US20070267037A1 - Wet-and-dry-type hair iron for curling - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a hair iron for curling, and more particularly, to a wet-and-dry-type hair iron for curling, which has a moisture discharge structure capable of curling hair in a state where hair is wet when hair is curled by heating hair for permanent wave of hair, thereby simultaneously carrying out hair drying and curling when hair is curled just after washed.
- the present invention relates to a hair iron for curling, which has a power line connection member capable of idling and being freely attached and detached to preventing twisting of a power line, thereby providing convenience in carrying and arrangement.
- Typical hair irons are generally dry type hair irons for curling dry hair in such a way that the entire of a heat generation part is in contact with a customer's hair.
- the present invention is proposed to enable a wet type hair forming by solving that it is difficult to form wet hair into a wanted style using a conventional dry type hair curling iron.
- a wet-and-dry-type hair curling iron which includes a lever engageably connected to a main body having a grasping part and a heat generation part, the lever having an auxiliary moisture discharge member having a channel and through holes introduced to a pressurizing part engaging with the heat generation part of the main body, thereby smoothly discharging vapor evaporated from wet hair by heating.
- a wet-and-dry-type hair curling iron which has an electric heating body introduced to the pressurizing part of the lever, thereby heating and curling hair more rapidly together with an electric heating body disposed on the heat generation part of the main body and enhancing a hair-forming quality by uniformly transmitting heat to hair located between the pressurizing part of the lever and the heat generation part of the main body.
- a wet-and-dry-type hair iron for curling comprising: a main body having a grasping part and a ring-shaped heat generation part, the heat generation part having an electric heating body; a lever having a connection part located at the boundary between the grasping part and the heat generation part of the main body and connected to the main body by a rotary shaft pin, a pressurizing part extending from the connection part and engaging with the heat generation part of the main body, the pressurizing part having the same curvature as the heat generation part of the main body, and a pressing part extending from the connection part and pivoting on the rotary shaft pin to move the pressurizing part; and an auxiliary moisture discharge member disposed inside the pressurizing part of the lever and having a channel formed in a longitudinal direction of the lever.
- the auxiliary moisture discharge member includes a number of through holes formed on the channel thereof, and the pressurizing part of the lever includes a number of discharge holes corresponding to the through holes.
- a power line connection member is arranged at the grasping part of the main body, and the power line connection member includes anti-twisting means, the anti-twisting means including: first and second contact members concentrically arranged in a state where they are intercepted from electric contact with each other, the first and second contact members being connected with the power line; and first and second coupling members respectively coupled with the first and second contact members and electrically intercepted with each other.
- connection member further includes attaching and detaching means having a plug and a jack fit to the plug.
- FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hair curling iron according to the present invention
- FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the hair curling iron of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of an idle projection member constituting anti-twisting means of the power line connection member of FIG. 3 ;
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the hair curling iron having another type power line connection member different from that of FIG. 1 ;
- FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a plug constituting attaching and detaching means of a power line connection member of the hair curling iron of FIG. 5 ;
- FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of an idle projection member constituting anti-twisting means of the power line connection member of FIG. 6 ;
- the combination of the main body 210 and the lever 220 has a form similar to scissors, but the lever 220 combined with the main body 210 pivots on the rotary shaft pin 222 in such a way that the heat generation part 213 of the main body 210 and a pressurizing part 223 of the lever 220 engage with each other without crossing each other.
- FIG. 8 Another hair curling iron (I) shown in FIG. 8 has the same moisture discharge supporting member, anti-twisting structure, and attaching and detaching concept as the iron shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 , which are the cores of the present invention, but has a different lever structure from the iron of FIGS. 1 to 4 .
- a lever 320 includes a pressing part 325 for pivoting a pressurizing part 323 on a rotary shaft pin 322 of a connection part 321 , the pressing part 325 being located in the same direction as the pressurizing part 323 engaging with a heat generation part 312 of a main body 310 .
- the rotary shaft pin 322 has a spring (not shown) mounted therein so as to provide elasticity to always keep engagement between the pressurizing part 323 of the lever 320 and the heat generation part 313 of the main body 310 when the external force is not applied.
- the rotary shaft pins 222 and 322 shown in FIGS. 1 and 8 serve as rotary shafts for the levers 220 and 320 , facilitate assembly between the main body and the lever since they have elasticity.
- each rotary shaft pin serves as a hanger for allowing a user to hang the iron on a holder when the user does not use the iron (I) but conducts other work, so that the user can do other work freely and easily.
- the above function may be achieved by a idle member 213 A disposed at an end portion of the heat generation part 213 having an electric heating body 214 therein and a idle tube 225 A disposed on the outer periphery of a central rod 225 B at the pressing part 225 of the lever 220 .
- the idle member 213 A disposed on the end portion of the heat generation part 213 has radial slots 213 a.
- the idle function may not be used according to hair forming types.
- the idle tube 211 A of the grasping part 211 of the main body 210 includes a locking member 212 .
- the locking member 212 includes: a button 212 A formed between the grasping part and the heat generation part in such a way as to be freely moved by the user's thumb laterally; a fitting hole (not shown) formed on the inner periphery of the idle tube 211 A for inserting a fitting end portion (not shown) of the button when the button is pushed toward the idle tube 211 A; and a locking position mark 212 B formed on the outer periphery of the idle tube for allowing the user to easily check a position of the fitting hole of the idle tube (see FIG. 1 ).
- a temperature control dial 215 b and a power on/off button 215 a are formed at the portion of the main body 210 on which the button 212 A is formed.
- the locking member 226 is mounted at a portion where two symmetric brackets 221 a of the connection part 221 of the lever 220 meet with each other, and includes: a guide rail 226 B formed at a start point of the central rod 225 B of the pressing part; a guided tube 226 A laterally moving along the guide rail 226 B in a state where it is prevented from separation; and a corresponding joining portion 225 a formed at a portion of the inner periphery of the idle tube 225 A in such a way as to engage with a joining portion 226 a of the guided tube 226 A in a form of male and female.
- the idle tube 225 A of the pressing part 225 of the lever 220 is assembled to the lever 220 in such a way that the idle tube 225 A is fit onto the central rod 225 B and a tightening nut 225 b ′ is joined and tightened to a bolt 225 b of an end portion of the central rod 225 B, whereby the idle tube 225 A is close toward the guided tube 226 A.
- the lever 220 is combined with the main body 210 in the steps of inserting the main body 210 to the connection part 221 having the two brackets 221 a , inserting and fitting both end portions 222 a of the rotary shaft pin, especially, elastic rotary shaft pin 222 , into holes 221 b of the brackets 221 a at the boundary formed between the grasping part and the heat generation part of the main body 210 , and inserting the end portions of the rotary shaft pin into two shaft pin insertion holes 213 b of the heat generation part 213 of the main body 210 .
