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US 7,065,877 B2Granted
Undercutter for a shaving apparatus
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorChristopher John Stevens
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Abstract
An undercutter assembly for a shaver of the dry-type having an outer cutter and a motor drive mechanism. The undercutter includes a primary undercutter adapted to be reciprocated by the drive mechanism and having primary blade elements, and a secondary undercutter disposed within said primary undercutter for displacement relative the primary undercutter and having secondary blade elements interleaved with the primary blade elements.
Claims20
An undercutter assembly for a shaver having an outer cutter and a motor drive mechanism, said undercutter assembly comprising:
- a primary undercutter adapted to be reciprocated by the drive mechanism and having primary blade elements;
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- a secondary undercutter disposed within said primary undercutter for displacement relative said primary undercutter and having secondary blade elements, the secondary blade elements being interleaved with said primary blade elements such that at least some of the secondary blade elements extend into spaces defined between opposing faces of adjacent primary blade elements, the spaces being bounded by inner and outer extents of the opposing faces of the adjacent primary blade elements.
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