Apparatus for holding hair extensions
Patent Information
- Application Number
- PCT/EP2026/057927
- Authority / Receiving Office
- WO · WO
- Patent Type
- Applications
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Priority Date
- 2025-03-25
- Filing Date
- 2026-03-20
- Publication Date
- 2026-10-01
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Abstract
Description
[0001] Ma / rh March 20, 2026
[0002] Applicant:
[0003] United Salon Technologies GmbH
[0004] 42653 Solingen
[0005] Device for holding hair extensions
[0006] The invention relates to a device for holding a hair arrangement suitable for thickening and / or lengthening natural hair in the form of hair extensions, wherein the hairs are attached to a connecting strand of the hair arrangement. Furthermore, the invention relates to an arrangement comprising such a device, the use of such a device for holding and / or drying hair extensions, and a method for drying a hair arrangement.
[0007] These types of hair extensions are primarily used by hairdressers, beauticians, or makeup artists to style natural hair according to a template or client request. They are also frequently used to supplement thin, short, or damaged natural hair, thereby achieving greater volume and / or length. These extensions, or at least individual hair groups or individual hairs within them, are incorporated into the natural hair, particularly by clamping, inserting, braiding, thermal welding, or gluing.Depending on the type of hair arrangement, individual hairs or groups of hairs from the arrangement can first be detached from the connecting strand, for example, by cutting the hairs or groups from a remaining portion of the arrangement, and then inserted into the natural hair. Alternatively, the entire hair arrangement can be inserted into the natural hair. To ensure that the hairs in the arrangement match the appearance of the natural hair and meet hygienic requirements, the hair arrangement must, in most cases, undergo pre-processing, in particular dyeing, washing, and blow-drying. In this context, "natural hair" refers to the hair on a person's head.
[0008] In general, the previously described pre-processing procedure, which must be carried out before the hair arrangement(s) or hair groups of the hair arrangement are introduced into the scalp hair, has proven to be extremely complex. This is because, unlike natural hair, such hair arrangements are not densely bundled and fixed in one place, but rather must be handled as unwieldy, elongated strands, mostly similar to a curtain or tinsel, and can have a span of up to 1.5 meters. Additionally, the hairs can also have a significant length, i.e., length along the direction of hair growth, such as up to 1 meter. Such hair arrangements must be laboriously washed in a basin and dried, especially with a hairdryer.
[0009] The present invention is based on the objective of at least partially eliminating at least one disadvantage or problem that exists in the handling of hair arrangements known in the prior art.
[0010] The device according to the invention for holding hair arrangements solves the problem of the complicated handling described above by means of the features of the device according to claim 1, as well as by the arrangement according to claim 15, the use according to claim 16 and the method according to claim 17.
[0011] Further embodiments of the devices according to the invention, with features for a particularly advantageous solution to the problem, are claimed in claims 1-15.
[0012] As a solution to the problem underlying the present invention, the invention proposes a device with the features according to claim 1. The device is suitable for holding a hair assembly comprising a series of hairs along a longitudinal direction, which are suitable as hair extensions for thickening and / or lengthening natural hair and which are attached to a connecting strand of the hair assembly. The hairs can be real hair, i.e., hair that has grown naturally on a person, as well as synthetic hairs, wherein the synthetic hairs correspond at least substantially in their geometric form to the structure of real hair, in particular each having an end designed as a hair tip. The hair tip forms an end with respect to the direction of hair extension.The hairs extend elongated along their direction of growth, in particular over at least 30 cm, in particular at least 50 cm, in particular at least 70 cm, in particular at least 100 cm, and have a diameter perpendicular to their direction of growth of typically less than 200 pm, in particular less than 150 pm, in particular between 20 pm and 100 pm, in particular between 40 pm and 80 pm. The hairs are attached, in particular at their ends opposite their respective hair tips, to a connecting strand of the hair arrangement. Such a connecting strand can be formed from an elongated adhesive strip, a strand such as a cord, or an elongated carrier strip, such as a flat, substantially rectangular plastic strip.Preferably, the