- the pressurizing part 223 pivots on the rotary shaft pin 222 , and the lever 220 engages with the heat generation part 213 of the main body 210 .
- the pressurizing part 223 has curvature corresponding to the heat generation part 213 of the main body 210 , and so, the inner surface of the pressurizing part 223 is in contact with the entire surface of the heat generation part when it engages with the heat generation part.
- an electric heating body 224 in the lever.
- an electric wire 223 b extending from a power line 30 of a cord (c) must be extended from the heat generation part 213 of the main body 210 to an electric wire 223 b ′ for the electric heating body 224 .
- the hair curling iron (I) according to the present invention is characterized in that an auxiliary moisture discharge member 230 is arranged on the inner surface of the pressurizing part 223 of the lever 220 to realize a wet-and-dry-type iron.
- the auxiliary moisture discharge member 230 has a channel 231 formed in a longitudinal direction of the lever, whereby moisture evaporated from wet hair by heating of the two electric heating bodies 214 and 224 can be discharged to the air along the channel.
- the channel 231 of the auxiliary moisture discharge member 230 has a number of through holes 233
- the pressurizing part 223 of the lever 220 has discharge holes 223 a corresponding to the through holes 233 , so that evaporated moisture can be discharged more smoothly.
- the auxiliary moisture discharge member 230 serves as a cover for the electric heating body 224 of the pressurizing part 223 of the lever 220 .
- the form and the number of the channel and the through holes may be changed by those skilled if necessary.
- anti-twisting means (T) of a power line connection member (L) and attaching and detaching means (A) for attaching and detaching the power line to and from the hair curling iron will be described.
- the anti-twisting means (T) is mounted on the cord (C) having the power line 30 .
- the anti-twisting means (T) is mounted on the iron (I).
- a direction that a jack 27 of the socket 20 is coupled with a plug (L 1 ) of the power line connection member (L) of the iron (I) is defined as a front direction, and the opposite direction of the front direction is defined as a rear direction.
- the idle projection member 20 of the anti-twisting means (T) is connected with the power line 30 of the cord (C).
- the jack 27 of the socket 20 coupled with the idle projection member 10 is coupled with the plug (L 1 ) of the power line connection member (L).
- the jack 27 and the plug L 1 constitute the attaching and detaching means (A).
- the power line 30 includes: a main plug formed at an end portion thereof and coupled with a power socket (not shown) equipped in a living room, a bath room, or another room, particularly, a main plug 30 A (see FIG. 1 ) for a three-phase power source; a copper wire 31 (see FIG. 4 ); an insulating covering 33 surrounding the copper wire 31 ; and an outer covering 35 for covering the insulating covering 33 .
- the idle projection member 10 is disposed at the other end portion of the main plug 30 A and has two contact members 13 and 15 arranged concentrically.
- the two contact members 13 and 15 of the idle projection member 10 are connected with each other in the form of a shape, and a damage preventing bellows portion 10 b and a hanger ring 10 a are formed at a bended portion of the connected area between the two contact members 13 and 15 .
- the damage preventing bellows portion 10 b is thicker than the outer covering 35 .
- the first contact member 13 of the idle projection member 10 is directly connected with the copper wire 31 of a straight power line in a projection type.
- a projection 13 A of the first contact member 13 is empty and serves as an insertion hole 13 a for the copper wire 31 .
- the copper wire 31 inserted into the projection 13 A is fixed by soldering, and is a conductor.
- An insertion member 13 B made of a non-conductor material and serving to surround the projection 13 A and hide the exposed copper wire 31 may be formed in such a way as to mold melted synthetic resin after inserting the projection 13 A into an insertion hole 11 a of a housing 11 , or previously formed with a separate member.
- the insertion member 13 B has a direction specifying slot 13 b corresponding to a direction specifying projection 11 b of the housing so as to help a firm fixation of the first contact member 13 coupled with the housing 11 .
- the second contact member 15 of the idle projection member 10 includes a ring type contact portion 15 a and a connection piece 15 b integrated with the contact portion.
- the contact portion 15 a is mounted on the outer periphery of a mounting portion 11 c of the housing 11 , and the connection piece 15 b is inserted into a fitting slot lid of the housing 11 , and then, the copper wire 31 of another power line is soldered to an end portion of the connection piece 15 b.
- the housing 11 of the idle projection member 10 has the insertion hole 11 a for the first contact member 13 as described above.
- the front side of the insertion hole 11 a has the shape and inner diameter as large as the insertion hole 11 a can accommodate the projection 13 A of the first contact member 13 in contact with the projection 13 A, and the rear side thereof has the size and shape as large as the insertion hole 11 a can accommodate the remaining portion of the insertion member 13 B excepting the outer portion of the direction specifying slot 13 b.
- the housing 11 has a form for combining with cases 29 A and 29 B which are fixing means for restricting the coupled state between the idle projection member 10 and the socket 20 while allowing the idle projection member 10 and the socket 20 can be rotated idly.
- the housing 11 has a separation preventing projection 11 A formed on the front of the outer periphery thereof and a separation preventing groove 11 A′ coupled with separation preventing jaws 29 b of the cases 29 A and 29 B.
- the housing 11 has a ring-shaped holding jaw 11 B and a holding groove 11 B′ formed at the rear thereof.
- An inward projection type front end portion 10 c extending from the damage preventing bellow portion 10 b of the idle projection member 10 , namely, extending from the outer covering 35 of the power line 30 , for preventing exposure of the connection state between the first and second contact members 13 and 15 and the copper wire to provide an insulation function is fit to the holding jaw 11 B and the holding groove 11 B′ so as to prevent separation of the idle projection member 10 and the housing 11 .
- the socket 20 having first and second coupling members 23 and 25 respectively connected with the first and second contact members 13 and 15 of the idle projection member 10 will be described.
- the socket 20 has the jack 27 arranged at the front of a socket body 21 .
- the jack 27 is a typical jack generally used in electronic appliances.
- the jack 27 includes: contact sleeves 27 a made of a conductor material, each contact sleeve having an empty inside; and fitting holes 27 b to which a number of pins (L 2 ) (two pins in the drawings) of the plug (L 1 ) of the power line connection member (L) are inserted.
- connection portions 23 b and 25 b are respectively joined and arranged through connection portions 23 b and 25 b.
- first and second coupling members 23 and 25 are elastic pieces curved roundly and having elasticity, whereby contact portions 23 a and 25 a for the first and second contact members 13 and 15 of the idle projection member 10 surround the outer periphery of each contact member.
