Hair curler/hair brush
First Claim
1. A method of improving a hair curling iron/hair brush having a non-heat conducting handle, a barrel attached to the handle, a heat source in the barrel, and an elongated hair clip for curling the hair;
- the curling iron being convertible to a hair brush by sliding a hollow tube, having a wall with an interior surface and an exterior surface with bristles associated with the exterior surface and with at least some openings formed in the wall of the hollow tube, over the curling iron barrel and hair clip for attachment thereto to form a hair brush for brushing the hair of the user;
the improvement comprising the steps of;
forming the heat source in the barrel as a radiant energy heat source;
forming a plurality of perforations in the barrel to allow radiant energy to escape to the hair of the user during curling the hair with the curling iron; and
causing at least some of the openings in the hollow tube, when slid over the barrel, to be in alignment with at least some of the perforations in the barrel to enable the radiant energy to escape to the hair of the user during brushing of the hair with the hair brush.
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Abstract
An improved hair curler/hair brush device that converts from a curling iron to a hair brush with the addition of a hollow tube that slides over the curling iron barrel that has bristles thereon for brushing the hair. A radiant energy heat source is placed within the barrel of the curling iron. A plurality of perforations in the barrel allow radiant energy from the heat source to escape the barrel to the hair of the user. Openings in the hollow tube that forms the hair brush are in substantial alignment with the perforations in the barrel to enable radiant energy from the heat source to escape the barrel and the hollow tube to the hair of the user during brushing of the hair. A non-heat conducting end cap is rotatably mounted to the outer end of the barrel to enable both hands of the user to be used simultaneously to manipulate the device. The device can be both portable (cordless) or non-portable (power cord attached).
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1. A method of improving a hair curling iron/hair brush having a non-heat conducting handle, a barrel attached to the handle, a heat source in the barrel, and an elongated hair clip for curling the hair;
- the curling iron being convertible to a hair brush by sliding a hollow tube, having a wall with an interior surface and an exterior surface with bristles associated with the exterior surface and with at least some openings formed in the wall of the hollow tube, over the curling iron barrel and hair clip for attachment thereto to form a hair brush for brushing the hair of the user;
the improvement comprising the steps of;
forming the heat source in the barrel as a radiant energy heat source;
forming a plurality of perforations in the barrel to allow radiant energy to escape to the hair of the user during curling the hair with the curling iron; and
causing at least some of the openings in the hollow tube, when slid over the barrel, to be in alignment with at least some of the perforations in the barrel to enable the radiant energy to escape to the hair of the user during brushing of the hair with the hair brush. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
- the curling iron being convertible to a hair brush by sliding a hollow tube, having a wall with an interior surface and an exterior surface with bristles associated with the exterior surface and with at least some openings formed in the wall of the hollow tube, over the curling iron barrel and hair clip for attachment thereto to form a hair brush for brushing the hair of the user;
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9. An improved hair curling iron/hair brush having a non-heat conducting handle, a barrel, a heat source within the barrel, and an elongated hair clip for curling the hair;
- the curling iron being convertible to a hair brush by sliding a hollow tube, having an interior surface and an exterior surface with openings formed in the hollow tube and having bristles associated with the exterior surface, over the curling iron barrel and elongated hair clip for attachment thereto to form a hair brush for use in brushing the hair of the user;
the improved hair curling iron/hair brush comprising;
a radiant energy generating device in the curling iron barrel for use as the heat source;
a plurality of perforations in the curling iron barrel to allow radiant energy to escape to the hair of the user during use of the curling iron to curl the hair; and
at least some of the openings in the hollow tube being in alignment with at least some of the perforations in the curling iron barrel to enable the generated radiant energy to escape to the hair of the user during use of the hair brush. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
- the curling iron being convertible to a hair brush by sliding a hollow tube, having an interior surface and an exterior surface with openings formed in the hollow tube and having bristles associated with the exterior surface, over the curling iron barrel and elongated hair clip for attachment thereto to form a hair brush for use in brushing the hair of the user;
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