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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7971593 | Hair rollers The invention relates to a hair roller (1) having a central roller mandrel (3) and a partially slotted hair roller housing (2) that surrounds the roller mandrel at a distance. Said hair roller fixes the hair in the vicinity of the scalp by means... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7513259 | Hair curling apparatus A curling apparatus employed for curling hair comprises a shaft which hair is coiled round; a stopper having a substantially C-shaped section, the stopper being disposed outside the shaft detachably; and a threaded engagement device which is disposed outside the sto... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7223207 | Exercise and massage device An exercise device includes a housing having at least a wall portion, at least two apertures extending through the wall portion and spaced from each other, and at least one elongate rod having a center section located between opposite ends. The center section is ada... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7121285 | Curling element for styling hair and fixing element for a curling element Various shaped curling elements provide flexibility for hairstyling. A fixing element ensures that curling elements are simply and reliably prevented from unrolling once they have been rolled up. The curling element includes at least one ring-shaped notched section ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7040326 | Hair styling device A hair styling device includes a panel having a first side, a second side and a peripheral edge extending between the first and second sides. A plurality of apertures extends through the first and second sides of the panel. Hair may be selectively positioned on the ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7011097 | Braider A novel form of a braider is provided which, in its preferred embodiment, consists of a body portion with two opposing cavities. The cavities are designed so as to enable both easy insertion into and removal from of sections of hair from the cavities. Several novel ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6708698 | Curler for hairstyles and permanent waves A curler for hairstyles and permanent waves includes an elongated body, with cross sections similar to an elliptical profile and changing continuously from a minimum to a maximum extension, in relation to a selected rate. The body has opposite heads and intermediate... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6659108 | Hair curler A hair curler having a spool for receiving a lock of human hair for wrapping thereabout a core disposed between a rim of the spool and a clip having a first portion and a second portion joined together by a hinge, for clamping the spool and the lock of hu... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6427701 | Hair curling disc A hair curling device consists of a resilient disc having a central hole and a radial slit extending between an edge of the hole and the perimeter of the disc. A plurality of apertures formed in the surface of the disc allow rapid drying of a strand of ha... | 08/06/2002 |
| 6425404 | Hair curler device A hair curler device has a hair roller formed as a longitudinally extending body with a thicker intermediate portion around which a strand of hair may be wrapped and thinner arm portions on opposite sides thereof, and a hair-holding element having a pair ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6408858 | Hair curler/roller By employing the teaching of the present invention, all of the difficulties and drawbacks found in conventional prior art hair curlers/rollers are eliminated. By providing a fully integrated, elongated body member which comprises an elongated central sect... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6401725 | Hair curling device A hair curling device including a cylindrical portion having a central portion and opposed end portions. The central portion has a plurality of apertures' therethrough. A pair of cylindrical end caps are secured to the opposed end portion of the cylindric... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6386208 | Hair accessory and binding device A hair accessory and binding device for holding hair in a bound manner includes a first panel having a first end edge, a second end edge, a top surface and a bottom surface. A second panel is elongated and has a first end and a second end. The first end o... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6363946 | Longitudinally adjustable permanent wave rods A variety of longitudinally adjustable permanent wave rods are disclosed. Each permanent wave rod has an outer rod into which an inner rod fits. In one embodiment, an adjustable permanent wave rod has a number of sockets into which retainers fit. Alternat... | 04/02/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6079422 | Hair curler A hair curler comprised of a flexible hollow tube, the interior of which contains heat absorbent material. The heat absorbent material is capable of being heated in a microwave oven to elevated temperatures, and capable of maintaining such elevated temper... | 06/27/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5983904 | Hair curler A hair roller is provided with an hollow outer member enclosing an inner member. A plurality of hair clips is connected to the inner member by flexible roots and connected to the outer member by integral pivot axes. The hair clips extend though longitudin... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5979465 | Threaded hair twister A threaded hair twister that is flexible, easy to use, and light-weight and enables the user to coil the hair into a variety of twists comprised of an elongated resilient body having an opening at one end and an elastic cord attached to a needle-like memb... | 11/09/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5881740 | Hair curling device and method of use A curler and a method of use for curling hair, e.g., the synthetic hair of a doll. The curler has an elongated rod, an elongated pressure applicator, and pivotable connector enabling the rod to be pivoted from an open position wherein it is located spaced... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5855213 | Permanent wave clip The permanent wave clip (1) has three curlers (2,3,4) which can be arranged parallel to each other including a releasable and exchangeable hair tip curler (6) rotatable about its axis which is clipped in a curler holder (7). A curler (2), which is a hair ... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5819763 | Microwavable hair curlers An improved hair curling device comprising a strip of fabric having a central portion containing a cushion formed of resilient material, such as foam rubber, and having a central core formed of microwave-heatable material.... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5819762 | Hair winder for permanent waves A curler whose diameter increases in size as hair is being wound up by, at least at the beginning of a winding-up process, laying the self-gripping tape strip in one or more turns around the curling core and thus building up self-gripping tape material on... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5810023 | Method for styling hair using a flat disk A method for styling hair using a hair styling device which comprises a flat disk made of a flexible plastic material. The flat disk has a central core with an aperture of a size sufficient to permit a tress of hair to be pulled through it, and a pluralit... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5799670 | Roller-set styling hairbrush A styling hairbrush which utilizes styling hair rollers of variable lengths and diameters, the rollers being easily mounted onto and easily removed from a control wand, and the rollers being surfaced with a velcro-like material for gripping the hair to be... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5740820 | Hair rollers with enhanced hair rolling and setting features A hair roller includes an elongated body, a hair clip, and an elastic anchoring element. The body has an annular shape around which hair can be wound for styling person's hair. The hair clip has a hair-engagable blade portion and a lever portion. The blad... | 04/21/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5711324 | Hair drying curler apparatus A hair drying curler apparatus (10) for curling and drying a lock of hair is disclosed having a tubular roller (11) and a retaining clip (12). The roller has a tubular support (14), a moisture permeable inner cover material (15) joined to a moisture perme... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5694955 | Hair holding device A device is disclosed for curling and managing hair. The device has a soft deformable core with two ends and a rolling surface. The rolling surface is adapted so that the user's hair may be wrapped around it. The device also has two protruding members, on... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5669398 | Hair styling tool and method of use A hair styling method utilizes an elongated flexible mold member having hollow end portions, two elongated rigid handle members each more than half the length of the mold member, with each of the elongated rigid handle members having an inner end portion ... | 09/23/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5623953 | Hair styling tool and method A hand-operated hair styling tool and method is disclosed wherein a pair of elongated rods or tubes are connected to each other at one end by a flexible hinge-like member. An alternate embodiment is also disclosed wherein the tool is constructed of a sing... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5606983 | Hair care appliance with thermochromic hair curlers and method of manufacturing same The hair care appliance of this invention has a housing, which holds a set of hair curlers and encloses electrical heating means for heating the curlers, and has a transparent cover which covers the set of curlers and the top of the housing. Each curler h... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5588451 | Hair retainer A hair retainer and method for using the retainer, the retainer including an elongate rigid member and at least one protuberance extending radially outwardly from the member. The protuberance forms a helical rib around the member having surfaces that oppo... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5538021 | Hair winder for permanent waves A hair winder having a winding member on which the hair can be wound, a strip of foil being so attached to the winding member that the strip can be wound onto the winding member together with the hair.... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5482060 | Hair curler roller A hair curler roller and apparatus for generating steam for heating the hair curler roller. The roller is a foam with a solid backing. The foam has a foraminous construction created by abrading the outer surface of the roller cover so that the steam enter... | 01/09/1996 |
