Hair straightener with magnetic means

Abstract

A hair styling apparatus includes a styling head having a contact styling surface for contact styling of hair, and a heater. The styling head also contains a magnet disposed so that magnetic force due to the magnet appears on the styling surface.

1 . Hair styling apparatus comprising a styling head, said styling head comprises a contact styling surface for contact styling of hair, heating means and a magnet, characterised in that said magnet is disposed so that magnetic force due to said magnet appears on said styling surface.  
   
   
       2 . Hair styling apparatus according to  claim 1 , wherein a magnetic density of between 300-20,000 Gauss appears on said styling surface.  
   
   
       3 . Hair styling apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein said magnetic density is about 4,000 Gauss.  
   
   
       4 . Hair styling apparatus according to  claim 2 , wherein said magnet comprises a permanent magnet slab, said contact styling surface being magnetic permeable, said magnet slab being disposed underneath said styling surface so that magnetic field of said magnet slab is distributed on said contact styling surface.  
   
   
       5 . Hair styling apparatus according to  claim 4 , wherein said permanent magnet slab, said heating means and said contact styling surface forms a sub-assembly which is resiliently movable relative to the main housing of said styling apparatus.  
   
   
       6 . Hair styling apparatus comprising a pair of heated styling heads, each said styling head comprises a contact styling surface for contact styling of hair when in cooperation with the contact styling surface of a counterpart styling head, heating means and a magnet, characterised in that said magnet is disposed so that magnetic force due to said magnet appears on said styling surface, wherein the magnetic polarity on the contact styling surfaces of a counterpart pair of styling heads is the same.  
   
   
       7 . Hair styling apparatus comprising a pair of heated styling heads, a magnet and a pair of cooling heads, each said heated styling head comprises a contact styling surface for contact styling of hair when in cooperation with the contact styling surface of a counterpart styling head, each cooling head comprises a cooling surface for contact cooling of hair exiting from said contact styling surface, wherein said magnet is disposed so that magnetic force due to said magnet appears on said styling surface, said cooling heads are disposed immediately adjacent to said heated styling heads and said cooling surface comprises a non-metallic heat sinking mass.  
   
   
       8 . Hair styling apparatus according to  claim 7 , wherein said non-metallic heating mass comprises a slab of rock-like substances with a high heat mass, such as granite, marble, quartz, mica or the like.  
   
   
       9 . Hair styling apparatus according to  claim 8 , wherein a metallic heat sink is attached to said heating mass for dissipating heat away from said contact cooling surface.