Patent ID: 8136263
Filing Date: 2012-03-20
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. A hair care appliance for application of vapor to dry hair to provide humidity to the hair, the hair care appliance comprising: a housing including a head portion and a handle portion, the housing defining an inner cavity; a vapor-generating system including a reservoir for receiving liquid and positioned at least partially within the cavity and defining a flow path from the reservoir, the vapor-generating system including, positioned within the cavity, at least one of a heating element for generating vapor from the liquid and a pump for moving the liquid along the flow path, the head portion including an aperture in communication with the vapor-generating system; and a spacer positioned proximate the aperture of the head portion, the spacer partially defining a work area, wherein the vapor-generating system discharges vapor to the work area for application to hair positioned thereby.