Cordless curling iron with separate electric heating station

An indirectly heatable curling iron and heating station comprising

• a curling iron (10) having an elongated curling mandrel (12),
• a separate heating station (11) which includes a heating assembly (18) having a cradle (17) for removably receiving said curling mandrel (12) of the curling iron for heating the mandrel (12) to a desired temperature prior to use, said cradle (17) providing direct intimate thermal contact between said mandrel (12) and the heating assembly when the mandrel (12) is inserted therein,
• said curling iron (10) and heating station (11) including
• means for producing first and second force components of relatively opposite direction and acting upon said mandrel (12) of the curling iron (10) when inserted into the cradle (17) of the heating assembly (18) of the heating station (11),
• such that the first force component causes disengagement of the curling mandrel (12) from the heating assembly (18) to break intimate thermal contact therebetween while the second force component causes the curling mandrel (12) to engage the heating assembly (18) to establish said intimate thermal contact,
• said means for producing the second component of force comprising a permanent magnet (20) arranged in the lateral boundary area of the cradle (17) of the heating assembly (18) and a ferromagnetic body (15) arranged on the curling mandrel (12) of the curling iron (10), the Curie point of the ferromagnetic body (15) corresponding substantially to the desired temperature of the curling mandrel (12),
• said permanent magnet being embedded in a recess of said heating station (11) and said permanent magnet (20) and said ferromagnetic body (15) lying opposite each other when the curling mandrel (12) is inserted into the cradle (17) of the heating assembly, such that no direct contact exists between said permanent magnet and said ferromagnetic body (15),
• the second force component varying in dependence upon the temperature of the curling mandrel (12), such that for temperatures of the curling mandrel (12), below a selected desired value, the value of the second force component exceeds the value of the first force component,
• while for temperatures of the curling mandrel (12) above the adjustable desired value, the value of the first force component exceeds the value of the second force component, and that the temperature of the heating assembly (18) is set to a value above the desired temperature of the curling mandrel.