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US 11,633,028 B2Granted
Diffuser and hair dryer having a diffuser
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsKyoungtae Kim, Hyunchul Kim, Yunhee Ku, Rayoung Park, Dongwon Kim
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Abstract
A hair dryer includes a main body, a handle, and a diffuser. The diffuser includes a diffusing case and a discharge cover. The discharge cover includes a plurality of massage protrusions protruding forward to press a target located in front of the discharge cover and at least one moisture measurement protrusion provided to measure a moisture amount of the target.
Claims20
A hair dryer, comprising:
- a main body including an outlet through which fluid is discharged;
- a handle extending from the main body;
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- a diffuser, including:
- a case having a front side and a rear side removably coupled to the main body;
- an inlet provided at the rear side and configured to receive fluid discharged from the outlet;
- a cover provided at the front side of the case and having at least one discharge hole through which fluid inside of the case is discharged;
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- a plurality of massage protrusions protruding forward from the cover to press a target in front of the cover, wherein the plurality of massage protrusions includes at least one moisture measurement protrusion configured to measure a moisture level of the target.
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A diffuser, comprising:
- a case having a front side and a rear side, the rear side configured to be removably coupled to a hair dryer;
- an inlet provided at the rear side and configured to receive fluid discharged from the hair dryer;
- a cover provided at a front side of the case, wherein the cover includes at least one discharge hole through which fluid inside of the case is discharged;
- a plurality of first protrusions protruding forward from the cover to press a target located in front of the cover;
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- a plurality of second protrusions protruding forward from the cover to press a target located in front of the cover, wherein at least one second protrusion of the plurality of second protrusions includes a moisture sensor configured to measure a moisture amount of the target.
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A hair dryer, comprising:
- a main body having an inlet and an outlet;
- a fan to suction fluid through the inlet and discharge fluid out of the outlet;
- a controller to control a speed of the fan;
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- a diffuser provided at the outlet and configured to diffuse air discharged out of the outlet, the diffuser having at least one massage protrusion protruding forward from the cover, wherein the at least one massage protrusion includes a moisture level sensor, and wherein the controller is configured to determine a moisture amount based on a sensing by the moisture level sensor and control the speed of the fan based on the determined moisture amount.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.