- the cases 29 A and 29 B as shown in the drawing can fix the combination between the contact members 13 and 15 of the idle projection member 10 and the coupling members 23 and 25 of the socket 20 , namely, prevent twisting of the cord by guaranteeing a relative idle between the idle projection member and the socket.
- one of the cases has a projection (not designated in the drawing) and the other has a recess (not designated) in such a way as to be coupled with each other in a male and female form.
- the two cases are assembled with each other, and then, bonded with each other by an ultrasonic melting method which is a common bonding method.
- the separation preventing jaw 29 b which is inserted into the separation preventing groove 11 A′ of the housing 11 of the idle projection member 10 is formed at the rear (left side in the drawing) of each case.
- an oval shaped separation preventing jaw 29 c which will be inserted into an oval shaped separation preventing groove 21 a formed at the rear of the body 21 of the socket 20 is formed at the front of each case (right side in the drawing).
- a support flange 29 a having a support recess 29 a to which the first contact member 13 of the idle projection member 10 is inserted is formed between the separation preventing jaws 29 b and 29 c , so as to guarantee stable combination and idle between the idle projection member and the socket.
- the reference numeral 29 d in FIG. 3 designates a projection coupled with a recess 27 c formed on the outer periphery of the jack 27 .
- the separation preventing groove 21 a of the body 21 of the oval shaped socket 20 and the separation preventing jaw 29 c of the cases 29 A and 29 B function as mounting direction restricting means for specifying an assembling direction of each part.
- the hair curling iron shown in FIGS. 5 to 7 has anti-twisting means (T) disposed on the iron (I), differently from the hair curling iron shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 .
- a direction that a jack 131 disposed at an end portion of a power line 130 is coupled to a plug (L 1 ) arranged on an idle projection member 110 is the front, and the opposite direction is the rear.
- the plug (L 1 ) and the jack 131 constitute attaching and detaching means (A)
- the idle projection member 110 and intermediating means 120 constitute anti-twisting means (T)
- a connection member (L) of the power line 130 includes the attaching and detaching means (A) and the anti-twisting means (T).
- the power line 130 of a cord (C) having the jack 131 coupled with the plug (L 1 ) at an end portion thereof includes a main plug formed at the opposed end portion of the jack 131 and coupled with a power socket (not shown), which is equipped in a living room, a bath room or other room, particularly, a main plug 135 for a three-phase power source.
- a copper wire of the cord (C) is surrounded with a double insulating covering 137 .
- the jack 131 has a damage preventing bellow portion 133 formed at the rear thereof, and two symmetric fitting holes 131 a.
- the idle projection member 110 constituting the anti-twisting means (T) together with the intermediating means 120 includes a housing having a front part 110 F and a rear part 110 R for easiness of assembly.
- the rear part 110 R has an insertion portion 110 C which will be coupled with the jack 131 , and holes (not designated) to which two contact pins (L 2 ) of the plug (L 1 ) will be inserted.
- the rear part 110 R further has an inward projection type front end portion 110 D coupled with a holding groove 110 B′ formed by a ring type holding jaw 110 B of the front part 110 F.
- the front part 110 F has an insertion hole 110 a for a first contact member 113 A.
- the front side of the insertion hole 110 a has the shape and inner diameter as big as the insertion hole 110 a can accommodate the first contact member 113 A in contact with the first contact member 113 A.
- the rear side of the insertion hole 110 a has the size and shape as big as the insertion hole 110 a can accommodate one (L 2 a ) of the contact pins of the plug (L 1 ) and the remaining portion excepting the outer portion of a direction specifying slot 111 b ′ of a covering 111 b surrounding the first contact member 113 A.
- the front part 110 F includes a separation preventing projection 110 A and a separation preventing groove 110 A′ formed on the front of the outer periphery thereof for coupling elastically pressurizing members 127 A and 127 B of fixing means 127 to provide resistance when the idle projection member 110 and the intermediating means 120 are separated from each other.
- the front part 110 F further includes a ring type holding jaw 110 B and a holding groove 110 B′ formed at the rear thereof, and the inward projection type front end portion 110 D of the rear part 110 R is fit to the ring type holding jaw 110 B and the holding groove 110 B′ to prevent separation of the front end portion of the rear part 110 R fit to the rear of the front part 110 F.
- the idle projection member 110 has two contact members 113 A and 113 B which are concentric with each other and cut off from electric contact with each other.
- the first contact member 113 A is a projection type and has an insertion hole 113 a to which an end portion of a connection line 111 a is inserted and which is soldered.
- connection line 11 a The other end portion of the connection line 11 a is connected with the projection (L 2 a ) of the plug (L 1 ).
- connection line 111 a is surrounded by the covering 111 b.
- the covering 111 b has a direction specifying slot 111 b ′ corresponding to the direction specifying projection 110 b of the front part 110 F of the housing of the idle projection member 110 , thereby helping a firm fixation of the first contact member 113 A connected to the front part 110 F of the housing.
- the second contact member 113 B includes a ring type contact portion 113 b and a connection piece 113 b ′ integrated with the contact portion.
- the contact portion 113 b is connected to the outer periphery of a front part mounting portion 110 c of the idle projection member 110 .
- connection piece 113 b ′ is fit into the fitting hole 110 d of the housing 110 and soldered with another connection line 111 c , and the rear end portion of the connection line is also soldered with another projection (L 2 a ) of the plug (L 1 ).
- the intermediating means 120 having first and second coupling members 123 and 125 for the first and second contact members 113 A and 113 B will be described.
- the intermediating means 120 is mounted in a specified direction for easiness in assembly when it is mounted on the hair curling iron.
- mounting direction restricting means to the intermediating means 120 .
- the mounting direction restricting means includes a restricting piece 121 a and two restricting projections 121 b formed at the front of a body 121 thereof.
- the mounting direction restricting means may be embodied by forming the intermediating means in an oval shape.
- the first coupling member 123 of the intermediating means 120 for the first contact member 113 A is located at the front of a mounting portion 121 A of the intermediating means body 121 , and the connection piece 123 a of the first coupling member 123 is exposed forwardly from the outer periphery of the body 121 after passing through a slit 121 c of the body 121 .
- connection piece 123 a has a connection hole 123 a ′ to which a connection line 122 for introducing electric power to the hair curling iron is inserted and which is soldered.
- connection piece 123 a has a fixed projection 123 b pressurized at a portion adjacent to the slit 121 c of the body 121 so as to prevent separation of the first coupling member 123 coupled with the body 121 .
- the projection 113 A of the first contact member 113 A is actually fit to a coupling portion 123 B formed between two curved pieces 123 A of the first coupling member 123 .
- connection piece 125 a having a connection hole 125 a ′ formed at the front end portion thereof.
- the connection line 122 is inserted into the connection hole 125 a ′ and soldered, and the connection piece 125 a is fit into the slit 121 d of the body 121 of the intermediating means 120 and exposed to the outside.
