US1743963A - Hair-drying machine - Google Patents

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Jan. 14, 1930. E GAIRE 1,743,963

HAIR DRYING MACHINE Filed Jan 10, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Jan. 14, 1930. P. E. GAIRE Y 1,743,963

HAIR DRYING MACHINE Filed Jan. 10, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gnwwtoz Patented Jim. 14, 19.30

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE min. nnmn GAIRE, or NEW YORK, n. Y.

nun-name melanin a uua n fled we}, 10, 1929. serial no. 881,564.

This invention relates to iinprovements in ortabie hair drying machines of the type designedmore particularly for use in hair v dressin and treating parlors where, following was g and treatmentof the hair, it is necessary that the hair be rapidly dried without any deleterious efl'ect.

The'primary object hi the invention is the provision of a hair drying machine involving 1 a plurality ofindependent hair driers, each provided with its own source of heat and each mounted on a movable support, with each of the hair driers independently adjustable. I V

A further object of the invention is the I provision of means for supplying acurrent of air as the drying medium, whlch current of air is subjected to the influence of a heater for each individual hair drier; the current so of air being supplied by mechanism carried by and movable with the machine as a whole and so connected and mounted with respect to such machine as to avoid the transference of vibrations to the individual driers of the as motor mechanism for inducing the air current.

A further object of the present invention is the provision of means whereby the heatersof the independent hair driers may be separately governed at will, thusproviding or the heating of such individual driers as may be in use and for the convenient control of the heat of any one drier without regard to the heat conditions of any other drier.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the 1mproved hair drying machine. "l 0 y I Figure 2 is an enlarged perspectlve new showing. the connection of one of theindividual driers with the main supporting her, the arrangement of the heatin element for such individual drier being il ustrated and' the individual drier standard being shown in dotted lines.

Figure 3 is an enlarged side elevatlon showmg the mounting of the motor 'fan cas- %igure 4 is a sectional view of the,flexible support for the fan motor casing.

, vided with casters respective sections Figure'5 is a sectional detail of the heater support. i t

he improved drying machine includes a main suportingbar 1, preferably made up of a 'lurality of hollow sections 2 and termina y provided through the use of elbow couplings 3 and short rod sections 4, with appropriate foot elements 5 which areaconstructed to support the bar 1 at a convenient height from "the floor and preferably pro- 50 or" rollers 6 by which the machine as a whole may be moved conveniently from place to place, as desired. The main supporting bar 1, as stated, is made up of sections connected by T couplings 7, the 05 short leg of which extends upwardly and vertlcally with respect to the main supporting bar to receive by threaded connection a fixed standard 8 of the independent drier.

Slidably mounted non-locking relation, is the depending hollow uprlght 9 of a drier section 10 which, in ad d1t1on to the depending hollow upright 9, includes a laterally extending bar 11 at the free end of which is connected and supported in any usual or preferred manner any conventional'or special type of hood 12 to be placed .over the head of the person "for the d As the upright 9 of the ing of the hair.

in ivldual drier is slidably mounted in the so standard 8 thereof,

it is apparent that the lateral bar 11 may,

within t e limits of the 8 and 9, be adjusted to varying heights, as may be required to accommodate persons of difl'erent heights. A 35 set-screw 1 3 temporarily holds the upright 9 at anyad usted height ,with respect to the standard 8.

From the above arrangement, it will be i a parent that the p ates the use of any desired number of indlvidual driers, and that such individual driers may be independently adjusted to va;

r ng helghts as may be required. Of course,

t e mam supporting bar and the independent driers are ho ow throughout, thus providi for a free flow of the heating medium as w ifi later a pear. The eating medium is in the form of a current of air generated by means of aniotor in the standard 8, in a 70 improved machine eontem- 90 I driven fan and forced through the supporting bar and independent driers. This fan motor is indicated at 14 and requires neither specific illustration nor description, in that any conventional hand motor and fan may be employed. An important detail, however,

i in connection with the fan and motor is to so support the casing for such fan and motor t as to prevent, the necessary vibrations of such parts from being communicated to the drier as the attendant vibrations, if communicated 'to the drier, are objectionable and more or less irritating to the person whose hairis l5. motor and fan, thecasing 15 has a lateral exbeing dried.

To provide this specific mounting of the tension 16 communicating with a similar extension 17 of a coupling employed in one of the rod sections 4 through a flexible intermediate section 18 which may be of rubber, reinforced or not as desired, andWhich will tend to a slight flexibility in the mounting for the motor and fan and avoid the transference of vibrations otherwise incident to the usual solid connectiom Furthermore, the

casing enclosing the motor and fan has spaced outstanding lugs 19 which are connected to pins 20 on the main supporting bar 1 by elas-.

reinforced substantially throughout its full free length by a metal sleeve 18, in Figure 3.

