Non-thermal spring grip hair brush

Abstract

A non-thermal hairstyling brush for wrapping hair around the brush and holding it in place with a clamp that pivots on the handle. The brush is used for clamping the hair in place on the brush while rotating the brush when drying the hair with a separate hair dryer.

1 . A non-thermal hairstyling appliance comprising: 
 a brush having an axis of rotation;    a handle affixed to the brush for rotating the brush about its axis of rotation;    a clamp disposed above at least a portion of the brush and secured adjacent the brush for pivoting through an angle between an open position spaced from the brush, to provide a gap between an underside of the clamp and the brush, and a closed position generally overlying and in contact with the brush;    a push button disposed on a first portion of the handle behind a pivot axis of the clamp, the push button having an exterior pressure surface exposed above the handle, an internal housing portion extending into a recessed area in the handle, and an internal spring-engaging surface located inside the push button housing and facing the recessed area of the handle, and    a spring inside the recessed area contacting the internal spring-engaging surface of the push button so the bias of the spring normally holds the clamp in the closed position, the push button adapted to pivot about the pivot axis to move the clamp to its open position under pressure applied to the external pressure surface of the push button, the push button moving downwardly into the recessed area for moving the spring contacting surface against the bias of the spring, the clamp adapted to pivot to its closed position when pressure is released from the external pressure surface, allowing the spring bias applied to the spring-engaging surface to pivot the clamp about the pivot axis.    
   
   
       2 . A non-thermal hairstyling device comprising: 
 an elongated handle,    a brush affixed to the handle for axial alignment with the handle,    a push button projecting from a surface of the handle behind a pivot axis,    a hair clamp affixed to the push button and disposed over the brush in front of the pivot axis,    the push button projecting into an internal recess in the handle, and    a spring within the internal recess biased against an inside portion of the push button for holding the clamp in a closed position adjacent the brush, the clamp pivoting to an open position under pressure applied to the push button against the bias of the spring,    the spring bias applying a spring pressure to pivot the clamp about the pivot axis to a closed position when pressure on the push button is released.    
   
   
       3 . Apparatus according to  claim 2  in which the push button encompasses the spring to prevent the spring from being exposed, in both the open and closed positions of the clamp.  
   
   
       4 . Apparatus according to  claim 2  in which the clamp rotates about a pivot axis contained inside a portion of the handle affixed to the brush.