Patent ID: 6029677
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
A hair styling iron comprising:an elongated barrel having a front end and a rear end, said barrel including a heat plate with a corrugated surface composed of a plurality of concavities and convexities arranged along a direction transverse to the length of said barrel and extending along the length of said barrel, said heat plate formed with a plurality of steam vents;a hand grip extending from said rear end of said barrel;a heater mounted in said barrel to heat said heat plate;a steam generator incorporated in said barrel to generate steam which is discharged from the steam vents; anda hair clamping member pivoted at a connection between said barrel and said hand grip for pivotal movement between a closed position of mating with said heat plate and an open position disengaged from said heat plate;wherein said steam vents are provided exclusively at the bottom of said concavities between said convexities and are covered by said hair clamping member, said concavities being closed at a lengthwise end of said heat plate adjacent to said front end of said barrel with a leakage stopper for preventing leakage of said steam outwardly of said heat plate towards the front end of said barrel.