With Additional Cutter Means Patents (Class 30/34.1)
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Publication number: 20100175260Abstract: An electric shaver including: a gripper portion to be held by the user's hand; and a head portion configured to hold a shaving-blade unit and supported to be swingable in predetermined directions with respect to the gripper portion, wherein the head portion is provided with: an edge-trimmer-blade unit configured to be switched between a ready-for-use state and a stored state by an operation element; and a engaging portion for fixing the head portion, the engaging portion configured to be engaged with the operation element when the edge-trimmer-blade unit is switched to the readyType: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2009Publication date: July 15, 2010Applicant: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroshi SHIGETA, Masanobu YAMASAKI, Shin HOSOKAWA, Takeshi SHIBA, Jyuzaemon IWASAKI
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Patent number: 7739797Abstract: A shaving razor having a housing. The housing includes a plurality of shaving blades and a separate trimming blade. The trimming blade has a trimming blade edge. A trimming blade alignment member is provided on the housing for aligning the trimming blade edge which is visually concealed by said housing on a user's skin for accurate shaving.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2009Date of Patent: June 22, 2010Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventor: Stephen Leonard Rawle
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Publication number: 20100146791Abstract: Provided is a blade assembly for an electric razor including a housing 10 formed with an ON/OFF switch 12 on a front surface thereof; a driving part placed in an inside of the housing 10 and provided with a motor driven by electric power applied by the ON/OFF switch 12; a blade assembly having a blade rotated by the driving part; a mesh screen 20 for fixing the blade assembly; and a cover 30 removably fitted on an upper portion of the mesh screen 20, wherein the blade assembly S comprises: an outer mesh body 100 bended along a periphery of the blade assembly in a comb-shape so as to thrust up body hairs laid down on an area to be shaved and formed with a plurality of cutting slits 130 and a plurality of cutting holes 140 that come into contact with the area to be shaved to guide the body hairs; and a cutting blade 200 rotatably connected to the driving part, placed in an inside of the outer mesh body 100 and provided with a first cutting blade 210 for cutting the body hairs guided through the plurality of theType: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2009Publication date: June 17, 2010Inventor: Tae-jun Oh
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Publication number: 20100139097Abstract: The invention relates to a hair removal apparatus having a trimmer (4), whereby the trimmer (4) has at least two cutting parts (7, 8) each having rows of teeth drivable individually relative to one another, and having at least one wet shaver unit (21), which has at least one sharp-edged razor blade (22), characterized in that the wet shaver unit (21) is arranged on a carrying element (19) that is guided movably on the housing (1), said carrying element being adjustable by the user in at least two different positions through a corresponding switching movement, the first position being a storage position of the wet shaver unit and the second position allowing simultaneous removal of hair by the trimmer (4) which is leading in the direction of use (P) and the trailing wet shaver unit (21).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2008Publication date: June 10, 2010Inventors: Xavier Perez-Lopez, Andreas Larscheid
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Patent number: 7721451Abstract: A razor that includes a handle having an axis, at least a first and a second shaving head, and a drum that includes the first and second shaving head. The drum is pivotally mounted onto the handle about an axis substantially perpendicular to the edges of the blades, the pivoting of the drum allowing at least a first configuration in which the first shaving head projects at a front end of the handle to allow shaving while the second shaving head is at least partly covered by the handle. In a second configuration, the positions of the first shaving head and second shaving head are reversed.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2004Date of Patent: May 25, 2010Assignee: Bic-Violex S.A.Inventors: Yiannis Psimadas, Spiros Gratsias, Yiannis Bozikis
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Patent number: 7707725Abstract: An electric shaver has a pivotally mounted longhair cutter unit that is pivoted outward into an operating position by motion of an operating switch of the shaver via an actuator that also causes the cutting blades of the longhair cutter unit to extend from the longhair cutter housing. Because the longhair cutter retracts into the longhair cutter housing when the longhair cutter unit is folded shut, the sharp edges of the blades are protected.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2008Date of Patent: May 4, 2010Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Reinhold Eichhorn, Detlef Gleich, Peter Junk, Christof Kleemann, Michael Odemer, Thorsten Pohl, Tobias Schwarz, Thomas Verstege, Martin Vitt, Juergen Wolf, Christoph Zegula
