Hair drying apparatus

Abstract

A hair drying apparatus includes a body defining an air inlet, an air outlet and an air flow path therethrough. An impeller generates a flow of air from the air inlet, through the air flow path and to the air outlet. A motor drives the impeller and a heating element heats air flowing through the air flow path. The heating element, motor and impeller are supported within the body. A handle is mounted to the body and a housing is at least partially surrounded by the body and at least partially surrounds the air flow path. The motor is supported within the housing. At least one vibration isolation member is located between an inner surface of the body and an outer surface of the housing.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates broadly to a hair drying apparatus and, more particularly, to a portable hand-held hair drying apparatus that is configured to emit relatively low levels of sound and / or noise as compared to conventional hair dryers.[0002]Hand-held hair dryers are generally well known in the prior art. A typical portable electric hair dryer includes an elongated body that encloses a motor and a fan. In general, the motor of the hair dryer is supported by the body so that the motor vibrations are directly transferred from the motor to the body. Such vibrations generate generally useless and unwanted sound and / or noise In addition, the orientation and / or configuration of the air flow path through the body generally creates a relatively high level of noise that is unpleasant to a user.[0003]Therefore, it would be desirable to create a drying apparatus that overcomes the above-described drawbacks of conventional hair dryers. Specifically, it...

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Benefits of technology

[0003]Therefore, it would be desirable to create a drying apparatus that overcomes the above-described drawbacks of conventional hair dryers. Specifically, it would be desirable to create a drying apparatus having structure that spaces and supports the motor away from the body to reduce the amount of vibration that travels from the motor to the body. It would also be desirable to create a drying apparatus having insulating structure proximate the air inlet of the drying apparatus to absorb at least some of the noise created by the motor and fan and to block the line of sight from outside the drying apparatus to the fan and motor. In addition, it would be desirable to create a drying apparatus with a handle removably mountable to the body, in which a portion of the handle surrounds a portion of the body to provide an additional layer of insulation to the drying apparatus to reduce the amount of noise emitted to the external environment.

Problems solved by technology

Such vibrations generate generally useless and unwanted sound and / or noise In addition, the orientation and / or configuration of the air flow path through the body generally creates a relatively high level of noise that is unpleasant to a user.

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