US 8,939,161 B2Granted

Cleaning system for an electric shaver

AssigneeSpectrum Brands, Inc.

InventorPaul Schmitt

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Abstract

A cleaning system for an electric shaver having a shaving head generally includes a housing having an interior space configured to retain cleaning fluid within the housing. The housing is further configured for supporting the shaver in a generally upright orientation with the shaving head disposed at least in part within the interior space of the housing. A displacement apparatus is disposed within the interior space of the housing and is selectively positionable within the housing between a first position in which the cleaning fluid within the housing defines a lower fluid level relative to the shaving head to be cleaned, and a second position in which the cleaning fluid defines a higher fluid level relative to the shaving head such that at the higher fluid level at least a portion of the shaving head of the shaver is submerged in the cleaning fluid within the housing.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A cleaning system for an electric shaver having a shaving head, the cleaning system comprising:

a housing comprising a shaver support retained in a stationary position relative thereto, said housing having a reservoir disposed therein and configured to contain cleaning fluid within the housing, the shaver support being configured relative to the housing to support the shaver such that the shaving head of the shaver is disposed at least in part within the housing during operation of the cleaning system;
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a displacement apparatus disposed within the housing and being selectively positionable within the housing relative to the shaver support between a first position in which the cleaning fluid within the reservoir defines a lower fluid level relative to the shaver support, and a second position in which the cleaning fluid defines a higher fluid level relative to the shaver support such that at the higher fluid level at least a portion of the shaving head of the shaver is submerged in the cleaning fluid within the reservoir, wherein the shaver support being stationary relative to the housing maintains the shaver stationary during the selective positioning of the displacement apparatus from the first position to the second position.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.