Electric curling iron

Abstract

Disclosed therein is an electric curling iron. The electric curling iron includes: a body part; a heating rod arranged at a side of the body part and having a heat ray heater disposed therein; an upper handle and a lower handle hinge-coupled on a hinge shaft formed at the other side of the body part, the upper and lower handles being movable in a tong shape; and an upper pressing member and a lower pressing member whose end portions are respectively overlapped and hinge-coupled to front ends of the inner faces of the upper and lower handles, the upper and lower pressing members respectively having a shape corresponding to the outer circumferential surface of the heating rod, wherein the upper and lower pressing members are opened wider than the upper and lower handles, so that a user can rapidly and convenient do hair styling.

Description

CROSS REFERENCE TO PRIOR APPLICATION[0001]The present application claims priority under 35 U.S.C. §119 to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2009-0075504 (filed on Aug. 17, 2009), which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates to an electric curling iron, and more particularly, to an electric curling iron which can straighten or curl hair.[0004]2. Background Art[0005]In general, a curling iron is one of hair styling tools to change a user's hair style in various ways and make hair beautiful, and includes: a heater mounted therein for generating heat; and tongs for straighten hair and a roll brush for creating waves in the hair when heat is transferred from the heater.[0006]When the heater is heated, the user makes his or her hair good while winding the hair on the curling iron or straightening the hair with the curling iron after spraying a hair styling solution or water on the hai...

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Benefits of technology

[0013]Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior arts, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an electric curling iron, which is widely opened by pressing members hinge-coupled to a handle, thereby securing a sufficient operation space.

[0014]It is another object of the present invention to provide an electric curling iron, which includes a foldable heating rod to provide convenience in use.

[0022]As described above, the electric curling iron according to the present invention can reduce the operation period of time because the operation space is as wide as the user can wind the hair several times at a time.

[0023]Moreover, the electric curling iron according to the present invention can prevent the user from having diseases, such as muscle pain or neuralgia, because the user can do hair styling without rotating the curling iron.

[0024]Furthermore, the electric curling iron is convenient in manipulation and can prevent a damage of the hair by high temperature of steam.

Problems solved by technology

However, in the case of the prior art 1, the hair can be wound on the first heating member only once because an angle of the first curling member separated from the first heating member is small and an operation space of the first curling member is too narrow.

But, it has a problem in that the electric curling iron is not easy in manipulation and it takes too much time to curl the hair.

Meanwhile, the hair iron according to the prior art 2 also has the same problem as the prior art 1 because an angle formed between the hair fixing member and the heating member is too small.

Furthermore, the hair iron has other problems in that the hair is easily uncurled and it is difficult to create a wanted hair style because the hair fixing member is formed only at one side of the heating member.

Accordingly, the curling irons according to the prior arts may cause occupational diseases, such as muscle pain or neuralgia, to hairdressers or hairstylists, who work on their feet for a long time, because the curling irons need lots of power on hands, arms and shoulders, and require much time to do hair styling.

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