- the second coupling member 125 has a fixed projection 125 b for preventing separation of the second coupling member 125 from the body 121 .
- the second coupling member 125 actually coupled with the second contact member 113 B in such a way that the second contact member is fit to a coupling portion 125 B formed by two curved pieces 125 A.
- fixing means arranged on a contact surface between the idle projection member 110 and the intermediating means 120 to guarantee idle of the idle projection member to the intermediating means and to provide resistance when the idle projection member is separated from the intermediating means will be described.
- the fixing means 127 includes elastic pieces 127 A and 127 B disposed on the body 121 of the intermediating means 120 .
- the elastic pieces 127 A and 127 B are separated from each other by cut portion 127 b located between them.
- every second elastic piece respectively have a pressurizing projection 127 a formed on the inner surface of the elastic piece 127 A.
- the separation preventing groove 110 A′ coupled with the pressurizing projection 127 a of the elastic piece 127 A is formed on the front part 110 F of the idle projection member.
- the present invention can allow a user to easily assemble and disassemble the idle projection member and the intermediating means by the elastically pressurizing member without using great power, and prevent accidents such as an electric shock since it can be prevented that the idle projection member is separated from the intermediating means during not knowing even though the hair curling iron is shaken during the use.
- the wet-and-dry-type hair curling iron according to the present invention which includes the lever engageably connected to the main body having the grasping part and the heat generation part, has the auxiliary moisture discharge member having the channel and the through holes introduced to the pressurizing part engaging with the heat generation part of the main body, thereby smoothly discharging vapor evaporated from wet hair by heating.
- the wet-and-dry-type hair curling iron has the idly rotatable anti-twisting means introduced to the power line connection member of the grasping part of the main body and the attaching and detaching means of a jack and plug type, thereby enhancing convenience in use.
- the wet-and-dry-type hair curling iron has an electric heating body introduced to the pressurizing part of the lever, thereby heating and curling hair more rapidly together with an electric heating body disposed on the heat generation part of the main body and enhancing a hair-forming quality by uniformly transmitting heat to hair located between the pressurizing part of the lever and the heat generation part of the main body.
- the hair curling iron can provide a rapid hair curling performance of high quality since it can simultaneously carry out hair drying and curling when hair is curled just after washed.
- the hair curling iron according to the present invention which can prevent twisting of power connection line and allow the user to freely attach and detach the power line provides convenience in carrying and arrangement.
Abstract
Disclosed therein is a wet-and-dry-type hair iron for curling, which has a moisture discharge structure capable of curling hair in a state where hair is wet when hair is curled by heating hair for permanent wave of hair, so that a user can simultaneously carry out hair drying and curling when hair is curled just after washed, and which has a power line connection member capable of idling and being freely attached and detached to preventing twisting of a power line so that it can provide, convenience in carrying and arrangement. The hair curling iron includes: a main body having a grasping part and a ring-shaped heat generation part, the heat generation part having an electric heating body; a lever having a connection part located at the boundary between the grasping part and the heat generation part of the main body and connected to the main body by a rotary shaft pin, a pressurizing part extending from the connection part and engaging with the heat generation part of the main body, the pressurizing part having the same curvature as the heat generation part of the main body, and a pressing part extending from the connection part and pivoting on the rotary shaft pin to move the pressurizing part; and an auxiliary moisture discharge member disposed inside the pressurizing part of the lever and having a channel formed in a longitudinal direction of the lever.
Description
- 1. Field of the Invention
- The present invention relates to a hair iron for curling, and more particularly, to a wet-and-dry-type hair iron for curling, which has a moisture discharge structure capable of curling hair in a state where hair is wet when hair is curled by heating hair for permanent wave of hair, thereby simultaneously carrying out hair drying and curling when hair is curled just after washed.
- Additionally, the present invention relates to a hair iron for curling, which has a power line connection member capable of idling and being freely attached and detached to preventing twisting of a power line, thereby providing convenience in carrying and arrangement.
- 2. Background Art
- In general, a hair iron for curling disclosed in Korean Patent No. 0,562,426 (patented on Mar. 13, 2006) by the same inventor as the present invention has been used in the beauty industry and by the general public.
- Typical hair irons are generally dry type hair irons for curling dry hair in such a way that the entire of a heat generation part is in contact with a customer's hair.
- Therefore, if hair-forming is applied to wet hair, moisture evaporated by heating cannot be discharged to the outside smoothly.
- So, when hair is heated to temperature necessary for forming hair, hair-forming may be interfered since moisture hinders temperature rising of the entire wet hair.
- Furthermore, there are various prior arts related with a cable anti-twisting structure of a power source line for electronic appliances:
- Korean Utility Model Publication No. 1990-0001560 (Feb. 28, 1990) entitled “Plug and jack of telephone for preventing twist of wire”;
- Korean Utility Model Registration No. 0,165,033 (Oct. 13, 1999) entitled “Cord anti-twisting device of telephone”;
- Korean Utility Model Registration No. 0,167,150 (Oct. 30, 1999) entitled “Cord anti-twisting structure of handset”;
- Korean Patent Publication No. 1999-0021304 (Mar. 25, 1999) entitled “Power cord anti-twisting structure of hair drier”; and
- Korean Utility Model Publication No. 1998-0066628 (Dec. 5, 1998) entitled “Power cord for anti-twisting.
- Most of the prior arts include a sleeve for receiving and surrounding a cylindrical rotor to realize an anti-twisting structure and an electric connection.
- However, since such prior art anti-twisting structures applied to various cables for a power line and a telephone line are generally in a fixed type and cannot be attached and detached via a plug and a jack, they are disadvantageous in packing, safekeeping and carrying.
- As described above, the present invention is proposed to enable a wet type hair forming by solving that it is difficult to form wet hair into a wanted style using a conventional dry type hair curling iron.
- Accordingly, to solve the above disadvantages of the prior arts, it is an object of the present invention to provide a wet-and-dry-type hair curling iron, which includes a lever engageably connected to a main body having a grasping part and a heat generation part, the lever having an auxiliary moisture discharge member having a channel and through holes introduced to a pressurizing part engaging with the heat generation part of the main body, thereby smoothly discharging vapor evaporated from wet hair by heating.
- Furthermore, it is another object of the present invention to provide a wet-and-dry-type hair curling iron, which has idly rotatable anti-twisting means introduced to the power line connection member of the grasping part of the main body, and attaching and detaching means of a jack and plug type, thereby enhancing convenience in use.
