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US 2006/0032053 A1Published application
Safety razors
AssigneeThe Gillette Company
InventorsIan Saker, Joseph Yeoman
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Abstract
The invention relates to safety razors having a blade unit carried on a handle that includes a vibration mechanism and a control device for controlling operation of the vibration mechanism, the control device being connected to an electrode arrangement that can comprise a blade and an electrically conductive casing of the handle, to detect water so that the vibration mechanism is activated in response to the blade unit being immersed into a body of water for rinsing.
Claims23
A safety razor comprising;
- a blade unit having at least one blade with a sharp cutting edge;
- a handle on which the blade unit is carried;
- an electrical device:
- and a control device for controlling operation of the electrical device, wherein the control device is responsive to a water detecting arrangement whereby the electrical device is actuated when a person using the razor immerses the blade unit into a body of water for cleaning the blade unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.