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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Peter Janouch, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Heinz Kern, Königstein, DE;
Peter Ruppert, Karben, DE;
Norbert Schaefer, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Assignee:
Braun GmbH, , DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45D 1/04 ; A45D 1/00 ; A45D 7/04 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A45D 1/04 ; A45D 1/00 ; A45D 7/04 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a hair styling appliance comprising a handle portion and a heating portion with a preferably dome-shaped heating zone for heating and styling hair, and a cooling portion with a cooling zone for cooling the hair thus styled, wherein the difference in temperature between the surface temperatures of the heating zone and the cooling zone amounts to at least 80 kelvin and, more particularly, 100 kelvin. The present invention also relates to a method of styling hair, especially using a hair styling appliance with the above-mentioned features.