Patent Application
20220346516
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The disclosure relates to hair drying devices and more particularly pertains to a new hair drying device for drying and twisting a user's hair.
The prior art relates to hair drying devices including a variety of hair curling devices that each includes a rotating element that is externally mounted on a hair dryer.
In each case the rotating element is generally cylindrically shaped and includes bristles or other finger shaped elements for engaging a user's hair. The prior art also discloses a variety of hair dryers that includes cylindrical element that is foraminous for blowing air. The prior art does not disclose internally mounted, helical coils that are rotated for curing a user's hair.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising an air gun that has a handle portion and a barrel portion. A cylinder is removably attachable to the barrel portion and the cylinder is foraminous to pass air therethrough. A blower is positioned within the barrel portion to blow air outwardly through the barrel portion when the blower is turned on. A heating element is positioned within the barrel portion to heat the air is blown by the blower when the heating element is turned on. A plurality of motors is positioned in the barrel portion and a plurality of coiled members is positioned within the barrel portion. Each of the coiled members engages a respective one of the motors to twist the user's hair into a coil when the motors are turned on.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
As best illustrated in
The barrel portion 16 has an air chamber 30 is integrated therein and the air chamber 30 extends from the back end 22 toward the front end 20. The back end 22 is open to facilitate air to pass into the air chamber 30 and the air chamber 30 has a forward bounding surface 32. Additionally, the handle portion 14 is fluidly discrete from the barrel portion 16. The barrel portion 16 has a plurality of tunnels 34 each being integrated therein. Each of the tunnels 34 extends through the front end 20 and the forward bounding surface 32 of the air chamber 30 to pass air from the air chamber 30 outwardly through the front end 20. The tunnels 34 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed around a center point of the front end 20. Additionally, as is most clearly shown in
A cylinder 38 is removably attachable to the front end 20 of the barrel portion 16 and the cylinder 38 is foraminous to pass air therethrough. The cylinder 38 has a forward surface 40 and a rearward surface 42, and the cylinder 38 has a plurality of tunnels 44 each extending through the forward surface 40 and the rearward surface 42 thereby facilitating the cylinder 38 to be foraminous. The rearward surface 42 abuts the front end 20 of the barrel portion 16 when the cylinder 38 is attached thereto. Moreover, each of the tunnels 44 in the cylinder 38 is aligned with a respective one of the tunnels 34 in the barrel portion 16 when the cylinder 38 is attached thereto. In this way each of the tunnels 44 in the cylinder 38 can pass air therethrough when the air passes through the tunnels 34 in the barrel portion 16. As is most clearly shown in
A blower 48 is positioned within the barrel portion 16 to blow air outwardly through the barrel portion 16 when the blower 48 is turned on. The blower 48 is positioned adjacent to the back end 22 of the barrel portion 16 to urge air inwardly through the back end 22 and outwardly through the tunnels 34 in the barrel portion 16 and the tunnels in the cylinder 38. In this way the air can be blown onto the user's hair 18 for drying the user's hair 18. The blower 48 may include an electric motor and a fan that is rotatably coupled to the electric motor. Additionally, a mesh screen 50 covers the back end 22 of the barrel portion 16 to inhibit the user from touching the blower 48.
A heating element 52 is provided and the heating element 52 is positioned within the barrel portion 16. The heating element 52 is positioned between the blower 48 and the front end 20 of the barrel portion 16 to heat the air that is blown by the blower 48 when the heating element 52 is turned on. The heating element 52 may comprise an electric heating coil or the like and the heating element 52 may have an operational temperature ranging between approximately 90.0 degrees Fahrenheit and 140.0 degrees Fahrenheit.
A plurality of motors 54 is provided and each of the motors 54 is positioned in the barrel portion 16. Each of the motors 54 is disposed on the forward bounding surface 32 of the air chamber 30 in the barrel portion 16. Moreover, each of the motors 54 is aligned with a respective one of the tunnels 34 in the barrel portion 16 and each of the motors 54 rotates in a first direction when the motors 54 are turned on. Each of the motors 54 may comprise an electric motor or the like.
