Powered Rotary Hair Styling Tool

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The disclosure relates to hair styling tools and more particularly pertains to a new powered rotary hair styling tool for automatically twisting a comb when creating and styling dreadlocks, also known as dreads or locs, which are rope-like strands of hair. One way to create dreadlocks is by twisting the hair using a comb. The powered rotary hair styling tool uses powered rotation to alleviate the effort of manual twisting.

The prior art relates to hair styling tools. The prior art, as best understood, does not disclose hair twisting comb that is comprised of a handheld hair grooming device with a small cylindrical handle that contains a battery powered motor assembly which is used to rotate a comb head which contains a plurality of short tines that are configured to assist in forming and maintaining dreadlocks.

An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above in a powered rotary hair styling tool generally comprising an elongated housing, a drive arrangement positioned in the housing that includes a rotary motor and a power unit operatively connected thereto, and a comb that includes a shaft and teeth extending from the shaft. The shaft includes a projecting portion that extends into the housing and is operatively connected to the rotary motor to permit the rotary motor to rotate the shaft about its longitudinal axis.

There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.

The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.

With reference now to the drawings, and in particular tothereof, a new powered rotary hair styling tool embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeralwill be described.

As best illustrated in, the powered rotary hair styling toolgenerally comprises an elongated housing, a drive arrangementpositioned in the housingthat includes a rotary motorand a power unitoperatively connected thereto, and a combthat includes a shaftand teethextending from the shaft. The shaftincludes a projecting portionthat extends into the housingand is operatively connected to the rotary motorto permit the rotary motorto rotate the shaftabout its longitudinal axis.

As shown in, the combincludes a hair hookhaving a greater length than any of the teeth, wherein the hair hookis positioned at a distal end of the shaftaway from the housing. The teethproject radially from the shaftand are aligned in a row, though the teethcan be offset or positioned in a different relationship in one possible embodiment. Each of the teethhave the same length, though different-sized teethare within the scope of the disclosure. In the alternative embodiment shown in, the combcan include two sets of the teethprojecting in opposite directions from the shaft.

The housingincludes an ergonomic outer surface to be held by a user, which outer surface can be a cylindrical shape, as shown in, though other designs, such as an outer surface that includes finger grip grooves, are within the scope of the disclosure.

The power unitincludes a rechargeable batteryand a charging portpositioned in the housing. The charging portcan be a USB port as shown in. The drive arrangementincludes a power buttonpositioned to project out of the housingand that is operatively connected to the rotary motor. In one possible embodiment, the rotary motoris designed to automatically reverse and rotate in the opposite direction after a set number of rotations or time. In another possible embodiment as shown in, the drive arrangementincludes a switchpositioned to project out of the housingand is operatively connected to the rotary motorto permit a user to selectively change the direction of rotation.

To use the powered rotary hair styling toolto style or create dreadlocks, as shown in, the user, such as a hairstylist, engages the combwith the hair of a person, using the hair hookto initiate the engagement and the teethto complete the engagement. The user presses the power buttonto initiate the rotation. Depending on the design of the powered rotary hair styling tool, the user can press the power buttonagain to stop rotation or the rotary motorcan stop rotation automatically after a set time or number of rotations. The user can also change the direction of rotation, either automatically after a set time or number of rotations, or manually by switching the switch.

With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.

Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.