Haircare appliance

Abstract

Disclosed is a haircare appliance including: an air inlet; an air outlet; an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet, the airflow generator disposed in a housing; and a hair treatment chamber for receiving hair, the air outlet configured to direct airflow into the hair treatment chamber. The hair treatment chamber is movable from a first orientation relative to the housing to a second orientation relative to the housing, the second orientation different to the first orientation.

1 : An attachment for a haircare appliance, the attachment comprising an air inlet, an air outlet for emitting an airflow, and a hair treatment chamber for receiving hair, the air outlet configured to direct airflow into the hair treatment chamber; wherein the hair treatment chamber is movable from a first orientation relative to the air inlet to a second orientation relative to the air inlet, the second orientation different to the first orientation. 
     
     
         2 : The attachment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the hair treatment chamber comprises a wall, an opening through which hair is insertable into the hair treatment chamber, and an aperture formed in the wall. 
     
     
         3 : The attachment as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the air outlet is configured to direct airflow away from the opening and towards the aperture in use. 
     
     
         4 : The attachment as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the wall comprises a porous material. 
     
     
         5 : The attachment as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the porous material defines the aperture. 
     
     
         6 : The attachment as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the attachment comprises a plurality of apertures formed in the wall. 
     
     
         7 : The attachment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the air outlet is configured to direct airflow into the hair treatment chamber when the hair treatment chamber is in the first orientation and the second orientation. 
     
     
         8 : The attachment as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein in the first orientation a central axis of the housing is parallel to a central axis of the opening and in the second orientation the central axis of the housing is perpendicular to the central axis of the opening. 
     
     
         9 : The attachment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the attachment comprises a conduit, the conduit providing a flow path between the air inlet and the air outlet, wherein the conduit is deformable between a first position when the attachment is in the first orientation and a second position when the attachment is in the second orientation. 
     
     
         10 : The attachment as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the conduit comprises a tube which is configured to concertina. 
     
     
         11 : The attachment as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the conduit is deformable from the first position to the second position in response to a force applied to the conduit. 
     
     
         12 : The attachment as claimed in  claim 9 , wherein the conduit comprises a retaining pin engageable with a part of the hair treatment chamber to restrict movement of the conduit away from the hair treatment chamber. 
     
     
         13 : The attachment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the attachment comprises a conduit, the conduit providing a flow path from the air inlet to the air outlet, wherein the conduit comprises a first part in fluid communication with the air outlet and fixed relative to the air outlet and a second part in fluid communication with the air inlet and fixed relative to the air inlet, the second part moveable relative to the first part between the first configuration and the second configuration. 
     
     
         14 : The attachment as claimed in  claim 13 , wherein one of the first part and the second part comprises a channel and the other of the second part and the first part is slidable in the channel. 
     
     
         15 : The attachment as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the one of the first part and the second part slidable in the channel is slidable through 90 degrees relative to the housing between the first orientation and the second orientation. 
     
     
         16 : The attachment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the attachment comprises a sensor configured to output a signal indicative of a property of hair within the hair treatment chamber in use. 
     
     
         17 : A haircare appliance comprising:
 an air inlet;   an air outlet;   an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet, the airflow generator disposed in a housing; and   a hair treatment chamber for receiving hair, the air outlet configured to direct airflow into the hair treatment chamber;   wherein the hair treatment chamber is movable from a first orientation relative to the housing to a second orientation relative to the housing, the second orientation different to the first orientation.   
     
     
         18 : The haircare appliance as claimed in  claim 17 , wherein the haircare appliance comprises a handle unit within which the airflow generator is disposed, and an attachment comprising the air inlet, the air outlet and the hair treatment chamber, the attachment removably attachable to the handle unit.