US 6,782,636 B2Granted

Device for drying and styling hair

OwnerBeatriz Monica Feldmaninventor

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Abstract

The present invention comprises a hot air generator having hand fastening means; projecting therefrom there is a rigid tube with a lower outlet, tilted so as to face the hair, and a rotatably mounted flexible hose, attached in the same manner at its other end and having a handgrip provided with an internal tube; the distal end of said internal tube can be alternately attached either to a brush intended for brushing purposes, having aeration holes in its body, or to a flat surface ironing accessory, said accessory being complemented by a similar and opposed accessory connected to the rigid tube, so that any of the two operations may be conducted with only one hand; the first operation by directing the air flow from the rigid tube towards the hair external layers while carrying out the styling and drying operations of the hair internal layers by means of the cylindrical brush, and the second operation, by contacting the flat area of the rigid tube ironing accessory, heated by the latter, with the external layers and pressing the flat portion of the opposing accessory with a sliding motion, which is heated from the handgrip.

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Dependent claims

A hair dryer/styler, comprising:

a hot air generator having a housing which defines a chamber therein and has a bottom wall and an air inlet;
a fastener for removably securing the hot air generator to a user's hand with the bottom wall resting on the external metacarpal region of the user's hand;
an aeration tube having a proximal end, a closed distal end and a side air outlet, the aeration tube being pivotally attached at the proximal end to the housing of the hot air generator and communicating with the chamber therein;
a handgrip having a proximal end, a distal end and a passage extending therethrough;
a flexible hose having a proximal end attached to the housing of the hot air generator and communicating with the chamber therein and a distal end rotatably attached to the proximal end of the handgrip and communicating with the passage of the handgrip;
a coupling ring member attached to the distal end of the handgrip;
a hair styling accessory removably attached to the coupling ring member;
and
wherein the user may use the hand secured with the hot air generator to adjust the position of the handgrip to place the hair styling accessory in line with and below the aeration tube so that the user can dry and style her hair at the same time when the hot air generator is in operation.

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