Hair Extending Apparatus

Abstract

The present invention relates to a hair extending apparatus which includes a case; a head unit including a pair of revolving units, assembled revolvable on head of the case, whose both of heating means are exposed face to face; a deck assembled in the case; and a circuitry unit installed in the case, for controlling operations of the deck and supplying electric energy for the heating means, wherein each of the heating means has a planar facing side. The deck is combined with the case by a supporting plate on which a first and a second driving unit are mounted, wherein the first driving unit revolves the pair of revolving units and the second driving unit moves a pair of paper rolls mounted within a cartridge that is inserted the apparatus detachably, wherein adhesives have been coated onto one side of each paper roll. When an artificial hair string and real hair string are placed between the pair of revolving units, the heating means on both sides of the revolving units melt the coated adhesives to attach the artificial and the real hair string each other.

1 . A hair extending apparatus comprising:
 a case;   a head unit having a pair of revolving units which is assembled rotatably on a leading edge of the case, the pair of revolving units is mounted with a pair of heating means of which facing sides are exposed, at least part of the facing sides of the heating means is planar;   a deck unit assembled in the case; and   a circuitry unit installed in the case for controlling operations of the deck unit and supplying electric energy for the heating means, wherein the deck unit is combined with the case by a support plate on which a first driving unit and a second driving unit are mounted, the first driving unit rotates the pair of revolving units and the second driving unit moves a pair of paper tape roll with adhesive coated on outside within a cartridge which is detachably mounted.   
   
   
       2 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the first driving unit comprises a motor, a driving gear connected to an axis of the motor, a linear gear engaged with the driving gear, and a rack gear bar for converting a rotation of the driving gear into a vertical motion, and
 the linear gear is formed on both sides of opposite end to one end where the rack gear bar is connected to the driving gear, the linear gear on the both sides is engaged with each of driven gears formed in a rotation axis of the revolving units.   
   
   
       3 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the second driving unit comprises a motor with a reduction gear box, a driving gear connected to a driving axis of the reduction gear box, a pair of capstan gears connected to the driving gear in which one is directly connected and the other is gear-connected via a reverse rotation gear, a pair of shaft gears gear-connected to the pair of capstan gear, a pair of capstans connected to the pair of capstan gear to be interposed by the support plate, a pair of shafts connected to the pair of shaft gear to be interposed by the support plate, a pair of release shafts rotatably connected to the support plate, and two pairs of caps connected to the pair of shaft and the pair of release shaft, and
 the pair of shaft and the pair of release shaft are disposed to conform to positions of two pairs of hubs that are winding a pair of paper tape roll within the cartridge and each of the caps has ribs formed on its outer circumference in at least 2 directions to be hooked by the internal hooking protrusion of the hubs.   
   
   
       4 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the shaft gear is combined with the shaft by friction force of rubber materials, the shaft gear slides against the shaft as the resistance applied to the shaft is larger. 
   
   
       5 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the second driving unit further comprises a capstan sticking member which is connected rotatably around one end in the support plate, including rotatable roller which is stuck to the capstan. 
   
   
       6 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the capstan sticking member comprises a housing which has one end fixed by an axis on the support plate and is allowed to rotate around the fixed axis and of which one surface is exposed; the roller which is engaged with the axis to be placed within the housing; and a stopper which is attached on opposite surface to a surface with the axis of the housing and has a hooking jaw inserted into a groove formed on the support plate in order to prevent the capstan sticking member from pushing outward from a state in which it is stuck to the capstan. 
   
   
       7 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the capstan sticking member comprises a first rotation spring with elastic force pushing the roller from the housing on the basis of the fixed axis and a second rotation spring with elastic force pushing a upper portion of the stopper from the housing, the stopper is held by an axis at a lower portion. 
   
   
       8 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 6 , further comprising guide protrusions which are protruded toward the capstan respectively on upper and lower surface of an opposite side to the fixed axis of the housing in a same planar surface as the upper and lower surface, for preventing the paper tape from being deviated upward and downward which is disposed between the roller and the capstan upon placing the cartridge. 
   
   
       9 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the capstan comprises a cylinder divided into 3 sections, two thin iron pieces of circular shape which are disposed between each of 3 sections, and a connection pin connected to the capstan gear through internal center holes of the cylinder and each of the iron pieces, the iron pieces are formed with saw tooth on its circumference. 
   
   
       10 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the heating means comprises a heating element for generating heat by the electric energy supplied, a damper for delivering heat of lower temperature than that of the heating element to the paper tape by preventing the heating element from directly contacting with the paper tape, and a heating-element case in which the heating element and the damper are inserted and assembled. 
   
