Abstract: A supporting column part supports a housing in which an apparatus for producing hot air and a further apparatus for producing steam are located. A jib is pivotally mounted to the housing. A hot air pipe extends from the apparatus for producing hot air through the jib to a treatment head part. A dispensing head is mounted for rotation on the hot air pipe. This dispensing head is connected at one side to dispensing hoses adapted to be coupled to hair curlers. Diffusor-like arranged exit holes are located at the opposite side. A steam pipe extends from the apparatus for producing steam obliquely into the hot air pipe so that an ejector is formed. The jib part has a through shaped receiving container portion and a cover lid portion pivotally mounted to the receiving container portion. In order to store the dispensing hoses the coverlid portion is rotated upwards and the dispensing hoses are placed into the receiving container portion.

Abstract: The hair-drying apparatus, the handle of which is provided below and transversally with respect to the body of the apparatus, is provided with a sliding regulating shutter at a delivery mouth thereof; axes of the motor and the delivery duct being reciprocally offset. The apparatus offers a greater operational flexibility and versatility.

Abstract: A hair dryer including a main body, a heater, a fan, a handle and a temperature control device. The main body has an air outlet and an outer surface. The heater is encased in the main body and configured to heat the air. The fan is provided in the main body and configured to blow air toward the heater. The handle is attached to the main body. The temperature control device is configured to control the heater to adjust a temperature of the air and has a temperature adjuster provided on the outer surface of the main body between the air outlet and the fan. The temperature adjuster is configured to rotate around the outer surface of the main body to adjust the temperature of the air.

Abstract: The hood is fitted with a fan in the crown that directs air flow upward from the hood interior. The hood has a liner that provides an air distribution plenum between hood and liner. Air flows from the plenum toward hair being dried from holes in the plenum. Some of the holes are, preferably, fitted with movable jets which can be rotated to provide the out flow pattern preferred for the particular hair style being dried.

Abstract: In the present invention, winding units (19) as a stator (23) are fixedly mounted in a cylindrical housing (1). A rotor (29) is provided on vanes (26) for supplying wind. The rotor (29) is disposed to surround the stator (23), thereby forming a brushless motor (30) that provides a hair direr having low noise level and lighter construction. The rotor has a sufficiently larger dimension in a direction of flow of wind than the stator (23). The stator (23) and rotor (28) are positioned relative to each other such that the center of the stator (23) in the direction of flow of wind is at the same position as the center of the rotor (29) in the direction of flow of wind. Thus, even if the rotor (29) moves slightly in the direction of flow of wind when the rotor (29) is rotating, the torque will not change significantly.

Abstract: A hair dryer used for drying and styling hair includes a heating element in a passage connecting an air inlet and an air outlet. The heating element has a ceramic coating layer, which is coated with mixed powder of extreme infrared material and poly-element minerals, both in powder form.

Abstract: A hair dryer is provided which dries hair by convection and infrared radiation heating. The dryer includes a hand grip extending downward, an intake opening and an exhaust opening, and a halogen heater comprising a U-shaped quartz tube with a tungsten filament. Infrared radiation is emitted by the quartz tube and a fan is rotated by a motor which causes air from the air intake opening to flow past the halogen heater to heats an air stream that is discharged from the exhaust opening.

Abstract: A hair dryer holder for adjustably holding a hair dryer, comprising a base for attaching the hair dryer holder to a surface, an extension member including a bottom portion fixed to the base and an arm member extending from the base, and a universal joint member coupled to the arm member and comprising a ball member juxtaposed between two cup members for rotation therein, the ball member configured for coupling to a nozzle of a hair dryer such that the nozzle can be positioned by the ball member.

Abstract: A portable hair dryer that utilizes portable stove and portable grill sized propane tanks to supply fuel to a heat exchanger including a gas burner. The discharge vent of the heat exchanger includes a flame arrester screen at least three inches form the outer edge thereof.

