Abstract: A tanning hair dryer and/or hair steamer and process is disclosed wherein a user can receive light from an ultraviolet ray source while also receiving conditioned air from a hair dryer and/or hair steamer. The invention can either be manufactured or applied to existing hair dryers and/or hair steamer hoods by retrofitting. Two embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In the first embodiment, a tanning shield is attached to a hood by two pivotally attached attaching arms. In the second embodiment, two tanning shields are attached to the hood by universal positioning means, or means that enable the tanning shields to be placed in a number of different positions with a number of different orientations.

Abstract: A portable hairdryer used for permitting a user to move freely while simultaneously drying the user's hair. The portable hairdryer includes a flexible cap with spaced apart inner and outer layers each having a plurality of apertures therethrough. One end of an elongate flexible tubular hose is coupled to the cap. The other end of the hose is coupled to a blower housing. At least one heating element is mounted in the blower housing. A battery power source is mounted in the blower housing and is electrically connected to the heating element. A fan is mounted in the housing and is electrically connected to the battery power source. An elongate flexible belt is coupled to the blower housing.

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: A hard-shelled portable hair drying apparatus 10 including a hood unit 11 including a generally rigid hood member 20 having an upper portion 21 and a lower portion 23 divided by an apertured partition 26; wherein, at least a portion of a drying unit 12 is disposed in the upper portion 21 of the hood member 20 which is further provided with a three-point support unit 13 which includes a pair of shoulder engaging support members 40 and a relatively elongated third support member 50 which is operatively associated with the user's back and upper torso.

Abstract: The combination hair dryer cover and head shield is for use with a hood-type hair dryer and is useful for 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 hood cover can be readily separated from the head shield along perforations disposed about the perimeter of the head shield proximate to the head shield elastic band positioned about the hairline of the patron. Once separated, the hood cover is discarded, the head shield can thereafter be used as needed.

Abstract: A hair restoring apparatus comprises a helmetlike cap having a sealing ring formed around a brim portion into which compressed air is supplied, and provided with an air inlet/outlet, steam inlets and hair restorer inlets. A pneumatic machine is connected to the air inlet/outlet of the cap and to the sealing ring formed around the brim portion of the cap by way of pipes, a steam generator is connected to the steam inlets of the cap by way of pipes, and a hair restorer supply unit for storing a hair restorer is connected to the hair restorer inlets of the cap by way of pipes. The cap is put on the head to form a sealed space between the cap and the head, steam is jetted into the sealed space after evacuating the latter to expand and to clean portions of the scalp around hair roots, a hair restorer is jetted into the evacuated, sealed space, and then compressed air is jetted into the sealed space to promote the penetration of the hair restorer into the portions of the scalp around hair roots.

Abstract: The invention relates to a hair drying and styling appliance for drying hair by means of hot air. The appliance comprises a hair styling unit (8) which has a convex wall portion (9) formed with a multitude of air discharge openings (10) and the surface of the convex wall portion (9) has been provided with a velvet-like or short-tufted material (14). The styling unit further has a plurality of styling pins (12) are arranged along a peripheral part (11) of the convex wall portion (9). By brushing over the hair with the velvet-like or short-tufted material of the convex wall portion, the hair becomes is given a glossy appearance.

Abstract: A flexible shield for enclosing a hood of a hair dryer about the head of a person having her hair dried, the shield both advantageously guiding air over the head and also protecting the face from exposure to heated air. The shield comprises a substantially flat panel prior to installation. When installed, the shield assumes a generally tubular configuration open at both ends and also having a lateral opening for admitting the neck of the hood. The upper opening is constricted by a drawstring and the lower opening has an elastic band for automatically constricting about the head of the user. The lower opening is maintained closed by a heat resistant snap fastener. Optionally, the shield has perforations disposed throughout to exhaust air which would otherwise escape through the lateral opening.

Abstract: A new Uniform Heat Distributing Head Protecting System for providing a cap which protects a user's ears and uniformly heats a chemical applied to the user's hair. The inventive device includes a cover formed to snugly engage a head, an elastic band attached to the cover, a pair of arcuate support members attached to the cover, a heat control switch, and three heating elements secured within the cap for heating the chemical applied to the hair. The three heating elements comprise a high temperature heating element, a medium temperature heating element, and a low temperature heating element controlled by the heat control switch.

