Hair styling tool with rotatable cylinder

A tool suitable for hair styling comprising:

• (a) a body having a longitudinal axis, a proximate end, and a distal end;
• (b) a cylindrical rotatable member extending from the distal end of the body, the rotatable member being rotatable relative to the body;
• (c) a styling arm that does not rotate with respect to the body and is pivotally attached to the body at a location closer to the proximate end of the body than the distal end of the body, the styling arm having a distal end consisting of non-rotatable elements, wherein the styling arm is movable between an open position and a closed position sufficiently close to the rotatable member such that positioning hair between the distal end of the styling arm and the rotatable member allows for hair styling between the rotatable member and the styling arm in the closed position;
• (d) at least one heater for heating the hair including a heater for heating the styling arm;
• (e) an electric motor able to rotate the rotatable member both in clockwise and counterclockwise directions, the motor located in the body, wherein the rotatable member is rotatable by the motor in the closed position without any part of the styling arm rotating;
• and wherein pulling the tool through hair in the closed position with the rotatable member rotating styles the hair;
• (f) a switch that is automatically triggered to activate the motor to rotate the rotatable member by the styling arm being moved toward the closed position from the open position;
• (g) a detector adapted for detecting the direction of movement of the styling arm along a user's hair, the detector being in communication with the motor for causing the motor to rotate the rotatable member in a direction corresponding to the direction of movement of the styling arm along the user's hair when the styling arm is in the closed position;
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• (h) a spacer that prevents the styling arm from overloading the motor.