Abstract: A system including an adhesive dispensing device and a charger base. The adhesive dispensing device includes a first light emitting device, a handle, a power source, and a power supply interface. The charger base includes a second light emitting device, an interface formed for receiving the adhesive dispensing device, an external power output interface, and a power supply circuit. The external power output interface is configured to electrically couple to the power supply interface of the adhesive dispensing device. The first light emitting device is configured to illuminate in response to power being provided to the power supply interface from the power supply circuit. The second light emitting device is configured to illuminate in response to power being provided to the power supply circuit from the external power output interface.

Abstract: The present invention provides a multifunctional hair straightening and curling device, including: an upper main body, a lower main body and a handle, wherein the upper heating body is disposed on the upper main body, the lower heating body is disposed on the lower main body, one end of the upper heating body and one end of the lower heating body are rotatably connected by a rotary shaft, a button is disposed on the upper main body, the upper surface of the upper main body is provided with first air outlets, the upper main body is provided with a first air outlet passage therein, the lower surface of the lower main body is provided with second air outlets, the lower main body is provided with a second air outlet passage therein, the handle is provided with a fan therein.

Abstract: A device for measuring hair properties has a first part (I) and a second part (II) between which hair (H) is guided. The first part includes a measuring probe (MP), and the second part is arranged for deforming the hair against the measuring probe. While the device moves along the hair, the measuring probe experiences both a friction force resulting from the hair being guided along the measuring probe, and a deformation force resulting from hair deformation by the second part against the measuring probe. The second part includes a pressure element (PB, S) for pressing the hair against the measuring probe. In alternative embodiments, the second part comprises alignment elements (AE) at opposite sides of the measuring probe, and guidance elements (G) for mitigating an influence of an angle at which the device is applied to the hair to the friction force and/or the deformation force.

Abstract: A hair styling iron with a built-in Bluetooth for using functionalities of the built-in Bluetooth while using the hair styling iron at high temperature is disclosed. The disclosed hair styling iron includes a circuit board with a built-in Bluetooth, a speaker, control button(s) and a rechargeable battery. Once the hair styling iron is paired with another Bluetooth device, the user can control certain function(s) of the connected Bluetooth device and also stream audio media from the connected Bluetooth device. The rechargeable battery provides power to the speaker and the circuit board when the hair styling iron is not connected to an alternative current (AC) power source.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to control architectural opening covering assemblies are disclosed herein. An architectural covering assembly including an architectural covering; a tube to which the architectural covering is coupled; a manual controller operatively coupled to the tube to rotate the tube; a motor including a motor housing and a motor shaft; and a clutch assembly including a clutch and a clutch housing in which the clutch is disposed, the motor shaft coupled to the clutch and the clutch coupled to the manual controller to hold the motor shaft substantially stationary when the architectural covering is moved under an influence of the motor to cause the motor housing to rotate with the clutch housing and the tube.

Abstract: The invention relates to an applicator (1) for replacement hair strands, one end of the hair of which is embedded into a thermoplastic element. The applicator has a punch/die unit (5, 6), the mutually facing working profiled sections of which are adapted to the shape of at least one thermoplastic element. In order to ensure a fault-free, continuous hot-melt adhesion between a person's own hair strands and the replacement hair strands, the punch (6) is arranged on a pivoting head (10) which supports an additional punch (11) with substantially the same contours, wherein the punch (6) is provided with a heating device (12), and the additional punch (11) is provided with a cooling device (13).

Abstract: A hair styling appliance for dual supply voltage operation is described comprising a body having at least one arm bearing a hair styling heater (560), wherein the hair styling heater comprises one or more heater electrodes (630, 632, 634, 636) for heating the hair styling heater. A first power input is connectable to a battery power source (564) and a second power input is connectable to a mains powered source (561). The first power input and the second power input are each coupled to at least one of the one or more heater electrodes. Such a hair styling appliance is useable for styling when coupled to the mains powered source and when coupled to the battery power source increasing the versatility of the appliance.

Abstract: Provided is a hairstyling appliance for styling hair, comprising a first housing and a second housing facing the first housing; the housings, of longitudinal axis, being connected in a pivoting manner by a hinge so as to define an open and closed position of the appliance; the first housing having a first hair treatment surface which is intended to be heated by a first heating means; the second housing having at least one second hair treatment surface which is intended to come into contact with the first surface in order to grip the hair in the closed position; the appliance containing two cylinders arranged on each side of one of the treatment surfaces, the cylinders being mounted so as to be able to rotate about their longitudinal axis.

