And Stationary Outer Blade Patents (Class 30/43.6)
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Patent number: 12162172Abstract: A method, a personal care system and a shaving device for providing staged shaving advice include a processor configured to receive usage data from the shaving device and personal assessment data from a user. The processor is further configured to determine and provide a shaving advice instruction presented to the user based on the usage data and/or the personal assessment data.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2021Date of Patent: December 10, 2024Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Willem Auke Westerhof, Johannes Antonius Jansen, Lennart Jakob Stapelkamp, Willem Henderikus Veldhuis, Linda Jacoba Martina Van Den Bedem, Dylan Evans
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Patent number: 11548177Abstract: An electric shaver, comprising an elongated handle for manually moving the personal care device along a body surface, a working head attached to said handle for effecting a personal care treatment to said body surface, at least one detector for detecting at least one behavioral parameter indicative of a user's behavior when handling the personal care device, and an adjusting mechanism for adjusting at least one working parameter of the working head in response to the detected behavioral parameter.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Braun GMBHInventors: Martin Fuellgrabe, Stefan Fuerst, Christian Neyer, Johannes Julian Weinkauff, Lucy Abigail Zimmermann
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Patent number: 11440207Abstract: A rotary hair-cutting unit including an internal cutting member having cutting elements with cutting edges, and an external cutting member having hair-guiding elements with counter-cutting edges). The co-operating edges define a shearing angle, such that during rotation a cutting edge first meets a counter-cutting edge at a radial initial-passing position. In a cross-section at said radial initial-passing position one of the internal cutting member and the external cutting member is provided with a particular abutment geometry. The inclusion of an abutment geometry will be effective to push the depressed hair-guiding element and the rotating cutting element axially away from one another, such that the cutting element will pass the hair-guiding element without being blocked and without causing substantial collision damage.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Ingmar Grasmeijer, Margarita Zwanette Van Raalte
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Patent number: 11298840Abstract: A rotary electric shaver includes a main body in which a first transmission mechanism, and a connecting portion is disposed; a head unit in which a plurality of blade units each having an outer blade, an inner blade being in sliding contact with an inner surface of the outer blade, and a driven shaft rotating the inner blade are disposed, and a second transmission mechanism that transmits a driving power of the first transmission mechanism to rotate the driven shaft is built, and which is connected to the connecting portion; and a drive shaft for transmitting the driving power of the first transmission mechanism to the second transmission mechanism, wherein a first endless belt is disposed in the first transmission mechanism and a second endless belt is disposed in the second transmission mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2018Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: Maxell Izumi Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hideaki Koike
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Patent number: 11285627Abstract: A shaving appliance and a shaving unit are described. The shaving unit has a rotary cutter having a plurality of cutter blades that are provided with a cutting edge. The shaving track includes hair-entry slots that, seen in the direction of movement, have a frontal edge and a rear edge. A slot angle (?) defined as an angle of inclination between the frontal edges (48, 148) of the hair-entry slots. A shearing angle (?), defined as a difference between the slot angle (?) and an angle of inclination (?) of cutting edges of cutter blades with respect to the radial direction. The shearing angle (?) is defined at an actual point where the frontal edges and the cutting edges cooperate.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Geert Veenstra, Harmen Kooiker, Fokke Roelof Voorhorst
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Patent number: 11267145Abstract: A hair cutting appliance comprises an external cutting member and an internal cutting member arranged rotatable to the external cutting member for cutting hair.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Dmitri Horowitz, Marcus Cornelis Petrelli, Ivar Bosma
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Patent number: 11027442Abstract: A personal care device, in particular skin treatment device such as electric shaver, including an elongated handle for manually moving the personal care device along a body surface, a working head attached to said handle for effecting a personal care treatment to said body surface, at least one detector for detecting at least one behavioral parameter indicative of a user's behavior when handling the personal care device, and an adjusting mechanism for adjusting at least one working parameter of the working head in response to the detected behavioral parameter.Type: GrantFiled: March 26, 2019Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: Braun GMBHInventors: Martin Fuellgrabe, Stefan Fuerst, Christian Neyer, Johannes Julian Weinkauff, Lucy Abigail Zimmermann
