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Shaving apparatus

Assignee: US Philips Corp
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Filing: 1987-12-04
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Granted: 1989-07-18
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Expires: 2007-12-04
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Abstract

Abstract A shaving apparatus comprising a cutting member and an opposite member which has a hair-seizing end and can be driven with respect to the cutting member with a relative movement. The plate-shaped opposite member is coupled to a driving mechanism via a rod mechanism.

Inventors

  • 👤 Eustachius P. W. Savenije

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-28 22:49
CPC Classifications
B; B26; B26B; B26B19/00; B26B19/14; B26B19/16; B26B19/18

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 66 words
A shaving apparatus comprising a housing, a cutting member and a plate-shaped opposite member which has a hair-seizing end and can be driven with respect to the cutting member wherein the plate-shaped opposite member is coupled to a driving mechanism via a rod mechanism, the opposite member being pivotally connected to a skin pressing member a pressure end of which is situated near the hair-seizing end.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 66 words
A shaving apparatus comprising a housing, a cutting member and a plate-shaped opposite member which has a hair-seizing end and can be driven with respect to the cutting member wherein the plate-shaped opposite member is coupled to a driving mechanism via a rod mechanism, the opposite member being pivotally connected to a skin pressing member a pressure end of which is situated near the hair-seizing end.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 23 words
A shaving apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein a resilient element is present between the opposite member and the skin pressing member.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 41 words
A shaving apparatus as claimed in claim 1 wherein the opposite member follows a predetermined closed path in which the hair-seizing end approaches skin to be shaven in a direction which is perpendicular to a direction parallel to the cutting member.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 99 words
A shaving apparatus as claimed in claim 3 wherein the rod mechanism comprises a shaft journalled in the housing so as to be rotatable, the ends of the shaft bearing discs with studs on which the ends of an arm is journalled, the arm having at its end the plate-shaped opposite member having a first pin provided in a recess thereof, said first pin having a first end of a connection arm journalled thereon, a second end of said connection arm being journalled so as to be rotatable about a second pin which is rigidly connected to the housing.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

US4174569A Cited

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