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SPECIFICATION
WIG AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME
Technical Field
[0001] This invention relates to a wig capable of providing bulky
appearance enough with a small amount of hair tied on a wig base, tying
a certain amount of hair to a wig base at a pre-determined density by
accurate control, and mixing long and short hairs uniformly by
controlling to a pre-determined proportion, and to a method of
manufacturing the same.
Background Art
[0002] A wig with natural appearance by changing the lengths of hair tied
to a wig base has been known. Such a wig 20 is made, for example as
shown in Fig.8, with a network formed with filaments 24 as a net base,
and by attaching to said net base long hair 30a, short hair 30b, and the
hair of the length in between 30c. This hair is knotted to the net-shaped
filament 24 to form knots 26. The wig 20 shown in Fig.8 has hairs. of
unequal lengths, sizes, and the colors so that it attains natural hair
appearance (See Patent Reference 1.).
[0003] In order to attain natural hair appearance, Patent Reference 2
discloses a wig using alternately lined long and short hairs.
[0004]
[Patent Reference 1] JP S63-196705 A (1988, Fig.1)
[Patent Reference 21 Japan Utility Model Gazette S54-14154 (1979)
Disclosure of the Invention
Problems to be Solved
[0005] For conventional wigs, if a strand of hair is, or a few hairs bundled
together are bent at the center, and said bent position is knotted to a net
base, then a pair of hairs extending upward from the knotted base
portions are divided left and right in a relatively wide angle. The hair
split to left and right does not extend upward but lie on the net base along
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its surface, and especially, the tip portions of hair almost totally lie and
extend along the net base surface. Therefore, it is difficult to attain
bulkiness caused by the standing hair, and also the wig base is visible if
the tied amount is small.
[0006] Further in case of the wig with short hair as in the
above-mentioned Patent References 1 and 2, in order to make the lengths
of short hair as short as 1 to 3 cm, it is necessary to prepare human or
artificial hair of about 2 to 6 cm length, to bend them to two of 1 - 3 cm
lengths as described above, and to tie them. However, if a whole length of
human or artificial hair to be tied is short, then tying work becomes
extremely tricky, especially for curly or frizzle hair, the work time is long,
and the productivity lowers. Especially, since it is impossible for any
skilled professionals to tie hair shorter than 5 cm to a wig base, it is
necessary to tie long hair and cut to about 1 - 3 cm each time, resulting in
extreme inefficiency.
[00071 Though the method to improve the standing of hair is tried by
cutting hair to make a part of it short hair using a thinning scissors after
tying long hair over the whole region of the wig base, it causes a relatively
wide cut region, the short hair portion to be concentrated to a particular
region, resulting in the scattered short hair as a whole, and hence the
appearance of the wig deteriorates. Therefore, such conventional methods
can not regulate the tying ratio of the short hair to the long hair
accurately.
[0008] Incidentally, for manufacturing wigs, there may be a case to vary
the amount of tied hair (tying density) depending upon which part of the
wig. For example, as tying 100% amount of hair on the top region, while
80 to 70 % in the surrounding region to make natural appearance, tying
50% in a particular region to harmonize with the wearer's own remaining
hair, or adjusting the amount by the client's request, tying is done at each
specific portion of a wig base for a certain density according to preference
or symptom. If the pre-determined density is designed as, for example,
70% in a particular region of a wig, tying 70% density from the beginning
causes partially spotty pattern, and using a thinning scissors to make
short hair causes poor appearance with the density lower than the
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designated value or a marked spotty pattern. Therefore, the workers
improve the hair standing by making short hair using a thinning scissors
after tying 90 to 100% to a wig base, so that the final density is adjusted
to about 70%, but it is quite difficult work as described above.
[0009] One of the objects of the present invention is, in view of the
above-mentioned problems, to provide a wig with a desired bulky
appearance by hair standing, by accurately tying the amount of hair to be
tied on a wig base according to the pre-determined density upon the wig
manufacture, controlling the ratio of the amounts of long and short hairs
in said density to the pre-determined value, and by tying to the wig base
said long and short hairs controlling uniform mixing with good harmony.
