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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1996
Friedrich Henninger, Kelkheim, DE;
Dieter Liebenthal, Maintal-Dornigheim, DE;
Michael Stolper, Eschborn, DE;
Anne Tregoning Miller, Cambridge, GB;
Braun Aktiengesellschaft, Frankfurt, DE;
Abstract
The invention is directed to a gas-heatable appliance for personal use as, for example, a curling iron, a curling brush, a hair dryer, an epilating appliance, a domestic appliance, or the like, including a fuel gas reservoir, a combustion chamber, and a valve assembly disposed between the fuel gas reservoir and the combustion chamber for controlling and/or regulating the amount of fuel gas supplied, in particular in dependence upon temperature. There are further provided a valve housing (4) with a gas passageway (5, 15, 16) and a sealing element (6) associated with the gas passageway (5, 15, 16), as well as an actuator (7) for actuating the sealing element (6). The element is configured as a control member actuatable by a user and/or as a temperature-responsive actuator (7). In this arrangement, the sealing element (6) is actuated directly by the actuator (7).