Ion and/or ozone producing hair setting assembly

Abstract

There is provided a hair setting assembly having a housing with one or more heating elements. The elements cooperate with one or more heatable hair rollers. The hair setting assembly also has one or more ion and/or ozone emitters for emitting ions and/or ozone. Further, the hair setting assembly has a housing with a lid portion, and a base portion for selectively covering the heatable hair rollers and the one or more ion and/or ozone emitters, and a support connectable to the housing so that the housing can be tilted about an axis in at least one direction through a specified angle while sitting on a surface.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A hair setting assembly comprising: 
 a housing having one or more heating elements enclosed therein for cooperating with one or more heatable hair rollers; and    one or more ion and/or ozone emitters for emitting said ions and/or ozone.    
     
     
         2 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said housing allows for selective access to said one or more heatable hair rollers.  
     
     
         3 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said housing has a base portion and a lid portion.  
     
     
         4 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 3 , wherein said lid portion has at least two sections each individually connected to said base portion.  
     
     
         5 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 4 , wherein said at least two sections are independently operative to selectively cover said one or more heatable hair rollers and/or said one or more ion/ozone emitters.  
     
     
         6 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said housing is relatively compact to facilitate both convenient portability and easy storage.  
     
     
         7 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said one or more heatable rollers have an inner conductive surface.  
     
     
         8 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said one or more heatable hair rollers have an outer surface of non-conductive material.  
     
     
         9 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 8 , wherein said outer surface provides a visible temperature indicator.  
     
     
         10 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 8 , wherein said outer surface is formed from a temperature sensitive material.  
     
     
         11 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 8 , wherein said outer surface is textured.  
     
     
         12 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 8 , wherein said outer surface is soft.  
     
     
         14 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 8 , wherein said one outer surface is exposed to said ions and/or ozone.  
     
     
         15 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said one or more ion and/or ozone emitters selectively produce ions and/or ozone of different polarity.  
     
     
         16 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said one or more ion and/or ozone emitters provide a variety of voltage outputs.  
     
     
         17 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said one or more ion and/or ozone emitters are formed from a conductive metal.  
     
     
         18 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said one or more ion and/or ozone emitters are formed from a conductive polymer.  
     
     
         19 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said one or more ion and/or ozone emitters are formed from a conductive silicon.  
     
     
         20 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said one or more ion and/or ozone emitters form an array.  
     
     
         21 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said ions and/or ozone satiate the atmosphere to expose the hair and/or body of a user to said ions and/or ozone.  
     
     
         22 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 1 , wherein said one or more ion and/or ozone emitters are positioned in a casing integral with said housing.  
     
     
         23 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 22 , wherein said casing is selectively removable from said housing.  
     
     
         24 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising one or more ion and/or ozone generators operatively connected with said one or more ion and/or ozone emitters for generating ions and/or ozone.  
     
     
         25 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 24 , wherein said one or more ion and/or ozone generators selectively produce ions and/or ozone of different polarity.  
     
     
         26 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 24 , wherein said one or more ion and/or ozone generators provide a variety of voltage outputs.  
     
     
         27 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising a base connected to said housing so that said housing can move on said base.  
     
     
         28 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 27 , wherein said housing can be tilted about an axis of rotation that is an axis of the vertical extent of said housing.  
     
     
         29 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 28 , wherein said housing can be tilted about said axis through a predetermined angle.  
     
     
         30 . The hair setting assembly of  claim 29 , wherein said tilting action is such that a user can more easily access said one or more heatable rollers and conveniently manipulate the direction of emission of said emitted ions and/or ozone.  
     
     
         31 . A hair setting assembly comprising: 
 a housing for enclosing one or more heating elements, said one or more heating elements supporting and heating one or more heatable hair rollers;    one or more ion and/or ozone emitters for emitting ions and/or ozone;    a lid selectively covering said one or more heatable hair rollers and said one or more ion emitters; and    a base being connected to said housing, said housing being tiltable about an axis in at least one direction through a specified angle.    
     
     
         32 . A hair setting assembly comprising: 
 a housing having one or more first heating elements enclosed therein for cooperating with one or more heatable hair rollers;    one or more ion and/or ozone emitters for emitting ions and/or ozone; and    at least one steam mechanism for generating steam, wherein said steam selectively receives ions and/or ozone.    
     
     
         33 . An ionic hair setting assembly comprising: 
 a housing having one or more heating elements enclosed therein;    one or more heatable hair rollers cooperative with said one or more heating elements, said one or more hair rollers having at least one thermally insulated end; and    a temperature sensitive visual indicator associated with at least one of said one or more heatable hair rollers.    
     
     
         34 . A compact ionic hair setting assembly comprising: 
 a compact housing for holding one or more heatable hair rollers, said one or more heatable hair rollers having a temperature sensitive surface and at least one thermally insulated end,    wherein said one or more heatable rollers are conditioned with negative ions.    
     
     
         35 . An ionic hair setting assembly comprising: 
 a housing having one or more heating elements enclosed therein;    one or more heatable hair rollers cooperative with said one or more heating elements, said one or more heatable hair rollers having a temperature sensitive surface and at least one thermally insulated end;    one or more ion and/or ozone emitters for emitting said ions and/or ozone; and    a temperature sensitive visual indicator associated with at least one of said one or more heatable hair rollers.