Clairol Incorporated

The Savings Spot, Ltd.

Aquasciences International, Inc.

John C Wistrand

Kevin E Reeves

Vito James Carlucci

Stanley I Magidson

Michael A Gales

Donald B Guy

Combined heating base, hair curlers, and cover therefor

Hair curler

A bobbin or spool type hair curler having a cylindrical hair roller portion formed between a pair of opposing parallel flanges and provided with a pliable, integrally formed, cup-shaped closure member. The closure member is axially aligned to one of the end flanges of the spool shaped hair roller portion. The wall of the cup-shaped closure member extends away from the spool shaped portion and, after the hair is wound upon the spool shaped portion, the wall may be flipped substantially 180.degree. about its point of attachment to its corresponding flange in order to place the rim of the cup-shaped closure member proximate to the other flange to thereby retain the hair around the spool shaped portion. The invention additionally includes a method for curling hair with the aforementioned device and, in one embodiment the hair curler is provided with an axial throughbore and the invention further includes a method for heating same.

Flexible locking hair curler

Coupon dispensing terminal

Hair brush

Soft handle curling iron

A compact reverse-osmosis water purifier especially adapted for use in the household on a counter-top, with an easy-to-operate diverter valve to connect the purifier to a water faucet and sink. A battery-operated pump is provided to dispense water from a storage reservoir. This reduces the size of the purifier unit while maximizing the height from the dispensing spout to the counter-top to accommodate relatively tall vessels for receiving the dispensed water. An automatic conductivity test device causes a red or a green lamp to be lit each time a button is pressed to dispense water, the green lamp indicating that the water is of sufficient purity, and the red lamp indicating that it is not, or that the device is malfunctioning or requires flush cleaning. The diverter valve can be operated to selectively pass water through the faucet in the usual way, or to feed water to the purifier. When in the condition to feed water to the purifier, outlet openings of different diameters can be selected, by operation of a rotary valve, to condition the diverter either for normal operation or for flushing the purifier.

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New Canaan, CT, United States of America

John C Wistrand