US 2025/0143433 A1 · HAIR CARE APPLIANCE

Abstract

A hair care appliance is provided. The hair care appliance includes a handle and a body coupled to the handle via a rotational hinge joint. The body can be movable via the rotational hinge joint between a straight configuration in which the body is aligned with a longitudinal axis of the handle and a bent configuration in which the body extends along an axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the handle. A fluid flow path extends between an inlet in the handle and an outlet in the body. The hair care appliance can be operated with minimal loss of fluid flow in either the straight configuration and the bent configuration. The hair care appliance includes a fan assembly in the handle and a heater assembly in the body that are positioned to create a balanced center of mass of the hair care appliance when operated by a user.

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Dependent claims

A hair care appliance, comprising:

an elongate cylindrical body having a first end comprising an air inlet, a second end comprising an air outlet, and a fluid flow path extending therein between the air inlet and the air outlet;
a fan assembly within the elongate cylindrical body;
and
a heater assembly within the elongate cylindrical body downstream of the fan assembly and configured to heat air flowing along the fluid flow path, the heater assembly having a frame including a first end adjacent to the fan assembly, a second end opposite the first end and adjacent to the air outlet, a central portion extending therebetween, a plurality of planar segments extending along and radially outward from the central portion, and a wire extending circumferentially around the plurality of planar segments, wherein the heater assembly includes at least one thermistor positioned between adjacent planar segments and adjacent to the second end of the frame.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Hair care appliance

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