Combined curling iron and hair roller
AssigneeConair Corporation
InventorH. Roy Taylor
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Abstract
A hot air curling iron is provided which can alternately be used as a curling iron or used to heat a hair roller. It has a spoon that is separate from the spoon control lever, but which has a common pivot with it. A releasable detent connects them. The unit normally operates as a curling iron. However, when a roller is placed over the curling iron barrel, the roller prevents the spoon from pivoting upwardly, so pressure on the control lever serves to release the detent. The lower portion of the control lever then serves as a clamp to hold the roller in place. Inwardly projecting detents on the roller serve to lock it in position over the clamp with the openings in the clamp aligned with those in the roller, permitting free air flow.
Claims8
A curling iron for use with hair rollers, said curling iron including
- a barrel, a pivot mounted on said barrel,
- a spoon, a control lever, said control lever not being integral with said spoon, said spoon and said control lever being pivoted about said pivot for movement about said pivot independently of one another, and
- self-releasing locking means interlocking said spoon and said control lever for common movement about said pivot,
- whereby said spoon and said control lever operate as a unit when no hair roller is fitted over said barrel, and said control lever is released from said self-releasing locking means when a hair roller is on said barrel and over said spoon and said control lever is pressed.
A combination curling iron and hair roller,
- said curling iron including a barrel, a pivot mounted on said barrel, a spoon, a control lever, said control lever not being integral with said spoon, said spoon and said control lever being pivoted about said pivot for movement about said pivot independently of one another, and self-releasing locking means interlocking said spoon and said control lever for common movement about said pivot,
- said hair roller including a central bore dimensioned to fit about said barrel and said spoon, a hub about said bore, and
- gripping means on said control lever for gripping and holding said hub when said hair roller is positioned around said barrel and said spoon,
- whereby said spoon and said control lever operate as a unit when said hair roller is not fitted over said barrel, and said control lever is released from said self-releasing locking means when said hair roller is on said barrel and over said spoon and said control lever is pressed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.