Patent ID: 7296581

Claim:
A hair extension applicator, of the kind used to lengthen and/or thicken head hairs by applying hair extensions to natural hair, comprising: a handle; a fixed member and at least a mobile pressing member, the fixed member and mobile pressing member in opposition to each other and apt to receive therebetween a portion of head hair and one or more fixing elements of respective hair extensions, said fixed member being a rest for the fixing elements of the respective hair extensions, wherein the mobile pressing member is apt to move according to a bidirectional translational motion with respect to a guide for the pressing member, the guide being connected to the handle so that the bidirectional translational motion of the mobile pressing member is with respect to the handle; and an actuation means of said mobile pressing member, said actuation means apt to control the bidirectional translational motion of the mobile pressing member; wherein the bidirectional translational motion of the mobile pressing member comprises the mobile pressing member moving toward and away from the fixed member; wherein the mobile pressing member applies a pressure onto said fixed member in response to the mobile pressing member moving toward the fixed member; and wherein the bidirectional translational motion of the mobile pressing member is controlled by a pneumatic device of said actuation means, the pneumatic device operating at a predetermined pressure.