Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Takara Belmont Corporation

Sanyo Electric Techno Clean Co., Ltd.

Masatsugu Ito

Masaru Noro

Takenari Yuki

Hideaki Matsunaga

Tatsuhiko Yoshii

Tomo Nishimura

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.

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Osaka, Japan

Masatsugu Ito