Patent ID: 8567414
Filing Date: 2013-10-29
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for hair styling comprising: two handles connected together so as to allow the apparatus to be opened and closed by bringing said handles apart and together, respectively, and two styling elements respectively associated with the two handles, wherein: each styling element comprises a roller having a distal end and a proximal end adapted to rotate about its own longitudinal axis during the styling of the hair, at least one of said rollers defining an open, cylindrical area passing through a length of said roller along said roller's longitudinal axis; a cylindrical element arranged within said open, cylindrical area of said at least one roller, said cylindrical element having a central opening along said cylindrical element's longitudinal axis and having a distal end and a proximal end; wherein the distal end of the cylindrical element extends beyond the distal end of the roller and the proximal end of the cylindrical element extends beyond the proximal end of the roller; a heating element arranged within said central opening of said cylindrical element; wherein said roller is adapted to rotate with respect to said cylindrical element and said heating element; and at least one of the styling elements comprises a resilient element operatively associated with the respective roller, adapted to exert on the roller an elastic force according to a substantially transversal direction, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of rotation of the roller, said resilient element is coupled to the distal end and/or the proximal end of said cylindrical element beyond the distal end and/or the proximal end of the roller respectively to exert an elastic force on the cylindrical element and the heating element, which as an unit exerts an elastic force on said roller.