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Publication number: 20100071215Abstract: A trimmer for a shaving razor comprises a blade having a cutting edge. A plurality of teeth are located on one side of said blade at the cutting edge. On a second side of the blade opposite the plurality of teeth are a plurality of ribs located at the cutting edge. Each of the teeth are aligned with the ribs in a direction perpendicular to the blade. Alternatively, the teeth and ribs are spaced alternating along the cutting edge of the blade. The number of teeth are equal to or alternatively, not equal to the number of ribs.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2009Publication date: March 25, 2010Inventor: Jeffrey W. Wonderley
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Publication number: 20100071214Abstract: A method and apparatus of removing hair from the back, shoulders and arms of a man utilizes a device comprising a comb having teeth on a lower end and a blade embedded in the teeth so that a lower active edge of the blade does not reach a lower edge of the teeth and a s result there is no exposed blade and no skin irritation or safety concerns. A rigid or semi-rigid one-piece elongated handle, a proximal end of the handle having a channel shaped to slidably receive the upper end of the comb, the proximal end also having a lever pressing against the comb to hold the comb securely to the proximal end of the handle, the lever capable of being bent to release the comb. The device has a center of gravity approximately one-third of the way down the handle from the proximal end of the handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2008Publication date: March 25, 2010Inventor: Iain Kinghorn
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Publication number: 20100064520Abstract: A modular hair grooming tool is disclosed. The system may include a hand-piece for holding the tool, a razor assembly coupled to a first end of the hand-piece such that the razor assembly is removable, and a nose/ear hair trimmer coupled to the first end of the hand-piece. The nose/ear hair trimmer may be configured to couple with the razor assembly to nest within the razor assembly while the razor assembly is coupled to the first end of the hand-piece. The system may further include a beard trimmer coupled to a second end of the hand-piece, and a protective cap removably coupled to the second end of the hand-piece and configured to cover the beard trimmer while coupled to the second end of the hand-piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2009Publication date: March 18, 2010Inventors: Sung K. Park, Douglas C. Dayton
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Patent number: 7669335Abstract: A shaving blade unit includes a housing having a front edge, a rear edge and side edges extending between the front and rear edges. The housing has an aperture located between the front and rear edges. One or more shaving blades are positioned between the front edge and the rear edge and the one or more blades have cutting edges arranged to define a first cutting region. A clip is arranged to retain the one or more shaving blades on the housing. The clip has a leg received by the aperture, the leg having a bent portion defining a curvature to secure the clip to the housing.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2004Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventors: Vincent P. Walker, Corey E. Corbeil, Stephen Rawle
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Publication number: 20100037463Abstract: A combination shaving and trimming device includes a handle having an upper end and lower end, a powered trimmer disposed adjacent the upper end, a wet-shaving razor attachment comprising a connecting structure adapted for mounting over the trimmer onto the upper end, and a razor cartridge that mates with the connecting structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2009Publication date: February 18, 2010Inventors: Michael Maichel, Markus Schuessler, Ralf Klug, Cirilo Javier Perez Lopez, Andreas Larscheid
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Publication number: 20100011586Abstract: A hair trimming unit has a plastic housing 1 with a contact surface 2 for substantially flat coplanar sliding contact with a hirsute body area. A first blade 6 with a first elongate cutting edge 5 is mounted on a blade platform 4 formed on the housing so that the blade is forwardly inclined towards the contact surface and the blade edge 5 is at a set height above the contact surface. A connection member 10 is joined to the housing 1 where the member pivots about a pivot axis that is disposed at a point that is between about 10% and 70% of the trimming width as measured from the rear wall. A series of forwardly projecting elements 3 on the housing extend over the blade edge on the side of the contact surface and provide a comb structure for separating hair and guiding the hairs into contact with the exposed blade edge sections between the elements 3.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2009Publication date: January 21, 2010Inventors: Roy Nicoll, Isabelle Jane Adams, Chirstopher Wattam, Ian Anthony Goodhead
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Publication number: 20100011585Abstract: A combination shaving and trimming device includes a handle having an upper end and lower end, a powered trimmer disposed adjacent the upper end, a wet-shaving razor attachment comprising a connecting structure adapted for mounting over the trimmer onto the upper end, and a razor cartridge that mates with the connecting structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2009Publication date: January 21, 2010Inventors: Michael Maichel, Markus Schuessler, Ralf Klug, Cirilo Javier Perez Lopez, Terence Gordon Royle, Andreas Larscheid
