Patent ID: 9027569
Filing Date: 2015-05-12
Classification: A45D,D04C

Abstract:
1. A device for intertwining strands of hair in a desired pattern, comprising: a housing, suitable for holding in the hand of a user, having a top opening and a bottom opening therein, the top and bottom openings being substantially aligned; a plurality of gears, forming a gear set, the gear set being at least partially accessible through the top opening in the housing, the gear set comprising at least three sector gears, at least two of which are non-adjacent, disposed in a group of multiple intersecting circles defining an area of intersection between adjacent circles, and a plurality of elliptical gears, each elliptical gear having a hollow center portion therein, the hollow center portion being substantially aligned with at least a portion of the top and bottom openings and adapted for through passage of a strand of hair, each elliptical gear having a shape of and occupying the area of intersection of adjacent sector gears, positioning of the elliptical gears within the area of intersection of adjacent sector gears preventing the adjacent sector gears from simultaneous rotation, only non-adjacent sector gears of the group being simultaneously rotatable; at least one motor for selectively turning any one or more of the plurality of sector gears; and a controller, having a processor, configured to execute a set of instructions from any of a plurality of pattern modules by controlling the at least one motor to selectively rotate one or more of the plurality of sector gears and move the adjacent elliptical gears in an intertwining motion according to the set of instructions of one of the pattern modules, the pattern modules being stored in a memory unit associated with the controller.