Hair dryer with rotary brush

Claim 1

A combination hair drying and rotary implement, comprising: a hollow handle including therein a heater-fan unit and a motor; a conduit non-rotatably mounted longitudinally adjacent one end of the handle and positioned to accept a flow of hot air from the heater-fan unit and guide the hot air so it does not contact the motor, the conduit having a longitudinal slot commencing adjacent the end of the conduit removed from the handle and terminating short of the handle, the slot serving to direct the hot air directionally Outwardly through a limited angle from the slot; and a brush comprising a tube having bristles extending from the external cylindrical surface thereof, the tube further having a plurality of openings therethrough adjacent the bristles, the tube rotatably communicating at one end thereof with the motor, the tube being substantially concentric with the conduit and being adapted to fit externally around the conduit, said tube detachably communicating with said motor whereby a plurality of brushes are usable with a single handle, means within said handle for automatically stopping the rotation of said brush responsive to high resistance to rotation thereto as when hair becomes entangled in the bristles thereof, and, on said handle, means for selecting the direction of rotation of said brush, means for manually starting rotation of said brush after rotation has been stopped responsive to high resistance thereto, means for manually stopping rotation of said brush, and means for manually stopping and starting said heater-fan unit.