Vapor treatment hair curler

Claim 2

A heatable, vapor applying hair curler comprising a heat storage body; a tubular casing surrounding said heat storage body and spaced therefrom to define a reservoir chamber therebetween disposed in heat transfer relation with said heat storage body and adapted to be filled with a liquid to be vaporized, said casing having perforation means therein communicating with said reservoir chamber for emitting vaporized liquid from said reservoir chamber; and inlet means communicating with said reservoir chamber to permit said reservoir chamber to be filled with a liquid to be vaporized.

Claim 3

A heatable, vapor applying hair curler as described in claim 1 wherein said perforation means includes a plurality of small apertures in said casing which communicate directly with said reservoir chamber and are sized to allow only vapor and not liquid to be emitted therethrough.

Claim 4

A heatable, vapor applying hair curler as described in claim 1 wherein said casing includes an outer member and an inner member disposed in relative rotatable engagement, and said perforation means includes a first plurality of apertures in said outer member and a second plurality of apertures in said inner member, said outer and inner members being rotatable to register said first plurality of apertures with said second plurality of apertures in order to create passages in direct communication with said reservoir chamber to allow the emission of vapor therefrom.

Claim 5

A heatable, vapor applying hair curler as described in claim 1 wherein said heat storage body includes a container defining a wall of said reservoir chamber, a heat storage substance disposed in said container, and means associated with said container for receiving heat from an external source for storage by said heat storage substance.

Claim 6

A heatable, vapor applying hair curler as described in claim 1 wherein said heat storage body includes a container having an inner tubular wall defining a cavity for receiving an external heating device and an outer tubular wall, said inner and outer tubular walls defining an annular heat storage chamber, and a heat storage substance disposed in said annular heat storage chamber, said casing includes a cylindrical wall surrounding said outer tubular wall to define said reservoir chamber with an annular configuration, and said perforation means includes a plurality of apertures in said cylindrical wall having dimensions to prevent liquid from passing therethrough but to permit vapor to be emitted therethrough.

Claim 7

A heatable, vapor applying hair curler as described in claim 4 wherein said container includes a cylindrical enclosure having a centrally located cavity for receiving a probe which is heated by an electrical resistance heater, said heat storage substance being wax and surrounding said cavity in a direct heat transfer relation.

Claim 8

A heatable, vapor applying hair curler as described in claim 5 wherein said casing has a closed end wall and said inlet means includes an inlet opening in said closed end wall.

Claim 9

A heatable, vapor applying hair curler as described in claim 7 wherein said inlet opening is centrally disposed in said closed end wall and has a frusto-conical configuration.

Claim 10

A heatable, vapor applying hair curler as described in claim 5 wherein said apertures in said cylindrical walls have frusto-conical configurations with the larger diameter end on the outside of said cylindrical wall.

Claim 11

A heatable, vapor applying hair curler comprising a cylindrical heat storage container filled with a heat storage substance, said container having a centrally disposed cavity therein for receiving a heating member and said heat storage substance surrounding said cavity in direct heat transfer relation; a cylindrical casing surrounding said container having an outer surface suitable for winding hair thereon and an open end aligned with said cavity to permit a heating member to be removably received in said cavity, said casing being spaced from said container to define a reservoir chamber therebetween adapted to be filled wIth a liquid to be vaporized and said casing having a plurality of apertures therein communicating between said reservoir chamber and said outer surface and having dimensions to prevent liquid from passing therethrough but to permit vapor to be emitted therethrough; and inlet means communicating with said reservoir chamber for filling said reservoir chamber with a liquid to be vaporized from the exterior of said hair curler.

Claim 12

A heatable, vapor applying hair curler comprising a cylindrical heat storage container filled with a heat storage substance, said container having a centrally disposed cavity therein for receiving a heating member and said heat storage substance surrounding said cavity in direct heat transfer relation; a cylindrical casing surrounding said container having an outer surface suitable for winding hair thereon and an open end aligned with said cavity to permit a heating member to be removably received in said cavity, said casing being spaced from said container to define a reservoir chamber therebetween adapted to be filled wIth a liquid to be vaporized and said casing having a plurality of apertures therein communicating between said reservoir chamber and said outer surface and having dimensions to prevent liquid from passing therethrough but to permit vapor to be emitted therethrough; and inlet means communicating with said reservoir chamber for filling said reservoir chamber with a liquid to be vaporized from the exterior of said hair curler.

Claim 13

A heatable, vapor applying hair curler as described in claim 10 wherein said casing has a closed end and said inlet means includes a central opening in said closed end having a frustoconical configuration.