EP1649773A2 - Sèche-cheveux - Google Patents

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EP1649773A2
EP1649773A2 EP05012391A EP05012391A EP1649773A2 EP 1649773 A2 EP1649773 A2 EP 1649773A2 EP 05012391 A EP05012391 A EP 05012391A EP 05012391 A EP05012391 A EP 05012391A EP 1649773 A2 EP1649773 A2 EP 1649773A2
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hairdryer
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Roberto Sabbatini
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D20/00—Hair drying devices; Accessories therefor
    • A45D20/04—Hot-air producers
    • A45D20/08—Hot-air producers heated electrically
    • A45D20/10—Hand-held drying devices, e.g. air douches

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  • the present invention relates to an ergonomically improved hairdryer construction.
  • a professional hairdryer comprises a gun type of handle or gripping portion.
  • the hairdresser To properly handle or process hair, however, the hairdresser frequently directly grips on the body of the hairdryer.
  • hairdryers have been designed including a handle or gripping portion forming a variable angle with respect to the hairdryer body, or free of the conventional gun gripping portion and including a single-volume body also comprising the hairdryer controls therein.
  • variable inclination handle of the above mentioned prior hairdryers has not been designed for reduce the hairdryer size, but for improving the ergonomic operation possibilities thereof.
  • the aim of the present invention is to provide a hairdryer construction having an improved ergonomic configuration with respect to prior hairdryers, either with or without a hairdryer gripping portion or handle.
  • a main object of the present invention is to provide such a hairdryer construction which can be easily and simply used by a hairdresser.
  • Yet another object of the present invention is to provide such an ergonomically improved hairdryer construction which can also be used by left-handed persons.
  • an ergonomically improved hairdryer construction characterized in that said hairdryer construction comprises a blowing front body, a rotary middle body, a handle-shape hilt element, a sucking rear body, and a variable position gripping portion.
  • the hairdryer construction according to the invention comprises a blowing or blower front body 1, a rotary middle body 3, a hilt element 2, of handle configuration, a rear sucking body 4, a variable position gripping portion 5, an electric power cable 6 and related cave holder 7.
  • Figures 5 to 7 show, by way of an example, several positions assumed by the hilt element during the step by step rotary movement of the middle body portion of the hairdryer.
  • Figure 3 shows the mechanism for performing the step by step or snap rotary movement.
  • the middle section or portion 3, including the above mentioned hilt element 2, comprises a plurality of recesses 11, formed inside it and said portion overlaps an inner flange 9, including a plurality of pawls or pegs 10.
  • the elements 3 and 9 are made of a plastics material, the elastic properties of which allow to perform a step by step rotary movement, without a great friction between the parts.
  • the rear rotary section or portion with its hilt wing or gripper portion, provides high ergonomic characteristics to the hairdryer construction according to the present invention.
  • said rotary portion or section, overlapped by the hilt element is clamped by screws or engaged by pressure or directly formed in a molding operation, and can be variably step by step turned, depending on an user hand size, and at will.
  • the mentioned hilt element has such a size and width adapted to allow an operator hand to be engaged thereinto.
  • the back of the operator hand can bear on the inner portion of the hilt element, whereas the operator hand palm will contact the hairdryer body, thereby adapting the fingers to the switching pushbuttons or keys of the hairdryer, which control pushbuttons are suitably located.
  • the above mentioned hilt element may also be used, in addition to the above disclosed mode of operation, as a latching means for engaging the hairdryer to a belt of the hairdresser, a carriage or a chair.
  • a plurality of suitably arranged recesses are formed in the inner part.
  • Said recesses can be engaged with pawl or peg elements formed on a corresponding conical inner body, thereby allowing step by step movements to the desired positions.
  • hilt element section can be turned about the axis of the hairdryer body, it is longitudinally restrained.
  • This restrainment can be performed by a cut-out portion formed on the inner part of the hairdryer body.
  • the invention has provided a hairdryer construction the rear rotary portion of which, provided with a hilt shape wing or handle, provides the hairdryer with very satisfactory ergonomic characteristics.
  • the used materials, as well as the contingent shape and size can be any, depending on requirements.

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EP05012391A 2004-10-22 2005-06-22 Sèche-cheveux Not-in-force EP1649773B1 (fr)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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IT000477U ITMI20040477U1 (it) 2004-10-22 2004-10-22 Struttura di asciugacapelli ad ergonomia migliorata

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EP1649773A2 true EP1649773A2 (fr) 2006-04-26
EP1649773A3 EP1649773A3 (fr) 2006-08-02
EP1649773B1 EP1649773B1 (fr) 2009-08-19

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EP (1) EP1649773B1 (fr)
CN (1) CN2882364Y (fr)
AT (1) ATE439777T1 (fr)
DE (1) DE602005016051D1 (fr)
IT (1) ITMI20040477U1 (fr)

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WO2011016729A1 (fr) 2009-08-06 2011-02-10 Masterdrift As Sèche-cheveux à main

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DE2743743A1 (de) * 1977-09-29 1979-04-12 Licentia Gmbh Elektrisches heissluft-haarbehandlungsgeraet
DE2932127A1 (de) * 1979-08-08 1981-02-26 Braun Ag Haartrockner
EP0180689A1 (fr) * 1984-07-19 1986-05-14 OLIMPIC DI COSTA LORENZO & C. s.n.c. Sèche-cheveux avec poignée inclinée et rotative pour usage professionnel et personnel
US5133043A (en) * 1990-12-06 1992-07-21 Ronald Baugh Strapless, hand-mounted hairdryer
DE4227829A1 (de) * 1991-12-17 1993-06-24 Ernst Herold Luftstrombehandlungsvorrichtung, insbesondere fuer das friseurgewerbe
US5727331A (en) * 1996-06-27 1998-03-17 Windmere Corporation Dual switch electric hair dryer

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DE1407102A1 (de) * 1959-04-17 1969-04-17 Nikolaus Laing Heissluftdusche
US3957331A (en) * 1974-06-03 1976-05-18 Component Manufacturing Service, Inc. Swivel connector for electrical appliances
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DE2743743A1 (de) * 1977-09-29 1979-04-12 Licentia Gmbh Elektrisches heissluft-haarbehandlungsgeraet
DE2932127A1 (de) * 1979-08-08 1981-02-26 Braun Ag Haartrockner
EP0180689A1 (fr) * 1984-07-19 1986-05-14 OLIMPIC DI COSTA LORENZO & C. s.n.c. Sèche-cheveux avec poignée inclinée et rotative pour usage professionnel et personnel
US5133043A (en) * 1990-12-06 1992-07-21 Ronald Baugh Strapless, hand-mounted hairdryer
DE4227829A1 (de) * 1991-12-17 1993-06-24 Ernst Herold Luftstrombehandlungsvorrichtung, insbesondere fuer das friseurgewerbe
US5727331A (en) * 1996-06-27 1998-03-17 Windmere Corporation Dual switch electric hair dryer

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2011016729A1 (fr) 2009-08-06 2011-02-10 Masterdrift As Sèche-cheveux à main

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ATE439777T1 (de) 2009-09-15
US20060085997A1 (en) 2006-04-27
DE602005016051D1 (de) 2009-10-01
EP1649773A3 (fr) 2006-08-02
ITMI20040477U1 (it) 2005-01-22
EP1649773B1 (fr) 2009-08-19
CN2882364Y (zh) 2007-03-28

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