hairs extend perpendicularly away from the connecting strand with their direction of growth, so that when the connecting strand is fixed to a fastening device at a vertical distance from a floor such that the connecting strand is horizontally spanned, the hairs can hang vertically downwards from the connecting strand towards the floor with their full length. Furthermore, the device comprises a mounting body which includes a fastening device and a channel-like fluid guide connected to the fastening device. The fluid guide can be formed by a section of the mounting body that is separate from the fastening device.The fluid guidance device can be integrated together with the fastening device in a single component of the mounting body, in particular arranged within the fastening device and occupying a portion of the mounting device's volume. In any case, the fastening device and the fluid guidance device are defined as parts of the mounting body and aligned with each other, and thus arranged in a defined position relative to one another. Furthermore, the fluid guidance device can be arranged directly on the fastening device, in particular fixed to it, e.g., by welding. The fastening device has fastening sections spaced apart along its longitudinal direction and is designed to fix the hair assembly to the mounting body by means of its connecting element, in particular by friction and / or positive locking.The fastening device is thus suitable for fixing a strand, such as a ribbon or cord, in particular for fixing it in a taut position. Accordingly, the fastening device is suitable for holding the hair assembly by means of its connecting strand and thus fixing it to the holding body. The fastening section can, for example, comprise a clamping device, such as a spring clip or a screw clamp, a winding device, a needle for piercing the connecting strand, or similar elements. The channel-like fluid guidance device extends along a guidance direction. Accordingly, the guidance device is suitable for guiding a fluid along the guidance direction. Preferably, the guidance device is elongated along the guidance direction. Preferably, the channel-like fluid guidance device has a boundary wall or...The fluid guidance device comprises a channel wall that encloses a clear cross-section extending perpendicular to the guidance direction, such that fluid is guided along the guidance direction within the clear cross-section by the fluid guidance device. The fluid guidance device has an air outlet, in particular comprising at least one air outlet nozzle, and an air inlet. An air outlet nozzle can be a point nozzle, a round nozzle, in particular a diffuse round nozzle, a pipe nozzle, an air intensification nozzle, a 90° air nozzle or nozzle with vertical air outlet, or a flat nozzle. In particular, the air outlet, especially as a 90° air nozzle, can be configured with several outlet openings. The air outlet is preferably provided in the boundary wall or channel wall.The channel-like fluid guidance device is designed to direct an airflow entering the air inlet along the guidance direction in such a way that it exits, at least predominantly, and in particular completely, through the air outlet. The channel-like fluid guidance device is designed to direct the airflow entering the air inlet along the guidance direction in such a way that it exits, at least predominantly, and in particular completely, from the air outlet in an outflow direction that is at least partially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.The fluid guidance device is thus designed such that an airflow entering it through its air inlet along the guiding direction is guided along its guiding direction by its channel-like design and flows out through its air outlet in a direction that has at least one directional component perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, wherein, in particular, its directional component perpendicular to the longitudinal direction has a magnitude that is at least 1, in particular at least 1.5, in particular at least 2 times the magnitude of any other of its directional components, wherein, in particular, the outflow direction is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The fluid guidance device can be suitably designed for this purpose, for example, as a curved channel which, in its channel wall, or...
[0013] The boundary wall has air outlet openings at the level of the curves, or as a channel in which an air guide plate is provided at an angle to the guide direction and thus to the course of the channel, and in its channel wall or...
[0014] The air outlet openings are provided in the boundary wall, or as a channel in whose channel wall air outlet guides are provided that pass through the channel wall or boundary wall and are designed to deflect the airflow. The air inlet is generally preferably designed by a pipe-like connection, which can be designed, for example, in the manner of a hollow cylinder or a hollow cone section.
