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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8237090 | Hair flat iron with light source A hair styling appliance including a first arm pivotable with respect to a second arm. Each arm has a respective housing and heat plate, the heat plate at least partially defines a styling portion of each arm. The appliance also includes a light source positioned to... | 08/07/2012 |
| 8237089 | Hairdressing apparatus Hairstyling appliance comprising a grasping means (2), a body (3) for winding a lock of hair around its longitudinal axis, the winding body containing an electric heating element and comprising an external hair-winding surface (5) extending alon... | 08/07/2012 |
| 8232505 | Hair-styling device with guide A hair-styling device having an essentially cylindrical heating part on which at least one heatable styling part is provided for heating the hair. At least one lateral limit of the styling part is designed here as a styling edge. At least one guide means is arranged... | 07/31/2012 |
| 8129661 | Professional hair iron In a professional hair iron, a unit (U) is defined by a lower support element (2) and an upper support element (3) hinged together and movable between a rest, open position and an operation, closed position. Complementary facing plates (20, 30, 300,... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124914 | Hair iron with dimpled face plates and method of use in styling hair An iron for styling hair containing opposed plates having confronting surfaces for clamping a section of hair therebetween wherein surface one or both of the plates, is formed with a plurality of depressions, e.g., dimples, distributed over its surface. The depressi... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8110778 | Hair crimper (local heating) A hair crimper comprising a pair of complementary hair crimping surfaces which are configured for hair crimping by application of heat and pressure to hair when cooperatively engaged, wherein each one of said complementary hair crimping surfaces comprises a corrugat... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8080764 | Hair iron A hair iron apparatus preferably includes an upper housing pivotally associated with a lower housing. A first heat transfer plate is associated with the upper housing and a second heat transfer plate is associated with the lower housing. A first heater is affixed to... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8071915 | Hair iron A hair iron is capable of preventing hair under treatment from drying. The hair iron has clamp arms. Heads of the clamp arms are provided with relaxing bodies that face each other. The relaxing bodies have respective thermal plates. The thermal plates heat an... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8035061 | Hairdressing device A hairdressing device is designed to heat a hair at different temperatures. The device includes first and second arms coupled together by a hinge so that the arms can be closed together when pressed toward each other, each of the first and second arms including a gr... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8013275 | Hair flat iron with light source A hair styling appliance including a first arm pivotable with respect to a second arm. Each arm has a respective housing and heat plate, the heat plate at least partially defines a styling portion of each arm. The appliance also includes a light source positioned to... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8013274 | Hair iron A hair iron 1 includes a pair of grips 9 being rotatably connected to a base end so as to be openable and closable; and a heating part 11 being provided to be opposed to a tip end side of each grip 9 wherein each heating part 11 ha... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7952053 | Mirrored styling iron A device for enhancing vision for a hair curling iron for conventional curling iron of the general type having clamping members, two heating members, two bases and two styling members wherein the improvement comprises a mirror element attached to one of the bases. I... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7397016 | Heat generating element, medical therapeutic instrument implementing the same, and treatment apparatus A heat generating element is constructed of at least a substrate, an insulating film disposed on the substrate, a heat generating portion provided with a thin film resistor disposed on at least a part of the insulating film, and a protective film disposed on the abo... | 07/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7361406 | Ultra-high current density thin-film Si diode A combination of a thin-film μc-Si and a-Si:H containing diode structure characterized by an ultra-high current density that exceeds 1000 A/cm2, comprising: a substrate; a bottom metal layer disposed on the substrate; an n-layer of μc-Si deposited the b... | 04/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7335858 | Toaster using infrared heating for reduced toasting time A toaster uses radiant heat at infrared wavelengths optimized for producing rapid and uniform toasting of a food product. The infrared wavelengths of the radiated heat are selected for optimum speed and quality (browning and moisture content) of the food product. Th... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7323663 | Multi-purpose oven using infrared heating for reduced cooking time An oven using radiant heat at infrared wavelengths optimized for producing rapid and uniform cooking of a wide variety of foods. The infrared oven toasts, bakes, broils, and re-heats food at a much faster speed while maintaining high quality in taste and appearance ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312421 | Detachable heat sealing apparatus A detachable heat sealing apparatus includes a size-adjustable unitary externally-attached electric heating device and a power supplier, wherein the electric heating device is coupled to the external front side of a power supplier holding casing by means of a detach... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7271368 | Electric 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 |
| 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 |
| 7200885 | Combination scissors and lighter for cutting and sealing braided synthetic hair Apparatus 10 provides a combination scissor 18 and lighter 20 for the cutting and sealing of braided synthetic hair 14 made up of a cutting implement having two blades 22, 24 joined by a swivel pin 26 having handles 28, 3... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7087868 | Heating device In order to create a heating device which can operate in different power stages, but only has to be contacted from one side, the invention provides a heating device with at least two plate-like ceramic heating elements, which are electrically contacted on opposite f... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7073516 | Braid removal device An apparatus for the cutting and removal of a braid from a person's natural hair includes a first member and a second member that are adapted to pivot about an axis under control by a hand of a user. The first member includes a linear longitudinal edge that cannot c... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7045744 | Hair 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 |
| 7036517 | Applicator for replacement hair strands An applicator for replacement hair strands, having hair embedded with one end in a U-shaped thermoplastic element, has a matrix having a recess for receiving the U-shaped thermoplastic element of the replacement hair strand. The applicator also has a stamp movable i... | 05/02/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6939150 | Foldable electrical plug connector Embodiments of the present invention are directed to an electrical plug connector including a plurality of prongs capable of being coupled to an electrical power source and an outer body having at least one recess. A gearing mechanism is configured to cause retracti... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6927963 | Fault detection circuit for use with a power control device A fault detection circuit that includes a controllable switch coupling a power source to a load. Control circuitry is provided that determines if the switch is in the proper conduction state based on a switch control signal and a signal indicative of power delivered... | 08/09/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6919537 | Electric heat sealer An electric heat sealer is constructed to include two pivoted arms of substantially T-shaped profile and an electric heating mechanism in one of the arms, each arm having a handhold portion through which the user can hold the electric heat sealer with the left hand ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6861623 | Extendable heated hair curler A heated hair curler includes a first portion having a heating element and an electric terminal in circuit with the heating element. A second portion is attached to the first portion in heat exchange relationship with it and is reconfigurable with respect to the fir... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6667462 | Electric hair waver An electric hair waver includes a handle and a clip. The clip is hinged to the handle and forms a clamp with the handle by means of the spring. A sealed lower semi-barrel is fixed on the forward end of the handle. An upper semi-barrel and the clip are all... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6653599 | Hair styler with detachable heating bars A hair styler includes detachable heating bars which allows a user to easily change a set of existing heating bars with another set of such bars and easily fasten the newly attached heating bars to the arms of the styler without separate fasteners. Two he... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6639184 | Cordless curling iron heating system A cordless curling iron heating system for facilitating the efficient use of multiple sized curling irons. The cordless curling iron heating system includes a housing which includes a plurality of curling iron sockets, each one of a plurality of heating e... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6627852 | Curling iron with rotatable asymmetrical heating tips A curling iron is provided having two handles coupled to two heating tips having non-symmetrical cross-sectional shapes with respect to their lengthwise axes. At least one of the heating tips is rotatably coupled to its handle to rotate along an axis leng... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6604532 | Marcel curling iron having insulated rotatable handles A marcel curling iron featuring a short curling barrel and hair clamp for reducing burn risk and improving curl control, rounded edges on the hair clamp for making smoother curls, and freely rotatable handle covers having a thermally insuative bushing and... | 08/12/2003 |