- Moreover, it is a further object of the present invention to provide a wet-and-dry-type hair curling iron, which has an electric heating body introduced to the pressurizing part of the lever, thereby heating and curling hair more rapidly together with an electric heating body disposed on the heat generation part of the main body and enhancing a hair-forming quality by uniformly transmitting heat to hair located between the pressurizing part of the lever and the heat generation part of the main body.
- To accomplish the above objects, according to the present invention, there is provided a wet-and-dry-type hair iron for curling comprising: a main body having a grasping part and a ring-shaped heat generation part, the heat generation part having an electric heating body; a lever having a connection part located at the boundary between the grasping part and the heat generation part of the main body and connected to the main body by a rotary shaft pin, a pressurizing part extending from the connection part and engaging with the heat generation part of the main body, the pressurizing part having the same curvature as the heat generation part of the main body, and a pressing part extending from the connection part and pivoting on the rotary shaft pin to move the pressurizing part; and an auxiliary moisture discharge member disposed inside the pressurizing part of the lever and having a channel formed in a longitudinal direction of the lever.
- To more smoothly discharge vapor evaporated from wet hair using the electric heating body of the main body, the auxiliary moisture discharge member includes a number of through holes formed on the channel thereof, and the pressurizing part of the lever includes a number of discharge holes corresponding to the through holes.
- To provide convenience in use by anti-twisting the power line and freely attaching and detaching the power line to and from the hair curling iron, a power line connection member is arranged at the grasping part of the main body, and the power line connection member includes anti-twisting means, the anti-twisting means including: first and second contact members concentrically arranged in a state where they are intercepted from electric contact with each other, the first and second contact members being connected with the power line; and first and second coupling members respectively coupled with the first and second contact members and electrically intercepted with each other.
- In addition, the connection member further includes attaching and detaching means having a plug and a jack fit to the plug.
- The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be apparent from the following detailed description of the preferred embodiments of the invention in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hair curling iron according to the present invention; -
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view of the hair curling iron ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a plug constituting attaching and detaching means of a power line connection member of the hair curling iron ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 4 is an exploded perspective view of an idle projection member constituting anti-twisting means of the power line connection member ofFIG. 3 ; -
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of the hair curling iron having another type power line connection member different from that ofFIG. 1 ; -
FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of a plug constituting attaching and detaching means of a power line connection member of the hair curling iron ofFIG. 5 ; -
FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of an idle projection member constituting anti-twisting means of the power line connection member ofFIG. 6 ; and -
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the hair curling iron having another lever different from that ofFIG. 1 . - Reference will be now made in detail to the preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the attached drawings. In the drawings, like reference numerals designate like or similar parts.
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a hair curling iron (I) according to the present invention, andFIG. 2 is an exploded perspective view showing a state where the hair curling iron (I) ofFIG. 1 is rotated at an angle of 180°. - As shown in the drawings, the hair curling iron (I) according to the present invention includes: a main body 210; and a lever 220 combined with the main body 210 through a
rotary shaft pin 222 at the boundary between aheat generation part 213 and agrasping part 211. - The combination of the main body 210 and the lever 220 has a form similar to scissors, but the lever 220 combined with the main body 210 pivots on the
rotary shaft pin 222 in such a way that theheat generation part 213 of the main body 210 and apressurizing part 223 of the lever 220 engage with each other without crossing each other. - Another hair curling iron (I) shown in
FIG. 8 has the same moisture discharge supporting member, anti-twisting structure, and attaching and detaching concept as the iron shown inFIGS. 1 to 4 , which are the cores of the present invention, but has a different lever structure from the iron ofFIGS. 1 to 4 . InFIG. 8 , alever 320 includes apressing part 325 for pivoting a pressurizingpart 323 on arotary shaft pin 322 of aconnection part 321, thepressing part 325 being located in the same direction as the pressurizingpart 323 engaging with a heat generation part 312 of a main body 310. - The
rotary shaft pin 322 has a spring (not shown) mounted therein so as to provide elasticity to always keep engagement between thepressurizing part 323 of thelever 320 and theheat generation part 313 of the main body 310 when the external force is not applied. - The
rotary shaft pins FIGS. 1 and 8 serve as rotary shafts for thelevers 220 and 320, facilitate assembly between the main body and the lever since they have elasticity. - Moreover, each rotary shaft pin serves as a hanger for allowing a user to hang the iron on a holder when the user does not use the iron (I) but conducts other work, so that the user can do other work freely and easily.
- The grasping
part 211 of the main body 210 has aidle tube 211A combined on the outer periphery of acentral rod 211B in order to easily wind hair on theheat generation part 213 of the main body 210 for curling hair. - Moreover, the above function may be achieved by a
idle member 213A disposed at an end portion of theheat generation part 213 having anelectric heating body 214 therein and aidle tube 225A disposed on the outer periphery of acentral rod 225B at thepressing part 225 of the lever 220. - The
idle member 213A disposed on the end portion of theheat generation part 213 hasradial slots 213 a. - Since hair can be inserted into the
slot 213 a, if the main body 210 is rotated on the idle member in a state where theidle member 213A is in contact with hair, the main body is rotated but theidle member 213A is not rotated along with the main body by hair inserted into theslots 213 a, so that the user can more easily wind hair on theheat generation part 213 of the main body 210. - Furthermore, the idle function may not be used according to hair forming types.