Abstract: A hair dryer system that includes a rechargeable battery pack for supplying electrical power to both the air heating element and the blower fan; that includes an air filter holder for holding a replaceable air filter that can be replaced when clogged by lint and other airborne contaminants; and that includes a hair bonnet positionable over a user's head and an adjustable waist strap for securing a dryer housing containing the air heating element and the blower fan about the waist of the user.

Abstract: A portable hair steamer suitable for direct application of steam to the hair of the user. The portable hair steamer generally includes a base having a steaming chamber disposed therein and a hood to surround the head of the user. A detachable water tank having a drip or check valve is provided to supply a predetermined rate of water to the steaming chamber. A telescoping neck is provided intermediate the hood and the base and is adjustable for the comfort of the user. The telescoping neck and hood are collapsible against the base to facilitate transportation and storage. An auxiliary steaming chamber may be provided to preheat hair curlers.

Abstract: A portable apparatus for drying the hair of a wearer. The hair dryer includes support means such as a belt or shoulder strap for removably mounting the hair dryer apparatus on the body of the wearer. A casing having an opening is mounted on the support means. A blower is disposed within the casing and is operative to force air out of the casing through an opening. A conduit is coupled with the casing with an inlet of the conduit being in communication with the opening in the casing. The conduit is arranged and configured such that an outlet thereof may be positioned proximate the hair of the wearer. The hair dryer may further include a cap member with a hole formed therein. The conduit is secured to the cap member such that the outlet is in communication with the hole. The hair dryer may be provided with a power source operative to provide electricity to the blower. The power source may include a battery mounted on the support means or an electrical cord extending from the casing.

Abstract: The invention is directed to an air-moving appliance for drying or styling hair, comprising a housing 12 having an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening, with a supporting structure 30 which is provided with apertures 32 and hair pickup elements 34 being attachable to the housing at the forward end of the air outlet opening. Associated with the supporting structure 30 is a diaphragm device 36, with the supporting structure 30 being arranged at the forward end of the air outlet opening so as to be displaceable relative to the housing 12. Part of the apertures 32 of the supporting structure is closable by viture of the diaphragm device. The displacement of the supporting structure 30 is accomplished by the force exerted on the hair pickup elements 34 during the hair drying or hair styling action.

Abstract: A bonnet style hair dryer includes integral left and right speakers. Each of the speakers is positioned proximate a respective ear of the user. A two conductor stereo audio cable is separately attached to each speaker with the opposite end connected to an audio jack. The speakers can thus be connected, via a removable external audio cable, to any suitable audio source, including radio, television audio, stereo music source, etc. so that a user can receive audio entertainment or information while her or his hair is being dried. At the same time, should the user not desire to listen to audio programming, the external cable can be easily removed and the entire stereo audio system becomes virtually invisible from the exterior of the hair dryer.

Abstract: A generally disk-shaped comb-type hair dryer with drying air discharge nozzles projecting from a concave bottom surface. The bottom surface of the disk shaped hair dryer housing is gently concave in a manner to ergonomically conform the distal ends of the discharge nozzles to the outer contour of the human head. Heated air is emitted from the hair dryer discharge nozzles at the level of, or immediately above the level of, the scalp and is directed parallel to the scalp or upwardly such that there is no waste of air flow, no waste of heat, great efficiency in drying and no irritation of the scalp. The flow of air away from the scalp produces a fuller bodied hair style.

Abstract: An attachment for a dome-shaped warm air hair dryer, especially for drying long hair. The attachment includes a circular manifold which receives air from the hair dryer. The manifold is coupled to a series of chambers which define a trailing drape. The chambers have orifices which divert warm air around the hair which is to be dried. A pad means is disposed around the perimeter of the drape to contain the hair and to permit drying air to flow therearound.

Abstract: A hair treatment apparatus includes a rotary arm having an air flow passage, an electric fan for blowing air through the passage to an outlet for impingement onto the hair being treated and an electric heater installed in the passage for heating the air. The rotary arm is rotatably attached at a tiltable angle to an obliquely downwardly facing body cover supported on a support rod and housing an electric motor driven drive mechanism for reciprocally rotating the arm in a path defining a conical surface about the body cover. The tilted angle of the arm is adjustable to change the apex angle of the conical surface described by the arm during rotation. The rotary drive mechanism can slip should the arm be blocked by an external force. A photo sensor position detecting arrangement controls the limits of the reciprocal rotation of the rotary arm.