[0015] The invention offers the particular advantage that, during the treatment of a hair arrangement, the hair arrangement can be held in a predefined position relative to a fluid guidance device by means of the device's fastening device. This allows, firstly, the hair of the hair arrangement to be easily treated, for example, washed, dyed, or blow-dried, due to the holding provided by the fastening device. Furthermore, the predefined holding of the hair arrangement relative to the fluid guidance device, combined with the design of the fluid guidance device such that an airflow entering the air inlet of the fluid guidance device in the direction of travel exits the air outlet with a directional component perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, enables simple drying of the hair of the hair arrangement by the airflow entering the air inlet. Thus, a blower can be connected to the air inlet.For example, a hairdryer, also called a hair dryer, can be connected, which blows an airflow along the guide direction into the air inlet of the fluid guide device, whereby this airflow can exit the air outlet and thereby dry the hair. Since the fastening device has two fastening sections that are spaced apart along the longitudinal direction, the hair arrangement can be held along the longitudinal direction between the fastening sections and thus extend along the longitudinal direction. Preferably, the connecting strand extends along the longitudinal direction so that the hair attached to the connecting strand can extend with its hair extension direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, i.e., perpendicularly away from the connecting strand.so that the airflow exiting the air outlet can flow along the hair in the direction of hair growth. Preferably, the air outlet is arranged above a section of the fastening device extending along the longitudinal direction between the two fastening sections, with respect to a specific direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction. The fluid guidance device is designed to discharge the airflow entering its air inlet in the guiding direction via the air outlet in such a way that its outflow direction, exiting the air outlet, has at least one directional component along this specific direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and in particular, its predominant directional component along this specific direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and in particular, its entire direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction from top to bottom.so that in a suitable application, in which the connecting strand of a hair arrangement runs at least with a longitudinal extension section between the two fastening sections, the airflow strikes the connecting strand from above and flows along the hair extension length along the hairs, which are attached at one end to the connecting strand and extend downwards with their hair extension direction along the aforementioned specific direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction from the connecting strand. In an embodiment of the device according to the invention that is particularly adaptable with respect to fixing a hair arrangement, the fastening device comprises at least two fastening units. These at least two fastening units each form one of the spaced-apart fastening sections. Furthermore, each of the fastening units can be configured toto fix the hair arrangement to the mounting body by means of its connecting strand, in particular by friction and / or a positive fit. Such a design allows for the general fixability of a strand, in particular a strand with a thickness of approximately...
[0016] A minimum thickness of 2 mm, particularly between 1 mm and 5 mm, must be ensured. The fastening units can be designed as clamping devices, in particular comprising a quick-release or quick-closing mechanism, e.g. in the form of alligator clips, poster rails or poster profiles, or clamping strips.
[0017] In a further embodiment of the device according to the invention, which is particularly suitable for longer hair arrangements or which can be individually adjusted to hair arrangements of different lengths of the connecting strand, at least one of the fastening units is designed as a clamping unit and is movably arranged along the longitudinal direction relative to another fastening unit and can be positioned in a defined relative position to the other fastening unit for clamping the hair arrangement. In one embodiment, both fastening units are designed as clamping units and are movable along the longitudinal direction relative to the fluid guidance device or to a preferably provided guide rail, and thus, of course, also relative to each other.In particular, the fastening device can comprise a guide rail extending along the longitudinal direction, and the at least one clamping unit can be slidably arranged on the guide rail along the longitudinal direction over a displacement path, wherein, in particular, the guide rail is fixed in position relative to the guide device, and the slidable clamping unit can be fixed in position within the displacement path by a releasable locking device on the guide rail, wherein, in particular, the locking device is designed to clamp the clamping unit to the guide rail. In one embodiment, the locking device can be a screw, an eccentric, a cotter pin, or a bolt, which, in particular, exerts pressure against the guide rail. Furthermore, the locking device can be held by a spring force, e.g., applied by a spring bolt.The guide rail and, in particular, the clamping units can be made of metal and / or plastic. The guide rail can be advantageously designed as a linear guide for the linear guidance of the clamping units.
[0018] Furthermore, in an advantageous embodiment of the device according to the invention, the air inlet can have a blower adapter designed in the manner of a pipe section. This blower adapter is designed to receive and enclose a cylindrical or conically tapered outlet section of a blower, in particular a hairdryer, in order to create a fluid connection between the outlet section it receives and the channel-like fluid guidance device. This design enables an airflow entering the air inlet along the guidance direction through the blower adapter. A tapered design of the blower adapter ensures the most flexible possible adaptation to differently shaped outlet sections of blowers, so that hairdryers of various designs, in particular, can be used with the blower adapter.The blower adapter or the mounting body can include a blower mounting, in particular a tab-like one, for fixing the blower to the blower adapter, which extends beyond a receiving end of the blower adapter, wherein in particular the blower adapter is designed as a component that can be detached from a base body of the mounting body. The base body can form the main body.
[0019] The blower mount, particularly in the form of a tab-like blower mount, can be fixed to two opposite cylindrical / conical sides of the housing adapter. In particular, a closed tab section can be arranged in front of the receiving end, with a blower positioned between the receiving end and the closed tab section. The tab-like blower mount can be particularly advantageously designed as a rubber band or rubber strap, which is fixed to two opposite cylindrical / conical sides of the housing adapter. By clamping the blower between the receiving end and the rubber band, the blower is pressed against the receiving end to establish the fluid connection.
