Attachment for a hair care appliance

Abstract

An attachment for a hair care appliance, the attachment including a main body having an outer surface, a hair engaging member, an airflow inlet for receiving airflow from the hair care appliance, and an airflow outlet between the main body and the hair engaging member. The airflow from the airflow outlet is configured to attach to the outer surface. The attachment further includes an airflow separator downstream of the airflow outlet. The airflow separator is configured to cause airflow to separate from the outer surface in use.

1 . An attachment for a hair care appliance, the attachment comprising:
 a main body comprising an outer surface;   a hair engaging member;   an airflow inlet for receiving airflow from the hair care appliance;   an airflow outlet between the main body and the hair engaging member, wherein airflow from the airflow outlet is configured to attach to the outer surface; and   an airflow separator downstream of the airflow outlet, the airflow separator configured to cause airflow to separate from the outer surface in use.   
     
     
         2 . The attachment according to  claim 1 , wherein the airflow separator comprises a recess in the main body. 
     
     
         3 . The attachment according to  claim 2 , wherein a depth of the recess is between 0.1 mm and 0.5 mm. 
     
     
         4 . The attachment according to  claim 2 , wherein a ratio between a depth and a width of the recess is at least 1:1. 
     
     
         5 . The attachment according to  claim 1 , wherein the airflow separator comprises a projection which protrudes from the outer surface. 
     
     
         6 . The attachment according to  claim 1 , wherein the airflow separator is integral with the main body. 
     
     
         7 . The attachment according to  claim 1 , wherein the airflow separator and the main body comprise separate components which are connected to one another. 
     
     
         8 . The attachment according to  claim 1 , wherein the airflow separator extends along substantially all of the length of the airflow outlet. 
     
     
         9 . The attachment according to  claim 8 , wherein a cross-sectional shape of the airflow separator is uniform along the length of the airflow outlet. 
     
     
         10 . The attachment according to  claim 1 , wherein the hair engaging member comprises a lower surface, wherein a profile of the lower portion is configured to guide airflow toward the airflow outlet. 
     
     
         11 . The attachment according to  claim 1 , wherein the hair engaging member comprises a first hair engaging member, the airflow outlet comprises a first airflow outlet and the airflow separator comprises a first airflow separator, and
 wherein the attachment comprises a second hair engaging member, a second airflow outlet between the first hair engaging member and the second hair engaging member, a third airflow outlet between the second hair engaging member and the main body and a second airflow separator downstream of the second airflow outlet.   
     
     
         12 . The attachment according to  claim 11 , wherein the first and second hair engaging members are moveable relative to the main body between a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein in the first configuration, airflow from the first, second and third airflow outlets is configured to attach to the outer surface, the first hair engaging member and the second hair engaging member respectively, and in the second configuration airflow from the first, second and third airflow outlets is configured to attach to the first hair engaging member, the second hair engaging member and the outer surface respectfully. 
     
     
         13 . The attachment according to  claim 12 , wherein in the first configuration the first airflow separator is configured to cause airflow to separate from the outer surface in use and in the second configuration the second airflow separator is configured to cause airflow to separate from the outer surface in use. 
     
     
         14 . The attachment according to  claim 1 , wherein the outer surface is curved downstream of the airflow outlet such that airflow attaches to the curved surface and the airflow separator downstream of the airflow outlet is configured to cause airflow to detach from the curved surface. 
     
     
         15 . A hair care appliance comprising:
 a handle unit;   an air flow generator disposed in the handle unit; and   the attachment according to  claim 1 .   
     
     
         16 . The hair care appliance as claimed in  claim 15 ,
 wherein the attachment is releasably attachable to the handle unit.   
     
     
         17 . A hair care appliance comprising:
 a main body comprising an outer surface;   an airflow inlet;   a hair engaging member;   an airflow outlet between the main body and the hair engaging member, wherein airflow from the airflow outlet is configured to attach to the outer surface;   an air flow generator for generating an airflow from the airflow inlet to the airflow outlet; and   an airflow separator downstream of the airflow outlet, the airflow separator configured to cause airflow to separate from the outer surface in use.