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US 5,105,541 AGranted
Shaving and hair trimming apparatus
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorsWerner Messinger, Christian Schmieder
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AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorsWerner Messinger, Christian Schmieder
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The invention is directed to an electric shaving and hair trimming apparatus, with a first cutter arrangement or shaver assembly comprised of upper cutter and lower cutter for cutting short hair, and with a second cutter arrangement or trimmer head comprised of trimmer blade and trimmer plate for shortening long hair, with the use of the trimmer head involving a spacer comb seatable on the first and second cutter arrangement. When the apparatus is turned on, the trimmer head is invariably moved by an ON-OFF slide control means from its lowermost position (OFF position), in which its distance to the tip of the spacer comb is at a maximum, to its uppermost position in which its distance to the tip of the spacer comb is at a minimum and in which the shortest cutting length is set. In this manner, it is ensured that when starting operation of the trimmer head the beard hair is initially cut at the longest cutting length setting. This arrangement is suitable to prevent the operator from inadvertently making a deep cut in a relatively long beard already when turning the apparatus on.
A shaving and hair trimming apparatus comprising a housing, a shaver assembly carried by said housing, said shaver assembly including a lower cutter and an upper cutter for cutting short hair, an electric drive in said housing and coupled in driving relation to said shaver assembly, a trimmer head for cutting long hair, said trimmer head being supported on said housing for movement between a lowermost operating position and an uppermost operating position, and spacer comb structure adapted to be slipped over said shaver assembly and said trimmer head and to be locked in a fixed position on said housing, the distance of said trimmer head relative to the tip of said spacer comb structure being at a maximum when said trimmer head is in its said lowermost operating position.
A shaving and hair trimming apparatus comprising a housing, a shaver assembly carried by said housing, said shaver assembly including a lower cutter and an upper cutter for cutting short hair, an electric drive in said housing and coupled in driving relation to said shaver assembly, and ON-OFF slide control means for said electric drive, a trimmer head comprised of a trimmer blade and a trimmer plate for cutting long hair, spacer comb structure adapted to be slipped over said shaver assembly and said trimmer head and to be locked in a fixed position on said housing, said trimmer head being adjustable from a lowermost operating position up to an uppermost operating position, the distance of said trimmer head relative to the tip of said spacer comb structure being at a maximum when said trimmer head is in its lowermost operating position, said trimmer head and said slide control means forming an integral unit, and said trimmer head being adjustable by said slide control means.
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