Abstract: The invention is directed to a hair dryer in which the heating device, the switch, the igniting mechanism and the gas tank are provided by a conventional gas-operated pocket lighter (17) preferably equipped with a battery ignition or piezoquartz ignition or, in an alternative embodiment, by a disposable lighter using flint ignition (40). It is also within the scope of the invention to use an exchangeable gas tank, with the igniting device being fixedly arranged in the hair dryer housing. The ignition process is started as the lighter (17 or 40) is inserted into the recess (21 or 21a) of the hair dryer housing, with the blower (2) being started briefly before by contact of the laminae (18 or 18a). The blower current is supplied by either disposable batteries or rechargeable accumulators. The hair dryer of the invention is turned off simply by easing the thumb pressure, which ensures at the same time that the appliance does not continue running accidentally when put away.

Abstract: An electric travel iron includes as an upper component a hand-held hot-air type hair dryer having a hand grip, an electric heating unit for heating a stream of air and an outlet duct through which a hot air stream is discharged. The lower component of the iron is formed by a thin flat metallic ironing plate detachably connected to the duct of the dryer in spaced confronting relationship to the open end thereof. The ironing plate is planar and has a surface facing the open duct end to define a direct hot-air impingement surface region and extends laterally outwardly from the direct hot-air impingement region beyond the contour of the duct end for providing a region heated by hot air laterally deflected in all directions from the hot-air impingement region. The hot air impingement region is provided with holes for direct access of hot air to the material being ironed, with the holes being located in a group having a shape corresponding to the contour of the open duct end.

Abstract: An electric travel iron includes as an upper component a hand-held hot air type hair-dryer having a hand grip, an electric heating unit for heating a stream of air and an outlet duct having an open end through which a hot air stream is discharged. The lower component of the iron comprises a thin flat metallic ironing plate detachably connected to the air outlet duct of the dryer in spaced confronting relationship to the open end of the duct. The ironing plate is planar and has an upper side facing the open duct end to define a direct hot-air impingement surface region and extends laterally outwardly from the direct hot-air impingement region beyond the contour of the duct end for providing a region heated by hot air laterally deflected from the direct hot-air impingement region. The lower side of the ironing plate forms the ironing surface.