Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Gert Heerema

Sint Baron

Krijn Maltha

Johan Bernard Kuperus

Hedzer Durksz

The present invention relates to a locking mechanism () comprising a first locking member (), a second locking member (), and a biasing member () exerting, during operation, a biasing force (FB) on at least the first locking member () or the second locking member () in a biasing direction (B). The locking mechanism further comprises a guiding structure () for mutually guiding the first and second locking members (), wherein the first locking member () comprises a track structure () and the second locking member () comprises a guided element () guided by the track structure (). The locking mechanism () is moved from an un-locked to a locked condition by applying a pushing force to at least one of the first and second locking members (). The locking mechanism () can be moved from the locked to the un-locked condition by applying either a pushing or a pulling force to at least one of the first and second locking members (). The invention further relates to a device comprising such a locking mechanism (). Such a device may be a holding device () for a shaving apparatus (), for example a cleaning device for cleaning a shaving head () of a shaving apparatus ().

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Gert Heerema