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Patent number: 10987819Abstract: An objective of the present invention is to provide a grille for a hair shaver. In the present invention, by the combination of V-shaped hair shaving slots (including hair shaving long slots and hair shaving short slots) formed on the support surfaces at preset intervals, while contacting with the skin by the support surfaces, the hair is distributed to the hair shaving long slots and the hair shaving short slots on two sides, so that the hair is easier to enter a hair shaving region without escaping against the support surfaces. Accordingly, without reducing the effective hair shaving area, it is convenient for long hair to enter a hair shaving part, and a larger effective hair shaving length is obtained; and meanwhile, an effective support is provided for the skin, and the skin is prevented from being scratched by a blade.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2019Date of Patent: April 27, 2021Assignee: Haining Xinyi Machinery Electrical Co., Ltd.Inventor: Huapei Huai
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Patent number: 10555591Abstract: There is provided an epilation device for removing body hair with at least one epilation unit. In particular, an epilation barrel, having a plurality of pairs of tweezers for pinching and pulling out hairs from the skin. The epilation device further has a drive unit for driving the at least one epilation barrel and a control unit. The control unit is able to analyze the force with which the user presses the epilation unit to the skin resulting in contact pressure and compares the contact pressure applied to at least one threshold contact pressure. Optionally, the epilation device further has a feedback unit which signals to the user, whether the contact pressure applied is smaller than, equal to, or larger than the at least one threshold contact pressure.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: February 11, 2020Assignee: Braun GMBHInventors: Gerrit Roenneberg, Tarik Mehaddene
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Patent number: 10357890Abstract: A detachable floating shaver includes a head, a casing having a third through hole, a main housing, a first floating member, and a second floating member. Through the connection and positioning relationship between the two parent and child pivot portions, that is, the first floating member and the second floating member, the head can achieve a cross rotation relative to the main housing. The second floating member has a connecting member; through the detachable connection between the second floating member and the connecting member, the head of the shaver is detachably connected, which is convenient for replacement, cleaning and maintenance and is more practical. The shaver can achieve 360° rotation through two parent and child pivot portions and two elastic sleeves, and the effect of floating contact of the shaver with the user's face is good.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2017Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: GUANGDONG ROMAN TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Youchun Yan, Guang Lu, Lili Yan
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Patent number: 10350771Abstract: A shaving apparatus (1000) is disclosed in which a rotary cutter (1300) and a fixed blade (350) are used to shear a user's hairs therebetween during a shaving process. Various advancements are disclosed herein, including without limitation accurate positioning of the fixed blade in the head (200A) relative to the contact apex of the rotary cutter, bi-directional rotation of the rotary cutter, a cover-blade assembly for detachable coupling and decoupling from a base component of the head, the use of contact rollers on the head to treat and/or prep the skin and/or hairs for shearing, and a rotary cutter configured to pinch, pull and shear hairs.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Inventors: Gil Perlberg, Beni Nachon, Shoham Zak, Gitay Kryger, Tsafrir Ben-Ari
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Patent number: 10195751Abstract: A rotary electric shaver includes a gear case arranged inside a head unit, a lower gear arranged in a lower portion of the gear case, coaxially having an outer blade gear for driving an outer blade and an inner blade gear for driving an inner blade, an upper gear arranged in an upper portion of the gear case to drive the outer blade, and a transmission gear having an input gear arranged in the lower portion of the gear case and to which driving power is input from the lower gear, and an output gear arranged in the upper portion of the gear case to drive the upper gear, in which the input gear and the output gear are coaxial and a rotary shaft vertically penetrates the gear case. The driving power from the upper gear drives an outer blade drive gear for driving the outer blade.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: IZUMI PRODUCTS COMPANYInventor: Tetsuhiko Shimizu
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Patent number: 9993929Abstract: A carrier is adapted for use in a shaving device and includes at least one pair (15) of a cutting element (8) and a hair lifting element (14). At least one of the elements (8, 14) of the pair (15) has a bent shape, wherein the bent element (8, 14) is provided with at least two bending lines (17, 18). The bent shape of the at least one of the elements (8, 14) is such that in a functional arrangement of the elements (8, 14) with respect to each other, edge portions (11, 16) of the elements (8, 14) are located at a distance with respect to each other. Thus, a space (22) is present between the elements (8, 14) at the side of their edge portions (11, 16), which can be used for receiving cut-off hair stubbles which might otherwise hinder a movement of the hair lifting element (14).Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2010Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Peter Hans Van Der Vlis, Paul-Rainer Viktor Karl Slesazeck, Gert Niers, Erik Houbolt
