B26B 19/38
Details of, or accessories for, hair clippers, or dry shavers
Official title: Details of, or accessories for, hair clippers, or dry shavers, e.g. housings, casings, grips, guards (cutters, cutting heads B26B19/04, B26B19/12, B26B19/14; cleaning or disinfecting devices A45D27/46; drying devices A45D27/48; casings for electric apparatus in general H05K)
B26B19/38 (Details of, or accessories for, hair clippers, or dry shavers) appears on 1,227 US grants and 1,451 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B26B- Granted patents
- 1,227
- Published applications
- 1,451
- Assignees
- 250
- Inventors
- 1,967
- Latest grant
- 6 Oct 2026
Filings by year
| Year | Granted patents | Published applications |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | 18 | 0 |
| 1977 | 14 | 0 |
| 1978 | 8 | 0 |
| 1979 | 9 | 0 |
| 1980 | 10 | 0 |
| 1981 | 15 | 0 |
| 1982 | 9 | 0 |
| 1983 | 8 | 0 |
| 1984 | 7 | 0 |
| 1985 | 13 | 0 |
| 1986 | 16 | 0 |
| 1987 | 8 | 0 |
| 1988 | 4 | 0 |
| 1989 | 10 | 0 |
| 1990 | 18 | 0 |
| 1991 | 13 | 0 |
| 1992 | 12 | 0 |
| 1993 | 14 | 0 |
| 1994 | 6 | 0 |
| 1995 | 12 | 0 |
| 1996 | 8 | 0 |
| 1997 | 11 | 0 |
| 1998 | 15 | 0 |
| 1999 | 25 | 0 |
| 2000 | 11 | 0 |
| 2001 | 12 | 7 |
| 2002 | 7 | 16 |
| 2003 | 13 | 15 |
| 2004 | 6 | 26 |
| 2005 | 18 | 33 |
| 2006 | 19 | 42 |
| 2007 | 10 | 34 |
| 2008 | 14 | 51 |
| 2009 | 12 | 49 |
| 2010 | 19 | 38 |
| 2011 | 21 | 45 |
| 2012 | 42 | 49 |
| 2013 | 24 | 30 |
| 2014 | 26 | 42 |
| 2015 | 31 | 43 |
| 2016 | 23 | 66 |
| 2017 | 33 | 70 |
| 2018 | 49 | 96 |
| 2019 | 82 | 67 |
| 2020 | 71 | 97 |
| 2021 | 67 | 94 |
| 2022 | 93 | 97 |
| 2023 | 61 | 98 |
| 2024 | 59 | 89 |
| 2025 | 66 | 94 |
| 2026 | 55 | 63 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
- B26B 19/3853Housing or handle395
- B26B 19/3873Electric features363
- B26B 19/3806Accessories331
- B26B 19/3846Blades242
- B26B 19/44Suction means for collecting severed hairs or for the skin to be110
- B26B 19/384Dry-shaver foils96
- B26B 19/3886Actuating members94
- B26B 19/46Providing for illuminating the area to be shaved or clipped94
Recent patents
- Magnetic mounting assembly6 Oct 2026US 12,752,448 B2Andis Company
- Method and system for customizing a hair appliance6 Oct 2026US 12,755,308 B2Conair Corporation
- Hair removal device29 Sep 2026US 12,746,699 B2The Gillette Company
- Kit of personal care appliance and power plug29 Sep 2026US 12,746,700 B2Braun GmbH
- Slit blade block and electric razor22 Sep 2026US 12,741,391 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Devices and methods for smart personal grooming8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307281 A1The Procter & Gamble Company
- Devices and methods for smart personal grooming8 Oct 2026US 2026/0307282 A1The Gillette Company
- Blade clipper guard comb attachment device1 Oct 2026US 2026/0295875 A1
- Magnetic Positioning for Inductively Charging a Hand-Held, Hair Clipper on a Charging Pad24 Sep 2026US 2026/0291297 A1Andis Company
- Electric shaver with imaging capability24 Sep 2026US 2026/0292317 A1May Patents Ltd.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Detachable pivoting clipper blades118US 5,606,799 AWahl Clipper Corporation · 1997
- Clipper blade assembly115US 5,579,581 AWahl Clipper Corporation · 1996
- Hair trimmer with lighted rotating head110US 5,970,616 AWahl Clipper Corporation · 1999
- Apparatus comprising a rechargeable battery and a display on which the display symbols appearing during a cycle of use of the battery are displayed in an accelerated manner in a demonstration mode108US 5,801,637 AU. S. Philips Corporation · 1998
- Automated hair isolation and processing system91US 6,973,931 B12005