Electric curling iron

Abstract

Disclosed therein is an electric curling iron. The electric curling iron includes: a body part; a heating rod arranged at a side of the body part and having a heat ray heater disposed therein; an upper handle and a lower handle hinge-coupled on a hinge shaft formed at the other side of the body part, the upper and lower handles being movable in a tong shape; and an upper pressing member and a lower pressing member whose end portions are respectively overlapped and hinge-coupled to front ends of the inner faces of the upper and lower handles, the upper and lower pressing members respectively having a shape corresponding to the outer circumferential surface of the heating rod, wherein the upper and lower pressing members are opened wider than the upper and lower handles, so that a user can rapidly and convenient do hair styling.

1 . An electric curling iron comprising:
 a body part;   a heating rod arranged at a side of the body part and having a heat ray heater disposed therein;   an upper handle and a lower handle hinge-coupled on a hinge shaft formed at the other side of the body part, the upper and lower handles being movable in a tong shape; and   an upper pressing member and a lower pressing member whose end portions are respectively overlapped and hinge-coupled to front ends of the inner faces of the upper and lower handles, the upper and lower pressing members respectively having a shape corresponding to the outer circumferential surface of the heating rod,   wherein the upper and lower pressing members are opened wider than the upper and lower handles.   
     
     
         2 . The electric curling iron according to  claim 1 , wherein end portions of one side of the upper pressing member and the lower pressing member are connected with each other by an elastic member. 
     
     
         3 . The electric curling iron according to  claim 1 , wherein the upper pressing member and the lower pressing member respectively comprise heat ray heaters mounted therein. 
     
     
         4 . The electric curling iron according to  claim 1 , wherein the heating rod is mounted at one side of the body part, is slidably moved by a connection part inserted into the body part, is drawn in and out in multiple stages by a retaining protrusion that is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the connection part and retained to at least one retaining hole formed on the body part in a longitudinal direction, and is drawn out from the upper and lower pressing members in a state where the upper and lower handles are compressed. 
     
     
         5 . The electric curling iron according to  claim 4 , further comprising:
 a spring disposed at the connection part between the heating rod and the body part.   
     
     
         6 . The electric curling iron according to  claim 1 , wherein the heating rod comprises at least one moisture release groove formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof in the longitudinal direction. 
     
     
         7 . The electric curling iron according to  claim 4 , wherein the heating rod comprises at least one moisture release groove formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof in the longitudinal direction. 
     
     
         8 . The electric curling iron according to  claim 5 , wherein the heating rod comprises at least one moisture release groove formed on the outer circumferential surface thereof in the longitudinal direction.