Epilation device and method
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorsHolger Knesch, Klaus Kötterheinrich
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Abstract
The invention is directed to an epilation appliance and a method for using the appliance, in particular for epilation of the human skin, with a hand-holdable housing which accommodates a motor for driving a clamping device (14), particularly a rotary clamping device, which is provided in the appliance and equipped with clamping elements (16) to grip and pluck the hairs, and with a component for reducing the sense of pain during the extraction of hairs, the component including at least one electrode. With the component an electric spark (76) is producible on the skin prior to the extraction of the hairs, the spark (76) provoking an additional pain corresponding in its pain characteristic to the pain of epilation, but preferably having a lower pain intensity.
Claims23
An epilation appliance for epilation of the human skin, said appliance comprising:
- a clamping device
- a motor for driving the clamping device;
- a hand-holdable housing which accommodates the motor wherein the clamping device includes clamping elements to grip and pluck hairs, and with a means for reducing the sense of pain during the extraction of hairs, said means comprising at least one spark-producing electrode operable to produce an electric spark prior to extracting the hairs.
A method for the epilation of the human skin, comprising:
- producing an electric spark on the skin near where hairs are located;
- and
- immediately thereafter, extracting the hairs from the skin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.