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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7992578 | Hair treatment device A new hair treatment device is provided for providing lift at the root portion of the hair near the scalp to thereby create volume and body to otherwise limp or flat hair. An embodiment of such a device includes first and second arms. A pivot movably joining the arm... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7987859 | Adjustable multi-barrel hair waving appliance An apparatus and method for an adjustable multi-barrel hair waving appliance is disclosed herein. The appliance has a plurality of barrels, at least one of which is an adjustable barrel, wherein the barrels are heated during use. In one embodiment two outer barrels ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7380556 | Hair iron A hair iron that can set hairstyles by heating and spraying a treatment agent comprises a pair of holding parts (1, 1); each having heating block (2), the surface of which acts as a holding surface (7); at least one holding part (1) conta... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7341064 | Toothed heated hair styling device and method of manufacture A hair styling apparatus includes a pair of mating surfaces which engage one another and a handle which guides them into engagement at the manual control of a user. Hair to be styled is placed between the engaged surfaces. A plurality of pins extend from one of the ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7243661 | Hair styling appliance A hair styling device includes two blades that are hinged together at one end thereof and provide heated plates at the opposite ends for styling hair. The blades and heated plates provide a fine straight edge at one side and a rounded edge at the opposing side. ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7188442 | Ironing device A handheld iron for pressing or creasing an article of fabric without the use of an ironing board. The handheld iron having a housing, a platform, and an actuator for displacing the platform with respect to the housing. The housing further includes a heating surface... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7044139 | Hair curling iron and shaping tool A hair curling iron/straightener includes a handle; a first elongated member connected with the handle and having a first flat straightening surface; a heating element for heating the first elongated member; a second elongated member pivotally connected relative to ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7007388 | Hair trimming device A hair trimming device is disclosed as including a first body part and a second body part, the first body part having a first end pivotally secured with a first end of the second body part for relative pivotal movement, the first body part including a brush portion ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6945255 | Hair roller with a ceramic coating A hair care appliance has a body with an outer layer, and a first end and a second end connected to the body. The first end and the second end are for grasping the hair care appliance. The hair care appliance also has an adhesive layer on the outer layer of the body... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6941955 | Hair iron device A hair iron device having a hair iron main body, which holds hair with a first iron and a second iron oscillating to open and close, in order to set the hair. Plural small protruding portions having a pyramid shape are disposed on corresponding faces, and mutually c... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6920886 | Multi-function hair styling iron A hair styling iron includes a body with a handle end configured for being gripped by a user, and a styling end opposite the handle end. The styling end includes a first leg and a second leg, each leg having at least one heated surface. The handle end is configured ... | 07/26/2005 |
| RE38713 | Heated hair styling system A hair styling apparatus includes a pair of mating surfaces which engage one another and a handle which guides them into engagement at the manual control of a user. Hair to be styled is placed between the engaged surfaces. A plurality of comb-like pins extend from o... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6622734 | Hair styling device A simple hair styling device is described which allows a person to style and dry his or her hair to be easily either naturally or with a hair dryer. Opposing sides of the device capture the hair and maintain the hair in a set shape while the hair dries. T... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6615847 | Decreasing amplitude hair-waving apparatus and method A device for producing waves and body in hair comprising curling tongs having heatable leg elements. The heatable leg elements have a wave shape with decreasing amplitude. The amplitude decreases from a maximum at the scalp-contacting end of the heatable ... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6604533 | Hair waving apparatus A hair waving apparatus having at least two elements with undulations on each element for producing a wave in a lock of human hair is disclosed. The elements are pivotally connected and are biased toward each other and the elements are maintained in engag... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6494216 | Castanet type hair iron A hair iron comprises a pair of holding members having a heating surface and/or a pressing surface oppositionally on their interior surfaces being joined so that they can be flexibly opened and closed via a joint member at their ends. Furthermore, a slip ... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6386206 | Hair iron The hair iron includes a pair of arms (12 and 14) opened and closed by a pivot (16), and each arm has a gripping portion (18) and a hair treatment portion (20). The hair treatment portions are provided with respective hair treatment members between which ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6223753 | Manual hairdressing and styling device A manual hairdressing and styling device includes two clamping members, two heating members, two bases, and two styling members. The two heating members are respectively fixed in an inner side of a front portion of each (an upper and a lower) clamping mem... