Abstract: The invention relates to an epilating device having epilating rollers which are drivable in opposite directions, at the periphery have a wave-shaped cross-sectional profile, mesh together at their periphery by their cross-sectional profiles and are drivable by means of a motor, a single-phase synchronous motor without a non-reverse mechanism being provided for the purpose of driving an uneven number of epilating rollers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a depilation apparatus, in which a driving roller (3) and a drive roller (4) are provided with tooth means (5, 6) and form a roller pair, the rollers performing a rotary movement which is directed into the interior of the apparatus at the location where they interengage circumferentially. The driven roller (4) of each roller pair has teeth (5) along its entire circumference but the driving roller (3) has teeth only along part of its circumference, so that the rollers intermesh only during part of a revolution of the driving roller.

Abstract: A method and device for plucking hair by engaging the hair with a hair-plucker body to clamp the hair thereto, moving the hair-plucker body and the hair clamp thereto in the plucking direction with respect to the skin, and successively interrupting the movement of the hair-plucker body and the hair clamp thereto such that the hair-plucker body applies a series of short tugs to the hair until it is plucked from the skin.

Abstract: A hair grasping device includes a pair of hair engaging surfaces spring biased to a closed or engaged position in which a hair is grasped therebetween. The device further includes a first clamping member which is pivotally disposed with respect to a housing. The first clamping member includes the first hair engaging surface. A spring disposed within the housing biases the first hair engaging surface toward the second hair engaging surface of a second clamping member. A thumb wheel is employed to pivot the first clamping member against the bias of the spring. The thumb wheel is also used to actuate a switch which connects a high frequency energy source to one of the hair engaging surfaces to destroy the papilla area of a grasped hair.

Abstract: A depilating apparatus is provided comprising a depilating member which can be driven so as to be rotating and at least one clamping element. The depilating member is disc-shaped and comprises entrance slots which open into an end face, a clamping element being situated in an entrance slot so as to be movable with respect to the depilating member.

Abstract: A hair removal device having a multiple-tweezer element arranged to pluck skin hair, by plucking action of a set of movable tweezers in a continuously repetitive fashion. In the preferred embodiment, the hair removal device is provided as a hand-held, motor-powered design having a hair plucking element which comprises a set of disc-shaped, fixed-position tweezer elements and an interleaved set of disc-shaped, movable tweezer elements mounted on a central shaft. The spaces formed between these elements are repetitively opened and closed by lateral push-pull sliding motion of the shaft against a cam which drives the movable elements in both directions in relation to the fixed-position elements, to trap and pluck skin hair. The design allows for an increase in the effective number of hair plucking operations over prior art designs since the spaces may be closed at any time, thus improving the mechanical efficiency without additional mechanical parts.

Abstract: A depilator is provided comprising a housing which includes a skin-following surface for the skin to be depilated and at least one drivable hair pulling element rotatably mounted in the housing, the axis of the element being directed perpendicular to the skin-following surface. A first hair pulling element is arranged annularly while a second hair pulling element adjoins the inside wall of the first hair pulling element.

Abstract: A depilating apparatus has a depilator head (1) comprising a series of movable blades (7) arranged in pairs for forming a plurality of tweezers for gripping and pulling out the hairs to be eliminated. The depilator head is linked with a mechanical drive adapted for imparting thereto a translational movement, substantially along a plane (X-X') parallel to the plane defined by the free edges of the movable blades (7) forming the gripping tongs, and for further imparting thereto, during this translational movement, a movement of retraction away from this plane (X-X'), this latter movement taking place along an axis (Z-Z') perpendicular to this plane. There is further an actuator for driving the movable gripping blades (7) so as to effect the closing of the pinching tongs before the beginning of the retraction movement of the depilator head, and to cause these tongs to open and to remain open until they are closed again before the next retraction of the depilator head.

Abstract: A depilating device removes hairs from the skin of a user and includes a carrier mounting a series of movable and fixed pinching plates arranged along a carrier axis in an alternating relation and in a closely adjacent relation to form small clearances between the adjacent movable and fixed pinching plates for entrapping hairs therebetween. A drive means is connected to drive the carrier to move the movable and fixed plates about the carrier axis. The movable plates are operatively connected to a shuttle means which is movable together with the carrier about the carrier axis but are shiftable therealong relative to the carrier so as to displace the movable plates along the carrier axis to repeat clamping the hairs between the adjacent pairs of the movable and fixed plates as the carrier moves about the carrier axis, whereby plucking the hairs from the skin.