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SHAVING BLADE UNIT COMPRISING A MOVABLE TRIMMING BLADE PROTECTOR AND SHAVER HAVING SUCH A BLADE UNIT
Publication number: 20100011583Abstract: A shaving blade unit having a housing that includes a primary cap, a primary guard, an upper face, and a rear face. The shaving blade unit also includes at least one primary blade located between the primary cap and the primary guard and extending at the upper face, at least one trimming blade extending at the rear face of the housing, and a trimming blade protector that is able to selectively cover and uncover at least the at least one trimming blade. The trimming blade protector is movably mounted on the housing between a closed position where it covers the at least one trimming blade and an open position where the at least one trimming blade is usable.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2006Publication date: January 21, 2010Inventors: Dimitris Efthimiadis, Spiros Gratsias, Ioannis Bozikis -
Publication number: 20100011584Abstract: A shaving blade unit having a housing that includes a primary cap, a primary guard, an upper face, and a rear face. The shaving blade unit also includes a first primary blade located between the primary cap and the primary guard and extending at said the upper face, a first spacer stacked with the first primary blade, and a trimming blade extending at the rear face of the housing where the trimming blade is unreleasably fixed to the first spacer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2006Publication date: January 21, 2010Applicant: BIC-Violex SAInventors: Dimitris Efthimiadis, Spiros Gratsias, Ioannis Bozikis
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Publication number: 20100000092Abstract: A shaver has a shaving unit which comprises three shaving elements (6), wherein each shaving element (6) accommodates a cutter member (9) for cutting off hairs. Each shaving element (6) further accommodates a gear wheel (16) which is part of transmission means for coupling a drive shaft (17) for driving the cutter member (9) to an output shaft of a motor of the shaver. A top side of a space (23) where the gear wheel (16) is located is covered by a partition (22), wherein only the drive shaft (17) is extending through this partition (22). Each shaving element (6) can easily be opened by removing a top portion (27) of the shaving element (6), which comprises the cutter member (9) from a base portion (26) of the shaving element (6) where the gear wheel (16), the drive shaft (17) and the partition (22) are located. An opening system (102, 104, 112, 200) may be provided to open all the shaving elements (6) in one action by reversal of the direction of rotation of the output shaft (15, 15a).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2007Publication date: January 7, 2010Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Ronald Maarten Schneider, Johannes Cornelius Antonius Muller, Peter Adrianus Albert Kemps, Jacob Brinkert, Geert-Jan Darwinkel, Mattheus Jacobus Van Der Meer
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Patent number: 7617607Abstract: A shaving razor blade unit including a housing having a primary guard at a front of the housing and a primary cap at an upper surface at a back of the housing, one or more primary shaving blades between the primary guard and the primary cap, a rear wall having a rear exterior surface extending downward from the upper surface at the back of the housing to a terminating surface, and a trimming blade mounted on the rear wall and having a trimming cutting edge extending at least partially beyond the terminating surface inside of an imaginary extension of the rear exterior surface, the rear exterior surface defining a secondary cap for the trimming blade. The back of the housing can include trimming guard including spaced guard segments. The trimming blade, trimming guard and trimming cap can be provided as an assembly that is attached to the rest of the housing. The assembly can include a sheet metal support with a blade welded to the support.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2004Date of Patent: November 17, 2009Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventors: Evan Pennell, Alejandro Lee, Vincent Walker, Robert Trotta, Kevin Powell, John Yuskowski
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Publication number: 20090265938Abstract: The invention is directed to a hair-clipping device (100) comprising: a main body (110), main hair-clipping means (112) supported by the main body (110), and additional hair-clipping means (114) having an active hair-clipping portion (116) extending over a longitudinal dimension (118) and being supported by supporting means (120). In accordance with the invention the supporting means (120) at least in one predetermined working position of the active hair-clipping portion (116) extend only over a part of the longitudinal dimension (118). Thereby at least one free end portion of the active hair-clipping portion exists that can, for example, be easily inserted into the nose to remove nose hair. However, the additional hair-clipping means (114) are preferably not limited to this function, but can also be used, for example, for conventional hair trimming etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2007Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventors: Michael Janny, Rene Wadsack, Wolfgang Obermann
