Clairol Incorporated

Ileana D Barns

Raymond W Kunz

James G Montagnino

Herbert M Morrison

A diffusion device is provided within or as an attachment to the nozzle of a hair dryer which provides a nearly constant air volume at varying velocities. A hair dryer improvement for varying the air flow output from the hair dryer nozzle. The improvement is a diffusion device which consists of a pair of vanes pivotally mounted downstream of the nozzle. Placement of the vanes in varying positions causes the output air flow to be either concentrated along the nozzle axis or diffused by causing varying portions of the air flow to be directed through the peripheral side wall of the diffusion device. Since the diffusion device offers very little obstruction to the air flow, the volume of air remains nearly constant for the varying diffuser vane positions.

Hand held hair dryer

There is disclosed a hand held pan shaped, infrared hair dryer containing a perforated air diffuser which can function as an infrared reflector if the air diffuser is shiny. The air diffuser also protects a quartz tube infrared emitter. A fan rotated by a motor causes air to flow through the perforations in the air diffuser and out the air outlet in a uniform airflow. The perforations are patterned so the airflow is uniform and negative airflow is essentially avoided. The infrared radiation is emitted by a quartz tube containing a wire resistance heater.

Infra-red hair dryer

There is disclosed a vibrating, heated nail bath for soaking fingernails prior to manicuring. The device is a bowl shaped plastic housing which is hollow. Inside the housing attached to the bottom of the bowl is a DC motor with a double ended shaft, the shaft supports a frame by eccentric cams. Connecting rods run from the frame to the bottom of soft elastic rubber membranes in the base of the bowl. The vibration is caused by the shaft rotating in the eccentric cams with the result that the frame vibrates and in turn vibrates the connecting rods which vibrate the membranes. A heater on the inside housing walls of the bowl keep the nail bath solution at 100.degree. F. Known additives can be added to the nail bath.

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Riverside, CT, United States of America

Ileana D Barns