Abstract: A shaving razor. A first and second blade assembly each have a cutting edge oriented to shave in the same direction. The first and second blade assemblies are each displaceable along a respective first and second path substantially parallel to their cutting edge. First and second linkages couple together a first ends and second ends respectively of the first and second blade assembly. Stationary element provide pivot points around which the linkages bend. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Abstract: A magnetometric transmission structure includes a driving unit and an oscillating unit. The driving unit includes a driving assembly and a transmission assembly. The transmission assembly includes a magnetic component and a connecting component. The magnetic component is arranged at a driving end of the driving assembly and is driven by the driving assembly to rotate, and the connecting component is arranged between the magnetic component and the driving assembly. The oscillating unit includes an oscillating assembly. The oscillating assembly includes a movable component and an oscillating component. The movable component is arranged at one side of the magnetic component, the oscillating component is arranged at the movable component, and the oscillating component being made of magnetic material.

Abstract: A shaving razor. A first and second blade assembly each have a cutting edge oriented to shave in the same direction. The first and second blade assemblies are each displaceable along a respective first and second path substantially parallel to their cutting edge. First and second linkages couple together a first ends and second ends respectively of the first and second blade assembly. The linkages are configured such that a displacement of the first blade assembly in a first direction along the first path causes a displacement of the second blade assembly in an opposite direction along the second path. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.

Abstract: Disclosed by the present invention are a swing motor and an electronic device, the swing motor comprising a seat; at least two movable members, comprising a first movable member and a second movable member arranged to be spaced apart, wherein the first movable member and the second movable member bear opposite electromagnetic thrusts; elastic support members that correspond one-to-one to the movable members, comprising a first elastic support member and a second elastic support member, wherein the first movable member is mounted onto the seat by means of the first elastic support member, and the second movable member is mounted onto the seat by means of the second elastic support member; further comprised is a twisting elastic member, one end of the twisting elastic member being connected to the first movable member or the second movable member, and the other end being connected to an executing member.

Abstract: A processing head for a hair cutting appliance, the processing head comprising a powered blade set comprising a stationary blade and a movable blade, wherein the movable blade is arranged to be moved with respect to the stationary blade to cut hair between teeth of the movable blade and teeth of the stationary blade, a linkage unit supporting the powered blade set, wherein the linkage unit enables a contour following pivoting movement of the powered blade set when the appliance is operated to cut hair, and a razor cartridge that is arranged to be attached to the powered blade set in such a way that the powered blade set and the razor cartridge are pivotably supported by the linkage unit. Also, a combined blade unit and a hair cutting appliance that is equipped with a combined blade unit.

Abstract: A hair removal device, in particular an electric shaver, comprising a working head attached to a handle for moving the working head along a skin surface, said working head including at least a pair of short hair cutters and at least one trimmer neighboring at least one of said short hair cutters, wherein said short hair cutters and said trimmer are movable relative to said handle under a skin contact pressure.

Abstract: A hair cutting device includes a grip, a head disposed external to one end of the grip, the head including a cutting unit that works on hair, and a joint connecting the grip and the head. The joint includes a base connected to one of the grip and the head, and a slide portion connected to the other of the grip and head and held to be slidable within a predetermined area on a slide plane that is a plane intersecting an alignment of the grip and the head. Accordingly, the hair cutting device including the head that has an excellent ability to lessen impact which is made when the head hits the skin and to follow the skin surface is provided.

Abstract: The present disclosure is concerned with epilator having an epilator head that has a head housing and a skin contacting unit arranged for being pivotable with respect to the head housing around a first axis and a handle arranged for being held by a user's hand, wherein the epilator head is pivotably connected with the handle and is arranged for being pivotable with respect to the handle around a second axis, the first axis and the second axis being essentially perpendicular to each other and the first axis and the second axis have a distance to each other.

Abstract: An electrically driven device having a housing, an application head movably mounted on the housing, an electric motor mounted in the housing and including a drive shaft having a first rotary axis, a driven shaft for performing a movement relative to the housing, the driven shaft extending at least partially within the application head, and a first actuation member and a second actuation member. The actuation members are movably guided in the application head and wherein the first actuation member comprises a seat receiving a portion of the driven shaft for driving the first actuation member in the first direction.