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Patent number: 9855671Abstract: A chain saw unit has a sub-frame defining a plurality of mount locations and a plurality of operating components amongst which are at least: a) a battery operated motor; and b) a battery for operating the motor. The plurality of operating components is each operatively placed and maintained at one of the mount locations such that the sub-frame assembly and operatively placed operating components together make up at least part of a main operating unit to which a chain bar and cutting chain can be operatively assembled. The main operating unit has an exposed surface area. An outer housing assembly overlies the exposed surface area and defines an outermost exposed surface. The plurality of operating components are operatively maintained on the sub-frame assembly independently of the outer housing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: January 2, 2018Assignee: Echo IncorporatedInventors: Stephen J. Towner, Brent Peterson
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Patent number: 9844892Abstract: A chain saw kit having a sub-frame assembly and a plurality of operating components, among which are at least a battery operated motor and battery. The sub-frame assembly is configured to define mount locations for the operating components so that the sub-frame assembly and operatively placed operating components make up at least a part of a main operating unit to which a chain bar and cutting chain can be assembled. A first outer housing assembly has at least a first outer housing part with a second outer housing assembly having at least a second outer housing part. The parts of the outer housing assemblies are interchangeably usable to allow selection of different overall size, shape, and/or appearance of chain saws based upon a common sub-frame assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2016Date of Patent: December 19, 2017Assignee: ECHO INCORPORATEDInventors: Stephen J. Towner, Brent Peterson
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Patent number: 9827684Abstract: The invention relates to a shaving head comprising at least one cutting unit (7, 7A, 7B). The cutting unit comprises a ring-like skin-supporting tilting member, being tillable relative to a shaving head main body (4, 8) about a first tilting axis, an external cutting member, an internal cutting member, and a retainer. According to the invention, the retainer is a multi-purpose retainer in that it provides simultaneously a locking function, a secondary tilting function and an anti-floating function. By virtue of the multi-purpose retainer, the shaving device delivers a high shaving performance and is also easy to clean.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2015Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Johannes Hendrikus Van Toor, Hans Oosterhoff
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Patent number: 9821478Abstract: A shaving apparatus, shaving head and/or at least one cutting unit for shaving both short and long hairs. The shaving apparatus, shaving head and/or at least one cutting unit includes an external cutting member and an internal cutting member movably arranged with respect to the external cutting member. A driver may be provided for moving the internal cutting member. The external cutting member is provided with a shaving section having two mutually connected lateral borders forming hair entry apertures. The internal cutting member is provided with cutting elements having cutting edges for cooperation with cutting edges of the external cutting member. A number of the hair entry apertures are formed by two substantially flat lamellae of the external cutting member which have free ends positioned between the borders of the shaving section.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2008Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Bastian Cornelis Kleine Doepke, Johan Bron, Johan Pragt, Hendrik Poel
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Patent number: 9789616Abstract: A rotary electric shaver includes a blade unit which has an outer blade with multiple hair inlets formed therein and an inner blade which rotates while coming into sliding contact with a lower surface of the outer blade. The inner blade has multiple small blades, and the small blades are formed in a shape in which rake angles of a blade edge are a small angle and a large angle depending on the radial position.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: IZUMI PRODUCTS COMPANYInventor: Yoshiyuki Mimura
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Patent number: 9409301Abstract: A cap for a shaving head of a shaving apparatus has a skin contacting surface including at least two annular corrugations. The shape of the skin contacting surface of the cap is adapted to realizing a high feeling of comfort for a user of the shaving apparatus. A factor contributing to the feeling of comfort is that an annular central surface of an outermost corrugation has an orientation that is out of line with an expected course of an imaginary smooth flowing plane following a central surface of an adjacent corrugation, where a drooping configuration of the central surface of the outermost corrugation with respect to the central surface of the adjacent corrugation is realized.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2007Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Andre Kuijper, Erik Houbolt, Martin Leonard Bakker, Willem Drachten
