Attachment for a handheld appliance

An attachment for a hair styling apparatus comprising:

• a casing comprising an air inlet for receiving airflow from a hair styling apparatus;
• a hair engaging member supported by the casing and extending in a longitudinal direction of the attachment, wherein the hair engaging member comprises a curved external surface and a plurality of bristles, and the hair engaging member is movable from a first position to a second position relative to the casing;
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• an airflow outlet that extends in the longitudinal direction and is formed as a slot arranged laterally between an inwardly facing side face of a wall of the casing that extends in the longitudinal direction and a first side of the hair engaging member, wherein the first side of the hair engaging member is disposed laterally apart from the plurality of bristles, wherein the airflow outlet is shaped to direct air over the curved external surface of the hair engaging member from the first side of the hair engaging member toward an opposite side of the hair engaging member in a lateral direction that is transverse to the longitudinal direction,
• wherein the curved external surface of the hair engaging member comprises a plurality of ribs that form an airflow guide for guiding air that has exited the airflow outlet transversely to the longitudinal direction over the external surface of the hair engaging member, and each of the bristles of the plurality of bristles is positioned into, is supported by, and extends from one of the ribs of the plurality of ribs.

An attachment for a hair styling apparatus comprising:

• a casing comprising an air inlet for receiving airflow from a hair styling apparatus;
• a hair engaging member supported by the casing and extending in a longitudinal direction of the attachment, wherein the hair engaging member comprises a curved external surface and a plurality of bristles, and wherein the hair engaging member is adapted to move relative to the casing due to movement of the hair engaging member through a user's hair;
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• a selectively-closable airflow outlet that extends in the longitudinal direction and is transversely oriented relative to the air inlet, the airflow outlet formed as a slot between an inwardly facing side face of a wall of the casing that extends in the longitudinal direction and a first side of the hair engaging member, the first side of the hair engaging member being disposed apart from the plurality of bristles, wherein the airflow outlet is shaped to direct air over the curved external surface of the hair engaging member from the first side of the hair engaging member toward an opposite side of the hair engaging member in a direction that is transverse to the longitudinal direction,
• wherein the curved external surface of the hair engaging member comprises a plurality of ribs that form an airflow guide for guiding air that has exited the airflow outlet transversely to the longitudinal direction over the external surface of the hair engaging member, wherein each rib within the plurality of ribs extends substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and each rib within the plurality of ribs comprises an arcuate profile perpendicular to the longitudinal direction.