Patent ID: 8071915

Claim:
A hair iron, comprising: clamp arms each having a base, a midsection serving as a grip, and a head, the bases of the clamp arms being pivotally joined together so that the heads may conduct a clamping operation when the grips are grasped; relaxing bodies attached to the heads of the clamp arms, respectively, the relaxing bodies facing each other, each of the relaxing bodies having a thermal plate and a relaxing surface formed on the thermal plate, the relaxing bodies in the clamping operation holding hair between the relaxing surfaces and relaxing the hair with heat supplied from the thermal plates; a platinum layer formed on a base material of the relaxing surface of at least one of the relaxing bodies; a titanium layer formed between the base material and the platinum layer; a first nickel layer formed between the base material and the titanium layer; and a second nickel layer formed between the titanium layer and the platinum layer.