System for treating the hair, to be connected to a water inlet

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11536012-B2
Application number	US-201716466476-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2017
Priority date	Oct 30, 2016
Publication date	Dec 27, 2022
Grant date	Dec 27, 2022

Abstract

A system for treating the hair, to be connected to a water inlet, that includes at least one source of a cosmetic product, a water-dispensing device to convey the water to the hair, an adjustment device making it possible to inject, into the water, the product originating from the at least one source of product and to vary the content of product originating from this source in the water conveyed to the hair by the dispensing device and/or the amount of product conveyed to the hair by the dispensing device, this adjustment being able to assume at least one intermediate value between minimum and maximum content and/or amount values, a pressure booster to increase the pressure of the water at the inlet of the dispensing device beyond the pressure of the water at the inlet of the system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system for treating the hair, to be connected to a water inlet, comprising:
at least one source of a cosmetic product,
a water-dispensing device to convey the water, loaded or not with product, to the hair,
an adjustment device making it possible to inject, into the water, the product of said at least one source of product and to vary the content of said product in the water conveyed to the hair by the water-dispensing device and/or the amount of product conveyed to the hair by the water-dispensing device, this adjustment assuming at least one intermediate value between minimum and maximum content and/or amount values,
a pressure booster to increase the pressure of the water at an inlet of the water-dispensing device beyond the pressure of the water at the inlet of the system,
the system being configured to access a database giving information relating to the formulation of catalogue products and to identify one or more catalogue products as a function at least of the knowledge of at least one selected setting and of at least one item of infoimation input by a user relating to an observed treatment result.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 , the water-dispensing device comprising nozzles causing a first jet of water and a second jet of water leaving the water-dispensing device to collide.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1 , the content of product injected into the water being between 0.3 and 20% by weight, especially between 0.3 and 10%.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1 , being configured to automatically vary the content of product according to a predefined program.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1 , comprising at least two sources of different products, the proportion of each product in the water dispensed by the water-dispensing device being selectively varied by the adjustment device.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5 , in which the content of each of the products automatically varying according to a predefined program.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1 , in which a setting is stored in memory.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1 , in which the amount of product injected into the water is adjusted as a function of a flow rate selected by a user to obtain a desired concentration.

9. The system as claimed in claim 1 , in which a concentration of product is automatically pre-adjusted as a function of at least one item of information input into the system by the user.

10. The system as claimed in claim 1 , in which data relative to a result obtained after drying and/or styling the hair is imputed, and an optional modification of the setting at the next treatment of the hair as a function of this data is automatically proposed.

11. The system as claimed in claim 1 , the system comprising a sink, the hair being treated in a the sink, the system being configured to control an outlet of this sink.

12. The system as claimed in claim 1 , in which, according to a predefined program, the content of product and/or the amount of product conveyed to the hair by the water-dispensing device is automatically varied so as to assume at least two intermediate values between minimum and maximum values.

13. The system as claimed in claim 1 , the injection of the product into the water taking place upstream of the water-dispensing device.

14. A process for the treatment of the hair by means of a system as claimed in claim 1 , in which the content of at least one product is varied in the water conveyed to the hair.

15. The process as claimed in claim 14 , in which a part of the hair is treated with a given setting, then the setting is modified to treat another part of the hair.

16. The process as claimed in claim 14 , in which a setting corresponding to a result deemed to be satisfactory is stored in memory.

17. The process as claimed in claim 14 , in which the system automatically varies the amount of a product in the water conveyed to the hair and stores in memory an item of information input by a user when the result is considered to be satisfactory by said user.

18. The process as claimed in claim 14 , in which the hair being treated in a treatment sink, opening or closing of the outlet of the treatment sink is controlled as a function of the nature of the operation taking place.

19. The process as claimed in claim 14 , in which different sequences of treatments are tested on different parts of a hair.

20. The process as claimed in claim 19 , at least two sequences differing per one rinsing duration.

21. The process as claimed in claim 19 , at least two sequences differing by the presence or absence of a pre-shampooing operation, a conditioning operation or a rinsing operation.

22. The system as claimed in claim 1 , the hair being treated in a sink, the system being configured to open or close an outlet of this sink as a function of the treatment or rinsing requirement.

23. A system for treating the hair, to be connected to a water inlet, comprising:
at least one source of a cosmetic product;
a water-dispensing device to convey the water, loaded or not with product, to the hair;
an adjustment device making it possible to inject, into the water, the product of said at least one source of product and to vary the content of said product in the water conveyed to the hair by the water-dispensing device and/or the amount of product conveyed to the hair by the water-dispensing device, this adjustment assuming at least one intermediate value between minimum and maximum content and/or amount values; and
a pressure booster to increase the pressure of the water at an inlet of the water-dispensing device beyond the pressure of the water at the inlet of the system,
wherein data relative to a result obtained after drying and/or styling the hair is imputed, and an optional modification of the setting at the next treatment of the hair as a function of this data is automatically proposed.

24. A process for the treatment of the hair by means of a system for treating the hair, to be connected to a water inlet, comprising:
at least one source of a cosmetic product;
a water-dispensing device to convey the water, loaded or not with product, to the hair;
an adjustment device making it possible to inject, into the water, the product of said at least one source of product and to vary the content of said product in the water conveyed to the hair by the water-dispensing device and/or the amount of product conveyed to the hair by the water-dispensing device, this adjustment assuming at least one intermediate value between minimum and maximum content and/or amount values; and
a pressure booster to increase the pressure of the water at an inlet of the water-dispensing device beyond the pressure of the water at the inlet of the system,
wherein the content of at least one product is varied in the water conveyed to the hair, and
wherein the system automatically varies the amount of a product in the water conveyed to the hair and stores in memory an item of information input by the user when the result is considered to be satisfactory by said user.

Assignees

• Oreal

Inventors

• Samain Henri

Classifications

• B01F35/831

  using one or more pump or other dispensing mechanisms for feeding the flows in predetermined proportion, e.g. one of the pumps being driven by one of the flows (B01F35/832 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B01F35/2217

  Volume of at least one component to be mixed · CPC title

• A45D19/10

  Backward lavabos · CPC title

• A45D19/16

  Surface treatment of hair by steam, oil, or the like · CPC title

• A45D19/005

  Shampooing; Conditioning; Washing hair for hairdressing purposes · CPC title