Abstract: An epilator (100) comprising an epilating unit (1) for plucking and/or pulling hair (51) out of the skin (50) over an epilating width (E). Such an epilator is disadvantageous in that typically not all of the hairs are detected by the epilating unit (1) and some remain in the skin after the epilation. A subsequent epilation would then be required. In order to solve this problem, the epilator (100) has a hair removal unit (2) following the epilating unit (1) in the direction (B) of use, such that, in at least one operating mode, the hair removal unit (2) removes the hairs (51) that have not been pulled out by the epilating unit (1).

Abstract: A trimmer mechanism suitable for use in a hair trimmer and hair trimmer attachment is described. The trimmer mechanism allows for a linearly reciprocating motion to be used to obtain a close trim or shave. The trimmer mechanism includes two sets of blades that are moveable relative to each other to define a pair of cutting zones. One set of blades provides a coarse trim, while the following set of blades provides a finer trim. Also provides is a blade arrangement and a method of manufacture of a blade arrangement.

Abstract: A hair trimmer includes a handle having a housing including an actuation assembly rotatable relative to the housing, and a blade assembly including a reciprocating blade, a stationary blade and a blade assembly housing, the blade assembly constructed and arranged for being detachably engaged to the actuation assembly in a plane of rotation of the actuation assembly.

Abstract: An electric shaver includes a rod-shaped body part, a head part, and an interposer. The head part projects from one end portion, in a longitudinal direction, of the body part and swingably attached to the body part. The head part includes a shaving portion and a drive mechanism. The interposer is configured to support the head part swingably about a first swing axis parallel with a longitudinal direction of the shaving portion, and to be supported on the body part swingably about a second swing axis orthogonal to the projecting direction of the head part and orthogonal to the first swing axis.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electrically driven razor and an associated charging station, wherein at least one drivable cutting or shearing part is supported on a shearing head disposed on the razor housing and wherein at least one active thermocouple that can be electrically actuated is thermally coupled to a passive cooling element on the side that can be cooled relative to the ambient temperature. The passive cooing element in this arrangement is disposed having at least one free end section on or in the region of the shearing head, such that it contacts the skin of a user in shaving mode.

Abstract: The present invention may be used oscillate a movable blade of a clipper. A lever may be a drive finger attached to a rotator member and a motor lever arm attached to the rotator member approximately opposite the drive finger along a longitudinal axis. A rotator bearing cavity of generally cylindrical shape may be formed in the rotator member and may be sized for insertion of a rotator bearing. A bottom wall of the rotator bearing cavity may have an aperture sized to allow fluid to flow through the aperture adjacent a lever shaft inserted through the rotator bearing and the aperture. A motor end of the motor lever arm may have a motor end cavity therein with two opposed spaced apart side walls.

Abstract: A reciprocating electric shaver includes: a rotary motor; a conversion mechanism converting rotating motion of the rotary motor to reciprocating motion; and driving elements 130 and 140 coupled to the conversion mechanism and reciprocating. Then, a sealed space sealed so as not allow entry of hair is formed, and moreover, balance adjusters 150 and 160 reciprocating integrally with the driving elements 130 and 140 are arranged in the sealed space, and the balance adjusters 150 and 160 are attached to the driving elements 130 and 140 in a direction orthogonal to a reciprocating direction of the driving elements 130 and 140 and orthogonal to a direction of pressing inner blades against outer blades.

Abstract: An electric shaver includes a head, outer blades located next to one another in an arrangement that extends in a front to back direction of the head, a drive source that drives a first drive element and a second drive element back and forth in different directions, and inner blades each coupled to and driven by the first drive element or the second drive element to be movable back and forth in a longitudinal direction of the outer blades, which is a widthwise direction of the head, at an inner side of the outer blades. The inner blades are coupled to the first drive element and the second drive element at a ratio of two to three.