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Patent number: 9382608Abstract: The invention relates to a method for making a thin finished product to be formed by deformation that combines strength with resistance to a highly corrosive environment. The method comprises forming a sheet of stainless steel with a microstructure consisting predominantly of ferrite, austenite, martensite or a mixture thereof, with a thickness of less than 3 mm, to a three dimensional semi finished product, treating said semi finished product with a nitrogen-containing atmosphere at a temperature of between 1000° C. and 1200° C. during a time and under a nitrogen pressure, sufficient to saturate the product through the thickness with a nitrogen content between a lower limit of 0.3 wt % and an upper limit that is provided by the beginning of nitride separation, cooling down said product at such a rate and nitrogen pressure that nitride separation is avoided, and subsequently machining the nitrogen saturated semi- finished product to the finished product.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2006Date of Patent: July 5, 2016Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Hubert Sjoerd Blaauw, Martin Hommes, Lucius Theodorus Vinkenvleugel
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Patent number: 9364960Abstract: A rotary electric shaver with an outer cutter having a circular shaving top surface with numerous hair introduction openings and an inner cutter having a small cutter slidably rotating in contact with a bottom surface of the outer cutter. The rotary electric shaver includes an outer cutter set wherein the outer cutter is assembled in an outer cutter holding unit and an inner cutter set wherein the inner cutter is assembled in an inner cutter holding unit. The outer cutter set and the inner cutter set are respectively provided with a positioning convex portion on one and a positioning concave portion on the other. The positioning convex portion can fit in the positioning concave portion such that the outer cutter set can be assembled with the inner cutter set only in a case where the outer cutter set and the inner cutter set are in a predetermined assembly position.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2013Date of Patent: June 14, 2016Assignee: IZUMI PRODUCTS COMPANYInventors: Toshihiko Ohara, Hideaki Koike, Toshihide Miyasaka
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Patent number: 9352476Abstract: The hair clippers use a self-contained motor-driven adjustment mechanism to adjust the relative position of the stationary and reciprocating blades of a common type of blade set. Two momentary switches operable by the thumb of the hand holding the clipper afford a barber total automatic adjustment with the clipper itself in an on or off condition. Since the reversible gear train assembly may be operated by direct current, the adjustment feature is most compatible with cordless clippers already using an on-board DC source in the form of a re-chargeable battery to drive the reciprocating blade. The invention will be described as a modification of a cordless clipper, although AC driven corded type clippers can also be modified with this feature by the addition of an on-board AC to DC power supply for the adjustment motor.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2012Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Inventor: Lonnie Holmes
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Patent number: 9216513Abstract: A shaving head includes at least one cutting unit in which an external cutting member is subjected to a shaving action. The external cutting member is suspended relative to a holder of the shaving head through suspension means. The suspension means includes at least two pivot constructions, wherein one pivot construction enables a member of the suspension means to be pivotable relative to the holder. The other pivot construction enables the external cutting member to be pivotable relative to the suspension member. Furthermore, a pivoting stiffness of a connection of the latter pivot construction is lower than a pivoting stiffness of the first pivot construction. In this manner, good contour following performance is obtained at two levels, in both relatively small and relatively large curvature changing areas.Type: GrantFiled: March 2, 2010Date of Patent: December 22, 2015Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Ype Brada, Oege Smedinga, Sint Baron
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Patent number: 9126345Abstract: A domestic appliance includes a functional action unit which has at least one movably arranged member, and a generator configured to generate electric energy at the location of the functional action unit. The generator is associated with the movably arranged member, and employs movement of this member in a process of generating electric energy. The generator includes a permanent magnet and an electric coil, where the magnet may be mounted on the movably arranged member. By having the generator at a location inside the functional action unit, it is possible to have one or more electric components at a location inside this unit without the need for external electric connections.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2009Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Geert-jan Darwinkel, Mattheus Jacobus Van Der Meer, Pascal Homan
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Patent number: 9009978Abstract: A shaver includes a shaving unit having e.g., three shaving elements. Each shaving element accommodates a cutter member for cutting off hairs. Each shaving element further accommodates a gear wheel which is part of a transmission for coupling a drive shaft for driving the cutter member to an output shaft of a motor of the shaver. A top side of a space where the gear wheel is located is covered by a partition, where only the drive shaft extends through this partition. Each shaving element can be individually opened by removing a top portion of the shaving element, including the cutter member, from a base portion of the shaving element where the gear wheel, the drive shaft and the partition are located. An opening system may be provided to open all the shaving elements in one action by reversal of the direction of rotation of the output shaft, for example.