Modular manual electric appliance

A hand-held electric appliance comprising a housing having a handle portion and further having a generally cylindrical tubular portion extending forwardly of the handle portion, the cylindrical tubular portion having mounted therein a pair of axially spaced-apart power supply contacts, each of said power supply contacts comprising a substantially annular band, respective conductors connecting the annular bands and a power supply means, two electric appliance modules being releasably mounted within said tubular portion each incorporating an electric appliance portion which is connected to further contacts located on the exterior of the appliance module, said further contacts being spaced-apart axially on said electric appliance module and engaging said axially spaced-apart power supply contacts when said module is inserted into the tubular portion of the housing, such that the module may be inserted into the tubular portion without regard for the relative circumferential orientation therebetween;

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• the appliance modules comprising a first module and a second module, said modules being releasably located side by side, each of said modules having a respective appliance portion exposed simultaneously.