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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 1984
Filed:
Jul. 12, 1982
Farees U Khaja, Chicago, IL (US);
Robert O Ernest, Oak Park, IL (US);
Jerry P Gronwick, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Howard A Bristol, Dolton, IL (US);
Sunbeam Corporation, Oak Brook, IL (US);
Abstract
An electrically heated curler/styler includes an elongated handle having a rotatable elongated longitudinally split heating barrel projecting from the forward end thereof and defining a longitudinal space, open at its forward end, between the split portions of the barrel. A non-rotatable elongated flat blade-like clamp fixed to the forward end of the handle projects into the space between the split portions of the barrel, each of which is provided with a separate internal electric heater. The handle is provided with a button for manually rotating the split barrel from a first position wherein the longitudinal edge of the split barrel portions are spaced from the longitudinal edges of the clamp so that strands of hair can be inserted therebetween and a second position wherein the inserted hair strands are clamped between the longitudinal edges of the clamp and the split barrel portions for curling and/or styling. The split barrel portions are normally biased to the second position by a torsion spring in the handle. The rotatable split barrel arrangement eliminates the difficulty in releasing the finished curl.