[0020] In a particularly practical and everyday-use embodiment of the invention, the mounting body has a working surface from which the air outlet is at least partially spaced in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and in particular perpendicular to the outflow direction, and which extends over at least a predominant portion of a longitudinal extension length of the mounting device and / or over at least a predominant portion of a longitudinal extension length of the air outlet. In particular, the working surface can be arranged such that the outflow direction runs substantially parallel across the working surface.This work surface is specifically designed to limit an airflow exiting through the air outlet in a spatial direction, particularly perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and perpendicular to the outflow direction, and to limit at least one degree of freedom of movement, particularly in the spatial direction, of hairs in a hair assembly held on the mounting body by means of the fastening device. Furthermore, the work surface can be designed to come into contact with the hair assembly during use of the device, for example, when at least part of the hair assembly, in particular at least the predominant part of the hairs in the hair assembly, and in particular the entire hair assembly, is treated on the work surface with a fluid, such as hair dye or shampoo, or when such a fluid is applied to the hair assembly while at least the hairs of the hair assembly are at least partially in contact with the work surface.Furthermore, a wall extending perpendicularly away from the work surface, at least with one component, can be provided. The wall can, in particular, have two wall sections spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction, with the air outlet and the mounting device arranged between the wall sections.
[0021] In one embodiment, the fluid guidance device has a boundary wall in which the air outlet is provided. In another embodiment, the wall sections extend away from the boundary wall; in particular, the wall sections are connected to the boundary wall, so that the work surface, together with the boundary wall and the wall, forms a work basin. The wall sections or the work basin can ensure that any fluid escaping from a hair arrangement during drying in the device is drained away. In a variant of this embodiment according to the invention, a coating is provided on the side of the work surface facing the air outlet and the fastening device. This coating is formed, in particular, by a cover mat that can be detached from a base body forming the work surface. This detached cover mat can, for example, be a silicone or rubber mat.Such a device, comprising a work surface, can be used, for example, by a hairdresser to wash the hair assembly held on this work surface, particularly with shampoo, and / or to dye it with a hair dye. After the application time, the hair assembly can be removed from the device and the hair dye rinsed out. In particular, the hair assembly can also remain in the device while the hair dye is rinsed out. To facilitate washing the hair assembly, the device can have a water connection on the holder, the fluid guide, or the work surface, and / or include an integrated tap for connection to a water supply. After washing, the hair assembly can be placed back into the device for drying, with an airflow being introduced into the fluid guide by means of a blower.In one embodiment, the air outlet of an embodiment according to the invention comprises a plurality of outlet openings spaced apart from one another by a predefined distance along the longitudinal direction. This ensures, in particular, a sufficiently continuous and / or diffuse airflow over the longitudinal length of the mounting device. The outlet openings each comprise, in particular, at least one air outlet nozzle, wherein the predefined distance is in a range of 0.1 cm to 15 cm, in particular in a range of 0.1 cm to 10 cm, in particular in a range of 0.1 cm to 3 cm, and in particular in a range of 0.5 cm to 2 cm. More preferably, the air outlet has at least 20, in particular at least 30, in particular at least 50, and in particular furthermore, fewer than 150 air outlet nozzles.
[0022] Furthermore, the air outlet can have a total cross-sectional area that is larger than the total cross-sectional area of the air inlet. Preferably, the predefined distance can correspond to a value between the width and one thousandth of the width of the mounting body, in particular between 1 / 10 and 1 / 500, in particular between 1 / 20 and 1 / 200 of the width of the mounting body. Furthermore, the air outlet can extend over at least 50%, in particular at least 60%, in particular at least 70% of the width of the mounting body and / or over at least 50%, in particular at least 60%, in particular at least 70%, in particular at least 80%, in particular at least 90% of the maximum possible distance between the mounting sections along the longitudinal direction, as determined by the design of the mounting device.
[0023] A particularly advantageous embodiment according to the invention has been found in which the support body has a width in the form of a longitudinal extension in the direction of the longitudinal direction in a range between 20 cm and 300 cm, in particular between 40 cm and 200 cm, and furthermore in particular between 40 cm and 150 cm, and in particular between 60 cm and 120 cm.