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Publication number: 20090223056Abstract: A power shaver having a hand-cranked dynamo is disclosed. The shaver includes a battery that can be charged by the hand-cranked dynamo, or from an alternating current adaptor that delivers charge from another battery, or from a charger that connects to a conventional source of alternating current. The shaver includes a foldable handle that allows a user to operate the dynamo, and folds against the body of the shaver when not in use. Indication lights located on the body of the shaver provide charging and status information to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2008Publication date: September 10, 2009Inventors: Troy D. Wilson, Xingrong Zhang, Weifu Zhang
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Publication number: 20090205207Abstract: A shaving razor having a housing. The housing includes a plurality of shaving blades and a separate trimming blade. The trimming blade has a trimming blade edge. A trimming blade alignment member is provided on the housing for aligning the trimming blade edge which is visually concealed by said housing on a user's skin for accurate shaving.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2009Publication date: August 20, 2009Inventor: Stephen Leonard Rawle
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Publication number: 20090165303Abstract: An electric hair-trimming device includes a body having two opposite ends, two trimming heads mounted to the two opposite ends of the body, and two endcaps that detachably couple to the two opposite ends of the body to cover the two trimming heads. The endcaps each have a generally flat end surface such that the device can be stood upright on either of the endcaps. In an example embodiment, the trimming heads are provided by a nose-hair trimmer and a detail trimmer. And in another example embodiment, the nose-hair trimmer includes a high surface-porosity foil shroud.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2007Publication date: July 2, 2009Inventors: Patrick Burgess, Tylor Garland, Aldis Rauda, Stan Chudzik, Christin Hartsfield
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Publication number: 20090165304Abstract: A razor and trimmer combination assembly includes an elongated handle, a razor blade, a trimmer and a motor. The razor blade is disposed at or adjacent a first end of the handle. The trimmer mounts on the handle and includes a moving blade. The motor drives the moving blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2009Publication date: July 2, 2009Inventors: Lawrence A. Blaustein, Douglas A. Gall, John William Nottingham, John Osher
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Patent number: 7540087Abstract: A shaving razor having a housing. The housing includes a plurality of shaving blades and a separate trimming blade. The trimming blade has a trimming blade edge. A trimming blade alignment member is provided on the housing for aligning the trimming blade edge which is visually concealed by said housing on a user's skin for accurate shaving.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2006Date of Patent: June 2, 2009Assignee: The Gillette CompanyInventor: Stephen Leonard Rawle
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Publication number: 20090133263Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electric shaver having a shaver housing, and a shaving head housing that is connected to the shaver housing for pivotal movement between two end positions. The shaving head housing carries at least two shaving assemblies, of which at least one shaving assembly is retractable into the housing to a first, retracted position, and elastically biased toward a second, extended position, such that extension of the at least one shaving assembly is a function of contact pressure applied by a user. Actuating elements carried by the shaving head housing control a maximum degree of extension of the at least one shaving assembly as a function of a pivot angle between the shaver housing and the shaving head housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 5, 2009Publication date: May 28, 2009Inventors: Reinhold Eichhorn, Detlef Gleich, Peter Junk, Christof Kleemann, Michael Odemer, Thorsten Pohl, Tobias Schwarz, Thomas Verstege, Martin Vitt, Juergen Wolf, Christoph Zegula
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Patent number: 7503117Abstract: An electric hair cutting apparatus including a casing and a cutter unit secured to the casing.Type: GrantFiled: January 3, 2006Date of Patent: March 17, 2009Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Matthias Wetzel, Norbert Kreutz, Daniel Dietzel, Volker Stenger, Matthias Matern
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Publication number: 20090056137Abstract: A personal care apparatus includes a handle housing a rechargeable battery and a plurality of operating heads such as a vibrating safety razor head and a hair trimming device exchangeably mountable on the handle for assembling different hand-held appliances for performing respective body treatments. A base is included for storing the components of the apparatus when not in use and forms a battery charging device with a socket into which the handle plugs for recharging the battery. The operating heads include electrical devices, in particular electric motors, powered by the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2007Publication date: March 5, 2009Inventor: Terence Gordon Royle