Abstract: The hair clipper comprises comb-like fixed blade and movable blade each having a plurality of comb-teeth each provided at its both sides with blades, in which the movable blade is reciprocated with respect to the fixed blade in an arrangement direction of the comb-teeth to cut hair, the fixed blade or the movable blade is slid in a projecting direction of the comb-teeth to adjust cutting height, wherein a tip of each comb-tooth of the fixed blade is provided with a guide projection for introducing hair, the guide projection is tapered with an inclination angle which is larger than an inclination angle of the comb-tooth with respect to projecting direction of blades on both sides of the comb-tooth.

Abstract: A reciprocating type electric shaver having a trimmer blade, which is substantially reverse L-shaped in cross section and installed in a shaver head of a shaver main body, wherein the trimmer blade comprises a stationary outer cutter that is bent in substantially a reverse L shape and a movable inner cutter that makes sliding contact with the inner surface of the stationary outer cutter; and in the horizontal bent part at the upper end of the outer cutter is formed with first slits that open toward the open end side and second slits that open toward the opposite bent corner side of the horizontal bent part; so that the outer cutter works together with the reciprocating inner cutter to cut the hair that enters the slits.

Abstract: A reciprocating electric shaver 1 includes: a rotary motor 110; a pair of driving elements 130, 140 to which inner blades 54 are individually attached; and a conversion mechanism 180 coupled to the rotary motor 110 and the corresponding driving element 130, 140 to convert rotating motion of the rotary motor 110 to reciprocating motion of the pair of driving elements 130, 140. Each driving element 130, 140 and coupling members coupled to the driving elements 130, 140 constitute driving blocks 200, 210. The driving blocks 200, 210 include balance adjusters 150, 160 provided on the opposite sides of a rotation axis C of the rotary motor 110 from the driving elements 130, 140 included in the driving blocks 200, 210, respectively.

Abstract: An electric shaver includes net-shaped outer blades; and inner blades sliding reciprocally over an inner side of the outer blades as detachably connected with driving units driven by a motor. Each of the inner blades includes a blade plate having an inversed-like-U shape seen from a longitudinal direction in parallel with a reciprocating sliding direction; and a blade holder having attaching portions to be attached to the blade plate in longitudinally defined end regions, wherein connection portions to be detachably connected with the driving units are provided at the blade holder in a longitudinally defined center region, and, when dissembling the blade holder from the driving units, anti-detach portions are provided to thereby prevent separation of the blade holder in the longitudinally defined center region from the blade plate in the longitudinally defined center region due to a tensile load between the connection portions and the driving units.

Abstract: An electric hair clipper with improved blade control structures for adjusting a scissors kit includes a combination housing provides a knob fitting portion, a pivot portion, an axial guiding slot, a motor receiving portion and a motor fixing portion. An adjusting knob provides a knob body and a pivot portion that pivots on the pivot portion of the combination housing, a turning operation portion around the adjusting knob for the finger to fiddle with and a pusher driving portion formed continuous various distance radially from the center of the pivot portion, an elastic orientation part is placed between the knob body and the combination housing. A motor unit is provided in the combination housing. A sliding pusher provides a body; a driven link portion that driven by the pusher driving portion of the adjusting knob to make the sliding pusher slide, a push head can push against the scissors kit.

Abstract: Hair cutting apparatus having at least one cutting unit (2) with a stationary cutting member (3) and reciprocable movable cutting member (4) each having cooperating bearing surfaces (7,8) with cutting edges (9,10). To minimize the friction between the bearing surfaces a visco-elastic element is provided between the coupling element (14) and the movable cutting member (4) resulting in a small cutting gap between the bearing surfaces. During cutting of hairs the visco-elastic element behaves as a stiff element whereas during periods in which no hairs are cut the element behaves relatively soft so that the cutting gaps between the cutting edges are closed.

Abstract: A personal trimming system includes a main body having a motor and a part of a driving unit for converting a rotation of the motor into a reciprocating motion; and a head portion having a driven member moving in a reciprocating motion. The head portion is pivotably supported with respect to the main body, and a gap is provided between the main body and the head portion.

Abstract: A shaving apparatus comprising a first shaving unit, including a first outer cutter (101,102) and a first undercutter (20) which cooperate together, a skin agitation member (12), a housing and a drive source (58) mounted in the housing. The outer cutter is mounted in a frame (10). The drive source is coupled to the first undercutter to provide oscillatory movement with respect to the frame at a frequency in the range 70 to 280 Hz. The drive source is also coupled to the skin agitation member to provide oscillatory movement at a frequency in the range 5 to 50 Hz. The first outer cutter is un-driven with respect to the frame.

