Hair Dryer Apparatus

Abstract

A hair dryer apparatus includes a housing with a surrounding sidewall having an inner surface defining an interior and an opposing outer surface, further the sidewall having an inlet and an opposing outlet. In addition, the hair dryer apparatus includes a motor driven blower disposed within the interior, the blower drives airflow from the inlet to the outlet. Additionally, the hair dryer apparatus includes a handle in the form of a clevis shape with the clevis shape having a pair of symmetrically opposed arcuate extensions that have a common origination from a handle stem extension portion that has an opposing free end portion, each arcuate extension terminates in a pivotal connection to the inlet outer surface, the pivotal connections are about a pivotal axis. Operationally, the handle stem extension in a longwise manner has a pivotal movement range from being co-axial to the airflow to being perpendicular to the airflow.

1 . A hair dryer apparatus comprising:
 (a) a housing including a surrounding sidewall being about a longitudinal axis, said surrounding sidewall having an inner surface portion defining a sidewall interior and said surrounding sidewall having an opposing outer surface portion, said surrounding sidewall having an inlet portion and an opposing outlet portion with said longitudinal axis spanning therebetween;   (b) a motor driven blower disposed within said surrounding sidewall interior, said blower is operational to drive airflow from said inlet portion therethrough said sidewall interior to said outlet portion; and   (c) a handle in the form of a clevis shape with said clevis shape having a pair of symmetrically opposed arcuate extensions that have a common origination from a handle stem extension portion, wherein said stem extension portion has an opposing free end portion, wherein each of said arcuate extensions terminate in a pivotal connection to said sidewall outer surface portion of said inlet portion, wherein said pivotal connections are along a common pivotal axis, wherein operationally said handle stem extension portion in a longwise manner along a longwise axis has a pivotal movement range from being co-axial to said longitudinal axis to being substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis.   
     
     
         2 . A hair dryer apparatus according to  claim 1  further comprising an electrical communication rotatable couple that is disposed at said pivotal connection that facilitates a corded electrical power communication for said motor to exit from said free end portion of said stem extension. 
     
     
         3 . A hair dryer apparatus according to  claim 2  wherein said electrical communication rotatable couple is constructed of a plurality of electrically conductive concentric slip rings that are about said pivotal axis, said slip rings are one on one slidably in contact with a plurality of corresponding electrically conductive fingers, wherein operationally said fingers slide as against said slip rings being in accordance with said pivotal movement to allow electrical communication across said pivotal connection during said pivotal movement and when said handle is static in relation to said housing. 
     
     
         4 . A hair dryer apparatus according to  claim 2  wherein said pivotal connection further comprises a means for locking said pivotal movement of said handle to said housing in a plurality of selectable positions within said pivotal movement range. 
     
     
         5 . A hair dryer apparatus according to  claim 4  wherein said means for locking said pivotal movement is constructed of a plurality of recesses disposed upon one of said surrounding sidewall outer surface portion or said arcuate extension terminations, wherein said plurality of recesses removably engage a matching plurality of protrusions disposed upon one of said arcuate extension terminations or said surrounding sidewall outer surface portion. 
     
     
         6 . A hair dryer apparatus according to  claim 2  wherein said sidewall outlet portion terminates in an outlet margin wherein said outlet margin has structure to accommodate a removable engagement of a brush to said outlet margin, said brush having external bristles and having an interior void that is in fluid communication with said sidewall interior, said brush has a plurality of radial openings in relation to said longitudinal axis that allow fluid communication from said void to said bristles, wherein operationally said airflow from said blower can exit therethrough said openings to have said airflow at said bristles. 
     
     
         7 . A hair dryer apparatus according to  claim 2  further comprising a removably engagable structure for said electrical power communication, wherein said removably engagable structure is disposed within said stem free end portion to operationally allow for said corded electrical power communication to be removably engagable to said stem extension portion in an external environment. 
     
     
         8 . A hair dryer apparatus comprising:
 (a) a housing including a surrounding sidewall being about a longitudinal axis, said surrounding sidewall having an inner surface portion defining a sidewall interior and said surrounding sidewall having an opposing outer surface portion, said surrounding sidewall having an inlet portion and an opposing outlet portion with said longitudinal axis spanning therebetween, said inlet portion having a radial mouth opening from said outer surface portion therethrough to said inner surface portion allowing fluid communication from an external environment to said sidewall interior, said mouth opening is about a mouth axis that is positioned substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis;   (b) a motor driven blower disposed within said surrounding sidewall interior, said blower is operational to drive airflow from said inlet portion therethrough said sidewall interior to said outlet portion; and   (c) an annular baffle that is positioned about said longitudinal axis and disposed within said sidewall interior adjacent to said opening, said annular baffle is sized and configured to transition said airflow that is parallel to said mouth axis to be parallel to said longitudinal axis prior to feeding said airflow to said blower, wherein operationally this allows said mouth to be positioned away from a user and adds a sound abatement barrier as between said mouth and said blower.   
     
