Hair cutting apparatus

Claim 2

A hair cutting apparatus comprising a manually portable housing, a motor in said housing, a hollow extension on said housing extending generally axially of said motor and terminating in an open end, a rotary motor shaft extending from said motor spacedly within said extension and terminating short of said open end, outlet means on said extension communicating between the interior and exterior thereof and spaced inwardly from said open end, air movement means in said extension carried by said shaft intermediate said open end and said outlet means for directing air inwardly through the former and outwardly through the latter, so that a subject''s growing hair is drawn away from the subject toward and into said open end, a cutter in said extension carried by said shaft intermediate said air movement means and open end, for severing growing hair and removing the severed hair through said outlet means, said air mover means comprising a plurality of fan blades extending radially from said shaft, said fan blades being spaced inwardly from said cutter and imparting angular movement to directed air for centrifugally displacing hair cuttings radially outwardly toward said outlet means, and a baffle in said extension for directing centrifugally displaced hair cuttings to said outlet means, said baffle comprising an internal skirt in said extension having an inner edge spaced from the inner surface of said extension, said fan blades terminating proximate to said inner skirt edge.

Claim 3

A hair cutting apparatus according to claim 1, in combination with spacer means projecting from said extension beyond said open end for guiding engagement with the person of the subject, and adjustment means for selectively adjusting the distance of projection of said spacer means, to control and determine the length of cut growing hair.

Claim 4

A hair cutting apparatus according to claim 2, in combination with roller means on the projecting ends of said spacer means for rolling engagement with a subject''s head.

Claim 5

A hair cutting apparatus according to claim 1, said cutter comprising a plurality of cutting blades extending generally radially from said shaft.

Claim 6

A hair cutting apparatus comprising a manufally portable housing, a motor in said housing, a hollow extension on said housing extending generally axially of said motor and terminating in an open end, a rotary motor shaft extending from said motor spacedly within said extension and terminating short of said open end, outlet means on said extension communicating between the interior and exterior thereof and spaced inwardly from said open end, air movement means in said extension carried by said shaft intermediate said open end and said outlet means for directing air inwardly through the former and outwardly through the latter, so that a subject''s growing hair is drawn away from the subject toward and into said open end, a cutter in said extension carried by said shaft intermediate said air movement means and open end, for severing growing hair and removing the severed hair thrOugh said outlet means, said air mover means comprising a plurality of fan blades extending radially from said shaft, said fan blades being spaced inwardly from said cutter and imparting angular movement to directed air for centrifugally displacing hair cuttings radially outwardly toward said outlet means, and a baffle in said extension for directing centrifugally displaced hair cuttings to said outlet means, said cutter comprising a hub circumposed about said shaft, and a plurality of cutting blades extending generally radially from said hub, whereby said hair cuttings are formed in an annular region adjacent to the inner surface of said extension for discharge between said skirt and inner surface to said outlet means.

Claim 7

A hair cutting apparatus comprising a manufally portable housing, a motor in said housing, a hollow extension on said housing extending generally axially of said motor and terminating in an open end, a rotary motor shaft extending from said motor spacedly within said extension and terminating short of said open end, outlet means on said extension communicating between the interior and exterior thereof and spaced inwardly from said open end, air movement means in said extension carried by said shaft intermediate said open end and said outlet means for directing air inwardly through the former and outwardly through the latter, so that a subject''s growing hair is drawn away from the subject toward and into said open end, a cutter in said extension carried by said shaft intermediate said air movement means and open end, for severing growing hair and removing the severed hair thrOugh said outlet means, said air mover means comprising a plurality of fan blades extending radially from said shaft, said fan blades being spaced inwardly from said cutter and imparting angular movement to directed air for centrifugally displacing hair cuttings radially outwardly toward said outlet means, and a baffle in said extension for directing centrifugally displaced hair cuttings to said outlet means, said cutter comprising a hub circumposed about said shaft, and a plurality of cutting blades extending generally radially from said hub, whereby said hair cuttings are formed in an annular region adjacent to the inner surface of said extension for discharge between said skirt and inner surface to said outlet means.

Claim 8

A hair cutting apparatus according to claim 5, in combination with spacer means projecting from said extension beyond said open end for guiding engagement with the person of the subject, adjustment means for selectively adjusting the distances of projection of said spacer means to control and determine the length of cut growing hair, and roller means on the projecting ends of said spacer means for rolling engagement with a subject''s head.