Apparatus for hair removal

An electrically powered depilatory device comprising:

• a hand held portable housing;
• motor means disposed in said housing;
• and
• a helical spring comprising a plurality of adjacent windings arranged in a loop for being driven in rotational motion by said motor means, said helical spring loop defining along substantially the entire length thereof an arcuate hair engaging portion arranged to define a convex side whereat the windings are spread apart, and a concave side corresponding thereto whereat the windings are pressed together, the rotational motion of said helical spring producing continuous motion of the windings from a spread apart orientation at the convex side to a pressed together orientation at the concave side and for engagement and plucking of hair from the skin of the subject.

A powered depilatory device comprising:

• a portable housing;
• at least one motor accommodated in said housing;
• a first and a second spindle rotatably mounted to said housing, of which at least said first spindle is coupled to, and driven by, at least said motor;
• and
• a helical spring, one end of which is fixedly attached to said first spindle and thereby rotatable by at least said motor, and the second end of which is fixedly attached to said second spindle,
• at least one portion of said spring between said two spindles being arcuate and subtending an angle of at least 180 degrees to the effect at that the convex side of said arcuate portion the windings of said helical spring are spread open, while at the concave side of said arcuate portion they are pressed together, whereby wedge-like gaps are formed between adjacent windings along at least a major portion of said arcuate portion.