Washable electric shaver
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsShunichi Kuriyama, Yasuo Mitani
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Abstract
A washable electric shaver apparatus an outer blade frame of which is mounted on the top of the shaver so as to be movable by a limited distance away in parallel from the top of an outer casing in response to the depression of a pair of releasable push buttons mounted on opposite sides of the outer casing. A gap is formed between the outer blade frame and the top of the outer casing as a result of such movement of the outer blade frame relative to the outer casing, so that shavings accumulated around an inner blade member can completely be removed away through the gap when washing the shaver in water.
Claims12
A washable electric shaver, which comprises:
- an outer casing, the outer casing defining a watertight compartment in the interior of the casing and including an upper portion;
- a motor housed within the watertight compartment of the outer casing;
- an oscillator at least partially housed within the watertight compartment, the oscillator being operatively coupled to the motor, the oscillator including an oscillating rod extending through a watertight opening formed in the upper portion of the casing;
- an inner blade member mounted on the oscillating rod, the inner blade member including a plurality of inner blades, each inner blade having an outer edge;
- an outer blade frame, the outer blade frame including an outer blade member, the outer blade frame being positionable relative to the inner blade member so that the outer edges of the inner blades slidingly engage the outer blade member;
- the outer blade frame being longitudinally movable relative to the upper portion of the outer casing between a first position, wherein the outer blade frame is closely positioned adjacent to the upper portion of the outer casing, and a second position, wherein the outer blade frame is supported in a raised position above and substantially parallel to the upper portion of the casing to facilitate cleaning the shaver, the outer blade frame and the upper portion of the casing defining a gap therebetween when the outer blade frame is in said second position;
- means for supporting the outer blade frame in said second, raised position above and substantially parallel to the upper portion of the casing;
- means for biasing and effecting the longitudinal movement of the outer blade frame from said first position to said second position;
- means for selectively activating the biasing and movement effecting means, the activating means being controllable by the user of the shaver;
- means for limiting the longitudinal movement of the outer blade frame between the first position and the second position;
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- means for selectively retaining the outer blade frame to the supporting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.