Thus, the motor and fan casing, as well as the enclosed parts, have a flexible unit connection withone of thesupportmg legs and areresiliently supported as a ullllit from thg' t emotor an main supporting ar 1. Thus, fanand the casingtherefor are in effect universally hungto permit the necessary freedom of vibration without, however, transmitting this vibration to any of the drier arts. It is of course understood that each 1 oot section 5 closes the lower end of the hollow pipe section 4, so that the air produced by the fan is directed through the main pipe section and through each of the individual driers. i

Each individual drier is provided with an electric heating element, capable of energization at will, and of suflicient capacity to heat the air directed through that drier, so' that heated air is delivered to the hood 12. The

heating elements-are-indicated at 22 and anyelectricali'y operatedheating element of appropriate capacity and form may be used. It

is not considered necessary to. either specifically illustrate or describe such heater, though for convenience it is here shown as a frame switch 34 supported b Ffrom the T coupling The heateras awhole is of course ofa size to fit loosely within the upright 8 of each independent drier, so that the air forced through thekupright in the operation of the machinewill pass the more or lessincandescent wires of the heater and become heated. The heating element is supported on rods 25, two 'beingpreferably employed which extend down .into the T coupling forming the juncture between the aim rod sectionsean the upright and. are be t laterally to extend through openings in the coupling Where they may be secured by nuts 26. The rods 25 are of course insulated in any, appropriate mannor, as indicated at 27, from the T coupling to and through the-pipes 25 forming the sup:

port for the heater in each instance. One of the wires '32 leads through a conventional a plate 35 projecting of the particularindependent heater upright 8, a chain, cord, or other convenient manual operator 36 serving to control the switch 34 at will. This may be controlled by the patient.

1 Thus, the energization of the fan motor, that is the production of the heating medium,

is controlled by the switch 28 and the heating of that medium,for each independent drier is controlled by the conductors 31 governed by the manually controllable switch 34. Therefore, any 0119.?01' more of the independent heaters,.having-= been adjusted to accommodate the height of the person being treated, may be put in use by energizing the" heater of such independent drier or driers,

' and the desired heat of the heating medium,

in accordance with the purpose of the particular treatment, may be controlled by the switch 34. Thus, severah patients mav be treated at the same'time, each having the device adjusted to accommodate the particular patient and the heat delivered to that particular patient at will.- I

It will of course be appreciated that if desired the current delivered toany particular heater may be regulated in degree through the use ofan ordinary adjustable resistance, such as indicated at 33 in Figure 2. Thus, not only is the application of the heat controlled, as by switch 34, but the degree of that heat, as by the variable resistance 33.

85 23 on which the heating wire 24 is arranged. It is to be particularly noted that theindeand are preferably hollow to provide 'for the 80 convenient passage therethrough of thewires was pendent heaters, that is the lateral pipe 11 thereof, may be swung to practically any positionradiall y of theupright 8 and that the machine as a whole is completely and entirely portable within the range of the length of ty, mav be placed against the wall entirely out ot the way and presenting no objectionable obstruction. It is of course to be understood that the exposed parts of the drying machine are preferably to be highly finished and ornamental in order that the machine as a whole may provide an attractive and pleasing apearance which is so highly desired and characteristic of the places of business in which treatments of this kind take place.

What is claimed to be new is:

1. A portable hair drying machine including a main supporting bar, a plurality of independent driers carried thereby, means 'for creating a current of air for uninterrupted delivery through said independent driers, and heating means carried by each independent drier for independently heating the air of each drier. 2. A. hair drying machine comprising a main supporting ar, a plurality of independent driers carried by said bar, each ofsaiddriers being independently adjustable, means for directing a current of air through each of said driers, a heating element in each drier in the path of the-air current passing therethrough, means for selectively energizing the heating elements, and means for varying the heating effect of any heating element. 3. A hair drying machine including a main bar, means for supporting the bar to permit it to be moved from place to place, a plurality of independent driers carried by said bar, I each of said driers being adjustable as to height and angular %OSlt1OD with res ect to the main supporting ar, a motor tan or uninterruptedly delivering air under pressure to the independent driers, an-electric heater in each independent drier, means for selectively energizing the heaters, and a manually controlled means for governing the, energization of each lieater. 1 4. A hair drying machine including a main bar, meansfor supporting the bar tdpermit.

'" it to bemoved from place to place, a plurality of independent driers carried by said bar,

each of said driers being adjustable as to height and angular ositionf with respect to the main supporting er, a motor fan for delivering air under pressure to the inde endent driers, means for flexibly supporting the motor fan with respect to the main support ing bar, an electric heater in each independent drier, means for selectively energizlng the heaters, and a manually controlled means for governing the energization of each heater.

5. A. hair drying machine including a main bar, means for supporting the bar to permit it to be moved from place to place, a plurality of independent driers carried by said bar, each of said driers being adjustable as to height and angularposition with respect to the main supporting bar, a motor fan for delivering air under pressure to the independent driers, a flexible coupling between the motor fan casing and main supporting bar, resilient hangers connecting said motor fan casing and the main supporting bar beyond the flexi ble coupling, an electric heater in each independent drier, means for selectively energizing the heaters, and a manually controlled means for governing the energization of each heater. 1

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

PAUL EDMUND GAIRE. [L.s.]

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