Styling appliance and method of styling hair

US5868146A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Braun Corporation · DE

Inventors

• Friedrich Henninger · Kelkheim, DE
• Peter Janouch · Gelnhausen, DE
• Dieter Liebenthal · Maintal, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 10, 1996
• Grant date: Feb 9, 1999
• Expiry date: Jul 10, 2016

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A45D1/04
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

The invention is directed to a hair styling appliance and a method of styling hair, using in particular the hair styling appliance. The hair styling appliance is comprised of a handle portion, a heating portion (6) for heating the hair, and a pressure-generating clamp (8) for the generation of a contact pressure acting on the hair to be styled, the hair being adapted to be introduced between the heating portion (6) and the pressure-generating clamp (8). In this arrangement, a styling edge (10) is provided in the area of the heating portion (6) and/or the pressure-generating clamp (8) of the appliance, which styling edge has a cross-section of arcuate, in particular circular-arc shape, of polygonal or similar shape.