Abstract: A heated appliance generally includes a pair of arms and a hinge attaching the arms together such that the arms are openable and closeable relative to one another via the hinge. Each of the arms includes a heating element having a multi-pane glass substrate and an electrically conductive material deposited on the glass substrate.

Abstract: A hair iron of the present invention includes a grip; a body combined with the grip, the body being provided with a switch that controls a current supply; a heating part combined with the body, the heating part generating heat by an operation of the switch; and a clip rotatably combined with the body by using a locking unit, the clip making contact with a surface of the heating part, wherein a manipulator is rotatably provided on a portion at which the body is combined with the heating part so that the locking unit of the clip can be selectively combined with the manipulator, thereby enabling lock/release of the clip relative to the body, and a control button is provided on a portion at which the grip and the body are combined, so that a rotation of the grip rotatably provided on the body is determined by an operation of the control button.

Abstract: A hair styling apparatus including a first and a second arm moveable between a closed position in which a contacting surface of the first arm is adjacent a contacting surface of the second arm and an open position in which the contacting surfaces of each arm are spaced apart, whereby the contacting surfaces of each arm have complementary profiles so that, in use, a section of hair is clamped between the contacting surfaces when the arms are in the closed position, and where a heating zone on at least one of the contacting surfaces is provided to heat the section of hair between the contacting surfaces, a cooling zone on at least one of the contacting surfaces is provided for cooling the section of hair after the section of hair has been heated, and the cooling zone is curved whereby, in use, as the hair styling apparatus is moved along the section of hair in a generally linear fashion, the section of hair is curled.

Abstract: A hair styling tool includes a body, a cylinder extending from the body, the cylinder rotatable relative to the body, a motor for rotating the cylinder, a heater to heat the cylinder, and a styling arm pivotally attached to the body. The hair styling tool may have a generally clam shell configuration, wherein the styling arm is movable between an open position in which the styling arm is distant the cylinder and a closed position in which the styling arm is proximate to the cylinder, such as contacting the cylinder. The styling arm may also include a brush head with fixed or retractable bristles and/or a smoothing plate.

Abstract: A hair curler comprises a handle, a roller and a heating part. One end of the roller is fixedly connected to the handle and the heating part is electrically connected to the power source. The hair curler comprises a heat insulation unit which is fixedly disposed on the other end of the roller away from the handle and closes the other end of the roller; an extending part is disposed on the other end of the roller; the heat insulation unit comprises a heat insulation part, an end cap and a fixing member, the end cap is cap joint to the other end of the roller, the heat insulation part is adapted inside the extending part and located between the end cap and the heating part, and the fixing member fixes the end cap with respect to the roller; and the heat insulation part is made of heat insulation materials.

Abstract: A removable hair clip for a hair iron, which is used to hold the hair on a heating barrel of the hair iron when setting the hair and is configured to form a removable structure suitable for removably installing the hair clip on the heating barrel, so a user can use the hair iron with or without the hair clip, thereby avoiding an unnecessary interference of the hair clip with the hair. The removable hair clip that is installed on the heating barrel so as to be resiliently rotated relative to the barrel includes: a cylindrical holder having an opening removably installed around the heating barrel and rotatably installing the hair clip on the heating barrel; and a locking unit provided on the holder so as to removably install the holder on the heating barrel, thereby controlling a removable installation of the hair clip on the heating barrel.

Abstract: A hair styling device, such as a curling iron, includes a heat resistant lower section which provides users who wish to style their hair in-home and without a hair stylist present less chance of the likelihood of critical or significant burns. The curling iron protects the integrity of the skin and enables the consumer to use a device that is safe and simple to use. The curling iron has a heat resistant lower casing that runs the length of the base of the barrel in a single, layered segment. The safety mechanism includes a lower casing made of heat resistant material such as a heat resistant plastic or other heat resistant material. The lower casing can frame a layer of heat resistant material, such as, but not limited to silicone. The lower casing runs from the handle to a heat resistant tip.

Abstract: A hair curling device includes an elongated heating member, a handle member, a powering arrangement including a motorized unit supported in said handle member, and a clamping arm pivotally moved between an opened position that the clamping arm is tilted from the heating member and a closed position that the clamping arm is in contact with a heating surface of the heating member. The clamping arm is driven to rotate around an axis of the heating member by the motorized unit, such that after the clamping arm is moved at the closed position for retaining a lock of hair between the clamping arm and the heating surface of the heating member, the clamping arm is automatically rotated for guiding the lock of hair being whirled around the heating member.

