Electrical Heater Patents (Class 132/229)
  • Patent number: 11903473
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hair-straightening comb for quick styling, which includes a comb-tooth part and a handle part, the comb-tooth part includes a housing with an inner cavity, a heat-conducting comb body sealingly embedded in the inner cavity, and a heat-generating component fixed on a back side of the comb body; the comb body includes a bottom plate and short comb teeth formed on an outer surface of the bottom plate, and the bottom plate has a plurality of embedding grooves distributed at intervals, a comb-tooth bar is embedded in the embedding groove; the handle part includes an outer casing, and a fan component and an air inlet provided on the outer casing, an air duct communicating with the outer casing is formed between the housing and the comb body, and air outlet holes communicate with the air duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGDONG HONGYUAN ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD
    Inventors: Taiqiao Yin, Shengquan Wang, Yu Xian
  • Patent number: 11712098
    Abstract: A heater including a ceramic heater element and ceramic heat sink whereby the ceramic heater element and the ceramic heat sink are both formed from a plurality of layers of tape cast ceramic material. The ceramic heater element may be generally planar and extends within a first plane. The ceramic heat sink may extend in a second plane which is orthogonal to the first plane. The ceramic heat sink may include a plurality of fins which may be discrete. The layers of the ceramic heater element may be orientated orthogonal to the layers of the ceramic heat sink. The ceramic heater element may comprise a conductive track which may be surface mounted to a distal side of the ceramic heater element than the ceramic heat sink or embedded within the ceramic heater element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ilidio Silvestre Guerreiro, Samuel William Saunders, Edward Sebert Maurice Shelton, Lolan Naicker, Kyle James Crawford
  • Patent number: 11445792
    Abstract: The hair dryer blower comprises a base, a first paddle, and a second paddle. The first and second paddle may be moved to an open position and the hair may be placed between the paddled. The first and second paddle may be pivoted to a closed position such that the hair passes between the paddles. A heating fan located within the base may draw ambient air across a heating element and may force heated air out of the first paddle and through the hair. The heated air may pass through the hair and may dry the hair. Moist air produced as the heated air passes through the hair may enter the second paddle. In some embodiments, the moist air may be drawn through the second paddle by a cooling fan in the base and may be expelled via an air exhaust port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Sheryl-Lee Walters
  • Patent number: 11297921
    Abstract: A clip-on heat shield for use on a hair gathering accessory, such as a comb, is configured to be attached to the body of the hair gather accessory at a back edge of the hair gathering accessory. A void at an engagement edge of the clip-on heat shield is configured to frictionally engage the back edge of the hair gathering accessory to retain the clip-on heat shield on the hair gathering accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Contoure LLC
    Inventors: Denise James, Ronald Lanclos
  • Patent number: 11272772
    Abstract: A hair setter apparatus generally includes a housing and a heater assembly having a first heat delivery rail and a second heat delivery rail mounted in the housing in spaced parallel relationship to each other. The apparatus further includes a plurality of hair setters. Each of the hair setters has a central body with opposing web plates spaced from each other to define a mounting slot extending longitudinally of the hair setter and configured to slidably couple the hair setter to one of the heat delivery rails along a longitudinal edge of one of the heat delivery rails. The hair setter is sized relative to the insert opening for insertion of the hair setter through an insert opening and onto the respective one of the heat delivery rails within the interior space of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC.
    Inventor: Jay William Kuzia
  • Patent number: 11202745
    Abstract: A process for permanently reshaping keratin fibers comprising mixing a component A and a component B to form a reducing composition. The component A comprises at least one thiol-based reducing compound having one thiol group selected from the group consisting of thioglycolic acid and derivatives thereof, thiolactic acid and derivatives thereof, 3-mercaptopropionic acid and derivatives thereof, and cysteine and derivatives thereof, and has pH 7.0 or less and the component B comprises at least one buffer salt selected from the group consisting of carbonates, bicarbonates and carbamates, and has pH 8.0 or more, wherein at least one of the component A and component B comprises at least one disulfide compound that is further defined, and wherein the reducing composition has a pH ranging from 7.0 to 7.8 and a viscosity ranging from 500 cps to 100,000 cps. The reducing composition is then applied to the keratin fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Ayako Itaya, Kenichi Morita, Kayo Yamada
  • Patent number: 11134765
    Abstract: A variable diameter adjustable hair tool that includes a barrel with a number of plates. A heater included in the hair tool may transfer heat at a specified temperature to the plates. The heater may draw power from a power unit. The hair tool has a handle connected to the barrel that allows the user to hold the tool. The adjustable diameter is achieved by an actuator that alters the outer diameter of the barrel by changing the distance between a surface of the plates and a central axis of the barrel. The actuator may controlled by a control component that converts a user action into an action of the actuator. Other aspects are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Sutra Beauty, Inc.