   
       11 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the heating-element case is made of a phenol resin. 
   
   
       12 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the pair of revolving units is formed with a house of which a top is closed and facing surfaces are exposed and in which the heating-element case is inserted and assembled from below. 
   
   
       13 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein a temperature of the heat delivered to the paper tape through the damper is 150˜160 degree. 
   
   
       14 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the head unit comprises a flat top lid having same features as planar features of an upper portion of the revolving units for covering the revolving units from above and a lower plate which is screw-engaged in a bottom surface of the revolving units for holding the heating means in the revolving units. 
   
   
       15 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 14 , wherein the top lid has substance attracted to magnetic force embedded, each of the revolving units have the magnetic substance inserted into a vertical cylindrical receiving-hole of the revolving units so that the top lid and the revolving units may be detachably connected with each other. 
   
   
       16 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the case comprises a wide front surface portion exposed upward and a narrow knob portion, both of the portions are continued smoothly and comprise a lower case having the knob portion bended downward by a prescribed degree, a knob lid connected with a portion corresponding to the knob portion, and a top cover detachably connected with the lower case for closing or opening the wide front surface portion from above. 
   
   
       17 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 16 , wherein an operational switch is mounted on a bottom of the lower case for controlling operations of the deck unit, and a power switch for applying power to the circuit unit, a mode switch for designating operational mode of the circuit unit, and a traveling ON/OFF switch for setting whether the paper tape travels or not are mounted on a top of the knob lid. 
   
   
       18 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the circuit unit comprises: a switch unit comprising a power switch for applying power, a mode switch for designating operational mode, a traveling ON/OFF switch for setting whether the paper tape travels or not, a limiter switch in which a point of contact changes when the pair of revolving units revolves by a predetermined degree, and an operational switch; a power transistor unit for supplying current to the heating means from power applied; a drive unit for driving each of the motors within the first driving unit and the second driving unit; a controller for selectively controlling operations of each motors within the first driving unit and the second driving unit via the drive unit based on input signals from each switches of the switch units. 
   
   
       19 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 18 , wherein the controller causes the pair of revolving units to face to each other by driving the first driving unit via the drive unit if signals are inputted via the operational switch, the revolving units to be broadened until the point of contact of the limiter switch is changed by driving the first driving unit reversely after a prescribed time, and the pair of paper tapes to be moved by a prescribed distance by driving the second driving unit via the drive unit. 
   
   
       20 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 19 , wherein the prescribed time is 2-3 seconds. 
   
   
       21 . The hair extending apparatus of  claim 18 , wherein the controller causes the revolving units to be broadened until the point of contact of the limiter switch is changed by driving the first driving unit, and then causes the pair of paper tapes not to be moved by a prescribed distance, if the traveling ON/OFF switch is OFF. 
   
   
       22 . An adhesive tape cartridge comprising:
 a pair of supply hubs onto which a pair of paper tape rolls with adhesive coated on outside is wound;   a pair of wound hubs connected to one end of the pair of paper tape rolls; and   an upper cover and a lower cover which are connected up and down to enable the supply hubs and the wound hubs to be rotated,   wherein at least one of the upper cover and the lower cover has a support rod to enable the supply hub and the wound hub to be rotated by separating from each other at a higher distance than a height of the supply hub and the wound hub in order to have a gap therebetween, and the upper cover and the lower cover are connected with each other with the support rod interposed therebetween.   
   
   
       23 . The adhesive tape cartridge of  claim 22 , wherein both side surface of the upper cover and the lower cover are dented more inward than the traveling path of the paper tape, so that an external delivering means for moving the paper tape is vertically inserted into the dented portion to make contact with the paper tape closely. 
   
   
       24 . The adhesive tape cartridge of  claim 22 , wherein the upper cover and the lower cover have holding rods be protruded in a direction facing to each other on center portions thereof, the holding rod has its one end fixed by an iron pin, the iron pin has both unfixed ends that applies pushing force to push the pair of paper tape wound onto the supply hub toward its center. 
   
   
       25 . The adhesive tape cartridge of  claim 22 , wherein at least one of the upper cover and the lower cover has a pair of stop jaws vertically protruded in a direction facing to each other on both side edges, the pair of stop jaws forms a boundary wall for preventing the paper tape from being pushed outside. 
   
   
       26 . The adhesive tape cartridge of  claim 22 , wherein the upper cover has at least one vertical wall protruded vertically to a surface thereof. 
   
   
       27 . The adhesive tape cartridge of  claim 22 , wherein the adhesive is coated on one outside surface of the paper tape roll. 
   
   
       28 . The adhesive tape cartridge of  claim 22 , wherein a raw material of the adhesive is a polyester.