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Patent number: 7490408Abstract: An electric-powered shaving apparatus with a drive part excitable by an electric motor into performing an oscillatory motion, the drive part transmitting its motion for cutting hairs to a short-hair cutter and to a long-hair trimmer. The long-hair trimmer is displaceable relative to the housing into an advanced and a retracted position. The motion of the drive part for the short-hair cutter is utilized for moving the long-hair trimmer into the advanced position.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2006Date of Patent: February 17, 2009Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Reinhold Eichhorn, Detlef Gleich, Sebastian Hottenrott, Peter Junk, Christof Kleemann, Michael Odemer, Thorsten Pohl, Tobias Schwarz, Jürgen Wolf
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Publication number: 20090000126Abstract: An electrically operated shaver includes a shaver housing and a cutter head. The cutter head is arranged on the shaver housing and includes at least one cutting device comprised of an outer cutter equipped with apertures and an under cutter. The cutters are driven into sliding relationship to one another by an electric drive, so that hairs entering the apertures are cut off by the cutting device. Provided on the cutter head adjacent to the cutting device is a supporting element which, like the cutting device, is engaged by an operator's skin surface during a shaving operation. Both the cutting device and the supporting element are mounted in the cutter head for displacement against the force of a spring. Means are provided for enabling a different distribution of the contact forces (F1, F2) to the cutting device and the supporting element.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Inventor: Bernhard Kraus
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Publication number: 20090000124Abstract: A battery powered grooming tool is provided that includes a safety razor assembly adjoined to a hair trimmer assembly. Both assemblies include a housing. The housings may be separable or may be integrally formed. The trimmer assembly includes a motor operably connected to a moving toothed blade. The motor has a diameter less than 18 mm, a peak efficiency greater than 55% and an output torque greater than 0.8 mNm at peak efficiency. The grooming tool has a width less than 25 mm and a mass less than 80 g and the grooming tool is ergonomically familiar to a typical safety razor user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: EVEREADY BATTERY COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Gregg A. Micinilio, Andrew J. Pennella, Mark Peyser, Philipp Pfenniger
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Publication number: 20090000125Abstract: A grooming tool is provided that includes a safety razor assembly adjoined to a hair trimmer assembly. Both assemblies include a housing. The housings may be separable or may be integrally formed. The trimmer assembly includes a motor operably connected to a moving toothed blade. A second toothed blade is removably mounted to the housing of the trimmer. One end of the leaf spring is disposed in a suitably sized recess of the trimmer housing and the opposed second end bears against a driver of the moving blade to maintain sliding contact between the toothed portions of the two blades during operation. When a user removes the second toothed blade, the moving blade may be separately removed while the leaf spring is retained in its recess. Both housings have a width less than 25 mm and the grooming tool is ergonomically familiar to a typical safety razor user.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2008Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: EVEREADY BATTERY COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Mark S. Peyser, Abraham D. Schwartz
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Publication number: 20090000123Abstract: A manual shaving device that includes a support having at least one razor blade designed to cut a hair as it passes over it mounted thereon and at least one conducting member designed to transmit an electric current to a root of the hair as it passes over it, the electric current being designed to damage a follicle of the hair by electrolysis.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2006Publication date: January 1, 2009Applicant: SOCIÉTÉ BICInventor: Michel Trezon
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Publication number: 20080313909Abstract: A hair removal apparatus with a housing and an actuator head movable in the housing. The actuator head accommodates an actuator system that removes the hairs and is adapted to be driven by an electric drive mechanism arranged in the hair removal apparatus. The actuator system is movable into at least one active position for hair treatment. According to the invention, the actuator head is freely rotatable in the housing about an axis of rotation for adjustment of an active position. Using a single hair removal apparatus it is thus possible to employ various hair treatment systems such as long-hair cutter, short-hair cutter, or epilator, requiring only the actuator head to be turned about its bearing axis until the cutting unit provided for the respective hair treatment operation is turned into the actuator plane. Since several hair treatment operations can be performed with just one apparatus, manufacturing costs can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2006Publication date: December 25, 2008Inventors: Werner Haczek, Bernhard Kraus, Thorsten Piesker, Markus Sabisch
