Patent ID: 7380556
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: A45D,A61K,A61Q

Abstract:
1. A hair iron characterized in that it comprises a pair of holding parts, where each holding part has at least one heating block with its surface formed as a holding surface; at least one of said holding parts in turn comprising a liquid container, a liquid holder that brings the liquid in the liquid container in contact with the heating block as the liquid in the liquid container is transferred to the heating block, and a steam path that sprays from the holding surface the steam generated as the liquid transferred from inside the liquid container is heated by the contact surface of the heating block with the liquid holder; wherein hair is held between the holding surfaces of said pair of holding parts, and, under the action of the steam sprayed from the steam path, the hairstyle is set; and wherein the liquid container is set on the side of the heating block opposite the holding surface, and, at the same time, the liquid holder is arranged between the heating block and the liquid containers, wherein a supplementary liquid injection unit is arranged in the liquid container, and, at the same time, a connecting means is arranged such that it can supply liquid from a liquid storage container arranged as a separate part only when a liquid supply unit of said liquid storage container is fitted to said supplementary liquid injection unit, and wherein as said connecting means, the supplementary liquid injection unit is equipped with a recessed connecting path in which the liquid supply unit of the liquid storage container can be inserted and fitted, a sealing plate that seals the connecting path, and a spring that energizes the sealing plate in the direction towards the opening of the connecting path; in the state in which the liquid supply unit is not fitted, the connecting hole that connects the interior of the connecting path and the interior of the liquid container is located on the side of the inner bottom surface of the connecting path with respect to the sealing plate that is energized and positioned by the spring in the direction towards the opening of the connecting path; and in the state in which the liquid, supply unit is fitted, at least part of the connecting hole is located on the side of the opening of the connecting path with respect to the sealing plate that is pressed and positioned in said liquid supply unit.