Patents by Inventor Jose A. Carballada

Jose A. Carballada 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).

  • Hair iron
    Patent number: 7380556
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignees: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd., The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jose A. Carballada, Dennis E. Kuhlman, David M. Stentz, Shinji Nishimura, Kazunori Nakasai
  • Hair iron
    Publication number: 20060144414
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2002
    Publication date: July 6, 2006
    Inventors: Jose Carballada, Dennis Kuhlman, David Stentz, Shinji Nishimura, Kazunori Nakasai
  • Device for achieving lift and volume to hair
    Publication number: 20050109359
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2004
    Publication date: May 26, 2005
    Inventors: Jose Carballada, Dana Wolsing, James Drobish, Kazunori Nakasai, Shinji Nishimura