- Considering the above, the
idle tube 211A of thegrasping part 211 of the main body 210 includes alocking member 212. - The
locking member 212 includes: abutton 212A formed between the grasping part and the heat generation part in such a way as to be freely moved by the user's thumb laterally; a fitting hole (not shown) formed on the inner periphery of theidle tube 211A for inserting a fitting end portion (not shown) of the button when the button is pushed toward theidle tube 211A; and alocking position mark 212B formed on the outer periphery of the idle tube for allowing the user to easily check a position of the fitting hole of the idle tube (seeFIG. 1 ). - For convenience in manipulation, a
temperature control dial 215 b and a power on/offbutton 215 a (seeFIG. 1 ) are formed at the portion of the main body 210 on which thebutton 212A is formed. - Next, another
locking member 226 is formed on theidle tube 225A of thepressing part 225 of the lever 220. - The
locking member 226 is mounted at a portion where twosymmetric brackets 221 a of theconnection part 221 of the lever 220 meet with each other, and includes: aguide rail 226B formed at a start point of thecentral rod 225B of the pressing part; a guidedtube 226A laterally moving along theguide rail 226B in a state where it is prevented from separation; and acorresponding joining portion 225 a formed at a portion of the inner periphery of theidle tube 225A in such a way as to engage with a joiningportion 226 a of the guidedtube 226A in a form of male and female. - The
idle tube 225A of thepressing part 225 of the lever 220 is assembled to the lever 220 in such a way that theidle tube 225A is fit onto thecentral rod 225B and atightening nut 225 b′ is joined and tightened to abolt 225 b of an end portion of thecentral rod 225B, whereby theidle tube 225A is close toward the guidedtube 226A. - The lever 220 is combined with the main body 210 in the steps of inserting the main body 210 to the
connection part 221 having the twobrackets 221 a, inserting and fitting bothend portions 222 a of the rotary shaft pin, especially, elasticrotary shaft pin 222, intoholes 221 b of thebrackets 221 a at the boundary formed between the grasping part and the heat generation part of the main body 210, and inserting the end portions of the rotary shaft pin into two shaftpin insertion holes 213 b of theheat generation part 213 of the main body 210. - Therefore, when the user presses the
pressing part 225, the pressurizingpart 223 pivots on therotary shaft pin 222, and the lever 220 engages with theheat generation part 213 of the main body 210. - It is preferable that the
pressurizing part 223 has curvature corresponding to theheat generation part 213 of the main body 210, and so, the inner surface of thepressurizing part 223 is in contact with the entire surface of the heat generation part when it engages with the heat generation part. - Like Korean Patent No. 056426 invented by the same inventor as the present invention, to curl hair more rapidly by using heat generated from the heat generation part and the electric heating body of the main body, and to enhance hair curling quality by transmitting heat uniformly to hair located between the pressurizing part of the lever and the heat generation part of the main body, it is preferable to embed an
electric heating body 224 in the lever. For this, anelectric wire 223 b extending from apower line 30 of a cord (c) must be extended from theheat generation part 213 of the main body 210 to anelectric wire 223 b′ for theelectric heating body 224. - The hair curling iron (I) according to the present invention is characterized in that an auxiliary
moisture discharge member 230 is arranged on the inner surface of the pressurizingpart 223 of the lever 220 to realize a wet-and-dry-type iron. - The auxiliary
moisture discharge member 230 has achannel 231 formed in a longitudinal direction of the lever, whereby moisture evaporated from wet hair by heating of the twoelectric heating bodies - Furthermore, the
channel 231 of the auxiliarymoisture discharge member 230 has a number of throughholes 233, and the pressurizingpart 223 of the lever 220 has discharge holes 223 a corresponding to the throughholes 233, so that evaporated moisture can be discharged more smoothly. - The auxiliary
moisture discharge member 230 serves as a cover for theelectric heating body 224 of the pressurizingpart 223 of the lever 220. - The form and the number of the channel and the through holes may be changed by those skilled if necessary.
- Next, anti-twisting means (T) of a power line connection member (L) and attaching and detaching means (A) for attaching and detaching the power line to and from the hair curling iron will be described.
- First, in the hair curling iron (I) shown in
FIGS. 1 to 4 , the anti-twisting means (T) is mounted on the cord (C) having thepower line 30. - However, in the hair curling iron (I) shown in
FIGS. 5 to 7 , the anti-twisting means (T) is mounted on the iron (I). - For your reference, the standard of directions of the anti-twisting means and the attaching and detaching means will be specified referring to
FIGS. 1 and 3 . - In the anti-twisting means formed by combination of an
idle projection member 10 and asocket 20, a direction that ajack 27 of thesocket 20 is coupled with a plug (L1) of the power line connection member (L) of the iron (I) is defined as a front direction, and the opposite direction of the front direction is defined as a rear direction. - As shown in
FIGS. 1 to 4 , theidle projection member 20 of the anti-twisting means (T) is connected with thepower line 30 of the cord (C). - The
jack 27 of thesocket 20 coupled with theidle projection member 10 is coupled with the plug (L1) of the power line connection member (L). - The
jack 27 and the plug L1 constitute the attaching and detaching means (A). - The
power line 30 includes: a main plug formed at an end portion thereof and coupled with a power socket (not shown) equipped in a living room, a bath room, or another room, particularly, amain plug 30A (seeFIG. 1 ) for a three-phase power source; a copper wire 31 (seeFIG. 4 ); an insulatingcovering 33 surrounding thecopper wire 31; and anouter covering 35 for covering the insulatingcovering 33. - In
FIGS. 3 and 4 , theidle projection member 10 is disposed at the other end portion of themain plug 30A and has twocontact members - The two
contact members idle projection member 10 are connected with each other in the form of a shape, and a damage preventingbellows portion 10 b and ahanger ring 10 a are formed at a bended portion of the connected area between the twocontact members bellows portion 10 b is thicker than theouter covering 35. - The
first contact member 13 of theidle projection member 10 is directly connected with thecopper wire 31 of a straight power line in a projection type. - Particularly, a
projection 13A of thefirst contact member 13 is empty and serves as aninsertion hole 13 a for thecopper wire 31. Thecopper wire 31 inserted into theprojection 13A is fixed by soldering, and is a conductor. - An
insertion member 13B made of a non-conductor material and serving to surround theprojection 13A and hide the exposedcopper wire 31 may be formed in such a way as to mold melted synthetic resin after inserting theprojection 13A into aninsertion hole 11 a of ahousing 11, or previously formed with a separate member. - The
insertion member 13B has adirection specifying slot 13 b corresponding to adirection specifying projection 11 b of the housing so as to help a firm fixation of thefirst contact member 13 coupled with thehousing 11. - The
second contact member 15 of theidle projection member 10 includes a ringtype contact portion 15 a and aconnection piece 15 b integrated with the contact portion. - The
contact portion 15 a is mounted on the outer periphery of a mountingportion 11 c of thehousing 11, and theconnection piece 15 b is inserted into a fitting slot lid of thehousing 11, and then, thecopper wire 31 of another power line is soldered to an end portion of theconnection piece 15 b. - The
housing 11 of theidle projection member 10 has theinsertion hole 11 a for thefirst contact member 13 as described above. - The front side of the
insertion hole 11 a has the shape and inner diameter as large as theinsertion hole 11 a can accommodate theprojection 13A of thefirst contact member 13 in contact with theprojection 13A, and the rear side thereof has the size and shape as large as theinsertion hole 11 a can accommodate the remaining portion of theinsertion member 13B excepting the outer portion of thedirection specifying slot 13 b. - The