Abstract: A hair removal device having a plurality of springs mounted on a rotary head and arranged to open and close during rotation, to trap and pluck skin hair over a relatively wide area. In a preferred embodiment, the rotary head multi-spring design is provided as a hand-held, motor-powered depilatory device having a cup-like rotor formed with two concentric supports. A plurality of compression coil springs are mounted in in freely rotatable fashion on pins extending radially between the supports. The springs have normally open loops with spaces between them along the pin length. A cam is arranged proximate the pins such that when the rotary head rotates about a shaft, the pins slide radially between the supports in accordance with the cam shape. Radial movement of the pin forces a shoulder formed at one end against the end of the spring, compressing and closing its loops.

Abstract: A hair removal device having a plurality of tweezers mounted on a rotary head and arranged to open and close during rotation, to trap and pluck skin hair over a relatively wide area. In a preferred embodiment, the rotary head multi-tweezer design is provided as a hand-held, motor-powered depilatory device having a rotor formed with radially extending support channels. A plurality of tweezers are mounted on each support channel, each tweezer comprising a pivotable element and a fixed element, which are operated by a slidable actuator. As the rotary head rotates about a shaft, the slidable actuator moves in accordance with the shape of a cam in synchronous fashion, causing it to slide radially inward and outward along the support channel, and forcing the tweezers open and closed.

Abstract: A depilation apparatus is provided comprising at least one pair of depilation rollers (3, 4) which can be driven in opposite directions and whose circumferential surfaces have undulatory cross-sectional profiles with which they interengage circumferentially, one of said rollers being adapted to be driven by means of a motor, the undulatory cross-sectional profile of the circumferential surface extends linearly over the whole length of the rollers and the maximum diameter of the depilation rollers is selected to be of the order of magnitude of 4.5 mm and the number of crests of the cross-sectional profile is selected to be the order of magnitude of 10.

Abstract: A depilation apparatus is provided which comprises at least one pair of depilation rollers (3, 4; 5, 6) arranged at the location of an opening (2) in the apparatus for access to their circumferential surfaces, which rollers are rotatably supported, which are rotatable in opposite directions, and which cooperate circumferentially with one another, the depilation rollers being supported to project freely with one of their end portions and the opening in the apparatus at least partly exposing the freely projecting end portions of the depilation rollers.

Abstract: There is provided a method and device for depilating hair from various members of the human body, especially arms and legs. The device is based on a rotating head driven by suitable means, which head is provided with an abrasive surface. The method of depilating hair comprises contacting the area of the skin from which hair is to be removed with such rotating surface.The abrasive used is a fine grain one so as to minimize irritation of sensitive human skin.

Abstract: In order to pluck-out superfluous hairs, a hand-held depilating appliance has a rotary drum which carries one or a number of rows of gripping blades so arranged as to project from the periphery of the drum and to extend in a direction parallel to its axis. Within or opposite to the recesses existing at the periphery of the rotary drum between the different rows of gripping blades, provision is made for skin protection blades having a circular external contour, the center of which coincides with the axis of the drum. These protective blades are disposed in planes perpendicular to the axis of the drum and are distributed over its entire length so as to constitute a virtual protection cylinder at the periphery of the depilating roller formed by the drum and the gripping blades.

Abstract: An electrically powered human hair depilatory device including a hand held portable housing, first and second hair engagement elements defining respective first and second hair engagement surfaces having different surface hardnesses and a motor for driving at least one of said first and second hair engagement elements in relative motion, whereby hair is engaged between the first and second hair engagement surfaces and thus removed.

Abstract: An epilation apparatus is provided having at least one pair of rotatably mounted epilation rollers (3, 4), which are arranged in the region of an opening (2) provided in the housing (1) of the apparatus, are rotatingly drivable in opposite directions and cooperate with one another at their periphery. Associated with the epilation apparatus is a skin protection device, which is arranged in the region of the opening (2), partially covering the epilation rollers (3, 4) and through which the hairs reach the epilation rollers (3, 4) the skin protection device is a strip-shaped web (11) of wave-shaped design in relation to the longitudinal extension of the epilation rollers, (3, 4) the web, has wave troughs (9) and wave crests (10) alternately on both sides and is comb-like on both sides.

