Depilating appliance
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorJacques Demeester
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Abstract
Appliance for plucking out unwanted hair, comprising a series of thin blades (3a, 3b) placed one behind the other with their edges parallel so as to form, in groups of two, a plurality of gripping and plucking pincers. The blades are mounted on a common support (5) which executes a translational alternating movement along an axis parallel to the edges of the blades. In addition, the blades (3a, 3b) are coupled with two small transverse actuating bars (11a, 11b) which are capable of successively spreading apart and clamping the edges of two neighboring blades (3a, 3b) which constitute the same pincers, by transverse displacement of said bars in one direction and the other. The bars themselves are actuated by control means provided opposite their ends. This appliance is intended to be used to remove hair from the skin.
Claims14
In a depilating appliance for plucking-out hairs to be removed, provided with gripping jaws mounted on a common support driven by mechanical means in a reciprocating movement of translation along an axis parallel to the opposite edges of said jaws which are actuated during this movement by control means capable of causing the edges of said jaws to open and close successively during the displacement of the support in one direction and in the other, the improvement comprising:
- said gripping jaws being constituted by a series of gripping blades (3a, 3b) placed next to each other with their clamping edges (4a, 4b) constantly parallel to each other so as to form in pairs a plurality of gripping and plucking pincers, said blades (3a, 3b) being coupled with at least two small transverse juxtaposed actuating bars (11a, 11b or 11c, 11d) which are capable of successively opening and closing the clamping edges (4a, 4b) of two adjacent pincer-forming blades (3a, 3b) by reciprocating transverse displacement of said bars in opposite directions, said bars (11a, 11b, 11c, 11d) being themselves actuated by said control means (17a, 17b) which produce action on said bars during translational displacement of the support (5).
Working head for equipping a depilating appliance, said head comprising:
- clamping jaws constituted by a series of thin blades (3a, 3b) placed next to each other with their edges (4a, 4b) disposed in parallel relation so as to form in pairs a plurality of gripping and plucking pincers, said blades being mounted on a support (5), said support adapted to be mechanically driven in a reciprocating movement of translation along an axis parallel to the edges of said blades, said blades (3a, 3b) being coupled with at least two transverse juxtaposed actuating bars (11a, 11b or 11c, 11d) which are capable of causing successive opening and closing of the edges (4a, 4b) of two adjacent blades (3a, 3b) by reciprocating transverse displacement of said bars in opposite directions, said bars being themselves actuated by control means which produce action on said bars during translational displacement of the support.
Depilating appliance for plucking-out hairs to be removed, comprising:
- gripping jaws mounted on a support (23) driven in a reciprocating translation movement, said jaws being constituted by parallel gripping strips (25) cut in at least one small plate (21) of resilient material, mechanical actuating means for causing during the translational movement of the support (23) the contraction by bending of said at least one plate and consequently the closing-together of the gripping strips (25), slits (22) being cut in the outer portion of said at least one plate, all of said slits constantly extending in a direction parallel to the axis (Z-Z') of displacement of the moving support (23), so that the edges of the gripping strips are kept parallel to each other during the reciprocating movement of the support, wherein the means for causing contraction of said at least one small plate (21) of resilient material include a transverse bar (31) which is parallel to the moving support (23) and is coupled with said support in translational motion, said bar being placed in contact with cams (34) which are capable of displacing said bar in a direction away from the work surface of the appliance followed by a return to its normal position, during the reciprocating movement of translation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.