Cleaning device for the shaving head of a dry shaving apparatus
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorJurgen Hoser
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Abstract
A shaving head cleaning device includes a housing, a receptacle configured to receive the dry shaving apparatus, a receiving region configured to receive the shaving head of the dry shaving apparatus, a reservoir for containing cleaning fluid, a supply conduit connecting the reservoir to the receiving region, and a return conduit connecting a bottom area of the receiving region to the reservoir. The receptacle is constructed in a trough shape to receive the dry shaving apparatus in a substantially horizontal position, and an outlet of the supply conduit is directed at a top portion of the inserted shaving head.
Claims28
A shaving head cleaning device comprising:
- a housing;
- a receptacle configured to receive a dry shaving apparatus;
- a receiving region configured to receive the shaving head of the dry shaving apparatus;
- a reservoir for containing cleaning fluid;
- a supply conduit connecting the reservoir to the receiving region;
- and
- a return conduit connecting a bottom area of the receiving region to the reservoir;
- a collar seal arranged at a junction of the receptacle into the receiving region for enclosing the inserted dry shaving apparatus;
- wherein the receptacle is constructed in a trough shape to receive the dry shaving apparatus in a substantially horizontal position, and an outlet of the supply conduit is directed at a top portion of the inserted shaving head.
A shaving head cleaning device comprising:
- a receiving region adapted to receive the shaving head of a dry shaving apparatus;
- an exchangeable container for containing cleaning fluid;
- a supply conduit connecting the reservoir to the receiving region;
- and
- a return conduit connecting the receiving region to the reservoir;
- wherein the exchangeable container comprises a stepped cascade of cup-shaped collecting containers, an uppermost collecting container being arranged underneath an outlet of the return conduit.
A shaving head cleaning device comprising:
- a housing defining a support surface;
- a receptacle configured to receive a dry shaving apparatus;
- a receiving region configured to receive the shaving head of the dry shaving apparatus;
- a reservoir for containing cleaning fluid;
- a supply conduit connecting the reservoir to the receiving region;
- and
- a return conduit connecting a bottom area of the receiving region to the reservoir;
- a bypass leading from a bottom region of the receptacle to the return conduit to the reservoir;
- wherein the bypass and the return conduit include a common wall;
- and
- wherein an outlet of the supply conduit is directed at a top portion of the inserted shaving head.
A shaving head cleaning device comprising:
- a housing;
- a receptacle configured to receive a dry shaving apparatus;
- a receiving region configured to receive the shaving head of the dry shaving apparatus;
- a reservoir for containing cleaning fluid;
- a supply conduit connecting the reservoir to the receiving region;
- and
- a return conduit connecting a bottom area of the receiving region to the reservoir;
- wherein an outlet of the supply conduit is directed at a top portion of the inserted shaving head;
- and
- wherein the reservoir has a bottom surface inclined relative to a support surface of the housing to define a lowermost point therein, the opening of the supply conduit being disposed in a region of the lowermost point such that fluid is collected in the region of the lowermost point at the opening of the supply conduit in the reservoir.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.