A plurality of coiled members 56 is provided and each of the coiled members 56 is positioned within a respective one of the tunnels 34 in the barrel portion 16. Each of the coiled members 56 extends through a respective one of the tunnels 44 in the cylinder 38 when the cylinder 38 is attached to the barrel portion 16. Each of the coiled members 56 has a first end 58 and a second end 60, and each of the coiled members 56 is twisted about an axis extending through the first end 58 and the second end 60 such that each of the coiled members 56 forms a helical coil. The first end 58 of each of the coiled members 56 is coupled to an output shaft 62 of a respective one of the motors 54. Additionally, the second end 60 of each of the coils is positioned adjacent with the forward surface 40 of the cylinder 38 when the cylinder 38 is attached to the barrel portion 16. Each of the coiled members 56 rotates about the axis extending through the first end 58 and the second end 60 when the motors 54 are turned on. Moreover, each of the coiled members 56 is comprised of a heat resistant material, such as ceramic or other similar type of rigid material, to resist being deformed by the heated air blown by the blower 48.
A temperature switch 64 is slidably integrated into the exterior surface 28 of the handle portion 14 and the temperature switch 64 is electrically coupled to the heating element 52. The temperature switch 64 is positionable in a minimum position, a medial position and a maximum position. Moreover, the heating element 52 is actuated into a corresponding minimum temperature, a medial temperature or a maximum temperature, depending on the position of the temperature switch 64. A blower switch 66 is slidably integrated into the exterior surface 28 of the handle portion 14, the blower switch 66 is electrically coupled to the blower 48, and the blower switch 66 is positionable in an on position or an off position. The blower 48 is actuated when the blower switch 66 is in the on position and the blower 48 is de-actuated when the blower switch 66 is in the off position.
A coil switch 68 is slidably integrated into exterior surface 28 of the handle portion 14, the coil switch 68 is electrically coupled to each of the motors 54 and the coil switch 68 is positionable in an on position or an off position. Each of the motors 54 is actuated when the coil switch 68 is positioned in the on position and each of the motors 54 is de-actuated when the coil switch 68 is positioned in the off position. An off switch 69 is slidably integrated into the exterior surface 28 of the handle portion 14 and the off switch 69 is electrically coupled to each of the motors 54, the heating element 52 and the blower 48. The off switch 69 de-actuates each of the motors 54, the heating element 52 and the blower 48 when the off switch 69 is positioned in an off position.
A trigger 70 is movably integrated into the exterior surface 28 of the handle portion 14, the trigger 70 is biased into an off position and the trigger 70 is depressible into an on position. The trigger 70 is electrically coupled to each of the temperature switch 64, the blower switch 66 and the coil switch 68. Moreover, each of the heating element 52, the blower 48 and each of the motors 54 is turned on when the trigger 70 is depressed depending on the position of the temperature switch 64, the blower switch 66 and the coil switch 68. In this way only the blower 48 and heating element 52 can be turned on for drying the user's hair 18 while the coiled members 56 remain stationary. Conversely, each of the coiled members 56 can be rotated while the blower 48 and the heating element 52 are turned on for simultaneously drying the user's hair 18 and forming the user's hair 18 into a coiled curl.
A power cord 72 extends outwardly through the distal end 26 of the handle portion 14 and the power cord 72 is electrically coupled to the trigger 70. The power cord 72 has a distal end 74 with respect to the distal end 26 of the handle portion 14. The distal end 74 of the power cord 72 has a male electrical plug 76 that is electrically coupled thereto. The male electrical plug 76 can be plugged into a power source 78 comprising a female electrical outlet. As is most clearly shown in
In use, the blower switch 66 is positioned in the on position and the temperature switch 64 is positioned in the desired position when the user wishes the dry their hair 18. The trigger 70 is depressed and the blower 48 blows heated air outwardly through the forward surface 40 of the cylinder 38 to dry the user's hair 18. The user can position the coil switch 68 into the on position and insert strands of their hair 18 into each of the tunnels 44 in the cylinder 38. In this way the coiled members 56 are rotated when the trigger 70 is depressed, thereby forming the strands of the user's hair 18 into a coiled curl. The blower 48 blows the heated air onto the strands of hair 18 to retain the strands of hair 18 in the coiled curl. Moreover, the coiled members 56 inhibit the strands of hair 18 from being blown outwardly from the tunnels 44 in the cylinder 38 when the blower 48 is turned on. The blower switch 66 can be turned off to facilitate the coiled members 56 to coil the user's hair 18 without blowing air.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
