Hand held appliance

Abstract

A hair care appliance and a dock for the appliance, the appliance including a body having an outer wall extending between front and rear ends of the body, a duct extending at least partially along the body within the outer wall, an interior passage extending about the duct for receiving a primary fluid flow, and a primary fluid outlet for emitting the primary fluid flow from the body, wherein the primary fluid outlet is defined by the duct and an inner wall of the body, wherein the primary fluid outlet is in the front end of the body, which comprises an end wall extending radially inwards of the outer wall, the end wall comprising magnetic material, wherein the dock comprises a base for attaching to a surface and magnetic material extending around the base, and wherein the appliance is configured to connect to the dock via magnetic coupling.

1 . A hair care appliance and a dock for the appliance, wherein the appliance comprises a body having an outer wall extending between a front end and a rear end of the body, a duct extending at least partially along the body within the outer wall, an interior passage extending about the duct for receiving a primary fluid flow, and a primary fluid outlet for emitting the primary fluid flow from the body, wherein the primary fluid outlet is defined by the duct and an inner wall of the body, wherein the primary fluid outlet is in the front end of the body and the front end of the body comprises an end wall extending radially inwards of the outer wall and the end wall comprises at least one magnet or a ring of magnetic material, wherein the dock comprises a base for attaching to a surface and a ring of magnetic or magnetised material extending around the base, and wherein the appliance is configured to connect to the dock via magnetic coupling. 
     
     
         2 . The hair care appliance and dock for the appliance of  claim 1 , wherein the appliance comprises a fluid flow path extending between the rear end and the front end and within the duct. 
     
     
         3 . The hair care appliance and dock for the appliance of  claim 2 , wherein the appliance comprises a handle attached to the body and the primary fluid flow path comprises a primary fluid inlet in the handle and a fan unit for drawing fluid into the primary fluid inlet wherein fluid in the fluid flow path is entrained into the duct by fluid flowing through the primary fluid flow path. 
     
     
         4 . A dock for a hair care apparatus, the dock comprising a base for attaching to a surface and a ring of magnetic or magnetised material extending around at least a portion of the base. 
     
     
         5 . The dock of  claim 4 , wherein the base is configured for attaching to a wall, a vanity unit or a wardrobe. 
     
     
         6 . The dock of  claim 4 , wherein the base is configured for attaching to a surface that extends along a vertical plane. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the appliance is a hairdryer. 
     
     
         8 . A hair care assembly comprising:
 a hair care apparatus that comprises:
 a body comprising an outer wall extending between a first end and a second end of the body and an end wall that extends radially inwards of the outer wall at the first end of the body, 
 an inner wall extending at least partially along the body within the outer wall, 
 an interior fluid flow passage, wherein at least a portion of the interior fluid flow passage extends about the inner wall, and 
 a fluid flow opening to the interior fluid flow passage, wherein the fluid flow opening extends about the inner wall and is at least partially defined by the inner wall, 
 wherein the end wall comprises at least one magnet or ring of magnetic or magnetised material that extends around the fluid flow opening; and 
   a dock for the hair care apparatus, the dock comprising:
 a base configured for attaching to a surface, and 
 at least one magnet or ring of magnetic or magnetised material extending around the base, 
   wherein the hair care apparatus and the dock are configured for docking the hair care apparatus to the dock via magnetic coupling between the at least one magnet or ring of magnetic or magnetised material of the hair care apparatus and the at least one magnet or ring of magnetic or magnetised material of the dock.   
     
     
         9 . The hair care assembly of  claim 8 , wherein the dock comprises an inner wall that can engage with the inner wall of the hair care apparatus when the hair care apparatus is docked to the dock. 
     
     
         10 . The hair care assembly of  claim 8 , wherein the base of the dock is configured for attaching to a wall, a vanity unit, or a wardrobe. 
     
     
         11 . The hair care assembly of  claim 8 , wherein the base of the dock is configured for attaching to a surface that extends along a vertical plane. 
     
     
         12 . The hair care assembly of  claim 8 , wherein the hair care apparatus is a hair care appliance. 
     
     
         13 . The hair care assembly of  claim 12 , wherein the hair care appliance is a hair dryer.