Telescoping electric hair curling iron with an integrally molded hair clip actuator
US4366365A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 4, 1979 |
| Grant date | Dec 28, 1982 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 4, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S16/13
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A telescoping electric hair curling iron includes a molded hollow handle of plastic material having front and rear openings and a longitudinally extending thumb-operated cantilever spring element integrally molded as part of the handle wall. The forward end of the cantilever spring element is downwardly bent to form a depressible thumb button immediately adjacent the front handle opening for operating a spring-biased elongated hair gripping clip pivotally mounted on an electrically heated hair curling rod arranged for slidable telescopic movement through the front opening between a retracted storage position within the handle and an extended operative position outside the handle when the curling rod is in the operative position. The curling rod as heated by a PTC heating element therein. A swivel cord connector is mounted on the inner end of the curling rod and is slidable therewith within the handle and in the retracted position of the curling rod extends out the rear handle opening. Stops in the handle limit movement of the curling rod out of the front handle opening and the swivel connector out of the rear handle opening.
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