Combination bath aerator and hair dryer

Claim 2

A warm air blower unit for use as part of a bath aerator and a self-supporting hair dryer comprising a housing supported above a floor having a lower chamber, said lower chamber having a motor and air impeller connected thereto and cooperatively disposed with respect to an opening in the bottom of said lower chamber so as to be operative to encourage air through a filter covering said opening into said lower chamber, said lower chamber having an electric heater disposed so as to be operative to heat the air therein, said housing having a means for receiving a flexible hose communicating with said lower chamber, said housing having a speed control means for controlling the speed of said motor, and supporting on the side thereof a means for selectively controlling said motor speed control means to control the speed of said motor between predetermined lower and upper speeds, a heater control means for selectively and independently controlling said heater, and a main power switch for controlling electrical power to said means for selectively controlling said motor speed control means and said heater control means, said housing having a top panel with a seat thereon, and said housing having means for attaching a support for supporting a hair dryer unit, to be connected to said hose, above and generally over said seat cushion.

Claim 3

The warm air blower uniT of claim 1 further comprised of a silicon controlled rectifier motor speed control, said speed control being disposed within said lower chamber and coupled to said motor and said means for selectively controlling said motor speed control so as to be operative to control the speed of said motor.

Claim 4

The warm air blower unit of claim 1 wherein said main power switch comprises a timer, said timer being operative to interrupt electrical power to said means for selectively controlling said motor speed control means and said heater control means upon the expiration of a set time.

Claim 5

A warm air blower unit for use as part of a bath aerator and a self-supporting hair dryer comprising a vertically disposed cylindrical tank shaped housing having a bottom and an intermediate partition defining a lower chamber, said housing being supported and spaced from a floor by a plurality of casters disposed substantially about the periphery of said housing, said housing having a motor with an air impeller attached thereto mounted in said bottom chamber and disposed with respect to a first opening in said bottom so as to be capable of drawing air through said opening, said first opening being covered with a removable air filter, said lower chamber having a motor speed control curcuitry and an air heater disposed therein, said housing having switches for independent control of said heater and the speed of said motor between predetermined upper and lower speed limits through said motor control circuitry, and a timer mounted on said housing, said switches and said timer being controllable from the side of said housing, said timer being operative to disconnect said motor and said heater from a source of electrical power upon the expiration of a set time, said housing having an opening in the side thereof communicating with said lower chamber and adapted to receive a first end of a flexible hose for directing heated air to a hair dryer or a jet bath, said housing having a removable top panel having a seat thereon covering the top of said housing, and means on said housing for attaching a support for supporting a hair dryer unit, to be connected to a second end of said hose, above and generally over said seat cushion.

Claim 6

A warm air blower unit for use as part of a bath aerator and a self-supporting hair dryer comprising a vertically disposed cylindrical tank shaped housing having a bottom and an intermediate partition defining a lower chamber, said housing being supported and spaced from a floor by a plurality of casters disposed substantially about the periphery of said housing, said housing having a motor with an air impeller attached thereto mounted in said bottom chamber and disposed with respect to a first opening in said bottom so as to be capable of drawing air through said opening, said first opening being covered with a removable air filter, said lower chamber having a motor speed control curcuitry and an air heater disposed therein, said housing having switches for independent control of said heater and the speed of said motor between predetermined upper and lower speed limits through said motor control circuitry, and a timer mounted on said housing, said switches and said timer being controllable from the side of said housing, said timer being operative to disconnect said motor and said heater from a source of electrical power upon the expiration of a set time, said housing having an opening in the side thereof communicating with said lower chamber and adapted to receive a first end of a flexible hose for directing heated air to a hair dryer or a jet bath, said housing having a removable top panel having a seat thereon covering the top of said housing, and means on said housing for attaching a support for supporting a hair dryer unit, to be connected to a second end of said hose, above and generally over said seat cushion.

Claim 7

The warm air blower unit of claim 4 wherein said motor speed control circuitry is a silicon controlled rectifier motor speed control.

Claim 8

A combination bath aerator and hair dryer comprising: a flexible hose, a warm air blower unit having a housing supported above a floor with a lower chamber therein, said lower chamber having a motor and air impeller connected thereto and cooperatively disposed with respect to an opening in the bottom of said lower chamber so as to be operative to encourage air through a filter covering said opening into said lower chamber, said lower chamber having an electric heater disposed so as to be operative to heat the air therein, said housing having a means for receiving said flexible hose communicating with said lower chamber, said housing supporting a plurality of switches on the side thereof for controlling said heater and said motor, said housing having a top panel with a seat cushion thereon, and said housing having a support for supporting a hair dryer unit, to be connected to said flexible hose, above and generally over said seat cushion, said hair dryer unit having a hair dryer dome and a dome support attached to said warm air blower, said hair dryer dome having an outer dome member and an inner dome member inwardly spaced from said outer dome member and joined thereto at the lower edge of said inner dome member, said inner dome member having a plurality of holes therein for directing air between said inner and said outer dome members generally toward the center of said inner dome member, said outer dome member having a means for attachment to said flexible hose communicating with the space between said inner and said outer dome members, said hair dryer dome further having means for engaging said support to dispose said hair drYer dome over said warm air blower unit, and a bathtub aerating unit having a first U-shaped tubular member, a second U-shaped tubular member, and two straight tubular members adapted to slip over the ends of said first and second tubular members to form a tubular ring-like structure for placement in the bottom of a bathtub, said first U-shaped tubular member having a ''''T'''' section therein for connection to said flexible hose, said first and second U-shaped tubular members and said two straight tubular members having a plurality of holes therein for directing air into the bathtub water.

Claim 9

A combination bath aerator and hair dryer comprising: a flexible hose, a warm air blower unit having a housing supported above a floor with a lower chamber therein, said lower chamber having a motor and air impeller connected thereto and cooperatively disposed with respect to an opening in the bottom of said lower chamber so as to be operative to encourage air through a filter covering said opening into said lower chamber, said lower chamber having an electric heater disposed so as to be operative to heat the air therein, said housing having a means for receiving said flexible hose communicating with said lower chamber, said housing supporting a plurality of switches on the side thereof for controlling said heater and said motor, said housing having a top panel with a seat cushion thereon, and said housing having a support for supporting a hair dryer unit, to be connected to said flexible hose, above and generally over said seat cushion, said hair dryer unit having a hair dryer dome and a dome support attached to said warm air blower, said hair dryer dome having an outer dome member and an inner dome member inwardly spaced from said outer dome member and joined thereto at the lower edge of said inner dome member, said inner dome member having a plurality of holes therein for directing air between said inner and said outer dome members generally toward the center of said inner dome member, said outer dome member having a means for attachment to said flexible hose communicating with the space between said inner and said outer dome members, said hair dryer dome further having means for engaging said support to dispose said hair drYer dome over said warm air blower unit, and a bathtub aerating unit having a first U-shaped tubular member, a second U-shaped tubular member, and two straight tubular members adapted to slip over the ends of said first and second tubular members to form a tubular ring-like structure for placement in the bottom of a bathtub, said first U-shaped tubular member having a ''''T'''' section therein for connection to said flexible hose, said first and second U-shaped tubular members and said two straight tubular members having a plurality of holes therein for directing air into the bathtub water.