US 12,274,340 B2
Hair treatment apparatus with steam containment
Régis Fereyre, Charly (FR); Johan Sabattier, Tassin la Demi Lune (FR); and Mathias Ganem, Lyons (FR)
Assigned to SEB S.A., (FR)
Appl. No. 16/956,819
Filed by SEB S.A., Ecully (FR)
PCT Filed Dec. 21, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/086738
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 22, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/122399, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 27, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1763177 (FR), filed on Dec. 22, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0397110 A1, Dec. 24, 2020
Int. Cl. A45D 1/04 (2006.01); A45D 1/18 (2006.01); A45D 1/00 (2006.01); A45D 2/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45D 1/04 (2013.01) [A45D 1/18 (2013.01); A45D 2001/008 (2013.01); A45D 2/002 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for treating the hair, comprising:
first and second arms movable relative to each other and configured to assume a spaced-apart configuration in which a lock of hair can be inserted between them, and a closed configuration for treating the lock of hair, the first and second arms configured to move along the lock in the closed configuration;
first and second contact surfaces carried respectively by first and second contact plates on the first and second arms, respectively, arranged opposite each other, at least one of the first and second contact surfaces configured to be heated;
at least one steam outlet carried by one of the first and second arms spaced from the corresponding contact plate, to steam the hair engaged between the first and second arms;
a comb with teeth carried by said one of the first and second arms which carries said at least one steam outlet;
a containment structure, allowing at least partial containment of the steam, carried at least in part by the other of said first and second arms, the containment structure including at least one recess aligned with and opposite said at least one steam outlet, and a convex rib adjacent the at least one recess;
wherein the at least one steam outlet is configured to be interspersed between the comb and the contact plates.