US610072A

US610072A - edward mink

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Publication number: US610072A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1898-08-30
Anticipated expiration: 1915-08-30

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N0. 6|0,U72. Patented Aug. 30, I898.

E. MINK. APPARATUS FOR USE IN DRYING LADIES" HAIR.

(Apylication filed Sept. 8, 18973.

(No Model.)

mien/fox larard Min/Z. g AW hair-dryer, which at its top is preferably semilocated a Bunsen burner 3, which may be of ilnrlrnn ST TES- A'l i Nfr Utrroh.

EDWVARD MINK, OF CATSKILL, NEi/V'YORK.

APPARATUS FOR USE IN DRYING LADIES HAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Batent No. 610,072, dated August so, 1898.

Application filed September 8, 1897. $erial No. 650,971. No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD MINK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Catskill, in the county of Greene and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Use in Drying Ladies Hair After the Same has been Washed or Shampooed, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an apparatus for use in drying ladies hair by means of a blast of warm air after the hair has been washed or shampooed. In devices heretofore employed for this purpose great difficulty has been experienced in regulating the heat-supply and in applying it evenly and at the same temperature to all parts of the scalp and hair and in sufficient quantity and with sufficient force to thoroughly dry the same.

It is an object of my invention to provide a machine for the purpose stated that will dry the hair evenly all over the head at the same time with an agreeable warm jbreeze, regulated in temperature to suit the customer and prevent any liability to steam the scalp 0r bake or burn the hair.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a convenient and inexpensive means for causing the air-blast; and still further objects of the invention relate to certain details of construction and operation of parts, all of which will more fully hereinafter appear.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the machine in position for use and connected with a suitable gas-supply and with a motor for running the fan. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation; and Fig. 3 is a rear elevation, partly in section the casing being broken away to show the operating parts of the fan.

The numeral 1 indicates the casing of the circular in shape in longitudinal section, as shown. The casing lis open at its bottom end and is supported a slight distance above the ground on legs 2, whereby'to admit air at the ordinary atmospheric temperature into the casing. At the bottom of the casing is any preferred construction and which may be supported in the casing by the legs 2 or in any other suitable manner. A pipe 4, having a cock 5, connects the burner with a suitable gas-supply, and a door 6, located near the bottom of the casing, affords an entrance into the casing to the burner. w

' At the top ofthe casing a journal-bearing 7 is secured atone side, which supportsashaft 8. At its outer end this shaft carries a pulley 9 and at its other end, within the casing, a fan 10. A suitable circular casing 11 incloses the fan and is secured in the top of the outer casing. The casing 1 is provided with a discharge-port 13, and the fan-casing 11 has an opening 14:, registering with said dischargeport, and also openings 15 in its sides to admit the'heated air. A spout or funnel 16, having the flared end 17, is connected at the discharge-port 13 to the casing and serves in practice to direct the air-blast to the hair of the customer. A cone-shapedpiece 18, having at its base a less circumferencethan the outer end of the flaring portion 17, is removably secured in an inverted position within said flaring portion by means of brace-pieces 1 9 in such manner as to leave an air-space 20 between the base of said cone and the wall of the funnel. The cone 18 may be termed a distributer, and when used tends to de liver the air in a thin sheet to the hair.

At the left of Fig. 1 I have shown a watermotor A, which is connected with the ordinary water-pipe a of the house by a pipe Z), having a stop-cock c. A chain or rope d con= nects a pulley e on the shaft of the motor A with the pulley 9 on the fan-shaft to impart a rotary motion to the latter. The stop-cock c is located between the motor and the ordinary faucet f of the house-pipe, so that the water may be shut off from the motor by turn- 0 ing the cock 0 and at the same time permit water to be drawn from the faucet f for the ordinary uses of the establishment.

In operation the customer is placed in suit able proximity to the machine, and the gas having been lighted at the burner 3 the cock 0 is opened to admit water to the motor A, which will impart a rotary motion to the fan 10 by means of the chain or roped. Air enters at the bottom of the casing, is heated by I00 the burner 3, passes through the openings 15 into the fan-casing, and is thence discharged through the openings 14 13 and spout or funnel 16 to the hair of the customer. The distributer 18 may or may not be used, according to the requirements of the case. By means of the cock the supply of gas delivered to 2 the burner may be regulated and the temcustomer. As the air-blast isdirected against cooler.

the hair the customer or an attendant, if desired, will lift the hair with the hands and manipulate it in the Well-known manner, so that the Warm air will reach all portions thereof, and as the hair dries the cock 5 is turned from time to time to diminish the heatsupply, and the air-blast becomes gradually This may be continued, if desired, until the burner has been entirely shut 0E and only cold air delivered to the hair. By this arrangement all snapping or breaking of the hair, due to sudden change in temperature, is avoided, and all liability to cold from the same cause is obviated. The use of my device also renders unnecessary the application of heated plates to the hair or the rubbing of the head with cloths to assist in drying the hair. The entire operation consumes about five minutes, and the hair is thoroughly dried and left in a soft pliable condition.

While I have shown and prefer to use a hydraulic motor for running the fan, it is evident that any other suitable means may be employed, and should an electric motor be used its shaft could be made integral with the shaft of the fan.

It is apparent that I may use the device for directing cold air onto the hair, in which case the burner 3 would not be used.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. A hair-drier comprising an upright casing having an open bottom for the admission of air and an air-discharge opening at the top, a heater located at the bottom of and supporting the said casing, a fan mounted in the top of said casing and in proximity to the discharge-opening, a circular casing inclosing said fan and having air-inlet openings and a discharge-opening registering with the discharge-opening of the outer casing, a funnel secured to said casing at its discharge-opening for directing the air-blast, and means for revolving the said fan, substantially as described.

2. In a hair-drier, the combination with a casing having an air inlet opening, a discharge-opening, a heater located at the inletopening and a fan revolubly mounted in said casing in proximity to the discharge-opening, of a funnel secured to said casing at its discharge-opening for directing the air-b1ast,and a distributer removably secured in said funnel for diminishing the volume of the airblast, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWVARD MINK.

WVitnesses:

ELLA M. FULLER, VIoToR BRAMSON.