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Electric hair dryer temperature limiter

CA 1055092 A · Owner: General Electric Company · Inventors: Nopanen, Esko J.

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In a hair dryer of the type having a motor-driven fan, a heater box with plural wattage heaters connected in the box and disposed at the fan exit for heating the air to selected temperatures after it leaves the fan and having thermostat means to sense the air temperature and open the heater circuit on an overtemperature condition an improvement, is provided that comprises thermostat means disposed directly, in the exit plane of the heater box and also disposed downstream of all the plural wattage heaters with the thermostat means being connected in series with at least some of the heaters. This rapidly senses the outlet temperature from the heater box and disconnects its connected heaters. …

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  • Granted May 22, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended May 22, 1996.
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GrantedMay 22, 1979
Term endedMay 22, 1996
Patent numberCA 1055092 A
Classification (IPC)A45D20/08 +2 more

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198019821984198619881990199219941996Patent grantedMay 22, 1979Term endedMay 22, 1996

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