Hair styling tool with rotatable cylinder
AssigneeMM&R Products, Inc.
InventorsMichael A. Ragosta, Bruno Meglio, Claudio Marino, David Richmond, Howard Richmond
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Abstract
A hair styling tool includes a body, a cylinder extending from the body, the cylinder rotatable relative to the body, a motor for rotating the cylinder, a heater to heat the cylinder, and a styling arm pivotally attached to the body. The hair styling tool may have a generally clam shell configuration, wherein the styling arm is movable between an open position in which the styling arm does not contact the cylinder and a closed position in which the styling arm contacts the cylinder. The styling arm may also include a brush head with fixed or retractable bristles and/or a smoothing plate.
Claims17
A tool suitable for hair styling and brushing comprising:
- an elongated body having a longitudinal axis and a proximate end and a distal end;
- a cylinder extending from the distal end of the body, the cylinder being rotatable relative to the body, the cylinder having a longitudinal axis aligned with the longitudinal axis of the elongated body;
- a motor adapted to rotate the cylinder;
- a heater to heat the cylinder;
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- a styling arm pivotally attached to the body near the proximate end of the elongated body, the styling arm having a distal end, wherein the styling arm supports a brush head at its distal end and is movable between an open position and a closed position for hair brushing and styling, the brush head including (i) a non-rotatable smoothing plate and (ii) a plurality of bristles protruding past the smoothing plate, the styling arm having a longitudinal axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the body both in the open position and the closed position.
A tool for hair styling and brushing comprising:
- an elongated body having a longitudinal axis and a proximate end and a distal end;
- cylinder extending from the distal end of the body, the cylinder being rotatable relative to the body, the cylinder having a longitudinal axis aligned with the longitudinal axis of the elongated body;
- a motor adapted to rotate the cylinder;
- a heater to heat the cylinder;
- a styling arm pivotally attached to the body near the proximate end of the elongated body, the styling arm having a distal end, wherein the styling arm supports a brush head at its distal end and is movable between an open position and a closed position for hair brushing and styling, the brush head including (i) a heating element for heating the brush head, (ii) a non-rotatable smoothing plate having a concave surface curved to substantially the same degree as the cylinder, and (iii) a plurality of bristles protruding past the smoothing plate on both sides of the smoothing plate, the styling arm having a longitudinal axis transverse to the longitudinal axis of the body both in the open position and the closed position;
- biasing means for biasing the styling arm into the open position;
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- a switch that activates the motor to rotate the cylinder when the styling arm is moved toward the closed position from the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.