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Two-mode steam brush curler

US4419565A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 10, 1979
Grant dateDec 6, 1983
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 10, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA45D2001/008
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A hand-held steam hair curler-brush includes a perforated open-ended metallic cylinder extending forwardly from a handle. Secured to the handle and extending into the interior of the cylinder is a cylindrical member containing an electric heating element and having a closed end remote from the handle and a side wall spaced from the interior of the cylinder to define a first annular space therebetween. A rotatable perforated cylindrical barrel surrounds the cylinder and is spaced therefrom by first and second supports at the ends of the cylinder to define a second annular space therebetween. The support at the end of the cylinder remote from the handle includes a manually actuatable steam producing means closing the open end of the cylinder and arranged to create steam in the first annular space by bringing water into contact with the heated closed end of the cylindrical member. The steam flows into the second annular space through the perforations in the cylinder and is distributed to the hair being curled by the perforations in the barrel. The barrel is provided with removable rows of radially outwardly extending resilient projections defining a hair brush and the handle has a rel…

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