Hair Extension Drying Device with Perforated Holder

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Solution Overview

Problem

The labor-intensive and time-consuming process of blow-drying hair extensions, which can alter their texture and shorten their lifespan, presents a challenge in efficiently drying these delicate products without causing damage.

Innovation Solution

A hair extension drying device featuring an enclosure with a heating unit, fan, and a hair extension holder with perforations or fluid pathways, allowing for controlled airflow and heat distribution to accelerate drying while minimizing tangling and maintaining texture.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If traditional blow-drying method is used to dry hair extensions, then drying speed is improved, but hair texture is altered and hair damage occurs

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvedrying speedVSAvoidhair damage and texture alteration

Core Design Contradiction:

ProductivityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The drying device segments the airflow into multiple controlled streams through separate heating and circulation components, allowing different zones of the hair extension to be dried with appropriate airflow intensity, preventing localized damage while maintaining overall drying efficiency

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The device changes the parameters of the drying process by using controlled heated airflow at regulated temperatures through a closed-loop system, maintaining optimal drying conditions that preserve hair texture while accelerating moisture removal compared to uncontrolled blow-drying

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If manual brushing and blow-drying is performed to prevent tangling, then hair entanglement is reduced, but time consumption increases significantly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveprevention of hair entanglementVSAvoiddrying time

Core Design Contradiction:

ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The hair extension is positioned on a holder within the enclosed drying chamber, allowing the controlled airflow system to automatically dry the hair without requiring manual intervention for brushing or positioning during the drying process, significantly reducing labor time while maintaining entanglement prevention

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

Solution Approach 2:

The enclosed chamber design creates a controlled environment that prevents external factors from causing tangling, while the flexible positioning of the hair holder allows the hair to be supported in a natural state during the automated drying process

Inventive Principle:

Principle #30Flexible shells and thin films

3Duration of action of stationary object

If repeated washing and drying is performed to maintain hair extensions, then hair longevity is improved, but cumulative damage from drying processes increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvehair extension lifespanVSAvoidcumulative drying damage

Core Design Contradiction:

Duration of action of stationary objectVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The device uses controlled temperature and humidity parameters within the enclosed chamber, maintaining optimal conditions that prevent the cumulative damage associated with traditional high-heat blow-drying, allowing repeated washing cycles without progressive hair degradation

Inventive Principle:

Principle #35Parameter changes

Solution Approach 2:

The controlled heating element, which could potentially cause damage, is used at regulated low temperatures within the enclosed system to gently evaporate moisture without the harmful effects of high-heat blow-drying, converting a potentially harmful process into a beneficial drying method that extends hair life

Inventive Principle:

Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

Applied Scientific Principles

This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.

Function Achieved in This Case

The device significantly reduces drying time, prevents damage, and maintains the natural texture of hair extensions, extending their lifespan by using controlled heated airflow and negative airflow mechanisms.

Implementation Method 1

a heating unit coupled to the base

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectHeating: Heating

Implementation Method 2

a fan coupled to the top cover, the fan operable to circulate air within the enclosure

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectForced Convection: Forced Convection

Implementation Method 3

The plate is perforated to receive the heated air flow from the heating unit

Methodology Applied

Scientific EffectConvection: Convection

Data Source

PatentUS11832697B2Hair extension and wig drying device

Publication Date: 2023.12.05 GRIMES SUSAN NICOLE

AI summary

Hair extension drying device includes an enclosure comprising a base and an upwardly extending wall surrounding the base. The wall is configured for receiving a top cover of the enclosure. A fan is coupled to the top cover with the fan being configured for circulating air within the enclosure. A heating unit is coupled to the base. A hair extension holder spaced apart from the heating unit by one or more vertical supports. The hair extension holder includes at least one laterally extending plate that includes perforations or fluid pathways.