Patent ID: 8770207

Claim:
An applicator to apply a treatment agent to head hair, the applicator comprising: a container connector to connect with a dispensing container having a treatment agent present therein; an upper guide member of a hollow shape comprising an outlet formed in a lower face thereof through which the treatment agent is dispensed, the upper guide member formed so as to extend in a forward direction away from the container connector; a lower guide member disposed parallel to the upper guide member, the lower guide member including an upper face that opposes the outlet; a parallel supporting body to displace at least one of the upper guide member and the lower guide member along upward and downward directions while maintaining the upper guide member and the lower guide member parallel to each other, wherein the upper guide member comprises a hair grasping portion and a frontal portion formed in front of the hair grasping portion with respect to the forward direction, the hair grasping portion of the upper guide member comprises a plurality of hair guide protrusions present on the lower face, and protruding in a comb teeth shape, and the frontal portion of the upper guide member forms at least an end of the upper guide member in the forward direction that is distal to the container connector, and is formed such that a clearance between the upper guide member and the lower guide member decreases from the end of the upper guide member toward the hair grasping portion; and a plurality of hair guide recesses formed on the upper face of the lower guide member to receive the hair guide protrusions, wherein the lower guide member comprises a hair grasping portion comprising the hair guide recesses and a frontal portion formed in front of the hair grasping portion, with respect to the forward direction, and the frontal portion of the upper guide member and the frontal portion of the lower guide member fit with each other in a convex-concave pattern.