Handheld Hair-Styling Tool for Hair Styling and Management

Abstract

A hair-styling tool is described. The hair-styling tool may include a remateable fluid reservoir. Moreover, the hair-styling tool may include a vapor-generating device mechanically coupled to the replaceable fluid reservoir, where, during operation, the vapor-generating device receives liquid from the fluid reservoir and outputs a vapor. The vapor-generating device may include: an atomizer; and a vapor control that controls the atomizer. Furthermore, the atomizer may include a wave-generation component that, during operation, excites the liquid to create waves in the liquid and creates droplets in the vapor. Additionally, the hair-styling tool may include a removable detangling accessory, which may include one or more prongs. Note that the atomizer may include a piezoelectric component.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A hair-styling tool, comprising:
 a remateable fluid reservoir;   a vapor-generating device mechanically coupled to the replaceable fluid reservoir, wherein the vapor-generating device is configured to receive liquid from the fluid reservoir and to output a vapor, wherein the vapor-generating device comprises: an atomizer; and a vapor control configured to control the atomizer, and wherein the atomizer comprises a wave-generation component configured to excite the liquid to create waves in the liquid and to create droplets in the vapor; and   a removable detangling accessory comprising one or more prongs.   
     
     
         2 . The hair-styling tool of  claim 1 , wherein the atomizer comprises a piezoelectric component. 
     
     
         3 . The hair-styling tool of  claim 1 , wherein the atomizer comprises multiple atomizers and, during operation of the hair-styling tool, different numbers of atomizers are used to create droplets in the vapor based at least in part on different vapor-flow settings of the hair-styling tool. 
     
     
         4 . The hair-styling tool of  claim 1 , wherein the hair-styling tool comprises a heater thermally coupled to at least a channel from the vapor-generating device; and
 wherein during operating, the heater is configured to heat the vapor output by the vapor-generating device.   
     
     
         5 . The hair-styling tool of  claim 4 , wherein, during operation of the hair-styling tool, when a cool setting of the hair-styling tool is activated, the heater is deactivated. 
     
     
         6 . The hair-styling tool of  claim 4 , wherein the heater comprises a resistive heater. 
     
     
         7 . The hair-styling tool of  claim 6 , wherein the resistive heater comprises, at least in part, a zig-zag or a helical shape. 
     
     
         8 . The hair-styling tool of  claim 4 , wherein the hair-styling tool comprises a temperature sensor proximate to the detangling accessory;
 wherein the temperature sensor is configured to monitor a temperature of the vapor and the hair-styling tool comprises a control circuit configured to adjust power to at least the heater based at least in part on the monitored temperature.   
     
     
         9 . The hair-styling tool of  claim 8 , wherein the power is adjusted based at least in part on a maximum temperature. 
     
     
         10 . The hair-styling tool of  claim 9 , wherein the maximum temperature corresponds to a length of the one or more prongs, a type of hair of an individual, or both. 
     
     
         11 . The hair-styling tool of  claim 1 , wherein the hair-styling tool comprises multiple atomizers;
 wherein a given atomizer has a corresponding given channel in multiple channels from the vapor-generating device.   
     
     
         12 . The hair-styling tool of  claim 11 , wherein the hair-styling tool comprises separate heaters for the given atomizer and the given channel. 
     
     
         13 . The hair-styling tool of  claim 12 , wherein the heaters comprise a common ground. 
     
     
         14 . The hair-styling tool of  claim 12 , wherein the hair-styling tool comprises separate power sources for the heaters. 
     
     
         15 . The hair-styling tool of  claim 1 , wherein the detangling accessory, the liquid, or both correspond to a type of hair of an individual. 
     
     
         16 . The hair-styling tool of  claim 1 , wherein the fluid reservoir is remateably coupled to the hair-styling tool by: rotating, relative to the remainder of the hair-styling tool, the fluid reservoir about an axis of the fluid reservoir into a lock position; or by pushing the fluid reservoir into a quick connector in the hair-styling tool. 
     
     
         17 . The hair-styling tool of  claim 1 , wherein the hair-styling tool is configured to heat the liquid prior to outputting the vapor. 
     
     
         18 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for use in conjunction with a hair-styling tool, the computer-readable storage medium storing program instructions, wherein, when executed by the hair-styling tool, the program instructions cause the hair-styling tool to perform one or more operations comprising:
 selecting a number of atomizers in a vapor-generating device in the hair-styling tool based at least in part on a vapor-flow setting of the hair-styling tool; and   exciting, using the selected number of atomizers, a liquid associated with a remateable fluid reservoir in the hair-styling tool to create waves and droplets in a vapor output by the hair-styling tool.   
     
     
         19 . A method for operating a hair-styling tool, comprising:
 by the hair-styling tool:   selecting a number of atomizers in a vapor-generating device in the hair-styling tool based at least in part on a vapor-flow setting of the hair-styling tool; and   exciting, using the selected number of atomizers, a liquid associated with a remateable fluid reservoir in the hair-styling tool to create waves in the liquid and to create droplets in a vapor output by the hair-styling tool.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , wherein the atomizer comprises a piezoelectric component.