To The Head Or Face Patents (Class 4/537)
  • Patent number: 11826304
    Abstract: A steaming station may include a hinged lid that allows the user to place a concave bowl with hot liquids within the inside cavity. Once the steaming station is closed with hot liquids and medicinal herbs, the user can then kneel or sit with the steaming station in front of them and place their face onto the rounded cavity of the lid to receive the benefits of the steam for extended periods of time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Sheila Denise Brown
  • Patent number: 11425982
    Abstract: An interactive health, beauty, wellness, and lifestyle tablet device and steamer having a housing and a water basin coupled to the housing. The device can further include a fluid atomizer coupled to the housing, configured to atomize fluid from the water basin, and an interactive display coupled to the housing. Here, the interactive display is configured to receive input from a user. In addition, the housing can also include a lighting unit disposed around the interactive display, and also a heating or cooling element disposed therein. The housing of the device may also include a receptacle for receiving a capsule or container and a tube for releasing and dispensing the contents of the capsule or container, among other features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Inventor: Fierra Taylor
  • Patent number: 11382466
    Abstract: A method for cleansing a desired skin surface, and a device therefor, can include a base to house a jar for the cleansing liquid, a jar for the removed liquid and debris, a pump to deliver the cleansing liquid to a wand applicator, and a pump to suction the cleansing liquid and debris removed from the desired skin surface. The two pumps can be driven by separate motors to allow a user to separately control the amount of liquid dispensed and the magnitude of the suction force applied. The device can also include an infusion enhancer that assists in the opening of the pores of the desired skin surface or by tightening the desired skin surface. The device can further include a self-cleaning tip that allows a cleaning solution to be immediately recycled through the system into the jar for the removed liquid and debris.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventors: Eric Anderson, Vincent Sorrentino
  • Patent number: 11071851
    Abstract: A steam therapy equipment including a vessel for heating a mixture of water and organic materials, a compressor to inject pressurized air into the vessel producing pressurized steam. The pressurized steam is conducted into the equipment via one or more valves. The therapy equipment is formed from at least one panel and may include a supporting frame. The therapy equipment includes a temperature sensor to measure the temperature inside the therapy equipment when pressurized steam is admitted via the valves. A patient enters the equipment and is exposed to the pressurized steam, causing dilation of the skin pores of the patient, whereby toxins are removed from the patient. One or more applicators may conduct pressurized steam to specific portions of the body of the patient. The patient may be provided with a portion of the mixture to consume as part of the steam therapy treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Inventor: Basil C. Ogbu
  • Patent number: 10227757
    Abstract: A sink accessorizing device for washing and drying a user's face includes a spray head that is configured to fluidically couple to a mixing valve of a sink. The spray head is configured to convert water that flows from the mixing valve to a mist and to emit the mist from a front of the spray head. A blower assembly is fluidically coupled to the spray head. The blower assembly is configured to operationally couple to an electrical circuit. The blower assembly is configured to heat and force air through the front of the spray head. A selector is operationally coupled to the spray head and the blower assembly. The selector is positioned to selectively compel the spray head to emit the mist to moisten a face of a user and to force the air through the front of the spray head to dry the face of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Inventor: Sharon Mott
  • Patent number: 9345903
    Abstract: A device for increasing energy at acupuncture points includes a housing, a light-emitting module, a base, a circuit device, a bending tube and a connection unit. The light-emitting module is disposed in the housing and has a plurality of light-emitting units. The base is a hollow casing. The circuit device includes a circuit board disposed in the base and electrically connected to a first connector. One end of the bending tube is connected to the housing. A transmission line is disposed in the bending tube. One end of the transmission line is electrically connected to the light-emitting module. The other end of the bending tube has a second connector electrically connected to the other end of the transmission line. The other end of the bending tube is removably connected to the base through the connection unit. The first connector and the second connector are selectively electrically connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: NIEN-CHUNG PAN
    Inventor: Nien-Chung Pan
  • Patent number: 8409154
    Abstract: A method of providing a skin benefit to the skin including the use of a skin care active and a portable moist heat delivery system comprising: a water vapor generating portion comprising a water vapor source and a heat source; and a water vapor-air regulating portion located at a skin-facing side of the water vapor generating portion, the water vapor-air regulating portion comprising a water vapor-air mixing layer, a water vapor-air distribution layer, a latent heat delivery surface, and optionally a skin contact layer, where the water vapor generating portion and the water vapor-air regulating portion are in fluid communication is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: Wyeth
