Patent ID: 9398796
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: A45D

Claim Text:
1. A hair styling device comprising: a body; a cylinder extending from said body, said cylinder being rotatable relative to said body, said cylinder including a clamp adapted for holding hair, said clamp fixed to said cylinder for rotation with said cylinder, a heating element located within said cylinder; a rotatable rod affixed to and rotatable with said cylinder relative to said body, said rotatable rod extending into said body and supported by a bearing within said body that restrains lateral movement of said rotatable rod and facilitate rotation of said rotatable rod; a first terminal disc being rotatably fixed relative to said cylinder, said first terminal disc including concentric electrical annular contacts; a second terminal disc being fixed relative to said body, said second terminal disc including concentric continuous annular ring electrical contacts, contacts on one of said annular rings are bent upwardly and contacts on other said contact disc are flat annular rings, said first terminal disc being held adjacent to said second terminal disc so that contacts of said first terminal disc remain in contact with contacts of said second terminal disc to provide an electrical circuit across said contacts to said heating element in said cylinder, said rotatable rod extending through centers of both said terminal discs and said contacts of both said terminal discs circumscribing said rotatable rod; and a motor connected to said rotatable rod to rotate said cylinder.