Helen of Troy Limited

Kaz Europe Sàrl

Gary Koenemann

Mathieu Zastawny

Adrian Gonzalez

Yoon Jung Heo

Aakriti Jojo Chandra

Joann Parker

Luke Hillebrecht

Maya Kremien

William C Fiebel

Thomas Jason Dooley

Dio Climaco Cavero

Carolyn Marie Brown

Drew Applegate

Steve Paliobeis

Paul Robert Lacotta

Doug Brewer

Gianni Zanin

Jesse Thomas

Bill Fiebel

Thomas Rouayroux

Lourdes Lopez Valle

Steven J Paliobeis

Tom Dooley

Arturo Adrian Gonzalez

Lee Knuth

Julio Batiz

Ramiro Solis

Jeremy Lee Buttery

A hair styling tool or curling iron includes a handle portion and a styling portion. The handle portion houses a torsion spring. The styling portion includes a hair engaging member adapted to be biased toward the styling portion by the torsion spring. A spring door is releasably and/or removably connected to the handle portion and is configured to cover and at least partially secure the torsion spring within the handle portion. The torsion spring is not mechanically connected to the handle portion so that releasing and/or removing of the spring door from the handle portion allows for removal and replacement of the torsion spring.

Handle for hair styling tool with replaceable spring

A beauty tool includes a handle portion configured to house an associated heating assembly and a bristle portion connected to the handle portion. The bristle portion includes a primary heating element configured to be heated by the associated heating assembly. A bristle base heated member is mounted to an outer periphery of the heating element. The bristle base heated member has a secondary heating element configured to be heated by the primary heating element. A non-conductive, heat insulating bristle spacer is secured between the bristle base heated member and the heating element. A bristle bar is secured by the bristle spacer and has bristles extending through the bristle spacer and the bristle base heated member. The bristle spacer is configured to thermally isolate the bristle bar from both the heating element and the bristle base heated member.

Beauty tool head with flexible bristle base

Hair dryer

Hair crimper

Curling iron

Handle for a curling iron

Electric heated hairbrush

Hair styling brush handle

Hair styling brush

Base for a barrel hair curling iron

Exemplary embodiments of hair styling appliances having a multi-function actuator are provided herein. In general, the disclosed embodiments of hair styling appliances may include a multi-function actuator configured for adjusting settings of one or more hair appliance variables. In one embodiment, the multi-function actuator may include at least two separate actuators, which are assembled together on the hair styling appliance to look like one component, yet are configured to be actuated independently of one another. In one embodiment, the multi-function actuator may be ergonomically positioned on the hair styling appliance for easily accessible manipulation and actuation with the user's thumb. In one embodiment, the multi-function actuator may comprise a push button and dial combination. In one embodiment, the push button may be used to select temperature and/or time, and the dial may be used to adjust the temperature and/or time to a desired setting.

Multi-function actuator for adjusting two or more hair appliance variables

Base for an interchangeable barrel hair curling iron

Adapter for a hair styling iron barrel

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El Paso, TX, United States of America

Gary Koenemann