Abstract: An electric apparatus comprises a housing (2) and a trimmer (3) for cutting hair. The trimmer (3) is carried by a trimmer supporting element (5) which is movable between a stored position and an operational position. In the operational position the trimmer (3) is spaced from the housing (2). The trimmer supporting element (5) is rotatably connected to the housing (2) through a supporting element hinge (8), which is movable with respect to the housing (2) via a guide (9) in a direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the supporting element hinge (8). The apparatus further comprises a displacement member (11) for defining the displacement of the trimmer supporting element (5) between the stored position and the operational position.

Abstract: A personal trimming system includes a main body having a motor and a part of a driving unit for converting a rotation of the motor into a reciprocating motion; and a head portion having a driven member moving in a reciprocating motion. The head portion is pivotably supported with respect to the main body, and a gap is provided between the main body and the head portion.

Abstract: An electric shaver including a hand grip 10 configured to be gripped by a user' s hand, and a blade head 20 provided on an upper end of the hand grip. The blade head carries at least one shaving unit 50 comprising an outer blade foil 70 and an inner blade 80 driven in a shearing engagement manner with the outer blade foil. The outer blade foil has a plurality of holes in which hairs are introduced. The outer blade foil is elongated and has a length, and is curved along a width direction to form a generally C-shaped cross section, and is curved convexly and uniformly along its length to have a longitudinal curved outline. A radius of to curvature of the longitudinal curved outline is 150 mm to 350 mm.

Abstract: Disclosed is a high speed link type reciprocating electric shaver in which an outer cutter and an inner cutter reciprocate in the right-to-left direction oppositely to each other so that reciprocating effect can be doubled due to only same vibration speed of a motor. The electric shaver includes an outer cutter to reciprocate, and an inner to reciprocate. The inner cutter is connected to a side of vibrator connected to an eccentric shaft of a motor and reciprocates, and the other side of the reciprocating vibrator is connected to the outer cutter by a connecting linkage such that the outer cutter reciprocates in the direction opposite to that of the inner cutter by fixing a center the connecting linkage to a case.

Abstract: A replaceable tip for a driving member of a clipper is configured to drive a moving blade. The replaceable tip is replaceable without disassembly of the clipper body.

Abstract: An inner cutter of a reciprocating electric shaver having a plurality of arched shaped cutter blades that are integrally formed on a side edge part of the inner cutter and, while making reciprocating motion, makes sliding contact with an inside surface of an arch shaped outer cutter. The end portions of two adjacent cutter blades are joined together and this joined portion is connected to the side edge part via a connecting portion.

Abstract: An electric razor including an actuator, an outer cutter and an inner cutter. The actuator has a first vibrator and a second vibrator. The outer cutter and the inner cutter are respectively supported at the first vibrator and the second vibrator so that the cutters can slide against each other. The actuator vibrates the first vibrator and the second vibrator so that the vibrators slide in reciprocation toward opposite directions to each other. Even though vibration of the first vibrator is interrupted by external force through the outer cutter, the second vibrator relatively vibrates so as to slide in reciprocation with respect to the first vibrator and therefore it is easy to meet specified shaving performance.

Abstract: An electric shaver includes a housing in which an electric drive for cutting knives of a shearing head is arranged. A shearing head frame is held by a first latching device in a position abutting on the housing and, upon release by the first latching device, is movable relative to the cutting knives into a position spaced apart from the housing against a stop. A second latching device is provided, by the release of which the shearing head frame is separately removable irrespective of the shearing head frame position released by the first latching device.

Abstract: In a reciprocation type electric shaver having an outside blade unit detachable from a main body, the outside blade unit comprises a main blade, a slit blade and an outside blade holder for holding the main blade and the slit blade capable of floating up and down. A coupling structure for coupling the slit blade on the outside blade holder has a retaining structure for engaging the slit blade and the outside blade holder in a lateral direction of the outside blade unit so as to prevent disengagement of the slit blade from the outside blade holder when the slit blade is floated up and down with inclination. The retaining structure is a pair of fitting recesses formed on the slit blade and a pair of fitting protrusions formed on the outside blade holder.

