Patent ID: 6895975

Claim:
A hot air hair styling device with a hot air blower within a handle section and a hair care segment attached to the handle section upon which acts an air stream generated by the hot air blower, said hair care segment comprising: a first and a second articulated arm having substantially complementary facing surfaces forming a first hair styling gap between said facing surfaces; at least one air flow channel formed within the hair care segment and at least one of the articulated arms for conducting the air stream from the hot air blower through the hair care segment; a plurality of air escape openings extending from the air flow channel to an outer surface of the articulated arm; a portion of the air escape openings being in the facing surfaces of the first and second articulated arms forming the first hair styling gap; at least one of the articulated arms having a curved outer surface with some air escape openings in the curved outer surface; and a hair styling finger having a curvature complementary to the curved outer surface and being pivotably supported relative to the articulated arm and extending in a longitudinal direction of the articulated arm, such that between the arm and the hair styling finger a second hair styling gap is formed.