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Class 132/238 - Including motor or mechanical rotating means


Subclass of Class 132 - Toilet
Definition: Device including either (a) means which converts energy
No. of patents: 35
Last issue date: 01/27/2009


NumberTitleIssue Date
7481228Hair styling tool with rotatable cylinder
A hair styling tool includes a body, a cylinder extending from the body, the cylinder rotatable relative to the body, a motor for rotating the cylinder, a heater to heat the cylinder, and a styling arm pivotally attached to the body. The hair styling tool may have a...
01/27/2009
7364380Grooming/cleaning apparatus
A cleaning apparatus includes a substrate with outward projecting bristles extending through a sheet or scrim impaled over the bristles. The substrate may be mounted on a support which may carry a handle. The sheets may be single sheets arranged in a stack over the ...
04/29/2008
7309182Liquid dispensing brush
A cleaning apparatus includes a substrate with outward projecting bristles. The substrate may be mounted on a support which may carry a handle or on a media dispensing container. The handle is hollow to carry a dispensable media from a dispenser mounted on the handl...
12/18/2007
7281288Cleaning apparatus with flexible connection between head and handle
An improved cleaning tool is provided with a flexible connection between the head or spindle and the handle. The improved tool broadly includes a spindle or head, a handle and a flexible connection between the head and handle to permit relative pivotal movement ther...
10/16/2007
7271368Electric hair curling apparatus
An electric hair curler is disclosed as including a handle; and a heating tube engaged with the handle and having a longitudinal axis, and the heating tube is adapted to be releasably engaged with hair and is operable to heat hair engaged therewith, and the heating ...
09/18/2007
7264004Hair drying/styling device
A hair drying/styling device which combines a uniquely designed rotating hairbrush and blow dryer into a single product. The present invention simplifies the popular styling technique of brushing hair while applying the blow dryer, by allowing the user to completely...
09/04/2007
7243662Hair twister
A hair fastening device having the ability to be rolled into a person's hair and then secured within the hair by sliding the device together. The device can be more tightly secured by adding an additional piece which can be attached to the device and concealed withi...
07/17/2007
7210186Hairbrush
The hairbrush includes an elongated member having a handle segment and a bristle substrate segment. The bristle substrate defines an hourglass shaped core having a central region that is either cylindrically shaped or has a substantially similar elliptical cross-sec...
05/01/2007
7045744Hair curling iron with two rotatable and vertically movable tongs
The object of this invention is to provide a hair curling iron having a pair of curling tongs and a heat generating means mounted on the tongs, comprising a tong control unit to control the up and down movement of the curling tongs; a rotary body connected to the to...
05/16/2006
7015420Hair brushing appliance
A hair brushing appliance includes a housing, a motor located within the housing, a brush extending from the housing, and a transmission relaying output torque of the motor to the brush. A slippage mechanism associated with the transmission allows the motor to turn,...
03/21/2006
6962159Hair 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
6098635Motorized, 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
5865193Permanent rod turning device for use in permanent wave
A permanent rod turning device comprising a grip member having a motor disposed therein, a rod supporting shaft, and a substantially conical rod engaging member positioned on the rod supporting shaft adjacent to the grip member. The motor has a rotary sha...
02/02/1999
5829455Holding strip and curling rod for giving a permanent wave
A method of rolling up short strands of hair in the process of giving a permanent wave to a person, a holding strip and a curling device including a curling rod used in the method are related. The holding strip is placed about a strand of hair such that t...
11/03/1998
5649555Curling iron with rotatable barrel
A rotatable curling iron is disclosed in which the barrel and clip portion may rotate along with a motor-driven shaft of the curling iron. A cable connects to the clip at one end, then passes through an opening and to an interior of a hollow drive shaft a...
07/22/1997
5603339Rotating comb device
A device for engaging and twisting a lock of hair. The inventive device includes a comb for engaging the hair. A rotating assembly is releasably coupled to the comb for rotating the comb during engagement with the hair to twist the hair into an elongated ...
02/18/1997
5515874Spherical 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
5318052Hair curling device
A hair-curling device has a plurality of substantially cylindrical handleless elements of different diameters each having a central supporting member and a plurality of radially extending bristles. One end of each element can have a hair-separating member...
06/07/1994
5275183Self-operable portable hand hair tamer
