Hair dryer

A portable hair dryer comprising in combination a dryer housing, said housing defining an air inlet and defining a single air outlet of generally rectilinear shape and of greater length than width, said housing including therein blower means disposed within the housing for drawing a stream of air into the air inlet, through said dryer housing and out of said outlet, said blower means being aligned with said outlet to cause said stream of air to pass directly from said blower means through said outlet without change of direction;

• a comb of generally rectilinear shape having a length substantially equal to the length of said outlet and a thickness substantially less than the width of said outlet and being provided with a back and spaced teeth projecting in one direction from said back;
• and cooperative means on said comb and said housing for demountably attaching said comb to said housing with the teeth of said comb facing away from the housing generally parallel to the direction of air flow from said outlet, with the back of said comb spaced beyond the mouth of said outlet and exposed thereto, and with said comb located within the air stream from said outlet, said cooperative means including bars resiliently supported on said comb and spaced apart both longitudinally and vertically beyond opposite sides of said comb back and extending parallel with said back, and retainer means on said housing at opposite sides of the mouth of said outlet for detachably engaging said bars at the sides thereof toward said comb back.