housing 11 has a form for combining withcases 29A and 29B which are fixing means for restricting the coupled state between theidle projection member 10 and thesocket 20 while allowing theidle projection member 10 and thesocket 20 can be rotated idly. For this, thehousing 11 has aseparation preventing projection 11A formed on the front of the outer periphery thereof and aseparation preventing groove 11A′ coupled withseparation preventing jaws 29 b of thecases 29A and 29B. - Moreover, the
housing 11 has a ring-shapedholding jaw 11B and a holdinggroove 11B′ formed at the rear thereof. An inward projection typefront end portion 10 c extending from the damage preventingbellow portion 10 b of theidle projection member 10, namely, extending from the outer covering 35 of thepower line 30, for preventing exposure of the connection state between the first andsecond contact members jaw 11B and the holdinggroove 11B′ so as to prevent separation of theidle projection member 10 and thehousing 11. - Next, referring to
FIGS. 1 and 3 , thesocket 20 having first andsecond coupling members second contact members idle projection member 10 will be described. - The
socket 20 has thejack 27 arranged at the front of asocket body 21. Thejack 27 is a typical jack generally used in electronic appliances. - The
jack 27 includes: contactsleeves 27 a made of a conductor material, each contact sleeve having an empty inside; andfitting holes 27 b to which a number of pins (L2) (two pins in the drawings) of the plug (L1) of the power line connection member (L) are inserted. - At the rear of the
contact sleeves 27 a, thefirst coupling member 23 connected with thefirst contact member 13 of projection type and thesecond coupling member 25 connected with thesecond contact member 15 of ring type are respectively joined and arranged throughconnection portions - Particularly, the first and
second coupling members contact portions second contact members idle projection member 10 surround the outer periphery of each contact member. - As described above, the
cases 29A and 29B as shown in the drawing can fix the combination between thecontact members idle projection member 10 and thecoupling members socket 20, namely, prevent twisting of the cord by guaranteeing a relative idle between the idle projection member and the socket. - Particularly, to guarantee water-tightness between the contact surfaces of the two
cases 29A and 29B, one of the cases has a projection (not designated in the drawing) and the other has a recess (not designated) in such a way as to be coupled with each other in a male and female form. The two cases are assembled with each other, and then, bonded with each other by an ultrasonic melting method which is a common bonding method. - As described above, the
separation preventing jaw 29 b which is inserted into theseparation preventing groove 11A′ of thehousing 11 of theidle projection member 10 is formed at the rear (left side in the drawing) of each case. - Moreover, an oval shaped
separation preventing jaw 29 c which will be inserted into an oval shapedseparation preventing groove 21 a formed at the rear of thebody 21 of thesocket 20 is formed at the front of each case (right side in the drawing). - A
support flange 29 a having asupport recess 29 a to which thefirst contact member 13 of theidle projection member 10 is inserted is formed between theseparation preventing jaws - For your reference, the
reference numeral 29 d inFIG. 3 designates a projection coupled with arecess 27 c formed on the outer periphery of thejack 27. - The
separation preventing groove 21 a of thebody 21 of the oval shapedsocket 20 and theseparation preventing jaw 29 c of thecases 29A and 29B function as mounting direction restricting means for specifying an assembling direction of each part. - Next, the hair curling iron (I) shown in
FIGS. 5 to 7 will be described. - The hair curling iron shown in
FIGS. 5 to 7 has anti-twisting means (T) disposed on the iron (I), differently from the hair curling iron shown inFIGS. 1 to 4 . - For your reference, the standard of directions of the anti-twisting means and the attaching and detaching means will be specified referring to
FIGS. 5 and 7 . - A direction that a
jack 131 disposed at an end portion of apower line 130 is coupled to a plug (L1) arranged on anidle projection member 110 is the front, and the opposite direction is the rear. - As shown in
FIGS. 5 to 7 , in the hair curling iron (I) according to the present invention, the plug (L1) and thejack 131 constitute attaching and detaching means (A), theidle projection member 110 and intermediating means 120 constitute anti-twisting means (T), and a connection member (L) of thepower line 130 includes the attaching and detaching means (A) and the anti-twisting means (T). - The
power line 130 of a cord (C) having thejack 131 coupled with the plug (L1) at an end portion thereof includes a main plug formed at the opposed end portion of thejack 131 and coupled with a power socket (not shown), which is equipped in a living room, a bath room or other room, particularly, amain plug 135 for a three-phase power source. A copper wire of the cord (C) is surrounded with a double insulatingcovering 137. - The
jack 131 has a damage preventingbellow portion 133 formed at the rear thereof, and two symmetric fitting holes 131 a. - The
idle projection member 110 constituting the anti-twisting means (T) together with the intermediating means 120 includes a housing having afront part 110F and arear part 110R for easiness of assembly. - The
rear part 110R has aninsertion portion 110C which will be coupled with thejack 131, and holes (not designated) to which two contact pins (L2) of the plug (L1) will be inserted. - Furthermore, the
rear part 110R further has an inward projection typefront end portion 110D coupled with a holdinggroove 110B′ formed by a ringtype holding jaw 110B of thefront part 110F. - The
front part 110F has aninsertion hole 110 a for afirst contact member 113A. - The front side of the
insertion hole 110 a has the shape and inner diameter as big as theinsertion hole 110 a can accommodate thefirst contact member 113A in contact with thefirst contact member 113A. - The rear side of the
insertion hole 110 a has the size and shape as big as theinsertion hole 110 a can accommodate one (L2 a) of the contact pins of the plug (L1) and the remaining portion excepting the outer portion of adirection specifying slot 111 b′ of a covering 111 b surrounding thefirst contact member 113A. - The
front part 110F includes aseparation preventing projection 110A and aseparation preventing groove 110A′ formed on the front of the outer periphery thereof for coupling elastically pressurizingmembers idle projection member 110 and the intermediating means 120 are separated from each other. - The
front part 110F further includes a ringtype holding jaw 110B and a holdinggroove 110B′ formed at the rear thereof, and the inward projection typefront end portion 110D of therear part 110R is fit to the ringtype holding jaw 110B and the holdinggroove 110B′ to prevent separation of the front end portion of therear part 110R fit to the rear of thefront part 110F. - The
idle projection member 110 has twocontact members 113A and 113B which are concentric with each other and cut off from electric contact with each other. - The
first contact member 113A is a projection type and has aninsertion hole 113 a to which an end portion of aconnection line 111 a is inserted and which is soldered. - The other end portion of the
connection line 11 a is connected with the projection (L2 a) of the plug (L1). - The
connection line 111 a is surrounded by the covering 111 b. - The covering 111 b has a
direction specifying slot 111 b′ corresponding to thedirection specifying projection 110 b of thefront part 110F of the housing of theidle projection member 110, thereby helping a firm fixation of thefirst contact member 113A connected to thefront part 110F of the housing. - The second contact member 113B includes a ring
type contact portion 113 b and aconnection piece 113 b′ integrated with the contact portion. - The
contact portion 113 b is connected to the outer periphery of a frontpart mounting portion 110 c of theidle projection member 110. - The
connection piece 113 b′ is fit into thefitting hole 110 d of thehousing 110 and soldered with anotherconnection line 111 c, and the rear end portion of the connection line is also soldered with another projection (L2 a) of the plug (L1). - Next, referring to
FIGS. 6 and 7 , the intermediating means 120 having first andsecond coupling members second contact members 113A and 113B will be described. - It is preferable that the intermediating means 120 is mounted in a specified direction for easiness in assembly when it is mounted on the hair curling iron.