Abstract: A hair dryer of the type having a hood in which a heated air flow is directed to the upper portion of a person's head includes components for selectively blocking air flow to the person's head and for concurrently venting the blocked air flow at a location outside of the interior of the hood. Components of the hood continue to be heated by the diverted air flow and radiate heat to the person's hair in the manner of a heat lamp. This enables use of the dryer for other hair processing operations, such as tinting for example. A separate radiant heater is not needed and hair dressing procedures are simplified.

Abstract: A hairdressing kit combining a hair heating function with a haircurling function includes a hair dryer having a cylindrical air blower, cylindrical hair curlers, receivers for receiving the air blower of the hair dryer and the curlers detachably, and a casing body of an adiabatic structure through which the blower receiver communicates with the curler receivers.

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: A method and device facilitating the optimal degree of processing of hair during permanent waving (perming) of hair. As a critical part of a combination of otherwise conventional sequential perming steps, the inventive method vacuums moisture from rod-mounted hair following the water rising of waving lotion from the perm processed hair. The vacuuming device includes a cover worn on the head substantially sealed around the mounting periphery thereof, with the cover forming free-space above and around the rod mounted hair and with the cover having channel structure channeling outer ambient room temperature air toward hair roots of rod-mounted hair.

Abstract: A diffuser for professional hooded dryers attaches snugly to the hooded dryers with a drawstring, opens and closes for easy access with velcro fasteners and contains eyelets that let hot air escape to prevent overheating of the hair and head. The soft, durable, heat resistant and water repellent material ensures a comfortable fit around the patron's ears and hair lines cutting the drying process tremendously and saving energy.

Abstract: A hair-drying system for use primarily in homes and other locations which employs a central forced air blower to disperse air through an air ducting system to air terminals disposed primarily in bathrooms. The air terminals are covered over when in the non-operative position. Upon physical and electrical coupling of a hair-drying unit to the air terminal, which hair-drying unit is comprised of a dryer and a flex tubing, air will be delivered through the flex tubing to the dryer, since the flex tubing is in fluid connection with both the air ducting system and the dryer. An optional damper(s) can be employed to limit air flow. Heat is applied to the air by a dryer mounted switch controlled resistance heater. The electrical energy to operate the dryer is obtained from a grounded electrical outlet mounted adjacent the cover plate of the air terminal. If 110 volt AC is used to power the dryer, the electrical connection would be via a ground fault interrupter to prevent injury.

Abstract: A hair dryer heat deflector which includes a forwardly extending, arcuately cross-sectioned bill having a forward edge and a rear edge to which is joined an upwardly extending forehead protector of arcuate cross-sectional configuration to fit the forehead. A pair of cheek protector sections flare outwardly and downwardly from the bill, and a headband or strap is connected to the cheek protector sections on opposite sides of the bill.

Abstract: A hair dryer includes a hair dryer body and a stand for supporting the body, wherein the hair dryer body has a body head having a heater and a blast fan driven by a motor disposed from an intake port toward a blow-off port side, incorporating a collecting mechanism on the blow-off port, and a handle capable of supporting the body head foldably and provided with a switch for changing operations of the motor and the heater. The stand includes a handle containing cylinder capable of storing the detached handle and is provided with a height adjusting mechanism capable of adjusting a height of the handle, and a storage area formed integrally with the handle containing cylinder is provided with an interior storage space.

Abstract: A hair setting assembly including a hollow base provided with an electrical motor attached to drive a fan in a perforated enclosure affixed to the base. The air flow from the fan is then conveyed through a vertical, tubular extension, across heating filaments, to a flexible joint and thereafter to a distribution assembly includes a cylindrical cap telescopically affixed on a shaped end of a tube to selectively expose one or more openings to the airflow. Flexible hoses may then be inserted into the exposed openings to convey the heated air flow into hair rollers.

Abstract: A hair treatment system and appliance which are precisely and accurately controlled by a microprocessor in which data stored in memory is utilized to control different types of hair treatment programs for different types of hair. The system is utilized in association with a head bonnet adapted to be placed about the hair being treated and having a heater therein for heating the hair during the treatment program. A control panel allows a selection and entry to be made on the type and porosity of the hair to be treated, from eleven different possible combinations thereof indicated on the panel. A memory has stored therein a treatment time and temperature for each of the possible combinations, and a processing circuit is responsive to the particular entry to retrieve the proper treatment time and temperature from memory. A separate temperature sensor probe is utilized to detect the temperature produced by the heater at the hair during its treatment.

