Patents Assigned to Clipper Corporation
  • Drive assembly for hair trimmers
    Patent number: 9242385
    Abstract: A hair trimmer has a base housing and a blade set having a stationary blade and a reciprocating blade. The base housing has a blade set support at one end. The support has a pair of spaced blade set support projections. A cam follower has spaced spring retainers near a bottom of the cam follower, and spaced spring end catches near an upper edge of the cam follower. A spring has elongated legs and a tension arm. The elongated legs extend under the spring retainers and into the spring end catches in the cam follower. A spring tensioner is secured in the base housing by a latch that engages a tensioner catch. The spring tensioner secures the tension arm so that the spring is under tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2016
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventor: Gary Erickson
  • Linear drive system for hair clippers
    Patent number: 9144911
    Abstract: A hair clipper has a base housing, a secondary housing cover, and a rotary motor or vibrator motor secured between the base housing and the housing cover. The rotary motor has a shaft and a cam secured to an end of the shaft, and the vibrator motor has a drive arm with a drive finger. A cam follower is operably connected to the cam or drive finger on a top side. The top side of the cam follower also has an elongated guide rail that is operably secured to a guide channel in a blade guide, which in turn is secured to the base housing. A reciprocating blade is operably secured to the bottom side of the cam follower, and a stationary blade is secured to the base housing adjacent the reciprocating blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Arndt, Gary Snow, Jeff Gesiakowski, Robert Buck, Jr.
  • Hair clipper with a rotary motor vibration and noise damper
    Patent number: 9038276
    Abstract: A hair clipper has a base structural housing with a blade set operably secured thereto. The blade set has a stationary blade and a reciprocating blade. The base has at least one support for a rotary motor. A flexible motor vibration and noise damper fits over half of the motor, and a motor cover is secured to the base structural housing over the vibration damper. A secondary housing cover is secured to the base structural housing over the motor cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventors: Steven Arndt, Jeff Gesiakowski
  • Low resistance hair clipper blade tooth profile
    Patent number: 9027252
    Abstract: A tooth for a blade of a hair cutting apparatus includes a root secured to a base of the blade, a tip opposite the root, and a longitudinal axis of the tooth defined between the root and the tip. A lower, planar cutting surface is provided on the tooth, as is an upper surface opposite the lower surface, and sidewalls separating the upper surface from the lower surface. At least a portion of the upper surface and the sidewalls is elliptical in the direction of the longitudinal axis, beginning at the tip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventor: Russell L. Moseman
  • HAIR CLIPPER COMB WITH MAGNETIC ATTACHMENT
    Publication number: 20140352158
    Abstract: An attachment comb is provided for a hair clipper, and includes a comb body having a leading edge and an attachment edge, a blade-engaging surface and an opposite outer surface, and a plurality of teeth projecting from the leading edge. Sidewalls on the comb body project from the body, and at least one of the sidewalls defines a magnet opening. The blade-engaging surface has a magnet recess located adjacent a corresponding magnet opening, the magnet recess defining a magnet pocket. A magnet has a peripherally projecting base flange and is constructed and arranged for insertion through the magnet opening and such that the flange is insertable into the recess and the magnet is disposed in the magnet pocket so that a blade contacting surface of the magnet is in direct contact with a corresponding clipper blade upon assembly of the comb upon a clipper blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventors: James E. McCambridge, Luther D. Langley
  • LINEAR DRIVE SYSTEM FOR HAIR CLIPPERS
    Publication number: 20140352159
    Abstract: A hair clipper has a base housing, a secondary housing cover, and a rotary motor or vibrator motor secured between the base housing and the housing cover. The rotary motor has a shaft and a cam secured to an end of the shaft, and the vibrator motor has a drive arm with a drive finger. A cam follower is operably connected to the cam or drive finger on a top side. The top side of the cam follower also has an elongated guide rail that is operably secured to a guide channel in a blade guide, which in turn is secured to the base housing. A reciprocating blade is operably secured to the bottom side of the cam follower, and a stationary blade is secured to the base housing adjacent the reciprocating blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: WAHL CLIPPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Arndt, Gary Snow, Jeff Gesiakowski, Robert Buck, Jr.
  • DRIVE ASSEMBLY FOR HAIR TRIMMERS
    Publication number: 20140338199
    Abstract: A hair trimmer has a base housing and a blade set having a stationary blade and a reciprocating blade. The base housing has a blade set support at one end. The support has a pair of spaced blade set support projections. A cam follower has spaced spring retainers near a bottom of the cam follower, and spaced spring end catches near an upper edge of the cam follower. A spring has elongated legs and a tension arm. The elongated legs extend under the spring retainers and into the spring end catches in the cam follower. A spring tensioner is secured in the base housing by a latch that engages a tensioner catch. The spring tensioner secures the tension arm so that the spring is under tension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: WAHL CLIPPER CORPORATION
    Inventor: Gary Erickson
  • ROTARY MOTOR VIBRATION DAMPER AND NOISE DAMPER
    Publication number: 20140259691
    Abstract: A hair clipper has a base structural housing with a blade set operably secured thereto. The blade set has a stationary blade and a reciprocating blade. The base has at least one support for a rotary motor. A flexible motor vibration and noise damper fits over half of the motor, and a motor cover is secured to the base structural housing over the vibration damper. A secondary housing cover is secured to the base structural housing over the motor cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: WAHL CLIPPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven Arndt, Jeff Gesiakowski
  • Base with projections
    Patent number: D714999
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventors: Ben Phillips, Gary Snow, Chad Aulwes, Robert Buck, Jr.
  • Cover for hair clippers
    Patent number: D715489
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventors: Chad Aulwes, Robert Buck, Jr., Ben Phillips, Jeff Gesiakowski, Lance Wahl
  • Cover for hair clippers
    Patent number: D715490
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventors: Chad Aulwes, Robert Buck, Jr., Ben Phillips, Jeff Gesiakowski
  • Base with projections
    Patent number: D715491
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventors: Ben Phillips, Gary Snow, Chad Aulwes
  • Hair clipper housing lid
    Patent number: D722202
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Erickson, Chad Aulwes, George W. Gassman, Stacey Hummel, Clifford Krapfl, Jongho Nho
  • Hair clipper housing lid
    Patent number: D722203
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Erickson, Chad Aulwes, George W. Gassman, Stacey Hummel, Clifford Krapfl, Jongho Nho
  • Hair clipper housing lid
    Patent number: D726371
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventors: Gary Erickson, Chad Aulwes, George W. Gassman, Stacey Hummel, Clifford Krapfl, Jongho Nho
  • Hair clipper attachment comb with clip
    Patent number: D748862
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventors: Chad Aulwes, James E. McCambridge, George W. Gassman, Matthew Whittaker, Raegan Budden
  • Ergonomic hair trimmer
    Patent number: D750325
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventor: Jongho Nho
  • Hair cutting device housing
    Patent number: D751759
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventors: Chad Aulwes, Christian Zachrich, Jeffery K. Bovee, Tangwen Xu, Chunhou Lei
  • Hair cutting device housing
    Patent number: D751760
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Wahl Clipper Corporation
    Inventors: Christian Zachrich, Chad Aulwes, Robert N. Buck, Jr.
  • Hair cutting device housing
    Patent number: D757364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: WAHL CLIPPER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chad Aulwes, Christian Zachrich, Jeffery K. Bovee, Tangwen Xu, Chunhou Lei