摘要 |
PCT No. PCT/GB82/00255 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 12, 1983 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 12, 1983 PCT Filed Aug. 13, 1982 PCT Pub. No. WO83/00607 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 3, 1983.A portable hair drying apparatus has a tubular body (60) with an air inlet at one end also containing an electric motor driving impeller (73) and powered by rechargeable cells (74). The air flows over a gas burner assembly (61) fed with gas from a liquid gas container (78) via valve means (69). The container (78) may be recharged through valve (69) or detached at a coupling joint (79) and replaced. The gas burner (61) may comprise a tube surrounded by a catalyst impregnated fibre forming a flameless catalytic gas burner. The gas burner may be separated from direct contact with the air flow by means of a heat pump, one end of which is heated by the burner with the other end being located in the air flow. |