GB1262131A - Improvements relating to hair dryer assemblies - Google Patents

Abstract

1,262,131. Hair dryers. HOOVER Ltd. 13 Jan., 1969 [15 Jan., 1968], No. 1835/69. Heading A5R. A base unit 11 of a portable hair dryer assembly comprises a lower moulding 70, which supports the assembly when in an operative position and an upper moulding 71, the peripheral walls 81, 82 of the mouldings being separated to form an air inlet 84 extending around the entire periphery of the base. Integral with the lower base moulding 70 is a vertical side wall 77 forming a fan chamber 72, to the top of which is secured a bulkhead 74 carrying a motor 75 whose shaft etxends through a fan eye 79 into the chamber 72 where it carries a centrifugal fan 76. The fan chamber is in the form of a volute and includes an electric heater 80 having a heat shield (88, Fig. 6) positioned before an exhaust outlet region 73 which communicates with a vertically extending opening 21 formed in the cover 71 leading to telescopic conduits 13, 14 which support a hood as described in 1838/69. Integrally formed on the underside of cover 71 are a number of bosses 83 which rest on the upper edge of side wall or flange 81 to locate the two side walls. The hood may be nested on the base, with conduits 13, 14 folded down between them as described in Specification 1,262,132. Recessed pockets may be provided on the top surface of the base unit 11 for hair pins &c. Reference has been directed by the Comptroller to Specification 1,027,097.