Further, another object of the present invention is to provide a
method of manufacturing a wig for easy tying work of short hair among
respective hair.
Means to Solve Problems
[0010] In order to achieve said object of the present invention, a wig in
accordance with the present invention comprises a wig base, and the hair
consisting of either human or artificial hair tied thereon, characterized in
that the hair comprises short and long hairs, which are tied to the wig
base in the pre-determined amount, as well as in the pre-determined
controlled ratio.
According also to the present invention, said short and long hairs
are characterized in that they have different curl diameters, and said
short hair is tied in the controlled ratio of 20 to 50% of the amount to be
tied to the wig base.
According to the above-mentioned constitution, since the
pre-determined hair amount (the number of hair strands) can be tied to
each specific part of the wig base, a wig is provided which is rich in quite
natural appearance with the different hair amount tied depending upon
symptom, or to each part of the wig base. A wig is also provided on which
short and long hairs are tied, respectively, controlled in the
pre-determined ratio, and hence the hair volume appearance can be
realized at each different part, as well as with good hair standing. And if
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short hair has a different curl diameter from long hair, and the short hair
made among long hair by cutting long hair is allocated in the
pre-determined ratio, for example, in 20 to 50%, the root portions of long
hair are supported by the short hair allocated around them, and hence the
long hair has good standing, and the exposure of the wig base is
prevented.
[0011] In the above-mentioned aspect, it is preferred that the lengths of
short hairs are not equal, each length is less than half of long hair, and
they have non-uniform hair length distribution within the range of 1 to 5
cm. Thus, since short hair can be allocated with arbitrarily different
lengths, the pre-determined hair length distribution and natural
standing of the tied hair can be achieved.
[0012] In case that said short hair is curly hair, and its curl diameter is
shorter than that of long hair, the root portions of long hair are firmly
supported by the short hair of small curl diameter, so that the standing is
more improved, and the long hair of relatively large curl diameter is
curled naturally.
[0013] With said short and long hairs in different colors, short and long
hairs are mutually mixed and allocated about uniformly, so that
respective colors are sufficiently mixed, thereby the color appearance
which could not be achieved by conventional tying methods is brought
about, and color gradation can be formed. Further by giving gradient to
the distribution density of short hair, or by giving length distribution to
short hair, even more natural color gradation can be formed.
[0014] Also if short and long hairs have different diameters, for example,
hair of larger diameter is used as short hair, long hair is supported more
firmly by short hair, resulting in better standing of long hair, and
increase of total volume of the wig with smaller amount of hair, thereby
its appearance is improved.
[0015] In order to achieve said another object of the present invention, the
first constitution of a method of manufacturing a wig of the present
invention is characterized to include a first step of tying hair to a wig
base,
a second step of cutting each hair tied at the first step to a short hair of a
pre-determined length, and a third step of tying long hair thereafter
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among said short hair on the wig base.
The second constitution of a method of manufacturing a wig of the
present invention is characterized to include a first step of designing a
mixing ratio of short and long hairs to be tied to a wig base to a
pre-determined value, and tying the hair to be short hair to the wig base
at said pre-determined ratio, a second step of cutting each hair tied at the
first step to a short hair of a pre-determined length, and a third step of
tying the hair to be long hair among short hair on said wig base in said
pre-determined ratio.
In the above-mentioned constitution at the second step, the hair
to be short hair is tied by controlling, for example, to 20 to 50% of the hair
amount tied to a wig base in the pre-determined ratio, and so cutting as to
realize the hair length distribution after cutting each hair to the short
hair of a pre-determined length. It is also preferred that the second step is
making the length of each short hair to the half or less of said long hair,
and non-uniform within the range of 1 to 5 cm. Further, the third step
may be tying long hair controlling the pre-determined ratio of the
pre-determined density with the already tied short hair.