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2012Date of Patent: April 21, 2015Assignee: Koninklijke Philips 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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Publication number: 20150082637Abstract: The present invention claims a rotary type electric shaver head, wherein a cutter mesh enclosure of the rotary type electric shaver head is provided with a wavy curved surface; a C-shaped or S-shaped beard inlet slot is formed on the cutter mesh enclosure; the beard inlet slot is the combination of a circular hole and a slot, or the combination of a long slot and a short slot; a moving cutter is fixedly arranged on a driving connector in a hot-pressing and melting mode, thereby forming a moving cutter component; an upper tapered surface of a tapered-surface driving shaft is in contact with an inner tapered surface of a driving shaft sleeve, thereby driving the moving cutter component; the moving cutter component is arranged on a boss on the inner surface of an elastic cutter holder; while being rotated, the moving cutter component is only in contact with the boss (11) on the inner surface of the elastic cutter holder; an upward fastening force is applied to the moving cutter component by the elastic cutter hoType: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2012Publication date: March 26, 2015Applicant: SHANGHAI POVOS ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.Inventor: Weiming Liu
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Publication number: 20150047203Abstract: A stationary blade (10) for a blade set (4) of an electrically operated hair cutting appliance (1), including a first wall (20) and a second wall (30), each wall defining a first surface (22a, 32a), a second surface (22b, 32b) facing away from the first surface, and a laterally extending leading edge (23, 33) defining a plurality of laterally spaced apart longitudinally extending projections (24, 34), wherein the first surfaces of the first and second walls face each other, at least at their leading edges (23, 33), while facing projections along the leading edges of the first and second walls are mutually connected at their tips (26, 36) to define a plurality of generally U-shaped teeth (12), and the first surfaces of the first and second walls define a laterally extending guide slot (16) for a movable blade (40) of said blade set between them.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2013Publication date: February 19, 2015Inventors: Martinus Bernardus Stapelbroek, Jan Van Dalen
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Publication number: 20150040403Abstract: A shaving unit (1) comprises a cap (2) having an annular shaving track (8) defining an axis (Z), the shaving track being provided with hair entry apertures (20) which have a V-shaped forward edge with a point directed in a cutting direction (Y). A rotary cutter (4) has a plurality of cutter blades (18), the cutter being arranged to rotate about the axis such that the cutter blades follow the shaving track in the cutting direction to cut hairs protruding through the apertures, wherein the cutter blades have a V-shaped cutting edge (34) and a point of the V is directed opposite to the direction of rotation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2012Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventors: Stuart Robbie Campbell, Jan Dirk Van Den Berge, Johan Pragt, Friso Terpstra, Albert Maas De Lange, Wouter Van Kempen, Robert Alexander Van Eibergen Santhagens
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Publication number: 20150013167Abstract: A shaver includes a shaver head casing, floating cutter holders disposed in the shaver head casing, and two or three circular rotary blade assemblies respectively configured in the central circular holes of the floating cutter holders from below via a rabbet structure; the floating cutter holder is made of a hard rubber material disposed inside and a soft rubber material covering the outside, and is in a fingernail shape, with a circular-arc-shaped outside and an inside opening that is flat or at an angle of 120 degrees; the two or three floating cutter holders are mutually connected via a strip-shaped thin soft rubber layer by means of the opening that is flat or at an angle of 120 degrees, the thickness of the strip-shaped thin soft rubber layer being 0.05-0.15 mm. The floating cutter holder is a soft and flexible integrated structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2012Publication date: January 15, 2015Applicant: SHANGHAI POVOS ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.Inventors: Mingxiong Shen, Wenli Zeng, Yuesheng Deng, Zhiwen Ye
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Publication number: 20150013168Abstract: The invention relates to a shaver (1), comprising a handle (2), at least two rotary shaving heads (5), driven by at least one drive shaft (15; 115; 215) which protrudes from said handle (2), and a support structure (6) for supporting said shaving heads (5) onto the handle (2) so as to have their joined shaving surface (S) extend substantially perpendicular to said at least one drive shaft (15; 115; 215). The support structure (6) is configured such, that a space (A), restricted at one side by the shaving heads (5) and at the opposite side by the handle (2), is substantially open to its remaining, surrounding side.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2014Publication date: January 15, 2015Inventors: Albertus J.C. VAN DER BORST, Bart J. MASSEE, Paul A.J. ACKERMANS, Wilko WESTERHOF, Albert J. AITINK, Ype BRADA
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Publication number: 20140352152Abstract: In a rotary electric shaver according to the present invention, a plurality of blade units that include an outer blade having an annular shaving surface on an upper surface and an inner blade rotating in sliding contact with a lower surface of the outer blade are arranged in a head unit held by a main body so as to be tiltable. A main drive shaft outputting drive force of a motor accommodated in the main body and a rotary shaft of any one blade unit out of the plurality of blade units are connected by a movable joint, and a position of the movable joint serves as a tilting fulcrum for tilting the head unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2014Publication date: December 4, 2014Applicant: Izumi Products CompanyInventor: Tetsuhiko SHIMIZU
