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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7640939 | Curler for natural section of hair A curler having a body with a longitudinal axis designed to have a section of hair wound about it, and a foot integral with a first axial end of the body and having a surface capable of resting on the scalp. This surface preferably has a surface area greater than th... | 01/05/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7334585 | Microwavable hair curler and method of using the same A hair curler made from an elongated tubular member that is divided into three sections by constrictors. At least one of the sections is filled with a filler material, preferably tapioca. The tubular member is placed in a microwave oven for between 30 seconds and 1 ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7044140 | Device for obtaining a hair-styling and a permanent An appliance for hairstyles and for applying a perm includes a flat portion (9); at least one anchorage device (8) formed on the inner surface (99) of the flat portion (9) for deflecting and anchoring a strand of hair. At least one fasten... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7017590 | Microwavable hair curling device A microwavable hair curling device comprising a plurality of hair curlers for winding up human hair. Each curler contains a desiccant material which is surrounded by an elongate casing of flexible material with opposite first and second ends, and an axial length. Th... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6998761 | Piezoelectric assembly A piezoelectric assembly, a method for producing a structural unit with a prestressed piezoelectric actuator and a method for producing a hollow body for prestressing the piezoelectric actuator include an actuator pushed into a spring sleeve and force-lockingly and/... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6990986 | Hair curling device A hair curler suitable for retaining curls of hair and allowing the administration of hair treatment products to the hair curls while in their retained position, comprising a permeable elastic tube (10) open at one end (10b), the open end and a ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6962159 | Hair styler A cone mounted coaxially on a hand held motor. The cone has an open slot arranged to permit sliding a lock of hair through the slot. The lock wraps around the cone thereby forming a roll of hair when the motor is energized to rotate the cone. The cone is then separa... | 11/08/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6901936 | Hair-styling device having ion-emitting ceramic material components A ceramic-containing sleeve or a ceramic-based coating on the surface of a roller or curler. The coating or sleeve comprises a mixture of components including, substantially, silicon oxide. While the present invention rollers emit ions without application of heat, h... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6732745 | Hair curling apparatus A hair curling apparatus provides a frame having an open center that includes a frame (preferably rectangular or square) having an open center, the frame having preferably lateral sides, but at least a lower surface that is shaped (as arcuately) to conform generally... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6672313 | Hair styling brush with integral misting device A misting styling brush is provided for use with pressurized and non-pressurized cylindrical aerosol sprayers. The misting styling brush includes a handle similar to that of a standard cylindrical hair brush but having a longitudinal interior chamber disp... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6526988 | Method for treating hair shape and treating device thereof A method for treating a hair shape comprising the steps of: subjecting hair to softening treatment by applying or spraying a softening agent or applying a hair-treating agent, and giving vibration of predetermined frequency of not exceeding 20 KHz being l... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6453910 | Device for creating wave-styled hairdos The invention is a hair-wave device, and a method for creating wave-style hairdos. The hair-wave device generally includes a support structure that is capable of supporting a number of styling tools. The styling tools are typically located generally paral... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6314968 | Hair-curler and method for setting hair The invention concerns a non-heating hair-curler comprising at least over 50% of its usable length one single tapered body (1) with an end of small diameter and an end of large diameter, said tapered body (1) being extended to one of its end by a cylindri... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6230716 | Hairbrush with removable handle and hairbrush system utilizing the same A hairbrush having a head that may be quickly removed from the brush handle and a hairbrush system utilizing the same. In its most basic form, the hairbrush includes a brush head having a plurality of bristles, a removable brush handle, and a quick discon... | 05/15/2001 |
| 6196236 | Ultrasonic hair curling device An ultrasonic hair curling device capable of applying ultrasonic vibration efficiently to hairs for effective hair styling in a short time. The device includes a housing, an ultrasonic generator incorporated in the housing for generating ultrasonic vibrat... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6161553 | Hair curling method and equipment Long hair is curled by isolating each of the strands of hair that the subject desires to be curled; applying a curling agent to the strand at this point or later; placing a curling ribbon comprising a ribbon of fabric having three longitudinal stiffening ... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6098635 | Motorized, rotating hair brush A rotating hair brush has several dividers between some of the rows of bristles. The dividers prevent hair from being tangled in the bristles as the brush rotates. The dividers also help smooth the hair and absorb and transfer back to the hair heat from a... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6092534 | Hair roller assembly A hair roller assembly formed of a light-weight, concentricaly arranged porous flexible tubular outer sleeve of plastic woven fabric-like material, perforate at least semi-flexible resilient tubular plastic inner support sleeve and a concentrically arrang... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6038782 | Blow dryer having airflow control means In one embodiment a blow dryer includes a barrel having an opening. A deflector, having an aperture, positioned within or substantially within the barrel. The hand-held blow dryer can be utilized in at least a first or open mode in which air flow is direc... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6024101 | Hair styling brush having two temperature sensitive colon-change materials and method of use This invention relates to a hair styling brush and method of use. A brush according to the invention will have particular utility with hair which is to be "blow dried", usually after the hair has already been partially dried, for instance after it has bee... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6012466 | Hair curler Presented are three embodiments of a hair curler including in one embodiment an apertured tubular member having an apertured felt-like layer secured to the tubular member. A flexible anchor pad having flexible hook-like protrusions is adhered to the felt-... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5992425 | Hair roller A hair roller is provided around which hair can be wound easily with tension toward the outside acting on the hair, without a fear that the distal ends of the hair are folded, with ease in handling, and with good operativity, and with which the wound stat... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5979464 | Hair roller A hair roller is provided around which hair can be wound easily with tension toward the outside acting on the hair, without a fear that the distal ends of the hair are folded, with ease in handling, and with good operativity, and with which the wound stat... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5957140 | Hair styling iron for straightening and curling A hair styling iron for straightening and curling hair is provided. The iron is comprised of a pair of tongs having a first blade member with a flat portion and a barrel portion, and a second blade having a flat portion and a channel portion. The blades c... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5911226 | Temperature indicating hair brush A hairbrush, the surface of which changes colour with temperature, is used to improve the set of human hair during a grooming process. The bristles of the brush may be of a colour temperature dependent nature as well as the surface on which the bristles a... | 06/15/1999 |
| 5901711 | Hair roller assembly A hair roller which is comprised of three concentric sleeves. An outer sleeve is of a plastic, woven-type material that has a plurality of projections with hooked shaped ends capable of gripping hair. A central sleeve is comprised of a metallic material h... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5875789 | Ultra-sonic perming device and method This invention provides a method for altering hairs by bringing the hairs into contact with an elastic body vibrating ultrasonically. At first, alternate vibrations are generated on a rod portion (i.e. a cylindrical elastic body). The cylindrical shaped e... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5819761 | Hair-braiding device and method for its use A hair-braiding device and method for its use are described. The invented device includes a flat, elongate body having at least one opposing pair of preferably slotted openings extending inwardly from either end, the openings being lined with a resilient ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5785064 | High temperature externally heated hair-styling devices A high temperature externally heated hair-styling device is provided which has a hair-styling body. An over-temperature alarm is mounted in the hair-styling body. The over-temperature alarm has a temperature sensor which is thermally connected to the hair... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5758670 | Hair braiding apparatus and method A hair braiding apparatus is disclosed comprising a U-shaped rod having a left arm and a right arm, the arms offset from one another relative to the plane of the U shape, a guide for holding a first strand of hair and a second strand of hair in alignment ... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5715846 | Hair curler A hair curler which exhibits a winding member with an increasable diameter using a flag-shaped length is rolled up together with a lock of hair providing after each turn a winding member with an increased diameter depending on the thickness of the flag-sh... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5713380 | Hair curler In a hair curler with a cylindrical core having a tape made of plastics wire wound around it and with bands with loop-like barbs running around it, the core also has at least one metal, metal-coated, metallized carbon or antistatic filament arranged as a ... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5660192 | Hair curler The invention relates to a curler having a roller made of a plastic or latex material and a self-gripping tape which is seated thereon, the self-gripping tape covering a central portion of a circumferential surface of the roller designed as a soft roll an... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5628333 | Hair curler The hair curler includes an outer and an inner sleeve. Both sleeves include passages in their walls. The sleeves can be rotated relative to each other. Accordingly, the passages in the outer sleeve can be opened or shut off. The hair curler includes a hol... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5601813 | Cysteamine permanent wave composition and method A single formula, mild permanent wave reducing composition and method of permanently waving or reshaping human hair that provides a strong, long lasting curl and leaves the hair soft while minimizing further damage to already damaged hair. The composition... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5515874 | Spherical hair curler and method for using same A spherical curler and method for using same are provided to enable a user to obtain a helical curl having a continue of varying diameters within each lock of curled hair. This varying diameter helix provides a new and distinct look for the curled hair. I... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5503170 | Combination applicator-dispenser hair styler A hair applicator-dispenser has a container with a pressurized preparation applied to hair for treatment thereof. The container has a rectangular triple roller dome-head receptacle and is connectable to a removable rectangular hair curler which includes a... | 04/02/1996 |
