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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7657162 | Hand dryer apparatus A hand inserting portion is opened at one surface of a casing or at both the one surface and other surface of the casing. The hand inserting portion includes a space in which hands can be accommodated. A high-pressure-airstream generating unit generates a high-speed... | 02/02/2010 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7204038 | Hairdryer with electrostatic precipitator and filter cleanout warning A hairdryer air intake is cleansed of dust particles with an electrostatic precipitator. The precipitator consists of a charging device (1) and a grounded filter media (2) that can be removed and cleaned. A warning lamp (13) indicates the need t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7149416 | Clothes dryer heater with air flow increasing device adjacent the heating element A heater for a washer-dryer includes a duct in which heating elements for heating the air flowing through the duct are disposed. A device for increasing the airflow in the area of a heating element is provided in the duct to improve the transportation of heat away f... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7143766 | Temperature controlling device for aerosol drug delivery A portable air temperature controlling device useful for warming air surrounding an aerosolized drug formulation. Warming the air of an aerosol makes it possible to reduce the diameter of aerosol particles produced by an aerosol generation device. Additionally, warm... | 12/05/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7126086 | Cartridge-type soldering iron A soldering iron is configured to heat its tip and emit inert gas near the tip. This is accomplished by providing a heater cartridge having a heater pipe with a tip portion and a base portion. The heater pipe has a first hole in the tip portion and a second hole at ... | 10/24/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7088913 | Baseboard/upright heater assembly A multi-purpose electric heater that can be configured as a baseboard heater or an upright heater is provided. The heater preferably includes a pair of elongate housings that are coupled to a base in a manner that allows them to be moved between horizontal and uprig... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7065899 | Gas hot air gun A gas hot air gun includes a main body, an air blower, an ignition device, a nozzle and a switch set. The main body includes a barrel, a handle, a heating chamber and a mixing chamber on the inner front of the barrel. A battery set and a gas can are inside the handl... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7060937 | Cartridge-type soldering iron with inert gas emitted near the tip A soldering iron heats the tip and emits inert gas near the tip. This is accomplished by providing a heater cartridge having a top or tip end and a base end with a soldering tip at the top end, an input opening closer to the base end and an output opening closer to ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 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 |
| 7014348 | Decorative lighting device An improved decorative lighting device comprising a central column containing at least one light source, a rigid member lying in a plane substantially perpendicular to the axis of said column, and a plurality of optical fibers extending from a point adjacent the top... | 03/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6957500 | Attachment for handheld dryer An attachment for a handheld dryer includes a shell and a dryer barrel-receiving portion. A first passage is defined between the shell and the dryer and terminates in a shell inlet defined between the shell and the dryer barrel. The present attachment may be useful ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6901214 | Multiple-setting portable dryer and circuit designs thereof A portable dryer includes a housing, a motor installed with a fan inside the housing, a power unit for supplying electric power to the portable dryer, a switch electrically connected to the power unit, and a plurality heating filaments electrically connected to the ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6873792 | Multiple-setting portable dryer and circuit designs thereof A portable dryer includes a housing, a motor installed with a fan inside the housing, a power unit for supplying electric power to the portable dryer, a switch electrically connected to the power unit, and four heating filaments electrically connected to the power u... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6822197 | Electrically heated paint scraper heated by heater within the blade or by heated air A paint scraper is provided, with the blade being heated by electrical heating elements within the blade, or in other embodiments, by heated air being discharge from the handle onto the blade. A variety of different blade designs are described. The scraper consists ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6763183 | Cooling and isolating structure for external casing of hot air blowing gun A cooling and isolating structure for an external casing of a hot air blowing gun and particularly the structure of the hot air blowing gun at the front end of its interior has a nozzle coupled to the inner barrel, with heating wires disposed inside the inner barrel... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6739071 | Combined diffuser and concentrator for a hair dryer A hand-held hair dryer including a handle, a body connected to the handle portion, a barrel connected to the body portion and having an inner member defining a first air passageway, an outer member slidably coupled to the inner member and defining a second air passa... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6732449 | Dryer/blower appliance with efficient waste heat dissipation The present invention relates to a blower dryer appliance typically used for drying and styling hair. When electrically activated, these appliances virtually always route electrical power to the fan or blower motor prior to or simultaneously with the heating element... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6718651 | Portable hair dryer The invention relates to a portable, cordless, hair dryer/blower that has an elongated hollow body portion with a mass center line and including therein a blower motor and a heating element and having a posterior end and an anterior end. A handle portion has a longi... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6449870 | Portable hair dryer The invention relates to a portable, cordless, hair dryer/blower that has an elongated hollow body portion with a mass center line and including therein a blower motor and a heating element and having a posterior end and an anterior end. A handle portion ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6408131 | Portable dryer with different circuit designs A portable dryer includes a housing, a motor installed with a fan inside the housing, an electric heating device electrically connected to the motor for generating heat, a switch electrically connected to the motor, and a battery for supplying electric po... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6393208 | Compressor with integrated impeller and motor A pump or compressor for transporting a fluid comprises an impeller includes a plurality of impeller elements disposed for rotation to impart kinetic energy to the fluid. The impeller, which in one embodiment is an axial flow compressor, has an electrical... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6370326 | Safety hot air blowing gun A hot air blowing gun includes a housing, an inner barrel mounted inside the housing and holding a high-impedance resistance type heating element around the inside wall thereof, a tapered, hollow, cylindrical nozzle fastened to the front side of the housi... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6363215 | Hot air and light emitting curling brush A hair curling brush comprises a convection heater and a barrel which encloses a halogen heating bulb. The barrel comprises a tube having both a plurality of bristles and a plurality of holes adjacent to the bristles. The heating bulb emits both visible l... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6327428 | Portable dryer with different circuit designs A portable dryer includes a housing, a motor installed with a fan inside the housing, an electric heating device electrically connected to the motor for generating heat, a switch electrically connected to the motor, and a battery for supplying electric po... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6317998 | Hair-drying apparatus The hair-drying apparatus, the handle of which is provided below and transversally with respect to the body of the apparatus, is provided with a sliding regulating shutter at a delivery mouth thereof; axes of the motor and the delivery duct being reciproc... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6226450 | Electric field shielding apparatus An electric field shielding apparatus used with an electrical device comprises a housing body at least partially surrounding the electrical device; and a conductive shield medium arranged with the shape of the housing body to at least partially surround t... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6067724 | Interchangeable brush head hair dryer A hair drying assembly has a hair dryer that is particularly suited for using one of a plurality of interchangeable brush heads. The hair dryer has an ellipsoid shaped housing with a cylindrical outlet section at one end and a pivotal grip section at the ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 5943470 | Low-voltage generation in mains-powered hot-air appliances having a fan motor A hot-air appliance comprises a fan motor connected in series with a heating element to receive a.c. mains voltage. The alternating voltage across the motor is rectified and serves to power additional electronic circuits in the appliance.... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5834738 | Heated golf bag apparatus A new Heated Golf Bag Apparatus for heating and drying of the interior of the bag and golfing equipment. The inventive device includes a golf bag having a hollow interior, a heater providing heat to the hollow interior of the bag when activated, a fan cir... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5790749 | Hair dryer with controlled air flow An electrical hair dryer (5) comprises a housing (10) with an air inlet (11) and an air outlet (12) between which are arranged a mechanism for delivering a flow of hot air, comprising an air circulation mechanism (13) and air heating mechanism (14), and d... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5765575 | Hot-air brush with non-cylindrical head A hot-air brush using a non-cylindrical brush head is provided to enable a user to obtain a helical curl having a continuum of varying diameters within each lock of curled hair. This varying-diameter helix provides a new and distinct look for the curled h... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5628123 | Attachment for a hair dryer An attachment for a hair dryer is disclosed of the type that requires a source of power, for example a massaging apparatus or an infra-red radiation heater. Rather than provide the attachment with its own power source, the attachment is formed with a term... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5620440 | Medical instrument for applying hot gas There is disclosed an instrument for applying hot gas for medical purposes having a heating device for heating up gas which is conducted by means of a fan through a first channel to the distal end of the instrument, where the gas is diverted through a sec... | 04/15/1997 |