    Inventors: Liam Ben-David, Deng Zhiyong
  • Patent number: 10752373
    Abstract: A stacked motor assembly for an aircraft includes a forward motor having an exhaust port and an aft motor disposed aft of the forward motor, the aft motor having an intake port. The stacked motor assembly includes an exhaust conduit originating from the exhaust port of the forward motor and disposed at least partially around the aft motor such that exhaust from the forward motor bypasses the aft motor. The stacked motor assembly also includes an intake conduit terminating at the intake port of the aft motor and disposed at least partially around the forward motor such that intake air for the aft motor bypasses the forward motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Textron Innovation Inc.
    Inventors: Kirk Landon Groninga, Daniel Bryan Robertson
  • Patent number: 10548394
    Abstract: An applicator for applying an eyelash cosmetic including a body and protuberances having a free end and arranged so as to be movable relative to the body between a retracted position and an extended position, in which the protuberances extend outward from the body further than in the retracted position. The applicator is designed such that every free end moving from the retracted to the extended position follows a path that is transversal to a longitudinal axis of the applicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Chanel Parfums Beauté
    Inventors: Nicolas Castex, Marc Lassus
  • Patent number: 10506859
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair care device (10) for straightening, curling and/or volumizing hair, the hair care device comprising: —a first jaw (12) that extends along a first longitudinal axis (30) and comprises a first handle part (16) which is coupled to a first heating tip (20), wherein the first heating tip (20) has a convex-shaped first heating surface (34), and distance elements (36, 40) to prevent a user from getting burned, preferably a bristle plate (36) that comprises a plurality of bristles or ribs (40), wherein the distance elements are arranged at a side (38) of the first heating tip (20) opposite the convex-shaped first heating surface (34), and wherein the first heating tip (20) is rotatably coupled to the first handle part (16) to permit a user to rotate the first heating tip (20) relative to first handle part (16) about the first longitudinal axis (30) —a second jaw (14) that extends along a second longitudinal axis (32) and comprises a second handle part (18) which is coupled to a
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Arthur Putzer, Tamara Eberharter
  • Patent number: 9808063
    Abstract: A heat conducting mechanism for a personal care device comprising: a heat conductor and a mounting rack, wherein, the heat conductor is fixedly mounted on the mounting rack. The heat conductor is an aluminum plate, and a bamboo fiber layer or a carbon fiber layer is arranged at a working face of the heat conductor. According to the disclosure, the aluminum plate and bamboo fibers are combined, and the aluminum plate is easy to form, low in machining requirements and low in material cost. For example, for a using face, the bamboo fibers are additionally arranged at a surface of the aluminum plate. The bamboo fibers have good breathability and high wear resistance, and have the functions of natural antibiosis, bacteriostasis, mite removal, deodorizing and ultraviolet ray resistance, and thus the effect of environmental protection is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG PAITER ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rentong Wang, Zhiyong Yu
  • Patent number: 9687056
    Abstract: An apparatus for styling hair includes a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode. An electrolyte reservoir can be disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and is configured to maintain a volume of an electrolyte between the first electrode and the second electrode. A control module is electrically coupled to the first electrode and the second electrode. The control module is operable to bias the first electrode at a first potential and the second electrode at a second potential to create an electrical potential difference between the first electrode and the second electrode. The electrical potential difference is configured to produce an electrolysis zone in the electrolyte disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The electrolysis zone is configured to style hair disposed in the electrolysis zone between the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2017
    Assignee: Mirakel Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Suman Lal Chirammal Sugunan, Pradeep Paul Panengad
  • Patent number: 9490599
    Abstract: A plurality of tools, such as blow dryers, multiple size curling irons, multiple size flatirons, clipper and trimmers include a substantially shortened electrical cord, with the cord terminating in a connector, such as a male connector. The system also includes a wall cord, having one end that plugs into a standard wall outlet, and another end that is the counterpart of the tool's connector, for example the corresponding female connector. Thus, the system includes a plurality of tools, and at least one wall cord, with the tools all individually capable of connection with the wall cord. The overall length of the tool's cord is desirably approximately 10 feet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Inventor: Celesta Gail Griffith
