B26B 19/42
Providing for straightening the hair to be cut
Official title: providing for straightening the hair to be cut, e.g. by means of bristles; providing for tensioning the skin, e.g. by means of rollers, ledges (skin-stretchers for shaving per se A45D27/38)
B26B19/42 (Providing for straightening the hair to be cut) appears on 82 US grants and 47 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in B26B- Granted patents
- 82
- Published applications
- 47
- Assignees
- 25
- Inventors
- 161
- Latest grant
- 22 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 0 | 5 |
| 2025 | 3 | 1 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Recent patents
- Slit blade block and electric razor22 Sep 2026US 12,741,391 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Shaver head7 Oct 2025US 12,434,398 B2BIC Violex Single Member S.A.
- Attachment for electric hair-cutting device1 Jul 2025US 12,343,888 B2Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Suction attachments for surgical hair clippers and methods of using such suction attachments17 Jun 2025US 12,330,323 B2CareFusion 2200, Inc.
- Cutter assembly for a hair cutting appliance3 May 2022US 11,318,631 B2Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- A hair cutting device and an attachment therefore27 Aug 2026US 2026/0249496 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Hair collector for a hair cutting appliance having a cutting element23 Apr 2026US 2026/0109064 A1Koninklijke Philips N. V.
- Slit blade block and electric razor24 Jul 2025US 2025/0236031 A1Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Attachment for electric hair clipper31 Oct 2024US 2024/0359346 A1DIC Corporation
- Suction attachments for surgical hair clippers and methods of using such suction attachments3 Oct 2024US 2024/0326273 A1CareFusion 2200, Inc.
Most cited
By later US patents
- Electric shaver having floating trimmer blades, a main blade, and hair raising portions55US 5,964,034 AMatsushita Electric Works, Ltd. · 1999
- Depilatory applicating razor53US 5,402,697 A1995
- Shaving apparatus and method of shaving51US 5,933,960 A1999
- Shaving apparatus36US 6,502,309 B2Koninklijke Philips Electronics N. V. · 2003
- Shaving device with a pad30US 8,707,561 B12014