    Inventors: Shekhar Mitra, Dean A. Zimmerman, Vincent York-Leung Wong, Marina Belkin
  • Patent number: 7944675
    Abstract: A negative ion generating device includes a housing having a number of water flowing passages, a number of electrically conductive boards engaged with sockets of the housing and electrically coupled to negative and conductive electricity respectively and disposed alternatively with each other for generating an electromagnetic field in the water, a copper plate is disposed in the housing and disposed above the electrically conductive boards for attracting and removing positive ions and for generating negative ions, and a processor device coupled to the conductive boards for receiving signals and for controlling the conductive boards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventor: Wen Kuei Chang
  • Publication number: 20080236612
    Abstract: A mask for delivering steam to the face and neck of a user. The mask includes an outer layer and an inner layer adapted to cover the face and neck of the user. The outer and inner layers are arranged in a spaced relationship to define a cavity therebetween for receiving steam from a source of steam. The inner layer comprising at least one pore to allow the steam to escape from the cavity through said at least one pore. The mask further comprises a seal formed along its periphery to enable the mask to be held off the face and neck thereby enabling the steam to circulate between the outer surface of the inner layer, and the face and neck.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventor: Samson Duke-Obaigbena
  • Patent number: 7008443
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating a stream of steam for direction against an area of skin of a person includes a water vessel for retaining a quantity of water, the vessel having an upright tubular vessel side wall and a vessel bottom wall and a vessel mounting structure, and a water heating mechanism mounted outside and in thermal proximity to the vessel including a heating element and a power source connection structure for generating heat for transfer into the water vessel to heat the quantity of water sufficiently to progressively transform the quantity of water into a stream of steam; a steam guidance framework including a vessel cover structure having a structure upper surface and a structure lower surface, a vessel engaging structure for suspending the vessel from the vessel cover structure, the vessel cover structure having a steam port over the water vessel for passing a stream of steam from the water vessel; a steam delivery tube including a steam delivery tube receiving end and a steam delivery tube disc
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Inventor: Rafael Jakubow
  • Patent number: 6904624
    Abstract: A sauna is provided that has a steam device and a mist device for providing steam and mist to a user. The steam device can heat a portion of the liquid to increase efficiency. The mist device can vibrate the liquid to provide the mist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Conair Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony Kit Lun Leung, Brenda P. K. Yue, Kam Fai Fung
  • Patent number: 6842918
    Abstract: A sauna for vaporizing a liquid has a body with an exhaust area, and a handle. The handle is connected to the exhaust area and the handle is for grasping the sauna. The sauna has a heater in the body for changing a state of the liquid to a vapor with the vapor having a number of droplets. Each of the droplets has an initial droplet size. The sauna also has a device. The device is in the body. The device changes the initial droplet size of the droplets in the vapor exiting the exhaust area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Conair Corporation
    Inventor: Kam Fai Fung
  • Publication number: 20040158919
    Abstract: A sauna for vaporizing a liquid has a body with an exhaust area, and a handle. The handle is connected to the exhaust area and the handle is for grasping the sauna. The sauna has a heater in the body for changing a state of the liquid to a vapor with the vapor having a number of droplets. Each of the droplets has an initial droplet size. The sauna also has a device. The device is in the body. The device changes the initial droplet size of the droplets in the vapor exiting the exhaust area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2004
    Publication date: August 19, 2004
    Applicant: CONAIR CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kam Fai Fung
  • Patent number: 6745412
    Abstract: A portable and personal sauna that provides an inexpensive and easy to operate system, which provides steam with low operating costs. The portable sauna has an electric steamer with a timer, a safety thermostat, and a plate for containing herbs. When steam passes through the herb plate, the herbal steam can provide some healthy benefits to users. The preferable and safest place for the steamer is outside of the tub/shower area, where a flexible tube is used to guide the steam inside the tub/shower area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Inventor: Zoltan Egeresi
  • Publication number: 20030177571
    Abstract: In order to dress a subject's hair using the two first and second kinds of medicine solutions, a hood must be once taken off. Therefore, in order to apply the second medicine solution, the position of the hood must be adjusted so that the head is centrally located at the hood. This adjustment is troublesome for both the operator and subject. In order to obviate such inconvenience, a hair dressing device equipped with a hood D includes a fixed hood 71 and an opening/closing hood 72 into which said hood is divided, said opening/closing hood being openably attached to said fixed hood. In this case, said opening/closing hood 72 is opened/closed so that said fixed hood 71 is opened from above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2003
