MUMBAI, India, Aug. 17 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647096845 A) filed by Koninklijke Philips N. V. on August 11, 2026, for An Applicator For Applying Treatment Liquid To The Hair, And A Hair Curler Using The Applicator.
Inventors include Lelieveld, Mark Johannes; Leung, Sze Keung; and Li, Wai Ho.
The application for the patent was published on August 14, 2026, under issue no. 33/2026.
Abstract: An applicator comprises a roller arrangement having at least one roller, wherein the roller comprises a central reservoir and a porous outer layer for transferring treatment liquid from the central reservoir to hair, wherein the roller is freely rotatable in use. The applicator is for example part of a hair curler which has a tubular heating barrel with a tubular sleeve around the heating barrel. The applicator functions as a treatment liquid application system, and one or more rollers are located along a path of the hair during winding on the tubular heating barrel and/or during removal of the hair from the hair curler. Thus, a protection topical may be applied before curling, a topical may be applied after curling, or both. The hair curler can for example apply treatment liquids before and after curling, and in an automatic way during use of the hair curler.
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