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US 4,683,897 AGranted
Electric nail filing device
OwnerJulia K. McBrideinventor
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Abstract
An electric fingernail or toenail filing device includes a rotatable filing member having a fine particulated abrasive surface, and a protective skin guard for shielding the skin adjacent the nail from damage by the rotationg filing member when the device is in use. The filing member is tapered toward its end tip and preferably pine cone shaped. The device is preferably battery operated, lightweight and small to insure easy maneuverability in handling and convenient portability in storage.
Claims10
A fingernail or toenail filing device, comprising;
- a housing:
- a drive shaft extending from said housing;
- a drive means disposed within said housing, for rotationally driving said drive shaft;
- a filing member, rotatable about a longitudinal axis, having a surface capable of providing fine nail filing when in use and having a shape which is symmetrical about the longitudinal axis thereof, the shape tapering toward one longitudinal end thereof, said filing member being connected to said drive shaft at the end of said filing member opposite said tapering end;
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- protective skin guard means, connected to said housing, comprising a thin shell of shaped substantially corresponding to that of said filing member, extending substantially from the end of the longitudinal axis connected to said drive shaft to the tapered end and surrounding about 180.degree. to about 260.degree. around said filing member, as measured in a plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and including a portion substantially covering the tapered end tip of said filing member, said skin guard means being closely adjacent but spaced from said filing member.
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