    Publication date: September 25, 2003
    Applicant: Takara Belmont Corporation
    Inventors: Tomoaki Tadaka, Keiji Ito, Norimasa Okuzaki, Hajime Mizutani
  • Patent number: 5970533
    Abstract: A bendable steamer arm for facial steamer includes a tubular rear-arm having a front end and a rear end rotatably mounted on a steamer machine, a fore-arm having a connecting end and a steam spreading opening provided thereon, a connector joint adapted for connecting the front end of the rear-arm with the connecting end of the fore-arm in a bendable manner, and a bendable steam tube extending from the steamer machine to the fore-arm and passing through the connector joint for transmitting steam generated by the steamer machine to the steam spreading opening of the fore-arm of the steamer arm. Therefore, the bendable steamer arm enables a fore-arm of the steamer arm to bend left and right with respect to a rear-arm of the steamer arm, so as to enable the cosmetician to rapidly adjust the operation angle of the steamer arm and easily aim the steam outlet provided on the fore-arm at the affected part of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Inventor: Henry Ping Chang
  • Patent number: 5519900
    Abstract: A portable humidifier apparatus is used with a water closet tank which contains a quantity of water therein and includes a base assembly and an electrically powered and controlled water pump assembly, attached to the base assembly, which draws water from the quantity of water contained within the water closet tank through a filter connected to the distal end of the cold water intake tube. An electrically powered and controlled vaporizer assembly receives water and air and produces a quantity of vapor. A humidity chamber is connected to the vaporizer assembly for receiving vapor from the vaporizer assembly. The humidity chamber includes an exit aperture. An electrically powered and controlled fan assembly is connected to the vaporizer chamber such that a blend of air and vapor is mixed in the humidity chamber and emerges from the humidity chamber through the exit aperture. An electrically powered and controlled water heater assembly is in-line between the cold water outlet assembly and the vaporizer assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 28, 1996
    Inventor: G. Byron Gardner
  • Patent number: 5355591
    Abstract: An attachment is provided for converting a table top steamer into an apparatus for steam treatment of the body. The attachment comprises an approximately cylindrical conduit having open ends and a plurality of holes located between the first and second ends. The conduit divides the steam jet discharged from the steamer into three streams and diffuses and cools the steam in each of these streams, thereby allowing the face and both hands of the user may be simultaneously steam treated. The attachment is locked onto the steamer by a pair of flexible tabs extending from the sides of the conduit. The tabs have holes formed therein that secure them to retainers extending from the steamer by means of a snap fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Inventor: Richard Caruso
  • Patent number: 5228213
    Abstract: An attachment is provided for converting a table top steamer into an apparatus for steam treatment of the body. The attachment comprises an approximately cylindrical conduit having open ends and a plurality of holes located between the first and second ends. The conduit divides the steam jet discharged from the steamer into three streams and diffuses and cools the steam in each of these streams, thereby allowing the face and both hands of the user may be simultaneously steam treated. The attachment is secured to a cover on the steamer by a compression fit. Baffles formed on the open ends of the conduit serve to direct condensate to the vessel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Inventor: Richard Caruso
  • Patent number: 5205282
    Abstract: An enclosure formed by a pan and a cover is divided into an upper steam chamber and a lower hot water chamber by a perforate partition. Steam rises through the perforate partition from the hot water chamber to the steam chamber. The cover has a nose aperture into which a user places the nose to inhale steam from the steam chamber. The steam chamber is selectively communicated to the surrounding space on its exterior to control the direction and the amount of airflow between the steam chamber and the exterior. The amount is controlled by a multi-apertured disk on the exterior and the direction by a slide on the interior which can select either bi-directional flow or uni-directional flow in the direction into the chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Inventor: Yousef Daneshvar
  • Patent number: 5181510
    Abstract: A portable facial vaporizing device comprising first and second opposing fabric sections joined together along a bottom edge thereof and at adjacent portions of back and front edges thereof to form an interior pocket adapted to contain a volume of hot water. A hanging arrangement is disposed on upper back portions of said fabric portions for supporting said device on a spigot of a bath or sink such that hot water leaving said spigot will flow into said interior pocket and form a contained volume of hot water therein. At least a major portion of upper edges of said fabric portions are unjoined or free and thus form an opening for admitting and surrounding the face of a person using the device such that the person's face is exposed solely to warm vapors from said volume of hot water in said interior pocket. A disposable version may be formed from an inexpensive fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1993
    Inventor: Judith A. Peters
  • Patent number: 5098414
