US 6,499,195 B1 Hair curler heating appliance Ying Man John Wong,
Shatin (China) Assigned to Raymond Electric (China) Ltd.,
Shatin (China) Filed on 13-Sep-2001, as Appl. No. Raymond Electric (China) Ltd.,
Shatin (China) Int. Cl.7A45D 4/12
U.S. Cl. 21-222
12 Claims
US 6,499,195 B1
Hair curler heating appliance
Ying Man John Wong,
Shatin (China)
Assigned to Raymond Electric (China) Ltd.,
Shatin (China)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/951,539.
Int. Cl.7A45D 4/12
U.S. Cl. 218212;222
12 Claims
1. A hair curler heating appliance comprising:
a plurality of heating posts, each heating post comprising:
a vertically disposed generally cylindrical thermally conductive tube, said tube extending from a closed upper end to an open
bottom end and having an axis; and
a heater surrounded by said tube and disposed generally along said axis, said heater extending substantially from said closed
end to said open end;
a thermally conductive base plate to which said conductive tubes are secured such that at least a portion of the heat generated
by said heater is transferred to said base plate;
a thermostat arranged to sense the temperature of said base plate and disconnect power to said heaters when said base plate
reaches a predetermined temperature; and
a plurality of curlers, each said curler comprising a thermally conductive inner tube configured to closely receive one said
heating post,
wherein a mated heating post and hair curler inner tube define a heat transfer interface surrounding each said heater.