Hair dryer, especially for long hair

In an improved hair dryer especially adapted to dry long hair, which dryer comprises an elongated first duct, a fan at one end of said duct for blowing air through said duct, said fan having a suction zone, and an elongated second duct terminating at one end in alignment with the suction zone of said fan, and at its other end near the other end of said first duct, the improvement according to which said second duct is positioned inside said first duct, means closing the end of said first duct remote from said fan and comprising a hood perforated by a plurality of orifices, the end of said second duct remote from said fan opening into said hood, said second duct being of a length sufficient and communicating with said hood through an opening large enough to accommodate fully extended long hair of the user introduced into said second duct, while said dryer is in place on the head of said user, grille means within said second duct comprising a grille extending the length of and obliquely across said second duct for supporting said fully extended long hair in said second duct, said fan comprising means for flowing drying air through said second duct and grille only in a direction toward said fan, means for supporting said dryer with said fan below said hood during use of the dryer, and resistance heating means in said second duct near said hood for heating air drawn from said hood into said second duct.