Hair collector for a hair cutting appliance having a cutting element

A hybrid hair cutting appliance having a blade and a razor guard, configured for both shaving and trimming, to which is integrated a hair collector, wherein the hair collector comprises a housing comprising at least two side walls, wherein the at least two side walls each comprise a plurality of teeth, the plurality of teeth forming a plurality of openings extending along a longitudinal direction of the plurality of teeth, wherein the at least two side walls define an outer plane at an outer extent of the hair collector, wherein a cut hair collection chamber is formed, the cut hair collection chamber comprising the at least two side walls and the blade, the cut hair collection chamber defining a volume sufficient to collect a vast amount of cut hair particles produced while grooming, wherein the plurality of teeth taper from an outer surface of each of the at least two side walls to an inner surface of each of the at least two side walls such that the plurality of openings are larger at the outer surface of each of the at least two side walls than at the inner surface of each of the at least two side walls;

• and wherein the hair collector is configured such that when the blade contacts a skin of a user of the hair cutting appliance, the outer plane of the hair collector is located above a plane of the blade adjacent to the skin of the user, such that the outer plane of the hair collector is on an opposite side of the plane of the blade as the skin of the user.

A hair collector for a hair cutting appliance, the hair cutting appliance having a high frequency oscillating planar blade that reciprocates during operation at a frequency, for example, of approximately 7000 oscillations per second, the hair collector comprising:

• a housing;
• and
• a hair collector attachment portion;
• wherein, the housing comprises at least two side walls;
• wherein the at least two side walls each comprise a plurality of teeth, the plurality of teeth forming a plurality of openings extending along a longitudinal direction of the plurality of teeth;
• wherein, the hair collector attachment portion is configured to attach the hair collector to the hair cutting appliance;
• wherein, when the hair collector is connected to the hair cutting appliance, a cut hair collection chamber is formed by the at least two side walls and the planar blade, the cut hair collection chamber defining a volume sufficient to contain substantially all sprayed cut hair particles produced during grooming as a result of the oscillating frequency of the planar blade;
• and
• wherein the plurality of teeth taper from an outer surface of each of the at least two side walls to an inner surface of each of the at least two side walls such that the plurality of openings are larger at the outer surface of each of the at least two side walls than at the inner surface of each of the at least two side walls.