Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Takara Belmont Corporation

Sanyo Electric Techno Clean Co., Ltd.

Hideaki Matsunaga

Masaru Noro

Takenari Yuki

Tatsuhiko Yoshii

Masatsugu Ito

Tomo Nishimura

Mitsuru Naganawa

Tetsuo Sakane

There is a demand for an automatic shampoo machine used in beauty solons and the like which dispenses with an all-purpose chair to be prepared separately and has a better appearance and an improved feeling of use. In an automatic shampoo machine, a seatfor seating a person to be shampooed thereon during shampooing and a basinfor receiving the person's head for the shampooing are supported by a common housing. The housingaccommodates and supports spout meansfor spouting warm water automatically in the basin. Since the seatis integrated in the automatic shampoo machine, the need for separately preparing a chair is obviated and the automatic shampoo machinehas an improved appearance. By using a space below the seateffectively, functional components of the spout meanssuch as a warm water reservoir tankare disposed in the space and the components can more flexibly be laid out. Aback-restof the seatis arranged to incline so that the person's face is naturally oriented vertically upward, thereby alleviating a burden on the neck of the person. A seating portionof the seatis adjustable in height, thereby making it possible to properly position the person's neck in the basin, accommodating the variations in sitting height.

Automatic shampoo machine

An automatic shampoo machine used in beauty salons and the like, having improved operability and including a manual finish hair rinsing operation. A basin is provided with a hand shower and a hand shower valve to be operated by an operator standing behind, a hood for covering and uncovering the top of the basin and an open/close unit for opening/closing and moving the hood. The open/close unit guides the hood to a closing position, a first opening position and a second opening position. In the first position the hood is in an upright state behind the basin, and in the second position the hood is positioned on the left side of the basin. In the second position, the hood uncovers the rear side of the basin, whereby the operator can perform operations from the rear side of the basin without the hood interfering.

In an automatic shampoo machine a recess is formed in a side wall of a basin to ensure water passage to the nape of the neck of a person being shampooed. A plurality of neck support members each including a bent wire arrangement is provided in a spaced relation in the recess. With the neck resting on top portions of the neck support members, the nape of the neck is rinsed by water sprayed from a stationary nape rinsing nozzle, and movable lower nozzles, through the recess. A pad for receiving the neck resting thereon is releasably attached on a peripheral portion of the basin to prevent fatigue of the neck and splashing of rinse water. Thus, the person can have his hair and nape washed in a comfortable posture.

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Moriguchi, Japan

Hideaki Matsunaga