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US 11,654,586 B2Granted
Shaving apparatus
AssigneeHybrid Razor LTD
InventorsShai Brenner, Shoam Zak, Aviram Notea
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Abstract
A shaving apparatus having a head portion intended for contact with a skin surface to cut hairs growing therefrom. The head portion may include a cylindrical screen and a cutting component located within a cavity defined by the cylindrical screen. The cylindrical screen includes a plurality of openings so that a user's hairs can pass therethrough to be cut by blades of the cutting component. The cylindrical screen may be rotatable about a rotational axis so that as the cylindrical screen is placed into contact with a skin surface and moved therealong, the cylindrical screen is made to rotate about the rotational axis. The shaving apparatus may include a brake sub-system to intermittently reduce a rotational velocity of the cylindrical screen.
Claims29
A shaving apparatus comprising:
- a cylindrical screen comprising an outer surface, an inner surface defining a cavity, and a plurality of openings, the screen being rotatable about a rotational axis;
- a cutting component comprising one or more cutting blades located within the cavity of the cylindrical screen, the cutting blades configured to cut hairs that pass through the openings in the cylindrical screen;
- wherein upon placing the outer surface of the cylindrical screen into surface contact with a skin surface and moving the shaving apparatus along the skin surface, the cylindrical screen is rotatable about the rotational axis;
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- a brake sub-system configured to reduce a rotational velocity of the cylindrical screen about the rotational axis as the shaving apparatus is moved along the skin surface,
- wherein the brake sub-system is intermittently switchable between at least two states:
- in a first state the cylindrical screen rotates freely about the rotational axis such that there is essentially no dragging between the cylindrical screen and the skin surface, thereby shaving of upright hairs is facilitated, and
- in a second state the cylindrical screen rotates about the rotational axis at a controlled reduced rotational velocity as a user moves the apparatus across the skin surface, such that the cylindrical screen is at least partially dragged across the skin surface, thereby shaving of hairs lying essentially flat on the skin surface is facilitated by the one or more cutting blades.
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A head portion of a shaving apparatus comprising:
- a mounting portion;
- a cylindrical screen comprising a plurality of openings, the cylindrical screen rotatably coupled to the mounting portion so as to be rotatable about a rotational axis;
- a brake sub-system coupled to the cylindrical screen and configured to intermittently reduce a rotational velocity of the cylindrical screen about the rotational axis,
- wherein the brake sub-system is intermittently switchable between at least two states:
- in a first state the cylindrical screen rotates freely about the rotational axis, such that there is essentially no dragging between the cylindrical screen and the skin surface, thereby shaving of upright hairs is facilitated, and
- in a second state the cylindrical screen rotates about the rotational axis at a controlled reduced rotational velocity as a user moves the apparatus across the skin surface, such that the cylindrical screen is at least partially dragged across the skin surface, thereby shaving of hairs lying essentially flat on the skin surface is facilitated by one or more cutting blades;
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- a cutting component comprising the one or more cutting blades, the cutting component configured to cut hairs that pass through the openings in the cylindrical screen.
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A method of shaving comprising:
- pressing a cylindrical screen of a shaving apparatus into contact with a skin surface, the cylindrical screen comprising a plurality of openings that allow hairs on the skin surface to pass through the cylindrical screen;
- moving the shaving apparatus along the skin surface while the cylindrical screen is in surface contact with the skin surface, thereby causing the cylindrical screen of the shaving apparatus to rotate about a rotational axis;
- intermittently switching reducing a rotational velocity of the cylindrical screen about the rotational axis with a brake sub-system that is operably coupled to the cylindrical screen, the brake sub-system is intermittently switchable between at least two states:
- a first state in which the cylindrical screen rotates freely about the rotational axis, such that there is essentially no dragging between the cylindrical screen and the skin surface, thereby shaving of upright hairs is facilitated, and
- a second state in which the cylindrical screen rotates about the rotational axis at a controlled reduced rotational velocity as a user moves the apparatus across the skin surface, such that the cylindrical screen is at least partially dragged across the skin surface, thereby shaving of hairs lying essentially flat on the skin surface is facilitated;
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- cutting the hairs that pass through the cylindrical screen with a cutting component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.