Gas heated appliance for personal use

US5800154A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Braun Corporation · DE

Inventors

• Friedrich Henninger · Kelkheim, DE
• Dieter Liebenthal · Maintal, DE
• Michael Stolper · Eschborn, DE
• Anne Tregoning Miller · Cambridge, GB

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 1, 1996
• Grant date: Sep 1, 1998
• Expiry date: Nov 1, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A45D2020/065
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

The invention is directed to a gas-heatable appliance for personal use as, for example, a curling iron, a curling brush, a hair dryer, an epilating appliance, a domestic appliance, or the like, including a fuel gas reservoir, a combustion chamber, and a valve assembly disposed between the fuel gas reservoir and the combustion chamber for controlling and/or regulating the amount of fuel gas supplied, in particular in dependence upon temperature. There are further provided a valve housing (4) with a gas passageway (5, 15, 16) and a sealing element (6) associated with the gas passageway (5, 15, 16), as well as an actuator (7) for actuating the sealing element (6). The element is configured as a control member actuatable by a user and/or as a temperature-responsive actuator (7). In this arrangement, the sealing element (6) is actuated directly by the actuator (7).