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US3478755A
US3478755A US560582A US3478755DA US3478755A US 3478755 A US3478755 A US 3478755A US 560582 A US560582 A US 560582A US 3478755D A US3478755D A US 3478755DA US 3478755 A US3478755 A US 3478755A
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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
    • A45D2/00—Hair-curling or hair-waving appliances ; Appliances for hair dressing treatment not otherwise provided for
    • A45D2/36—Hair curlers or hair winders with incorporated heating or drying means, e.g. electric, using chemical reaction

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  • This invention relates to a hair curler having means for effecting the heating thereof based on an exothermic chemical reaction.
  • a serious drawback of said prior art hair curlers is that the generation of heat depends on the presence of suflicient amounts of the moistening liquid to soak said mixture. The result is i.a. that the prior art hair curlers are unsatisfactory for use in ordinary curling of the hair,
  • the prior art hair curlers suffer from the drawback that they are uneconomical in use due to the fact that the exothermic reaction, once started, cannot be stopped if excessive amounts of moistening agent are present. Thus when said hair curlers have been used, they will have to be thrown away or refilled with a further amount of said mixture of compounds, which refilling, due to the activity of some of said compounds, cannot be performed by unskilled persons.
  • the object of the invention is to eliminate these drawbacks of the prior art hair curlers and to provide a simple, economic and reliable hair curler of the abovementioned type.
  • a hair curler which is characterized by the fact that is comprises a contact catalyst for catalysing the ICC oxidation of a fuel gas phase and means for storing said fuel in said curler.
  • the heating of said hair curler may quickly and easily be stopped by isolating the catalyst from the fuel and/or the oxidizing agent.
  • the catalyst may also be avoided that it reaches such a high temperature that the hair of the scalp is damaged. Furthermore it is possible to select such fuel and such an oxidizing agent that only gaseous, non-toxic products of combustion are formed. Thus, the use of said hair curler becomes hygienic and completely safe.
  • Suitable fuels are: low-boiling hydrocarbons, acetone, methanol and ethanol.
  • the fuel may be a gas which in condensed or partly condensed form is held under pressure in a container mounted within said hair curler and provided with a reduction valve.
  • said fuel container is preferably manufactured from a transparent material through which the liquid surface may be seen.
  • the user of the hair curler should preferably be able to refill said container.
  • this may be done by using a harmless volatile liquid fuel, which is sucked to the catalyst by means of a porous material provided within the container.
  • fuels are: methanol, ethanol and ether.
  • An accelerator for the oxidation reaction or compounds which activate the catalyst may be added to the fuel.
  • An example of such compounds is hydrogen peroxide.
  • An especially preferred oxidizing agent is the oxygen in the air.
  • the hair curler is provided with means for controlling the admission of fuel, oxidizing agent or both to the catalyst.
  • the user of the hair curler may herself control and adthe heating and may at a given time stop said heating
  • the catalyst present in the hair curler according to the invention comprises preferably a micro-porous support, on the inner surface of which a micro-porous substance having a larger inner surface area is deposited.
  • said oatalyst may be provided with an outer layer inhibiting the oxidation reaction.
  • a hair curler of the kind described has not been used for a longer period, it may sometimes be diflicult to start the oxidation reaction.
  • said shortcoming of the hair curler may be eliminated by using a catalyst which may be activated or regenerated by subjecting it to i8. heating or irradiation treatment, which should then be performed immediately before the time the catalyst is to be used.
  • 1 designates a hair curler upon which there are provided bristles 2 which serve to fix the hair when it has been wound around the curler 1.
  • a heating means which is generally designated with the reference number 3 and which is inserted into foam plastic rings 4 and 5 having essentially equal inner and outer diameters in uncompressed condition. Due to the fact that the heating means 3 has a larger diameter at the end which is inserted in the ring 5 than at the other end which is inserted in the ring 4, the ring 5 however is partly compressed thereby securing said end of the heating means while the other end may be displaced in axial direction in relation to the ring 4.
  • the heating means 3 consist of a cylindrical tube 6 serving as a fuel container and prepared from transparent plastic. One of the ends of said tube is closed by means of a closely fitting plug 7, the head of which is formed in such a manner that the user readily ma displace the plug and the tube in relation to the ring 4 and the curler 1.
  • a plug 8 having an axial passage in which a tube 9, extending along substantially the whole length of the tube 6, is inserted.
  • a wick 10 for instance similar to a pipe-cleaner.
  • the wick 10 is significantly longer than the tube 9 and is bent at one end in such a manner that a part of said wick is located along the outside of the tube 9 and reaches close to the plug 8.
  • a tube 11 which is provided with a number of openings 12 over which a catalyst body 13 is secured.
  • the heating means 3 also comprises a cap 14 in which an inner central tube 15 is provided. The diameter of said inner central tube 15 is esssentially equal to the inner diameter of the middle part of the plug 8.
  • the user of the curler may operate the plug 7 to move the tube 6 in axial direction in relation to the cap 14, for instance until the heating means has reached the position shown in the drawing, or even further.
  • the fuel which is present in the fuel container formed by the tube 6, the plug 7 and the other plug 8, will then be sucked through the tube 9 by means of the wick 10 to the other end of said wick from which it will evaporate.
  • the fuel vapours thus formed then contact the catalyst member 13 which is also in contact with the oxygen of the surrounding air through the space between the end of plug 8 and the open end of cap 14.
  • the user of the hair curler may control the rate of supply of both the fuel and the oxygen from the air and thus the generation of heat of the heatingmeans. She may also stop the contact catalytic exothermic reaction totally by exerting pressure on plug 7 to displace the tube 6 in the reverse direction until the plug 8 enters into the cap 14 and the innercentral tube 15 enters the middle part of plug 8. Thus fuel vapors are prevented from flowing from the wick to the catalyst 13 and air is prevented from flowing into cap 14.
  • a hair curler capable of generating heat by an exothermic reaction comprising means storing a normally gaseous fuel in said curler in compressed form, means for releasing said fuel in gaseous form and a contact catalyst for catalyzing an oxidation of said fuel in gas phase.
  • a hair curler capable of generating heat by an exothermic reaction comprising a fuel container storing a fuel in the form of a volatile liquid, a contact catalyst for catalyzing an oxidation of said fuel in gas phase and a porous material capable of transporting fuel from said fuel container to said contact catalyst.
  • a hair curler as in claim 1 comprisng means for controlling the admission of fuel to the contact catalyst.
  • a hair curler as claimed in claim 3 comprising means for controlling the admission of oxygen of the air to the contact catalyst.

