Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Alwin William De Vries

Fokke Roelof Voorhorst

Marcus Franciscus Eijkelkamp

Geert-Jan Darwinkel

Marcus Cornelis Petrelli

Luca Iaccarino

Reinder Niels Lap

Reinier Niels Lap

Kam Hing Yau

Rob Roetert

Theunis Quaak

Marc Alexander Pastoors

Pieter Kingma

Ivar Bosma

Geert-jan Darwinkel

Theodoor René Maria Hin

A shaver head for an electric shaver has at least two hair-cutting units, each of which includes an external cutting member and an internal cutting member that is rotatable relative to the external cutting member. Each of the hair-cutting units is supported by a supporting portion that is linearly movable under the bias of a spring member relative to a base portion of the shaver head between a first, retracted position and a second, extended position. The shaver head has a locking mechanism for selectively locking the supporting portion in a locked position relative to the base portion allowing a user to select different shaving modes.

Shaver head for an electric shaver

A spacing comb for a hair cutting appliance. The comb includes a support frame, a series of comb teeth each having a frontal portion and a rear portion, wherein the comb teeth extend from the support frame. The support frame includes a frontal connector bar and a rear connector plate, wherein the frontal portions of the comb teeth extend from the frontal connector bar. The frontal connector bar is inwardly curved towards the rear connector plate, such that a central portion of the frontal connector bar is rearwardly offset from lateral portions thereof. Also described herein is a hair cutting appliance that is equipped with such a spacing comb.

Spacing comb and hair cutting appliance

A coupling assembly is provided which includes a coupling element and a retaining member. One of the coupling element and the retaining member includes at least one cam element and another of the coupling element and the retaining member includes at least one notch. Both the cam element and the notch have two oppositely sloped surfaces. In a coupled position of the coupling assembly, the cam element and the notch only contact each other at two sides through the sloped surfaces at the position of a contact portion at a base of the cam element and an associated contact portion of the notch at an open side of the notch.

Coupling assembly for use in a personal care appliance

A motion transmission unit for a drive train of a hair cutting appliance includes an input shaft, an eccentric portion, a motion converter, and a tilting lever that engages a driving portion of a blade set. The motion converter is arranged between the input shaft and the tilting lever. The eccentric portion engages a motion converter input interface. A motion converter output interface engages the tilting lever input interface and includes a cylindrical portion defining a cylinder axis parallel to a swivel axis of the tilting lever. A tilting lever output interface includes a head portion defining a cylinder axis parallel to a swivel axis of the tilting lever. The cylinder axis of the head portion and the cylinder axis of the cylindrical portion are parallel to the swivel axis.

Motion transmission unit, drive train and hair cutting appliance

The present disclosure relates to spacing comb () for a hair cutting appliance (), the comb () comprising a support frame (), a series of comb teeth () each having a frontal portion () and a rear portion (), wherein the comb teeth () extend from the support frame (), wherein the support frame () comprises a frontal connector bar () and a rear connector plate (), wherein the frontal portions () of the comb teeth () extend from the frontal connector bar (), and wherein the frontal connector bar () is inwardly curved towards the rear connector plate (), such that a central portion () of the frontal connector bar () is rearwardly offset from lateral portions () thereof. The present disclosure further relates to a hair cutting appliance () that is equipped with a spacing comb ().

A shaver for a shaving apparatus includes at least first and second cutters which respectively have first and second external cutting members with a plurality of hair entry openings which define, respectively, first and second shaving tracks. The cutters each have an internal cutting member which is respectively rotatable relative to the corresponding external cutting member about first and second axis of rotation. The internal cutting members are respectively connected to first and second driven transmission element via first and second drive spindles. The driven transmission elements are included in a transmission unit, where the drive spindles extend from the transmission unit via an open space, which is present between the transmission unit and the cutting units, and respectively pass through an opening in a bottom wall of a first housing of the first cutting unit and a second housing of the second cutting unit.

Shaving unit with drive spindles extending in open space

A shaving unit for a shaving apparatus has at least two cutting units each including an external cutting member having hair entry openings and an internal cutting member which is rotatable relative to the external cutting member about an axis of rotation. Each cutting unit has a housing accommodating a hair collection chamber. A cover portion of the housing is releasably coupled to a base portion. The external and internal cutting members are held in an operating position in the cover portion by a holding component which is releasably coupled to the cover portion. The base portion of the housing of each cutting unit has a supporting structure where, in the closed position of the housing, the external cutting member is directly supported by the supporting structure at least in an axial direction parallel to the axis of rotation.

Shaving unit and shaving apparatus with supporting structure for external cutting member

The invention relates to a shaving unit for a shaving apparatus The apparatus including at least a first cutting unit and a second cutting unit, where each of the first and second cutting units respectively include external cutting members having a plurality of hair entry openings and further respectively include internal cutting members which are rotatable relative the respective external cutting members about respective axes of rotation. The first and second internal cutting members being connected to a transmission unit via, respective first and second drive spindles. Each of the first and second cutting units including a housing having a bottom wall including an opening in fluid communication with a hair collection chamber in the housing. In each cutting unit opposed sealing surfaces are provided between the opening and the hair collection chamber, arranged to prevent cut hairs from escaping from the hair collection chamber via the opening and to allow water to flush via the opening to the hair collection chamber.

Shaving unit having cutting units with a flush hole for cleaning a hair collection chamber

A shaving unit for a shaving apparatus includes at least first and second cutting units which respectively include first and second external cutting members having a plurality of hair entry openings respectively defining first and second shaving tracks. The cutting units further include first and second internal cutting members which are rotatable relative to, respectively, the first and the second external cutting members about first and second axis of rotations, respectively. The first cutting unit is pivotal about a first primary pivot axis which, seen in a direction parallel to the first axis of rotation, is arranged between the first shaving track and the second axis of rotation. Similarly, the second cutting unit is pivotal about a second primary pivot axis which, seen in a direction parallel to the second axis of rotation, is arranged between the second shaving track and the first axis of rotation.

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Zuidlaren, Netherlands

Alwin William De Vries