Dehumidifying hair dryer

Abstract

A dehumidifying hair dryer comprising: a housing having an air handling assembly carried by the housing; a filter included in air handling assembly configured to receive ambient air from an inlet end wherein the filter is removable from the air handling assembly; an evaporator coil configured to receive air from the first filter; a condenser coil configured to receive air from the evaporator coil; a first fan configured to move air from an ambient location through the air handling assembly; a heating element configured to receive air from the condenser coil; and, a second fan configured to move air into a hood. A dehumidifier can be included to remove moisture from the ambient air thereby requiring less heating for faster drying times.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A hair dryer comprising:
 a housing having an inlet and a hood;   a fan carried by the housing to draw an ambient air into the housing;   a condenser coil carried by the housing adapted to cool the ambient air producing a drier air through condensation of moisture from the ambient air;   a heating element carried by the housing adapted to heat the drier air;   an outlet included in the housing adapted to direct heated air to the hood.   
     
     
         2 . The hair dryer of  claim 1  including a container received in the housing and adapted to collect the moisture generated from the condenser coil. 
     
     
         3 . The hair dryer of  claim 1  including a filter carried by the housing adapted to remove particulates from the ambient air prior to the condenser coil. 
     
     
         4 . The hair dryer of  claim 1  including an evaporator coil operatively associated with the condenser coil to produce drier air through condensation of moisture from the ambient air. 
     
     
         5 . The hair dryer of  claim 1  including a basin carried by the housing to collect moisture removed from ambient air. 
     
     
         6 . The hair dryer of  claim 1  including a cartridge removably carried by the housing wherein the cartridge includes the fan, condenser coil, heating element and any combination thereof. 
     
     
         7 . The hair dryer of  claim 6  including a catch basin removably carried by the cartridge. 
     
     
         8 . The hair dryer of  claim 1  wherein the hood is a first hood, the outlet is a first outlet and a second outlet is included in the housing for directing heated air to a second hood carried by the housing. 
     
     
         9 . The hair dryer of  claim 1  including a liquid outlet in fluid communications with the condenser coil adapted to direct liquid to a drain. 
     
     
         10 . The hair dryer of  claim 1  where the fan is a first fan and the first fan is positioned generally vertically relative to the hood and a second fan is positioned generally horizontally relative to the hood. 
     
     
         11 . The hair dryer of  claim 1  wherein the hood includes a front opening for improving access to the hood by a user. 
     
     
         12 . A hair dryer comprising:
 a housing having an inlet and a hood;   a fan carried by the housing to draw ambient air into the housing;   a dehumidifier carried by the housing adapted to produce drier air from the ambient air through condensation of moisture from the ambient air;   a heating element carried by the housing adapted to heat the drier air to produce heated air;   an outlet included in the housing adapted to direct heated air to the hood.   
     
     
         13 . The hair dryer of  claim 12  including a filter in an airflow path that include the dehumidifier and the heating element. 
     
     
         14 . The hair dryer of  claim 12  including a cartridge removable from the housing and for containing a filter, the fan, the dehumidifier, the heating element and any combination thereof. 
     
     
         15 . The hair dryer of  claim 12  having a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of air expelled from the hood where the temperature sensor is configured to place the hair dryer in a safe mode if a temperature of an expelled air expelled from the hood exceeds a predetermined temperature. 
     
     
         16 . A hair dryer comprising:
 a housing having a hood;   a cartridge removable received in the housing;   a fan carried by the cartridge to draw ambient air into the housing;   a dehumidifier carried by the cartridge adapted to produce drier air from the ambient air through condensation of moisture from the ambient air;   a heating element carried by the cartridge adapted to heat the drier air to produce heated air directed to the hood.   
     
     
         17 . The hair dryer of  claim 16  including a basin removable carried by the cartridge adapted to be removed from the cartridge when the cartridge is disposed in the housing. 
     
     
         18 . The air handling cartridge of  claim 16  having a sensor taken from the group consisting of a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, a particulate sensor and any combination thereof. 
     
     
         19 . The hair dryer of  claim 16  including a controller in communication with the fan, dehumidifier and heating element and adapted to actuate the fan, dehumidifier, and heating element. 
     
     
         20 . The hair dryer of  claim 19  including a remote computer device in communications with the controller and adapted to actuate the fan, dehumidifier and heating element.