- For this, it is preferable to adopt mounting direction restricting means to the intermediating means 120.
- In the drawings, the mounting direction restricting means includes a restricting
piece 121 a and two restrictingprojections 121 b formed at the front of abody 121 thereof. Alternatively, the mounting direction restricting means may be embodied by forming the intermediating means in an oval shape. - The
first coupling member 123 of the intermediating means 120 for thefirst contact member 113A is located at the front of a mountingportion 121A of the intermediating meansbody 121, and theconnection piece 123 a of thefirst coupling member 123 is exposed forwardly from the outer periphery of thebody 121 after passing through aslit 121 c of thebody 121. - The front end portion of the
connection piece 123 a has aconnection hole 123 a′ to which aconnection line 122 for introducing electric power to the hair curling iron is inserted and which is soldered. - The
connection piece 123 a has a fixedprojection 123 b pressurized at a portion adjacent to theslit 121 c of thebody 121 so as to prevent separation of thefirst coupling member 123 coupled with thebody 121. - The
projection 113A of thefirst contact member 113A is actually fit to acoupling portion 123B formed between twocurved pieces 123A of thefirst coupling member 123. - Additionally, the
second coupling member 125 arranged on the mountingportion 121A at the rear of thefirst coupling member 123 has aconnection piece 125 a having aconnection hole 125 a′ formed at the front end portion thereof. Theconnection line 122 is inserted into theconnection hole 125 a′ and soldered, and theconnection piece 125 a is fit into theslit 121 d of thebody 121 of the intermediating means 120 and exposed to the outside. - In addition, the
second coupling member 125 has a fixedprojection 125 b for preventing separation of thesecond coupling member 125 from thebody 121. - Furthermore, the
second coupling member 125 actually coupled with the second contact member 113B in such a way that the second contact member is fit to acoupling portion 125B formed by twocurved pieces 125A. - Hereinafter, to more perfectly embody the anti-twisting means (T) of the hair curling iron according to the present invention, fixing means arranged on a contact surface between the
idle projection member 110 and the intermediating means 120 to guarantee idle of the idle projection member to the intermediating means and to provide resistance when the idle projection member is separated from the intermediating means will be described. - In
FIGS. 6 and 7 , the fixing means 127 includeselastic pieces body 121 of the intermediating means 120. - The
elastic pieces cut portion 127 b located between them. - To provide proper resistance when the idle projection member is separated from the intermediating means, some elastic pieces, in more detail, every second elastic piece, respectively have a pressurizing
projection 127 a formed on the inner surface of theelastic piece 127A. - In a state where the idle projection member and the intermediating means are coupled with each other, the
separation preventing groove 110A′ coupled with the pressurizingprojection 127 a of theelastic piece 127A is formed on thefront part 110F of the idle projection member. - As described above, the present invention can allow a user to easily assemble and disassemble the idle projection member and the intermediating means by the elastically pressurizing member without using great power, and prevent accidents such as an electric shock since it can be prevented that the idle projection member is separated from the intermediating means during not knowing even though the hair curling iron is shaken during the use.
- As described above, the wet-and-dry-type hair curling iron according to the present invention, which includes the lever engageably connected to the main body having the grasping part and the heat generation part, has the auxiliary moisture discharge member having the channel and the through holes introduced to the pressurizing part engaging with the heat generation part of the main body, thereby smoothly discharging vapor evaporated from wet hair by heating.
- Furthermore, the wet-and-dry-type hair curling iron has the idly rotatable anti-twisting means introduced to the power line connection member of the grasping part of the main body and the attaching and detaching means of a jack and plug type, thereby enhancing convenience in use.
- Moreover, the wet-and-dry-type hair curling iron has an electric heating body introduced to the pressurizing part of the lever, thereby heating and curling hair more rapidly together with an electric heating body disposed on the heat generation part of the main body and enhancing a hair-forming quality by uniformly transmitting heat to hair located between the pressurizing part of the lever and the heat generation part of the main body.
- Finally, if those skilled in the hair beauty field and the general public use the wet-and-dry-type hair curling iron according to the present invention, the hair curling iron can provide a rapid hair curling performance of high quality since it can simultaneously carry out hair drying and curling when hair is curled just after washed.
- The hair curling iron according to the present invention which can prevent twisting of power connection line and allow the user to freely attach and detach the power line provides convenience in carrying and arrangement.
- In this description, common and well-known technologies related with the general hair curling iron is omitted, but those skilled can guess and expect such common and well-know technologies.
- While the present invention has been described with reference to the particular illustrative embodiments, it is not to be restricted by the embodiments but only by the appended claims. It is to be appreciated that those skilled in the art can change or modify the embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.
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1. A wet-and-dry-type hair iron for curling comprising:
a main body having a grasping part and a ring-shaped heat generation part, the heat generation part having an electric heating body;
a lever having a connection part located at the boundary between the grasping part and the heat generation part of the main body and connected to the main body by a rotary shaft pin, a pressurizing part extending from the connection part and engaging with the heat generation part of the main body, the pressurizing part having the same curvature as the heat generation part of the main body, and a pressing part extending from the connection part and pivoting on the rotary shaft pin to move the pressurizing part; and
an auxiliary moisture discharge member disposed inside the pressurizing part of the lever and having a channel formed in a longitudinal direction of the lever.
2. The wet-and-dry-type hair iron for curling according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary moisture discharge member includes a number of through holes formed on the channel thereof, and the pressurizing part of the lever includes a number of discharge holes corresponding to the through holes.
3. The wet-and-dry-type hair iron for curling according to claim 1 , wherein a power line connection member is arranged at the grasping part of the main body, and the power line connection member includes anti-twisting means, the anti-twisting means including:
first and second contact members concentrically arranged in a state where they are intercepted from electric contact with each other, the first and second contact members being connected with the power line; and
first and second coupling members respectively coupled with the first and second contact members and electrically intercepted with each other.
4. The wet-and-dry-type hair iron for curling according to claim 3 , wherein the connection member further includes attaching and detaching means having a plug and a jack fit to the plug.
5. The wet-and-dry-type hair iron for curling according to one of claims 1 , wherein the pressurizing part of the lever further includes an electric heating body.
6. The wet-and-dry-type hair iron for curling according to one of claims 2 , wherein the pressurizing part of the lever further includes an electric heating body.
7. The wet-and-dry-type hair iron for curling according to one of claims 3 , wherein the pressurizing part of the lever further includes an electric heating body.
8. The wet-and-dry-type hair iron for curling according to one of claims 4 , wherein the pressurizing part of the lever further includes an electric heating body.
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