Abstract: A depilatory cartridge, to be mounted on a casing, includes at least one rotating drum and a plurality of jaws associated with an cammed toward each drum during part of the rotating cycle of the drum. The jaws are pushed apart from the drum in the remaining part of the rotating cycle, so tht when the cartridge is placed in touch with body hair, the hair is caught in gaps formed between the jaws and the drum and as the gap closes during rotation of the drum, the hair is pulled out.

Abstract: The motor-powered depilatory device for removing skin hair is provided in a compact, efficient, hand-held unit, based on the operation of an axially rotatable hair-plucking element provided as a plurality of discs adjacently coupled in column form. By provision of a central spine comprising a pre-tensioned spring-metal wire, the discs are maintained adjacent one another under tension, while the column is bendable. When rotated axially at one end, the hair-plucking element transfers the rotation via rotational coupling of the adjacent discs in the column. Thus, even if the column is bent in an arched configuration, the rotational motion is transferred across its entire length. Preferably, the rotationally-coupled discs are made of relatively rigid plastic material, and are mechanically coupled by a set of tab-like projections on each disc surface, which engage matching recesses in adjacent discs.

Abstract: A depilation apparatus is provided comprising at least one pair of circumferentially cooperating depilation rollers (3, 4, 5, 6) which are arranged at the location of an opening (2) in the apparatus and which are rotatably supported and arranged to be driven in opposite directions of rotation, and also comprising a shear plate (11) which is arranged at the location of the opening in the apparatus, which covers the depletion rollers, and which is formed with elongate hair-entry apertures (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17) at the location of the depilation rollers, the elongate hair-entry apertures in the shear plate extending in the longitudinal direction of the depilation rollers and at least up to the ends of the depilation rollers.

Abstract: The depilating apparatus comprises a series of parallel disks (2) fixed on a hub (3) driven in rotation by an electric motor, and blades (9) arranged between the disks, and rods (10) for bringing said blades (9) into contact with the periphery (2a) of the disks (2).The hub (3) comprises, between the disks (2), a series of notches (11) which each retain one end of a blade (9), each rod (10) comprising a series of notches (12) open towards the notches (11) of the hub, each notch (12) of a rod (10) retaining a part of a blade (9). The notches (11, 12) are shaped so as to permit a pivoting movement of the blades (9) between a position remote from the disks (2) and a position in contact with the periphery (2a) of the latter.Use for removing hair from the skin.

Abstract: The depilating appliance comprises a series of hair-plucking grippers constituted by blades movably mounted on a support plate which is driven in rotation about a central shaft at right angles to the plate. The blades are disposed radially in one or a number of rows and placed in each row at right angles with respect to the corresponding radius of rotation. The blades are movably mounted on their support plate so that their free edges can be applied against each other or opened-out in the alternate sequence. During rotation of the support plate, closing and opening of the grippers take place at least once per revolution.

Abstract: A human hair depilatory device including a hand held portable housing, a first element arranged to be driven in rotational motion relative to skin bearing hair to be removed, the first element comprising a plurality of hair engaging locations at which adjacent hair engaging surfaces of the first element are spread apart when the hair engaging locations are disposed by rotation at a convex side and at which the adjacent hair engaging surfaces of the first element are moved relatively towards each other in hair engaging arrangement when the hair engaging locations are disposed by rotation at a concave side, the rotational motion of the first element producing motion of the hair engaging locations from the convex side to the concave side for engagement and removal of hair from the skin and a second element disposed interiorly of said first element and arranged to be driven in rotational motion and to define a hair support for hair engaged between adjacent hair engaging surfaces.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a depilatory device, comprising a manually grippable casing, having an electric motor; and an electric switch carried on said casing for energizing or de-energizing said motor. A hair plucking body is mounted onto said casing, having an exposed section plate, having a plurality of extended rotatable pins mounted into slide bearings on the circumference of said exposed plate. A belt is rotatable by said motor's to run around said extended rotatable pins continuously, so that when the depilatory device is placed in touch with body hair, said hair will be caught in gaps between said extended pins and said rotatable belt, clamping the hair towards the rotation of said pins and belt, thus pulling said hair out along the plate.

Abstract: A hair grasping device includes a pair of hair engaging surfaces spring biased to a closed or engaged position in which a hair is grasped therebetween. The device further includes a first clamping member which is slidably disposed with respect to the housing. The first clamping member includes the first hair engaging surface. A spring disposed within the housing biases the first hair engaging surface toward the second hair engaging surface of a second clamping member. High frequency electrical energy is applied to one of the hair engaging surfaces to destroy a grasped hair in the papilla area.

