Patents by Inventor Norifumi Fukutaka

Norifumi Fukutaka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Hair styler having a heat pipe forming the hair winding portion
    Patent number: 4829155
    Abstract: A hair styler for winding hair thereon for curling, comprising a hollow sealed tubular member made of a metallic material having good thermal conductivity and defining a heat pipe having a heat dissipating hair winding portion. The tubular member contains a charge of a working fluid vaporizable at an operating temperature of 50.degree. C. to 70.degree. C. The outer surface of the heat dissipating portion of the heat pipe is covered with an elastic hair engagement member for preventing hair slippage. The heat receiving end portion of the heat pipe is exposed so as to be adapted to receive heat from a separate external heat source having a temperature range of 50.degree. C. to 120.degree. C. Thereby hair wound around the outer surface of the heat dissipating portion of the heat pipe forming the bobbin is heated by the condensation of the vaporized working fluid within the heat pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1989
    Assignees: Shiseido Company Ltd., The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Norifumi Fukutaka, Masatomo Kamata, Toru Watanabe, Koji Matsumoto, Tomoyuki Haga, Toshimitsu Yamagishi, Hiroji Yamada