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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8151481 | Universal hand-held hair dryer holder A universal hair dryer holder includes a base including suction mechanism for releasably attaching the base to a generally flat surface and an adjustable arm extending from the base. The holder also includes a cradle for holding a hair dryer at an end of the arm opp... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146264 | Cordless hair dryer device A cordless hair dryer device comprising an ergonomically shaped handle, air cone, rechargeable lithium-type battery pack that releasably attaches to a battery mount on the back of the hair dryer, temperature controls, blower speed controls, DC motor, heater and batt... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8028437 | Hair dryer and vacuum device A hair dryer and vacuum device includes a housing having a nozzle, a handle, and a body portion situated between the handle and nozzle, the nozzle including a first channel extending from the body portion to an outlet port and a second channel extending from the bod... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7946056 | Ambulatory hairdryer A portable self-contained hair drying helmet is taught that has thermal storage, desiccants, a phase change material, and thin lithium ion polymer batteries to allow one to dry their hair while walking around and performing personal and household duties. ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7926198 | Thermoelectric handheld dryer A handheld dryer having low power consumption is provided. A fan operates to cause air to be drawn into the housing of the dryer, creating an airstream of substantial velocity that is forced through a heater assembly. The heater assembly includes two Peltier thermoe... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7428785 | Hair dryer A hair dryer in which the direction of a palm of a user gripping the hair dryer is same as the direction of wind blown from the hair dryer. A blowing pipe is coupled to a case and has an air outlet at one end. A heater for heating air is provided inside the case. A ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7412781 | Device for a hot air shower The air nozzle attachment (8) for the hair dryer (2) is connectable to the blower opening (7) of the hair dryer and produces a hot-air stream (9) and a cold-air stream (10) that are arranged side-by-side. The air nozzle attachment ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7363724 | Drier A drier comprising a drier body, wherein includes a base which is detachable from the drier body, and further includes a jointing part and a holder part. Said base is provided with an opening for inserting the drier body which is connected to the base via the openin... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360720 | Spray gun In a spray gun (1) for atomizing fluids, that can be actuated using a lever (15) mounted in a pivoting arrangement on a sleeve (11) which accommodates an atomizer nozzle (12) and in which the air flow can be generated by an air turbine ( | 04/22/2008 |
| 7356942 | Gas hot air gun A gas hot air gun includes a main body, an ignition device, a switch set and a safety switch. The main body includes a blower, a nozzle, a barrel and a handle. A heating chamber and a mixing chamber are on the inner front of the barrel. A gas can is inside the handl... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7351346 | Non-photolithographic method for forming a wire grid polarizer for optical and infrared wavelengths A method for forming a plurality of parallel metal lines on a substrate of thin film elastomeric material and a wire grid polarizer formed by such method. A sacrificial layer is formed by coating the substrate with a water soluble polymer while the substrate is stre... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7350317 | Electrostatic atomizing hairdryer and electrostatic atomizer In an electrostatic atomizing hairdryer, electrostatically atomized mist generated in an electrostatic atomizing unit is effectively scattered into airflow emitted from a main body of the hairdryer so that the mist can be sprayed to hair uniformly and a time necessa... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7331964 | Laser therapy device for animals and methods of using the same and manufacturing the same The present invention provides for a laser therapy device for animals and methods of manufacturing and using the same. In one embodiment, the animal therapy device is comprised of (i) a hairbrush body housing a plurality of wide-pattern laser LEDs configured to coop... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7333317 | Portable ionizer A portable ionizer is arranged for generating ionized air in an area of a user's fingers. The portable ionizer includes a battery-powered oscillator coupled via a high voltage conversion circuit to a positive electrode and a negative electrode for generating positiv... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7321464 | Electroluminescent light source and display incorporating same A brightness enhanced reflective polarizer includes a reflective polarizer and a structured surface material. ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7264004 | Hair 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 |
| 7264209 | Hair dryer stand A hair dryer stand for setting an operating blow-dryer on a countertop without burning the countertop or material on the countertop. The hair dryer stand comprises at least one base, at least one side wall having a top and a bottom where the bottom is attached to th... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7260900 | Power supply independent device for producing a hot air flow The invention relates to a power supply independent device (1) producing a hot air flow (2). Heat (4) is produced by a catalytic heating element (5) which is energized by a liquid fuel, the hot air flow (2) being produced by an ele... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258695 | Hair restoration device and methods of using and manufacturing the same The present invention provides for a hair restoration device and methods of manufacturing and using the same. In one embodiment, the hair restoration device is comprised of (i) a hairbrush body housing a plurality of wide-pattern laser LEDs configured to cooperate t... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7228065 | Gem stone metal dryer A hair dryer that includes a nozzle with a plurality of concentric layers including an outer, protective layer, a perforated metal layer and an inner metal layer coated with gem stone powder wherein the gem stone layer is accessible through the perforations of the m... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7218500 | High-voltage generator and accelerator using same In a high-voltage generator including a CW circuit (high-voltage circuit), where the CW circuit generates a high voltage through booster circuits that are provided for boosting an input voltage and connected to one another in multiple stages, a conductive shielding ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7178261 | Air pulsing attachment for handheld dryer An air pulse attachment for a handheld dryer includes a shell defining a passage within the shell. The passage in the shell communicates the dryer with an outlet. A pulse valve is pivotably disposed in the passage and has a pivot axis. At least one deflection member... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7161316 | Method and apparatus for discrete speed compensated torque step motor control Methods and apparatus for controlling a motor are provided. The motor may be operated in a fluid system having a variable static pressure acting on the motor. The method including operating the motor at a first substantially constant torque level, varying the static... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7144247 | Hygienic treatments of structures in body cavities Multiple hygienic effects are concurrently applied to structures of body cavities. This is established by two or more light sources each capable of delivering a light beam to the structures using optical pathways whereby each light beam provides a unique hygienic ef... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7140121 | Garment drying cabinet and system A garment drying cabinet and a garment dryer utilizing the garment drying cabinet. The garment drying cabinet includes a housing through which at least one heater mounting opening and at least one exhaust hole are disposed. At least one heater mount is attached to t... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7124763 | Styling and curling hairbrush A styling and curling hairbrush 1 having an elongated tubular body 6 with an interior hollow volume along the longitudinal extent to forming air channel 7. A hot air stream 17 enters the open end of body 6. Body 6 has air ex... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123823 | Programmable manual hair dryer with multiple functions The dryer includes in its programmable control circuit a microprocessor to which are connected at least a temperature sensor, a static pressure sensor, a motor revolution sensor, a ion generator, a resistor battery with its selector switches in series, and the respe... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7096598 | Hair styling brush with reverse air flow A hair styling brush with reverse airflow. The preferred styling brush has a contoured, bristled body for holding locks of hair in a curved or curled position. The body is perforated, and a blower in the brush draws air in through the perforations across the damp ha... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7093376 | Hair drying and shaping system A hair drying and shaping system is provided and has a vacuum channel connected to a vacuum source for containing hair disposed therein for treatment; a hot air channel connected to a hot air source and having communication with the vacuum channel for measurable del... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7055528 | Applicator A dye applicator including a head with a cavity (reservoir) and a plurality of bristles in the form of pins each covered with a sponge sleeve extending into the cavity and moistened with a catalyzed dye in the cavity by capillary action. A handle is connected to the... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7047660 | Hair dryer attachment An attachment to a hair dryer is provided including a housing, an ion generator system, and a control box to contain the ion generator system. The housing removably couples to a hair dryer along an air-venting portion of the dryer. The attachment includes a fitting ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7039301 | Method and apparatus for hand drying After washing, the hands are dried rapidly and comfortably by using a shaped high speed flow of heated air. The air flows in a direction controlled by an air outlet shaped to retain much of the exiting forceful air flow and temperature at a distance where the hands ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7010866 | Voltage step-down structure for a heat-emitting element of a drier A voltage step-down structure for a heat-emitting element of a drier is disclosed. The structure is for a heat-emitting element of a drier having a hollow body containing a motor and a ceramic heat-emitting element and a voltage step-down device characterized in tha... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7002442 | Proximity safety switch suitable for use in a hair dryer for disabling operation A safety switch apparatus for disabling the operation of a hand-held appliance, e.g., a hair dryer, during periods of nonuse such as when the appliance is put down on a prescribed surface or placed in a non-functional position such as being held under a user's arm. ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6996916 | Variable ion hair styling appliances A hair drying/styling appliance includes an ion emitting circuit which directs ion onto the hair of a user, and in which the level of ion output is variable and adjustable by a user. In preferred embodiments indicators such as a series of lights on the housing indic... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6986212 | Hair dryer with minus ion generator A hair dryer is provided, which includes a housing having an air outlet, fan disposed in the housing, a pair of air flow channels extending toward the air outlet in the housing, a partition wall for separating the channels from each other, heater disposed in only on... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6983550 | Gas hot air gun A gas hot air gun includes a main body, an ignition device, a switch set and a safety switch. The main body includes a blower, a nozzle, a barrel and a handle. A heating chamber and a mixing chamber are on the inner front of the barrel. A gas can is inside the handl... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6966125 | Automatic air movement for hair dryers An oscillating hair dryer nozzle assembly attaches to a hand held electric hair dryer. An oscillating nozzle is pivoted back and forth by forced air generated by an electric motorized fan within the hair dryer. A propeller receives the forced air and rotates a prope... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6964116 | Ambulatory hairdryer A portable self-contained hair drying helmet is taught that has thermal storage, desiccants, and thin lithium ion polymer batteries to allow one to dry their hair while walking around and performing personal and household duties. ... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6959501 | Hair styling vacuum device A hair styling vacuum device for removing a liquid from hair wrapped around a curler. The device includes a vacuum assembly and a suction nozzle member. The vacuum assembly includes a housing which defines an interior space. The vacuum assembly includes a motor asse... | 11/01/2005 |