     
         9 . A hair dryer apparatus according to  claim 8  wherein said annular baffle has an outer periphery that is affixed to said sidewall inner surface portion thus creating an inlet chamber that is in fluid communication with the external environment and said mouth, said annular baffle having an inner opening from said inlet chamber to direct said airflow to a central portion of said blower to minimize a suction noise of said blower via covering an outer portion of said blower that has a higher tip speed and more noise. 
     
     
         10 . A hair dryer apparatus according to  claim 8  further comprising a handle in the form of a clevis shape with said clevis shape having a pair of symmetrically opposed arcuate extensions that have a common origination from a handle stem extension portion, wherein said stem extension portion has an opposing free end portion, wherein each of said arcuate extensions terminate in a pivotal connection to said sidewall outer surface portion of said inlet portion, wherein said pivotal connections are along a common pivotal axis, wherein operationally said handle stem extension portion in a longwise manner along a longwise axis has a pivotal movement range from being co-axial to said longitudinal axis to being substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis. 
     
     
         11 . A hair dryer apparatus according to  claim 10  further comprising an electrical communication rotatable couple that is disposed at said pivotal connection that facilitates a corded electrical power communication for said motor to exit from said free end portion of said stem extension. 
     
     
         12 . A hair dryer apparatus according to  claim 11  wherein said electrical communication rotatable couple is constructed of a plurality of electrically conductive concentric slip rings that are about said pivotal axis, said slip rings are one on one slidably in contact with a plurality of corresponding electrically conductive fingers, wherein operationally said fingers slide as against said slip rings being in accordance with said pivotal movement to allow electrical communication across said pivotal connection during said pivotal movement and when said handle is static in relation to said housing. 
     
     
         13 . A hair dryer apparatus according to  claim 10  wherein said pivotal connection further comprises a means for locking said pivotal movement of said handle to said housing in a plurality of selectable positions within said pivotal movement range. 
     
     
         14 . A hair dryer apparatus according to  claim 13  wherein said means for locking said pivotal movement is constructed of a plurality of recesses disposed upon one of said surrounding sidewall outer surface portion or said arcuate extension terminations, wherein said plurality of recesses removably engage a matching plurality of protrusions disposed upon one of said arcuate extension terminations or said surrounding sidewall outer surface portion. 
     
     
         15 . A hair dryer apparatus according to  claim 8  wherein said sidewall outlet portion terminates in an outlet margin wherein said outlet margin has structure to accommodate a removable engagement of a brush to said outlet margin, said brush having external bristles and having an interior void that is in fluid communication with said sidewall interior, said brush has a plurality of radial openings in relation to said longitudinal axis that allow fluid communication from said void to said bristles, wherein operationally said airflow from said blower can exit therethrough said openings to have said airflow at said bristles. 
     
     
         16 . A hair dryer apparatus according to  claim 11  further comprising a removably engagable structure for said electrical power communication, wherein said removably engagable structure is disposed within said stem free end portion to operationally allow for said corded electrical power communication to be removably engagable to said stem extension portion in the external environment. 
     
     
         17 . A method of using a hair dryer apparatus comprising the steps of:
 (a) providing a hair dryer apparatus that includes a housing with a surrounding sidewall being about a longitudinal axis, said surrounding sidewall having an inner surface portion defining a sidewall interior and said surrounding sidewall having an opposing outer surface portion, said surrounding sidewall having an inlet portion and an opposing outlet portion with said longitudinal axis spanning therebetween, said hair dryer apparatus further includes a motor driven blower disposed within said surrounding sidewall interior, said blower in operational to drive airflow from said inlet portion therethrough said sidewall interior to said outlet portion, also included is said hair dryer apparatus is a handle in the form of a clevis shape with said clevis shape having a pair of symmetrically opposed arcuate extensions that have a common origination from a handle stem extension portion, wherein said stem extension portion has an opposing free end portion, wherein each of said arcuate extensions terminate in a pivotal connection to said sidewall outer surface portion of said inlet portion, wherein said pivotal connections are along a common pivotal axis, wherein operationally said handle stem extension portion in a longwise manner along a longwise axis has a pivotal movement range from being co-axial to said longitudinal axis to being substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, further included on the hair dryer apparatus wherein said outlet portion terminates in an outlet margin wherein said outlet margin has structure to accommodate a removable engagement of a plurality of brushes each having external bristles and having an interior void that is in fluid communication with said sidewall interior, each said brush has a plurality of radial openings in relation to said longitudinal axis that allow fluid communication from said void to said bristles, wherein operationally said airflow from said blower can exit therethrough said openings to have said airflow at said bristles;   (b) wrapping a portion of a head of hair about said hair brush such that the portion of hair is in contact with said bristles;   (c) activating said blower to drive said airflow therethrough the portion of hair that is wrapped about said hair brush for a selected time period;   (d) removing said brush from said outlet margin of said hair dryer leaving said brush in place with the portion of hair wrapped about said brush keeping said brush in use upon the head of hair;   
     
     
         18 . A method of using a hair dryer apparatus according to  claim 17  further comprising steps of grasping an additional unused brush and engaging said unused brush to said outlet margin of said hair dryer then repeating said steps (b), (c), and (d).