Sanitizing hair dryer
AssigneeConair Corporation
InventorSophia Wojczak
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Abstract
A hair dryer includes a housing having a handle portion and a nozzle portion, a motor within the housing, a fan drivingly connected to the motor within the housing, a heating element within the housing, and at least one ultraviolet light emitting element within the nozzle portion, the at least one ultraviolet light emitting element being configured to irradiate a flow passage of the nozzle portion with ultraviolet light. At least a portion of the housing adjacent to the at least one ultraviolet light emitting element is transparent or translucent allowing the ultraviolet light to be viewed from exterior to the housing.
Claims20
A hair dryer, comprising:
- a housing having a handle portion and a nozzle portion;
- a motor within the housing;
- a fan drivingly connected to the motor within the housing;
- a heating element within the housing;
- and
- at least one ultraviolet light emitting element within the nozzle portion, the at least one ultraviolet light emitting element being configured to irradiate a flow passage of the nozzle portion with ultraviolet light;
- wherein at least a portion of the housing adjacent to the at least one ultraviolet light emitting element is formed from a transparent or translucent material allowing the ultraviolet light to be viewed from exterior to the housing but which prevents a flow of air there through.
A method of sanitizing a flow of air within a hair dryer, the hair dryer having a housing having a handle portion and a nozzle portion, a motor within the housing, a fan drivingly connected to the motor within the housing, and at least one ultraviolet light emitting element within the nozzle portion, the method comprising the steps of:
- illuminating a flow passage within the nozzle portion with the at least one ultraviolet light emitting element;
- wherein light from the at least one light emitting element is viewable through a portion of the housing formed from a transparent or translucent material;
- and
- wherein the portion of the housing formed from a transparent or translucent material prevents a flow of air therethrough.
A hair dryer, comprising:
- a housing having a handle portion and a nozzle portion;
- a motor within the housing;
- a fan drivingly connected to the motor within the housing;
- and
- a plurality of light emitting diodes associated with the nozzle portion, the plurality of light emitting diodes each being configured to irradiate a flow passage of the nozzle portion with ultraviolet light;
- wherein the plurality of light emitting diodes are arranged in at least one of an annular array and a linear array.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.