Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids – Apparatus – For hair on head
Patent
1995-04-24
1996-08-20
Kwon, John T.
Drying and gas or vapor contact with solids
Apparatus
For hair on head
34 99, A45D 2012
Patent
active
055466745
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to an air-moving appliance for drying or styling hair, comprising a housing having an air inlet opening and an air outlet opening, with a supporting structure which is provided with apertures and hair pickup means as, for example, bristles, teeth or the like, being attachable to the housing at the forward end of the air outlet opening.
An appliance of this type appears, for example, from EP 0 103 205 B1 of common assignment whose disclosure content is incorporated in the present application by express reference. This disclosure provides in the area of the outlet opening of a hair dryer two guide grooves for engagement with claws disposed on a brush, enabling the brush to be attached to the forward end of the outlet opening of the hair dryer. The brush includes bristles secured to cross members which are in turn connected to a frame of the brush bottom. The frame includes two lateral rails between which a longitudinal ridge extends which is connected to the cross members and to the narrow sides of the frame. The support carrying the bristles or teeth of the brush thus includes apertures through which the air exiting from the outlet opening of the hair dryer flows, thus enabling the appliance to be employed for drying or styling hair, the styling action being performed in particular with the brush attached. While this known appliance has proven to be successful in practical use, some applications make it desirable that the drying action be directed at selected hair strand sections, in particular in the area close to the scalp.
From DE 25 29 809 A1 a hair dryer is known in which the exiting air can be directed through a comb-like hollow structure. This device is intended to conduct the hot air in such a fashion that it penetrates the hair optimally without impinging upon the user's scalp. The hollow teeth through which air flows can be provided with a manually adjustable air guide, thus causing the exiting air stream to be discharged through either the lower or the upper area of a hollow tooth, depending on the adjustment of the air guide. In a further embodiment of this device, the position of the air guide can also be determined by the face of gravity acting thereon. While to applicant's knowledge this device has never been put into practice as a commercially available product, the device also has the disadvantage of presenting a high risk of personal injury, in addition to being extremely awkward to handle. An improvement of the hair drying or hair styling action is not actually accomplishable in practical use of this appliance.
It is an object of the present invention to improve upon an appliance of the type initially referred to in such a manner as to enable selected sections of hair to be dried or styled by means of air-moving appliances while at the same time affording ease of manipulation thereof.
In an appliance incorporating the features initially referred to, this object is essentially accomplished in that a diaphragm device is associated with the supporting structure, and that the supporting structure is arranged at the forward end of the air outlet opening so as to be displaceable relative to the housing, with part of the apertures of the supporting structure being closable by means of the diaphragm device, and the displacement of the supporting structure being accomplishable by the force exerted on the hair pickup means during the hair drying or hair styling action. These arrangements enable selected regions of the hair to be dried or styled. In particular, drying in the hair root area is possible to impart body to the hair. In the process, the stream of hot air is directed past the scalp, preventing the scalp from being exposed to an uncomfortably high temperature. As the hair pickup means penetrate the hair and the appliance is turned about its longitudinal axis, the supporting structure on which the hair pickup means are provided is initially fixed in place due to the resistance of the hair. The subsequent combing or brushing action effects a pivotal or rotary motion, a
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Janouch Peter
Lange Klaus-Peter
Braun Aktiengesellschaft
Kwon John T.
Podszus Edward S.
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