Abstract: A robot gripper including: a base section; a first finger connected to the base section by a base section joint and n phalanxes; a second finger connected to the base section by a base section joint and n+m phalanxes, each phalanx of the second finger being connected to an adjacent phalanx by a phalanx joint and the first and second fingers being opposable to one other; wherein n and m are positive integers.
Abstract: A hairstyling device is provided. The hairstyling device includes a heatable hair contact member having a hair-contactable surface, the hair contact member being operable to apply heat to a tress of hair of a user via the hair-contactable surface. The hairstyling device includes a controller configured to determine that the hair contact member is moving along the tress from a first end of the tress towards a second end of the tress. The controller is configured to, based on the determining, control heating of the hair contact member to cause the operating temperature of the hair contact member to change as the hair contact member moves along the tress from the first end of the tress towards the second end of the tress.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 21, 2021
Date of Patent:
July 28, 2026
Assignee:
Dyson Technology Limited
Inventors:
Elizabeth Chania Hickey, Andrew Collingwood Watson, Tong Qiao, Lili Tao
Abstract: Disclosed is a haircare appliance including: an air inlet; an air outlet; an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet; a heater for heating the airflow; and a hair treatment chamber for receiving hair, the hair treatment chamber in fluid communication with the air outlet. The hair treatment chamber includes a wall, an opening through which hair is insertable into the hair treatment chamber, and an aperture formed in the wall. The haircare appliance includes a first configuration in which airflow through the aperture is unrestricted and a second configuration in which airflow through the aperture is restricted.
Abstract: A hair styling apparatus for styling hair. The apparatus includes a steam generator for generating steam and one or more steam outlets in fluid communication with the steam generator for receipt of steam therefrom. The apparatus further includes an air mover for moving an airflow through the apparatus, and one or more airflow outlets in fluid communication with the air mover for receipt of an airflow therefrom. The apparatus further includes a flow diverter moveable between first and second positions. In the first position the flow diverter directs airflow to the one or more airflow outlets. In the second positions the flow diverter directs airflow to the one or more steam outlets, or to one or more further airflow outlets arranged to discharge air onto hair being styled by the apparatus in use.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 21, 2023
Date of Patent:
July 21, 2026
Assignee:
Dyson Technology Limited
Inventors:
Georgia Kate Berry Howes, John Fleming Macfadyen, Jacob Mark Parmenter, Robert Lawrence Tweedie
Abstract: A haircare appliance has a heater housing, a heater assembly disposed in the heater housing, a circuitry housing remote from the heater housing, and an electronic component disposed in the circuitry housing. The haircare appliance has an electrical cable extending from the circuitry housing to the heater housing, a wire disposed within the electrical cable, the wire connecting the electronic component to the heater assembly, and an attachment member attaching the electrical cable to the circuitry housing. The attachment member has a main body having a bore within which the electrical cable is held. The attachment member has first and second arms extending from the main body, the first arm engaged with a first side of the circuitry housing, and the second arm engaged with a second side of the circuitry housing. The second side of the circuitry housing is opposite to the first side of the circuitry housing.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 16, 2021
Date of Patent:
July 21, 2026
Assignee:
Dyson Technology Limited
Inventors:
Yuexiang Huang, Alvin Wei Mun Wong, Edward Sebert Maurice Shelton, Peter Dabbs
Inventors:
Frederick Michael Thornton, George Charlie Kendall, Andrew Robert Barclay, Aaron Mark Colfer, Fiona Yi Yun Tan, Her Bong Sai, Stuart Michael John Thompson
Inventors:
Andrew Paul Fussell, Alexander Edward Hughes, Henry Oliver Tate Mills, Timothy John Bland, Albina Basharova, Daniel James De Garis, James Michael Peter Sterry