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Abstract

An electric hair curling or styling iron includes an elongated cylindrical housing extending from a handle and enclosing an electric heating element. The outer peripheral cylindrical surface of the housing is provided with an even number of radially spaced longitudinally extending grooves. An elongated support bar is removably located in each of the grooves and each bar includes a plurality of longitudinally spaced teeth extending radially outwardly from the longitudinal axis of the housing. The bars are arranged in alternating first and second series. The bars and teeth of the first series are fabricated from a material relatively of high heat transmissibility, such as aluminum. The bars and teeth of the second series are made of a material of relatively low heat transmissibility, such as plastic. The teeth of the second series are longer than the teeth of the first series. The construction permits the relatively short hot teeth of the first series to contact and transmit heat to the hair while the relatively long teeth of the second series, which are relatively cool, groom the hair and prevent contact of hot teeth of the first series with the scalp during use.

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