Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Keiko Matoba

Genji Kosaka

A hair dryer including an intake port and a blow-off port with a heating mechanism provided adjacent the intake port and inboard of the cylinder head. A pair of adjustable shutter members pivotally mounted adjacent the blow off port to concentrate the air at a central portion of the cylinder head cross-sectional area. The shutters are of a non-permeable structure and are capable of blocking the entire air flow.

Hair dryer having adjustable height and air flow

A hair dryer includes a hair dryer body and a stand for supporting the body, wherein the hair dryer body has a body head having a heater and a blast fan driven by a motor disposed from an intake port toward a blow-off port side, incorporating a collecting mechanism on the blow-off port, and a handle capable of supporting the body head foldably and provided with a switch for changing operations of the motor and the heater. The stand includes a handle containing cylinder capable of storing the detached handle and is provided with a height adjusting mechanism capable of adjusting a height of the handle, and a storage area formed integrally with the handle containing cylinder is provided with an interior storage space.

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Nara, Japan

Keiko Matoba