Abstract: The combination hair dryer cover and head shield is for use with a hood-type hair dryer and is useful for energy conservation while also protecting the forehead, features and neck of the user from excess heat being emitting from the hair dryer. The apparatus comprises a hood cover and a head shield which are stitched together around the perimeter of a common seam. The apparatus will protect uncovered portions of the patrons' head from heat energy from the hair dryer. The shield cover and the hood cover are each made of a clear plastic material. The hood cover is secured onto the hood by an elastic band and the shield is retained onto the head of the patron by another elastic band. The apparatus is inexpensive to make and readily disposable, thereby providing improved sanitary conditions.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an impeller (1) for a hair dryer or a hair dryer accessory device, which includes an impeller blade (6) by means of which the impeller (1) is adapted to be set in rotation about an axis (3) by a current of air (8). The impeller blade (6) possesses variable aerodynamic properties, particularly an effective surface impinged by the current of air (8) which is variable in response to the rotational frequency of the impeller blade (6). In particular the free end (7) of the impeller blade (6) is of an elastic configuration, causing it to be bent more or less severely under the action of the centrifugal force. This variation in the effective surface of the impeller blade (6) enables the rotational frequency of the impeller (1) to be maintained at an approximately constant value.

Abstract: A hair dryer includes a casing inside which a heat generation device for generation of heat by burning fossil fuel supplied from a removable internal fuel container and a fan for generation of an air flow passing through the heat generation device to be heated thereby for the provision of heated air stream are arranged. The heat generation device includes a cordierite based ceramic body on which a platinum based oxidation catalyst is coated. An initial ignition device is provided to cause an initial burning of the fuel supplied to thereto for heating the catalyst to the working temperature thereof. Once reaching the working temperature, the catalyst itself maintains the oxidation or burning of the fuel in a flameless manner and the heated air flow is continuously supplied until the fuel supply is cut off and the fan turned off.

Abstract: A hair drier has a hollow handle, a barrel support device disposed on the hollow handle, and a barrel disposed on the barrel support device. The barrel has a through hole, a heat collection net, a fan, and a motor. A flame nozzle is disposed in the barrel support device. A gas igniter is disposed in the barrel support device in front of the flame nozzle. The hollow handle has a gas chamber, a battery chamber, a gas adjustment button, a motor speed adjustment button, and an ignition button. A gas pipe is connected to the flame nozzle and the gas chamber.

Abstract: An apparatus and method of drying hair in which an axial flow of heated air is diverged from the axis toward a circular array of flow nozzles at a selected flow velocity. The nozzles direct the heated air along a conical flow pattern such that the air is focused to a common point. When the circular array is positioned such that a hair-carrying surface, e.g., the scalp of a user, is located between the circular array and the common point, hair will be lifted to provide enhanced drying conditions. The circular array is located on a nozzle structure which may be integral with the housing of a hand-held hair dryer, or configured as a separable attachment.

Abstract: A hair styling instrument is provided which includes a housing (8) having a front side (9), formed with at least one passage (10) for heated air. Elongate hair guides (12, 13, 14) project exclusively from the front side (9) of the housing (8) or, at least in the area of the passage (10). Movable hair guides (13) are movable between a first position, in which they project fully from the housing (8), and a second position, in which they project from the housing (8) to a smaller extent than in the first position. With the movable hair guides (13) in the second position the hair styling instrument can be moved through wet tangled hair with a low resistance. Subsequently, when the hair is tidied and drier, a proper grip and hence a satisfactory styling performance is achieved with the movable hair guides (13) in the first position.

Abstract: A blow dryer is provided which can be used as a gun-type blower/dryer and as an elongated styler/dryer comprising a conventional body section and a barrel which includes a barrel end opening and a plurality of holes along the periphery of the barrel wherein separate chambers are provided in the barrel to direct the desired concentration and velocity of hot air to the barrel end opening and the holes along the periphery of the barrel.