Abstract: A reciprocating electric shaver that causes an inner cutter 50, while being pressed up from below, to move reciprocally on the inner surface of an outer cutter 16 that is substantially inverted-U-shaped when viewed from the side and is held so as to slide up and down in an outer cutter frame 54 secured to a shaver main body 10, wherein the shaver includes an inner cutter upwardly pushing spring 46 for pressing the inner cutter 50 against the inner surface of the outer cutter 16, and outer cutter elastically supporting members 56 for elastically supporting the outer cutter 16.

Abstract: A reciprocating shaver including an inner cutter upwardly pushing spring for pressing the inner cutter against the inner surface of the outer cutter; slide members held on the outer cutter frame so as to be able to slide; outer cutter elastically supporting members which are for elastically supporting the outer cutter and mounted in the outer cutter frame with one end of each one of them engaging one of the slide members, and another end thereof engaging the outer cutter; and float setting members which are provided in the shaver main body and respectively engage the slide members, in linkage with the mounting motion of the outer cutter frame relative to the shaver main body, so as to determine the position of the slide members.

Abstract: 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. The actuator head has only one of its ends rotatably mounted on the housing. The actuator head is readily accessible from the one side, thus enabling hairs in problem areas of the skin surface to be removed.

Abstract: A dry shaver has an elongated shaving head with a lengthwise axis. The shaving head carries semi-cylindrical first and second outer cutters disposed on its opposite width ends, and a semi-cylindrical finishing cutter and a slit cutter interposed between the first and second outer cutters. The finishing cutter has a finishing foil which is deeply curved than a foil of the first and second outer cutters into an arcuate contour having a width less than that of the first and second outer cutters. The finishing foil disposed behind the first outer cutter comes into contact with a user's skin to make closer shaving than the first and second cutters. A skin guard project between the first outer cutter and the finishing cutter to protect the skin from being pressed excessively to a side of the finishing foil when moving the shaving head across a user' skin with the first outer cutter leading in a moving direction, thereby reducing skin irritation.

Abstract: A dry shaver has an elongated shaving head with a lengthwise axis. The shaving head carries semi-cylindrical first and second outer cutters disposed on its opposite width ends, as well as a semi-cylindrical finishing cutter and a slit cutter Interposed between the first and second outer cutters. The finishing cutter has a finishing foil which is deeply curved than a foil of the first and second outer cutters into an arcuate contour having a width less than that of the first and second outer cutters. The finishing foil disposed behind the first outer cutter comes into contact with a user's skin to make closer shaving than the first and second cutters.

Abstract: Disclosed is a hair clipper having a moving lower blade, in which the lower blade moves so that upper and lower blades reciprocate in opposite directions and cross each other. In the hair clipper, an eccentric cam is connected to a rotary shaft of a motor installed in a main body, and an eccentric shaft formed on the eccentric cam is inserted into a fixing groove formed in an upper blade fixing plate and vibrates horizontally, the lower blade is mounted on a blade support, such that the lower blade can move horizontally, and is fixed to one end of a link, the central portion of which is fixed to the blade support, and the other end of which is fixed to the lower surface of an upper blade fixing plate, to which an upper blade is fixed, and thus, when the upper blade fixing plate vibrates horizontally by the rotation of the motor, the lower blade vibrates on the blade support by the link in the direction opposite to the vibration of the upper blade.

Abstract: Disclosed is a comb-vibration preventing structure for a hair cutter including a cutter body and a cutting-length adjusting comb adapted to be fitted on an upper portion of the cutter body and vertically moved in a sliding manner so as to adjust a cutting length. The comb-vibration preventing structure comprises a wire spring for urging each of opposite inner side surfaces of the cutting-length adjusting comb in an outward thrusting manner in an opposite lateral direction. The comb-vibration preventing structure can prevent vibrations of the cutting-length adjusting comb to reduce chatter noises, and achieve enhanced usability while facilitating quality control.

