Hair Styling Tool

Abstract

A hair styling tool comprises a central roller ( 12 ) having end pieces ( 14 ) disposed around the outside of the roller and in which the outside surface ( 16 ) of the roller between the end pieces ( 14 ) has one or more dividers to form two or more segments ( 18,19 ) around the roller. In specific arrangements the roller is hollow and certain segments ( 19 ) have holes ( 30 ) through which hair treatment may be forced.

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         60 . A hair styling tool having a roller comprising one or more circumferential dividers ( 22 ) disposed in pairs ( 23 ,  24 ) around its external surface to form two or more circumferential segments ( 18 , 19 ) around the roller, and in that the roller has holes ( 30 ) along its length leading from the interior of the roller into one or more of the segments ( 19 ) formed between each member of a pairs of dividers ( 23 ,  24 ), but not into segments ( 18 ) between one pair of dividers and the next pair of dividers and said roller additionally has an applicator to urge the liquid hair treatment through the holes from the interior of the roller into the one of more said segments ( 19 ) formed between each of a pair of dividers ( 23 ,  24 ). 
     
     
         61 . A hair styling tool according to  claim 60  wherein the segments ( 19 ) formed between each of a pair of dividers ( 23 , 24 ) has a closing means to prevent hair treatment leaving said segment ( 19 ) to reach hair not to be exposed to treatment, said closing means comprising a clasp fitted around the periphery of the dividers ( 22 ). 
     
     
         62 . A hair styling tool according to  claim 60  wherein segments ( 19 ) formed between each of a pair of dividers ( 23 , 24 ) has a closing means to prevent hair treatment leaving said segment ( 19 ) to reach hair not to be exposed to treatment, said closing means comprising the periphery of each member ( 23 ,  24 ) of a pair of dividers being inclined towards the other member of the pair, each of the pairs of dividers having lugs ( 56 ) passing through the surface of the roller to engage with screw threads in a plunger and reservoir wherein twisting movement of the plunger ( 32 ) and reservoir ( 28 ) with respect to one another urges the members of the pairs ( 23 ,  24 ) towards one another to close said segment ( 19 ). 
     
     
         63 . A hair styling tool according to  claim 60  wherein the dividers ( 22 ) being flexible and frustro-conically shaped, and capable of being flipped to close said segments ( 19 ). 
     
     
         64 . A hair styling tool according to  claim 60  wherein A hair styling tool according to  claim 60  characterised in that the applicator comprises a co-operating plunger ( 32 ) and reservoir ( 28 )-mounted in the roller wherein interaction between the plunger ( 32 ) and reservoir ( 28 ) urges any hair treatment liquid in the reservoir ( 28 ) out of the reservoir through the holes ( 30 ), optionally plunger  32  has a chamber to receive to receive excess hair treatment. 
     
     
         65 . A hair styling tool according to  claim 64  wherein the plunger has a head with grooves ( 42 ) providing a passage for hair treatment from the reservoir ( 28 ) around the plunger ( 32 ). 
     
     
         66 . A hair styling tool according to  claim 64  additionally comprising a passage ( 36 ) formed between the walls of the reservoir ( 28 ) and plunger ( 32 ) and the holes ( 30 ). 
     
     
         67 . A hair styling tool according to  claim 60  wherein the applicator comprises a deformable container to be deformed by a user to expel the contents into the interior of the roller. 
     
     
         68 . A hair styling tool according to  claim 67  wherein the container comprises at least two chambers ( 195 ,  198 ) containing hair treatment in one chamber and catalyst the other chamber. 
     
     
         69 . A hair styling tool according to  claim 64  wherein the head ( 40 ) of the plunger has a ring ( 82 ), which may engage with the inner circumference ( 86 ) of a cylindrical recess ( 50 ) of the reservoir ( 28 ), temporarily to seal any hair treatment ( 52 ) within the cylindrical recess while a user's hair is wound onto the roller ( 12 ). 
     