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Publication number: 20140352153Abstract: A cutter unit (1) for a rotary shaver is formed by an outer cutting element or cap (2) which interacts with a rotating inner cutting element or cutter (4) to trap and cut hairs. The cap has an annular shaving track (8) of domed cross-section having slots (30) through which the hairs may protrude. The cutter has a convex upper face (22) to engage the shaving track and a concave forward face (26).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2012Publication date: December 4, 2014Inventors: Jasper Zuider, Robert Godlieb, Onno Hottinga
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Patent number: 8857063Abstract: A rotary electric shaver provided with a plurality of cutter units, each of which has an outer cutter (72) and an inner cutter (84), which rotates while elastically contacting the outer cutter from below. The shaver comprising: a plurality of outer cutter assemblies (70), each of which is made integral with a cutter circumferential rim (74) having the outer cutter of each cutter unit secured thereto and which is movably retained in a mounting port formed in the cutter frame (66), a pushup plate (92) which contacts the outer cutter assembly from below to push up the outer cutter assembly, a cutter retaining plate (90) which is retained by the cutter frame and which is positioned below the pushup plate, and an outer cutter float spring (94) which is compressively interposed between the cutter retaining plate and the pushup plate to impart an upward return tendency to the pushup plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Izumi Products CompanyInventor: Hideaki Koike
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Patent number: 8844141Abstract: A shaver (1) includes a handle (2), at least two rotary shaving heads (5), driven by at least one drive shaft (15; 115; 215) which protrudes from the handle (2), and a support structure (6) for supporting the shaving heads (5) onto the handle (2) so as to have their joined shaving surface(s) extend substantially perpendicular to the at least one drive shaft (15; 115; 215). The support structure (6) is configured such, that a space (A), restricted at one side by the shaving heads (5) and at the opposite side by the handle (2), is substantially open to its remaining, surrounding side.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2005Date of Patent: September 30, 2014Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Albertus Johannes Cornelis Van Der Borst, Bart J. Massee, Paul Anton Josef Ackermans, Wilko Westerhof, Albert Jan Aitink, Ype Brada
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Publication number: 20140165407Abstract: A rotary electric shaver with an outer cutter having a circular shaving top surface with numerous hair introduction openings and an inner cutter having a small cutter slidably rotating in contact with a bottom surface of the outer cutter. The rotary electric shaver includes an outer cutter set wherein the outer cutter is assembled in an outer cutter holding unit and an inner cutter set wherein the inner cutter is assembled in an inner cutter holding unit. The outer cutter set and the inner cutter set are respectively provided with a positioning convex portion on one and a positioning concave portion on the other. The positioning convex portion can fit in the positioning concave portion such that the outer cutter set can be assembled with the inner cutter set only in a case where the outer cutter set and the inner cutter set are in a predetermined assembly position.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: Izumi Products CompanyInventors: Toshihiko OHARA, Hideaki KOIKE, Toshihide MIYASAKA
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Publication number: 20140096397Abstract: A motorized shaving apparatus head and motorized shaving apparatus incorporating the same. In one embodiment, the invention is a shaving apparatus comprising: an elongated handle having a longitudinal axis; a power source; a head coupled to a distal end of the elongated handle, the head having a working surface with a longitudinal width of 40-44 mm and a transverse width of 14-16 mm; the working surface comprising a fixed blade having a cutting edge; a rotary cutter having cutting edges disposed within the head, the cutting edges of the rotary cutter positioned adjacent the cutting edge of the fixed blade so that a user's hairs are sheared between the cutting edge of the fixed blade and the cutting edges of the rotary cutter when the rotary cutter is rotating; and a motor operably coupled to the rotary cutter to rotate the rotary cutter about an axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2013Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: Hybrid Razor LTDInventor: Tsafrir BEN-ARI
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Publication number: 20140047717Abstract: A shaving apparatus has at least one cutting unit (3) having an outer shaving surface (7) for contacting the skin, interrupted by hair entry apertures (8), an internal cutter (5) which is drivable for movement along the hair entry apertures (8) for cutting off hairs projecting through the hair entry apertures (8). A suspension member (6) via which the external cutter is suspended relative to the holder (2) is tiltable relative to the holder (2) about a tilting axis (17) located more closely to a first peripheral portion (18) of the shaving surface (7) than to a second peripheral portion (19) of the shaving surface (7) opposite to said first peripheral portion (18) of said shaving surface (7).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2013Publication date: February 20, 2014Applicant: KONNKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Ype Brada, Robert A. van Eibergen Santhagens, Wilko Westerhof
