Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for skin parameter measurement, comprising a housing structure (112) defining an interior cavity (120) and a first opening (122) at a skin contact end (124) of the interior cavity (120), a movable part (113, 117) connected to the housing structure (112) via an elastic connecting arrangement (126), the movable part (113, 117) being movable with respect to the housing structure (112) and configured to protrude the skin contact end (124) through the first opening (122) of the housing structure when no external force is applied to move the movable part (113, 117) with respect to the housing structure, the movable part (113, 117) further comprising a second opening (116), an optical sensing unit (118) for performing measurement of a first skin parameter when the device is in contact with a skin surface, the optical sensing unit being provided within the interior cavity of the housing structure and comprising an illuminating unit (118A) for illuminating the skin surface by

Abstract: The present invention relates to an accessory device (20) for an image-capturing device (10) for capturing a skin image of a subject's skin comprising a tubular member (21) having a first opening (22) at its first end (23) configured to surround a light source (11) and an image sensor (12) included in the image-capturing device (10) and a second opening (24) at its second end (25) configured to surround a skin portion (101) and two mirrors (26, 27) arranged within the tubular number (21) at its second end (25), wherein a first mirror (26) is arranged to retied light (30) emitted by the light source (11) towards the skin portion (101) and a second mirror (27) is arranged to reflect light (31) reflected from the skin portion (101) towards the image sensor (12). The accessory device can be coupled to an image-capturing device to acquire an image of a skin portion, which is evaluated to determine a skin parameter, such as skin gloss.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for skin parameter measurement, comprising a housing structure (112) defining an interior cavity (120) and a first opening (122) at a skin contact end (124) of the interior cavity (120), a movable part (113, 117) connected to the housing structure (112) via an elastic connecting arrangement (126), the movable part (113, 117) being movable with respect to the housing structure (112) and configured to protrude the skin contact end (124) through the first opening (122) of the housing structure when no external force is applied to move the movable part (113, 117) with respect to the housing structure, the movable part (113, 117) further comprising a second opening (116), an optical sensing unit (118) for performing measurement of a first skin parameter when the device is in contact with a skin surface, the optical sensing unit being provided within the interior cavity of the housing structure and comprising an illuminating unit (118A) for illuminating the skin surface by

Abstract: An apparatus for obtaining images for use in determining one or more properties of skin of a subject, the apparatus comprising an image sensor unit for generating an image of a skin sample, wherein the skin sample corresponds to an area of skin of the subject within a field of view, FOV, of the image sensor unit when the skin of the subject is spaced a predetermined working distance from the image sensor unit; a first light arrangement comprising one or more light sources for illuminating the skin of the subject; and a second light arrangement comprising one or more light sources for illuminating the skin of the subject.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an accessory device (20) for an image-capturing device (10) for capturing a skin image of a subject's skin comprising a tubular member (21) having a first opening (22) at its first end (23) configured to surround a light source (11) and an image sensor (12) included in the image-capturing device (10) and a second opening (24) at its second end (25) configured to surround a skin portion (101) and two mirrors (26, 27) arranged within the tubular number (21) at its second end (25), wherein a first mirror (26) is arranged to retied light (30) emitted by the light source (11) towards the skin portion (101) and a second mirror (27) is arranged to reflect light (31) reflected from the skin portion (101) towards the image sensor (12). The accessory device can be coupled to an image-capturing device to acquire an image of a skin portion, which is evaluated to determine a skin parameter, such as skin gloss.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a cutting member (6) of a shaver (1) includes the steps of providing a plate-shaped carrier (10), cutting at least one cutting element (9a, 9b) free from the carrier except for a residual connection between a base (15, 23) of the cutting element and the carrier, and bending the cutting element relative to the carrier. The steps of cutting free and bending are performed simultaneously using a tool (11) having a combined punching and bending effect. By using such a tool, the action of cutting free is obtained by a tearing process which does not lead to a free space and a loss of material between the cutting element (9a, 9b) and the carrier (10). As a result, the strength of the carrier is not reduced by such a free space or loss of material.

Abstract: A cutter unit for a rotary shaver includes a series of cutters arranged in at least two rings around a central axis of a cutter unit. The rings are formed by forming two cutter discs, each with a plurality of cutters, and by nesting the discs, one into the other, in such way that their combined cutters form the at least two rings.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a cutting member (6) of a shaver (1). The method comprises the steps of providing a plate-shaped carrier (10), cutting at least one cutting element (9a, 9b) free from the carrier except for a residual connection between a base (15, 23) of the cutting element and the carrier, and bending the cutting element relative to the carrier. According to the invention the steps of cutting free and bending are performed simultaneously using a tool (11) having a combined punching and bending effect. By using such a tool the action of cutting free is obtained by a tearing process which does not lead to a free space and a loss of material between the cutting element (9a, 9b) and the carrier (10). As a result the strength of the carrier is not reduced by such a free space or loss of material.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cutter member (15) for a rotary shaver (1), comprising a number of cutters (20?, 20?), arranged in at least two rings (R1, R2) around a central axis (C), and a number of upwardly bent arms (22?, 22?), connecting the cutters (20?, 20?) to a central base (21). The rings are formed by bending some of the arms (22?, 22?) more outward and/or inward than others. The invention furthermore relates to a rotary shaver (1), comprising a cutter member (15) according to the invention, and a method for making such a cutter member (15) by consecutively cutting a blank of sheet material so as to have a number of arms with cutters (20?, 20?) and by bending some of the arms (22?, 22?) more outward and/or inward than others, so as to arrange the cutters (20?, 20?) in at least two rings (R1, R2).

Abstract: The invention relates to an inner cutter unit (5) for a rotary shaver (1), comprising a plurality of cutter blades (16, 17, 18), arranged at different radii (r1, r2, r3) from a rotation axis (C) of said unit (5). Depending on their respective positions within the unit (5), the respective cutter blades (16, 17, 18) may be provided with different wedge angles (?1,2,3) and/or different bending resistance. The invention furthermore relates to a method for making such an inner cutter unit, a shaver head provided with an inner cutter unit and an outer cutter unit, wherein the design of the outer unit is adapted to that of the inner unit. The invention furthermore relates to a rotary shaver provided with at least one inner cutter unit according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fluid shut-off valve comprising a valve body and a control element for said valve rotatable within said body in order to control the flow of said fluid, s characterised in that said control element includes a C-shaped recess such as to present only an upper horizontal first portion connected to a vertical lateral second portion, which is connected in its turn to a lower horizontal third portion.