Abstract: A hair curling device includes an elongated heating member, a handle member, a powering arrangement including a motorized unit supported in said handle member, and a clamping arm pivotally moved between an opened position that the clamping arm is tilted from the heating member and a closed position that the clamping arm is in contact with a heating surface of the heating member. The clamping arm is driven to rotate around an axis of the heating member by the motorized unit, such that after the clamping arm is moved at the closed position for retaining a lock of hair between the clamping arm and the heating surface of the heating member, the clamping arm is automatically rotated for guiding the lock of hair being whirled around the heating member.

Abstract: A hair styling iron has a handle to which a heated barrel is mounted and a motor for moving the barrel. The iron includes a drive switch which is user actuable and connected to the control circuit for controlling operation of the motor. The control circuit includes a timer and monitors at least one change of state of the user-actuable drive switch to determine a starting time, and actuates an alarm, or another response, such as a reversal of the motor to unwind the hair, after an elapsed time measured from the starting time. The elapsed time may be user-selected or calculated automatically depending upon the length of hair wound onto the barrel, with compensation for barrel temperature.

Abstract: Apparatus for hair styling comprising: two handles connected together so as to allow the apparatus to be opened and closed by bringing said handles apart and together, respectively, and two styling elements respectively associated with the two handles, wherein each styling element comprises a roller adapted to rotate about its own longitudinal axis during the styling of the hair, at least one of the rollers comprises a heating element, and at least one of the styling elements comprises elastic means operatively associated with the respective roller, adapted to exert on the roller an elastic force according to a substantially transversal direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of rotation of the roller.

Abstract: A curling iron includes a concave clamping member having a lateral straight edge and an opposite lateral comb edge. The clamping member is adapted to mate with a curling rod when the curling iron is in a closed position. During curling, the curling iron may be rotated so that either the straight edge or the comb edge moves towards the hair and engages and styles the hair with the lateral straight edge forming a solid barrel curl and the lateral comb edge forming evenly separated multiple curls, multiple spikes, multiple spirals and/or multiple waves.

Abstract: A dual gas and AC electric hair styler comprises: a heater, a housing, and a control member movably disposed in the housing. One end of the control member is exposed out of the housing and another end of the control member is inserted in the housing to connect a linkage device of the heater. The linkage device includes a guiding member. A gas supply and an electric power supply are selectively inserted in the housing to the heater and each have a valve which is pressed to achieve connection. The axial movement of the control member causes axial movements of the linkage device and the guiding member to affect connection of the gas and the electric power supply to the heater. The hair styler can be powered by gas or electric power, and the switching of gas and electric power supplies can be done by the control member.

Abstract: Hair curling tong (1) with a fixed handle (2) and a heated tube body (12) fixed thereto provided with clamp (17) that is fixed in a tilting way to the curling tong (1) and can be tilted between a closed position wherein the clamp (17) is held in contact with the tube body (12) by means of a spring (18) activated by a button (20) and an open position wherein the clamp is tilted away from the tube body (12), characterized in that the clamp (17) is fixed in a rotatable way to the curling tong (1) by means of a ring (10) which is rotatable over 360° around the longitudinal axis (X-X?) of the tube body (12).

Abstract: A hair curling iron or a flat hair iron has rows or rings of unheated combs attached to a heated barrel or paddle with a slotted clamp that accepts the rows or rings of combs. The rows or rings of combs provide a buffer between the heated barrel or paddle and the skin or scalp.

Abstract: A hair styling tool includes a body, a cylinder extending from the body, the cylinder rotatable relative to the body, a motor for rotating the cylinder, a heater to heat the cylinder, and a styling arm pivotally attached to the body. The hair styling tool may have a generally clam shell configuration, wherein the styling arm is movable between an open position in which the styling arm is distant the cylinder and a closed position in which the styling arm is proximate to the cylinder, such as contacting the cylinder. The styling arm may also include a brush head with fixed or retractable bristles and/or a smoothing plate.

Abstract: A hair styling tool includes a body, a cylinder extending from the body, the cylinder rotatable relative to the body, a motor for rotating the cylinder, a heater to heat the cylinder, and a styling arm pivotally attached to the body. The hair styling tool may have a generally clam shell configuration, wherein the styling arm is movable between an open position in which the styling arm is distant the cylinder and a closed position in which the styling arm is proximate to the cylinder, such as contacting the cylinder. The styling arm may also include a brush head with fixed or retractable bristles and/or a smoothing plate.

