US495558A - Apparatus for dryinu - Google Patents

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' J. MAGHA'DO.

APPARATUS FOR DRYING HAIR.

No. 495,558. Patented'Apr. 18, 18'93.

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SPEUIFIUAIIZON forming part of .llictters Patent No. 495,558, dated April 18, 18593.

' Application filed June 13, 1892 Serial No. 436,430. (No model.)

To all whom i2? iii/any concern. Be it known that 1, JOHN Mi-iouiino', u. cilizen of the United Steins, residing {Ll lioelon, in tbecountyol' Suffolk and State of Moosechusetis; have invented certain new and use ful improvements in Apparatus for Drying Hair; and Tide hereby declare ilio following to exact description of the invention, such as will enable otiiere skilled i n the lo which it opperteins to maize and use the some. I

This invention relotce lo inzprovcmente in eppairzitue for drying the upon a persons bond eiier in bud been olieinpooed or during the process of dyeing or bleaching the l'lZLl r, and hes-i for its object to icciliiale the drying on well to prevent tfiieenorliug of the heir, in the cone when it is dried by rubbing it between lOWQlE-l.

- The invention coneieiiein the employment 'oi'e suit-epic eirlieoning device from which the air in either drown or forced by means of o ouil'eble blower ornir pump, through a pipe or tube, and delivered upon the bend of the person whose llELlI in to be dried.

it further conoieio of o receptacle preferably in the form of n is placed and through which line warm air is forced. downwnrd from the roots of the hair contained therein to the code of folio some. Also the combination with, said funnel of e hood or ranged to inc'loee more or less oi ilieboek port of the l1eed,so as to concentroie the heated air and convey in properly to the funnel. Also in minor details of construction, on will be more fully set fortli hereinafter, reference beinn; lied. to the accompanyingdrawings forming an essentlnl port of bin specification, and whereom I Figure 1 represents a perspective View of my apparatus in operation while drying a ladye hair. Fig. 2 represents averticel longitudinal section of ihe hood and receptacle for holding the hair while ii; is being dried, with the stonrlfor supporting the some.

Similar letters refer to similar ports on the dilieronl; ports of the drawings.

A repreeents o box or other chamber open for inc edmission of air end in which. the oir V funnel open from end to om], wii'iliin whieliilie Ineliiii heated by a number of gas jets a a, or it may be beoicd by any other and well known means of supplying heat. I

i represents a rotary fan cxluiuster which is driven by means of a. belt I) from any suit able source of motive power, which however, is not shown on the drawings. This fan exhamster causes the heated air within the clioun be! A to be drawn tln'ousrh the pipe or tube 0 shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, to the fun 11 where it is again forced through the pipe or tube 0 and delivered from the mouth piece 0, all the end of said tube, upon the bend of the person whose hair is to-be dried. The tube 0 is made wholly or in part flexible so as to ill-- low it to benioved into different positions and allow the air from it to be delivered at any angle upon the hair to be dried. The end of the tube 0 is supported upon a, suitable standard upon which it is made niniversolly adjustable by means ofithe joints (l d :so as to be able to adjust-the tube and. deliver the air in any direction therefrom. These joints can be made rigid by means of suitable set; screws 'after'they have been adjusted. The standard is made preferably adjustable up end down to suit different persons; and for this purpose it is formed in two or more 560- iions, (5 old, which are tclescoped one wit-bin tlieotber and firmly held in their adjusted pogzition by suitable set screws (Z and e" or equivelenndevices. The flexible tube a is made universally adjustable upon the section d es shown and described hereinbefore. Upon the section (Z of the standard is also adjust obly mounted the funnel e by means of the brackets e c or by any other well known and equivalent means, m1 it is hole? in its adjusted position by means of suitable set" screws on said brackets. This funnel is made open from end to end and of sufiicient diameter and length to contain the hair to be dried, leevilig room for the heated air to pass through the same. To the upper end of the funnel is-e' ctaelied lhe hood made in one or more pieces ff pivoted together and to the funnel atf in such a'mzinner as to be able to turn them on sold pivot audio slide the pieces of the been one within the other whenil; is not desired for nee, but to allow it to be opened more or to partly surround the head of the person whose hair is being dried. The mouth-piece 'Wll61l in use isadjusted into such d position in relation to thehood as to cause the greater portion of the heated air forced therefrom to be deflected by coming into contact with the persons head, to enter the hood, and to be guided by said hood t'lownward through the funnel c in close contact with the hair eontainod therein, thus obtaining the greatest effect of the heated air by causing a fresh supply to take the place of the air within the funnel which has become loaded with moisture from the hair. This downward draft of the heated air from the roots of the hair toward the ends of the same has a tendency to unsnarl any snarling of the hair and to keep it straight.

It will be obvious that the exact arrangement shown on the drawings-of the different parts constitutingmy apparatus is not essential to the working thereof, as the same may be varied atv will, and, for instance, the fan I may be arranged so as to force cool air into the heated chamber A there to be hcated,and by so doing force the heated air from said chamber through the tube 0 and out of the mouthpiece thereon.

I do not wish to confine myself to the use of any partici'ihtr means for heating the air nor to the particular means employed forconveying the heated air, as said parts might be varied at will, within the scope of mechanical shill, without departing from my invention; also the receptacle might be held in thehauds of the operator instead of being made adjust:- ablc upon a stand.

In order to hold the hair in its proper place within the receptacle tocause the heated air to pass through it and prevent it from clinging to the sides of' the same,I provide thereceptacle with abridge or rest a which extends across the body of the receptacle and over which the hair passes from the head causing the heated air to mingle thoroughly with the hair thus drying it evenly and much more quickly.

Having thus fully described the nature,

construction, and operation of my invention, I wish to secure by Letters Patent and claim- 1. In a hair drying apparatus,. a funnel open from end to end into which the hair to be dried is placed, combined with a tube located above the funnel through which heated air is forced from a source of heated air sup ply and so arranged as to cause the air discharged therefrom to be deflected by the head of the person whose hairis being dried, down ward through said funnel and hair contained therein, from the roots of the hair toward the ends of the same, substantially as set forth.

2. In a hair drying apparatus, a funnel open from end to end into which this hair to be dried is placed and a tube located above the funnel through which heated air is forced from a source of heated air supply, so arranged as to cause the air discharged therefrom to be deflected by the head of the person whose hair is being dried downward through said funnel and hair contained therein from the roots of the hair toward the ends of the tsaine, combined with an adjustable hood upon the funnel to partially inclose the head of the person whose hair is being dried, to collect the air from the tube and to guide it downward through the fuiinel and the hair contained therein, for the purpose set forth.

3. In a hair drying apparatus having a receptacle within which the hair is placed to'be dried and a tube to convey heated air under pressure from which the air is forced through said receptacle and the hair contained therein,

the combination, with said receptacle, or abridge or rest for the hair, arranged within the receptacle to properly hold the hair to prevent it from clinging to the sides of the recop tacle and to cause the heated air to. mingle thoroughly with the hair, in order to-dry it evenly and quickly, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto setuny hand this 31st day of May, A. D. 1892.

JOHN MACIIADO. Vitnesscs: I

HENRY CIIADBOURN, CHARLES W. JoNEs.

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