Hair care appliance and method of using same
OwnerHeidi Schmidinventor
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Abstract
A hair care appliance for application of vapor to dry hair to provide humidity to the hair, including a housing defining an inner cavity, a vapor-generating system positioned at least partially within the cavity, and a spacer including a cap, a plurality of spacer elements projecting outwardly from the cap, and an aperture through the cap. The spacer elements partially define therebetween a work area in which the hair is gathered. The vapor-generating system discharges vapor through the aperture to the work area for application to the hair.
Claims29
A hair care appliance for application of vapor to dry hair to provide humidity to the hair, the hair care appliance comprising:
- a housing including a handle portion, the housing defining an inner cavity;
- a vapor-generating system positioned at least partially within the cavity;
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- a spacer including a cap, a plurality of spacer elements projecting outwardly from the cap, and an aperture through the cap, the spacer elements being non-perpendicular to the handle portion and partially defining therebetween a work area in which the hair is gathered, wherein the vapor-generating system discharges vapor through the aperture to the work area for application to the hair.
A method of providing humidity to dry hair, the method comprising:
- providing a hand-held vapor-generating device having a head portion with a plurality of spacer elements projecting outwardly from the head, the spacer elements at least partially defining therebetween a work area;
- positioning the device relative to a user's head such that hair is gathered within the work area;
- controlling, with a controller, a pump to prevent excess water from accumulating in a heating element;
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- discharging vapor from the device into the work area such that vapor contacts the hair gathered therein.
A hair care appliance for application of vapor to dry hair to provide humidity to the hair, the hair care appliance comprising:
- a housing defining an inner cavity;
- a spacer coupled to the housing, the spacer including a cap and a plurality of spacer elements projecting outwardly from the cap, the spacer elements at least partially defining therebetween a work area in which a user's hair is gathered, the cap including an upper surface, a lower surface, an indentation extending from the upper surface to the lower surface, and an aperture formed through the lower surface;
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- a vapor-generating system at least partially disposed within the cavity, wherein the aperture provides a fluid pathway for discharging vapor from the vapor-generating system into the work area.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.