Handle for hair styling tool with replaceable spring
AssigneeKaz Europe SàRl
InventorsLuke Hillebrecht, Gary Koenemann, William C. Fiebel
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Abstract
A hair styling tool or curling iron includes a handle portion and a styling portion. The handle portion houses a torsion spring. The styling portion includes a hair engaging member adapted to be biased toward the styling portion by the torsion spring. A spring door is releasably and/or removably connected to the handle portion and is configured to cover and at least partially secure the torsion spring within the handle portion. The torsion spring is not mechanically connected to the handle portion so that releasing and/or removing of the spring door from the handle portion allows for removal and replacement of the torsion spring.
Claims21
A hair styling tool or curling iron comprises:
- a handle portion housing a torsion spring;
- and
- a styling portion including a hair engaging member adapted to be biased toward the styling portion by the torsion spring;
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- a spring door releasably and/or removably connected directly to the handle portion, the spring door configured to cover and at least partially secure the torsion spring housed within the handle portion,
- wherein the torsion spring is not mechanically connected to the handle portion so that releasing and/or removing of the spring door from the handle portion allows for removal and replacement of the torsion spring.
A hair styling tool or curling iron comprises:
- a handle portion housing a torsion spring;
- and
- a styling portion including a hair engaging member adapted to be biased toward the styling portion by the torsion spring;
- and
- a spring door releasably and/or removably connected to the handle portion, the spring door configured to cover and at least partially secure the torsion spring within the handle portion,
- wherein first and second spring mounts secure the torsion spring within the handle portion, the first spring mount provided on the spring door so that releasing and/or removing of the spring door from the handle portion allows for removal and replacement of the torsion spring.
A method of removing a torsion spring from a hair styling tool or curling iron, the hair styling tool or curling iron including:
- a handle portion adapted to house the torsion spring, and
- a styling portion connected to the handle portion and including a hair engaging member adapted to be biased toward the styling portion by the torsion spring,
- the method comprises:
- providing a spring door directly on the handle portion for covering and at least partially securing the torsion spring within the handle portion;
- releasing and/or removing the spring door from the handle portion to provide direct access to the torsion spring;
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- removing the torsion spring from within the handle portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.