Skin treatment apparatus
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorsTarik Mehaddene, Frieder Grieshaber, Bernhard Kraus, Torsten Klemm
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Abstract
A skin treatment apparatus, preferably an epilator, comprising at least one detector for detecting approximation and/or contact with the skin and a control unit to actuate the device depending on the signal received from the detector. The control unit has at least one regulator which increases the speed of the drive unit upon detection of an increased resistance and/or current consumption by a sensor and/or decreases the speed of the drive unit upon detection of an decreased resistance and/or current consumption by a sensor.
Claims15
A skin treatment apparatus comprising at least one application device for contacting the skin of a user, a drive unit for driving the at least one application device, a control unit for controlling movement of the at least one application device, and at least one detector for detecting approximation of the at least one application device to the skin or contact of the at least one application device with the skin, wherein the detector is coupled to the control unit for transmitting a signal to the control unit and wherein the control unit is designed and arranged such that it controls actuation of the drive unit or of the at least one application device depending on the signal received from the detector,
- wherein the control unit comprises at least one regulator for tuning the speed of the drive unit and in that the detector comprises a sensor measuring the resistance to actuation of the at least one application device or the current consumption of the drive unit, wherein the control unit is designed and arranged such that the at least one regulator increases the speed of the drive unit upon detection of an increased resistance or current consumption by the sensor and that the at least one regulator decreases the speed of the drive unit upon detection of an decreased resistance or current consumption by the sensor.
An epilator comprising at least one plucking cylinder for contacting the skin of a user, a drive unit for driving the at least one plucking cylinder and a control unit for controlling movement of the at least one plucking cylinder, wherein the apparatus further comprises at least one detector for detecting approximation of the at least one plucking cylinder to the skin or contact of the at least one plucking cylinder with the skin, wherein the detector is coupled to the control unit for transmitting a signal to the control unit and wherein the control unit is designed and arranged such that it controls actuation of the drive unit or of the at least one plucking cylinder depending on the signal received from the detector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.