Conair Corporation

Clairol Incorporated

Kidde Consumer Durables Corporation

Farberware Inc.

James B Stewart

James M Rittenhouse

Edward J Doyle

Paul Bertelsen

John Almond

Combined cooking and storage container

A microwave cookware comprising a body and a browning portion having a cooking surface and a separate heat absorbing body. The heat absorbing body is in contact with a heating matrix which absorbs microwave energy such that increased amount of heat is retained for transfer to the cooking surface.

Microwave browning cookware

A slideable control is provided for use in retractable bristle brushes. It operates by co-action with a rotatable, cylindrical mandrel carrying pivoted bristles and having an angular cam slot. The control includes a longitudinally slideable button in the handle which has a control pin operatively extending through a control slot in the handle and then into the cam slot to cause rotation of the mandrel. The angular cam slot includes an axial portion at each end to receive the control pin and to lock the mandrel in a position with the bristles either fully retracted or fully extended. The control button includes a pair of parallel guide blades, one on each side of the control pin, slideable within slotted guides in the handle, to reduce torque between the control pin and the cam slot. The control slot may include detents proximate to its ends to receive and hold the control pin against longitudinal movement.

Actuator control for retractable bristle brushes

Curling iron

Hair brush

Hair dryer

A hair brush is provided with flock on the outer tubular surface of the brushing portion. The flock is applied directly to the outer surface or mounted on a ribbon which is adhesively applied or mechanically secured to the outer surface. The bristles may also be flocked.

Flocked hair brush

A slideable control is provided for use in retractable bristle brushes. It operates by co-action with a rotatable, cylindrical mandrel carrying pivoted bristles and having an angular cam slot. The control includes a longitudinally slideable button in the handle which has a control pin operatively extending through a control slot in the handle and then into the cam slot to cause rotation of the mandrel. The button also includes a pair of parallel guide blades, one on each side of the control pin, slideable within slotted guides in the handle, to reduce torque between the control pin and the cam slot. The control slot may include detents proximate to its ends to receive and hold the control pin against longitudinal movement.

Dryer

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Randolph, NJ, United States of America

James B Stewart