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Patent number: 7461456Abstract: A dry shaver includes a swingable shaving head which is provided with a pair of support points through which the shaving head is supported to a grip through a linkage mechanism. The linkage mechanism includes a pair of cranks each connected at its one end to each one of the support points and connected at the other end to each one of the anchor points on the side of the grip. A frame projects on top of the grip in an overlapping relation with the shaving head to give the anchor points which are positioned upwardly of the support points with respect to a height axis of the grip for suspending the shaving head an top of the grip by the frame.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2004Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Toshiyuki Tsushio, Jyuzaemon Iwasaki, Takeshi Shiba, Masanobu Yamasaki
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Publication number: 20080289184Abstract: According to the present invention there is provided head unit (10) for an animal shearing and clipping apparatus, the head unit (10) being configured to receive either a clipping comb and cutter arrangement (12, 14) or a shearing upper and lower blade arrangement (16, 18), the head unit (10) comprising a body (20) having a drive member (22, 24) arranged to drive a movable blade or cutter (14, 18), a mount (28) arranged to receive a complementary mounting feature of a comb or fixed blade (12, 16), a shearing blade guide and a clipping cutter guide.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2006Publication date: November 27, 2008Inventor: John Alun Harris Williams
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Publication number: 20080263869Abstract: To minimize the risk for injuries due to hooked hair catching teeth, but still have a reasonable hair-cutting efficiency, a cutting unit (107) for a hair-cutting device (100) having two blades (202, 206) moving relatively to each other with at least one of the blades (202, 206) being toothed is proposed, wherein at least some teeth (208) have a larger cross-sectional area (CA) at their free end (210) than at their end (212) making the junction with the blade (206), wherein the larger cross-sectional area (CA) is 0.3 mm2 or more and wherein the shape of the larger cross-sectional area (CA) is such that the tooth (208) surface oriented to face the surface (305) with hair (301) to be cut when cutting has a larger distance to the middle axis (M) than the equivalent surface of the blade-side-end (212).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 11, 2006Publication date: October 30, 2008Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.Inventor: Hannes Floessholzer
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Publication number: 20080250644Abstract: A multi-function razor cartridge that can be used for hair trimming and normal shaving has a housing including a retractable guard and at least one razor blade having a cutting edge. The razor cartridge also has a comb mounted to the housing that is movable by a user between a non-operable position and an operable position. When the comb is in the non-operable position the razor cartridge can be used for a normal shaving operation. As the comb is moved to the operable position for hair trimming, the guard is retracted so that it will not interfere with the passage of longer hairs between the teeth of the comb.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2008Publication date: October 16, 2008Applicant: EVEREADY BATTERY COMPANY, INC.Inventors: Glennis J. Orloff, Gregg A. Micinilio
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Patent number: 7426785Abstract: A multi type head moving shaver is disclosed. The multi type head moving shaver includes a housing provided with an ON/OFF switch and an inserting portion formed at a top of the housing, a connecting rod mounted inside the housing, the connecting rod being driven by a driving motor, a coupling member coupled to the inserting portion, the coupling member pivoting forward and backward, and a cutting head having a block coupled onto the coupling member, the cutting head pivoting together with the coupling member.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2006Date of Patent: September 23, 2008Inventor: Tae-Jun Ho
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Publication number: 20080216320Abstract: Shaving apparatus including a drivable shaving unit for performing a first shaving action on a user's skin; a motor adapted to drive the shaving unit to perform the first shaving action; a blade having a razor-sharp cutting edge positioned for shaving engagement with the user's skin; and a guard surface provided in front of the razor-sharp blade. During use, the blade performs a second shaving action to cut hair while the drivable shaving unit performs the first shaving action. The first shaving unit may be rotary or linear and may have a static or moving skin-engaging cutter. Two razor-sharp blades may be provided, facing in opposite directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 25, 2008Publication date: September 11, 2008Inventors: Terence G. Royle, Robert White