Abstract: A hair styling apparatus includes a curling component generally proximate to the hair-heating surface and operatively connected to at least one of first and second arms of the apparatus. The curling component has a curling edge selectively movable laterally with respect to a hair-heating surface of the apparatus to configure the curling component between a retracted configuration, in which the curling edge is spaced a retracted lateral distance from a lateral edge of the hair-heating surface, and an extended configuration, in which the curling edge is spaced an extended lateral distance, greater than the retracted lateral distance, from the lateral edge of the hair-heating surface.

Abstract: Hairstyling appliance comprising a grasping means (2), a body (3) for winding a lock of hair around its longitudinal axis, the winding body containing an electric heating element and comprising an external hair-winding surface (5) extending along substantially its entire length, a clip (7) for hooking the lock of hair onto the winding body (3) and an electric motor for driving the winding body in rotation around its longitudinal axis. According to the invention, it includes at least one heating plate (9, 10) disposed facing the external surface (5) of the winding body (3), which plate is movably mounted with respect to the winding body so as to exert pressure on the lock of hair.

Abstract: A hair-styling device having an essentially cylindrical heating part on which at least one heatable styling part is provided for heating the hair. At least one lateral limit of the styling part is designed here as a styling edge. At least one guide means is arranged around the styling part in at least some areas, with a guide edge running parallel to the styling edge.

Abstract: Disclosed therein is an electric curling iron. The electric curling iron includes: a body part; a heating rod arranged at a side of the body part and having a heat ray heater disposed therein; an upper handle and a lower handle hinge-coupled on a hinge shaft formed at the other side of the body part, the upper and lower handles being movable in a tong shape; and an upper pressing member and a lower pressing member whose end portions are respectively overlapped and hinge-coupled to front ends of the inner faces of the upper and lower handles, the upper and lower pressing members respectively having a shape corresponding to the outer circumferential surface of the heating rod, wherein the upper and lower pressing members are opened wider than the upper and lower handles, so that a user can rapidly and convenient do hair styling.

Abstract: A hair-care device includes at least: two jaws, first jaw and second jaw, which are elongated and hinged together so as to be able to shift between an open position and a closed position in which opposing working surfaces define a hair treatment region, and electric heating element attached to at least one of the working surfaces. The first jaw consists of at least one friction bar which is able to move along an adjacent working surface and which is adapted to engage with an opposing element of second jaw to create, when the jaws are closed, a traction region which generates a traction force which exceeds the traction force generated by the treatment region as the device is moved over a lock of hair.

Abstract: A hair iron includes upper and lower casings defining a grip portion and coupled to each other at a first end with an elastic coupler such that the casings in the side of a second end opposite to the first end are pivotable within a certain angular range about the first end, an upper heater block extending in a longitudinal direction of the upper casing and coupled on the second end of the upper casing which is not coupled with the lower casing, a lower heater block extending in a longitudinal direction of the lower casing and coupled on the second end of the lower casing which is not coupled with the upper casing.

Abstract: The present invention provides an electric hair curling device comprising a main handle, a cylindrical barrel for emitting heat operationally, a clamp member extending along one side of the cylindrical barrel which is shaped cylindrically to complement the shape of the barrel and a thermally insulated tip coupled to the cylindrical barrel. The thermally insulated tip is rotatable relative to the cylindrical barrel and is shaped as a small handle for gripping purpose. During operation, one of the user hand rolls the main handle, while the other hand holds the thermally insulated tip, thus providing a steady support which makes the overall curling process easier and less tiring for the user.

Abstract: A hair dryer and vacuum device includes a housing having a nozzle, a handle, and a body portion situated between the handle and nozzle, the nozzle including a first channel extending from the body portion to an outlet port and a second channel extending from the body portion to an inlet port. A heating coil is mounted in the body portion for heating air and a dryer fan is positioned adjacent the heating coil that is configured to blow the heated air through the outlet port when energized. A vacuum fan is mounted in the second channel and configured to draw air into the second channel through the inlet port when energized. The device includes a collection chamber situated between the vacuum fan and the body portion and in communication with the second channel such that fallen hair is collected therein.

