Hair dryer

A hair drying apparatus for drying hair on a person's head comprising:

• an electric motor;
• a plurality of hair drying lamps for drying the hair;
• arms for supporting said lamps;
• a mechanism for transmitting motion from said motor to said arms and said lamps, said mechanism including
• a head assembly having a first support means, a grooved pulley journalled in said first support means, second support means, a slide means supported by said second support means and lying within said groove, said first support means being pivotal with respect to said second support means,
• a neck assembly connected to said head assembly, said neck assembly including a rocker arm rigidly fixed to said second support means and a cam rigidly fixed to said first support means;
• and
• base means for supporting the rocker arm for pivotal movement about an axis which is transverse to the rocker arm, said base means having a surface rigidly fixed thereto for contacting said cam, said motor causing said grooved pulley to rotate whereby said mechanism moves said arms and said lamps around the head and hair to direct the lamps toward different areas of the hair on the head.