Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Jan Bennik

Martinus Bernardus Stapelbroek

Albert Jan Aitink

Everhardus Johannes Hoexum

Robbert Freerk Johan Van Der Scheer

Jan Van Dalen

Gerben Raap

Mark Johannes Lelieveld

Robbert Freerk Van Der Scheer

Remy Amos Abraham Ripandelli

Jasper Zuidervaart

Luca Iaccarino

Johan Pragt

Britt Roumen

Roland Van Straaten

Remy Ripandelli

Bartel Marinus Van De Sluis

Ronaldus Maria Aarts

Fokke Roelof Voorhorst

Ype Bernardus Brada

Jan Martijn Krans

Sint Baron

Jia Du

Juergen Vogt

Maarten Van Den Boogaard

Petronella Zwartkruis-Pelgrim

Tim Tijs

Roy Raymann

Roalnd Van Straaten

John Pragt

Martijn Stapelbroek

Aj Aitink

Robbert Van Der Scheer

A hair cutting appliance is configured to be moved through hair in a moving direction in order to cut hair. The hair cutting appliance includes a housing portion, a blade set having a skin-facing top surface, and a releasable attachment comb. The blade set is arranged pivotably with respect to the housing portion. The attachment comb includes a supporting frame, at least one spacing guard element configured to space the blade set from a working surface when in operation, a mounting portion configured to be attached to a housing portion of the hair cutting appliance, and an orientation determining portion configured to engage the blade set and to define a locking orientation of the blade set when mounted to the hair cutting appliance.

Attachment comb and hair cutting appliance

The present invention relates to a hair cutting appliance () comprising a blade set (), and to a blade set () of a hair cutting appliance (). The blade set () is arranged to be moved through hair in an assumed moving direction () to cut hair. The blade set () comprises a stationary blade (), a movable blade (), and a lateral protecting element (). The stationary blade () comprises at least one toothed cutting edge (), a lateral end (), and a first surface () that is arranged, when in use for shaving purposes, as a skin-contacting surface. The movable blade () comprises a toothed cutting edge (). The stationary blade () and the movable blade () are arranged to be reciprocally moved with respect to each other in a cutting direction (Y) that is basically perpendicular to the assumed moving direction (). The lateral protecting element () is associated with the lateral end (), thereby defining a lateral end cap of the stationary blade (), wherein the lateral protecting element () laterally shields a lateral edge () of the lateral end (), such that, when in use, skin contact of the lateral edge () is prevented. The lateral protecting element () and the lateral end () cooperate so as to prevent hairs from being trapped therebetween. The stationary blade () and the movable blade () are at least partially made from steel, and the lateral protecting element () is made from plastic material. The blade set () configured to pivot or swivel with respect to a housing of the hair cutting appliance ().

Hair cutting appliance and blade set

A hair cutting appliance includes a stationary blade having a first wall portion arranged to serve as a skin facing wall when in operation; and a second wall portion offset from the first wall portion such that the first and second wall portions a guide slot that receives a movable cutter blade. A toothed leading edge is jointly formed by the first and second wall portions. Teeth at the toothed leading edge include a first leg defined by the first wall portion, and a second leg defined by the second wall portion. The first and second wall portions are connected at a frontal end of the toothed leading edge, thereby forming tips of the teeth. The second legs of the teeth are tapered along a portion of their longitudinal extension towards a bottom side of the stationary blade facing away from the skin, when in operation.

Stationary blade, blade set, and hair cutting appliance

The present invention relates to a hair cutting appliance () comprising a blade set (), and to a blade set () of a hair cutting appliance (). The blade set () is arranged to be moved through hair in an assumed moving direction () to cut hair. The blade set () comprises a stationary blade (), a movable blade (), and a lateral protecting element (). The stationary blade () comprises at least one toothed cutting edge (), a lateral end (), and a first surface () that is arranged, when in use for shaving purposes, as a skin-contacting surface. The movable blade () comprises a toothed cutting edge (). The stationary blade () and the movable blade () are arranged to be reciprocally moved with respect to each other in a cutting direction (Y) that is basically perpendicular to the assumed moving direction (). The lateral protecting element () is associated with the lateral end (), thereby defining a lateral end cap of the stationary blade (), wherein the lateral protecting element () laterally shields a lateral edge () of the lateral end (), such that, when in use, skin contact of the lateral edge () is prevented. The lateral protecting element () and the lateral end () cooperate so as to prevent hairs from being trapped there between. The stationary blade () and the movable blade () are at least partially made from steel, and the lateral protecting element () is made from plastic material. The blade set () configured to pivot or swivel with respect to a housing of the hair cutting appliance ().