Abstract: A hair treatment flat iron allows hair to be treated with greater proximity to the root and with reduced awkwardness in doing so by providing angled surfaces at a shallow, acute angle on at least one edge of the heated plate of respective opposing portions of the flat iron. Treatment of hair closer to the root reduces the number of time the flat iron must be applied to a group of hair strands in order to achieve the desired effect while reduction of awkwardness in applying the flat iron to the hair reduces the time concentrated heat is applied near the scalp; thus greatly reducing likelihood of hair damage and scalp injury while facilitating and expediting use. A perfecting feature of the invention is provided by a curved surface of the plate and housing which allows the flat iron to be used as a curling or crimping iron.

Abstract: Apparatus for hair styling comprising: two handles connected together so as to allow the apparatus to be opened and closed by bringing said handles apart and together, respectively, and two styling elements respectively associated with the two handles, wherein each styling element comprises a roller adapted to rotate about its own longitudinal axis during the styling of the hair, at least one of the rollers comprises a heating element, and at least one of the styling elements comprises elastic means operatively associated with the respective roller, adapted to exert on the roller an elastic force according to a substantially transversal direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of rotation of the roller.

Abstract: A hair iron 1 includes a pair of grips 9 being rotatably connected to a base end so as to be openable and closable; and a heating part 11 being provided to be opposed to a tip end side of each grip 9 wherein each heating part 11 has a flat opposing surface, a rear surface side of the heating part 11 has a curved curling part 13, and at least one curling part 13 has an auxiliary case 15 with a curved surface having a different curvature from that of the curling part 13 so as to be attachable and detachable thereto and therefrom.

Abstract: A curling iron has a heatable barrel defining a lengthwise axis of the curling iron, a handle assembly having a grip, and a rotation mechanism coupled to a proximal end of the barrel and part of the handle assembly. The rotation mechanism permits rotation of at least part of the handle assembly relative to the barrel about the lengthwise axis of the curling iron between two or more different rotational orientations.

Abstract: A hairstyling device composed of a handle (1), at least one heating part (3) cooperating with a retaining part (2), each mounted in a respective housing (6, 22; 5, 20) joined to the handle (1), at least one of the heating (3) or retaining (2) parts being float-mounted inside its housing (6, 5), hair being able to be inserted between the heating part (3) and the retaining part (2). At least one of the heating (3) or retaining (2) parts has a first permanent magnet (11) cooperating with a second, opposing permanent magnet (12) belonging to its housing (6, 22; 5, 20), the second permanent magnet being mounted in phase with the first.

Abstract: An adjustable barrel, a barrel-adjustment assembly, and an adjustable distal tip assembly. The barrel is radially adjustable between an expanded position and a contracted position having different diameters. The barrel-adjustment assembly includes a barrel cam, a gear-set, and a rotary adjustment ring. The barrel cam rotates to unwrap and wrap the barrel thereabout between the expanded and contracted positions. The gear-set rotationally drives the barrel cam. The adjustment ring can be longitudinally translated from a disengaged position to an engaged position. In the disengaged position the gear-set is disengaged (but an anti-rotation assembly is engaged) and in the engaged position the gear-set is engaged (and the anti-rotation assembly is disengaged). Once in the disengaged position, the adjustment ring can be rotated, which causes the engaged gear-set to rotate the barrel cam, which in turn wraps and unwraps the barrel about the cam into increased or decreased diameters.

Abstract: A hair iron H in which a hair pinching region is formed between a heating surface 10 of a wrapping cylinder 1 and a presser inner surface 40 of a presser plate 4, wherein an elastic member 6 is mounted on the heating surface of the wrapping cylinder on the outer part of the hair pinching region, and at a position near the side edge of the aforementioned presser plate, the elastic member is mounted so as to extend in the long direction of the wrapping cylinder along the side edge of the presser plate in the state where its upper surface is equal with or slightly protruding from the heating surface. Also, the aforementioned elastic member 6 contains a multi-element mineral powder formed by crushing a multi-element mineral.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair curling iron that compresses and heats hair to create various waves or curls in hair wholly or partially and, more particularly, to a hair curling iron having a roller of various shapes, in which a plurality of heat pads may be provided inclined in a lower cover and, at the same time, a rotating roller is attached/detached or fixed to an upper cover, having various shapes such as a circle, quadrangle, hexagon, octagon, etc. so that the hair may come in contact between the heating pads and the rotating roller of various shapes, thus creating various hairstyles more effectively.

Abstract: Hairstyling appliance comprising a grasping means (2), a body (3) for winding a lock of hair around its longitudinal axis, the winding body containing an electric heating element and comprising an external hair-winding surface (5) extending along substantially its entire length, a clip (7) for hooking the lock of hair onto the winding body (3) and an electric motor for driving the winding body in rotation around its longitudinal axis. According to the invention, it includes at least one heating plate (9, 10) disposed facing the external surface (5) of the winding body (3), which plate is movably mounted with respect to the winding body so as to exert pressure on the lock of hair.

