Patents by Inventor Gerald Meijer

Gerald Meijer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Electric shaver having plural switch assembly and illuminated counter mechanism
    Patent number: 4384180
    Abstract: There is provided a battery-operated electrical appliance such as an electric shaver including a mechanism for counting the number of times the appliance is operated. A first switch for activating the appliance is positioned in the mechanism housing, together with a rotatably mounted member provided with indicia for indicating the number of times the first swtich has been operated. An actuating member brings the movable contact and the fixed contact of the first switch into and out of engagement with each other, the actuating member including an element for engagement with the indicating member to successively rotate the same one indicia unit each time the first switch is actuated. A second switch is associated in the housing with the indicating member and has a movable contact and a fixed contact arranged to be brought into engagement after a predetermined number of successive partial rotations of the indicating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1983
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald Meijer, Mosayoshi Takaoka, Koichi Hayashi