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Publication number: 20080184562Abstract: An electric shaver includes a control unit connected to a gear set, so as to drive the gear set to rotate at least one cutter blade set for cutting beard; and a nose hair trimmer, which includes a gear mechanism, a central rotary shaft, a nose hair blade, and an engaging & disengaging element. The gear mechanism includes a gear wheel meshing with the gear set, and an engaging head connected to and rotating along with the gear wheel. The nose hair blade and the engaging & disengaging element are fixedly mounted on the central rotary shaft. When the central rotary shaft is moved forward by a predetermined distance to engage the engaging & disengaging element with the engaging head, the nose hair blade on the central rotary shaft is protruded from the electric shaver while rotating to trim nose hair.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2007Publication date: August 7, 2008Inventors: Ching-Tien Pi, Chia-Yu Pi
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Publication number: 20080172878Abstract: A blade unit for a safety razor has a plurality of blades (7, 8, 9) with cutting edges (10, 11, 12) positioned between first guard and cap surfaces (26, 29) at an upper face of the unit, and a further blade (36) with a cutting edge (37) positioned between guard and cap surfaces (33, 34) at a rear face of the unit. The further blade at the rear face is intended for shaving skin areas, such as directly below the nostrils or in-front of the ears, to which access is restricted. A rinsing passage (35) connects a gap between the cutting edge (37) of the further blade (86) with an opening (38) at the bottom face of the blade unit for clearance of shaving debris and soap from the underside of the further blade (36) to the underside of the blade unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2008Publication date: July 24, 2008Inventor: Richard Hart Luxton
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Publication number: 20080155831Abstract: A safety razor has a handle (1) and a head structure (5) mounted for pivotable movement relative to the handle during shaving. The head structure (5) includes a motor (18) housed in a sealed chamber (9) for driving a device in use of the razor, such as to reciprocate a guard component or a blade, to vibrate the head structure, to actuate a dispensing device for delivering a shaving enhancement fluid, or to oscillate a support platform (101) on which a blade unit (110) is mounted. The shaving cartridge can include a guard component (38) with projections (39) which are moved towards and away from the skin being shaved when the guard component is reciprocated by the motor (18).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2005Publication date: July 3, 2008Inventor: Terence Gordon Royle
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Publication number: 20080134512Abstract: In a shaving apparatus (1) comprising abase part (2) and a shaving head (3) mounted on the base part (2), the shaving head (3) is pivotably mounted with respect to the base part (2), namely about a pivot axis (43) that runs parallel to a longitudinal direction of rows of cutting teeth (39, 40, 41, 42), wherein the pivot axis (43) is arranged offset towards the base part (2) with respect to the rows of cutting teeth (39, 40, 41, 42) in a depth direction (56) relative to the base part (2), and wherein a spring (48) is provided which spring (48) spring-loads the shaving head (3) counter to the depth direction (56) away from the base part (2) and towards a rest position of the shaving head (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2004Publication date: June 12, 2008Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.Inventor: Arthur Putzer
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Patent number: 7350300Abstract: In a shaver having provided on an upper end portion of a main body thereof a head portion comprising a razor having an outer blade and an inner blade, a front cross section of the shaver has a shape narrowed at a substantially center portion in its up and down direction, and a side cross section of the shaver has a substantially S-shape, in order to increase the contact area between the main body and the palm, to improve fit feeling, to make it hard to slip, and to finely adjust the angle of the razor against the skin without moving the wrist.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2003Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Takashi Yamaguchi, Yasunori Ueda, Kotaro Yanagi, Izumi Mihara, Masahiro Takatani, Tetsushi Ogawa, Takumi Adachi, Etsushi Muramatsu, Tsuyoshi Nishizawa, Takashi Yukawa, Matsuki Yamamoto, Fumio Taniguchi, Masanobu Yamasaki
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Publication number: 20080040927Abstract: An electric shaver and trimmer for use in shaving and trimming armpit hair includes a body and at least one attachment removably attached to the head end of the body, the attachment including a shaver and a trimmer, the trimmer having a convex stationary blade connected to the attachment and a convex cutting blade at least partially within the attachment movable against the convex stationary blade. In one embodiment, the electric shaver includes two interchangeable attachments, each having a different shape trimmer blade for use on different areas of the body. In another embodiment, the electric shaver includes a selector that can be used to select either operation of only the shaver or operation of only the trimmer by actuating the selector between a first position and a second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2006Publication date: February 21, 2008Inventor: Tung Yan LAU
