Abstract: A dual compartment magnetic switch interposed between a hand held electrical appliance and its electrical power input. The magnetic switch enables electrical power to be totally insulated from the electrical components within the appliance so that when the appliance is in the off position, user safety is enhanced.

Abstract: A butterfly-type sponge mop with presser plates and an actuating member pivotal relative to a center block. The mop includes a top center block which when interlocked with a bottom center block forms a plurality of bearing surfaces to enable motion of the presser plates about a transverse axis and motion of the actuating member about a longitudinal axis. The mop utilizes a generally loop-shaped actuating member to facilitate assembly without compression of the actuating member. The actuating member is connected to a connecting link which is actuated by a slide handle. A novel connecting means is utilized to enable a predetermined amount of rotation between the actuating member and the connecting link without the need for additional parts to retain same together.

Abstract: An electrically heatable hair wrapper capable of being cut to any predetermined length from a flat, elongated, flexible base carrying a plurality of parallel resistance heating circuits. The circuits extend along the length of the base in a periodic serpentine pattern with the opposite ends of each pattern being electrically connected to continuous parallel buses extending along the longitudinal edges of the base. The flexible base is provided with indicia for indicating where the base and buses may be cut intermediate each adjacent pair of serpentine patterns so as not to destroy the continuity of the selected resistance heating circuits. A bendable, shape-retaining, cuttable wire along each longitudinal edge of the base outwardly of the parallel buses holds the wrapper in any desired shape. A longitudinally flexible flap integrally formed with at least one longitudinal edge of the base is foldable over the base to retain a hair tress between the base and flap during use of the wrapper.

Abstract: A vertically standing display package formed of a single paperboard blank having a plurality of integrally connected panels joined along a plurality of parallel fold lines. The display package has a single vertical display panel for receiving on one side thereof a product to be displayed. A plurality of parallel substantially rectangular panels formed in one end of the paperboard blank are folded into a generally rectangular frame at the bottom of the vertical display surface. The frame extends to the same side of the vertical display panel as the product.

Abstract: A socket adapter for use with a broom block, the socket adapter for receiving a threaded handle such that the release torque required to remove the handle is aggrandized, i.e. greater than the application torque required to attach the handle. The socket adapter comprises a tube having an annular lip for abutting against a corresponding lip adjacent the threads of the handle and at least one thread on the tube. The thread begins a predetermined distance below the annular lip such that an expansion space is formed above the thread to provide a space into which the handle thread material may expand. Upon tightening the handle in the socket adapter with a predetermined amount of attachment torque, the handle material will expand into the expansion space and create an attachment between the handle and the socket requiring a release torque greater than the attachment torque to remove the handle.

Abstract: A heater section for hair dryers utilizing spirally wound sinusoidally shaped electric resistance heating wire wound about a plurality of radially extending insulating mica boards. The mica boards are axially aligned along the external surface of a central frustoconical/cylindrical motor shroud disposed within a frustoconically shaped dryer housing and are provided with notches to hold the heating wire. A portion of the air moved by the hair dryer fan is blown past the heating wire between the interior surface of the dryer housing and the motor shroud and a portion is blown past the motor between it and the motor shroud. The apertures in the mica boards and the frustoconical/cylindrical motor shroud facilitate the circulation of heated air within the dryer housing. The frustoconical shape of the front portion of the motor shroud adjacent the hair dryer nozzle enhances turbulence within the heater section to facilitate more uniform temperature distribution at the nozzle of the hair dryer.

Abstract: A portable hairsetter appliance for heating a single hair roller. The hairsetter comprises a cylindrical housing having an axially aligned and longitudinally extending high voltage electric resistance heating element encapsulated in a quartz envelope for heating a single hair roller inserted into the cylindrical housing. The weight of the roller closes an electrical circuit and the roller is heated to a predetermined temperature whereupon a thermoplastic bimetallic disc changes its concavity to open the electrical circuit. A safety means is provided to automatically open the electrical circuit if the roller is pressed into the housing with a force greater than its own weight.

Abstract: A wringer sponge mop and scrubber attachment, the scrubber attachment carrying a detachable scrubber pad. The scrubber attachment may be fashioned of wire, sheet metal, a rigid plastics material or any desired combination of these materials. In the normal or use position of the sponge, the scrubber pad is positioned on one side of the sponge and rearwardly of the sponge working (floor or wall contacting) face. In the sponge wringing or squeezed position of the mop, the sponge is retracted and the scrubber pad rotates to move forwardly of the retracted sponge working face, now able to be applied to a floor or wall to be abrasively rubbed. This combination yields a mop capable of both cleaning, by brushing a liquid laden sponge over a surface, and of abrasively rubbing to effect further cleansing treatment of a surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates a heated curling brush with bristles which are relatively tangle free in use. The heated curling brush of the present invention is provided with bristles which are capable of transmitting heat to the hair while at the same time avoiding the undesirable tangling resulting from use of prior art brushes.

Abstract: A reusable heat pack containing a solution of a salt hydrate capable of being supercooled to provide heat of crystallization upon inducement of crystallization, the heat pack being provided with a reusable trigger mechanism located on the surface of the heat pack to permit simple and positive initiation of crystallization.

Abstract: An improved therapeutic vibration device using dual motors and rotating discs having eccentric weights. The rotating discs have slightly different effective diameters and are mutually frictionally connected by either providing the rims thereof with a different number of gear teeth or with an elastomeric or other friction material. A vibrational device having such separated motors can be enclosed in a cushion or pillow for convenient use by an individual.

Abstract: A vapor generating roller assembly includes a hollow perforated roller with a heatable inner surface surrounding a bore. A device which is removably insertable into the bore provides the liquid which is vaporized by the heated surface. The vapor is conveyed from the bore through the perforations into a tress of hair wound around the roller.

Abstract: The present invention is a cutting unit having multiple sets of tandem blades; each set being composed of a first toothed blade moved reciprocatingly in a cutting motion relative to a second tooth blade. The blades are preferably curved.

Abstract: There is disclosed induction heated personal care appliances such as hair rollers, curling irons and massagers. The appliance is generally cylindrical and made of plastic. It has either a high permeability cylinder attached tightly on its inner surface, or has the high permeability material as a particulate filler in the plastic. The induction heater is a non-conducting plastic cylindrical well with from 20 to 60 turns of an insulated wire coiled around its outer perimeter. The coil is powered by an oscillator and produces about 1 to 100 kHz.