Abstract: An apparatus for drying hair from the inside out is comprised of a supply tube adapted for connection to a source of air such as a portable electric hair dryer. A plurality of feeder tubes are in communication with the supply tube. A plurality of fingers are in communication with each feeder tube with each finger having a distal end and a length sufficient for supporting the plurality of feeder tubes at locations which for the most part are removed from the hair and avoid a flattening thereof. The fingers also include a plurality of openings for permitting air from the source to dry the hair from the inside out. Adjustable belts are connected to the feeder tubes by fasteners cooperating with the feeder tubes and belts enabling the feeder tubes to be selectively disposed in a predetermined spaced relationship.

Abstract: The housing of the apparatus which supplies conditioned air into the plenum chamber of the collapsible hood of an electric hair dryer has integral internal ribs which define a channel for the flow of air past an air heating device and toward an impeller which is driven by an electric motor and conveys conditioned air into the hood. Four walls of the housing have air admitting ports, and the ribs define with the bearing for the electric motor an annular gap for admission of air from the interior of the housing into an intermediate portion of the channel. The inlet of the channel is defined by outwardly flaring arcuate end portions of the ribs.

Abstract: An electric hair dryer wherein a collapsible hood defines one or more plenum chambers for heated air and has a foraminous inner panel which is adjacent to the hair when the hood is placed over the head of the wearer. The hood has a hollow extension which is adjacent to the chest of the wearer and is separably connectable with the slotted detachable cover of a housing for the electric motor which drives a rotor for supplying heated air into the plenum chamber or chambers. The rotor is installed in the cover and is disposed downstream of an air heating unit which is mounted in the interior of a hollow cylindrical or frustoconical air guide and surrounds a tube for admission of cool atmospheric air into the space around the motor. The bottom wall, the front wall and the two lateral walls of the housing are formed with ports which admit atmospheric air into the air guide as well as into the tube.

Abstract: A Hot Air Gun capable of stripping paint comprising a casing made of a pair of clam-shell members, an electric motor, a fan drivingly connected to the electric motor, heating means comprising a former and a helical heating element projecting outside the casing and defining an air outlet at its ends, and an outer tubular member surrounding the projecting part of the inner tubular member. The inner and outer tubular members are clamped in position by the securing together of the pair of clam-shell members of the casing. Baffle means are provided at the upstream end of the helical heating element for blocking an air flow path inside the element. The exposed surface of the outer tubular member is covered with a plurality of circumferential ribs.

Abstract: A hair working glove comprising an inner glove shell and an outer glove shell each made of material essentially non-permeable to air with the outer glove shell surrounding said inner glove shell and forming a space therebetween. A warm air supply is provided to supply air to the space between the outer and inner glove shells and out holes in the palm side of the fingers of the outer glove shell. There is also comb segments attachable to the palm side of the fingers of the outer glove shell.

Abstract: An airflow cover for controlling the body temperature of a patient covers a portion of the patient's body and provides a generalized thermal bathing of the covered portion through the delivery of a temperature controlled gas mixture to the covered portion. The cover is formed from a series of inflatable tubes which are joined together in a parallel array having an upper surface facing away from the patient's body and an oppositely directed lower surface which faces the covered portion of the patient's body. An entry port is provided through the upper surface and into one tube, transverse ports open between the tubes, and exit ports are formed in the lower surface. A thermally controlled gas mixture is introduced through the entry port, circulates in the tubes by means of the transverse ports and inflates the tubes, and exits through the exit ports in the direction of the covered body portion to provide the desired thermal bathing.

Abstract: A portable hair drying apparatus has a tubular body (60) with an air inlet at one end also containing an electric motor driving impeller (73) and powered by rechargeable cells (74). The air flows over a gas burner assembly (61) fed with gas from a liquid gas container (78) via valve means (69). The container (78) may be recharged through valve (69) or detached at a coupling joint (79) and replaced. The gas burner (61) may comprise a tube surrounded by a catalyst impregnated fibre forming a flameless catalytic gas burner. The gas burner may be separated from direct contact with the air flow by means of a heat pump, one end of which is heated by the burner with the other end being located in the air flow.

