Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

U.S. Philips Corporation

Versuni Holding B.v.

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

Philips Domestic Appliances Holding B.v.

Fokke Roelof Voorhorst

Bastiaan Johannes De Wit

Johannes Tseard Van Der Kooi

Johan Pragt

Alastair Ian Blake

Martinus Bernardus Stapelbroek

Klaas Kooijker

Jasper Zuidervaart

Geert Veenstra

Jacob Brinkert

Simon Eme Kadijk

Albert Jan Aitink

Patrick A Headstrom

Sepas Setayesh

Dirk Hendrik Wevers

Sieds Bosch

Martijn Van Baren

Jelte Steur

Arif Veendijk

Gert H Westrup

Johannes Tseard Van Der Kool

Jan Spoelstra

Paulus Cornelis Duineveld

Robert Godlieb

Willem Auke Westerhof

Marcus Cornelis Petrelli

Robert Alexander Van Eibergen Santhagens

Jan Bennik

Joldert Maria Boersma

Eva Mondt

Sint Baron

Jan Hans Benedictus

Alwin William De Vries

Arjan Sander Vonk

Wilhelmus G Ettes

Bastian Cornelis Kleine-Doepke

Hendrik Richard Jousma

Huub Ehlhardt

Aafje Gijsbertha Koster

Foppe Kramer

Gerben Raap

Reinier Niels Lap

Reinder Niels Lap

Egbert Van De Veen

Carolien Willemijn Geijzendorffer

Arnoldus Cornelis Wessels

Wiebe Wierda

Robert Alexander Santhagens Van Eibergen

Robbert Freerk Van Der Scheer

Roelof Steunenberg

Freddy Moes

Renger Ypenburg

Peter Hans Van Der Vlis

Tjamme De Vries

Sjoerd Haites

Marcel Adriaansen

Albert Maas De Lange

Cornelis J Jorna

Frits Last

Harmen Kooiker

Remy Ripandelli

Gijs Janssens

Josty Winters

Jan Postma

Leonardus Hendrikus Gerardus Johannes Segeren

Martijn Adriaan De Keijzer

Gerben Jan Willem Olyerhoek

Maiza Georgien Salomons

Richard Henrik Jousma

Bastiann Johannes De Wit

Jeroen Herrewijnen

Lodewijk Anthonie Rijfkogel

Lorcan Jarlath Kemple

Anna Dirkje Bosma

Bastiaan J De Wit

Johannes T Van Der Kooi

Willem Wiersema

Martijn Stapelbroek

Aj Aitink

Robbert Van Der Scheer

John Pragt

Fokke Van Der Kooi

Lodewijk A Rijfkogel

Alastair I Blake

Dirk H Wevers

Peter H Van Der Vlis

Robert A Van Eibergen Santhagens

Willem A Westerhof

Leonardus H G J Segeren

A shaving appliance and a shaving unit are described. The shaving unit has a rotary cutter having a plurality of cutter blades that are provided with a cutting edge. The shaving track includes hair-entry slots that, seen in the direction of movement, have a frontal edge and a rear edge. A slot angle (&#x3b1;) defined as an angle of inclination between the frontal edges (48, 148) of the hair-entry slots. A shearing angle (&#x3b4;), defined as a difference between the slot angle (&#x3b1;) and an angle of inclination (&#x3b2;) of cutting edges of cutter blades with respect to the radial direction. The shearing angle (&#x3b4;) is defined at an actual point where the frontal edges and the cutting edges cooperate.

Shaving unit and shaving appliance

A rotary shavercomprises at least an external cutting elementand a disc-shaped element. The disc-shaped element covers at least part of the external cutting element. The external cutting element is at least provided with a passage. The disc-shaped element is at least provided with a penhaving a length, which pen is press-fitted in the passage. Between a wallof the passage and the pen at least one ventextends at least along the length of the pen. The pen is provided with at least three ribsextending parallel to a central axis of the pen, wherein the at least one vent is located between adjacent ribs and the wall of the passage.

Rotary shaver having a disc-shaped element

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.

Shaving unit having cutting units with primary pivot axes

An electrical appliance for performing a cutting action on hairs present on an area of skin () comprises at least one assembly of a driven internal cutting member () for cutting off the hairs and an external cutting member () which serves for contacting the area of skin () and also for covering and contacting the internal cutting member (). The cutting members () are designed such that friction between them is related to their condition of wear in a predetermined way. Information relating to an actual condition of wear of the cutting members () is determined by measuring a parameter related to the friction between the cutting members () and processing the parameter, and such information is indicated to a user of the appliance.

Electrical appliance for performing a cutting action on hairs as present on an area of skin

A device for cleaning a surface () comprises at least one rotatable brush () which is provided with flexible brush elements () for contacting the surface () and picking up dirt particles () and liquid which are present on the surface () during a dirt pick-up period of each revolution of the brush (), and means for driving the brush (). A linear mass density of the flexible brush elements () is chosen such as to be lower than 50 g per 10 km, at least at tip portions, and an acceleration at tips of the brush elements () is set such as to be at least 3,000 m/sec, at least at some time during another period of each revolution of the brush () than the dirt pick-up period, namely a period in which the brush elements () are free from contact to the surface ().

Device for cleaning a surface, comprising at least one rotatable brush

A vacuum cleaner head has a base and a suction opening in the base. An array of flexible flaps protrudes from the base. The flexible flaps are configured to act on a surface to be cleaned. The flexible flaps are spaced from each other to allow the passage of detritus therebetween in a predefined arrangement. The predefined arrangement of the flexible flaps is configured to promote a non-linear flow path through the array of flexible flaps between an end of the base and the suction opening. A gap between first and second rows of flaps is substantially equal to or greater than a space between adjacent flexible flaps in each of the first and second rows.

