EP 2682020 A2 20140108 - Ultrasonically excited comb
Title (en)
Ultrasonically excited comb
Title (de)
Ultraschall-Kamm
Title (fr)
Peigne excité par ultrasons
Publication
Application
Priority
GB 201212000 A 20120705
Abstract (en)
A comb for hair or fibres is discloses which comprises a rigid comb body (10) having a spine (12) extending along a longitudinal axis and a plurality of teeth (14) projecting from the spine (12) and extending transversely to the longitudinal axis, and at least one ultrasound generator (20) connected to the spine (12). In the invention, the or each ultrasound generator (20) comprises at least one ultrasonic transducer (22) operative to apply compression waves to the spine (12) in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the spine (12) so as to cause surface waves to propagate along the spine (12) and the teeth (14) of the comb body (10).
IPC 8 full level
A45D 24/22 (2006.01); A45D 19/02 (2006.01); A45D 24/00 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP GB US)
A45D 24/00 (2013.01 - US); A45D 24/007 (2013.01 - EP GB US); A45D 24/22 (2013.01 - EP GB US); A45D 2200/207 (2013.01 - EP US)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
BA ME
DOCDB simple family (publication)
GB 201212000 D0 20120822; GB 2497613 A 20130619; GB 2497613 B 20131120; EP 2682020 A2 20140108; EP 2682020 A3 20141001; US 2014007895 A1 20140109
DOCDB simple family (application)
GB 201212000 A 20120705; EP 13171288 A 20130610; US 201313923393 A 20130621