[00161 According to said first constitution, the hair tied to a wig base at
the first step is cut to short hair of a pre-determined length at the second
step. Therefore, long hair the tying work of which is easy can be tied at
the first step. Thereafter, it is cut short to a pre-determined length at the
second step, so that short hair can be easily tied in controlled
pre-determined ratio, and work can be completed in short time, thereby
productivity is improved. Long hair is controlled to the pre-determined
ratio and distributed by tying long hair to a wig base after forming short
hair at the second step. Therefore, unlike the case of cutting with a
conventional thinning scissors, short hair is not allocated in a spotty
pattern, and the natural appearance is improved, as well as the short hair
distribution density can be given gradient.
According to said second constitution, prior to tying the hair to be
short hair at the first step, the mixing ratio of short and long hairs to be
tied to a wig base can be adjusted, and designed properly, so that tying
work can be conducted easily by controlling to a pre-determined ratio
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with the desired standing appearance.
Also in accordance with the present invention, the hair tied to a
wig base is cut to short hair of a pre-determined length at the second step.
Therefore, as tying, long hair of easier tying work can be tied. Thereafter,
it is cut short to a pre-determined length, so that short hair can be tied by
controlling to a pre-determined ratio to long hair at the pre-determined
density, and said tying step is possible in short time resulting in the
improved productivity.
In addition, according to the present invention, the hair amount to
be tied to a wig base can be controlled to a desired value upon the wig
designing depending upon the state of hair thinning, or upon consultation
with the wearer, and the distribution of long and short hairs or the short
hair lengths can be designed and adjusted arbitrarily and at will,
resulting in the manufacture of wigs along the wearer's detailed needs.
Effect of the Invention
[0017] According to the wig of the present invention, a quite excellent wig
can be provided with good hair standing and bulkiness by tying short and
long hairs to a wig base by controlling the mixing ratio to a
pre-determined value.
[0018] According to a method of manufacturing a wig of the present
invention, easily tiable long hair is tied by controlling to a pre-determined
ratio, and thereafter short hair is formed by cutting it, so that a wig with
short and long hairs can be easily manufactured in short time.
Further according to the present invention, the hair density (the
number of strands of hairs) of tying to a wig base can be determined to a
pre-determined density at each part of a wig base upon the wig designing.
Also, short and long hairs can be tied in a pre-determined mixing ratio
and at strictly controlled tying positions. Therefore, tying work can be
efficiently conducted, as well as a plurality of wigs can be provided which
are mutually identical in the amount and distribution of hairs, and
practically identical in hair standing and external appearance. Therefore,
a wig wearer can possess identical wigs as reserves.
[0019] According to the present invention, the hair amount to be tied to a
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wig base can be strictly controlled to a desired value upon the wig
designing depending upon the state of hair thinning, or upon consultation
with the wearer, and the distribution of long and short hairs or the short
hair lengths can be designed and adjusted arbitrarily and at will along
the result of consultation with the wearer and the preferred design,
resulting in the manufacture of wigs along the wearer's detailed needs.
Brief Description of the Drawings
[0020] Fig.1 is a perspective view diagrammatically illustrating the
makeup of a wig in accordance with a first embodiment of the invention.
Fig.2 is an enlarged view diagrammatically showing the wig
illustrated in Fig.l.
Fig.3 is a cross sectional view diagrammatically showing
sequentially each step of a method of manufacturing a wig in accordance
with an embodiment of the invention.
Fig.4 is a diagrammatical view illustrating a tying pattern of
short hair at the first step in a method of manufacturing a wig of Fig.3.
Fig.5 is a diagrammatical view illustrating a tying pattern of long
hair at the third step in a method of manufacturing a wig of Fig.3.
Fig.6 is a diagrammatical view illustrating tied states of short and
long hairs in a method of manufacturing a wig of Fig.3.
Fig.7 is a diagrammatical view illustrating a modified example of
tied states of short and long hairs of a wig manufactured in accordance
with the invention.
Fig.8 is a diagrammatical view illustrating an example of makeup
of a conventional wig.
Explanation of Marks and Symbols
[0021]
1: Wig
2: Wig base
3: Short hair
3a: Knot
4: Long hair
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4a: Knot
5: Hair to be short hair
5a: Knot
Best Modes for Carrying out the Invention
[0022] Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in details with
reference to the embodiments illustrated in the figures.
