Axial fan hair dryer

Details

Inventors: Bonnema, James V.;
Assignee: The Gillette Company (Boston, MA)
Primary Examiner: Yuen; Henry C.
Assistant Examiner: Joyce; Harold
Attorney, Agent or Firm: De Vellis; Raymond J.

A hand-held portable axial fan hair dryer having an air inlet and an air outlet is provided with a shield and collar assembly proximate the air inlet to substantially prevent hair knotting and tangling. Hair styling attachments, such as a comb or brush, may be removably attached proximate the air outlet.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION It is an object of this invention to provide an axial fan hair dryer which may be used in a safe and convenient manner in close proximity to the hair.
It is another object of this invention to provide a compact axial fan hair dryer which substantially prevents hair knotting and tangling problems.
It is a further object of this invention to provide an axial fan compact hair dryer which may be used with a plurality of styling attachments which includes means for substantially preventing hair entanglement of the user without unreasonably interfering with the air flow dynamics of the system.
Briefly stated, and according to an aspect of this invention, an axial fan hair dryer is provided which substantially prevents hair entanglement problems by means of a stationary shield and a rotating collar without detrimentally affecting the air flow characteristics of the system.

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