Patent ID: 6802320
Filing Date: 2004-10-12
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
An appliance for shaping hair, comprising:a forward and reverse stroke liquid dosing device; a tubular drum constructed to contact the hair, the tubular drum having through-passages; an evaporating device comprising an evaporator chamber to which a liquid is delivered by the dosing device, the evaporating device being constructed to produce steam from the delivered liquid and to deliver the steam through the through-passages in the tubular drum to treat the hair; a liquid container, in fluid communication with the evaporator chamber, constructed to contain a supply of the liquid and including an outlet; and a liquid channeling device, in fluid communication with the outlet, for delivering liquid from the outlet to the evaporator chamber, the liquid channeling device comprising a wick; wherein excess liquid is removed from the evaporator chamber by a return stroke of the dosing device.