Explanation is first made of a wig of the present invention with
reference to the diagrammatical perspective view shown in Fig.l. As
shown in Fig.1, a wig 1 comprises a wig base 2 to be worn on a wearer's
head, and hair made of human or artificial hairs tied to said wig base 2,
and said hair comprises short hair 3 and long hair 4.
[0023] Fig.2 is an enlarged view diagrammatically showing the wig
illustrated in Fig.l. As shown, short and long hairs 3 and 4, respectively,
are knotted by such known knotting methods used for knotting strings or
others, for example, lark's hitch, clove hitch, left and right knot, or the
application thereof to filaments or at their cross sections of a wig base 2
using a net member. In the figure, the knots of short and long hairs 3 and
4 are 3a and 4a, respectively.
Here, though tying mixed short and long hairs 3 and 4 to a wig
base 2 is similar to known arts, prior arts formed short hair with thinning
scissors at post steps, so that they are inevitably allocated at random to
long hair. On the other hand, in the wig 1 of the present invention, short
and long hairs 3 and 4 can be tied to a wig base 2 in pre-determined
amounts, and further, said short and long hairs 3 and 4 can be tied by
controlling to a pre-determined ratio.
[0024] That is, according to the present invention, such items as how to
design the total hair density (or the number of hair strands) of the
summed up long and short hairs, how to tie in which hair density
distribution in which region of a wig base, and others can be strictly
designed upon the wig designing by consultation with the wearer.
Further in the total hair density distribution determined as
mentioned above, how to distribute the mixing ratio of long and short
hairs 4 and 3 to attain bulky appearance of hair, in what ratio to mix
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short hair 3 in which part of the head, or how many cm to design the
length of said short hair 3 depending upon which parts can be strictly
controlled while observing the states of unhairing and hair thinning, and
also consulting in detail with the wearer upon designing of a wig 1, so
that the hair amount tied to a wig base 2 becomes equal to the desired
value, and further, the distribution of long and short hairs 4 and 3 and
the lengths of short hair 3 can be designed and adjusted arbitrarily and at
will along the result of consultation with the wearer and the desired
design.
[0025] Here, the pre-determined density means the hair density (hair
amount) of the total number of strands of the actually tied short and long
hairs 3 and 4 to the total hair amount (total number of hair strands)
capable to be tied to a wig base 2, and can be defined strictly upon wig
designing as described above. The pre-determined ratio means, in a
particular tying region of a wig base, the respective ratio of the numbers
of strands of short and long hairs 3 and 4 to the total number of strands of
short and long hairs combined to be tied defined by said pre-determined
density, namely, a mixing ratio.
[0026] According to the present invention, short and long hairs 3 and 4
are tied to a wig base 2 in a pre-determined hair amount, and by
controlling, respectively, to the pre-determined ratio decided upon the
wig designing. Thus, by allocating short hair 3 among long hair 4 while
adjusting the bulkiness as a whole, the root portions of long hair 4 are
supported by the short hair 3 located around them, so that long hair 4 has
good standing, as well as the exposure of a wig base 2 is prevented.
Also, since short hair 3 is properly distributed, short hair 3 is not
allocated in spotty pattern like the case of cutting with conventional
thinning scissors, thereby natural appearance is improved, as well as the
distribution density of short hair 3 can be given gradient.
[0027] The lengths of short hair 3 may be non-uniform, and may have hair
length distribution. In this case, the hair length distribution may be
formed for short hair 3 so the lengths are different. Therefore, natural
standing of the tied hair can be formed.
[0028] Curly hair may be used as short hair 3. Long hair 4 may be
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straight hair, or curly hair with the curl diameter larger than that of
short hair 3. In case to make short hair 3 curling, the root portions of long
hair 4 are firmly supported by curly short hair 3 with relatively small curl
diameter, so that they have better standing, as well as long hair 4 with
relatively large curl diameter has curl in a natural state.