[0024] In a particularly efficient inventive
[0025] In its design, the fluid guidance device is elongated along the longitudinal direction and extends over at least a predominant portion of the longitudinal length of the mounting device. The fluid guidance device has an inner contour enclosing its clear cross-section, which changes at least section by section along the longitudinal direction. The inner contour may, on its side opposite the air outlet perpendicular to the outflow direction, run obliquely to the longitudinal direction at least over a longitudinal section, and / or the clear cross-section of the fluid guidance device may taper away from the air inlet at least over a longitudinal section along its length.Furthermore, the fluid guidance device can extend at least a longitudinal section along the longitudinal direction away from the air inlet, wherein the air outlet is provided on only one side of the fluid guidance device, in particular only on this side, with respect to a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, at least with a directional component, in particular with respect to the outflow direction. In particular, at least one fluid guide plate or a throttle valve can be provided in the fluid guidance device to adjust predefined properties of the fluid flow. The fluid guide plate can be designed such that substantially the same pressure is generated at the air outlet or the multiple air outlet openings and / or air discharge nozzles.
[0026] A particularly flexible and advantageous embodiment of the invention has proven to be advantageous in handling, in which the device comprises a tripod to which the mounting body is attached, wherein the mounting body can be set up on a substantially flat surface by means of the tripod and, in particular, can be positioned at a distance of 60 cm to 150 cm from it. The tripod can include a telescopic pole with which the distance between the mounting body and the surface, particularly within the aforementioned range, can be adjusted. The tripod can, for example, be a commercially available tripod such as those commonly used for cameras, and / or be designed in the form of a tripod. In particular, the mounting body can advantageously be tiltable or...The device must be pivotable relative to the ground on the stand, in particular so that the mounting body, especially the outflow direction and / or the working surface, can be pivoted between a position parallel to the ground and a position perpendicular to the ground, in particular steplessly. By pivoting the working surface relative to the ground, or relative to the direction of the gravitational force at the location of the device, it can be achieved that when air is blown in, the hair assembly hovers above the working surface and essentially does not touch it. Thus, by adjusting the pivoting, a particularly advantageous orientation of the device, in particular of the working surface and therefore also of the outflow direction, can be set.Furthermore, the invention relates to an arrangement comprising a device according to the embodiments described above and a blower, in particular a hairdryer, wherein the blower is attached to the air inlet and its air outlet is fluid-carrying connected to the air inlet.
[0027] As a further solution to the problem underlying the present invention, the invention proposes the use of a device according to the embodiments described above for holding and / or drying hair extensions. During use, air is blown into the air inlet and through the fluid guide and out through the air outlet. The hair assembly is fixed to the fastening device, in particular clamped, and the hair is dried by means of the airflow exiting the air outlet. The hair can float freely outside the fastening device during drying, thus achieving the best possible drying result.
[0028] As a further solution to the problem underlying the present invention, the invention proposes a method for drying a hair arrangement. The hair arrangement comprises a series of hairs along a longitudinal direction, which are suitable as hair extensions for thickening and / or lengthening natural hair, wherein the hairs, particularly at their ends, are attached to a connecting strand of the hair arrangement. In a first step, the hair arrangement is fixed to at least two different fixing sections of the connecting strand extending along the longitudinal direction. Preferably, each fixing section of the connecting strand is fixed to a section of a fastening device assigned to it, which is preferably connected in a positionally fixed manner to a fluid guidance device.In a second step, a tensioning section of the connecting strand located between the fixing sections is tensioned, in particular by displacing the fixing sections of the connecting strand, wherein each fixing section is fixed to an associated fastening unit of the fastening device, and the tension is generated by moving the fastening units away from each other along the longitudinal direction. In a third step, a blower is fixed relative to the hair assembly. In a fourth step, the hair assembly is dried by air blown onto the hair assembly by means of the blower, in particular by means of the aforementioned fluid guidance device. The sequence of the process steps can vary. The numbering of the process steps here is intended solely to distinguish the individual steps. For example, fixing the blower can be performed first.
[0029] The properties described herein for various embodiments can be particularly advantageously combined in combined embodiments. In particular, embodiments of solutions according to the invention may exhibit properties that are evident from the description of embodiments of other solutions. Furthermore, embodiments of solutions according to the invention may exhibit features that are explained herein in connection with embodiments known from the prior art. The invention is explained in more detail below with reference to five figures and an exemplary embodiment.
[0030] They show:
[0031] Figure 1: a schematic representation of an embodiment of the device according to the invention in a top view;
[0032] Figure 2: a schematic representation of the components of an embodiment of the device according to the invention in a perspective view;
[0033] Figure 3: a schematic representation showing a perspective view of the front of an arrangement according to the invention;
[0034] Figure 4: a schematic representation showing a perspective view of the back of an arrangement according to the invention;
[0035] Figure 5: a schematic representation of principle, a top view of an embodiment of a device according to the invention.