     
         70 . A hair styling tool according to  claim 60  wherein the applicator comprises a container receivable into a recess ( 50 ) said recess ( 50 ) having an open end which is receivable into the roller ( 12 ), and a plunger to force hair treatment from the container through the holes ( 30 ). 
     
     
         71 . A hair styling tool according to  claim 60  in which the applicator comprises a co-operating plunger ( 32 ) and reservoir ( 28 ) characterized in that the reservoir has a recess containing hair treatment with a lid ( 51 ) said lid being deformable or breakable under action of the plunger to release hair treatment from the container. 
     
     
         72 . A hair styling tool according to  claim 60  in which in which the applicator comprises a co-operating plunger and a detachable reservoir, in which the outer surface of the reservoir and the inner surface of the roller ( 12 ) have mutual engagement means to retain the reservoir in position with respect to the roller ( 12 ) when the tool is assembled. 
     
     
         73 . A hair styling tool according to  claim 60  in which the applicator comprises a co-operating plunger ( 32 ) and reservoir ( 28 ) and in which the roller has internal spacers to hold the reservoir ( 28 ) in position within the roller ( 12 ) when the reservoir ( 28 ) is placed in the roller and, said spacers forming a channel ( 208 ) between the reservoir and the holes ( 30 ). 
     
     
         74 . A hair styling tool according to  claim 73  wherein the roller has a closed end ( 206 ) and an open end ( 38 ), the reservoir ( 28 ) being inserted in the open end. 
     
     
         75 . A hair styling tool according to  claim 64  in which the plunger ( 32 ) and reservoir ( 28 ) are mounted in the roller ( 12 ) and in which the holes connecting with segments away from the reservoir are larger than those holes connecting with segments closer to the reservoir. 
     
     
         76 . A hair styling tool according to  claim 60  in which the hair treatment and a catalyst are provided in the applicator and in which a chemical reaction between a catalyst and basic hair treatment forces hair treatment causing foaming or effervescence urging hair treatment through the holes ( 30 ) from the interior of the roller into the one of more said segments ( 19 ).
 a. A hair styling tool having a roller comprising 
 b. one or more circumferential dividers ( 22 ) disposed in pairs ( 23 ,  24 ) around its external surface to form two or more circumferential segments ( 18 , 19 ) around the roller, and in that the roller has holes ( 30 ) along its length leading from the interior of the roller into one or more of the segments ( 19 ) formed between each member of a pairs of dividers ( 23 ,  24 ), but not into segments ( 18 ) between one pair of dividers and the next pair of dividers and said roller additionally has an applicator to urge the liquid hair treatment through the holes from the interior of the roller into the one of more said segments ( 19 ) formed between each of a pair of dividers ( 23 ,  24 ); and 
 c. a closing means to prevent hair treatment leaving said segment ( 19 ) to reach hair not to be exposed to treatment, said closing means comprising a clasp fitted around the periphery of the dividers ( 22 ). 
 
     
     
         77 . A hair styling tool according to  claim 76  in which the hair treatment and a catalyst are provided in the applicator and in which a chemical reaction between a catalyst and basic hair treatment forces hair treatment causing foaming or effervescence urging hair treatment through the holes ( 30 ) from the interior of the roller into the one of more said segments ( 19 ). 
     
     
         78 . A hair styling tool according to  claim 76  in which the applicator comprises a co-operating a plunger ( 32 ) and a reservoir ( 28 ), the reservoir having a recess containing hair treatment with a lid ( 51 ) said lid being deformable or breakable under action of the plunger to release hair treatment from the container. 
     
     
         79 . A hair styling tool according to  claim 76  wherein the applicator comprises a container receivable into a recess ( 50 ) said recess ( 50 ) having an open end which is receivable into the roller ( 12 ), and a plunger to force hair treatment from the container through the holes ( 30 ).