Abstract: A haircutting appliance comprises an enclosed housing having a hollow handle connecting the housing to a vacuum source to carry away cut hairs from a subject's head. A manually operated or finger depressible member is pivotally mounted on the handle in a manner that the same hand of the user which holds or grips the handle can also operate the finger depressible member which permits the other hand of the user to be free for other purposes.A motion transmitting mechanism is located in the housing of the appliance and interconnects the finger depressible member with the cutting scissor blades. The finger depressible member is connected to a slidable plate in the housing which is provided with structure to actuate the haircutters for severing hair entering the housing. Hair spacers are carried by the housing to selectively determine the length of hair to be cut.

Abstract: A hair cutting appliance comprises a power-driven user-controlled scissors mounted in the cutting chamber of a housing. The scissors are driven in cutting strokes by solenoids. The housing also defines an exhaust chamber, and has a tubular handle adapting the exhaust chamber for connection to a source of suction via a flexible hose. Spacer means are mounted to the housing surrounding an inlet opening to the cutting chamber, and the spacer means may comprise several removably mounted spacer members of differing lengths for selecting a desired hair length. Hair is drawm into the cutting chamber in a path between the blades of the scissors, and the scissors is operated to cut the hair at the length determined by the spacer means. The housing is at least partially transparent so that the cutting of the hair can be seen by the user.