[0036] The embodiment of a device I according to the invention for holding a hair arrangement, shown schematically in Figure 1, has a substantially rectangular mounting body 3. A fastening device 5 is provided on one of the two longitudinal sides of the mounting body 3, extending along a longitudinal direction X, through which a channel-like fluid guidance device 7 runs.
[0037] In particular, the fluid guidance device 7 can be formed by the volume of the fastening device 5.
[0038] Alternatively, the channel-like fluid guidance device 7 can be designed such that it is not part of the fastening device 5, in particular, it does not extend through the fastening device 5, but is arranged as a channel on the fastening device 5. The fluid guidance device 7 has an air outlet 11 and an air inlet 13, wherein the fluid guidance device 7 creates a fluid connection between the air outlet 11 and the air inlet 13. Two spaced-apart fastening sections 9 are also arranged on the fastening device 5, wherein the two fastening sections 9 are spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction X.If a blower is arranged at the air inlet 13, an airflow is generated which enters the fluid guidance device 7 through the air inlet 13, flows through it and leaves it through the air outlet 11 in an outflow direction Y that runs perpendicular to the longitudinal direction X, at least with one component.
[0039] Figure 2 shows a further embodiment of the device 1 according to the invention in a perspective view. The embodiment shown corresponds essentially to the embodiment shown in Figure 1, except that the fluid guide device 7 has an air outlet 11 with a plurality of air outlet nozzles 15. The air outlet nozzles 15 have a substantially circular cross-section. For a clearer illustration of the fluid guide device 7 and the air outlets 11 arranged on it, the mounting sections 9 are not shown in Figure 2. A support device 21 in the form of two profile rails is provided on the rear side of the work surface 17 to enable the device 1 to stand firmly and to allow the work surface 17 to be tilted relative to a surface on which the device can be placed by means of the support device 21.Furthermore, the device 1 has a wall 19 which is arranged to bound the longitudinal sides of the work surface 17 and consists of two opposing wall sections. These wall sections extend from the surface of the work surface 17 in a direction perpendicular to it. The wall 19, the work surface 17, and the fastening device 5 together form a basin open in one direction. When the device is tilted, particularly by the support device 21, the basin formed can serve as a drain basin, directing any fluid that may escape from the hair assembly 40 to the open side of the basin.
[0040] Figures 3 and 4 show an embodiment of an arrangement according to the invention in a perspective view of the front and back. The device according to the invention of the illustrated arrangement corresponds to the embodiment shown in Figure 2 with a blower adapter 23 arranged at the air inlet 13 and a blower 30 pressed against this blower adapter 23 by means of a blower bracket 27. The fastening sections 9 are also shown, which, however, are mostly obscured by the fastening device 5 in Figure 3. The blower bracket 27 is designed as a belt, in particular a rubber belt, which is fixed to two opposite sides of the blower adapter 23 and stretched over the back of the blower opposite the outlet opening of the blower 30. The blower bracket 27 thereby generates a pressing force on the blower 30 that acts essentially parallel to the longitudinal direction X.According to the invention, the blower bracket 27 could also be designed as a retaining bracket acted upon by a spring force and / or provided with a clamping mechanism. Furthermore, the blower bracket 27 could be designed as a magnet and / or include a magnet, which is arranged in particular on the blower adapter 23, and wherein the magnet magnetically couples with a magnetic or magnetizable element arranged on a blower 30 in order to hold the blower 30.
[0041] For this purpose, for example, a magnetic attachment for the blower 30 could be used, or a magnetic holder for attachments, which is provided on some blower models, especially hair dryer models, could be used. Some commercially available hair dryers have magnets and / or magnetic and / or magnetizable elements inserted at their air outlet end, with which such a blower holder 27 could magnetically couple.
