Electric hair clipper
AssigneeKyushu Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
InventorEinosuke Fujimura
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Abstract
The disclosure is directed to an improved electric hair clipper of a type with a pivotal head portion, having a comb plate for comb-cutting, in which a blade unit is arranged to be slidable for releasable attachment with respect to the head portion, in a longitudinal direction intersecting at right angles with a pivoting direction of the head portion through an engaging and sliding arrangement including sliding projections and corresponding guide grooves in which the sliding projections are fitted for sliding movement, so that no excessive loads are applied to a pivotal axis or pivotal angle restricting portion of the head portion, while the blade unit can be readily detached without having to touch the blade edge with a finger.
Claims10
An electric hair clipper which comprises a main body casing having a grip portion provided therein with a motor and a power switch and a head portion pivotally connected to said grip portion at a support axis for pivotal movement about said support axis with respect to said grip portion, and a blade unit including a stationary blade, a movable blade adapted to slidably contact the stationary blade under pressure and a follower piece fixed to said movable blade, said blade unit being slidably and detachably mounted on said head a portion in position beyond said support axis through an engaging and sliding means, said head portion being provided with a vibrating piece for converting rotation of the motor into reciprocating movement, with a vibrating lever formed at one end of said vibrating piece being arranged to project toward a blade unit mounting portion at a forward side of the head portion for engagement with said follower piece upon mounting of the blade unit onto said head portion, said vibrating piece being adapted to effect the pivotal movement together with said head portion, with a shaft of the motor being associated with said follower piece by said vibrating piece, said head portion being arranged to pivotally move between a first position where its axis is held generally on a straight line with respect to an axis of said grip portion and a second position where its axis is inclined to form a predetermined angle with respect to the axis of said grip portion, with only the blade edge being exposed out of said head portion so as to be located above an extension line of the upper wall of the grip portion.
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