Claims
- 1. An apparatus for heating multiple hair setting rollers, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a housing defining a heating chamber;
- (b) a plurality of height-adjustable elongated holder members supported upright in said heating chamber of said housing, each of said holder members being individually adjustably movable between a lowered position in which said holder member can engage and hold a first hair setting roller at a first elevation and a raised position in which said holder member can engage and hold a second hair setting roller at a second elevation above and in an end-to-end relationship with the first roller as the first roller is engaged and held at the first elevation to thereby facilitate changing the roller holding capacity of said heating chamber; and
- (c) means disposed in said housing for generating heat to raise the temperature of the hair setting rollers supported in said heating chamber on said holder members.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said height-adjustable roller holder members include:
- a first plurality of elongated support rods disposed generally upright in said heating chamber and being adapted to receive a first group of hair setting rollers thereover; and
- a second plurality of support rods being slidably fitted telescopically with said first rods and thereby mounted to undergo telescopic sliding movement between said lowered and raised positions relative to said first rods, said second rods being adapted to receive a second group of hair setting rollers thereover.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said second rods are smaller in diameter than said first rods such that said second rods insert telescopically into said first rods through upper open ends thereof.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein said first rods are smaller in diameter than said second rods such that said first rods insert telescopically into said second rods through lower open ends thereof.
- 5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said housing includes:
- an enclosure having an open top; and
- a top cover removably fitted over said open top of said enclosure for enclosing said heating chamber and hair setting rollers supported on said holder members in said heating chamber.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said housing also includes a platform disposed in said enclosure across said heating chamber thereof and supporting said height-adjustable holder members in said heating chamber.
- 7. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said top cover includes:
- a generally flat top panel;
- a peripheral sidewall attached to and surrounding said top panel and extending downwardly therefrom; and
- a knob attached to an exterior surface of said top panel.
- 8. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein said enclosure includes:
- an upper annular sidewall defining said open top; and
- a lower base having a lower annular sidewall disposed below and attached to said upper annular sidewall.
- 9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said lower annular sidewall of said lower base has a diameter less than a diameter of said upper annular sidewall so as to define an annular recessed region surrounding said lower annular sidewall and underlying said upper annular sidewall within which is stored an electrical cord in a wrapped relation about said lower annular sidewall, said electrical cord extending through said lower base to connect with said heating means disposed in said housing.
- 10. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein:
- said lower annular sidewall of said lower base has an open bottom; and
- said lower base also has a bottom cover attached to said open bottom of said lower annular sidewall.
- 11. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising:
- a plurality of first rollers; and
- a plurality of second rollers.
- 12. An apparatus for heating multiple hair setting rollers, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a housing having a heating chamber defined therein, said housing being adapted to hold a quantity of fluid;
- (b) a plurality of height-adjustable elongated hollow holder members supported upright in said heating chamber of said housing, each of said holder members being individually adjustably movable between a lowered position in which said holder member can hold a first hair setting roller at a first elevation and a raised position in which said holder member can hold a second hair setting roller at a second elevation above and in an end-to-end relationship with the first roller held at the first elevation to thereby facilitate changing the roller holding capacity of said heating chamber, said holder members having opposite upper and lower ends and being open at said lower ends and having side openings therein defined between said opposite upper and lower ends; and
- (c) means disposed in said housing for generating heat therein that transforms the fluid into a rising vapor which enters said heating chamber through said holder members at said lower ends thereof such that the rising vapor passes internally through said holder members and exits from said holder members through said side openings thereof to the hair setting rollers so as to raise the temperature of the hair setting rollers supported in said heating chamber on said holder members.
- 13. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said housing includes:
- an enclosure having an open top; and
- a top cover removably fitted over said open top of said enclosure for enclosing said heating chamber and hair setting rollers supported on said holder members in said heating chamber.
- 14. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein said housing also includes a platform disposed in said enclosure across said heating chamber thereof and supporting said height-adjustable holder members in said heating chamber.
- 15. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein said height-adjustable roller holder members include:
- a first plurality of elongated support rods disposed generally upright in said heating chamber and being adapted to receive a first group of hair setting rollers thereover; and
- a second plurality of support rods being slidably fitted telescopically with said first rods and thereby mounted to undergo telescopic sliding movement between said lowered and raised positions relative to said first rods, said second rods being adapted to receive a second group of hair setting rollers thereover.
- 16. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein said second rods are smaller in diameter than said first rods such that said second rods insert telescopically into said first rods through upper open ends thereof.
- 17. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein said first rods are smaller in diameter than said second rods such that said first rods insert telescopically into said second rods through lower open ends thereof.
- 18. The apparatus of claim 12 further comprising:
- a plurality of first rollers; and
- a plurality of second rollers.
- 19. An apparatus for heating multiple hair setting rollers, said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a housing including an enclosure adapted to hold a quantity of fluid and having an open top and a top cover removably fitted over said open top of said enclosure for defining therewith and enclosing a heating chamber in said housing;
- (b) a roller support assembly disposed in said heating chamber of said housing for holding hair setting rollers therein, said roller support assembly including
- (i) a plurality of height-adjustable elongated holder members supported upright in said heating chamber of said housing, said height-adjustable holder members being individually adjustably movable between lowered and raised positions for holding different numbers and sizes of hair setting rollers in said heating chamber to thereby facilitate changing the roller holding capacity of said heating chamber, said roller holder members including a first plurality of elongated support rods disposed generally upright in said heating chamber and being adapted to receive and engage and hold a first group of hair setting rollers thereover at a first elevation and a second plurality of support rods being slidably fitted telescopically with said first rods and thereby mounted to undergo telescopic sliding movement between said lowered and raised positions relative to said first rods, said second rods in said raised positions relative to said first rods being adapted to receive and engage and hold a second group of hair setting rollers thereover at a second elevation such that each of the rollers in the second group thereof received over and engaged and held by said second rods is disposed above and in an end-to-end relationship with one of the rollers in the first group thereof as the rollers in the first group are received over and engaged and held by said first rods at the first elevation, and
- (ii) a platform disposed in said heating chamber of said housing and supporting said first plurality of support rods in said heating chamber; and
- (c) means disposed in said housing for generating heat therein to transform the fluid into a vapor which enters said heating chamber and said holder members of said first and second pluralities thereof such that the hair setting rollers supported in said heating chamber on said holder members are heated.
- 20. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein said first and second rods of each of said height-adjustable holder members are elongated hollow tubes, said first rods having opposite open upper and lower ends, said second rods having closed upper ends and open lower ends, said first and second rods having longitudinal slots defined therein extending between said opposite upper and lower ends, said longitudinal slots and said opposite open upper and lower ends of said first rods and open lower ends of said second rods permitting passage therethrough to the hair setting rollers of rising vapor generated by heating the fluid in said housing.
- 21. The apparatus of claim 19 whererin said second rods are smaller in diameter than said first rods such that said second rods insert telescopically into said second rods through lower open ends thereof.
- 22. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein said first rods are smaller in diameter than said second rods such that said first rods insert telescopically into said second rods through lower open ends thereof.
- 23. The apparatus of claim 19 further comprising:
- a first group of hair setting rollers; and
- a second group of hair setting rollers.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation-in-part of copending patent application Ser. No. 08/536,936, filed Sep. 29, 1995, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,710,861.
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