[0042] Figure 5 schematically illustrates essentially the fluid guidance device 7 of one embodiment of the device 1 according to the invention. For clarity, some of the features of the invention, such as the mounting sections 9, are not shown in Figure 5. The fluid guidance device 7 has a fluid guide plate 25, which is designed along the longitudinal direction X from the air inlet 13 such that the volume through which a fluid can flow decreases with increasing distance from the air inlet 13. By designing the fluid guidance device 7 with such a fluid guide plate 25, a uniform pressure can be generated at the air outlet nozzles 15. Ma / rh March 20, 2026
[0043] Applicant:
[0044] United Salon Technologies GmbH
[0045] 42653 Solingen
[0046] Device for holding hair extensions
[0047] Reference symbol list
[0048] I Device
[0049] 3 mounting bodies
[0050] 5 Fastening device
[0051] 7 Fluid guidance device
[0052] 9 fastening sections
[0053] II Air outlet
[0054] 13 Air intake
[0055] 15 air outlet nozzles
[0056] 17 work surface
[0057] 19 Wall
[0058] 21 Support device
[0059] 23 blower adapters
[0060] 25 Fluid guide plate
[0061] 27 Blower bracket
[0062] 30 blowers
[0063] 40 Hair arrangement
[0064] X Longitudinal direction
[0065] Y Outflow direction
Claims
Ma / rh March 20, 2026 Applicant: United Salon Technologies GmbH 42653 Solingen Device for holding hair extensions Patent claims 1. Device ( 1 ) for holding a hair arrangement, wherein the hair arrangement (40) comprises a series of hairs along a longitudinal direction (X) which are suitable in the form of hair extensions for thickening and / or lengthening natural hair, wherein the hairs are attached to a connecting strand of the hair arrangement (40), characterized by the fact that The device (1) comprises a mounting body (3) comprising a fastening device (5) and a channel-like fluid guidance device (7) connected to the fastening device (5), wherein the fastening device (5) has fastening sections (9) spaced apart from one another along the longitudinal direction (X) and is configured to fix the hair assembly (40) to the mounting body (3) by means of its connecting strand, in particular by friction and / or positive locking, and wherein the channel-like fluid guidance device (7) extends along a guidance direction and has an air outlet (11), in particular comprising at least one air outlet nozzle (15), and an air inlet (13), wherein the channel-like fluid guidance device (7) is configured to direct an airflow entering the air inlet (13) along the guidance direction,that it exits, at least predominantly, through the air outlet ( 11 ) in an outflow direction (Y) which has at least one component perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (X ., 2. Device ( 1 ) according to claim 1, characterized by the fact that the fastening device (5) comprises at least two fastening units, wherein each fastening unit forms one of the spaced-apart fastening sections (9) and wherein, in particular, each fastening unit is designed to fix the hair arrangement (40) to the mounting body (3) by means of its connecting strand, in particular by means of a friction fit and / or a positive fit.
3. Device ( 1 ) according to claim 2, characterized in that at least one of the fastening units is designed as a clamping unit and is movably arranged along the longitudinal direction (X) relative to another of the fastening units and can be positioned in a defined relative position to the other fastening unit for clamping the hair assembly (40), wherein in particular the fastening device (5) comprises a guide rail extending along the longitudinal direction (X) and the at least one clamping unit is slidably arranged on the guide rail along the longitudinal direction (X) over a displacement path, wherein in particular the guide rail is fixed in position to the fluid guidance device (7) and the slidable clamping unit can be fixed in position within the displacement path by a releasable locking means on the guide rail, wherein in particular the locking means is designed to clamp the clamping unit with the guide rail.
4. Device ( 1 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that The air inlet (13) has a blower adapter (23) designed in the manner of a pipe section, which is designed to receive and enclose a cylindrical or conically tapered outlet section of a blower (30), in particular a hairdryer, and to create a fluid connection between the outlet section received by it and the channel-like fluid guidance device (7), wherein in particular the blower adapter (23) or the mounting body (3) comprises a blower mounting (27), in particular tab-like, for fixing the blower (30) to the blower adapter (23), which extends beyond a receiving end of the blower adapter (23), wherein in particular the blower adapter (23) is designed as a component that can be detached from a base body of the mounting body (3).
5. Device ( 1 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the mounting body (3) has a working surface (17) from which the air outlet (11) is at least partially spaced in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (X) and in particular perpendicular to the outflow direction (Y) and which extends over at least a predominant proportion of a longitudinal extension length of the fastening device (5) and / or over at least a predominant proportion of a longitudinal extension length of the air outlet (11) and which is designed in particular to limit an airflow exiting through the air outlet (11) in a spatial direction which in particular extends perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (X) and perpendicular to the outflow direction (Y) and to limit at least one degree of freedom of movement, in particular in the spatial direction, of hairs of a hair arrangement (40) held on the mounting body (3) by means of the fastening device (5).
6. Device ( 1 ) according to claim 5, characterized in that a wall (19) extending perpendicularly away from the work surface (17) is provided on the work surface (17), wherein in particular the wall (19) has two wall sections that are spaced apart from each other along the longitudinal direction (X), wherein the air outlet (11) and the fastening device (5) are arranged between the wall sections.
