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US 4,279,253 AGranted
Epilation apparatus
AssigneeU.S. Philips Corporation
InventorsFreddy Haes, Guillaume M. P. G. Hermes, Cornelis M. Reijnhout
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Abstract
There is provided an epilation apparatus comprising a drivable member having a hair-gripping wall, and a stationary complementary member having a confronting wall spaced from the hair-gripping wall of the drivable member to provide a hair gap therebetween.
Claims5
An epilation apparatus comprising a single rotatable member having a hair-gripping wall;
- and a stationary complementary member having a wall confronting and spaced from the hair-gripping wall of the rotatable member to provide a hair gap therebetween, the rotation of the rotatable member relative to the complementary member being in a direction into the leading opening of the hair gap;
- said complementary member having a surface for sliding contact with the skin, the leading edge of said complementary member surface being knife-shaped and having a plurality of parallel fingers extending forwardly therefrom for catching hair therebetween and directing the same into said hair gap.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.