Abstract: A depilatory device includes a flexible plastic cylindrical member formed with a plurality of circumferentially-extending slits, the plastic member being rotated about its longitudinal axis while supported in an arcuate position such that the slits open and close during rotation of the plastic member to receive and pluck the hairs. The plastic member includes a high-strength flexible core imparting mechanical strength, and the slits are formed with corrugated or otherwise non-planar faces to enhance their gripping power when the slits are closed.

Abstract: An improved depliatory device is provided having a magnifying lens for enlarging a user's view of a body site from which hairs are to be removed and an illumination lamp mounted in a housing of the device for illuminating the body site to enhance viewing.

Abstract: An electrically powered depilatory device including a hand held portable housing, a hair engagement and removal assembly including elongate elements in mutually twisted engagement and a motor for driving the elongate elements in motion, whereby hair is engaged between the elongate elements and thus removed.

Abstract: A depilatory device comprising a hand-held portable housing, motor apparatus disposed in the housing; first and second helical springs arranged to be driven by the motor apparatus in rotational sliding motion relative to skin bearing hair to be removed, the first and second helical springs each including an arcuate hair engaging portion arranged to define a convex side at which the windings are spread apart and a concave side corresponding thereto at which the windings are pressed together, the rotational motion of the helical spring producing continuous motion of the windings from a spread-apart orientation at the convex side to a pressed together orientation at the concave side for engagement and plucking of hair from the skin.

Abstract: An improved depilatory device is provided having a brush which raises and presents body hairs to the hair removal body.

Abstract: A motor-powered depilatory device for removing skin hair which is provided in a compact, efficient, hand-held unit, based on the operation of an axially rotatable hair-plucking element provided as a plurality of discs adjacently coupled in column form. By provision of a central spine comprising a pre-tensioned spring, the discs are maintained adjacent one another under tension, while the column is bendable. When rotated axially at one end, the hair-plucking element transfers the rotation via rotational coupling of the adjacent discs in the column. Thus, even if the column is bent in an arched configuration, the rotational motion is transferred across its entire length. Preferably, the rotationally-coupled discs are made of relatively rigid plastic material, and are mechanically coupled by a set of tab-like projections on each disc surface, which engage matching recesses in adjacent discs.

Abstract: According to the present invention, there is provided a depilatory device comprising a manually grippable casing, having an electric motor; and an electric switch carried on said casing for energizing or de-energizing said motor. A hair plucking body is mounted onto said casing, having an exposed section plate, having a plurality of extended rotatable pins mounted into slide bearings on the circumference of said exposed plate. A belt is rotatable by said motor's to run around said extended rotatable pins continuously, so that when the depilatory device is placed in touch with body hair, said hair will be caught in gaps between said extended pins and said rotatable belt, clamping the hair towards the rotation of said pins and belt, thus pulling said hair out along the plate.

Abstract: A hair removal device comprising a wire shaped in the configuration of a coil spring having a plurality of loops and an arcuate axis and a handle mounting the coil spring for rotation of the spring about the axis, the surfaces of the wire being roughened about the entire circumference and along the entire length of the wire so that mutually opposed surfaces of adjacent loops of the spring are roughened, whereby the performance or the hair removal device is substantially enhanced.

Abstract: An improved depilatory device is disclosed which includes a plurality of rotating, generally cylindrically shaped, hair removal members having axes which are orientated substantially perpendicular to a subject's skin surface at a body site from which hair is to be removed. The subject's hair is engaged between juxtaposed surfaces of the members and is uprooted.

Abstract: A depilatory device comprises a housing having a side adapted to be juxtaposed with an area from which hair is to be pulled and an elastically bendable bar having at least one edge formed with a plurality of slits opening generally parallel to the side. The slits normally are closed and the bar is bendable to open the slits. A drive in the housing periodically flexes the bar generally parallel to the side and thereby opens and closes the slits so that hairs engaged in the slits when open are trapped when the slits close and can then be pulled out by moving the housing and bar relative to the area from which the hair sprouts.

Abstract: A depilatory device for removing body hair, comprises a manually-grippable housing, two hair-plucker bodies each rotatably mounted to the housing and each having an exposed section formed with a plurality of gaps in its outer surface which open and close during the rotation of the hair-plucker body to receive, pluck and eject body hair growing on a surface over which the hair-plucker body is moved, and a drive for driving the hair-plucker bodies in opposite directions.