is described in detail in FIG. 10C.

[0065] FIG. 11 shows a plan view A, an elevation B and a cross sectional view C and a perspective view D of a blowing fan cover 80 used for a multifunctional brush for scalp care according to the present invention.

[0066] As illustrated in the drawings, according to the multifunctional brush for scalp care of the present invention, the blowing fan cover 80, as an exhaust cover, is inserted and fitted into the air discharge opening 22 on the same axis as the blowing axis A of the blowing fan and installed at the lower portion of the flowing fan 70 described above and includes a central ring-shaped cylinder 82, an outer ring-shaper cylinder 88 and a plurality of tilted wing blades 86 for connecting the central ring-shaped cylinder and the outer ring-shaped cylinder radially, in the radial direction. To maintain the direction of the discharged air and to increase the speed at which air is discharged, the blowing fan cover 80 having the above-described configuration is connected with the blowing fan 70, and sir is swirled by means of the structure of the tilted surface of the wing blades 86.

[0067] Meanwhile, the Led Lamp and the PCB 110 thereof, as described by referring to FIG. 6, are installed inside the central ring-shaped cylinder 82 of the blowing fan cover and will not be illustrated in FIG. 11.

[0068] FIG. 12 shows partial exploded perspective views illustrating in an up and down direction a configuration of the detachable portion of a brush pad 90 detachably installed at the bottom of a lower body according to a multifunctional brush for scalp care of the present invention. As illustrated in FIG. 12, the lower body 20 of the head has a plurality of bolt holes 142 formed at the bottom of the lower body for combining the lower body with the upper body, the brush pad 90 has a plurality of magnets 96 formed to protrude at the upper surface of the brush pad in positions corresponding to the bolt holes 142, and the magnets 96 are inserted into the bolt holes and join the heads of the metal bolts (invisible) engaged inside the bolt holes by means of magnetic force such that the brush pad 90 is detachably combined with the lower body 20 of the head body.

[0069] The brush pad 90 of the multifunctional brush for scalp care according to the present invention is detached, such that the brush pad may be replaced with another brush pad 90 with brushes having different stiffness and made of different materials depending on the user's needs, according to the state of the scalp and hair growth (dry scalp, Oily scalp, thick hair, thin hair) in need of care and may be repaired and washed. Preferably, strong magnets such as a neodymium magnet are used as the magnet installed at the upper surface of the brush pad 90 according to the present invention.

[0070] Further, as described above, the brush pad 90 has a doughnut shape with a hollow center, and only air and the light of the LED lamp are supplied to the hollow center without being interrupted by other elements such that the air and the light of the LED lamp may be supplied to the scalp and hair. Bristles formed at the outside of the hollow center are used to brush the scalp and hair. Further, when it comes to the above-described configuration, the tilted wing blades 86 of the blowing fan cover 80 at the hollow center of the brush pad 90 may effectively prevent hair from entering the head.

[0071] The multifunctional brush for scalp care according to the present invention has been described by referring to an embodiment illustrated in the attached drawings. However, the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiment set forth herein. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains that other modifications and changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. Accordingly, it is to be understood that all technical features included in the appended claims which will be described in detail hereunder is include within the attached claims. In this case, for instance, the ceramic heater unit may be replaced with a film heater unit, and it is to be understood that modifications and changes in design do not have any impact on the technical scope of the present invention.