Depilating device with skin guide stretcher

A depilating device for removing hairs from the skin of a user, comprising:

• a housing with a top opening;
• a plucking head attached to said housing and disposed adjacent said top opening, said plucking head carrying a series of adjacent pinching elements arranged in side-by-side relationship to form gaps therebetween, wherein at least one of the pinching elements is movable relative to another of the pinching elements in a direction of successive opening and closing of said gaps to entrap and pinch the hairs between said adjacent pinching elements for plucking the hairs from the skin, said plucking head being configured to expose pinching ends of said pinching elements in said opening, said plucking head disposed to expose said pinching ends of said pinching elements in said opening and configured to move said pinching ends in an advancing direction along which said housing is manipulated in a facing relation with the skin for depilating the hairs therefrom, said advancing direction being defined to be generally perpendicular to an axis along which said pinching elements are arranged;
• said housing having a skin guide which is disposed at a periphery of said opening for sliding contact with and stretching of the skin,
• wherein said skin guide comprises at least one elongated stretcher rib which is inclined with respect to said advancing direction and disposed longitudinally outwardly of said plucking head such that a distance between said stretcher rib and an adjacent pinching element becomes smaller towards said advancing direction.

A depilating device for removing hairs from the skin of a user, comprising:

• a housing with a top opening;
• a plucking head attached to said housing and disposed adjacent said top opening, said plucking head carrying a series of adjacent pinching elements arranged in side-by-side relationship to form gaps therebetween, wherein at least one of the pinching elements is movable relative to another of the pinching elements in a direction of successive opening and closing of said gaps to entrap and pinch the hairs between said adjacent pinching elements for plucking the hairs from the skin, said plucking head being configured to expose pinching ends of said pinching elements in said opening, said plucking head and configured to move said pinching ends in an advancing direction along which said housing is manipulated in a facing relation with the skin for depilating the hairs therefrom, said advancing direction being defined to be generally perpendicular to an axis along which said pinching elements are arranged;
• said housing having a skin guide which is disposed at a periphery of said opening for sliding contact with and lateral and forward stretching of the skin;
• wherein said skin guide comprises a front stretcher rib located at a forward position of said opening with respect to said advancing direction, and a pair of wing stretcher ribs spaced across said opening along a direction perpendicular to said advancing direction and located rearwardly of said front stretcher rib with respect to said advancing direction.

A depilating device for removing hairs from the skin of a user, comprising:

• a housing with a top opening;
• a plucking head attached to said housing and disposed adjacent said top opening, said plucking head carrying a series of adjacent pinching elements arranged in side-by-side relationship to form gaps therebetween, wherein at least one of the pinching elements is movable relative to another of the pinching elements in a direction of successive opening and closing of said gaps to entrap and pinch the hairs between said adjacent pinching elements for plucking the hairs from the skin, said plucking head being configured to expose pinching ends of said pinching elements in said opening and to move said pinching ends in an advancing direction along which said housing is manipulated in a facing relation with the skin for depilating the hairs therefrom, said advancing direction being defined to be generally perpendicular to an axis along which said pinching elements are arranged;
• a skin guide disposed in said opening adjacent said plucking head for sliding contact with and stretching of the skin,
• wherein said skin guide comprises at least one elongated stretcher rib which is inclined with respect to said advancing direction, said stretcher rib being driven to move relative to said housing in such a manner as to vary a distance between said stretcher rib and the adjacent pinching element along a direction perpendicular to said advancing direction.

A depilating device for removing hairs from the skin of a user, comprising:

• a housing with a top opening;
• a plucking head attached to said housing and disposed adjacent said top opening, said plucking head carrying a series of adjacent pinching elements arranged in side-by-side relationship to form gaps therebetween, wherein at least one of the pinching elements is movable relative to another of the pinching elements in a direction of successively opening and closing of said gaps to entrap and pinch the hairs between said adjacent pinching elements for plucking the hairs from the skin, said plucking head configured to expose pinching ends of said pinching elements in said opening and to move said pinching ends in an advancing direction along which said housing is manipulated in a facing relation with the skin for depilating the hairs therefrom, said advancing direction being defined to be generally perpendicular to an axis along which said pinching elements are arranged;
• a skin guide disposed in said opening for sliding contact with and stretching of the skin,
• wherein said skin guide is coupled to said at least one movable pinching element to be movable together therewith and comprises at least one elongated stretcher rib which is inclined with respect to said advancing direction of said housing.