Brush cleaner

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to methods, devices, and systems for cleaning a brush. In an aspect of the present disclosure, a system includes the brush and a cleaner assembly. The brush includes a plurality of bristles and a channel. The cleaner assembly is configured to remove hair from the plurality of bristles. The cleaner assembly includes a frame and a flange coupled to the frame. The flange is configured to be inserted into and travel within the channel.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application claims benefit of U.S. application Ser. No. 15 / 920,324 filed Mar. 13, 2018, entitled “BRUSH CLEANER” (Attorney Docket No. ALLC.P0002US), the disclosures of which are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The present disclosure generally relates to a brush cleaner, and, but not by way of limitation, to methods, devices, and systems for cleaning or removing hair from a brush.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]A brush, such as a hairbrush, is typically used in grooming and personal car applications for styling and detangline hair. In some situations, the brush can be used along with another device, such as spray bottle, a straightener, a blow dryer, and / or a curling iron. A conventional brush includes bristles, which can vary in size, shape, number, density, placement, etc., depending on the brush. During use of the brush, hair, hair product, or both often accumulate on the brush. For e...

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Benefits of technology

[0008]The present disclosure describes systems, devices, and methods for cleaning a brush (e.g., removing hair from the brush). The systems, devices, and methods described herein advantageously provide an efficient and effective brush cleaner (e.g., a cleaner device). For example, the cleaner device is easy to operate and can clean (e.g., remove hair from) the brush in a single pass. To illustrate, the brush may have one or more built in features, such as one or more channels, to accommodate the cleaner device. The one or more channels may be configured to engage one or more corresponding structures (e.g., flanges) of the cleaner device and may direct a path of travel of the cleaner device along a length (along a longitudinal axis) of the brush. Additionally, a configuration of the cleaner device promotes hair removal from the brush even when the brush has accumulated a relatively large amount of hair. To illustrate, the cleaner device includes one or more flanges and / or protrusions that are configured to lift the hair away from a surface of the brush and away from the bristles of the brush. Additionally, the cleaner device is configured to cut one or more hairs during cleaning to make the hair easier to remove. For example, an amount of lift that the cleaner device can provide to hair may be limited if the hair is heavily entangled with the bristles of the brush and / or wraps around the brush. By cutting the hair, the hair is divided into small section that and be lifted and removed from the brush. In some implementations, the cleaner device is configured to cut one or more hairs as the cleaner device lifts / guides the one or more hairs towards the cutter. At least one pass of the cleaner device is necessary to remove hair from the brush. In some implementations, a single pass of cleaner device cleans the brush without damage to the bristles. Thus, the present disclosure provides the systems, devices, and methods described herein provide safe, convenient, simple, and efficient systems, devices, and methods for cleaning a brush as compared to conventional approaches.

Problems solved by technology

Overtime, a brush may become less effective during use as hair and / or hair product is accumulated by the brush and the brush has to be “cleaned” to remove the accumulated hair.

Cleaning a brush to remove hair and / or hair product from the brush is often a tedious and time consuming task, which can be made all the more difficult depending on the configuration and design of the brush and / or the bristles.

Additionally, as a brush accumulates more and more hair over time, cleaning the brush becomes more difficult as the mat of hair in the bristles becomes thicker, denser, and / or more entangled.

In situations where a large amount of hair has accumulated (e.g., the mat of hair entangled by the bristles is quite thick), some objects or self-cleaning features or wholly ineffective and incapable of removing the hair without additional and, often, manual intervention, such as using applying a pair of scissor to the hair which pose a risk of injury to the user.

Additionally, removal of the hair may damage one or more bristles and result in damage rendering the brush less effective and / or inoperable for future use.

For example, an amount of lift that the cleaner device can provide to hair may be limited if the hair is heavily entangled with the bristles of the brush and / or wraps around the brush.

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