Attachment for a handheld appliance

Abstract

An attachment for a hair styling apparatus, wherein the attachment includes an air inlet for receiving airflow from the hair styling apparatus, an elongate slot-shaped air outlet, a duct for conveying air from the air inlet to the air outlet, a bar mounted within the duct and along the length of the air outlet; and a series of comb teeth mounted on the bar. The bar is flexible and enables resilient movement of the comb teeth.

1 . An attachment for a hair styling apparatus, the attachment comprising:
 an air inlet for receiving airflow from the hair styling apparatus;   an elongate slot-shaped air outlet;   a duct for conveying air from the air inlet to the air outlet;   a bar mounted within the duct and along the length of the air outlet; and   a series of comb teeth mounted on the bar, wherein the bar is adapted to flex torsionally.   
     
     
         2 . The attachment of  claim 1 , wherein the bar is adapted to flex in a plane orthogonal to the length of the air outlet. 
     
     
         3 . The attachment of  claim 1 , wherein each tooth in the series of comb teeth has a first end positioned within the duct and a second end disposed beyond the air outlet in a downstream direction, and the bar is adapted to enable each tooth to describe a spherical sector about an axis of the first end of the tooth. 
     
     
         4 . The attachment of  claim 1 , wherein the bar comprises a securing means at each end for mounting the bar within the duct. 
     
     
         5 . The attachment of  claim 4 , wherein the securing means provides a fixed join. 
     
     
         6 . The attachment of  claim 4 , wherein the securing means provides a pivoted join. 
     
     
         7 . The attachment of  claim 1 , wherein the bar is formed of a flexible material. 
     
     
         8 . The attachment of  claim 7 , wherein the bar is formed of a nylon material. 
     
     
         9 . The attachment according to of  claim 1 , wherein the bar and the series of comb teeth are formed as a single entity.