Hair iron and methods of operation thereof
OwnerPaul Overend, Colin Dawson +1inventors
InventorsPaul Overend, Colin Dawson, Andrew Shenton
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Abstract
There are provided hair irons. In a preferred embodiment an electric hair iron (1) comprises at least one heating element and control means comprising a temperature sensor and a control circuit. The control means is arranged such that power is only supplied to the heating element or elements when the temperature sensed by the sensor is at or above a predetermined minimum temperature. Also provided are methods of straightening hair.
Claims29
An electric hair iron comprising at least one heating element and control means comprising a temperature sensor and a control circuit and wherein the control means is arranged such that power is only supplied to the at least one heating element when the temperature sensed by the sensor is at or above a predetermined minimum temperature.
An electric hair iron comprising at least one heating element and control means comprising a control circuit arranged to place the iron in a sleep mode, in which the supply of power to the at least one heating element is stopped, after a period of non-use wherein the control means comprises a timer which counts a time period and which is arranged to reset each time the temperature of the at least one heating element falls below a threshold temperature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.