Abstract: The invention is concerned with an apparatus for generating steam and ozone, i.e. ozonized steam in a controllable quantity for the treatment of both skin and hair, wherein the steam generating boiler communicates at least by means of a nozzle with a mixing ozoning chamber wherein an ozone generating lamp is positioned. In addition to the steam and ozone generation, the apparatus is provided with means for generating a cold and hot air flow, to be connected and controlled independently from the steam and ozone generation.The above apparatus is used in combination with a hair-dryer to be used for hair treatments, in the inside thereof means are provided for supplying and spreading in a suitable manner, the steam and ozone mixture generated by the above mentioned apparatus.

Abstract: Apparatus and process for blow drying hair in which the air is dehumidified by passing it through a special housing fitted with a moisture-absorbing filter insert placed ahead of the air which impinges against the hair. A regeneratable drying agent such as aluminum oxide, silica gel, or the like constitutes the moisutre absorbing filter insert. In a preferred embodiment a fan driven by an electric motor sucks the drying air through a slit in a double-walled hood which fits over the hair so that the air sucked through the slit must pass through the filter insert into an inside wall portion of the hood which is perforated and lies next to the hair which is being dried. A holder for the hood is swivelably mounted so that it can be fixed to a wall. Moist air which reaches the outside hood is recirculated to the inside wall and again fed to the filter insert for repeated dehumidification. In this manner at least part, if not all, of the air is dehumidified.

Abstract: A stand for converting a hand held hair blow dryer to a chair-type hair drying unit. The stand includes a pair of C-clamps for being attached to the back of a ordinary kitchen chair. A stabilizer bar extends between the two C-clamps. An adjustable neck extends up from the stabilizer bar. The upper end of the neck is provided with a clamp to hold the blow dryer. A flexible hose extends from the blow dryer to a bonnet which fits over the hair of the person sitting in the chair.

Abstract: A fluid diffusion member, particularly useful for insertion in the hood of a hair dryer, or the like, wherein the diffusion member is shaped congruently and adapted to be retained within the hood of the hair dryer so as to diffuse the heated air emanating from the source of heated fluid so as not to disrupt the hairdo, or the like, of the individual using the hair dryer. The fluid diffusion member is, in one embodiment, dome-shaped and molded of an open pore polyurethane foam which satisfactorily breaks up the air, permitting adequate drying without attendant disruption of the hairdo. In other embodiments, interconnected segments make up the diffusion member.

Abstract: A hair dryer has first and second air passage desiccant bed ducts with inlets communicating with an inlet air plenum and outlets communicating with an outlet plenum having a restricted dry air outlet. A plurality of longitudinally spaced porous baffles, each containing a water adsorbent desiccant material mounted within each duct. A first movable closure in the inlet plenum in a first position directs air through the first duct for circuitous passage through the baffles to the outlet plenum for delivery of dried air through its air outlet. Opposed exhaust air outlets on the inlet plenum communicate with the inlets of the ducts. One closure of a pair of pivotal outlet closures in a first position normally closes the exhaust outlet at one duct in the inlet plenums the other closure in its first position being normally open and adapted in a second position to close the exhaust outlet at the other duct in the inlet plenum. The closures are interconnected for movement in unison between first and second positions.

Abstract: A flexible bonnet portable hair dryer including two separate combination blower and heater units. A flexible U-shaped collar support is connected to the combination blower and heater units and to a lower edge of the bonnet.

Abstract: A lightweight, compact hair dryer is provided having a rigid case to contain a blower-heater arrangement for the provision of hot air, a collapsible hood structure having a structural support connected to the case in supported relation thereby, the case having an extensible stand portion for attachment of the hood in supported relation therewith, the hood support comprising a flexible band which can be rolled into a roll for storage within the box, and in the open condition when attached to the stand portion providing a free standing support portion of the hood structure. The hood further includes air inflatable bag means extending from the hood band to partially enclose the head of a user when in use, the walls of the bag having apertures located to direct hot air in drying relation with the user's head, provided from a hose connection to the blower heater.

