Patents by Inventor Kazunori Nakasai
Kazunori Nakasai has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 9877910Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hair styling device for providing lift to a mass of undifferentiated hair stands on a scalp region comprising: a bundling means for gathering hair strands into hair bundles; a reservoir, in fluid communication with the bundling means, comprising a styling composition; and a means to hold and further align the hair strands along and beyond the bundling means.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2004Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jose Antonio Carballada, Dana Hance Wolsing, James Lee Drobish, Kazunori Nakasai, Shinji Nishimura
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Patent number: 7380556Abstract: A hair iron that can set hairstyles by heating and spraying a treatment agent comprises a pair of holding parts (1, 1); each having heating block (2), the surface of which acts as a holding surface (7); at least one holding part (1) containing liquid container (5), liquid holder (4) that brings the liquid in liquid container (5) in contact with heating block (2) as the liquid in liquid container (5) is transferred to heating block (2), and steam path (19) that sprays from holding surface (7) the steam generated as the liquid transferred from inside liquid container (5) is heated by the contact surface with heating block (2) of liquid holder (4). Hair is held between the holding surfaces (7, 7) of the pair of holding parts (1, 1), and under the action of the steam sprayed from the steam path (19), the hairstyle is set.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2002Date of Patent: June 3, 2008Assignees: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jose A. Carballada, Dennis E. Kuhlman, David M. Stentz, Shinji Nishimura, Kazunori Nakasai
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Patent number: 7178531Abstract: A hair styling device for smoothing and straightening hair strands on a scalp region, comprising, in combination: two hingedly attached, movably opposed arms each of said arms comprising a hair strand gripping means; heating means incorporated into the gripping means for providing heat to the hair strands; a reservoir in fluid communication with a means of delivery of the gripping means which delivers a nonvolatile styling active delivered as droplets having a Dv(90) of less than about 30 microns. A method for straightening hair strands on a scalp region wherein hair to be straightened is passed under tension between a gripping means, wherein the gripping means provides a heating means, and a styling active comprising nonvolatile compounds, wherein the styling active is delivered as droplets having a Dv(90) of less than about 30 microns.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2003Date of Patent: February 20, 2007Assignee: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Jose Antonio Carballada, Dennis Eugene Kuhlman, David Michael Stentz, Shinji Nishimura, Kazunori Nakasai
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Publication number: 20060144414Abstract: A hair iron that can set hairstyles by heating and spraying a treatment agent comprises a pair of holding parts (1, 1); each having heating block (2), the surface of which acts as a holding surface (7); at least one holding part (1) containing liquid container (5), liquid holder (4) that brings the liquid in liquid container (5) in contact with heating block (2) as the liquid in liquid container (5) is transferred to heating block (2), and steam path (19) that sprays from holding surface (7) the steam generated as the liquid transferred from inside liquid container (5) is heated by the contact surface with heating block (2) of liquid holder (4). Hair is held between the holding surfaces (7, 7) of the pair of holding parts (1, 1), and under the action of the steam sprayed from the steam path (19), the hairstyle is set.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2002Publication date: July 6, 2006Inventors: Jose Carballada, Dennis Kuhlman, David Stentz, Shinji Nishimura, Kazunori Nakasai
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Publication number: 20050109359Abstract: The present invention is directed to a hair styling device for providing lift to a mass of undifferentiated hair stands on a scalp region comprising: a bundling means for gathering hair strands into hair bundles; a reservoir, in fluid communication with the bundling means, comprising a styling composition; and a means to hold and further align the hair strands along and beyond the bundling means.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2004Publication date: May 26, 2005Inventors: Jose Carballada, Dana Wolsing, James Drobish, Kazunori Nakasai, Shinji Nishimura
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Publication number: 20040000319Abstract: A hair styling device for smoothing and straightening hair strands on a scalp region, comprising, in combination: two hingedly attached, movably opposed arms each of said arms comprising a hair strand gripping means; heating means incorporated into the gripping means for providing heat to the hair strands; a reservoir in fluid communication with a means of delivery of the gripping means which delivers a nonvolatile styling active delivered as droplets having a Dv(90) of less than about 30 microns. A method for straightening hair strands on a scalp region wherein hair to be straightened is passed under tension between a gripping means, wherein the gripping means provides a heating means, and a styling active comprising nonvolatile compounds, wherein the styling active is delivered as droplets having a Dv(90) of less than about 30 microns.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2003Publication date: January 1, 2004Applicants: The Procter & Gamble Company, Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Jose Antonio Carballada, Dennis Eugene Kuhlman, David Michael Stentz, Shinji Nishimura, Kazunori Nakasai
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Patent number: 6591516Abstract: A hair dryer including a main body, a centrifugal fan, at least one air inlet and at least one inlet guide. The main body has an air outlet. The centrifugal fan is provided in the main body and configured to blow air toward the air outlet. The centrifugal fan has an intake side and an outer circumferential surface around a central axis of the centrifugal fan. The at least one air inlet is formed in the main body to face the intake side of the centrifugal fan. The at least one inlet guide is provided to project from an inside surface of the main body and extends along a circumference of the at least one air inlet to surround and face a part of the outer circumferential surface of the centrifugal fan along a circumference of the centrifugal fan.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2001Date of Patent: July 15, 2003Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Kamada, Yuji Yamane, Kazunori Nakasai, Kouji Asakawa
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Publication number: 20020174559Abstract: A hair dryer including a main body, a centrifugal fan, at least one air inlet and at least one inlet guide. The main body has an air outlet. The centrifugal fan is provided in the main body and configured to blow air toward the air outlet. The centrifugal fan has an intake side and an outer circumferential surface around a central axis of the centrifugal fan. The at least one air inlet is formed in the main body to face the intake side of the centrifugal fan. The at least one inlet guide is provided to project from an inside surface of the main body and extends along a circumference of the at least one air inlet to surround and face a part of the outer circumferential surface of the centrifugal fan along a circumference of the centrifugal fan.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2001Publication date: November 28, 2002Applicant: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Kenji Kamada, Yuji Yamane, Kazunori Nakasai, Kouji Asakawa