Hair curler heating appliance

US 6,499,195 B1
Hair curler heating appliance
Ying Man John Wong, Shatin (China)
Assigned to Raymond Electric (China) Ltd., Shatin (China)
Filed on 13-Sep-2001, as Appl. No. Raymond Electric (China) Ltd., Shatin (China)
Int. Cl.7A45D 4/12

US 6,499,195 B1 Hair curler heating appliance Ying Man John Wong, Shatin (China) Assigned to Raymond Electric (China) Ltd., Shatin (China) Filed on Sep. 13, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/951,539. Int. Cl.7A45D 4/12 U.S. Cl. 218212;222 12 Claims 1. A hair curler heating appliance comprising: a plurality of heating posts, each heating post comprising: a vertically disposed generally cylindrical thermally conductive tube, said tube extending from a closed upper end to an open bottom end and having an axis; and a heater surrounded by said tube and disposed generally along said axis, said heater extending substantially from said closed end to said open end; a thermally conductive base plate to which said conductive tubes are secured such that at least a portion of the heat generated by said heater is transferred to said base plate; a thermostat arranged to sense the temperature of said base plate and disconnect power to said heaters when said base plate reaches a predetermined temperature; and a plurality of curlers, each said curler comprising a thermally conductive inner tube configured to closely receive one said heating post, wherein a mated heating post and hair curler inner tube define a heat transfer interface surrounding each said heater.