  • Patent number: 9422074
    Abstract: The sealing roll includes a stationary internal shaft and an inductively heatable roll jacket supported with freedom to rotate around the shaft. A plurality of induction coils is wound around the shaft over ferrites, which are open to the outside. Cables for the induction coils are laid through a cable conduit in the shaft for connection to an external induction generator. A water cooling channel for indirectly cooling the induction coils is also arranged in the shaft. A cavity is formed in at least an axial subsection of the sealing roll between the roll jacket and the shaft, and at least part of a temperature detection device is arranged in the cavity or adjacent to the cavity so that an IR temperature sensor receives radiation emitted by the roll jacket and thus detects a temperature of the roll jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Uhlmann Pac-Systeme GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Detlev Gertitschke, Robert Lehmann, Juergen Liebhardt
  • Patent number: 9345302
    Abstract: An electro-heating hair curling apparatus includes a casing, a tube-shaped member, a rotatable assembly, a motor, a peripheral member, a first electro-heating device, a second electro-heating device and a control unit. The casing includes a handle part and a hair-accommodating part. The tube-shaped member and the peripheral member are disposed in the hair-accommodating part. When a length of hair passes through a breach of the hair-accommodating part to dispose in a space between the tube-shaped member and the peripheral member, the control unit selectively controls the motor to drive the rotatable assembly to engage the hair on the tube-shaped member and further to rotate and wind the hair around and onto the tube-shaped member. The control unit also controls the first electro-heating device and the second electro-heating device to heat and thus style the hair wound around the tube-shaped member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Ever Bridge International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chien-Lan Chung
  • Patent number: 9254344
    Abstract: The present invention provides a mobile power pack with fragrance feature is disclosed. An outer surface of the housing is formed with an accommodating space, and a power module is installed in the housing. A heating element is disposed in the housing and corresponding to the accommodating space, and the heating element is electrically connected with the power module. A fragrant shim is disposed in the accommodating space, and the fragrant shim is heated by the heating element for producing aromas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: POWERGENE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., TAIWAN BRANCH
    Inventor: Hui-Te Hsu
  • Patent number: 9198493
    Abstract: A device for maintaining a lock of hair such as a dreadlock is provided. The device comprises a housing encasing a motor activated by a controller. A grooming element for encasing the dreadlock is rotatably situated within the housing. The housing comprises a clamping mechanism for securing the device to the dreadlock. Once the dreadlock is secured by the clamping mechanism, the grooming element rotates around the dreadlock to integrate new hair growth into the dreadlock. The grooming element comprises a plurality of trimming components for removing any excess hair that did not integrate into the dreadlock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Inventor: Cynthia Hall
  • Patent number: 9149101
    Abstract: A hair styling device comprises a handle, a heatable elongated member having a longitudinal axis, a distal portion and a proximal portion. The proximal portion of the elongated member is connected to the handle. The device has a hair retention slot at the distal portion of the elongated sized to receive and retain a section of a user's hair. Also described is an attachment for a hair styling device providing such a hair retention slot and a method of using the device and the attachment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Trade Box, LLC
    Inventors: David Richmond, Howard Richmond, Manuel Montano
  • Patent number: 9144296
    Abstract: A cosmetic instrument for applying a product to a surface includes a handle and an applicator. At least a portion of the cosmetic instrument may change from a first color to a second color in response to occurrence of a condition, such as exposure to electromagnetic radiation (e.g., ultraviolet light or infrared light) or when a temperature of the cosmetic instrument is within a predetermined temperature range. For example, one or more portions of the handle and/or applicator of the cosmetic instrument may be configured to change color in response to the occurrence of the condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: HCT PACKAGING, INC.
