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US 8,464,429 B2Granted
Hair removal apparatus
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorsWerner Haczek, Thorsten Piesker, Markus Sabisch
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Abstract
A hair removal apparatus with a housing and an actuator head movable in the housing. The actuator head accommodates an actuator system that removes the hairs and is adapted to be driven by an electric drive mechanism arranged in the hair removal apparatus. The actuator system is movable into at least one active position for hair treatment. The actuator head has only one of its ends rotatably mounted on the housing. The actuator head is readily accessible from the one side, thus enabling hairs in problem areas of the skin surface to be removed.
Claims6
A hair removal apparatus, comprising:
- (i) a housing;
- (ii) an electric drive;
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- (iii) a hair removing head driven by the electric drive to engage and remove hairs, the hair removing head comprising two or more hair removal regions, wherein:
- (a) the head is rotatable with respect to the housing from a position in which the hair removal region is directed away from the housing for removing hair, to a position in which the hair removal region is directed toward the housing, and
- (b) the head is attached to the housing at only one end of the head, from which end the head extends across the housing;
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- wherein the head is rotatable about an axis of rotation that extends within the head;
- and is substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of a hair removal region;
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- wherein the housing further comprises an arm that extends transversely to the axis of rotation, wherein one end of the hair removing head is coupled to the arm;
- and an opening for the head is defined between the arm and an upper surface of the housing, such that the housing surrounds a portion of the head;
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- wherein the head is a rotary body comprising an end face arranged perpendicularly to the axis of rotation;
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- wherein the end face is rotatably coupled to the arm;
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- wherein the two or more hair removal regions are spaced about a circumference of the end face;
- and
- wherein the head is configured to be rotated by hand about the axis of rotation to move one of the hair removal regions into the active position, said head being configured to be fixedly located with respect to the housing such that one of the hair removal regions or a surface of the head between the hair removal regions is held in the active position;
- and an electrically driven adjusting unit configured to rotate the head about the axis of rotation.
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