Vacuum cleaner head

The present invention relates to a hair cutting appliance (), a blade set () for a hair cutting appliance (), and to a stationary blade () for said blade set (), said blade comprising a first wall portion () and a second wall portion (), each which defining a first surface (), and a second surface () facing away from the first surface (), and an intermediate wall portion () arranged between the first and the second wall portion (), wherein the first wall portion () the second wall portion () and the intermediate wall portion () jointly define at least one toothed leading edge (), wherein the first surfaces () of the first wall portion () and the second wall portion () face each other, at least at their leading edges (), the first wall portion (), the second wall portion () and the intermediate wall portion () are interconnected at their tips () to define a plurality of teeth (), wherein the first surfaces () of the first wall portion () and the second wall portion () define therebetween a guide slot () for a movable blade () of said blade set (), wherein the first wall portion (), the second wall portion () and the intermediate wall portion () comprise an overall height extension (to), and wherein the overall height extension (to) of the first wall portion (), the second wall portion () and the intermediate wall portion (), at least at the at least one leading edge (), is in the range of about 0.3 mm to about 0.75 mm, preferably in the range of about 0.4 mm to 0.5 mm.

Blade set and hair cutting appliance

Drive coupling assembly () for a high-speed rotating brush, comprising:&#x2014;a coupling head () having a coupling head rotation axis (L) and including three drive surfaces () which are arranged to be rotationally symmetrical through 120&#xb0; with respect to said coupling head rotation axis; and&#x2014;a coupling member (), having a coupling member rotation axis (L) and including three first drive surfaces () which are arranged to be rotationally symmetrical through 120&#xb0; with respect to said coupling member rotation axis, wherein said coupling head () and said coupling member () are detachably couplable, such that, in a coupled condition, their rotational axes (L, L) are aligned and the coupling head is rotatable to drive each of its drive surfaces () in contact with a respective first drive surface () of the coupling member, to thereby exert both a torque and an axially directed force on the coupling member.

Drive coupling for high-speed rotating brush

A vacuum cleaner () comprises an inlet (), an outlet, a fan () for creating a flow of air through the vacuum cleaner () by drawing air to be cleaned through the inlet () into the vacuum cleaner () and by exhausting air through the outlet outwardly of the vacuum cleaner () and a separator (). The separator () is rotatably arranged around an rotation axis (), for creating, during use, a column of rotating air to separate at least a portion of the airborne particles () from the flow of air. The separator () includes a number of vanes () for the creation of the column of rotating air, wherein each vane () is provided with a leading face () and a trailing face (). The leading faces () of the vanes () are inclined with respect to the rotation axis () for conveying the airborne particles () at least in an axial direction.

Vacuum cleaner

A teat includes a stem and a nipple, in which a structured area has an undulating surface on at least a partial region of the stem or nipple. The surface roughness of the undulating surface being greater than 100 &#x3bc;m.

Teat

A device for performing an action on a surface comprises at least one movably arranged functional body (), driving means for driving the functional body (), main safety means for decoupling the driving means from the functional body () when a load exerted by the functional body () in the direction of the driving means under the influence of resistance forces experienced by the functional body () exceeds a predetermined maximum value, and additional safety means () which are movably arranged in the vicinity of the functional body (), and which are capable of exerting loads on the main safety means to different extents in different positions, at a side of the main safety means associated with the functional body (). The additional safety means may comprise a bar () having a non-circular cross-sectional area, which is rotatable about its longitudinal axis ().

Device comprising a movably arranged functional body and a safety mechanism for stopping movement of the functional body

A device () comprises filtering means () for removing particles from a fluid, which have a particle collecting face () for collecting particles during use of the device (), and a chamber () in which a fluid is present and in which the filtering means () are arranged. An inlet () of the chamber () comprises a spouting part () which serves for spouting the fluid to be filtered in a direction towards the particle collecting face () of the filtering means (). An arrangement of the spouting part () and the particle collecting face () with respect to each other is adapted to generate, during operation of the device (), a rotating flow pattern in the fluid that is present in the chamber () under the influence of the flow of the fluid to be filtered, whereby particles can be blown away from the particle collecting face ().

Device for purifying a fluid

The invention relates to a cleaning device () for removing particles from a surface (). Thereto the device sprays droplets () of a fluid () into a space (). The droplets () are expelled from a rotatable brush () as a mist of droplets. Air carrying dirt particles () is exposed to the mist, whereby dirt particles coalesce with droplets in the mist in the space (). The coalesced particles () are conveyed to a cleansing unit () to be separated from the air. Finally, clean air exits from the device ().

Cleaning device and vacuum cleaner

A vacuum cleaner () for dry dust comprises at least a dust chamber () and a fan unit(), which dust chamber () is provided with an air inlet opening () and an air outlet opening () communicating with the fan unit (). The dust chamber () comprises a movable body () for restricting air flow through the dust chamber (). In use the movable body () is located on dry dust collected in the dust chamber () due to kinematic sorting between the movable body () and the dry dust.

A unit () for pumping air containing particles () and separating the particles () from the air comprises a housing () having a space () for receiving and storing the particles (), and an air pumping device () being arranged inside the housing () and comprising a basic fan () intended for pumping air out of the particle storage space (), and another fan () intended for separating the particles () from the air. A gap () is present between the fan arrangement of the air pumping device () and the housing (), and in order to avoid a flow of air containing particles () through the gap (), at least a major portion of the basic fan () is uncovered, so that a relatively strong pumping action on the basis of an interaction of an outer surface of the basic fan () with a stationary wall is avoided.

Unit for pumping air containing particles and separating the particles from the air

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Drachten, Netherlands

Fokke Roelof Voorhorst