    Abstract: A steaming device includes a reservoir for containing a predetermined quantity of water, a heater for heating the water and producing the steam, a nozzle for exhausting out the steam, and a conduit for connecting the nozzle with the reservoir. The nozzle includes a pivotable flow adjusting mechanism for selectively varying the direction of steam flowing out therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1992
    Inventor: Cedric T. M. Walker
  • Patent number: 5094237
    Abstract: A portable facial vaporizing device comprising first and second opposing fabric sections joined together along a bottom edge thereof and at adjacent portions of back and front edges thereof to form an interior pocket adapted to contain a volume of hot water. A hanging arrangement is disposed on upper back portions of said fabric portions for supporting said device on a spigot of a bath or sink such that hot water leaving said spigot will flow into said interior pocket and form a contained volume of hot water therein. At least a major portion of upper edges of said fabric portions are unjoined or free and thus form an opening for admitting and surrounding the face of a person using the device such that the person's face is exposed to vapors from said volume of hot water in said interior pocket. A disposable version may be formed from an inexpensive fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Inventor: Judith A. Peters
  • Patent number: 5010905
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for treating moisture-depleted hair with water vapor. The apparatus is constructed so as to be very convenient to the user in treating his or her hair. It includes a first base section which can be a table top unit or a wall mounted unit, and a flexible and collapsible hose portion which is connected to the base section and adapted to be maneuverable by the subject so as to be positionable in an infinite array of directions. The base section includes a removable water reservoir chamber and a housing which includes a vapor generation section as well as an airflow section. A fan is provided in order to entrain water vapor which may be produced by way of either an ultrasonic vibrator or heating coils, and force them out through the flexible hose and onto the subject's head. A variety of interchangeable nozzles are adapted for use on the end of the flexible hose, and are configured in a variety of shapes so as to provide the user with great flexibility in their hair care method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Inventors: Marilyn J. Snyder, Susan Bjurman
  • Patent number: 4621641
    Abstract: A vaporizer and/or facial treatment device includes a casing in it for retaining a liquid to be vaporized, and a hood having collapsible shield section movable from an opened, extended condition for controlling the flow of steam exiting through an opening in the casing, to a closed, collapsed condition when the hood is not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1986
    Inventors: Bernard Frank, Melvin B. Greenberg
  • Patent number: 4616122
    Abstract: A portable apparatus for generating vapor for a facial sauna includes a housing enclosing a vented liquid storage tank having an inlet for receiving liquid to be vaporized and an outlet. An electrically heated vapor generator is located in the housing and receives liquid from the tank outlet through an electrically operated diaphragm pump for producing vapor which is discharged from an vapor outlet in the housing. The housing includes an elastic wall portion immediately adjacent and confronting the diaphragm operating armature of the pump. The elastic housing portion is manually displaceable inwardly of the housing for displacement of the pump diaphragm by the armature to prime the pump. An adjustable control is provided for regulating the pumping rate of the pump. The vapor generator is provided with anti-sputter baffles to prevent liquid droplets from being discharged with the vapor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: Clairol Incorporated
    Inventors: Paul D. Burian, deceased, Raymond W. Kunz
  • Patent number: 4572188
    Abstract: An airflow cover for controlling the body temperature of a patient covers a portion of the patient's body and provides a generalized thermal bathing of the covered portion through the delivery of a temperature controlled gas mixture to the covered portion. The cover is formed from a series of inflatable tubes which are joined together in a parallel array having an upper surface facing away from the patient's body and an oppositely directed lower surface which faces the covered portion of the patient's body. An entry port is provided through the upper surface and into one tube, transverse ports open between the tubes, and exit ports are formed in the lower surface. A thermally controlled gas mixture is introduced through the entry port, circulates in the tubes by means of the transverse ports and inflates the tubes, and exits through the exit ports in the direction of the covered body portion to provide the desired thermal bathing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1986
    Inventors: Scott D. Augustine, Douglas J. Augustine
  • Patent number: 4399349
    Abstract: An electrically heated, hand-held portable facial sauna appliance has a top air inlet, side air inlet, an air flow adjustment arrangement and a fan to mix ambient air with steam generated from a quantity of water contained in an internal steam generating chamber having an associated electric heater and a bottom fill opening such that the appliance must be inverted to fill the chamber with water. A water trap and overflow arrangement in the container ensures that the chamber cannot be overfilled and enables the appliance to be overturned during use without leaking. The appliance is provided with attachments in the form of a facial mask, concentrator tube, brush and sponge, each designed to fit over a steam-air mixture outlet and control the quantity of air entering through the top air inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1983
    Assignee: Clairol Inc.