Abstract: An electric shaver including first and second oscillators that convert rotational driving, which is supplied from a driving motor via joint portions that are connected to each other in a plurality of locations in the height direction of the shaver, into reciprocating driving that is oriented in mutually opposite directions and transmit this reciprocating driving to cutter units. The first and second oscillators are connected to first and second eccentric pins which are installed in upright at positions where phases are substantially opposite above and below the eccentric joint portions.

Abstract: An inner cutter for a dry shaver is fabricated from a metal plate to have a plurality of blades each provided with cutting edges. The metal plate includes a plurality of parallel straight slits to leave an array of straight beams each defined between the adjacent ones of the slits. The beams are forged and ground at a segment of each beam to give the cutting edges thereto. After making the cutting edges, the metal plate is bent into a generally U-shaped configuration so as to correspondingly curve the beams and shape the beams into the blades having the arcuate contour and the cutting edges. The metal plate is provided with a joint for connection with a driving source of moving the inner cutter relative to an outer cutter.

Abstract: A hair clipper includes a handle portion having a drive end with a first coupler formation, and a blade assembly. The blade assembly includes a housing at least partially enclosing a reciprocating blade and a fixed blade, and having a top, bottom, and at least two sides joining the top and bottom. Integrally joined to and extending away from the bottom of the housing is a second coupler formation for engaging the first coupler formation. The first and second coupler formations form a releasable connection which inhibits movement of the blade assembly with respect to the handle portion when the two coupler formations are engaged.

Abstract: A shaving head comprises a cutting member a hair manipulator. The cutting member has a cutting edge which extends in a direction perpendicular to a shaving direction of the shaving head. The hair manipulator is arranged in front of the cutting edge, seen in the shaving direction, and can be driven in a direction parallel to the cutting edge. Hairs trapped by the hair manipulator are moved along the cutting edge while being cut, so that the cutting forces in the shaving direction are reduced. The cutting member can also be driven in a direction parallel to the cutting edge such that, seen in this direction, the cutting member and the hair manipulator move in opposite directions for a longer period of time than in equal directions. In this manner the cutting member has a stretching effect on the skin present immediately in front of the cutting edge, and said stretching effect of the cutting member intensifies a similar stretching effect of the hair manipulator.

Abstract: An electric shaver including first and second oscillators that convert rotational driving, which is supplied from a driving motor via joint portions that are connected to each other in a plurality of locations in the height direction of the shaver, into reciprocating driving that is oriented in mutually opposite directions and transmit this reciprocating driving to cutter units. The first and second oscillators are connected to first and second eccentric pins which are installed in upright at positions where phases are substantially opposite above and below the eccentric joint portions.

Abstract: An electric shaver with a cutter head that is equipped with a plurality of cutter units as movable units, and at least one cutter unit among these movable units being used after being fixed at a position where this cutter unit has been moved upward or downward from a standard position.

Abstract: Dry shaving apparatus comprises a drive source provided in a housing; a first shaving unit (111) having a first outer cutter and a first undercutter coupled to the drive source and mounted for movement beneath said first outer cutter, and a second shaving unit (112, 113), having a second outer cutter and a second undercutter coupled to the drive source and mounted for oscillatory movement beneath said 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; and the first outer cutter and the second undercutter are arranged to be driven at the same frequency by the drive source.

Abstract: Dry shaving apparatus comprises a drive source provided in a housing; a first shaving unit (111) having a first outer cutter and a first undercutter coupled to the drive source and mounted for movement beneath said first outer cutter, and a second shaving unit (112, 113), having a second outer cutter and a second undercutter coupled to the drive source and mounted for oscillatory movement beneath said 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; and the first outer cutter and the second undercutter are arranged to be driven at the same frequency by the drive source.

Abstract: A blade of an electric shaver is disclosed. The blade includes an interior blade detachably attached to a drive element of the electric shaver via an interior blade pushing-up means. The interior blade includes a horizontal surface, a vertical surface, and a relief surface provided between the horizontal surface and the vertical surface, and is elastically pushed upward by the interior blade pushing-up means. The blade further includes a sheet-shaped exterior blade having a plurality of blade apertures. A bottom surface of the exterior blade is elastically contacted with the horizontal surface of the interior blade by a pushing force of the interior blade pushing-up means.