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US 11,376,754 B2Granted
Rotary shaving apparatus without direct forceable contact between the blades and the skin
AssigneeHybrid Razor LTD
InventorsShai Brenner, Shoam Zak
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Abstract
There is provided a shaving apparatus having a head shaving portion that includes a rotary cutter and one or more roller elements configured to provide close skin contact with a fixed cutting blade, as well as to methods of using the same for efficient cutting of hair bristles off a skin region.
Claims20
A shaving apparatus comprising:
- a handle portion and a head portion, said head portion comprises:
- a rotary cutting element comprising a cylindrical screen having a plurality of cutting edge openings on the outer surface thereof, the screen being rotatable about a rotational axis;
- one or more fixed blades located in close proximity to the outer surface of the rotary cutting element;
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- one or more roller elements configured to be in contact with a skin surface of a subject and to further control or maintain a distance between the rotary cutting element and the skin of the subject or a distance between the fixed blade and the skin of the subject, such that the rotary cutting element and/or the fixed blades are capable of cutting hair bristles from the skin, while maintaining essentially minimal contact with the skin surface.
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A head portion of a shaving apparatus, the head portion comprising:
- a rotary cutting element comprising a cylindrical screen having a plurality of cutting edge openings on the outer surface thereof, the screen being rotatable about a rotational axis;
- one or more fixed blades located in close proximity to the outer surface of the rotary cutting element;
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- one or more roller elements configured to be in contact with a skin surface of a subject and to further control or maintain a distance between the rotary cutting element and the skin of the subject or a distance between the fixed blade and the skin of the subject, such that the rotary cutting element and/or the fixed blades are capable of cutting hair bristles from the skin, while maintaining essentially minimal contact with the skin surface.
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A method of shaving a skin surface, the method comprising:
- pressing a head portion of a shaving apparatus, said head portion comprises:
- a rotary cutting element comprising a cylindrical screen having a plurality of cutting edge openings on the outer surface thereof, the screen being rotatable about a rotational axis;
- one or more fixed blades located in close proximity to the outer surface of the rotary cutting element;
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- one or more roller elements;
- such that the one or more roller elements are configured to be in contact with the skin surface of the subject and allow controlling or maintaining a distance between the rotary cutting element and the skin of the subject, or a distance between the fixed blade and the skin of the subject, such that the rotary cutting element and/or the fixed blades are capable of cutting hair bristles from the skin, while maintaining essentially minimal contact with the skin surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.