    Inventor: Cindy Sean Yuei Lim
  • Publication number: 20150122286
    Abstract: A hair styling apparatus includes a handle dimensioned for engagement by a user and a treatment head mounted to the handle and defining a longitudinal axis. The treatment head includes a straightening segment for imparting a straightening effect on hair and a curling segment for imparting a curling effect on the hair. The straightening segment has a plurality of stationary elements and a plurality of movable elements disposed adjacent the stationary elements. The movable elements are adapted for reciprocal longitudinal movement relative to the stationary elements whereby adjacent stationary and movable elements receive hair therebetween. First and second curling segments may be on opposed longitudinal sides of the straightening segment. At least one or both of the first and second curling segments includes a heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Lourdes Lopez Valle
  • Publication number: 20150114425
    Abstract: Disclosed therein is a rotational hair styling device for easily making spiral curls including: an upper case being elongated; a lower case rotatably hinge-coupled with a hinge part of the upper case; a heating member of a bar shape horizontally located in the winding space part; a driving motor embedded in the lower case collinearly with the heating member; and a winder member connected to a driving gear of the driving motor and rotated forwardly and reversely around the heating member inside the heating space part for spirally winding the hair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Inventor: Chang Su Park
  • Publication number: 20150059797
    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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventor: Xu Liang
  • Publication number: 20140261526
    Abstract: A system comprises implements, each including a body, a receptacle disposed on one end of the body and having a bore and an aperture formed through spaced apart wall portions of the receptacle, a clip pivotally attached to the elongated body, and a spring operable to bias the clip for a contact with the elongated body. An applicator handle includes a body having a hollow interior and an end thereof sized and shaped to fit the bore of the receptacle, a resilient member disposed within the hollow interior, a pair of pins upstanding on the ends of the resilient member and sized to be received within the aperture and two buttons engageable with the resilient member and mounted for a linear movement, the two buttons are manually operable to move the pins toward each other for a selective engagement or disengagement of the pins with the aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventor: DAWN MOLL
  • Publication number: 20140238432
    Abstract: A hair straightening and curling device includes two handle arms pivotally extended from a pivot point and two heated plates provided at end portions of the handle arms respectively, wherein each of the heated plates includes a plate body provided at an inner side of the handle arm and a side wing sidewardly extended from the plate body to form a L-shaped plate structure. The side wing is extended out of the sidewall of the handle arm such that the heated plates are adapted for not only straightening a lock of hair when the lock of hair only contacts and sandwiches between the plate bodies but also for curling the lock of hair when the lock of hair further contacts with the side wings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Inventor: Zhuang Fa Deng
  • Publication number: 20140230842
    Abstract: A process for treating keratin fibres may include applying a hair treatment composition to the keratin fibres. The composition may comprise at least one of fatty substances, surfactants, polymers with a glass transition temperature (Tg) ranging from about 40° C. to about 150° C., oxidation dye precursors, and direct dyes. The process may also include inserting the keratin fibres into a device comprising two elements that are moveable relative to each other between an open position and a closed position. In the closed position, the two elements may define a substantially leaktight closed space. The process may further include moving the two elements into the closed position to confine the keratin fibres in the closed space, and heating the keratin fibres to a temperature ranging from about 40° C. to about 250° C. while the keratin fibres are confined in the closed space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: August 21, 2014
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Eric Parris, Gabin Vic
  • Publication number: 20140166039
    Abstract: A hair styler and its heating device which can heat the thermal storage piece inside the hair roller quickly to a desired temperature by electromagnetic heating. The thermal storage piece is made of high thermal conductivity material which absorbs heat quite quick and disposed inside the hair roller to prevent the hair from directly contacting the thermal storage piece during hair styling, consequently preventing the hair from being burned. Then a low thermal conductivity isolating layer retains the heat within the hair roller and enables the heat to be uniformly and constantly transmitted to the outer surface of the hair roller, providing an effect of low energy consumption and long-lasting heat. A temperature sensing piece is used to detect and indicate the temperature of the hair styler by using different colors, making it easier for the user to know the temperature of the hair styler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: MANICA TAIWAN INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Rie OISHI, Feng- Chih LIAO, Yen-Chin CHENG
  • Patent number: 8707969
    Abstract: A hair treatment device and a corresponding method for treating hair are disclosed. The hair treatment device is suitable for heating hair and has a heating element that is heated to a starting temperature and whose temperature is regulated by a temperature control. The hair treatment device has a sensor that measures data from which a parameter based on the condition of the hair can be generated, wherein the parameter influences the temperature control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Seng, Olaf Soerensen, Christoph Schmitz, Francis Pinto, Markus Schuessler
  • Patent number: 8684012
    Abstract: A hair roller system that comprises a hair roller having a heating element, a battery, and a signal receiver is described. In one embodiment, the hair roller system also comprises a signal output device that allows a user to activate a hair roller to heat after being placed in their hair. Activating a heating element in a hair roller after it is placed in a person's hair avoids burns and discomfort from handling excessively hot rollers. In some embodiments, a hair roller may comprise an on/off switch, a temperature set point feature, and/or a heat duration set point feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Inventor: Denise Lynn Ryan
  • Publication number: 20140083446
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motorized hair roller winder, comprising a handle and a rotary drum driven by a motor allowing, during use, to wind a lock of hair around said hair roller fixed beforehand on the winder, characterized in that said winder comprises integrated heating means allowing to heat the hair roller until said hair roller is removed from the rotary drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Babyliss Faco S.A.