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6119702 | Heated hair styling system A hair styling apparatus includes a pair of mating surfaces which engage one another and a handle which guides them into engagement at the manual control of a user. Hair to be styled is placed between the engaged surfaces. A plurality of comb-like pins ex... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6070596 | Heated hair styling device A hair styling device includes an elongated first leg having a top surface, a bottom surface, a styling end and a handle end, and an elongated second leg pivotally secured to the first leg between an open and a closed position. The second leg has a top su... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6061912 | Instrument for cutting multi-strand plastic fiber materials A cutting interment (10) for use on multi-strand plastic fiber materials. Opposed handles (22a and 22b) on arms (18a and 18b) may be manually operated to close jaws (14a and 14b) with a cavity (42) for crimping. At the base of the cavity (42) are cutting ... | 05/16/2000 |
| 6029677 | Hair styling iron A hair styling iron having an elongated barrel having a front end and a rear end, the barrel including a heat plate with a corrugated surface composed of a plurality of concavities and convexities arranged along a direction transverse to the length of the... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6014977 | Curling iron with adjustable barrel A curling iron includes a handle that supports a heating element that projects out from the handle. An adjustable barrel is also carried by the handle and surrounds the heating element such that the heating element is substantially centrally disposed in t... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5934293 | Hair iron for straight permanent A hair iron for straight permanents includes a pair of arms joined by a pivot to enable opening and closing, and hair pinching parts formed in such a way that they approach and leave in accordance with the closing and opening of the arms. On both hair pin... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5899213 | Hair processing method and apparatus A hair processing apparatus has facing members for nipping hair. The facing members have uneven surface portions on their contact surfaces which are engaged with each other. The uneven surface portions have a plurality of grooves along their length direct... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5832939 | Hair waving appliance An improved hair waving appliance is disclosed. The disclosed hair waving, appliance includes a pair of W-shaped arms that pivot in relation to one another in a scissors motion. One disclosed W-shaped arm comprises a center raised heater prong bounded by ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5799671 | Curly hair curling iron A curly hair curing iron having a jerking portion which does not exert a severing action on the hair and a stretching portion for making the hair straight. The iron is a scissors type iron having a rod housing with heaters therein. The inlet side constitu... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5783800 | Hair braiding tool with mating semi-cylindrical groove pairs having different sizes A hair braiding tool for fusing the end of a braid of synthetic fibers includes a first elongated member having at least one substantially semi-cylindrical transverse groove formed in a surface thereof with the groove having an open end and a closed end a... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5119846 | Hair wave rollers An apparatus for waving the hair comprises a pair of snap-together complementary pieces made of resilient plastic. The pieces when fitted together define a sinuous or swirled path between them. When the pieces are snapped together over a strand of hair, t... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5025850 | Hair crimping device A hair crimping device for use in setting human hair includes a pair of complementary formed triangular wave form members dimensioned for nesting engagement. A base plate is secured to a first tiangular wave form member and includes an elongated projectin... | 06/25/1991 |
| 4867185 | Hair waving device A hair waving device which can be quickly and easily interconnected with adjacent devices of identical construction so that the devices disposed proximate the outer extremities of the strand of hair to be waved, where the individual hairs are very fine, a... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4739151 | Electrically heating hair styling tongs selectively usable to crimp or straighten hair An electric hair styling tong includes a pair of elongated arms pivotally articulated to each other at one end and each carrying at its other end an electrically heated pad arranged with its face confronting the face of the other pad and with the face of ... | 04/19/1988 |
| 4714820 | Electrically heated curling wrapper An electrically heatable hair wrapper capable of being cut to any predetermined length from a flat, elongated, flexible base carrying a plurality of parallel resistance heating circuits. The circuits extend along the length of the base in a periodic serpe... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4164952 | Hair waving device A hair waving device consisting of a pair of perforated, wave-form plates adapted to receive a lock of hair therebetween, and adjustable latch means operable to interconnect the plates to secure them in place on the lock of hair, and to accommodate any la... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4151850 | Hair waving appliance A hair waving appliance has in one arm a pair of spaced electrically heated prongs extending from a handle and in another arm a third electrically heated prong with two troughs axially connected on opposite sides thereof extending from another handle. The... | 05/01/1979 |