Abstract: An attachment for a hair dryer is provided which is allowed to move relative to the barrel of the hair dryer in use. This is achieved by forming the attachment in two parts, a first part being a tool member for actually performing the desired function of the attachment, and the second part being a connecting member for fixing the attachment to the barrel of the hair dryer. Each of these parts is formed with a complementary part-spherical portion which are disposed one within the other to form a rotatable joint in the manner of a ball-and-socket joint. The attachment can take any of a number of conventional forms.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a hand-held hair dryer including a housing (10) which is comprised of a handle (12) and an air-moving outer tube (14); the outer tube (14) possesses an inlet port (16) and an outlet port (18) for an air stream, and the housing accommodates a heater and a fan generating and heating the air stream. Arranged in the outer tube (14) is an inner tube (42) receiving at least the heater. In this arrangement, the inner tube (42) is manufactured from a material having a higher thermal stability than the outer tube, and the inner tube (42) terminates flush with at least the outlet port of the outer tube (14) or projects beyond the outlet port of the outer tube (14) in the direction of flow (64). A hair styling implement as, for example, a nozzle (44), a diffuser or the like, is attachable to the inner tube (42).

Abstract: A heat protector visor (10) comprising an arcuate panel (12) to fit against a forehead (13) on a head (14) of a person 16. A bill (18) projects forwardly and curves upwardly from the arcuate panel (12). A structure (20) on the arcuate panel (12) is for gripping sides of the head (14) of the person (16). When the person (16) sits under a portable electric hair dryer (22), the upwardly curved bill (18) will deflect heated air (24) away from a face (26) of the person (16), back up into an air chamber (28) of the portable electric hair dryer (22) and onto hair (30) on hair rollers (31) upon the head (14) of the person (16). The heated air (24) will be maximized to dry the hair (30) much faster, reduce operating time and electricity needed to operate the portable electric hair dryer (22).

Abstract: An accessory (9) integral with the blowing extremity (8) of a hair dryer (1). The accessory is traversed by the air blown out of the hair dryer to dry the hair. The accessory includes elements intended to be in contact with the hair, such as rigid bristles (11) or fingers (12). The accessory is composed of vibrating means (13, 14) which cause the elements (11, 12) to vibrate during hair drying.

Abstract: A heat gun quickly and efficiently dries joint compound. The heat gun includes an outer shroud defining an airflow chamber and a fan which drives airflow therethrough. A motor provides drive to the fan while a plurality of heating coils disposed within the airflow chamber heat the airflow between 1200 and 1700 .degree. Fahrenheit. A fan-shaped attachment is attached about an endcap of the heat gun. The fan-shaped attachment extends into a pair of sidewall surfaces terminating in an elongated port. The elongated port is preferably between 1/2 and 3 inches in diameter and between 8 and 12 inches in length. The endcap of the heat gun is between 1 and 3 inches in diameter. A plurality of ribs connect the pair of sidewall surfaces and extend longitudinally from the endcap of the heat gun to the elongated port of the fan-shaped attachment to define a plurality of longitudinal air passages which evenly distribute airflow along the fan-shaped attachment.

Abstract: A hand held blow dryer includes a barrel with a plurality of holes. A deflecting mechanism can be positioned within or substantially within the barrel, and an actuating mechanism can be operationally associated with the deflecting mechanism. The hand-held blow dryer can be utilized in at least a first mode in which air flow is directed through the barrel opening of the barrel, and a second mode in which the actuating mechanism is actuated to move the deflecting mechanism from at least a position in which the barrel opening is opened, to a position in which the barrel opening is substantially closed by the deflecting mechanism. Thus, in the second mode most of the air is deflected by the deflecting mechanism and forced through the holes of the barrel.

Abstract: A mounting fixture for a hand-held electric hair dryer comprising a base with a support surface and a hollow collar extending perpendicularly therefrom; an elongate rod supported within the hollow collar; and clamping elements on the upper end of the rod. The clamping elements include two planar clamp pads mounted in two dish-like members. The clamping elements are spring biased to accommodate the hair dryer therebetween. The spring bias is achieved either by a yoke formed of spring steel or by two pivotally secured flat members having a compression spring located between adjacent ends of the flat members. The direction of the barrel of the dryer and accordingly the direction of the column of warm air exiting from the barrel can be easily adjusted horizontally and vertically over a wide angular range allowing a user of this type of hair dryer free use of both hands while drying hair.

Abstract: A collapsible and portable hair dryer with gas combustion heat supply system is provided. Gas combustion is adapted to supply heat for air inside the hair dryer. A motor ran by a self-contained power source system is provided to rotate a fan in order to blow air through several bladelike portions, which are heated by the gas flame. Thus, the air passed through the heated bladelike portions becomes hot and is blown out for use. The hair dryer can be used outdoors because an electrical socket is not needed.

