Ion and/or ozone producing hair setting assembly

• US 20040118425A1
• Filed: 08/28/2003
• Published: 06/24/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Conair Corporation
• Original Assignee: Conair Corporation
• Inventors: Carlucci, Vit J., Santhouse, Daniel, Cohen, Martin A.
• Application Number:
  US10/650,468
• Publication Number:
  US 20040118425A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 132/233
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2200/202 Ionisation
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 4/16 Independent devices characterised by heating the hair-curling or hair-waving means before use A45D1/20 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 7/04 chemical

Abstract

There is provided a hair setting assembly having a housing with one or more heating elements. The elements cooperate with one or more heatable hair rollers. The hair setting assembly also has one or more ion and/or ozone emitters for emitting ions and/or ozone. Further, the hair setting assembly has a housing with a lid portion, and a base portion for selectively covering the heatable hair rollers and the one or more ion and/or ozone emitters, and a support connectable to the housing so that the housing can be tilted about an axis in at least one direction through a specified angle while sitting on a surface.

Claims

1. A hair setting assembly comprising:

a housing having one or more heating elements enclosed therein for cooperating with one or more heatable hair rollers; and

one or more ion and/or ozone emitters for emitting said ions and/or ozone.

2. The hair setting assembly of claim 1, wherein said housing allows for selective access to said one or more heatable hair rollers.

3. The hair setting assembly of claim 1, wherein said housing has a base portion and a lid portion.

4. The hair setting assembly of claim 3, wherein said lid portion has at least two sections each individually connected to said base portion.

5. The hair setting assembly of claim 4, wherein said at least two sections are independently operative to selectively cover said one or more heatable hair rollers and/or said one or more ion/ozone emitters.

6. The hair setting assembly of claim 1, wherein said housing is relatively compact to facilitate both convenient portability and easy storage.

7. The hair setting assembly of claim 1, wherein said one or more heatable rollers have an inner conductive surface.

8. The hair setting assembly of claim 1, wherein said one or more heatable hair rollers have an outer surface of non-conductive material.

9. The hair setting assembly of claim 8, wherein said outer surface provides a visible temperature indicator.

10. The hair setting assembly of claim 8, wherein said outer surface is formed from a temperature sensitive material.

11. The hair setting assembly of claim 8, wherein said outer surface is textured.

12. The hair setting assembly of claim 8, wherein said outer surface is soft.

14. The hair setting assembly of claim 8, wherein said one outer surface is exposed to said ions and/or ozone.

15. The hair setting assembly of claim 1, wherein said one or more ion and/or ozone emitters selectively produce ions and/or ozone of different polarity.

16. The hair setting assembly of claim 1, wherein said one or more ion and/or ozone emitters provide a variety of voltage outputs.

17. The hair setting assembly of claim 1, wherein said one or more ion and/or ozone emitters are formed from a conductive metal.

18. The hair setting assembly of claim 1, wherein said one or more ion and/or ozone emitters are formed from a conductive polymer.

19. The hair setting assembly of claim 1, wherein said one or more ion and/or ozone emitters are formed from a conductive silicon.

20. The hair setting assembly of claim 1, wherein said one or more ion and/or ozone emitters form an array.

21. The hair setting assembly of claim 1, wherein said ions and/or ozone satiate the atmosphere to expose the hair and/or body of a user to said ions and/or ozone.

22. The hair setting assembly of claim 1, wherein said one or more ion and/or ozone emitters are positioned in a casing integral with said housing.

23. The hair setting assembly of claim 22, wherein said casing is selectively removable from said housing.

24. The hair setting assembly of claim 1, further comprising one or more ion and/or ozone generators operatively connected with said one or more ion and/or ozone emitters for generating ions and/or ozone.

25. The hair setting assembly of claim 24, wherein said one or more ion and/or ozone generators selectively produce ions and/or ozone of different polarity.

26. The hair setting assembly of claim 24, wherein said one or more ion and/or ozone generators provide a variety of voltage outputs.

27. The hair setting assembly of claim 1, further comprising a base connected to said housing so that said housing can move on said base.

28. The hair setting assembly of claim 27, wherein said housing can be tilted about an axis of rotation that is an axis of the vertical extent of said housing.

29. The hair setting assembly of claim 28, wherein said housing can be tilted about said axis through a predetermined angle.

30. The hair setting assembly of claim 29, wherein said tilting action is such that a user can more easily access said one or more heatable rollers and conveniently manipulate the direction of emission of said emitted ions and/or ozone.

31. A hair setting assembly comprising:

a housing for enclosing one or more heating elements, said one or more heating elements supporting and heating one or more heatable hair rollers;

one or more ion and/or ozone emitters for emitting ions and/or ozone;

a lid selectively covering said one or more heatable hair rollers and said one or more ion emitters; and

a base being connected to said housing, said housing being tiltable about an axis in at least one direction through a specified angle.

32. A hair setting assembly comprising:

a housing having one or more first heating elements enclosed therein for cooperating with one or more heatable hair rollers;

one or more ion and/or ozone emitters for emitting ions and/or ozone; and

at least one steam mechanism for generating steam, wherein said steam selectively receives ions and/or ozone.

33. An ionic hair setting assembly comprising:

a housing having one or more heating elements enclosed therein;

one or more heatable hair rollers cooperative with said one or more heating elements, said one or more hair rollers having at least one thermally insulated end; and

a temperature sensitive visual indicator associated with at least one of said one or more heatable hair rollers.

34. A compact ionic hair setting assembly comprising:

a compact housing for holding one or more heatable hair rollers, said one or more heatable hair rollers having a temperature sensitive surface and at least one thermally insulated end,

wherein said one or more heatable rollers are conditioned with negative ions.

35. An ionic hair setting assembly comprising:

a housing having one or more heating elements enclosed therein;

one or more heatable hair rollers cooperative with said one or more heating elements, said one or more heatable hair rollers having a temperature sensitive surface and at least one thermally insulated end;

one or more ion and/or ozone emitters for emitting said ions and/or ozone; and

a temperature sensitive visual indicator associated with at least one of said one or more heatable hair rollers.