Electric shaver
AssigneePayer-Lux Elektroprodukte Gesellschaft m.b.H.
InventorsGundolf Naimer, Kurt Hauer
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Abstract
An electric shaver in which the conventional user actuated on-off switch is eliminated, the shaver being automatically actuated when brought into contact with the area of the body to be shaved and deactuated when removed, the shaver being provided with an electronic sensor switch (5) which is electrically connected to a contact plate (K2) on the outside of the casing (1) within the gripping zone and to the shear face (K1) of the shear head 2, the terminals (53, 54) of the sensor switch being connected to the control circuit of an actuating means (RL) for opening and closing the motor circuit.
Claims4
In an electric shaver having a casing, a shear head, a driving motor for the knife, and an on-off switch provided in the motor circuit, the improvement comprising an electronic sensor switch (5) which is electrically connected to a contact plate (K2) on the outside of the casing (1) with the gripping zone and to the shear face (K1) of the shear head (2) and shear foil, the terminals (53, 54)) of the sensor switch (5) being connected to the control circuit of an actuating means (RL) for opening and closing the motor circuit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.