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US 11,730,246 B2Granted
Systems and methods for drying hair
OwnerNoble Wooinventor
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Abstract
Embodiments and technologies described herein generally relate to systems and methods for drying hair. In some embodiments, the drying can be accomplished without using a heat source. In some embodiments, the drying can be accomplished using a mechanical motion or mechanical device.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a hair separator to increase surface area of wet hair;
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- a water remover for creating a mechanical motion at a frequency range from 5 Hz to 5 MHz to mechanically remove water from the wet hair,
- wherein the hair separator and the water remover each comprise a row of bristles and wherein the row of bristles of the hair separator is adjacent to, and oriented in a same direction as, the row of bristles of the water remover.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first article for separating wet hair, the first article having a first row and a second row of bristles, the second row having a narrower spacing of bristles than the first row;
- a second article for imparting water from the wet hair, the second article having a plurality of bristles moving at a frequency range from 5 Hz to 5 MHz, wherein the plurality of bristles of the second article are oriented in a same direction as the first row and second row of bristles of the first article;
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- at least one of a battery, a fuel cell, an electrochemical energy source, a renewable energy source, a rechargeable energy source, or an inductive charging pad for wireless charging.
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A method of drying, the method comprising:
- separating wet hair to increase surface area of the wet hair via a first, a second, and a third row of bristles, wherein a spacing of the third row of bristles is narrower than a spacing of the second row of bristles, and the spacing of the second row of bristles is narrower than a spacing of the first row of bristles;
- inducing tension of the wet hair by placing the first, second, and third row of bristles in contact with the wet hair;
- mechanically removing water from the wet hair using a plurality of water removing bristles, wherein removing occurs while the hair is under tension during contact with the first, second, and third row of bristles;
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- removing water by a laminar air flow.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.