    Inventors: Loretta M. Deming, Raymond W. Kunz
  • Patent number: 4314138
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying a mixture of air and vapor to the face or hair includes an evaporator comprising a closed tank partially filled with water to leave a residual space thereabove and provided with an electric heater immersed in the water for generating a steam which fills the residual space. A first downwardly sloping tube connects the an attachment, located higher than the tank and adapted to fit on the head or face to be treated, to the residual space. A upwardly sloping second tube connects the outlet of a fan positioned lower than the tank to the residual space. Both the temperature and the flow of the vapor-air mixture can be varied by changing not only the power of the electric heater but also the rotational speed of the fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1979
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1982
    Inventor: Akira Itoh
  • Patent number: 4281423
    Abstract: A foam bathing apparatus comprising a main body including a blower, a container mounted on the main body for containing a bath and a porous body disposed at an inner bottom portion of the container. Air from the blower is passed through the porous body to produce numerous air bubbles in the bath for the user to immerse the face or the like in the bath for cleansing or massaging. The apparatus includes a pressure chamber provided within the main body and positioned downstream from the blower in proximity thereto, the pressure chamber being provided with a pressure adjusting assembly comprising, for example, a pressure adjusting aperture and a shutter for opening or closing the aperture for smooth and fine adjustment of the amount of air bubbles to be produced. The apparatus is usable also for cleansing or massaging other part of the human body, such as the hand, elbow or foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1981
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masao Fukunaga, Fusao Niino, Hiroshi Nonoguchi
  • Patent number: 4262374
    Abstract: A bubble wash unit is provided with a wash basin for filling water, a stand assembly disposed to the bottom of the wash basin via bayonet coupling, and a bubble assembly disposed to the wash basin via snap coupling while astriding the upper edge of the wash basin in order to pneumatically connect an easily disassembable bubble disc placed on the inside bottom of the wash basin to a compressor suspensibly held within the stand assembly. Easily disassembable construction via bayonet or snap coupling enables complete protection of the compressor against wetting, easy transportation and handling of the unit, and easy replacement and/or cleaning of mechanical elements. A suspensible support successfully damps vibration of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1979
    Date of Patent: April 21, 1981
    Assignee: Nikki Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Mikiya, Tadahisa Mogaki, Nobuyuki Nozawa
  • Patent number: 4205692
    Abstract: Vapor hood for covering the head of the user for enabling water vapor to surround the user's head freely and penetrate the user's hair equally during hair treatment is disclosed for use with a sink including a hot water faucet. The vapor hood is formed from a self-supporting, vapor impervious, non-flexible, dome shaped member including a head opening allowing placement of the head of the user within the interior of the dome shaped member. The dome shaped member has dimensions such that the water vapor can freely surround the head of the user located within the interior of the dome shaped member. The vapor hood can further include a flexible, impervious member removably attached to and around the base of the dome shaped member for vaporously sealing the base of the dome shaped member with the sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1980
    Inventor: Luigi G. Losenno