Luminous infra-red method and apparatus for accelerating coloring of hair on human head

Claim 3

FOR USE IN ACCELERATING THE OXIDATION REACTION IN THE OXIDATIVE BLEACHING, TINTING, TONING AND DYEING OF A MAT OF HAIR ON THE HUMAN HEAD WETTED WITH A COLOR CHANGING CHEMICAL OXIDATION REACTANT, AN APPARATUS COMPRISING: (A) A HOOD COMPRISING AN ELONGATED TUBE HAVING A CLOSED TOP, SAID TUBE FORMING WITH THE TOP A CLOSED CHAMBER HAVING A LARGE OPEN MOUTH AT THE LOWER END ONLY THEREOF, SAID CHAMBER AND MOUTH BEING SUCH AS TO RECEIVE THROUGH THE MOUTH INTO THE CHAMBER A WETTED MAT OF HAIR ON A HUMAN HEAD WITH THE HEAD SPACED FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES FROM THE TOP OF THE CHAMBER, SAID CLOSED CHAMBER WITH ITS OPEN MOUTH PROVIDING AN ESSENTIALLY STATIC LOCALLY RESTRICTED ATMOSPHERE AROUND THE WETTED MAT IN WHICH A HIGH LEVEL OF HUMIDITY IS MAINTAINED WITHOUT APPRECIABLE DRYING OF THE MAT DURING OPERATION OF SAID APPARATUS, THE ENTIRE INTERNAL SURFACE OF THE CLOSED CHAMBER BEING REFLECTIVE, AND (B) A CLUSTER OF MUTUALLY SPACED ELECTRIC LAMPS ADJACENT THE INSIDE TOP OF SAID CHAMBER AND DISTRIBUTED IN COOPERATION WITH SAID REFLECTIVE SURFACE SO THAT SAID LAMPS WILL RADIATE UPON THE WETTED MAT OF HAIR A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM FIELD OF RADIANT ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY, THE ENERGY EMITTED BY SAID LAMPS BEING FROM ABOUT 7,000 A. WHICH IS AT THE LOW END OF THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM TO ABOUT 12,000 A. WHICH IS AT THE HIGH END OF THE INFRA-RED SPECTRUM, SAID LAMPS PROVIDING ENERGY IN A QUANTUM OF FROM 200 TO 500 WATTS AND SO SPACED FROM THE HEAD AS TO SHORTEN THE HAIR COLORIN TIME WITH SAID REACTANT TO A TIME WHICH IS FROM 10 TO 25% OF THE TIME THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO EFFECT SAID HAIR COLORING WITH SAID RECTANT BUT WITHOUT THE CONCURRENT APPLICATION OF THE RADIANT ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY, SAID RADIANT ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY BEING OF A SUFFICIENT QUANTITY TO RAISE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE MAT ADJACENT THE SCALP TO AT LEAST 110* F.

Claim 4

FOR USE IN ACCELERATING THE OXIDATION REACTION IN THE OXIDATIVE BLEACHING, TINTING, TONING AND DYEING OF A MAT OF HAIR ON THE HUMAN HEAD WETTED WITH A COLOR CHANGING CHEMICAL OXIDATION REACTANT, AN APPARATUS COMPRISING: (A) A HOOD COMPRISING AN ELONGATED TUBE HAVING A CLOSED TOP, SAID TUBE FORMING WITH THE TOP A CLOSED CHAMBER HAVING A LARGE OPEN MOUTH AT THE LOWER END ONLY THEREOF, SAID CHAMBER AND MOUTH BEING SUCH AS TO RECEIVE THROUGH THE MOUTH INTO THE CHAMBER A WETTED MAT OF HAIR ON A HUMAN HEAD WITH THE HEAD SPACED FROM 3 TO 6 INCHES FROM THE TOP OF THE CHAMBER, SAID CLOSED CHAMBER WITH ITS OPEN MOUTH PROVIDING AN ESSENTIALLY STATIC LOCALLY RESTRICTED ATMOSPHERE AROUND THE WETTED MAT IN WHICH A HIGH LEVEL OF HUMIDITY IS MAINTAINED WITHOUT APPRECIABLE DRYING OF THE MAT DURING OPERATION OF SAID APPARATUS, THE ENTIRE INTERNAL SURFACE OF THE CLOSED CHAMBER BEING REFLECTIVE, AND (B) A CLUSTER OF MUTUALLY SPACED ELECTRIC LAMPS ADJACENT THE INSIDE TOP OF SAID CHAMBER AND DISTRIBUTED IN COOPERATION WITH SAID REFLECTIVE SURFACE SO THAT SAID LAMPS WILL RADIATE UPON THE WETTED MAT OF HAIR A SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM FIELD OF RADIANT ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY, THE ENERGY EMITTED BY SAID LAMPS BEING FROM ABOUT 7,000 A. WHICH IS AT THE LOW END OF THE VISIBLE SPECTRUM TO ABOUT 12,000 A. WHICH IS AT THE HIGH END OF THE INFRA-RED SPECTRUM, SAID LAMPS PROVIDING ENERGY IN A QUANTUM OF FROM 200 TO 500 WATTS AND SO SPACED FROM THE HEAD AS TO SHORTEN THE HAIR COLORIN TIME WITH SAID REACTANT TO A TIME WHICH IS FROM 10 TO 25% OF THE TIME THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO EFFECT SAID HAIR COLORING WITH SAID RECTANT BUT WITHOUT THE CONCURRENT APPLICATION OF THE RADIANT ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY, SAID RADIANT ELECTROMAGNETIC ENERGY BEING OF A SUFFICIENT QUANTITY TO RAISE THE TEMPERATURE OF THE MAT ADJACENT THE SCALP TO AT LEAST 110* F.