...that a workman who left the soap mixing machine on too long was responsible for making Ivory Soap? He was so embarrassed by his mistake that he threw the mess in a stream. Imagine his dismay when the evidence of his error floated to the surface! Result: Ivory soap, the soap that floats.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7191474 | Automatic shampoo machine 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 1, a s... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7114201 | 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 fo... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6463597 | Hair washing apparatus Hair washing apparatus which can be selectively adjusted depending on the height of the person performing the hair washing and the person whose hair is being washed. A hair washing unit includes a bowl unit at which a hair washing is performed by the hair... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6408455 | Automatic hair washer An automatic hair washer which performs hair washing by supplying wash water in a hot water storing tank to washing nozzles. The automatic hair washer includes a temperature gauge for measuring the temperature of the wash water. The temperature gauge is p... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6291051 | Waterproof sheet for hair washing and automatic hair washer using such waterproof sheet The present invention prevents the leakage of wash water by securely eliminating a gap between an opening of a face cover and a face of a person under hair washing regardless of the size of the face of the person, when hair washing is performed using an a... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6269492 | Automatic hair washer An automatic hair washer which has plural washing nozzles for spouting wash water to a head part, and includes a hot water storing tank for storing wash water, a hot water supplying pump for pumping wash water from the hot water storing tank and supplying... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6205596 | Automatic hair washer An automatic hair washer having a basin including nozzles for spouting wash water, a hot water storing tank, a pump for pumping wash water at a predetermined hydraulic pressure from the hot water storing tank to the nozzles, a delivery pipe for delivering... | 03/27/2001 |
| 5075908 | Hair rinse device A rinse bag is disclosed for rinsing the hair of a wearer. The rinse bag is relatively simple, inexpensive and is relatively compact, such that it does not require a great deal of space for use or storage. The rinse bag consists of a heavy bag having an e... | 12/31/1991 |
| 5022102 | Inflatable bathing devices A bathing device comprises an air inflatable bathtub and shampoo bowl of flexible material. When deflated, the bathing device lies flat for convenient storage and portability. When inflated, it expands to form a bathtub in which a person may sit, a sloped... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4956881 | Head support apparatus Disclosed is apparatus for supporting a person's head in a support sling. Two sections of rope extend upward from the support sling. The upper ends of the rope sections are connected to a central section of rope to form a continuous loop. The central sect... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4918767 | Shampoo chair and bowl apparatus A shampoo chair and bowl apparatus in which the shampoo bowl is mounted with a neck rest at a fixed elevation, and a shampoo chair is mounted for adjustment along a linear guide path inclined upwardly and rearwardly toward the shampoo bowl between a lower... | 04/24/1990 |
| 4754503 | Shampoo support for children A shampoo support for children which includes a support frame with contoured neck support padding and back support padding located between parallel frame sides and a flexible mat for receiving the lower back and hips of a child. A back support end defines... | 07/05/1988 |
| 4660233 | Portable shampoo, manicure, and washing apparatus A completely self-contained portable apparatus useful primarily in hospitals and nursing homes for washing, shampooing, pedicuring and manicuring bed-ridden persons is disclosed. A wheeled cabinet, houses clean and waste water tanks as well as heating and... | 04/28/1987 |
| 4167048 | Portable shampoo seat adapter with liquid run-off attachment A portable shampoo seat adapter for children that is disposed on the seat of a conventional barber or beautician chair with the back thereof adjacent to and below a conventional shampoo wash bowl. A headrest on the back rest of the seat adapter is dispose... | 09/11/1979 |
| 4078557 | Hair washing device A helmet has ear plugs to cover the ears of a wearer and an watertight band lining the helmet to prevent fluid leakage therefrom. A flexible inlet hose opens into the helmet for supplying water under pressure into the helmet. A flexible outlet hose extend... | 03/14/1978 |
| 3965496 | Portable baby bathing and shampooing tray A light portable baby bathing and shampooing tray adapted to rest on a flat surface and provide safe, non-slip support for said infant during bathing and shampooing with separate drainage basin provisions for the body and head so that said infant may be b... | 06/29/1976 |