Depilation apparatus and method using a vibration member to affect the function of nerves in the skin

An apparatus for gripping hairs and pulling them from the skin, said apparatus comprising a housing with an opening, a depilation member supported in said opening, a vibration member for exerting varying forces on the skin to be depilated, a motor in said housing comprising a drive shaft, and means operatively associated with said drive shaft of said motor, said depilation member and said vibration member for driving said depilation member and for effecting a pivotal movement of said vibration member relative to at least a portion of the housing, whereby immediately prior to depilation the vibration member is brought into contact with the skin to be depilated, which vibration member exerts forces of sufficient intensity on the skin that the function of nerves in the skin is affected.

A depilation method whereby hairs are gripped and pulled from the skin by means of a depilation member wherein immediately prior to depilation a vibration member which is driven by a motor with a movement relative to a housing to which said vibration member is attached is brought into contact with the skin to be depilated, which vibration member exerts forces of sufficient varying intensity on the skin that the function of nerves in the skin is affected, said varying forces being exerted on the skin with a frequency between 5 and 1,000 Hz.

An apparatus for gripping hairs and pulling them from the skin comprising a housing with an opening, a depilation member supported in said opening, a motor in said housing, a vibration member for exerting varying forces on the skin to be depilated, and means operatively associated with said motor, said depilation member and said vibration member for driving said depilation member and for effecting a pivotal movement of said vibration member relative to said housing, whereby immediately prior to depilation the vibration member exerts forces of sufficient intensity on the skin that the function of nerves in the skin is affected, said forces being exerted on the skin with a frequency between 5 and 1,000 Hz.

An apparatus for gripping hairs and pulling them from the skin, said apparatus comprising a housing with an opening, a depilation member supported in said opening, a vibration member for exerting varying forces on the skin to be depilated, and a motor in said housing comprising a drive shaft, said vibration member being in the form of a screen plate that has at least two ends, which screen plate at one end pivots about pins contained in the housing and at the other end pivots about a stub connected to an eccentric located on the drive shaft of the motor, whereby immediately prior to depilation the vibration member is brought into contact with the skin to be depilated, which vibration member exerts forces of sufficient intensity on the skin that the function of nerves in the skin is affected.

An apparatus for gripping hairs and pulling them from the skin, said apparatus comprising a housing with an opening, a depilation member supported in said opening, a vibration member for exerting varying forces on the skin to be depilated, and a motor in said housing comprising a drive shaft, said vibration member being in the form of a mouthpiece that has at least two ends, which mouthpiece at one end pivots about pins contained in the housing and at the other end pivots about a stub connected to an eccentric located on the drive shaft of the motor, whereby immediately prior to depilation the vibration member is brought into contact with the skin to be depilated, which vibration member exerts forces of sufficient intensity on the skin that the function of nerves in the skin is affected.