[0029] Short and long hairs 3 and 4 may be of mutually different colors. In
this case, short and long hairs 3 and 4 are fully mixed and allocated
nearly uniformly, so that respective colors are fully mixed to generate the
color feeling which could not be attained by conventional tying methods,
as well as color gradation can be generated. Further, by giving gradation
to the distribution density of short hair 3, and by giving length
distribution to short hair 3, even more natural color gradation can be
formed.
[0030] As short and long hairs 3 and 4, hairs of mutually different
diameters may be used. For example, if the hair of a larger diameter is
used as short hair 3, long hair 4 is more firmly supported by short hair 3
so that long hair has better standing, and the volume is increased for hair
tied to a wig. The short hair is preferably tied in the amount controlled to
the ratio of 20 to 50% of the hair amount tied to said wig base 2. With said
ratio of 20% or less, hair standing is poor, while said ratio of 50% or more
is neither preferred, for long hair is fewer in ratio resulting in low hair
volume.
[0031] Here, a wig base 2 may be made with a net member and artificial
skin, or the combination of artificial skin and a net member. As the net
member materials having mesh, woven or knit monofilaments made of
synthetic resin such as nylon or polyester, or non-woven materials may be
used. As materials for artificial skin, soft synthetic resins such as, for
example, urethane resin may be used. A wig base 2 is preferably treated
by deglossing process to reduce gloss on the surface of a wig 1.
For attaching hair to a wig base 2 made of a net member in
accordance with said embodiment, a loop is formed with one strand of
hair, or a few strands of hairs bent into two at the center, for example, on
filaments constituting the net member or their cross sections, a pair of
free ends of hair are inserted into said loop and pulled out, and further
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one end of a pair of hairs is knotted to the other hair doubly or triply as
required to be fixed. Also, if a wig base is made of artificial skin, simply
inserting hair to said artificial skin and pulling out one end, a tying
method of so-called V-tying, may be used, or other known methods may be
used.
[0032] According to a wig 1 of the present invention, short and long hairs
3 and 4 are tied to a wig base 2 in a pre-determined hair amount, and
further said short and long hairs 3 and 4 are tied by controlling to a
pre-determined ratio. Thereby, hair amount and flow can be given
corresponding to various hairstyles, and a quite excellent wig can be
provided which has good hair standing and bulkiness.
[0033] Explanation is next made of a method of manufacturing a wig of
the present invention.
Fig.3 is a cross sectional view diagrammatically illustrating
sequentially each step of a method of manufacturing a wig in accordance
with an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in Fig.3(A), a wig base 2 resembling, or formed
corresponding to, the wearer's head shape is prepared. In case shown in
the figure, the wig base 2 is explained as a net base made of net members
of plain fabric from plastic monofilaments.
As shown in Fig.3(B), at the first step, curly hair with the curl
diameter relatively smaller than a net base 2 is tied as the hair 5 as short
hair. The lengths of said first tied hair 5 are made sufficiently longer than
those of pre-determined short hair 3 for easy operation of tying work. Said
lengths are basically same as those of long hair 4, but may be longer or
shorter.
The hair 5 for short hair 3 is tied on matrix-like filaments or at
their cross sections of the net base 2. The hair 5 is tied by, for example,
bending a strand or a few strands to two at a center to form a pair, and by
hooking their bent portions with a specific hooking needle to form knots
5a in the net base 2.
[0034] Fig.4 is a diagrammatical view illustrating a tying pattern of short
hair in the pre-determined density at the first step in a method of
manufacturing a wig of Fig.3. In Fig.4, matrix-like cross sections
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illustrate imaginary tying positions of hair, which also applies to an
artificial skin base besides a net base. The case in which hair is tied at all
of these cross sections is defined as 100% pre-determined density. As
shown in the figure, the hair 5 to be short hair is knotted at cross sections
(open circles in the figure, 0) so the density reaches the pre-determined
value. The hair 5 as short hair is tied in the pre-determined ratio with the
wearer's hairstyle or hair flow taken into consideration.