Abstract: A hand-held blow dryer includes a barrel having concentric inner and outer cylinders. The outer cylinder is slidably mounted on the inner cylinder. Each of the inner and outer cylinder comprise a plurality of holes. A deflecting mechanism is positioned at the barrel opening of the barrel, and an actuating mechanism is operationally associated with the outer cylinder and the deflecting mechanism. The hand-held blow dryer can be utilized in a first mode in which the holes of the inner and outer cylinders are not aligned to block air flow through the barrel surface and thereby direct air to the barrel opening which is opened. In a second mode, the actuating mechanism is actuated so as to slide the outer cylinder with respect to the inner cylinder to align the holes on the inner and outer cylinder and permit air flow through the aligned holes.

Abstract: A nozzle attachment for a hair dryer has a cylindrical element for connecting a flow-directing member to the nozzle of a hair dryer. The flow-directing member deflects the air coming from the hair dryer by a certain acute angle. The flow-directing member is rotatable relative to the cylindrical element. Vanes are provided within the flow-directing member. They are slanted to the direction of air flow from the hair dryer, so that impingement of air on the vanes causes the flow-directing member to rotate thus providing air flow having a continually varying flow direction.

Abstract: A hair dryer has an electric heating element adapted to produce any desired intensity of heat output within a continuous range of heat intensities and an electric blower adapted to produce any desired speed of air flow within a continuous range of air flow speeds which is then heated by intensity of the heat output of the heating element to produce any desired heated air flow output. The hair dryer also has a control circuit electrically connected to the heating element and blower and being operable upon actuation by a pair of momentary switches to simultaneously regulate operation of the heater element and blower to produce a continuously variable heated air flow output. The continuously variable simultaneous regulation of the heat output intensity and air flow output speed is driven or powered in opposite directions by a user manually manipulating the pair of momentary switches respectively labelled "Up" and "Down".

Abstract: An adjustable pulsator for a hair dryer has a rotatable disc 14 with peripheral blades 17. A housing 18 has apertures 26 which are effectively closed by more or the less by protrusions 27 when a ring 19 supporting the protrusions 27 is rotated relative to the housing 18. The more open the apertures, the faster the disc 14 will rotate in use.

Abstract: In one preferred embodiment, a hands free hair dryer having a body in which are disposed a fan and a heating element, the body being mounted on a wall or the edge of a door. An infinitely positionable, self-supporting hose has a proximal end attached to the outlet of the body and a distal end selectively disposed to direct a stream of hot air toward the head of a user. Alternatively, the heating element may be disposed in the distal end of the hose. In another embodiment, the body is replaced with a housing within which the outlet nozzle of a conventional hand held air dryer is releasably secured.

Abstract: The pressure head needed to drive combustion air into the combustion region (46) of a heat gun 930) is imparted to the air by a compressor blades (36) driven by a turbine whose blades (32) are interposed in the fuel conduit that leads to the combustion region (46). The expansion of the gaseous fuel, which is obtained from a pressurized source, provides the power to impose the necessary pressure head. The turbine-compressor combination is efficient enough that it can extract from the fuel flow enough power to maintain the necessary pressure head not only on the combustion gas (A.sub.1), which flows through vents (44) in a manifold (43), but also on a larger volume of air (A.sub.2) delivered downstream of the combustion region (46) to dilute the combustion products and thereby cool them to the desired heat-gun output temperature.

Abstract: There is provided a hair drying system which comprises a support means for an individual which causes the individual's hair to hang vertically, generally away from the individual's head. A hair drying means is positioned with respect to the hanging hair and directs room temperature or warmed air through the hair to effect drying. Fingers and/or ribs can be incorporated into the hair drying means to help separate the hair and better direct the air flow through the hair.

