Haircare appliance

Abstract

Disclosed is a haircare appliance including: an air inlet; a moveable member including an air outlet; an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet; a heater for heating the airflow; and a hair treatment chamber for receiving hair, the hair treatment chamber including an opening through which hair is insertable into the hair treatment chamber, the opening defined by a rim of the hair treatment chamber. The moveable member is moveable between an extended position at which the moveable member extends from the rim by a first extent and a retracted position at which the moveable member extends from the rim by a second extent less than the first extent.

1 . An attachment for a haircare appliance, the attachment comprising an air inlet, a moveable member comprising an air outlet for emitting an airflow, and a hair treatment chamber for receiving hair, the hair treatment chamber comprising an opening through which hair is insertable into the hair treatment chamber, the opening defined by a rim of the hair treatment chamber; wherein the moveable member is moveable between an extended position at which the moveable member extends from the rim by a first extent and a retracted position at which the moveable member extends from the rim by a second extent less than the first extent. 
     
     
         2 . The attachment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the movable member is biased into the retracted position. 
     
     
         3 . The attachment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the movable member is moveable between the retracted position and the extended position in response to airflow from the airflow generator in use. 
     
     
         4 . The attachment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the attachment comprises a switching arrangement configured to move the moveable member between the extended position and the retracted position. 
     
     
         5 . The attachment as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the switching arrangement comprises a rotational mechanism configured to move the moveable member between the extended position and the retracted position. 
     
     
         6 . The attachment as claimed in  claim 4 , wherein the switching arrangement comprises a first portion and a second portion, one of the first portion and the second portion configured to slide along a surface of the other of the second portion and the first portion, wherein the first portion comprises the moveable member and the moveable member is configured to move between the retracted position and the extended position when the one of the first portion and second portion slides along the surface of the other of the second portion and the first portion. 
     
     
         7 . The attachment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the moveable member is configured to move between the extended position and the retracted position in response to a force applied by a user to the moveable member. 
     
     
         8 . The attachment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein airflow through the air outlet is unrestricted when the moveable member is in the extended position. 
     
     
         9 . The attachment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein airflow through the air outlet is restricted when the moveable member is in the retracted position. 
     
     
         10 . The attachment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the air outlet is configured to direct airflow toward the opening in the extended position. 
     
     
         11 . The attachment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the air outlet is configured to direct airflow away from the opening in the extended position. 
     
     
         12 . The attachment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the attachment comprises a plurality of moveable members. 
     
     
         13 . The attachment as claimed in  claim 12 , wherein the plurality of moveable members each comprise a respective air outlet. 
     
     
         14 . The attachment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the hair treatment chamber comprises a wall, an aperture formed in the wall and a further air outlet, the further air outlet configured to direct airflow away from the opening and toward the aperture in use. 
     
     
         15 . The attachment as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the further air outlet is configured to direct airflow in a different direction to the air outlet. 
     
     
         16 . The attachment as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein airflow flows through the further air outlet when the moveable member is in the extended position and the retracted position in use. 
     
     
         17 . The attachment as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the wall comprises a porous material. 
     
     
         18 . The attachment as claimed in  claim 17 , wherein the porous material defines the aperture. 
     
     
         19 . The attachment as claimed in  claim 14 , wherein the attachment comprises a plurality of apertures formed in the wall. 
     
     
         20 . 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. 
     
     
         21 . A haircare appliance comprising:
 an air inlet;   a moveable member comprising an air outlet;   an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet;   and a hair treatment chamber for receiving hair, the hair treatment chamber comprising an opening through which hair is insertable into the hair treatment chamber, the opening defined by a rim of the hair treatment chamber;   wherein the moveable member is moveable between an extended position at which the moveable member extends from the rim by a first extent and a retracted position at which the moveable member extends from the rim by a second extent less than the first extent.   
     
     
         22 . The haircare appliance as claimed  claim 21 , wherein the haircare appliance comprises a handle unit within which the airflow generator is disposed, and an attachment comprising the air inlet, the moveable member comprising the air outlet, and the hair treatment chamber, that attachment removably attachable to the handle unit.