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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4323761 | Radiant heat hair dryer A radiant heat hair dryer is provided, using a disc-shaped casing in which is mounted a ring-like, infra-red radiator, together with reflector means for directing the infra-red radiation through a grille-like member, that is shaped and constructed to supp... | 04/06/1982 |
| 4320283 | Blow dryer with heater inside stand A blow dryer has a housing elongated along an axis and formed with a relatively large head and a slender handle. A two-part centrifugal fan having a hollow interior is mounted in the head and is driven by a motor mounted in the handle. A heater is provide... | 03/16/1982 |
| 4300280 | Hair dryer and method for producing a heating element therefor An axially compact hair dryer includes a cylindrical outer housing 1, an air outlet 2 at one end of the housing, an air inlet grate 3 at the other end, an electric motor 4 centrally mounted within the housing and driving a blower fan 5, and a generally cy... | 11/17/1981 |
| 4287673 | Hair dryer diffuser A diffuser attachment which is telescopically assembled to the air outlet end of a hand-held hair dryer and which is characterized by a forwardly flared body portion and by a diffuser plate concentrically mounted within the flared body portion and having ... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4232454 | Variable airflow hair treatment device There is disclosed a new and improved hair treatment device which comprises a fan for blowing air out of the device against a person's hair, a heater for heating the air before it is blown out of the device, and a means to control the airflow velocity whi... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4214149 | Hand-held blow dryer with thumb-operable controls The housing of a blow dryer has a slender handle shaped to be held in the hand and formed with a pair of windows on the back side, and a large head formed with an outlet. A blower motor is mounted in the handle and carries a fan in the head which blows ai... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4198558 | Hair dryer A combination hair drying appliance which can be used either as a gun-type hair blower/dryer or an in-line hair styler/dryer. The two separate uses are created by two separate mechanical configurations of the appliance, each configuration established when... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4198556 | Hair dryer A hair-drying appliance having a cylindrical housing and a handle rotatably mounted at one end thereof for movement between a first position generally perpendicular to the housing and a second position in longitudinal alignment with the housing. A single ... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4198557 | Control switch for hair dryer A hair drying appliance having a cylindrical housing and a handle rotatably mounted at one end for movement between a pistol-grip position and a position in alignment with the housing. The housing has two air outlets with heated air being directed through... | 04/15/1980 |
| 4197448 | Hand-held hair dryer An electric hair dryer having a generally spherical outer housing with an elongated handle extending in one direction, a generally spherical inner housing with an air discharge duct, the inner housing mounted in the outer housing in a first position with ... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4195218 | Dryer In a hair dryer having a housing including air inlets, a motor for driving a fan which draws air into the housing through the air inlets and blows the air over a heating element to discharge the heated air through air outlets, the improvement which includ... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4195217 | Hair dryer A hair dryer comprising a generally tubular housing including twogenerally semi-cylindrical grip parts having edges including complimentary grooves and projections which engage each other to secure the grip parts together, the housing accommodating a heat... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4122329 | Electrical air heating appliance An electric air heating appliance includes a housing defining an air flow path in which is positioned a resistance heater assembly which includes a plurality of air vanes for reducing air swirling. The heater assembly includes a semi-rigid assembly of mic... | 10/24/1978 |
| 4114022 | Combined hot air and steam hair dryer A combined hot air and steam hair dryer providing for discharge of hot air and steam through the same aperture, comprising a housing, constituting an air chamber, supported on a balancing base, and provided with a discharge aperture at the forward end and... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4094076 | Fixture for portable hair dryer A fixture serving as a storage holster for a portable hair dryer and also functioning as a rack for drying towels and other fabric articles. The fixture which is mountable on a wall or attachable to an existing towel rack includes an upright holster secti... | 06/13/1978 |
| 4088869 | Temperature limiting circuit for electric hair dryers A hair dryer includes a casing having an air inlet and an air exit defining an exit plane. A motor driven fan propels air through the casing between the air inlet and exit. Plural wattage electric heating elements are disposed in a heater box in the casin... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4085309 | Control circuit arrangement for a portable electrically heated hair treatment appliance An airstream is established and flows about a resistance heater element in an electrical appliance. The heater element is energized by a cyclical potential. A temperature control circuit is provided which includes a switch connected in series with a heat ... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4066865 | Portable hair drying appliance and heating element assembly therefor A heater assembly for an electrical appliance such as a portable hair dryer. The heater assembly includes an elongated flexible foil resistance element having opposite longitudinal edge portions mounted on spaced disc support members. T-shaped tabs extend... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4039774 | Portable hair dryer A portable hair dryer comprising an elongated casing of circular transverse cross-section and including a handle portion at one end an air discharge nozzle portion at the opposite end and an enlarged diameter intermediate section housing operative element... | 08/02/1977 |
| 4003388 | Hair dryer variable control In a hair dryer having an electric selectively variable motor driven fan, and plural wattage heaters in the fan stream for selectively heating the air and having thermostat means sensing air temperature to shut off the dryer on an over-temperature conditi... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3955065 | Hand held electric hair-dryer A hand-held hair-dryer comprises a substantially spherical casing containing an electric heating element associated with an impeller driven by an electric motor. The casing comprises first and second hemispherical caps joined together to form a spherical ... | 05/04/1976 |
| 3953710 | Compact portable hair dryer A hair dryer comprises a motor-driven fan mounted in a casing part together with a heating element for heating the air flow generated by the fan and flowing from an air inlet grid structure to an air outlet grid structure on the casing part. This casing p... | 04/27/1976 |
| 3939850 | Hair comb and dryer device A hair comb and dryer device which has an elongated casing enclosing a fan, motor and heating device, and which serves as a handle, and a comb structure having a comb element in a plane transverse of the longitudinal axis of the casing, so enabling the de... | 02/24/1976 |
| 3937231 | Hair dryer A portable hair dryer which includes an air inlet and air outlet and a rotor for drawing air through the dryer in combination with a comb detachably secured to the dryer housing. Cooperative means on the comb and dryer housing for detachably securing the ... | 02/10/1976 |
