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US 6,205,677 B1Granted
Halogen hair dryer
AssigneeShinheung Engineering Co., Ltd.
InventorKyong Young Yune
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Abstract
A hair dryer is provided which dries hair by convection and infrared radiation heating. The dryer includes a hand grip extending downward, an intake opening and an exhaust opening, and a halogen heater comprising a U-shaped quartz tube with a tungsten filament. Infrared radiation is emitted by the quartz tube and a fan is rotated by a motor which causes air from the air intake opening to flow past the halogen heater to heats an air stream that is discharged from the exhaust opening.
Claims2
A hair dryer comprising:
- a housing having an air intake opening and an air exhaust opening;
- a fan and a motor fixed inside the housing between said air intake opening and said air exhaust opening;
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- a halogen heater fixed inside said housing between said air exhaust opening and said fan, said halogen heater comprising an U-shaped quartz tube having a tungsten filament.
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