This self-operable portable hand hair tamer for short hair particularly rebel short hair, has a central hot air blowing dryer having a narrow nozzle outlet to blow at high velocity a narrow converging jet of hot air. A pair of hollow arms have one of thei...
01/04/1994
5119847Apparatus and method for axially twisting hair
A probe for twisting hair axially is disclosed comprising a pair of fingers biased together by an elasticized band seated within an annular grove around the exterior of the probe. A slot is defined between the fingers for receiving and holding a group of ...
06/09/1992
4944319Hair styling device
A hair styling brush with an internal heating element extends from a first end of a housing. A disk secured to the brush is rotationally mounted in an undercut groove adjacent the first housing end. A pinion gear secured by a threaded stud to an interior ...
07/31/1990
4935643Device for the limitation of torque in a hair treatment device
In a hair treatment device with a winding mandrel driven by a motor and used to wind up hair, the current used by the motor is led through a current limiter circuit in order to limit torque. The current limiter circuit comprises an operating stage and a s...
06/19/1990
4910381Hair drying device
A hair drying device comprises a rotatable curling iron, a reversible motor for driving the curling iron, a reversing switch connected to the reversible motor for causing the motor to reverse its direction of rotation, and a hair dryer including an outflo...
03/20/1990
4884583Hair roller and rotating apparatus
A hair roller and a curler rotating device which has a motor (24) and batteries (28) housing within a body (20). The motor shaft (26) penetrates the body at one end and has a tapered mandrel (34) attached that connects to a tapered bore (40) on the roller...
12/05/1989
4829156Electric curling iron having a reversible motor-driven rotatable curling mandrel
An electric curling iron includes a handle containing a reversible DC motor for rotating an elongated, generally cylindrical curling mandrel extending from the front end of the handle and coupled to the motor by a clutch so as to prevent injury to the use...
05/09/1989
4467821Actuator control for retractable bristle brushes
A slideable control is provided for use in retractable bristle brushes. It operates by co-action with a rotatable, cylindrical mandrel carrying pivoted bristles and having an angular cam slot. The control includes a longitudinally slideable button in the ...
08/28/1984
4456020Adjustable hair curler
The invention relates to an adjustable hair curler of general spool or roller shape with a pair of telescoping elongated tubes axially and rotatably movable relative to one another. A pair of nested larger diameter end caps is secured at each end of each ...
06/26/1984
4233999Automatic curling iron
An electrical hair curling iron comprising an elongated, tubular heating member and a clamp bar pivotally arranged with respect to the heating member for receiving and clamping hair tresses to be curled against the heating member includes motor driven mec...
11/18/1980
4222398Electrically powered hair rolling device
An electrically powered device for curling hair including a power element containing handle housing portion and an angularly disposed, rotatable chucking device and spindle with a removable hair curler associated in driven relationship therewith. Make and...
09/16/1980
4192326Hair styling implement
Disclosed is a hair styling brush in which the brush portion is axially rotated by finger motion of the operator grasping the handle. The operator actuates a trigger or abutment in the handle to rotate the brush while the handle remains stationary in his ...
03/11/1980
4177824Device for automatic hair curling
A device for automatically curling hair includes a dome-shaped housing having an inlet opening and a longitudinal axis. A fixed rod having a heater therein is immovably positioned coaxially within the housing. A driving rod is positioned within the housin...
12/11/1979
4166472Hair curler and stand
An improved hair curler and stand wherein the hair curler consists of a handle and a rotatable hair curling device removably mounted on the handle, the handle containing a motor and batteries for rotating the curling device and the stand having means for ...
09/04/1979
4148330Motor-curler unit for automatic application of curlers to the hair to be treated
A motor-curler unit for the automatic application of curlers to hair to be treated includes a motor and a curler made of a suitable material, for example a pressed plastic material. The curler includes two coaxial elements which are mated to one another a...
04/10/1979
4130122Hair curler operating device
A hand-operated device comprising a handle having a rotatable shaft supported by the handle and one end projecting beyond one end of the handle and having means to support removably thereon a conventional hair curler. A spool is affixed to the shaft and h...
12/19/1978
3933161Hair curler affixable with one hand
This disclosure teaches a hair curler which includes a cylindrical drum and a jaw engageable thereagainst for holding and rolling hair. The jaw is operated from a first end manually by means of a crank. An axial shaft is turnable from a second end to ener...
01/20/1976
 
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