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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 1980
Filed:
Feb. 11, 1977
Hiroshi Harigai, Tokyo, JP;
Yamada Electric Industries, Co. Ltd., Matsudo, JP;
Abstract
An electric hair dryer having a generally spherical outer housing with an elongated handle extending in one direction, a generally spherical inner housing with an air discharge duct, the inner housing mounted in the outer housing in a first position with the duct extending in a direction opposite the handle, the inner housing being pivotable to a second position where the duct extends transversely of the handle, and a power section mounted within and pivotable with the inner housing and including an electric motor, a fan driven by the motor, and a cylindrical electric heater positioned such that air flows inwardly through its cylinder walls and then axially through the cylinder to the discharge duct.