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US 7,445,012 B2Granted
Hair iron
OwnerTakashi Mukaiinventor
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Abstract
A hair iron comprises of a pair of holding arms pivotally articulated at one end, operating holding action by grasping the hand hold part placed in the center of the holding arms. A pair of reformation plates is placed on the top side of the two arms with their reformation plane facing each other for straightening hair by holding hair in between the reformation plates with heat added by the heat plate. The reformation plates are movably held on the holding arms with a plurality of coil springs. The plurality of coil springs also pushes the reformation plates each other to their facing direction to control the state of holding hair. Thus the control of the contact pressure and also the control of the uniformity of the contact pressure over the reformation plane 87 can be facilitated.
Claims11
A hair iron, comprising:
- a pair of longitudinal holding arms each having first and second holding arm ends, and said holding arms each having an intermediate portion between said first and second holding arm ends, said first holding arm ends being coupled so as to be pivotally movable relative one another,
- said intermediate portions each having first and second sides on opposing sides of said intermediate portions, said first sides facing each other, said second sides being formed as handle surfaces for engagement by a user to advance said holding arms to a closed position;
- a pair of reformation plates disposed on the first sides of said holding arms so as to face each other, said reformation plates having reformation surfaces configured to face each other and hold and reform hair;
- heater plates having front sides and back sides, said front sides being respectively applied to interior surfaces of said reformation plates so as to heat said reformation plates to apply heat to the hair via the reformation plates;
- a plurality of elastic bodies moveably supporting at least one of the reformation plates on a corresponding one of the first and second holding arms so as to elastically support said at least one of said reformation plates at a neutral bias rest position whereat said plurality of elastic bodies are neither compressed nor expanded by external forces, said at least one of said reformation plates being supported on said first side of said corresponding one of said holding arms at said neutral bias rest position so as to be movable from said neutral bias rest position both toward and away from said corresponding one of said holding arms;
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- magnets proximate back sides of said heat plates so as to influence flexing of said elastic bodies by one of repulsion or attraction force generated between the magnets so that the reformation plates are caused to advance or retreat from a mounting state absent said force such that mutual attitudes of the reformation plates are correctable.
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A hair iron comprising:
- a pair of longitudinal holding arms each having first and second holding arm ends, and said holding arms each having an intermediate portion between said first and second holding arm ends, said first holding arm ends being coupled so as to be pivotally movable relative one another,
- said intermediate portions each having first and second sides on opposing sides of said intermediate portions, said first sides facing each other, said second sides being formed as handle surfaces for engagement by a user to advance said holding arms to a closed position;
- a pair of reformation plates disposed on the first sides of said holding arms so as to face each other, said reformation plates having reformation surfaces configured to face each other and hold and reform hair;
- heater plates having front sides and back sides, said front sides being respectively applied to interior surfaces of said reformation plates so as to heat said reformation plates to apply heat to the hair via the reformation plates;
- a plurality of elastic bodies moveably supporting at least one of the reformation plates on a corresponding one of the first and second holding arms so as to be biased toward another one of the reformation plates;
- magnets proximate back sides of said heat plates so as to influence flexing of said elastic bodies by one of repulsion or attraction force generated between the magnets so that the reformation plates are caused to advance or retreat from a mounting state absent said force such that mutual attitudes of the reformation plates are correctable;
- said reformation plates having second interior surfaces opposing said interior surfaces;
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- heater biasing members respectively applied to said back sides of said heaters so as to bias said heaters toward said interior surfaces of said reformation plates, said heater biasing members being disposed between said back sides of said heaters and said second interior surfaces of said reformation plates so as to apply pressure against said back sides and said second interior surfaces.
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