Abstract: A bonnet type steamer including an ultrasonic atomizer for generating a mist at room temperature and an electric heater for heating the mist for the generation of steam before the mist enters into the interior of a bonnet where the customer's head is inserted for hair treatment. Specifically, the steam is ejected from the entire periphery of the bonnet while running upward within the bonnet. Control circuitry made up of a microprocessor senses and regulates the temperature of the steam with the aid of a temperature sensor. The temperature of the steam and the duration of operation of the steamer are easily selectable and adjustable by the use of manual switches. A hot air generator is provided for generating hot air for drying purposes.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying a mixture of air and vapor to the face or hair includes an evaporator comprising a closed tank partially filled with water to leave a residual space thereabove and provided with an electric heater immersed in the water for generating a steam which fills the residual space. A first downwardly sloping tube connects the an attachment, located higher than the tank and adapted to fit on the head or face to be treated, to the residual space. A upwardly sloping second tube connects the outlet of a fan positioned lower than the tank to the residual space. Both the temperature and the flow of the vapor-air mixture can be varied by changing not only the power of the electric heater but also the rotational speed of the fan.

Abstract: A hair styling system is disclosed wherein a hair styling mold is placed on the head of an individual whose hair is to be styled. Surface contours of the hair styling mold are spaced from the head of the individual and correspond with a desired shape of the hair style. The hair styling mold is receivable in a hood which provides a defined airflow. The hair styling mold is designed to permit such airflow therethrough and an airflow generating unit connected to the hood creates the airflow through the mold for drying the hair in the shape provided by the surface contours of the hair styling mold.

Abstract: This invention consists of combining a vertical stand with a standard hand held hair drier to convert the hand drier into a self supporting one. The stand is made into telescopic components for height adjustment; and the drier is attached to the stand, at its top, swivably, so that it can be adjusted to any required angle. The drier to stand attachment consists of a bow-shaped yoke with a bolt in each of its upright arms. The bolts are aligned to meet in the center of the yoke, and the end of each bolt is equipped with a curved plate which is free to rotate. The hand drier is clamped between the said curved plates at any required angle. The required friction between the telescopic components of the stand is provided by springs in compression contained in the inner component, pressing against the inner wall of the outer component.

Abstract: A hair waving appliance includes a head receiving and confining assembly provided with a plurality of independently controllable electric heaters for heating different hairline areas of the head received therein. A plurality of temperature sensing probes, each associated with a respective one of the independently controllable heaters, are connected to a temperature control means for controlling the heating of the respective heaters. Each probe includes a temperature sensitive element enclosed in a spherical shell carried at the end of an elongated spring-biased cord or flexible pipe. The probes extend into the interior of the head receiving and confining assembly and are arranged to adaptably contact the hair on the respective portions of the head. The spherical members have a size at least equal to the size of the curler rods used to curl the hair. The appliance includes means for generating moisture-laden air at room temperature to impart moisture to the hair being treated.

Abstract: A salon-type hair drying device is provided, which is easily collapsable when the device is not in use. The device includes a hair dryer in a storage case. Attachable to the hair dryer is a bonnet through a stem plenum portion of which heated air from the dryer is directed into its head surrounding portion and onto a person's hair to be dried. The bonnet is maintained in place on the person's head, without otherwise being held, by a support member that attaches to the dryer and extends through the bonnet's stem plenum portion. When the device is not in use, the support member, which is preferably made of a tape measure type metal, is rolled up with the bonnet and stored in the case with the dryer.

Abstract: A collapsible flexible hair drying hood includes a base air chamber communicating with a blower and flexible hoselike hood portions. The hoselike hood portions extend upwardly from the base air chamber when the hair drying hood is in use. The hose-like hood portions define nozzle orifices for blowing hot air from the blower onto hair and elongated slots therebetween for communicating the interior of the hood with the free environment.

Abstract: Improved hair dryer has inner and outer ducts connected at one end to a centrifugal fan and at the other end to a hood. The fan sucks air through the inner duct and blows it toward said hood through the outer duct. A grille for supporting long hair is positioned in the inner duct so that air drawn toward the fan is drawn through any long hair on said grille.

Abstract: A high speed hair dryer using an oversized pliable perforated hood that collapses about the hairdo on application of suction to the inside of the hood. Drying occurs as the air drawn through the hood perforations passes through the hairdo, enroute to suction tube openings connecting to the inside of the hood. The hood-and-suction-tube structure is pliable enough to conform completely to random irregular configurations of hair-wrapped curlers; every suction tube opening can be positioned onto a hair-wrapped curler, thus precluding loss of suction force in random areas of the hairdo. The speed of drying is such that the dryer uses substantially less electrical energy than that used by conventional dryers.