Electric beard trimmer
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorsAlois Koeppl, Reinhold Eichhorn, Jana Schmitt, Martin Fuellgrabe
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a cutter system for an electric shaver and/or trimmer, comprising a pair of cooperating cutting elements movably supported relative to each other by a support structure, wherein one of the cutting elements is sandwiched between the other cutting element and the support structure, wherein cutting teeth in a middle section of the row are different from cutting teeth in end sections of the row in terms of at least one of shape, size and position of the tooth tips.
Claims13
A cutter system for an electric shaver and/or trimmer, comprising a pair of cooperating cutting elements including a first cutting element having first cutting teeth and a second cutting element having second cutting teeth, a motor driving said second cutting element in a movement direction, a support structure supporting the pair of cooperating cutting elements, wherein a stacked sandwich arrangement is provided by the second cutting element being sandwiched between the first cutting element and said support structure, said second cutting element is movably received therebetween in said stacked sandwich arrangement, wherein an additional part is provided for defining at least one cutting air gap in a direction perpendicular to the movement direction of the second cutting element, the at least one cutting air gap located between the first and second cutting elements and/or the second cutting element and said support structure, wherein at least one row of the first cutting teeth includes first cutting teeth of different configuration, wherein first cutting teeth in a middle section of said row are different from first cutting teeth in end sections of said row in terms of at least one of shape, size or position of tooth tips of the first cutting teeth, wherein the tooth tip of each of the first cutting teeth has a free end which is unconnected with the support structure.
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