Abstract: A hair drying curler apparatus comprises a curler body and a curler clip, whereby the curler clip is adapted to snap in place over the curler body with a damp lock of the user's hair captured therebetween. The curler body is formed such that a material having a high-surface area extends about and is bonded to an outer surface of the curler body so as to allow an ample amount of hair drying expediting material to be evenly dispersed therethrough. The curler clip is configured in a similar manner as the curler body, whereby the inner surface of the clip is lined with a material having a high-surface area for hair drying expediting material to be embedded therethrough. Additionally, the curler clip is configured so as to clip a lock of hair on the curler body, and so as to expedite the drying of the damp hair between adjacent curlers. Therefore, when the present apparatus is applied to damp hair, the hair is dried and curled simultaneously.

Abstract: In one preferred embodiments, a hands free hair dryer having a body in which are disposed a fan and a heating element, the body being mounted on a wall or the edge of a door. An infinitely positionable, self-supporting hose has a proximal end attached to the outlet of the body and a distal end selectively disposed to direct a stream of hot air toward the head of a user. Alternatively, the heating element may be disposed in the distal end of the hose. In another embodiment, the body is replaced with a housing within which the outlet nozzle of a conventional hand held air dryer is releasably secured.

Abstract: A vacuum structure arranged for mounted securement to an associated hair clipper assembly is provided in operative communication with a vacuum pump to direct severed and trimmed hair into an associated container. The apparatus includes a rigid air inlet housing arranged for mounting to the hair clipper assembly having a downwardly canted inlet nozzle to include a nozzle valve plate mounted to effect air flow into the nozzle.

Abstract: An after shower hat is fabricated from a towel-like material. A rectangular piece of the material is folded in half. The open sides are sewn forming first and second seams, and elastic is sewn around the opening to provide a snug fit. The seams are also provided with a stiffening material, whereby when the hat is worn with the seams at the front and back of the head, the hat stands relatively straight out from the wearer's head. This permits the hair to dry without flattening.

Abstract: A device for monitoring the position of the head is provided at a treatment device having an open design for human hair on the head, which device is outfitted with at least one transmitter and at least one receiver for generating and receiving a measurement signal 12, as well as a warning device for indicating undesired head positions.

Abstract: A hair dryer hood conduit is arranged for mounting to a lower annular end of a hair dryer hood, with the hood conduit having a cylindrical body formed with a lower elastomeric band arranged for securement about an individual's head to direct heat thereto. A modification of the invention includes window members arranged through the body to modulate heat directed onto an individual's head.

Abstract: The travel hair-dryer consists of two telescopic components (1, 2), one of the components (1) being provided at its base with an air inlet grille (6) and comprising the conventional components (3, 4, 5) of a hair-dryer, and the other component (2), sliding over the first component (1), being closed at the top thereof and being provided with a lateral grille (8) for the discharge of air, the said grille being released when the apparatus is extended.

Abstract: A blow dryer appliance adapted with roller or non-roller accesories for contacting a surface and facilitating combined dryer and roller/non-roller type tasks on a surface. The roller and non-roller accessories are provided in the form of an attachments for the blow dryer member and are designed to accommodate heated air treatment with the appliance on a variety of selected personal or industrial tasks. As a personal care appliance, the roller element's structural features are in the form of a flexible body that conforms to a person's body parts to allow a sponge, or the like, roller surface to collect water particles after bathing. The drying task is enhanced by dispersement of moisture from the person's body facilitated by the combination of heated air evaporating moisture from the absorbent roller. The roller element is completely detachable, washable and/or disposable.

Abstract: A hair drying apparatus comprises a blower with a scroll internally provided with a fan having radial blades with flat lower edges and upper edges shaped to adapt to the scroll so as to define a substantially spiral path. Disposed below the scroll is an open external air inlet chamber containing the lower part of a motor which drives the fan so that said motor is cooled by the air in transit from the outside. The chamber substantially constitutes an extension of the spiral path in the scroll to which it is connected through a vertical aperture above which is disposed a horizontal baffle substantially flush with the lower edges of the blades of the fan.

Abstract: A brush for drying hair has a body with a hollow interior. The body has opposed surfaces with the surface on one side having teeth arranged in a more open or less dense pattern than the teeth on the opposite surface. The teeth on each face pass through a non-woven fabric sheet of water absorbant material with inner ends of the teeth seated in recesses in the inner body of the head of the brush. The non-woven fabric on one surface of the brush is isolated from the non-woven fabric on the other face so that its water absorbing function is isolated from the fabric on the other surface.

