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US 5,155,925 AGranted
Portable LPG-powered hair dryer
OwnerWonchoel Choiinventor
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Abstract
In order to make a hair dryer available outdoors or where a general power source is not available, an LPG powered hair dryer is provided. The hair dryer comprises a main body which can receive a bottle of LPG (liquified petroleum gas), and a burner in the main body for burning the LPG. The burner flame heats a double radiant plate arrangement in front of the burner and hot air is blow from the plate arrangement by a battery powered fan motor at the rear of the housing. A gas-interrupting valve, a gas-adjusting valve, an operation switch and a thermal sensor are also provided in the housing.
Claims9
A portable, gas fired hair dryer, comprising:
- a main body (1);
- receiving means (2) connected to said body for receiving a container of burnable gas;
- container fixing means (4) engageable with said receiving means for fixing a gas container to the body;
- a first conduit (16) having one end connected to said receiving means for receiving gas from a gas container received by said receiving means, said first conduit having an opposite end;
- a gas interrupting valve (10) and gas-adjusting valve (9) connected in series to each other and together connected to the opposite end of said first conduit, said gas-interrupting valve functioning when open to pass gas therethrough and when closed to interrupt a flow of gas therethrough, said gas-adjusting valve having a plunger for adjusting a flow of gas through said gas adjusting valve;
- a second conduit (15) having one end connected to said combined series connected gas-interrupting and gas-adjusting valves, said second conduit have an opposite end;
- an air intake (8) connected to the opposite end of said second conduit for mixing air with gas supplied through said second conduit;
- a burner containing a lighter for receiving and burning a gas plus air mixture from said air intake, said burner being connected to said air intake, said burner being positioned for discharging of flame in a forward direction toward a front of said main body;
- double plate means (5) positioned in said main body in front of said burner for being heated by a flame from said burner;
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- a valve operating switch movably connected to said main body and movable against said plunger for adjusting a flow of gas through said gas-adjusting valve.
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A portable, gas fired hair dryer, comprising:
- a main body (1);
- gas receiving means for receiving a supply of burnable gas in said main body;
- a first conduit (16) having one end connected to said gas receiving means for receiving gas therefrom said first conduit having an opposite end;
- a gas interrupting valve (10) and gas-adjusting valve (9) connected in series to each other and together connected to the opposite end of said first conduit, said gas-interrupting valve functioning when open to pass gas therethrough and when closed to interrupt a flow of gas therethrough, said gas-adjusting valve having a plunger for adjusting a flow of gas through said gas adjusting valve;
- a second conduit (15) having one end connected to said combined series connected gas-interrupting and gas-adjusting valves, said second conduit have an opposite end;
- an air intake (8) connected to the opposite end of said second conduit for mixing air with gas supplied through said second conduit;
- a burner containing a lighter for receiving and burning a gas plus air mixture from said air intake, said burner being connected to said air intake, said burner being positioned for discharging of flame in a forward direction toward a front of said main body;
- double plate means (5) positioned in said main body in front of said burner for being heated by a flame from said burner;
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- a valve operating switch movably connected to said main body and movable against said plunger for adjusting a flow of gas through said gas-adjusting valve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.