7. Device ( 1 ) according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized by the fact that the fluid guidance device (7) has a boundary wall in which the air outlet (11) is provided, wherein in particular the wall sections extend away from the boundary wall, in particular are connected to the boundary wall, so that the working surface (17) together with the boundary wall and the wall (19) forms a working basin.
8. Device ( 1 ) according to one of claims 5 to 7, characterized in that a coating is provided on the side of the work surface ( 17 ) facing the air outlet ( 11 ) and the fastening device (5 ), which is formed in particular by a cover mat that can be detached from a base body forming the work surface ( 17 ).
9. Device ( 1 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that The air outlet (11) comprises a plurality of outlet openings spaced apart from one another by a predefined distance (A) along the longitudinal direction, in particular each comprising at least one air outlet nozzle (15), wherein in particular the predefined distance (A) is in a range of 0.1 cm to 150 cm, in particular in a range of 0.1 cm to 10 cm, in particular in a range of 0.5 cm to 5 cm, wherein in particular the air outlet (11) has a total cross-section that is larger than a total cross-section of the air inlet (13).
10. Device ( 1 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fluid guidance device (7 ) is elongated along the longitudinal direction (X) and extends over at least a predominant part of a longitudinal extension length of the fastening device (5), having an inner contour enclosing its clear cross-section which changes at least section by section along the longitudinal direction (X), wherein in particular the inner contour on its side opposite the air outlet (11) perpendicular to the outflow direction (Y) runs obliquely to the longitudinal direction (X) at least over a longitudinal section and / or the clear cross-section of the fluid guidance device (7 ) tapers away from the air inlet (13) at least over a longitudinal section in the course of its extension.
11. Device ( 1 ) according to claim 10, characterized in that the fluid guidance device (7) extends at least with a longitudinal extension section along the longitudinal direction (X) away from the air inlet (13), wherein the air outlet (11) is provided on only one side of the fluid guidance device (7) with respect to a direction extending at least with a directional component perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (X), in particular with respect to the outflow direction (Y), in particular only on this side of the fluid guidance device (7).
12. Device ( 1 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the support body (3) has a width (B) in the form of a longitudinal extension in the direction of the longitudinal direction (X) in a range between 20 cm and 300 cm, in particular between 40 cm and 200 cm, furthermore in particular between 40 cm and 150 cm, in particular between 60 cm and 120 cm .
13. Device ( 1 ) according to one of claims 9 to 12, characterized in that the predefined distance (A) corresponds to a value, wherein the predefined distance (A) corresponds to a value between the width (B) and one thousandth of the width (B) of the mounting body (3), in particular between 1 / 10 and 1 / 500, in particular between 1 / 20 and 1 / 200 of the width (B) of the mounting body (3), wherein in particular the air outlet (11) extends over at least 50%, in particular at least 60%, in particular at least 70% of the width (B) of the mounting body (3).
14. Device ( 1 ) according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the device ( 1 ) comprises a tripod to which the support body (3) is attached, wherein the support body (3) can be placed on a flat ground by means of the tripod and in particular can be positioned at a distance of 60 cm to 150 cm from this ground.
15. Arrangement comprising a device ( 1 ) according to one of the preceding claims and a blower (30) , in particular a hairdryer, wherein the blower (30) is attached to the air inlet ( 13 ), in particular is pressed forcefully against the blower adapter (23 ), and its air outlet is fluidly connected to the air inlet ( 13 .
16. Use of a device (1) according to any one of claims 1 to 14, for holding and / or drying hair extensions, wherein air is blown into the air inlet (13) and blown through the fluid guide device (7) and out through the air outlet (11), wherein the hair arrangement (40) is fixed to the fastening device (5) and the hair of the hair arrangement (40) is dried by means of the airflow exiting the air outlet (11), wherein in particular the hair floats freely outside the fastening device (5) during drying.
17. Method for drying a hair arrangement (40) comprising a series of hairs along a longitudinal direction (X) which are suitable in the form of hair extensions for thickening and / or lengthening natural hair, wherein the hairs are attached (end-side) to a connecting strand of the hair arrangement (40), comprising the steps: fixing the hair arrangement (40) to at least two different fixing sections of the connecting strand extending along the longitudinal direction (X); - Tensioning a tensioning section of the connecting strand located between the fixing sections; - Fixing a blower (30) relative to the hair arrangement (40) ; - Drying of the hair arrangement (40) by blowing air using the blower (30), which is directed onto the hair arrangement (40).