Abstract: An attachment for a hair dryer, to be secured to the outlet end of the hair dryer, to cause air coming from the hair dryer to orbit and diverge, includes a tubular housing having air inlet and air outlet ends, means associated with the air inlet end to secure the housing to the air outlet of a hair dryer, an air deflector within the housing proximate to the air outlet end, the air deflector being mounted for rotation about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the housing, the deflector including opposed angle vanes on the end thereof nearest the air inlet and having an angled deflector on the end thereof nearest the air outlet, so that air from the dryer passing through the housing will flow past the opposed angled vanes and cause the air deflector to rotate and the air will thereafter be orbitally deflected to one side by the angled deflector. Alternatively, the air deflector can be mounted in a hair dryer itself near the air outlet end.

Abstract: A hair dryer including an intake port and a blow-off port with a heating mechanism provided adjacent the intake port and inboard of the cylinder head. A pair of adjustable shutter members pivotally mounted adjacent the blow off port to concentrate the air at a central portion of the cylinder head cross-sectional area. The shutters are of a non-permeable structure and are capable of blocking the entire air flow.

Abstract: In a hair treatment device with a winding mandrel driven by a motor and used to wind up hair, the current used by the motor is led through a current limiter circuit in order to limit torque. The current limiter circuit comprises an operating stage and a safety stage. The safety stage is utilized to limit current if the operating stage fails.

Abstract: An infrared hair dryer has four infrared units positionable about the head. Two of the infrared radiating units are fixedly mounted to the top of a framework by a pair of conduits. Side infrared radiating units are mounted to each side of the framework by adjustable means to facilitate positioning of the side units relative to the head of a person whose hair is being dried. Each unit includes an infrared radiator of straight line configuration disposed between a reflecting mirror and a wire screen. A control panel with control circuitry is carried by the framework for relative positioning with respect therefore and is connected to the radiators by electrical conductor means which extend through the conduits. A sensor and indicator are carried by the framework as is a motorized blower unit for blowing air through appropriately formed louvers and towards selected locations. The heat sensor is adjustably mounted to serve as a reference point in adjusting the infrared units.

Abstract: A hair dryer includes a hand grip with a push switch for energizing the electrical components of the dryer. The components are turned on by depression of the push switch when the grip is held by the user and are automatically turned off when the user releases the grip. A holder with an insertion socket carried by an angularly adjustable neck is provided for supporting the dryer by insertion of the hand grip into the socket. The socket includes a wall perforated by a slot. The user may insert the hand grip into the socket with the switch aligned with the slot so that the switch is not depressed and the components are not energized. Alternatively the grip may be inserted with the switch unaligned with the slot so that the switch is depressed by the socket wall to energize the components.

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: A hair grooming device such as a comb, a heated hair styler or a curler having a moisture sensing device and an indicator, thereby allowing the user to control the dryness of the hair while styling or curling the hair.

Abstract: A multiple-function electric dryer includes a casing having a nozzle extending outwardly through opening formed in the front and bottom walls thereof and arranged for upward and downward angular movement about a horizontal axis within the confines of the nozzle opening, with the nozzle being in communication with a horizontal-pipe portion of a hot air supplier within the casing. The horizontal-pipe portion has an electric heating coil therein and is provided with an air fan on an air inlet hood communicating with a casing air inlet. A retractable horizontal grating mounted for vertical movement below the bottom wall provides for laying thereon of clothing or towels to be dried by air discharged from the nozzle when downwardly positioned. The grating has a central recess portion to accomodate downward angular movement of the nozzle and is adjustably positionable by a pair of vertical rods extending into the casing.

Abstract: A hair dryer comprising an electric motor 1 that places into rotation two or more arms 2 bearing at the ends thereof infra-red and hot air lamps 3, said lamps moving on a curved surface around the user's head due to a mechanism housed in supporting arm 5 and further comprising a sheave 7 with inclined plane, a cam 12 and a cam lever 20 for determining, when combined, a rotation motion of axis 10.