Patent ID: 7114201

Claim:
An automatic shampoo machine for automatically performing a shampooing operation by spouting a cleaning liquid over a head and hair of a person being shampooed, the automatic shampoo machine comprising: a basin configured so that an operator stands behind the person's head for performing the shampooing operation, the basin having a top, a rear portion and an outer periphery, the person's head being positioned upward in the basin; a hood for covering and uncovering the top of the basin, the hood having a front portion and a rear portion; and an open/close unit for opening and closing the hood with respect to the rear portion of the basin, the open/close unit being configured such that the front portion of the hood is lifted pivotally about the rear portion of the hood and, the hood being adapted to be slid from the rear portion of the basin along the outer periphery of the basin to a side of the basin after the hood is opened.