Hair drying apparatus
OwnerMartin L. McCurtis, LaToya Polkinventors
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Abstract
The hood is fitted with a fan in the crown that directs air flow upward from the hood interior. The hood has a liner that provides an air distribution plenum between hood and liner. Air flows from the plenum toward hair being dried from holes in the plenum. Some of the holes are, preferably, fitted with movable jets which can be rotated to provide the out flow pattern preferred for the particular hair style being dried.
Claims7
A hooded hair dryer apparatus with a hood and liner arranged to provide a plenum therebetween, with openings in the plenum to admit air flow toward an occupant below the hood, having a powered fan in the apex of the hood arranged to draw air upward between occupant and hood liner to facilitate drying and reduce the amount of hot humid air in the occupants face, the apparatus comprising:
- a) a hood opening downwardly, with an apex defining the top;
- b) a support to position the hood relative to the floor;
- c) a liner having the general shape of the hood, with an apex at the top, with lower edges arranged for attachment to lower edges of the hood and to leave a space between hood and liner to provide an air plenum;
- d) a hot air source to propel air into the plenum;
- e) air flow ports in the liner to direct air toward the general center of the liner;
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- f) at least one motorized fan situated in the general apex of the hood, arranged to draw air from below the apex of the liner and discharge it above the hood.
A hooded hair dryer apparatus with a hood having an apex at the top and opening downward to accept a human head at least partly inserted therein, the apparatus comprising:
- a) a support base arranged to rest on a plane surface and support said hood in a selected position;
- b) a hot air source arranged to provide a stream of heated air to said hood;
- c) air flow ducts inside said hood to receive air from said hot air source and distribute it to a plurality of openings inside said hood to project a plurality of air streams toward said human head;
- d) a plurality of manually directable nozzles in at least some of said openings to permit selective air flow characteristic within said hood;
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- e) a motor driven fan situated in an opening at the apex of said hood and arranged to extract air from within said hood for expulsion above said hood.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.