Hair Styling Device

Abstract

A hair styling device includes a styling rod and a handle connected with the styling rod, which features a holding device and a pivoting cap connected to the holding device. The cap can be pivoted between an opening and closing position and serves to close the housing for the gas cartridge. The inside of the cap features in the area of its free end contact parts, which are designed to exert, upon closure of the cap, a displacement force on the gas cartridge in axial direction of the device. As a result, by closing the cap, the gas cartridge is moved directly into operating position during which a needle valve is inserted in a valve of the gas cartridge by displacing the gas cartridge. In addition, in the area of its linkage to the holding device, the cap features a clamp which, upon opening of the cap, exerts an axial displacement force on the gas cartridge in longitudinal direction of the device toward the handle's end of the hair styling device and thus brings it into a position of removal.

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       16 . A hair styling device comprising:
 a hair styling rod, and   a graspable housing connected to the styling rod, the housing defining a gas cartridge compartment; and   a cover positionable to close the gas cartridge compartment;   wherein the cover is connected to the housing with a pivot connection, such that the cover is movable between an open position and a closed position.   
   
   
       17 . The hair styling device of  claim 16 , further comprising a locking mechanism to lock the cover in the open position. 
   
   
       18 . The hair styling device of  claim 16 , further comprising a gas cartridge positioned within the compartment. 
   
   
       19 . The hair styling device of  claim 18 , configured such that closing the cover moves the gas cartridge along an axial direction of the hair styling device into an operating position. 
   
   
       20 . The hair styling device of  claim 18 , wherein the cover includes a gas cartridge contact surface spaced from the pivot connection and disposed on a side of the cover that faces the cartridge compartment in the closed position. 
   
   
       21 . The hair styling device of  claim 20 , wherein the gas cartridge contact surface is configured such that closing the cover forces the cartridge toward the forming rod. 
   
   
       22 . The hair styling device of  claim 18 , configured such that opening the cover moves the gas cartridge in an axial direction of the hair styling device into a take-out position. 
   
   
       23 . The hair styling device  claim 18 , wherein the cover includes a protrusion adjacent the pivot connection and extending from a side of the cover that faces the cartridge compartment in the closed position. 
   
   
       24 . The hair styling device  claim 23 , wherein the protrusion is configured to force the cartridge away from the forming rod in a release position as the cover is opened. 
   
   
       25 . The hair styling device of  claim 18 , wherein the housing includes means for moving the cover from the closed position to a take-out position. 
   
   
       26 . The hair styling device of  claim 22 , wherein the cover includes a spring element that biases the cover toward the take-out position. 
   
   
       27 . The hair styling device  claim 25 , further comprising a cover release clement embedded in an end of the housing. 
   
   
       28 . The hair styling device of  claim 16 , wherein the housing includes an interior wall that forms an end of the gas cartridge compartment at an end of the housing. 
   
   
       29 . The hair styling device of  claim 28 , wherein the wall and the cover are configured to engage in a snap connection. 
   
   
       30 . The hair styling device of  claim 29 , further comprising a release element configured to be activated against a spring to unlatch the snap connection. 
   
   
       31 . The hair styling device of  claim 30 , wherein the spring is formed of a single piece of material. 
   
   
       32 . The hair styling device of  claim 16 , wherein the housing and the cover have coordinated outlines constituting a cylinder-like form in the closed position. 
   
   
       33 . The hair styling device of  claim 32 , wherein the cylinder-like form narrows towards an end of the housing away from the styling rod.