[0035] In this example, hair is tied so the density reaches the
pre-determined value, for example, the hair amount is 70%. Here,
explanation is made of pre-determined density using Fig.4. The case in
which hair is tied at all the cross sections of a net base is defined as 100%
pre-determined density as mentioned above, then there are 49 cross
sections of the net base in Fig.4, and it is 100% if hair is tied at all of
them.
Then, 70% of pre-determined density is defined as the case in which hair
is tied at 70% of the above-mentioned 49. cross sections, that is, 34 cross
sections. If the ratio of long and short hairs 4 and 3 is pre-determined as
50%, then, in said pre-determined density of 70 %, long and short hairs 4
and 3, respectively, are tied to a net base 2 as the half of hairs each of the
pre-determined density 70%, that is, 35% each of the pre-determined
density, or each 17 strands of long and short hairs in Fig.4. Here, the
positions of tying short and long hairs 3 and 4 are uniformly selected
without deviation, but may be properly selected depending upon the style
of the wig 1.
In case that the mixing ratio of long and short hairs 4 and 3 is
pre-determined together with the hair tying amount, the desired hair
amount, standing distribution, and others are designed upon designing of
a wig 1 by, for example, inspecting hair thinning of the wearer's head top
region, and with the wearer's hair style and flow taken into consideration.
For example, in order to make hair standing better from a forehead to a
top region, the ratio of short hair to long hair can be properly designed to
50%, and to 20 to 35% from a top region to a back side and side head
regions.
[0036] Next, as shown in Fig.3(C) at the second step, the hair 5 to be short
hair tied to a wig base 2 is cut with clippers to a pre-determined length,
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for example, about 1 to 3 cm to be short hair 3.
[0037] In case to form short hair 3, relatively long hair 5 before cutting
(for example, whole length of about 20 cm) to be short hair is tied to a wig
base 2 at the first step. In this case, a strand of hair or a few strands of
hairs of about 20 cm length are formed to loops by bending to two at the
center, the free end sides of these paired hairs are inserted into said loops
in the winding state to filaments, and knotted, then the hairs of about 10
cm length are tied as a pair to a net base. After repeatedly tying the hair
to be short hair in the pre-determined number and distribution pattern
to the pre-determined density, they are cut to the pre-determined length,
for example, about 1 to 3 cm to form short hair 3 of the pre-determined
length.
Thus, tying hair 5 as long hair to be short hair renders the attaching
work easy even for non-experts, the tying step in short time, and the
production efficiency improved. Since also short hair 3 is tied at the
pre-determined distribution, they are not allocated in spotty pattern like
the case of conventional short hair cut with thinning scissors, but
allocated according to the original design, resulting in the improved
natural appearance.
[0038] Hair length distribution can be formed, without making the
lengths of short hairs 3 uniform. In this case, by cutting hair 5, for
example, with clippers from a diagonal direction, hair length distribution
of short hair with different lengths may be formed. Thus properly forming
short hair length distribution results in more natural appearance with
bulkiness from long hair standing.
[0039] At the third step, as shown in Fig.3(D), straight hair or curly hair
with relatively large curl diameter is tied to a wig base 2 as long hair,
forming knots 4a like the case of short hair. Long hair 4 may be of the
same color and size as the hair 5 to be short hair, or in order to make
fashionability richer, the hair of similar color or totally different tint or
color may be used.
[0040] Fig.5 is a diagrammatical view illustrating a tying pattern of long
hair at the above-mentioned third step. In Fig.5, dotted lines show
filaments of a net base 2, and long hair 4 is knotted at cross sections of
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filaments (solid circles in the figure, =). As shown, long hair 4 is tied so
the pre-determined density is attained, for example, 70% together with
short hair 3.
In case to set the pre-determined ratio of long and short hairs 4
and 3 to 50%, long hair 4 is tied as the half of the pre-determined density
70% of hair amount (the number of strands), that is, 35% of the
pre-determined density, to a net base 2. Said long hair 4 is also tied by the
similar method to short hair in the pre-determined distribution pattern.
