Cutting assembly and trimmer comprising the same

A cutting assembly for cutting hairs on skin, the cutting assembly comprising:

• a guard plate for contacting the skin, the guard plate having a first toothed edge extending along an axis and comprising guard teeth;
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• a cutter plate disposed on the guard plate, which cutter plate is slidable relative to the guard plate along said axis, the cutter plate comprising a second toothed edge extending parallel with said axis and comprising cutting teeth, the cutter plate and the guard plate being arranged such that said hairs are cut by the cutting teeth against the guard teeth when the cutter plate slides relative to the guard plate, wherein the cutting teeth each include a cutting portion and a tip, wherein cutting is promoted at the cutting portion rather than at the tip, which tip is outwardly enlarged relative to the cutting portion in at least one direction parallel with said axis, and wherein the minimum space between adjacent tips of respective adjacent cutting teeth of the cutter plate is less than the minimum space between corresponding adjacent guard teeth of the guard plate, each outwardly enlarged tip relative to the cutting portion of respective cutting teeth (i) maintaining overlap with at least one of said guard teeth of the guard plate and (ii) providing mechanical rigidity support, via a respective outwardly enlarged tip, at the first toothed edge throughout a cutting motion as the cutter plate slides relative to the guard plate.