Appliance for made-in-home personal care products and household cleaners

Abstract

An appliance for producing a personal care product. The appliance includes a reaction chamber configured to receive one or more ingredients of the personal care product. The reaction chamber includes a mechanism for mixing ingredients and an extruding mechanism. The appliance also includes a sensor configured to determine one or more conditions in the reaction chamber, the one or more conditions includes at least a pH of the personal care product. The appliance further includes a cartridge, where the cartridge holds at least one of the one or more ingredients of the personal care product. The appliance additionally includes an output port configured to allow removal of the personal care product from the reaction chamber.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An appliance for producing a personal care product, the appliance comprising:
 a reaction chamber configured to receive one or more ingredients of the personal care product, the reaction chamber including:
 a mechanism for mixing ingredients; and 
 an extruding mechanism; 
   a sensor configured to determine one or more conditions in the reaction chamber, the one or more conditions includes at least a pH of the personal care product;   a cartridge, wherein the cartridge holds at least one of the one or more ingredients of the personal care product; and   an output port configured to allow removal of the personal care product from the reaction chamber.   
     
     
         2 . The appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the reaction chamber includes a pouch. 
     
     
         3 . The appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the mechanism for mixing ingredients includes a stir bar. 
     
     
         4 . The appliance of  claim 3 , wherein the stir bar is mechanical. 
     
     
         5 . The appliance of  claim 3 , wherein the stir bar is magnetic. 
     
     
         6 . The appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the reaction chamber includes a heater. 
     
     
         7 . The appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the extruding mechanism includes one or more rollers. 
     
     
         8 . The appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the personal care product includes at least one of:
 a hand soap;   a laundry soap;   a dish soap;   a shampoo;   a conditioner;   a body wash;   an antiseptic;   a detergent; or   a house-hold cleaner.   
     
     
         9 . The appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the personal care product includes at least one of:
 a lotion;   a shaving cream;   a balm;   an ointment;   a rub;   an aftershave;   a perfume;   a moisturizer; or   a deodorant.   
     
     
         10 . An appliance for producing a personal care product, the appliance comprising:
 a reaction chamber configured to receive one or more ingredients of the personal care product, the reaction chamber including:
 a mechanism for mixing ingredients; and 
 an extruding mechanism; 
   a sensor configured to determine one or more conditions in the reaction chamber, the one or more conditions includes at least a pH of the personal care product;   a cartridge, wherein the cartridge holds at least one of the one or more ingredients of the personal care product;   an interface, the interface configured to receive the cartridge and allow the at least one of the one or more ingredients of the personal care product in the cartridge to move into the reaction chamber; and   an output port configured to allow removal of the personal care product from the reaction chamber.   
     
     
         11 . The appliance of  claim 10 , wherein the one or more conditions includes the viscosity of the personal care product. 
     
     
         12 . The appliance of  claim 10 , wherein the one or more conditions includes the temperature of the personal care product. 
     
     
         13 . An appliance for producing a personal care product, the appliance comprising:
 a reaction chamber configured to receive one or more ingredients of the personal care product, the reaction chamber including:
 a mechanism for mixing ingredients; and 
 an extruding mechanism, wherein the extruding mechanism includes one or more rollers; 
   a sensor configured to determine one or more conditions in the reaction chamber, the one or more conditions includes at least a pH of the personal care product;   a cartridge, wherein the cartridge:
 holds at least one of the one or more ingredients of the personal care product; and 
 includes a filter; 
   an interface, the interface configured to receive the cartridge and allow the at least one of the one or more ingredients of the personal care product in the cartridge to move into the reaction chamber;   an output port configured to allow removal of the personal care product from the reaction chamber; and   a control board, wherein the control board includes a user interface configured to receive one or more commands from a user.   
     
     
         14 . The appliance of  claim 13 , wherein the interface includes one or more valves. 
     
     
         15 . The appliance of  claim 13 , wherein the control board tracks at least one of:
 a type of an input into the appliance;   an amount of an input into the appliance;   a type of an output from the appliance; or   an amount of an output from the appliance.   
     
     
         16 . The appliance of  claim 13 , wherein the control board is configured to adjust one or more batch settings. 
     
     
         17 . The appliance of  claim 13 , wherein the one or more batch settings include at least one of:
 a reaction time;   a ratio of ingredients;   a batch viscosity;   an amount of fragrance;   an amount of abrasives; or   an amount of active ingredient.   
     
     
         18 . The appliance of  claim 13 , wherein the user interface allows the user to do at least one of:
 input the one or more commands;   control a batch setting;   download a batch setting;   create a batch setting;   save a batch setting;   share a batch setting;   upload a batch setting;   save a batch setting;   order an ingredient for a selected batch setting;   link with an online account;   link with a website;   link with a payment processor;   unlock the cartridge; or   show a batch status.   
     
     
         19 . The appliance of  claim 13 , wherein the one or more batch settings include a batch size. 
     
     
         20 . The appliance of  claim 13 , wherein the one or more batch settings include an amount of color.