Electric shaving apparatus
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorsReinhold Eichhorn, Gerhard Schafer, Klaus Oprach, Sigrun Hickel, Helmut Durr
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Abstract
The invention is directed to an electric shaving apparatus with a first slide switch slidably arranged on a housing for operating a short-hair cutter assembly K1, K2, with a long-hair trimmer L displaceable by means of a slider as well as a second adjustable slide switch for operating at least one of the cutters. The second slide switch automatically follows in a defined range the control movement of the first slide switch into at least one further control position. The second slide switch is then movable into a cutter assembly locking position in opposition to the direction of the movement of the first slide switch.
Claims26
An electric shaving apparatus comprising housing structure, a pivotally mounted short-hair cutter assembly mounted on said housing structure, a long-hair trimmer mounted on said housing structure, a first manually operable slide switch slidably arranged on said housing structure and coupled to both said pivotally mounted short-hair cutter assembly and said long-hair trimmer, said first slide switch for operating said pivotally mounted short-hair cutter assembly and for displacing said long-hair trimmer, and a second manually operable slide switch arranged on said housing structure and coupled to said first slide switch for automatically following movement of said first slide switch into a first control position, said second slide switch being moveable from said first control position relative to said first slide switch to a second position in which said second slide switch contacts said short-hair cutter assembly and locks the pivotal movement of said short-hair cutter assembly.
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