    Inventors: Pierre Julemont, Olivier Smal
  • Publication number: 20140034079
    Abstract: A hair styling device comprising: a handle member, and a hair receiving member longitudinally extending from the handle member and adapted to allow hair to be wound around a contact surface of the hair receiving member, wherein the contact surface is substantially non-straight in the longitudinal direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventor: Edward McCauley
  • Publication number: 20130340782
    Abstract: A hair styling tool having a plurality of bristles and one or more movable members extending radially outward from the core and movable between opposing positions is provided. The movable members move between a retracted position where the divider is fitted between and even with or slightly above or slightly below the bristles to engage the hair and an extended position where the divider is moved out beyond the bristles to disengage the hair from the bristles. The hair styling tool having the movable member which engages and disengages the hair with the bristles minimizes tangling of the hair while brushing. The hair styling tool may be a rotating brush optionally equipped with a motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: M. M. & R. PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael Ragosta, Claudio Marino, Bruno Meglio, David J. Richmond, Howard C. Richmond
  • Patent number: 8604396
    Abstract: To provide a ceramic heater that has high durability by increasing the bonding strength between the lead member and the brazing material, the ceramic heater comprises a ceramic base, a heating resistor embedded in the ceramic base, an external electrode that is disposed on side face of the ceramic base and is electrically connected to the heating resistor, and a lead member brazed onto the external electrodes, wherein the distance between a point in the brazed portion of the periphery of the lead member and a center of the lead member is smaller than the distance between an another point in the brazed portion and the center, in a section of the lead member perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the lead member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroshi Takenouchi
  • Patent number: 8585306
    Abstract: A device for applying a cosmetic or for adding finishing touches to makeup, the device comprising a heater member comprising a resistive track that is printed or that is made by etching a coating that is deposited on a substrate, the device comprising a temperature sensor that is disposed level with the heater member, the temperature sensor being in contact with the substrate, in particular in the form of a circuit that is printed or etched on the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: L'Oreal
    Inventors: Nicolas Duru, Denis Befve, Virginie Saget
  • Publication number: 20130263882
    Abstract: A hair curling apparatus in which comb teeth protrude and retract includes an electro thermal line heater mounted within a cylindrical body to provide heat, comb teeth configured to protrude from the body to comb and wind hair, a cap and a handle in a front portion and a rear portion of the body, a shaft installed substantially at a center inside the body, a lever coupled to the handle, wherein the shaft is moved forward or backward when the lever is pushed or pulled, a link connected to the shaft through a pin, and a support connected to the link through the pin, wherein the support is raised or lowered in an upper or lower portion of the shaft, and the comb teeth protrudes or retracts through holes formed by perforating the cylindrical body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Sang An KIM, Jin-Ho CHOI
  • Publication number: 20130263883
    Abstract: A hair curling iron for curling, styling or making wavy hair can include a handle and a barrel portion. The barrel portion can have various shapes, such as a conical, cone, or corrugated shape. The surface of the barrel portion can be textured. Features or protrusions can be integrally formed as part or within the surface of the barrel. The features can be diamond-shaped dimples. The barrel portion can also include different sections configured to be heated to different temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Dana Story
  • Patent number: 8544478
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Manica-Taiwan Incorporated
