Conditioner infuser for hair dryer attachment
AssigneeWahl Clipper Corporation
InventorsLuther D. Langley, James E. McCambridge
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Abstract
A conditioner infuser cartridge for use with a dryer attachment having an attachment end for engagement with a hair dryer barrel, an opposite air outlet end and a perforated portion between the ends having at least one air intake, the cartridge configured for engagement near the attachment end and including a conditioner element constructed and arranged for retaining a supply of vaporizable conditioner and a support frame receiving the conditioner element and securing same in the attachment.
Claims17
A conditioner infuser cartridge for use with a dryer attachment having an attachment end for engagement with a hair dryer barrel, an opposite air outlet end and a perforated portion between the ends having at least one air intake, said cartridge configured for engagement near the attachment end and comprising:
- an absorbent, self-supporting, unitary conditioner element having a hollow shape including a generally cylindrical inner surface of said element defining an air passageway in communication with the air outlet upon assembly on the dryer, said absorbent conditioner element retaining a supply of vaporizable conditioner;
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- a support frame including an open tubular cage portion including a plurality of axially spaced rings connected with elongate, peripherally spaced bars and engaging said inner surface for securing said conditioner element against an inner wall of the attachment and for further defining the axially projecting, open air passageway.
A combination hair dryer attachment and conditioner infuser cartridge, comprising:
- a dryer attachment having an attachment end for engagement with a hair dryer barrel, and an opposite, unobstructed air outlet end;
- a conditioner infuser cartridge configured for engagement near said attachment end and including a conditioner element made of foam and having a cylindrical, hollow shape defining a longitudinal axis and an axially extending air passageway, and a support frame receiving said conditioner element and securing same in said attachment, said support frame having an annular seat engaging said dryer attachment and an axially extending, open tubular cage portion engaging and supporting an inner surface of said conditioner element along said longitudinal axis and surrounding said passageway such that said passageway located interior of said frame is unobstructed and said inner surface of said conditioner element is exposed to air traveling through said passageway.
A combination hair dryer attachment and conditioner infuser cartridge, comprising:
- a dryer attachment having an attachment end for engagement with a hair dryer barrel, an opposite, unobstructed air outlet end;
- a conditioner infuser cartridge configured for engagement near said attachment end and including a conditioner element made of foam and having a cylindrical, hollow shape defining an air passageway, and a support frame receiving said conditioner element and securing same in said attachment, said support frame having an annular seat and a tubular cage portion engaging and supporting an inner surface of said conditioner element and surrounding said passageway such that said passageway interior of said frame is unobstructed and said inner surface of said conditioner element is exposed to air traveling through said passageway;
- said dryer attachment having a perforated portion between said ends having a plurality of annularly arranged perforations and an annular collar rotatable relative to said attachment at said perforations so that rotation of said collar relative to said perforations controls the amount of air flow through said perforations;
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- said collar is perforated, having a series of spaced perforations matching said perforations of said attachment exterior.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.