Patent ID: 8534298

Claim:
A hair care device comprising: a handle and a function head connected to the handle said function head having a hair treatment device comprising a bristle field and/or comb tooth field thereon, said handle and said function head being made of a conductive material and each having a back surface opposite the hair treatment device, an ion-discharging device connected to a circuit, said ion-discharging device having at least one ion source enclosed in a housing and at least one ion outlet for discharging ions onto the hair, where said at least one ion outlet is located on at least one of the handle or the back surface of the function head, a metallic grounding surface attached to an external surface of the function head and/or handle for the for the conducting away/limitation of electrical charges, where the grounding surface is in electrical connection with the grounding potential of the circuit and the grounding surface does not extend into a portion of said handle gripped by a user.