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US 7,243,428 B2Granted
Hair brush and replaceable cutting unit for hair brush
AssigneeJapan Lanka Trading Co., Ltd.
InventorHisao Okaniwa
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Abstract
The object of the present invention is to provide a hair brush that can be used for cutting the hair so that no skills and knack are required for adjusting the inclination angle of bristles and cutters with respect to the scalp. In a hair brush in which multiple the bristles 12 are set upright on a the brush body 14, the cutters 18 provided with the cutting edges 18a are set upright nearby the bristles 12.
Claims8
A hair brush for cutting hair comprising:
- a brush in which a plurality of rows of bristles are spread out on a brush body,
- wherein said bristles have a longitudinal direction and are set upright on the brush,
- wherein at least one planar cutter blade having a longitudinal axis and having an upright cutting edge is provided with the cutting edge set parallel to the longitudinal direction of an associated bristle;
- and
- wherein said associated bristle is within a plane defined by said planar cutter blade and is generally parallel to the cutting edge of said planar blade and spaced therefrom such that hair forcibly bundled between said cutting edge and said associated bristle is cut.
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