Abstract: A hair guide for a hair cutting assembly comprising a cutting unit support member and at least two cutting units, each having an external cutting member and an internal cutting member rotatable relative to the external cutting member about an axis of rotation, the external cutting member having an annular cutting zone comprising hair-entry openings provided at least in a main annular wall of the cutting zone, each cutting unit being pivotable relative to the cutting unit support member. The hair guide comprising: a hair guide support member coupled to the cutting unit support member of the hair cutting assembly, and at least two annular hair guiding members each having a central axis and a plurality of hair guiding elements having a main direction of extension in a radial direction relative to the central axis and arranged in an annular hair guiding zone extending about the central axis.

Abstract: A hair-cutting unit (4) for use in a hair-cutting appliance comprises an external cutting member (5) having hair-entry openings in a cutting track surface (58), an internal cutting member (6) having at least one hair-cutting element and being movable with respect to the external cutting member (5), and a skin-supporting structure (7) having a skin-supporting surface (71) for contacting a portion of skin to be subjected to a hair-cutting action. The external cutting member (5) is displaceable relative to the skin-supporting structure (7), and the hair-cutting unit (4) further comprises a safety mechanism which is designed to enable stepped and instantaneous variation between at least two discrete stages of a level (lc) of the cutting track surface (58) with respect to a level (ls) of the skin-supporting surface (71), in relation to pressure exerted by the external cutting member (5) on the skin.

Abstract: A hair guide including a support member detachably couplable to a hair cutting apparatus, and at least two annular hair guiding members each having a central axis and hair guiding elements extending radially relative to the central axis and arranged in an annular hair guiding zone. At least one hair guiding element has an inwardly directed rounded end portion arranged at a distance from the central axis such that, when the support member is coupled to the hair cutting apparatus, the rounded end portion is positioned, in a radial direction relative to the central axis, at least partially inwardly of an inner side wall of an annular cutting zone of an associated cutting unit of the hair cutting apparatus and, in an axial direction relative to the central axis, at a distance from an annular recessed area of a central wall portion of the associated cutting unit.

Abstract: A hair guide (500, 740) for a hair cutting assembly is provided. The hair cutting assembly comprises a cutting unit support member (102, 720) and at least two cutting units (106, 108, 110, 722, 724, 726), wherein each cutting unit has an external cutting member (112, 728) and an internal cutting member which is rotatable relative to the external cutting member about an axis of rotation (x), the external cutting member having an annular cutting zone (114) comprising hair-entry openings (116, 728a) provided at least in a main annular wall (115) of the cutting zone, and wherein each cutting unit is pivotable relative to the cutting unit support member.

Abstract: A hair guide (200) configured to be detachably couplable to a hair cutting apparatus (100), said hair guide comprising a support member (202) configured to be detachably couplable to the hair cutting apparatus, and at least two annular hair guiding members (206, 208, 210) each having a central axis (y) and a plurality of hair guiding elements (212) having a main direction of extension in a radial direction relative to the central axis and arranged in an annular hair guiding zone extending about the central axis, wherein at least one of the hair guiding elements has an inwardly directed rounded end portion (220) which is arranged at a distance from the central axis such that, when the support member is coupled to the hair cutting apparatus, the rounded end portion is positioned, in a radial direction relative to the central axis, at least partially inwardly of an inner side wall of an annular cutting zone of an associated cutting unit of the hair cutting apparatus and, in an axial direction relative to the cen