Abstract: An iron for styling hair containing opposed plates having confronting surfaces for clamping a section of hair therebetween wherein surface one or both of the plates, is formed with a plurality of depressions, e.g., dimples, distributed over its surface. The depressions are of sizes that decrease from opposite outer edges of the plate toward the centerline of the plate. At least one of the plates is heated to a temperature in the range of 380° to 450° F. whereby heat can be applied to the section of hair while clamped between the plates. The plates are preferably formed of zeolite and coated with tourmaline. The hair iron is used to facilitate coloring of hair in which coloring is applied to the hair following which the hair is rinsed and is wet, in which the hair iron is used on the wet hair so as to dry the hair, in lieu of a hair dryer, thereby putting an end to all reactions in the coloring process.

Abstract: A hair iron 1 includes a pair of grips 9 being rotatably connected to a base end so as to be openable and closable; and a heating part 11 being provided to be opposed to a tip end side of each grip 9 wherein each heating part 11 has a flat opposing surface, a rear surface side of the heating part 11 has a curved curling part 13, and at least one curling part 13 has an auxiliary case 15 with a curved surface having a different curvature from that of the curling part 13 so as to be attachable and detachable thereto and therefrom.

Abstract: A hair styling appliance includes a first arm and a second arm pivotable with respect to the first arm, wherein the second arm is movable between an open position and a closed position. A gap is positioned between the first arm and the second arm, and a lock member is movable into and out of the gap between a locked position and an unlocked position. In the locked position, the lock member holds the second arm in the closed position.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for an adjustable multi-barrel hair waving appliance is disclosed herein. The appliance has a plurality of barrels, at least one of which is an adjustable barrel, wherein the barrels are heated during use. In one embodiment two outer barrels and one adjustable center barrel are provided. The center barrel is manually adjusted to be closer or farther from a winged shield that clamps hair against the barrels and is formed to cradle the outer barrels. A locking mechanism locks the center barrel in place after adjustments are made via projections at an end of the center barrel. Adjusting the center barrel closer to the shield results in shallow or tight waves, and deep or loose waves result when the center barrel is adjusted farther from the shield.

Abstract: A hairstyling device composed of a handle (1), at least one heating part (3) cooperating with a retaining part (2), each mounted in a respective housing (6, 22; 5, 20) joined to the handle (1), at least one of the heating (3) or retaining (2) parts being float-mounted inside its housing (6, 5), hair being able to be inserted between the heating part (3) and the retaining part (2). At least one of the heating (3) or retaining (2) parts has a first permanent magnet (11) cooperating with a second, opposing permanent magnet (12) belonging to its housing (6, 22; 5, 20), the second permanent magnet being mounted in phase with the first.

Abstract: A heated hair styling appliance (1) has a handle portion (2) that is adapted to be locked into a single handle configuration or released into a hinged, two-piece tong configuration. One or more hair styling attachments (11) may be attached to and used with the handle portion (2), the attachments being in the form of any one of a variety of conventional or customized hair styling devices such as flat irons, single barrel curling irons, spiral curling irons, multiple barrel curling irons and others.

Abstract: A cordless electric curling iron having a barrel that adjusts in diameter to achieve curls of varied tightness and bounce. The barrel adjusts by means of a dial proximate to a handle. A flexible, resilient grasping arm conforms to the curvature of the barrel so that it maintains an adjacent position hugging the barrel at all times. The present curling iron further comprises an internal ratchet mechanism that provides a means to eliminate a winding of the handle round to wrap hair around the barrel; rather, the ratcheting mechanism only requires the handle be swung in a back-and-forth motion to perform partial rotations of the barrel that combine to full rotations.

Abstract: A correcting clip for perming the hair is formed into a clamp and constituted of a pair of handles and a pair of clip bodies. The lower handle is provided with an electric heater serving as the heat source of the upper clip body. The upper clip body is constituted of a plurality of protruding rings. There is a gap formed between each pair of protruding rings. In use, a hairdresser grips the upper clip body and the lower clip body to clip the hair coated with a correcting paste and to outwardly pull the clipped bundle of hairs, and with the clipping pressure and heat, the scales curled from the surface of the hair during the perm can be corrected to recover its original shape, thereby to recover the smoothness of the hair.