Hair dryer

A hand held hair dryer comprising a generally tubular-shaped housing having a small open end for concentrated air flow therefrom and a substantially larger opposite open end for diffused air flow therefrom, a handle associated with said housing, a reversible motor mounted in said housing and having a fan driven thereby, heater means in said housing disposed annularly around said motor, switch means on said handle for reversing the direction of operation of said motor to selectively provide either a concentrated or a diffused flow of heated air through said small or large open ends of said housing, respectively, a first heat shield disposed about said heater means and spaced from the inner surface of said housing, and a second cylindrical heat shield disposed between said motor and said heater means.

A hand held hair dryer comprising a generally tubular-shaped housing having a small open end for concentrated air flow therefrom and a substantially larger opposite open end for diffused air flow therefrom, a handle on said housing, a reversible motor mounted in said housing and having a fan driven thereby, heater means disposed in said housing, first switch means movable between two positions for reversing the direction of operation of said motor to selectively provide either a concentrated or a diffused flow of heated air through said small or large open ends of said housing, respectively, second switch means connected to said motor and said heater means and having "high-heat/speed" and "low-heat/speed" end positions and an "off" position disposed therebetween, and mechanical means disposed between said first and second switch means whereby said first switch means is movable between its two positions only when said second switch means is in its "off" position.

A hand held hair dryer comprising a housing having a small open end for concentrated air flow therefrom and a substantially larger opposite open end for diffused air flow therefrom, a handle on said housing, a reversible motor mounted in said housing and having a fan driven thereby, heater means disposed in said housing around said motor, first cylindrical heat shield means disposed between said motor and said heater means, second generally conical heat shield means disposed between said heater means and the inner surface of said housing, means spacing said second heat shield means substantially equidistantly from said inner surface of said housing, a first two-position switch for reversing the direction of operation of said motor to selectively provide either a concentrated or a diffused flow of heated air through said small or large open ends of said housing, respectively, a second three-position switch for said motor and heater means having "high-heat/speed", "low-heat/speed" and "off" positions, and a mechanical connection between said first and second switches whereby said first switch is movable between its said two positions only when said second switch is in its said "off" position.

A hand held hair dryer comprising a generally truncated cone-shaped housing having a small open end for concentrated air flow therefrom and a substantially larger opposite open end for diffused air flow therefrom, a handle on said housing, heater means disposed in said housing, and a reversible motor mounted in said housing and having a fan driven thereby, and means for selectively providing either a concentrated or a diffused flow of heated air through said small or large open ends of said housing, respectively, such that air emanating from either of said openings flows in substantially parallel directions.

A hand held hair dryer comprising a generally truncated cone-shaped housing having a small open end for concentrated air flow therefrom and a substantially larger opposite open end for diffused air flow therefrom, a handle projecting radially from said housing, a motor mounted in said housing and having a fan driven thereby, heater means disposed in said housing, and manually-controlled means switch for reversing the direction of operation of said motor to selectively provide either a concentrated or a diffused flow of heated air through said small or large open ends of said housing, respectively, such that air emanating from either of said openings flows in substantially parallel directions.

A hand held hair dryer comprising a generally truncated cone-shaped housing having a small open end for concentrated air flow therefrom and a substantially larger opposite open end for diffused air flow therefrom, a handle projecting radially from said housing at an angle substantially normal to the axis of said housing, a reversible motor mounted in said housing and having a fan driven thereby, heater means disposed in said housing around said motor, and switch means for reversing the direction of operation of said motor to selectively provide either a concentrated or a diffused flow of heated air through said small or large open ends of said housing, respectively, such that air emanating from either of said openings flows in substantially parallel directions.

A hand held hair dryer comprising a generally truncated cone-shaped housing having a small open end for concentrated air flow therefrom and a substantially larger opposite open end for diffused air flow therefrom, a handle projecting radially from said housing, a reversible motor mounted in said housing and having a fan driven thereby, heater means in said housing disposed annularly around said motor, means on said handle for reversing the direction of operation of said motor to selectively provide either a concentrated or a diffused flow of heated air through said small or large open ends of said housing, respectively, a generally truncated conical heat shield disposed about said heater means and spaced from the inner surface of said housing, and a cylindrical heat shield disposed between said motor and said heater means.

A hand held hair dryer comprising a generally truncated cone-shaped housing having a small open end for concentrated air flow therefrom and a substantially larger opposite open end for diffused air flow therefrom, a handle projecting radially from said housing, a reversible motor mounted in said housing and having a fan driven thereby, heater means disposed in said housing, first switch means movable between two positions for reversing the direction of operation of said motor to selectively provide either a concentrated or a diffused flow of heated air through said small or large open ends of said housing, respectively, second switch means connected to said motor and said heater means and having "high-heat/speed" and "low-heat/speed" end positions and an "off" position disposed therebetween, and mechanical means disposed between said first and second switch means whereby said first switch means is movable between its two positions only when said second switch means is in its "off" position.

A hand held hair dryer comprising a generally truncated cone-shaped housing having a small open end for concentrated air flow therefrom and a substantially larger opposite open end for diffused air flow therefrom, a handle projecting radially from said housing, a reversible motor mounted in said housing and having a fan driven thereby, heater means disposed in said housing around said motor, first cylindrical heat shield means disposed between said motor and said heater means, second heat generally truncated cone-shaped shield means disposed between said heater means and the inner surface of said housing, means spacing said second heat shield means from said inner surface of said housing, a first two-position switch for reversing the direction of operation of said motor to selectively provide either a concentrated or a diffused flow of heated air through said small or large open ends of said housing, respectively, a second three-position switch for said motor and heater means having "high-heat/speed", "low-heat/speed" and "off" positions, and a mechanical connection between said first and second switches whereby said first switch is movable between its said two positions only when said second switch is in its said "off" position.