    Inventors: Feng-Chih Liao, Yen-Chin Cheng
  • Patent number: 8541715
    Abstract: There are provided hair irons. In a preferred embodiment an electric hair iron (1) comprises at least one heating element and control means comprising a temperature sensor and a control circuit. The control means is arranged such that power is only supplied to the heating element or elements when the temperature sensed by the sensor is at or above a predetermined minimum temperature. Also provided are methods of straightening hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Inventors: Paul Overend, Colin Dawson, Andrew Shenton
  • Publication number: 20130233336
    Abstract: A hair styling device dry and/or to form a hair strand into a curl by suctioning hair into a hair styling chamber is disclosed. The device has a main styling chamber and air flow channel parallel to the styling chamber. The device has a vacuum impeller mounted in a fan chamber. The fan chamber is aerodynamically connected to the main styling chamber and to the air flow channel. The styling chamber has a styling form, which in the depicted embodiment is a spiral for forming spiral curls. The styling form can be heated directly by a heater and the air flow channel can have heating elements to heat the air flowing through it. At the opposite end of the body from the impeller, there is a hair inlet with a mixing tip through which hair is drawn into the styling chamber around the styling form by suction of the air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: WISE SUN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Victor Lazzaro, Eugene Vicknair, Ben Roth
  • Publication number: 20130213430
    Abstract: The conventional lead member had a constant thickness in a section parallel to a longitudinal direction, so that it has found it difficult to enlarge a joint area with a soldering material. Therefore, the lead member itself has to be enlarged so as to enlarge the contact area which contributes to the joining property between the lead member and the soldering material. In a section parallel to the longitudinal direction of a lead member (11) and containing the center axis (A) of the lead member (11), the distance from one point (X) of the soldered portion of the outer circumference of the lead member (11) to the center axis (A) of the lead member (11) is made shorter than the distance from another point (Y) of the soldered portion to the center axis (A), so that the contact area between the lead member (11) and the soldering material can foe enlarged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Applicant: KYOCERA CORPORATION
    Inventor: KYOCERA CORPORATION
  • Publication number: 20130146081
    Abstract: A hair styling apparatus comprising a first hair clamping member which defines a first hair clamping surface and a second hair clamping member which defines a second hair clamping surface, wherein the first and second hair clamping surfaces are opposite facing and are to cooperate to apply heat and clamping pressure to style hair clamped there-between during use, wherein the apparatus comprises a third hair styling surface which is to curl hair by heat and by a curling tension applied by a user against the third hair styling surface during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Dickson Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dickson Industrial Co., Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20130112221
    Abstract: A hair care or hair styling device 1 comprises two arms 5, 5.1 arranged articulated to one another and movable relative to one another in the manner of tongs 5, 5.1, with the top sides of each of said arms, which face one another, each having a complementary styling surface 9, 9.1 for forming a hair styling space 10 between the styling surfaces 9, 9.1. By virtue of the articulated arrangement of the arms 5, 5.1 the hair styling space 10 can be opened and closed. Each of the arms 5, 5.1 is equipped with a flow passage 11, 11.1 for conducting a flow of hot air, wherein the component 8, 8.1 that forms the styling surface 9, 9.1 of each arm 5, 5.1 is arranged such that a flow of hot air conducted through the flow passage 11, 11.1 of said arm 5, 5.1 flows along the back side of the component 8, 8.1 that forms the styling surface 9, 9.1 for the purpose of heating said styling surface 9, 9.1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: WIK FAR EAST LTD.
    Inventor: Wik Far East Ltd.