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Publication number: 20130333220Abstract: A shaving apparatus having at least one cutting unit with an external cutting member and a rotatable internal cutting member each the external and internal cutting members having cooperating cutting edges forming bearing surfaces of a first bearing, and a second bearing with bearing surfaces. To minimize the friction between the cutting edges, a support device having visco-elastic properties is provided between the two bearings. During operation, the distance between the bearing surfaces of the first bearing adjusts to the distance between the bearing surfaces of the second bearing. During cutting of hairs, the support device behaves as a stiff element whereas during periods in which no hairs are cut, the support device behaves relatively soft so that the cutting gaps between the cutting edges are closed.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2012Publication date: December 19, 2013Inventors: Bastiaan Johannes De Wit, Fokke Roelof Voorhorst, Geert Veenstra, Leonardus Hendrikus Gerardus Johannes Segeren, Sieds Bosch, Sjoerd Haites
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Patent number: 8601696Abstract: A motorized shaving apparatus head and motorized shaving apparatus incorporating the same. In one embodiment, the invention is a shaving apparatus including: an elongated handle having a longitudinal axis; a power source; a head coupled to a distal end of the elongated handle, the head having a working surface with a longitudinal width of 40-44 mm and a transverse width of 14-16 mm; the working surface comprising a fixed blade having a cutting edge; a rotary cutter having cutting edges disposed within the head, the cutting edges of the rotary cutter positioned adjacent the cutting edge of the fixed blade so that a user's hairs are sheared between the cutting edge of the fixed blade and the cutting edges of the rotary cutter when the rotary cutter is rotating; and a motor operably coupled to the rotary cutter to rotate the rotary cutter about an axis.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2011Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Hybrid Razor LtdInventor: Tsafrir Ben-Ari
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Patent number: 8601695Abstract: A shaving unit has at least one cutter (10, 12) for cutting hairs (11), a guide surface (4) extending closely adjacent the cutter or cutters (10, 12), and hair guides (3) projecting from the guide surface (4). The hair guides (3) bound channels (5) extending from an area spaced from the cutter or cutters (10, 12) towards the cutter or cutters (10, 12), and the hair guides each have a skin contact surface (6) facing away from the guide surface (4) and a surface (16) facing the guide surface (4), wherein the skin contact surface (6) is at least partially round and meets the surface (16) facing the guide surface (4) along a hair catching edge (7).Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2007Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Marc Hamburg, Johan Bron, Geert Geertsma, Zorka Marcan, Everhardus Johannes Hoexum, Geert Visser, Alastair Ian Blake
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Patent number: 8595939Abstract: A shaving apparatus includes at least one cutting unit having an outer shaving surface or contacting the skin, interrupted by hair entry apertures, and an internal cutter which is drivable for movement along the hair entry apertures for cutting off hairs projecting through the hair entry apertures. A suspension member, via which the external cutter is suspended relative to the holder, is tiltable relative to the holder about a tilting axis located more closely to a first peripheral portion of the shaving surface than to a second peripheral portion of the shaving surface opposite to the first peripheral portion of the shaving surface.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2011Date of Patent: December 3, 2013Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Ype Brada, Robert Alexander van Eibergen Santhagens, Wilko Westerhof
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Patent number: 8533960Abstract: An electrical device includes a housing having an electrical drive motor and a drive magnet mechanically coupled thereto; a sealing end wall sealing the motor and magnet within the housing; and a load device including a driven magnet magnetically coupled to the drive magnet through the sealing end wall. The driven magnet is included within a separate magnetic coupling unit attachable to and detachable from one end of the housing and mechanically coupled to the load device. The invention is particularly useful in electrical shavers for driving cutter holders. It may be embodied as an adapter for use with existing electrical shavers or other electrical devices driving loads.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2000Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Inventor: Benjamin J. Barish
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Patent number: 8434233Abstract: An inner cutter, which is used for a rotary shaver, including a plurality of blade supports formed so as to be raised from an inner cutter main body and provided with cutter blades formed, respectively, at the tip ends of the raised blade supports, with positions where the blade supports are raised being located more forward in the direction of rotation of the inner cutter than the leading edge positions of the cutter blades.Type: GrantFiled: August 6, 2007Date of Patent: May 7, 2013Assignee: Izumi Products CompanyInventor: Masaki Okabe
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Patent number: 8397388Abstract: A shaver incorporating rotary cutters included in a rotary platform. The platform and rotary cutters are both rotated by a motor and gear chains housed within the shaver.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2011Date of Patent: March 19, 2013Inventor: Hy Steinberg
