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US 11,745,368 B2Granted
Personal care device having a main functional unit and an ancillary functional unit
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorsDaniele Solerio, Michel Van Es, Gerard Johannes Pieter Nijsse, Aditya Mehendale
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Abstract
A personal care device has a main functional unit and an ancillary functional unit which is displaced between a non-operational position and an operational position using a biasing arrangement. A magnet arrangement is used to exert a magnetic holding on the ancillary functional unit in the operational position. This provides a stable support of the ancillary functional unit in the operational position without requiring a strong biasing arrangement.
Claims13
A personal care device comprising:
- a main body;
- a main functional unit supported by the main body;
- an ancillary functional unit supported by the main body and comprising a treatment head;
- and
- a coupling structure that permanently connects the ancillary functional unit to the main body,
- wherein the coupling structure:
- is configured to allow displacement of the ancillary functional unit relative to the main body from a non-operational position to an operational position;
- and
- comprises a biasing arrangement configured to exert a biasing force on the ancillary functional unit to displace the ancillary functional unit from the non-operational position towards the operational position and to hold the ancillary functional unit in the operational position,
- comprises a magnet arrangement configured to exert, in addition to the biasing force of the biasing arrangement, a magnetic holding force on the ancillary functional unit in the operational position of the ancillary functional unit, for retaining the ancillary functional unit in the operational position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.