US 5,964,034 A · Electric shaver having floating trimmer blades, a main blade, and hair raising portions

Abstract

An electric shaver includes a main blade 1 having an external blade formed with a large number of blade holes and an internal blade coming in sliding contact with an inner face of the external blade and trimmer blades 2 being disposed in the proximity of the main blade, each with a blade edge directed in a direction away from the main blade so that the trimmer blades 2 and the main blade 1 can be brought into contact with a skin surface at the same time. Hair raising members 8 are projected on a blade cover 24 covering the top faces of blade members of the trimmer blades 2. When the electric shaver is moved along a skin surface, the hair raising members 8 on the blade cover 24 raise hair, thereby enhancing the hair introduction efficiency into the main blade 1.

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Dependent claims

An electric shaver comprising:

a main blade member including an arched external blade, having a plurality of blade holes, and an internal blade slidably driven with an inner face of said external blade;
a trimmer blade arranged in the vicinity of said main blade, said trimmer blade including a comb blade having a tip portion which is directed away from said main blade;
and
a hair raising member provided on a blade cover for covering said comb blade of said trimmer blade, said hair raising member arranged between a peak portion of said main blade and tip portion of said comb blade of said trimmer blade, and said peak portion of said main blade, said tip portion of said comb blade of said trimmer blade, wherein said peak portion of said main blade, said tip portion of said comb blade and a tip portion of said hair raising member are approximately flush with each other.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electric shaver having floating trimmer blades, a main blade, and hair raising portions

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Electric shaver having floating trimmer blades, a main blade, and hair raising portions

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Abstract

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