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Spray brush for simultaneous use with a hand-held hair dryer

Assignee: A-VEDA Corp A CORP OF
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Filing: 1989-01-03
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Granted: 1990-06-19
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Expires: 2009-01-03
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Abstract

Abstract A spray brush includes a brush head having a relatively flat panel formed with a number of openings extending therethrough. Additionally, the brush head has a number of laterally projecting fingers forming notches therebetween. The tubular handle of the brush serves as a reservoir for a supply of hair styling composition. Through the agency of a manually actuated pump mechanism, liquid is pumped from the reservoir through a nozzle reciprocally disposed in a longitudinal slot formed in the panel. Thus, the spray brush, when held in one of the stylist's hands, can be used simultaneously with a hair dryer, when held in the stylist's other hand, so that the hair styling composition can be directed onto a person's head while air from the dryer is directed through the openings and notches at the same time.

Inventors

  • 👤 Horst M. Recchelbacher

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-02 22:07
CPC Classifications
A; A46; A46B; A46B11/00; A46B11/001; A46B11/002; A46B11/0055

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim 80 words
A spray brush comprising a brush head having a plurality of openings extending therethrough and notches therein via which air from a hand-held hair dryer may be directed onto a person's head, a tubular handle integral with said brush head, and means for pumping a liquid hair styling composition contained in said tubular handle through said brush head onto a person's head at the same time air is being directed onto the same person's head via said openings and notches.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 80 words
A spray brush comprising a brush head having a plurality of openings extending therethrough and notches therein via which air from a hand-held hair dryer may be directed onto a person's head, a tubular handle integral with said brush head, and means for pumping a liquid hair styling composition contained in said tubular handle through said brush head onto a person's head at the same time air is being directed onto the same person's head via said openings and notches.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 27 words
A spray brush in accordance with claim 1 including a plurality of spaced fingers extending along each side of said brush head, said fingers forming said notches.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 18 words
A spray brush in accordance with claim 2 in which said openings extend transversely across said brush head.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 28 words
A spray brush in accordance with claim 3 in which said brush head includes a pair of laterally spaced longitudinal ribs, said openings extending transversely between said ribs.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 31 words
A spray brush in accordance with claim 4 in which said brush head has a longitudinal slot therein, and said pumping means includes a nozzle reciprocably disposed in said longitudinal slot.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 30 words
A spray brush in accordance with claim 5 in which said pumping means includes a pushbutton head integral with said nozzle, said pushbutton head residing between said laterally spaced ribs.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 139 words
A spray brush comprising a panel having a longitudinally directed slot near one end thereof and a plurality of openings via which air from a hand-held hair dryer may be directed onto a person's head, a multiplicity of bristles projecting from one face of said panel, a tubular handle projecting from said one end of said panel, a plunger-type pump mechanism including a nozzle reciprocable in said slot, a pushbutton head integral with said nozzle, and means associated with said pushbutton head for delivering a hair styling composition from said tubular handle to said nozzle when said pushbutton head is manually actuated, whereby some of the hair styling composition contained in said handle can be sprayed through said nozzle onto a person's head at the same time air is being directed through said openings from a hand-held hair dryer.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 139 words
A spray brush comprising a panel having a longitudinally directed slot near one end thereof and a plurality of openings via which air from a hand-held hair dryer may be directed onto a person's head, a multiplicity of bristles projecting from one face of said panel, a tubular handle projecting from said one end of said panel, a plunger-type pump mechanism including a nozzle reciprocable in said slot, a pushbutton head integral with said nozzle, and means associated with said pushbutton head for delivering a hair styling composition from said tubular handle to said nozzle when said pushbutton head is manually actuated, whereby some of the hair styling composition contained in said handle can be sprayed through said nozzle onto a person's head at the same time air is being directed through said openings from a hand-held hair dryer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 43 words
A spray brush in accordance with claim 7 in which said panel includes a plurality of fingers extending laterally from each side thereof to form notches therebetween via which air from a hand-held hair dryer may be additionally directed onto a person's head.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 140 words
A spray brush comprising a brush head having a plurality of openings extending therethrough and a longitudinal slot therein, said slot being nearer one end of said brush head, a multiplicity of bristles projecting from one side of said head, a tubular handle projecting from said one end of the head for containing a supply of liquid hair styling composition therein, and a plunger-type pump mechanism including a spray nozzle disposed for a reciprocable movement in said slot, a pushbutton head adjacent the opposite side of said brush head and integral with said nozzle, and means for directing some of said liquid composition from said tubular handle to said nozzle when said pushbutton head is manually actuated, whereby air from a hand-held hair dryer can be directed onto a person's head through said openings while simultaneously actuating said pushbutton head.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 140 words
A spray brush comprising a brush head having a plurality of openings extending therethrough and a longitudinal slot therein, said slot being nearer one end of said brush head, a multiplicity of bristles projecting from one side of said head, a tubular handle projecting from said one end of the head for containing a supply of liquid hair styling composition therein, and a plunger-type pump mechanism including a spray nozzle disposed for a reciprocable movement in said slot, a pushbutton head adjacent the opposite side of said brush head and integral with said nozzle, and means for directing some of said liquid composition from said tubular handle to said nozzle when said pushbutton head is manually actuated, whereby air from a hand-held hair dryer can be directed onto a person's head through said openings while simultaneously actuating said pushbutton head.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 41 words
A spray brush in accordance with claim 9 in which said openings are centrally disposed in said panel, said panel having laterally extending fingers providing notches therebetween so that additional air may be directed through said notches onto a person's head.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 18 words
A spray brush in accordance with claim 10 in which some of said bristles project from said fingers.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 19 words
A spray brush in accordance with claim 10 in which said openings are in the form of transverse slots.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 43 words
A spray brush in accordance with claim 12 including a pair of laterally spaced ribs on said opposite side of said head facing oppositely from the direction in which said bristles project, said pushbutton head residing in the channel formed by said ribs.

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