Hair styling apparatus

Abstract

A hair styling apparatus is provided and can include a support surface, a fluid outlet for discharging fluid across the support surface, and a plurality of spaced hair styling projections. The plurality of spaced hair styling projections project from the support surface for styling a user's hair. The apparatus can also include a plurality of fluid flow channels. Each channel extends through a respective projection of the plurality of projections for passage of fluid discharged from the fluid outlet.

1 . A hair styling apparatus comprising:
 a support surface;   a fluid outlet arranged to discharge fluid across the support surface;   a plurality of spaced hair styling projections projecting from the support surface for styling a user's hair; and   a plurality of fluid flow channels, each channel extending through a respective projection of the plurality of projections for passage of fluid discharged from the fluid outlet.   
     
     
         2 . The hair styling apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein each channel extends through its respective projection in a direction that is substantially parallel to the direction in which fluid is discharged from the fluid outlet. 
     
     
         3 . The hair styling apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the support surface is elongate in a longitudinal direction and the fluid outlet is arranged to discharge fluid in a transverse direction across the support surface. 
     
     
         4 . The hair styling apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the support surface is convex. 
     
     
         5 . The hair styling apparatus according to  claim 3 , wherein a transverse cross-section of the support surface is convex. 
     
     
         6 . The hair styling apparatus according to  claim 4 , wherein each projection extends in a direction that is normal to the convex support surface. 
     
     
         7 . The hair styling apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein each projection extends from a base, adjacent to the support surface, to a free end. 
     
     
         8 . The hair styling apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein each channel is provided at or proximate to the base of the respective projection in which it is provided. 
     
     
         9 . The hair styling apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein the support surface is a surface of a support member, and wherein the support member comprises:
 a platform from which the plurality of projections project, the platform comprising a plurality of apertures formed therein, each aperture positioned at the base of a projection of the plurality of projections adjacent to a respective channel of the plurality of channels; and   a body upon which the platform is supported, the body comprising a plurality of protrusions, each protrusion extending into and plugging an aperture formed in the platform so as to define a lower boundary of a respective channel.   
     
     
         10 . The hair styling apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein each projection tapers inwardly in a direction from the base of the projection to the free end of the projection. 
     
     
         11 . The hair styling apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of projections are arranged in spaced apart rows, the rows comprising first and second adjacent rows. 
     
     
         12 . The hair styling apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein the support surface is elongate in a longitudinal direction, and wherein each row extends in the longitudinal direction. 
     
     
         13 . The hair styling apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein at least some of the channels are provided in projections of the first row and are arranged to direct fluid received from the fluid outlet into gaps formed between neighbouring projections of the second row. 
     
     
         14 . The hair styling apparatus according to  claim 11 . wherein the projections of the first row are offset, in a direction along the first row, from the projections of the second row. 
     
     
         15 . The hair styling apparatus according to  claim 11 , wherein the projections of the first row project at an angle to the projections of the second row such that the first and second rows diverge from one another in a direction away from the support surface. 
     
     
         16 . The hair styling apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein the fluid outlet comprises an elongate slot and/or a plurality of openings spaced along a linear path. 
     
     
         17 . The hair styling apparatus according to  claim 16 , wherein the support surface is elongate in a longitudinal direction, and wherein the elongate slot and/or linear path extends longitudinally. 
     
     
         18 . The hair styling apparatus according to  claim 1 ,  any one of the preceding claims  wherein each projection of the plurality of projections is in the form of a comb tooth or brush bristle. 
     
     
         19 . The hair styling apparatus according to  claim 1 , that is in the form of an attachment for a hair styling device configured to supply a fluid flow to the attachment, the attachment comprising a mounting portion for releasable mounting to the hair styling device.