Abstract: A battery operated appliance having a casing provided with output means and a compartment for positioning disposable batteries utilized as a source of power for the output means wherein closure means are provided for the compartment which include a hinged cover mounted for slidable movement about a hinge connection into and out of a latched position relative to the appliance casing.

Abstract: A portable electrical appliance such as an electric dry shaver wherein all the operative elements are mounted on a shroud support assembly for removal as an operative unit from the shaver casing. The support means further include a structural arrangement for permitting the vibratory motor of the appliance to be suspended clear of the casing sidewalls to allow for slight pivotal movement thereof during operation to absorb and reduce vibrations in operation of the appliance.

Abstract: An electric dry shaver having skin engaging bar assemblies arranged at opposite sides of the cutter head assembly for tensioning or flattening the skin in advance of the cutter head. Means are provided for mounting the bar assemblies for movement transverse of the longitudinal axis of the cutter head to selected positions relative to the hair reception slots with control and actuator means spaced from the cutter head and operable from without the casing for effecting simultaneous movement of the bar assemblies.

Abstract: A landless inner cutter having a body portion which is made from a single piece of metallic material such as a flat strip of sheet metal. The inner cutter has a body portion including a pair of longitudinal flanges provided with ledges which support a plurality of parallel, arch-shaped, cutter tooth blade sections. The blade sections span the space between the flanges and are disposed normal to the same. In addition, the inner cutter includes a support which is also made of a single piece of sheet metal, to which the blade sections are individually secured so as to rigidly maintain the same parallel to one another. The blade sections are formed in a flat strip of sheet metal in order to form a landless inner cutter. Material if formed from the strip to provide the same with a first archlike edge which has a rise and a span. A second archlike edge is formed in the strip which is longitudinally displaced from the first edge such that the span of the second edge intersects the rise of the first edge.

Abstract: An electric hair curling iron having vapor generating means includes a handle portion having an elongated hair curling body extending from an end thereof. Stationary thermostatically controlled electric heating element and a movable heat conducting means in heat exchange relation therewith are arranged in the body. A liquid reservoir is supported at the end of the hair curling body and includes liquid transfer wick spaced from the heat conducting means to define therebetween a vaporization space. Actuator means are provided on the handle for selectively moving the heat conducting means into and out of engagement with the wick to effect generation of vapor in the vaporization space. The vapor produced is passed exteriorly through openings in the body into contact with the hair wound on the curling body.

Abstract: An electric dry shaver wherein the cutter head assembly is held securely within a cutter head receptacle portion thereof by means which includes latch members on the cutter head in latching engagement with a detent spring on the bottom wall of the receptacle. Additional means are provided for pivoting the receptacle away from the casing for presenting the detent spring in position to release the cutter head or clean the adjacent casing area.