  • Publication number: 20130019892
    Abstract: A hair curler heating system, is disclosed comprising a hair curler having an induction core, a plastic cage surrounding the core, a conductive conical member surrounding the cage, and an outer plastic conical member having frictional conducting material on its exterior. There is a housing for receiving said curler and for heating it therein. The housing includes an induction coil, a control circuit operatively connected to the coil, a resonant capacitor operatively connected to the circuit, a heat sink connected to the capacitor, and a colored heating indication panel attached to the housing and operatively connected to the circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Maggie Cheung, Kwong Cheung
  • Publication number: 20130019891
    Abstract: A hair curler heating system, is disclosed comprising a hair curler having a ferro-magnetic core, a plastic outer shell, an insulator therebetween, and a housing for receiving said curler and for heating it therein. The housing includes an induction coil, a control circuit operatively connected to the coil, a resonant capacitor operatively connected to the circuit, a heat sink connected to the capacitor, and a colored heating indication panel attached to the housing and operatively connected to the circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2011
    Publication date: January 24, 2013
    Inventors: Maggie Cheung, Kwong Cheung, Pui Nam Chan
  • Publication number: 20130008461
    Abstract: A hair styler is used for conditioning, drying, and curling hair, comprising a cylindrical hair styler body with a hair curling lever on the hair styler. A handle is coaxially provided on one end of the hair styler body. A micro motor is provided in the handle. The said micro motor drives the hair styler body to relatively rotate about the handle alongside its axis. The handle is disposed of control switch controlling rotation of control motor; the heat generated by energization of the hair styler body or that is set up in the hair styler body directly heats up the electric heater adjacent to the hair styler body. The invention features advantages such as easy operation as well as functions of hair curling, drying, conditioning, and scalp care.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Inventors: Suyuan Wang, Beili Zhou, Huajie Wang
  • Patent number: 8281449
    Abstract: A brush wherein the bristles are retractable to facilitate the cleaning thereof in an efficient and effective manner. The apparatus generally comprises bristles disposed on a bristle-holding tree, wherein the bristles extend through apertures of a housing in an extended position. There is also provided a stem base engaged with the bristle-holding tree such that the stem base imparts longitudinal force upon the bristle-holding tree, causing the bristle-holding tree to move longitudinally relative to the housing, causing the bristles to move from an extended position to a retracted position to permit easy cleaning of hair from the brush. The brush provides locking capabilities which allow a user to hold the brush in one hand and remove hair with the free hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Inventor: Kristian Louis Skaare
  • Publication number: 20120240955
    Abstract: A hair styling device that has a rotating cylinder extending from a body that may be easily grasped by hand. The device allows the cylinder to rotate relative to the body, which remains stationary in the hand of a user. The cylinder has a clamp for clamping hair to the cylinder. The clamp rotates with the cylinder and is used to wind hair up the cylinder while the user holds the body of the device. The direction of rotation of the cylinder may be changed as desired by the user. The ability of a user to rotate the cylinder without rotating the entire device manually eliminates twisting the cord due to turning the entire device as is done with traditional curling irons. Buttons on the device select the direction of rotation of the cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventors: Sarah J. Kennedy, Myung-Ho Maeng
  • Publication number: 20120227758
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hair styling appliance (100, 100?, 100?) comprising at least one heater (103, 104) having plurality of heating zones (Z1-Z5). The heating zones are independently operable arranged along the length of the heater. The sequential arrangement of the independently operable heating zones helps to improve the thermal control of the hair styling appliance. The hair styling appliance may be a hair straightener, curling tong, curling wand or a crimping iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Inventors: Tom Ford, Richard Sims, John Allan Sinclair, Jamie McPherson
  • Publication number: 20120186600
    Abstract: A method for curling hair includes the steps of coiling a portion of hair around an elongate rod formed of heat resistant material and applying a heated hair styling iron to the hair to heat the hair for a period of time sufficient for setting the curl in the hair. The hair styling iron and the rod are then removed from the hair. A hair curling kit for performing the method is included, which has a hair curling device with a rod and a hair styling iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Inventor: Oliver Sunderland
  • Publication number: 20120111354
    Abstract: The multi-zone heated hair appliance disclosed herein allows for styling of hair utilizing multiple different heating temperature levels without the need for repeated cool down or heat up periods when a different temperature is desired for a particular use during a styling session. More particularly, a heated member of the appliance is provided in which different heated temperature zones are provided. The multiple temperature zones may be simultaneously heated up to different temperatures. Thus, when a user desires a particular temperature for a particular styling technique the desired temperature is readily available by applying the hair to the desired temperature zone. In this manner multiple different styling temperatures are readily available without the need for waiting for the appliance to heat up or cool down.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Cafaro, Wai Ming Tang
  • Publication number: 20120055501
    Abstract: A hair treatment device and a corresponding method for treating hair are disclosed. The hair treatment device is suitable for heating hair and has a heating element that is heated to a starting temperature and whose temperature is regulated by a temperature control. The hair treatment device has a sensor that measures data from which a parameter based on the condition of the hair can be generated, wherein the parameter influences the temperature control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Juergen SENG, Olaf SOERENSEN, Christoph SCHMITZ, Francis PINTO, Markus SCHUESSLER