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Patent number: 8393082Abstract: A rotary electric shaver including cutter units, each having an outer cutter and an inner cutter rotating in resilient contact with the inner surface of the outer cutter, further including a shaver head which is pivotably provided on the shaver main body; an outer cutter frame attached to the shaver head to support the outer cutters in a depressible fashion; a main drive shaft for transmitting, via a first universal joint, the rotation of a motor housed in the shaver main body to a driving mechanism provided inside the shaver head; inner cutter drive shafts provided in the shaver head and rotationally driven by the driving mechanism; and second universal joints for transmitting the rotation of the inner cutter drive shafts to the inner cutters; and in this shaver the first universal joint being disposed near the pivotal center of the shaver head.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2010Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Assignee: Izumi Products CompanyInventor: Tetsuhiko Shimizu
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Patent number: 8336211Abstract: Shaving apparatus having at least one cutting unit with an external cutting member and a rotatable internal cutting member each the external and internal cutting members having cooperating cutting edges forming bearing surfaces of a first bearing, and a second bearing with bearing surfaces. To minimize the friction between the cutting edges, a support device having visco-elastic properties is provided between the two bearings. During operation, the distance between the bearing surfaces of the first bearing adjusts to the distance between the bearing surfaces of the second bearing. During cutting of hairs, the support device behaves as a stiff element whereas during periods in which no hairs are cut, the support device behaves relatively soft so that the cutting gaps between the cutting edges are closed.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2005Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.VInventors: Bastiaan Johannes De Wit, Fokke Roelof Voorhorst, Geert Veenstra, Leonardus Hendrikus Gerardus Johannes Segeren, Sieds Bosch, Sjoerd Haites
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Patent number: 8316546Abstract: A rotation drum type electric razor which includes a blade assembly (40) including a rotational shaft (100) which extends in a lengthwise direction; a plurality of rotational blade members (200) which are respectively formed into a cylindrical waterwheel shape having a plurality of blades (220) coupled to the rotational shaft (100) and in which a coupling protrusion (230) is formed at each end of the blades (220), and the blades (220) are fitted in turn to the rotational shaft (100) in the form of a zigzag shape.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2010Date of Patent: November 27, 2012Inventor: Tae-jun Oh
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Patent number: RE47515Abstract: A shaving device comprises a head structure (2) and a base structure (4). The head structure (2) is configured to retain and support at least one shaving head (30A, 30B, 30C). The head structure (2) is releasably retainable on the base structure (4). The base structure (4) is free of support elements in an area of an outer circumference of the head structure (2) such that the head structure (2), when coupled to the base structure (4), is not supported in the area of its outer circumference. The head structure (2), when coupled to the base structure (4), is substantially only retained on the base structure (4) by a retaining force provided by a retaining structure of the base structure (4).Type: GrantFiled: March 20, 2015Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Wilko Westerhof, Mattheus Jacobus Van Der Meer, Albert Jan Aitink, Harold Wolf, Oege Smedinga
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Patent number: RE47538Abstract: A shaving device comprises a head structure (2) and a base structure (4). The head structure (2) is configured to retain and support at least one shaving head (30A, 30B, 30C). The head structure (2) is releasably retainable on the base structure (4). The base structure (4) is free of support elements in an area of an outer circumference of the head structure (2) such that the head structure (2), when coupled to the base structure (4), is not supported in the area of its outer circumference. The head structure (2), when coupled to the base structure (4), is substantially only retained on the base structure (4) by a retaining force provided by a retaining structure of the base structure (4).Type: GrantFiled: September 11, 2014Date of Patent: July 30, 2019Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Wilko Westerhof, Mattheus Jacobus Van Der Meer, Albert Jan Aitink, Harold Wolf, Oege Smedinga
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Patent number: RE48352Abstract: A shaving device comprises a head structure (2) and a base structure (4). The head structure (2) is configured to retain and support at least one shaving head (30A, 30B, 30C). The head structure (2) is releasably retainable on the base structure (4). The base structure (4) is free of support elements in an area of an outer circumference of the head structure (2) such that the head structure (2), when coupled to the base structure (4), is not supported in the area of its outer circumference. The head structure (2), when coupled to the base structure (4), is substantially only retained on the base structure (4) by a retaining force provided by a retaining structure of the base structure (4).Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.Inventors: Wilko Westerhof, Mattheus Jacobus Van Der Meer, Albert Jan Aitink, Harold Wolf, Oege Smedinga