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US 6,119,702 AGranted
Heated hair styling system
OwnerMasood Habibiinventor
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Abstract
A hair styling apparatus includes a pair of mating surfaces which engage one another and a handle which guides them into engagement at the manual control of a user. Hair to be styled is placed between the engaged surfaces. A plurality of comb-like pins extend from one of the surfaces and engage holes in the other of the surfaces. In another aspect of the invention, one or both surfaces may incorporate a source of dry heat. In another aspect of the invention, a source of steam is provided together with a trigger for discharging the steam through holes in at least one of the surfaces as an aid to hair styling.
Claims13
An apparatus for styling hair, comprising:
- a first surface including a plurality of pins extending therefrom;
- a second surface including a plurality of first holes therein;
- a handle, said first surface and said second surface mounted to said handle, said handle operable between an open position and a closed position;
- said pins of said first surface and said first holes of said second surface arranged so as to engage when the handle is in said closed position;
- a housing extending from said second surface and having an internal cavity;
- a refillable reservoir for containing fluid;
- a vapor generator within said internal cavity of said housing, said vapor generator heating the fluid to vaporization;
- a pump activated by a trigger attached to said handle, said pump withdrawing a metered volume of fluid from said reservoir and placing said metered volume of fluid in contact with said vapor generator;
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- a passage connecting said vapor generator and second holes in said second surface so that vaporized fluid passes from said holes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.