Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Hedzer Durksz

Eddy Gerrit Veltman

Sint Baron

Krijn Maltha

Johan Bernard Kuperus

Liesbet Hillechina Wind

Gert Heerema

Matthijs Jaap Wolter Ten Hove

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 ().

Locking mechanism with push- and pull-to-release function and device comprising such locking mechanism

A personal care device comprising a main housing, a hair-cutting module displaceable with respect to the main housing against spring force in a direction parallel to a main axis, and a sensor comprising a first sensor unit connected to the main housing and a second sensor unit connected to the hair-cutting module. The hair cutting module is also tiltable in directions relative to the main housing. By measuring average displacement of the hair cutting module at multiple locations, the sensor is sensitive only to displacement parallel to the main axis. The sensor measures such displacement and determines the force needed to effect such displacement. If the force is larger than a predetermined value, a warning signal will be produced.

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