Epilator
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorsTarik Mehaddene, Frieder Grieshaber, Bernhard Kraus
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Abstract
The present invention is concerned with an epilator for removing body hair. The epilator comprises a body having a head section, a plucking cylinder which is rotatable about a first rotation axis in the head section for plucking hairs and at least one shaving blade for shaving off hairs, which is mounted in the head section movable with respect to the plucking cylinder. The at least one shaving blade is movable between a retracted position in which the at least one shaving blade does not protrude from the head section and an extended position in which the at least one shaving blade protrudes from the head section.
Claims5
An epilator for removing body hair, comprising:
- a body having a head section,
- a plucking cylinder rotatable about a first rotation axis in the head section for plucking hairs, and
- at least one shaving blade for shaving off hairs,
- wherein the at least one shaving blade is mounted in a cartridge in the head section and is movable with respect to the plucking cylinder, wherein the at least one shaving blade is transferable between a retracted position in which the at least one shaving blade does not protrude from the head section and an extended position in which the at least one shaving blade protrudes from the head section, wherein the cartridge is connected to a lever mechanism for pivoting the cartridge about a pivoting axis provided at the head section, wherein the lever mechanism comprises a yoke spring coupled to the plucking cylinder such that upon rotation of the plucking cylinder the yoke spring exerts a force onto the cartridge for pivoting the cartridge about the pivoting axis into the extended position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.