Hair curling iron and oven

Claim 2

A hair styling iron comprising in combination: a curling iron including a heat conductive cone mounted at a first junction to an insulated handle, and tapered from a first large diameter rear portion adjacent said handle to a second smaller diameter front portion; a stop member on the forward end of the cone including hair positioning means diametrically larger than and extending outwardly from said smaller diameter front portion for preventing small diameter curls from slipping off the cone during the curling process; a clamp including a heat conductive forward end shaped to fit against the outside of said cone, and connected through a second junction to a rear insulated actuating arm; and attachment means coupled between said curling iron and said clamp for movably connecting said clamp to said curling iron such that manual manipulation of said arm moves said forward end of said clamp between a closed position against said cone to an open position displaced from said cone to position the hair rearwardly of said stop member and between said clamp and said cone.

Claim 3

The device of claim 1 wherein said attachment means includes a pivot point interconnecting said clamp to said iron, and spring means for biasing said clamp to a normally closed position.

Claim 4

The device of claim 2 wherein said pivot point is located rearwardly from said first and second junctions to enable the rear portion of said clamp to be moved to an open position displaced outwardly from said cone.

Claim 5

The device of claim 2 wherein said actuating arm includes a contact surface which is displaced above the adjacent handle portion of said iron when said clamp is in said normally closed position, and which extends between the forward and rearward ends of the handle to be substantially flush with the adjacent handle portion of said iron when said clamp is in said open position.

Claim 6

The device of claim 2 wherein said handle portion between said first junction of said pivot point has an enlarged diameter relative to the handle portion behind said pivot point.

Claim 7

The device of claim 1 wherein said cone includes circumferential grooves extending around said cone.

Claim 8

The device of claim 1 wherein said clamp is tapered from a wide back portion to a narrow front end terminating short of said stop member.

Claim 9

In the combination of a hair curling iron heated by a matching oven, wherein the curling iron includes a heat conductive cone mounted at a first junction to an insulated handle, and tapered from a first large diameter rear portion adjacent said handle to a second smaller diameter front portion, with a stop member on the forward end of the cone including hair positioning means diametrically larger than and extending outwardly from the smaller diameter front portion, the improvement comprising: an oven member for heating said curling iron, said oven member having an insulated casing having an opening in a wall therof, and downwardly extending heat conductive wall means formed from a unitary casting having an open ended tapered bore formed therein, said wall means attached to and extending inwardly of said casing from said opening and the bore thereof being so shaped as to receive and abut said cone and being so sized to allow the forward end of said cone and said stop member to pass through and protrude from said bore to transfer heat directly to said cone from said wall means when said cone portion of said curling iron is inserted through said opening into abutting engagement with said wall means, and further including means associated with said oven member for heating said wall means.

Claim 10

In the combination of a hair curling iron heated by a matching oven, wherein the curling iron includes a heat conductive cone mounted at a first junction to an insulated handle, and tapered from a first large diameter rear portion adjacent said handle to a second smaller diameter front portion, with a stop member on the forward end of the cone including hair positioning means diametrically larger than and extending outwardly from the smaller diameter front portion, the improvement comprising: an oven member for heating said curling iron, said oven member having an insulated casing having an opening in a wall therof, and downwardly extending heat conductive wall means formed from a unitary casting having an open ended tapered bore formed therein, said wall means attached to and extending inwardly of said casing from said opening and the bore thereof being so shaped as to receive and abut said cone and being so sized to allow the forward end of said cone and said stop member to pass through and protrude from said bore to transfer heat directly to said cone from said wall means when said cone portion of said curling iron is inserted through said opening into abutting engagement with said wall means, and further including means associated with said oven member for heating said wall means.

Claim 11

The combination of claim 8, wherein said oven includes a plurality of said wall means for heating a plurality of curling irons.

Claim 12

The combination of claim 8, wherein said curling iron includes a clamp overlying a portion of said cone, with said wall means in the oven including a first diameter portion for engaging said clamp and a smaller second diameter portion for engaging the exposed portion of said cone for contacting and transferring heat to said conical curling iron and clamp.

Claim 13

A hair styling device comprising in combination: a curling iron including a heat conductive cone mounted at a first junction to an insulated handle, and tapered from a first large diameter rear portion adjacent said handle to a second smaller diameter front portion; a stop member on the forward end of the cone including hair positioning means diametrically larger than and extending outwardly from said smaller diameter front portion for preventing small diameter curls from slipping off the cone during the curling process; a clamp including a heat conductive forward end shaped to fit against the outside of said cone, and connected through a second junction to a rear insulated actuating arm; attachment means coupled between said curling iron and said clamp for movably connecting said clamp to said curling iron such that manual manipulation of said arm moves said forward end of said clamp between a closed position against said cone to an open position displaced from said cone to position the hair rearwardly of said stop member and between said clamp and said cone; and an oven member for heating said curling iron, said oven member having an insulated casing having an opening in a wall thereof, and downwardly tapered heat conductive wall means attached to and extending inwardly of said casing from said opening and being so shaped as to receive and abut said cone and said clamp to transfer heat directly to said cone and clamp from said wall means when said cone portion of said curling iron is inserted through said opening into abutting engagement with said wall means, and further including means associated with said oven member for heating said wall means.

Claim 14

A hair styling device comprising in combination: a curling iron including a heat conductive cone mounted at a first junction to an insulated handle, and tapered from a first large diameter rear portion adjacent said handle to a second smaller diameter front portion; a stop member on the forward end of the cone including hair positioning means diametrically larger than and extending outwardly from said smaller diameter front portion for preventing small diameter curls from slipping off the cone during the curling process; a clamp including a heat conductive forward end shaped to fit against the outside of said cone, and connected through a second junction to a rear insulated actuating arm; attachment means coupled between said curling iron and said clamp for movably connecting said clamp to said curling iron such that manual manipulation of said arm moves said forward end of said clamp between a closed position against said cone to an open position displaced from said cone to position the hair rearwardly of said stop member and between said clamp and said cone; and an oven member for heating said curling iron, said oven member having an insulated casing having an opening in a wall thereof, and downwardly tapered heat conductive wall means attached to and extending inwardly of said casing from said opening and being so shaped as to receive and abut said cone and said clamp to transfer heat directly to said cone and clamp from said wall means when said cone portion of said curling iron is inserted through said opening into abutting engagement with said wall means, and further including means associated with said oven member for heating said wall means.