Hair drying apparatus

Claim 1

IN A HAIR ROLLER APPARATUS FOR DRYING HAIR, A CASING COVER FOR ENCLOSING AN ELONGATED TUBULAR CORE UPON WHICH A LOCK OF HAIR MAY BE SPIRALLY WOUND, SAID CASING COVER COMPRISING A PAIR OF AXIALLY ELONGATED MEMBERS EACH OF WHICH IS INTEGRAL AND GENERALLY ARCUATE IN LATERAL SECTION, SAID ELONGATED CASING MEMBERS HAVING A RESILIENTLY ACTUATED AXIAL HINGE MEANS LONGITUDINALLY CENTRALLY THEREBETWEEN AT A FIRST PAIR OF ADJACENT LONGITUDINAL EDGES, SAID CASING MEMBERS BEING FREE FOR SELECTIVELY OPENING AND CLOSING RELATIVELY AT A SECOND PAIR OF LONGITUDINAL EDGES FOR GRIPPING A LOCK OF HAIR CLOSELY TO THE SCALP, SAID CASING MEMBERS HAVING RELATIVELY PLANAR OVERLAP AT SAID HAIRGRIPPING EDGE PORTIONS THEREOF, THE OUTER OF SAID OVERLAPPING MEMBERS HAVING A LIP EXTENDED FREELY THEREFROM AT ITS HAIR-GRIPPING EDGE PORTION IN A DIRECTION WHICH IS OUTWARDLY AND TOWARD THE SCALP WHEN THE CASING COVER IS MOUNTED ON THE SCALP, A FINGER-GRIP FLANGE MEMBER MOUNTED ADJACENT EACH OF SAID HINGED EDGE PORTIONS LONGITUDINALLY CENTRALLY OF THE CASING MEMBERS FOR MANUALLY URGING SAID CASING MEMBERS TO OPEN POSITION RELATIVELY AT THE HAIR-GRIPPING EDGES THEREOF, SAID FINGER-GRIP FLANGES BOTH EXTENDING RADIALLY TO ONE SIDE OF SAID HINGE WHEN THE CASING MEMBERS ARE OPEN WHEREBY SAID FLANGES MAY OVERLIE EACH OTHER IN SUCH PROXIMITY THAT THEY PROVIDE A UNITARY FINGER-GRIP AT ONE LONGITUDINAL SIDE OF THE HINGE, THE SAID CASING HAVING A VENT OPENING THERETHROUGH REMOVED FROM THE HAIR GRIPPING EDGE PORTION WHEREBY HEATED AIR WHICH IS DISCHARGED THROUGH ORIFICES OF A CORE WITHIN THE CASING AND THROUGH THE HAIR WOND THEREON MAY BE DISCHARGED FROM THE CASING IN A DIRECTION AWAY FROM THE SCALP ON WHICH THE ROLLER APPARATUS IS MOUNTED.