Multiple duct blow dryer and hair styler

Claim 1

In a hand held blow dryer having a fan and motor assembly, a housing defining an air intake, a handgrip portion, switch controls for said fan and motor assembly and for a resistance type electrical heater, the improvement comprising, blow dryer barrel structure including barrel walls and a partition defining a hot air duct having said heater therein and a cold air duct, one of said barrel walls defining a vent opening, a first baffle swingably supported by said barrel structure upstream of said partition, said baffle in a first position closing said cold air duct, said baffle having a second position opening said cold air duct and partially closing said hot air duct to enable bleeding off of a fan discharged airflow to assure cooling of the barrel structure at all times, a second baffle supported by said barrel structure and located adjacent the discharge end of said hot air duct and adjacent said vent opening and operable to partially close the hot air duct to divert the barrel cooling airflow through the barrel wall defined vent opening and away from the person's head, linkage coupling the first and second baffles for synchronized movement of same such that said second baffle partially closes said hot air duct when said first baffle is in said second position, and finger actuated baffle control means coupled to one of said baffles enabling the operator to manually control baffle position and thereby determine the temperature of the airflow discharged from the barrel structure.