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AssigneeKoninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
InventorsRobbert Freerk Johan Van Der Scheer, Ype Brada, Sint Baron
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A cleaning unit (1) is provided for cleaning an interior space (15) of a shaving head (10) of a shaver, which shaving head (10) comprises a movably arranged cutter member (20) for cutting off hairs and a contacting surface (14) for contacting a portion of skin to be shaved, which is provided with a plurality of holes for catching and letting through hairs to 5 be shaved off by means of the cutter member (20). In particular, the cleaning unit (1) comprises separating means (30) for constituting a physical barrier between two portions of an outer surface (13) of the shaving head (10) and for conveying cleaning fluid (41). During a cleaning process, an agitated flow of fluid (41) is realized in the interior space (15) of the shaving head (10) under the influence of a centrifugal pump action which is obtained when 10 the cutter member (20) of the shaving head (10) is in motion.
Unit (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) for cleaning an interior space (15) of a shaving head (10) of a shaver, which shaving head (10) comprises a cutter member (20) which serves for cutting off hairs, and which is movably arranged inside the interior space (15), wherein a portion (14) of an outer surface (13) of the shaving head (10) is a contacting surface (14) which serves for contacting a portion of skin to be shaved, and which is provided with a plurality of holes for catching and letting through hairs to be shaved off by means of the cutter member (20), which cleaning unit (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6) comprises separating means (30) which are adapted to constitute a physical barrier between two portions of the outer surface (13) of the shaving head (10) in an operational state of the unit (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), in which a shaver is put in place in the unit (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6), and which are suitable for conveying fluid (41).
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