[0041] Finally, the manufactured wig is worn on the wearer's head, long
hair is cut to the desired length and hairdone, resulting in a wig of the
desired hair style, with the wearer's desired hair amount, good standing,
and rich bulky appearance.
As explained above, according to the present invention, by
determining the total tying amount of the hair to be short hair 3 and long
hair 4 to a wig base 2 to a pre-determined density, and further
determining the tying ratio of short and long hairs 3 and 4 to the
pre-determined ratio, after tying long hair to be short hair first to a wig
base 2 in said pre-determined ratio, and cutting to a pre-determined
length to make short hair 3, and next tying long hair to be long hair 4
among the tied short hair 3, and cutting to a pre-determined length to
make long hair 4, short and long hairs 3 and 4 can be tied in the
pre-determined hair amount, and moreover, short and long hairs 3 and 4
can be tied by controlling to the pre-determined mixing ratio, thereby a
wig of a rich bulkiness owing to standing of long hair 4 supported by short
hair 3 can be obtained.
[0042] Fig.6 is a diagrammatical view illustrating tied states of short and
long hairs in a method of manufacturing a wig of Fig.3. As shown in Fig.6,
a wig 1 manufactured in accordance with the present invention has tying
of the pre-determined density of 70% as a whole by tying short and long
hairs 3 and 4 to a wig base 2 in the pre-determined density each, namely
35% each in the present example. Since long hair 4 is supported around
their root portions by short hair tied in the vicinities, their lying down is
prevented, resulting in good standing, and appearance is improved, as
well as bulky appearance is attained, as the exposure of the wig base 2 is
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prevented by the presence of short hair.
[0043] Fig.7 is a diagrammatical view illustrating a modified example of
tied states of short and long hairs 3 and 4 of a wig 1 manufactured in
accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention. In the
wig manufactured in accordance with said second embodiment, as shown
in Fig.6, short and long hairs 3 and 4 are tied respectively in 35% of the
pre-determined density. On the other hand, in the wig shown in Fig.7, the
case is such that the pre-determined density of short and long hairs 3 and
4 is 70% which prevents the exposure of a wig base 2 as in the case of
Fig.6, and the pre-determined ratios of long and short hairs 4 and 3 are
70% and 30%, respectively. Therefore, long and short hairs 4 and 3 are
tied, respectively, in the pre-determined densities 49% and 21%.
[0044] By thus adjusting the pre-determined ratio of long and short hairs
in the pre-determined density of 70% to make long hair density higher for
the pre-determined ratio of 50%, the standing of long hair 4 is good by the
presence of short hair 3, natural appearance is improved, and as a whole,
the effect that the wig base 2 is not exposed further is obtained.
[0045] Although a wig base 2 is composed as a net base in said
embodiment, it is obvious that it is not so limited, but an artificial skin
base may do. In said embodiment, short and long hairs 3 and 4 are of
mutually same color and size, with mutually different curl diameters, but
it may not be so limited, but they may be of mutually different color and
size, and these differences bring about the color and the volume feelings
not obtainable by conventional methods of tying, and natural appearance
or fashionability is improved.
Examples
[Example 1]
[0046] As Example 1, a wig 1 in accordance with the present invention
was manufactured.
Utilizing a plaster pattern of the wig wearer's head shape
prepared in advance, covering it with a net made of plastics such as nylon
and polyester, coating thermosetting resin solution thereon, and heating
to about 100 C, a net base 2 as a wig base was manufactured by molding
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to a curved shape as the head shape.
As the first step, curled hair 5 with a relatively small curl
diameter of about 30 cm were tied to said net base 2 on matrix-like
filaments of a net base 2 and at their cross sections. The hair 5 was tied
by bending a strand to two at a center to form a pair, and by hooking their
bent portions with a specific hooking needle to form knots 5a in the net
base 2. The length of the hair 5 tied first was 15 cm, equal to that of long
hair 4. Since the tied area of the net base 2 was 300 cm2, and the
pre-determined density was 70%, the weight of 15 cm long hair was 50 g.
