Attachment for hair dryers
View Patent ↗By providing a plurality of portals in a housing which forms a hair dryer attachment which is merely fixed to the exist portal of any conventional hair dryer, a hair dryer attachment is realized which is capable of substantially reducing the drying time required for drying the hair of any individual, while also being easily employed and comfortable. In the preferred embodiment, at least one raised, sloping panel is formed adjacent the inlet portal of the attachment with the panel sloping outwardly from the generally circular shaped inlet portal. In addition, a plurality of apertures or portals are formed in the panel for enabling ambient air to freely flow therethrough. In this way, the heated air flowing through the central portion of the attachment creates a low-pressure zone on the inside surface of the portals, drawing ambient air through the portals into the interior of the hair dryer attachment, thereby enabling the quantity of the air reaching the hair of the user is substantially increased.
1. An attachment for a hair dryer constructed for enhancing the efficacy of the hair dryer, said attachment comprising:
A. an elongated, generally cylindrically shaped housing defining an airflow passageway for the heated air exiting the hair dryer, and having a proximal end constructed for being securely affixed to the outlet end of the hair dryer and a distal end constructed for providing a widely dispersed flow of the heated air passing therethrough, and
B. a plurality of apertures formed into housing and constructed for enabling ambient air to pass through the apertures into the airflow passageway,
whereby ambient air is drawn into the heated airflow for substantially increasing the volume of air passing through the distal end of the housing, thereby increasing the speed with which the hair is dried, wherein said housing is further defined as incorporating at least one outwardly extending, raised cavity integrally formed therein and incorporating at least one portal formed in the raised cavity.
2. The attachment defined in claim 1 , wherein said housing comprises two separate and independent raised cavities formed therein and positioned diametrically opposed from each other.
3. The attachment defined in claim 1 , wherein said outwardly extending, raised cavity is further defined as being formed by two, cooperating, sloping surfaces, a first surface which extends upwardly from the proximal side of the housing and a second surface which extends from the terminating edge of the first surface downwardly towards the distal end of the housing.
4. The attachment defined in claim 3 , wherein said first surface is further defined as comprising a plurality of portals formed therein.
5. The attachment defined in claim 4 , wherein each of said plurality of portals is further defined as comprising elongated slots formed in the first surface with each slot longitudinally extending along a substantial area of the first surface, and being aligned with each other in juxtaposed, spaced, relationship.
6. The attachment defined in claim 1 , wherein said attachment further comprises a cylindrically shaped tube member mounted in the housing coaxially aligned with at least the proximal end of the housing, with said tube member extending from the proximal end of the housing to its distal end terminating within the housing.
7. The attachment defined in claim 6 , wherein the distal end of the tube member is further defined as terminating in spaced alignment with the portals of the raised cavity.
8. The attachment defined in claim 7 , wherein said tube member is further defined as having a generally truncated conical shape, with the diameter of the proximal end being greater than the diameter of the distal end.
9. The attachment defined in claim 8 , wherein the distal end of the tube member is further defined as being cooperatively associated with the outwardly extending, raised cavity formed in the housing, effectively establishing a pocket or zone therebetween.
10. The attachment defined in claim 9 , wherein the pocket or zone is further defined as comprising a reduced pressure level whenever air is flowing through the truncated, conically shaped tube member, thereby causing ambient air to be drawn into said pocket or zone through the portals formed in the cavity of the housing.
11. The attachment defined in claim 9 , wherein the pocket or zone is further defined as comprising a reduced pressure level whenever air is flowing through the truncated, conically shaped tube member, thereby causing ambient air to be drawn into said pocket or zone through the portals formed in the cavity of the housing.
12. The attachment defined in claim 11 , wherein the distal end thereof is further defined as comprising an enlarged, generally oval shaped configuration formed by arcuately curved, diverging sidewalls, enabling increased airflow to be widely dispersed onto the hair of the user.
13. The attachment defined in claim 1 , wherein the distal end thereof is further defined as comprising an enlarged, generally oval shaped configuration formed by arcuately curved, diverging sidewalls, enabling increased airflow to be widely dispersed onto the hair of the user.
14. The attachment defined in claim 1 , and further comprising:
C. a movable flow control member mounted to the housing in cooperating relationship with the portals formed therein, said flow control member incorporating at least one enlarged portal position in overlying, cooperating relationship with the portal of the housing, whereby movement of the flow control member relative to the housing causes the effective open passageway from the ambient to the interior of the housing to be controllably altered, whereby the air capable of flowing through the passageway is quickly and easily controlled.
15. An attachment for a hair dryer constructed for enhancing the efficacy of the hair dryer, said attachment comprising:
A. an elongated, generally cylindrically shaped housing defining an airflow passageway for the heated air exiting the hair dryer, and having a proximal end constructed for being securely affixed to the outlet end of the hair dryer and a distal end constructed for providing a widely dispersed flow of the heated air passing therethrough,
B. at least one outwardly extending, raised cavity integrally formed therein and incorporating a plurality of apertures formed therein and constructed for enabling ambient air to pass through the apertures into the airflow passageway, and
C. a cylindrically shaped tube member mounted in the housing coaxially aligned with at least the proximal end of the housing, with said tube member extending from the proximal end of the housing to its distal end terminating within the housing in cooperating relationship with the raised cavity and forming a pocket or zone therebetween;
whereby ambient air is drawn into the heated airflow for substantially increasing the volume of air passing through the distal end of the housing, thereby increasing the speed with which the hair is dried.
16. The attachment defined in claim 15 , wherein said tube member is further defined as having a generally truncated conical shape, with the diameter of the proximal end being greater than the diameter of the distal end.
17. The attachment defined in claim 15 , and further comprising:
D. a movable flow control member mounted to the housing in cooperating relationship with the portals formed therein, said flow control member incorporating at least one enlarged portal position in overlying, cooperating relationship with the portal of the housing, whereby movement of the flow control member relative to the housing causes the effective open passageway from the ambient to the interior of the housing to be controllably altered, whereby the air capable of flowing through the passageway is quickly and easily controlled.