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DK327265AA DK130673B (da) 1965-06-28 1965-06-28 Hårvikler med midler til frembringelse af en på en exotermisk, kemisk reaktion baseret opvarmning ved oxidation i gasfase af et i hårvikleren i en beholder anbragt brændstof.

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US3665939A (en) * 1968-06-06 1972-05-30 Ingeborg Laing Hair roller and an apparatus for heating hair rollers
JPS49112754A (forum.php) * 1973-03-06 1974-10-28
JPS49125162A (forum.php) * 1973-04-04 1974-11-29
JPS49125161A (forum.php) * 1973-04-04 1974-11-29
US4327752A (en) * 1979-12-05 1982-05-04 Braun, Aktiengesellschaft Rotary ignition system for a catalytically heated curling device
US4416298A (en) * 1981-03-12 1983-11-22 Braun Aktiengesellschaft Electrical ignition system for catalytically heated curling device
US4502496A (en) * 1980-12-30 1985-03-05 Cornelia Thomas Hair curling device
US4543968A (en) * 1981-07-15 1985-10-01 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Hair styling appliance

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DE3234010A1 (de) * 1982-09-14 1984-03-15 Braun Ag, 6000 Frankfurt Gasbeheiztes haarwellgeraet

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US1589183A (en) * 1924-11-03 1926-06-15 Leunis William Hair-waving device
US1894797A (en) * 1932-11-30 1933-01-17 Zotos Corp Hair waving device
US3103934A (en) * 1959-03-04 1963-09-17 Barbu Niculescu Heating device for setting hair and permitting of accelerated drying

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US1589183A (en) * 1924-11-03 1926-06-15 Leunis William Hair-waving device
US1894797A (en) * 1932-11-30 1933-01-17 Zotos Corp Hair waving device
US3103934A (en) * 1959-03-04 1963-09-17 Barbu Niculescu Heating device for setting hair and permitting of accelerated drying

Cited By (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3665939A (en) * 1968-06-06 1972-05-30 Ingeborg Laing Hair roller and an apparatus for heating hair rollers
JPS49112754A (forum.php) * 1973-03-06 1974-10-28
JPS49125162A (forum.php) * 1973-04-04 1974-11-29
JPS49125161A (forum.php) * 1973-04-04 1974-11-29
US4327752A (en) * 1979-12-05 1982-05-04 Braun, Aktiengesellschaft Rotary ignition system for a catalytically heated curling device
US4502496A (en) * 1980-12-30 1985-03-05 Cornelia Thomas Hair curling device
US4416298A (en) * 1981-03-12 1983-11-22 Braun Aktiengesellschaft Electrical ignition system for catalytically heated curling device
US4543968A (en) * 1981-07-15 1985-10-01 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Hair styling appliance

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NL149365B (nl) 1976-05-17
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