Since also the pre-determined ratio of short hair 3 in hair number was
50%, the hair weight of the first tied hair 5 was about 25 g.
[0047] As a second step, the hair 5 tied to a net base 2 was cut to 3 cm
with clippers to be short hair 3. Said short hair cut to 3 cm was further
cut in a diagonal direction with clippers in a pre-determined width to be 1
to 3 cm long to give a length distribution to short hair.
[0048] As a third step, curly hair with a relatively large curl diameter of
about 30 cm as a total was bent to two, and knotted to pre-determined
positions, resulting in tying long hair 4 of 15 cm length.
Here, artificial hairs of nylon filaments of the same black color
and same diameter were used for short and long hairs 3 and 4. Long hair
4 had the same pre-determined ratio of 50% as short hair, and were tied
among short hair 3 at pre-determined intervals.
[Example 2]
[0049] The same wig 1 as in Example 1 in accordance with the present
invention was manufactured, except for the pre-determined ratio of short
and long hairs 3 and 4 designed as 33% and 67%, respectively.
[Example 3]
[0050] The same wig 1 as in Example 2 in accordance with the present
invention was manufactured, except for dark brown as the color of short
hair 3, and light brown as the color of long hair 4.
[0051]
(Comparative Example)
In order to make short hair of 3 cm length, since the hair material
of 6 cm total length must be used, bent to two, and tied to a wig base, it
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requires even skilled experts a fairly long tying time. Therefore, after
tying 30 cm long hair, a wig with short hair was manufactured by the
conventional method to make short hair with thinning scissors. In this
case, taking into consideration the formation of a spotty pattern with
thinning clippers, usually 20 to 30% more than a pre-determined density
are tied in general, and in the present example, hair was tied at 90%
density in order to make the pre-determined density 70% as in Example 1,
and cut with thinning scissors to about 70% by visual judgment after
tying.
The tying time to a wig in the present comparative example was
longer than that of Example 1 due to the increase of the amount by 20%.
[0052] Next, appearance inspection was conducted for Examples 1 to 3
and Comparative Example.
In all cases of wigs in Examples 1 to 3, the standing of tied hair
was more pronounced than Comparative Example, and their bulkiness
resulted in excellent appearance. On the other hand, in case of
Comparative Example, there was almost no standing of tied hair. In case
of a wig 1 of Examples 1 to 3, cutting short hair 3 to form a length
distribution increased natural appearance.
[0053] The wigs of Examples 2 and 3 had lower pre-determined ratio
(33%) of short hair 3 than that of Example 1, but had better appearance
than the wig of Example 1 in wig standing and natural appearance.
[0054] In case of Example 3, in addition to improvement of bulky
appearance, since short hair 3 was dark brown and long hair 4 was light
brown, the root portions close to head skin were dark colored, and the tip
portions were light brown, and both colors were well mixed, as short and
long hairs 3 and 4 were mutually mixed and almost uniformly allocated,
resulting in the color feeling which were not attained by conventional
tying methods, and also excellent gradation could be attained.
[0055] Suitable forms of embodiment of the present invention have been
explained here, but the present invention is in no way limited only to the
forms of embodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawings hereof,
but appropriate variations are possible within the range of the present
invention. Further, the concrete numerical values and the like explained
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in said embodiments can be appropriately modified as is necessary.
Also, a wig base 2 may be not a net base but a base of artificial
skin. A wig base 2 of an excellent artificial skin can be manufactured if
urethane resin is molded by coating and drying to a pre-determined
thickness on to a plaster pattern of the wig wearer's head shape prepared
in advance. To said wig base 2 of artificial skin, short and long hairs can
be controlled in a pre-determined density, and in a pre-determined ratio
with improved working efficiency, by writing with a marker or else the
pre-determined density and distribution pattern of short and long hairs
on the back side of artificial skin, or by adhering the paper with these
items written thereon to the male pattern of the head shape, laying
thereon an artificial skin base, and tying hair to the artificial skin base
along the distribution pattern visible through the artificial skin base.
With such patterns, it is possible to manufacture practically identical
wigs in desired numbers.
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