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Patent number: 7237339Abstract: Dry shaving apparatus includes a drive source provided in a housing, a first shaving unit having a first outer cutter and a first undercutter coupled to the drive source and mounted for movement beneath the first outer cutter, and a second shaving unit having a second outer cutter and a second undercutter coupled to the drive source and mounted for oscillatory movement beneath the second outer cutter. The first outer cutter is coupled to the drive source and is mounted for oscillatory movement to serve as a skin agitation member. The first outer cutter and the second undercutter are arranged to be driven at the same frequency by the drive source.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2003Date of Patent: July 3, 2007Assignee: Brann GmbHInventors: Ray Parsonage, Terry Royle, Peter Soul, Andre Nauber, Michael Harms, Michael Odemer
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Patent number: 7188422Abstract: A hair trimmer or other attachment can be secured to a conventional hair clipper. The attachment has a stationary blade and a moving blade that cut hair when the moving blade reciprocates. The moving blade of the attachment is driven by a moving blade of the hair clipper, which also reciprocates. The attachment has a housing which secures the attachment to the stationary blade or other part of the hair clipper. A drive member engages the moving blade of the hair clipper when the attachment is secured to the hair clipper, and the drive member in turn drives the moving blade of the hair trimmer attachment to cut hair. The attachment can be easily detached so that the hair clipper blades can be used to cut hair in the usual manner.Type: GrantFiled: September 19, 2001Date of Patent: March 13, 2007Assignee: Wahl Clipper CorporationInventors: James McCambridge, Scott Melton
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Patent number: 7170034Abstract: A hair cutting apparatus comprising a structure (126), a portion (1216) of which being adapted for placement against a skin surface where hair is to be cut, a heat generator comprising one or more heat elements (1214) positioned to touch said hair and heated to a temperature sufficient to cut hair, at least one of said heat elements being juxtaposed with said portion and a controller that controls the power source to provide pulsed heating of said one or more heat elements.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2002Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Radiancy Inc.Inventors: Pinchas Shalev, Zion Azar
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Patent number: 7143515Abstract: An electric shaver including a shaver main body and a cutter head, which is installed on the upper portion of the shaver main body and has cutter units each having an outer cutter and an inner cutter that reciprocates while making sliding contact with the inside surface of the outer cutter, in which at least one cutter unit is provided with a foil-form outer cutter, and such cutter unit having the foil-form outer cutter is provided so as to be movable, within the cutter head, between a standard position and a predetermined upper or lower position so that the cutter unit is fixed in place at one of the standard, upper and lower positions.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2003Date of Patent: December 5, 2006Assignee: Izumi Products CompanyInventors: Yukio Izumi, Akira Hirabayashi, Seiji Iwashita, Hiroshi Kobayashi, Tetsuya Akabane, Hiromi Uchiyama
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Patent number: 7017270Abstract: A reciprocating electric shaver (1) is provided. This reciprocating electric shaver (1) includes a main body block (8) and a head block (10), the head block (10) having four rotary connecting portions (32) at the front and the rear positions on the upper left and the upper right ends, the main body block (8) having four head support members (37), each of which can move up and down independently, and head floating springs (44) biasing upward each of the head support members (37) for floating, each of the head support members (37) of the main body block (8) being connected at the upper ends with each of the four rotary connecting portions (32) in a manner such that the head block (10) can rotate back and forth about the transverse direction of the shaver, thus allowing the head block (10) to rock back and forth relative to the main body block (8).Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2002Date of Patent: March 28, 2006Assignee: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.Inventors: Takeshi Shiba, Masaaki Sato, Ryo Motohashi
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Patent number: 6986206Abstract: A hair clipping device includes a housing, a bladeset engageable upon the housing and including at least one stationary blade and at least one moving blade configured for reciprocal movement relative to the at least one stationary blade. The stationary blade has a first cutting edge and a second cutting edge, the at least one moving blade including a first moving edge configured for reciprocal movement relative to the first cutting edge, and a second moving edge configured for reciprocal movement relative to the second cutting edge. The housing defines a cutting location for the blades and the bladeset is rotatably engageable on the housing between a first position in which the first edges are employed, and a second position in which the second edges are employed. The housing encloses an apparatus for creating a vacuum, and defines a vacuum intake.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2003Date of Patent: January 17, 2006Assignee: Wahl Clipper CorporationInventors: James Edward McCambridge, Jon Thomas Freas, Jason M. Long, Walter Francovich