A hair cutting appliance including a blade set including a first wall portion and a second wall portion, each wall portion defining a first surface, a second surface, and at least one toothed leading edge including a plurality of mutually spaced apart projections provided with respective tips, wherein the first surfaces of the first wall portion and the second wall portion face each other, at least at their leading edges, wherein facing projections, along the leading edges of the first and second wall portions are mutually connected 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 and wherein the second surface of the first wall portion includes a smoothed transitional region at least at the forwardly extending projections.

Blade set and hair cutting appliance

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.

The present invention relates to a hair cutting appliance () and a blade set () for a hair cutting appliance (), said blade set () being arranged to be moved through hair in a moving direction () to cut hair, said blade set () comprising a stationary blade (), comprising a first wall portion (), and a second wall portion (), each wall portion defining a first surface (), a second surface (), and at least one toothed leading edge () comprising a plurality of mutually spaced apart projections (), wherein the toothed leading edge () at least partially extends in a transverse direction (Y, t) relative to the moving direction (), wherein the mutually spaced apart projections () at least partially extend forwardly in a longitudinal direction (X, r) approximately perpendicular to the transverse direction (Y, t), wherein the first surfaces () of the first wall portion () and the second wall portion () face each other, at least at their leading edges (), wherein, in a filled region (), facing projections () along the leading edges () of the first and second wall portions () are mutually connected at their tips () to define a plurality of teeth (), a movable blade () comprising at least one toothed leading edge (), said movable blade () being movably arranged within a guide slot () defined by the stationary blade (), wherein the guide slot (), at least partially extends into the forwardly extending projections () to an inwardly facing end face () of the filled region (), and wherein the toothed leading edge () of the movable blade () is spaced apart from the end face () of the filled region (), thereby defining a clearance portion (), and wherein the movable blade () leading edge () and the end face () are longitudinally spaced apart by a clearance longitudinal dimension (l) of less than 0.5 mm, preferably less than 0.2 mm, more preferably less than 0.1 mm.

To provide a breath pacing system and a corresponding method for pacing the respiratory activity of a subject that provide the possibility to adapt the output signal to the respiration characteristics of the subject automatically and effectively a breath pacing system () for pacing the respiratory activity of a subject and a respective method is proposed, comprising: an input unit () for generating or determining an input signal related to a respiration characteristic of a subject, a signal analyzing unit () provided to recognize a signal pattern within the input signal, and an output unit () for outputting output signals corresponding to a desired breathing sequence, wherein said output unit () is provided to be activated, upon a starting signal, to output a sequence of output signals comprising a signal pattern related to a previously recognized signal pattern.

Breath pacing system and method for pacing the respiratory activity of a subject

A shaving device () comprises a handle () provided with a reservoir () for holding a fluid, a treatment device () provided with at least one shaver element (), which treatment device () is pivotable with respect to the handle (), and a fluid channel () extending from the reservoir () to an outlet opening () at least near the treatment device (). At least a part of the fluid channel () is elastically deformable from a closed position, in which the passage through the fluid channel () is closed off, to an opened position, in which the passage through the fluid channel () is opened by pivoting the handle () with respect to the treatment device () from a rest position to an activated position, and vice versa.

Shaving device

A fluid reservoir for storing a fluid for a handheld device includes a housing and a flexible membrane. The flexible membrane delimits a variable storage volume in the housing. The storage volume may be varied by a defamation of the membrane. The variable storage volume has an output port. The fluid reservoir further includes a forcing member to exert a force on the membrane to pressurize a fluid in the storage volume. The forcing member has a recess for receiving a part of the storage volume. The membrane may be received into the recess of the forcing member during a compression stroke. By virtue thereof, a volume defined by the recess may be effectively used to become part of the storage volume for the fluid.

Fluid reservoir for a handheld device for personal care

A shaving kit includes cartridge store for storing at least one spare blade cartridge and a container for storing a shaving fluid like a refreshing or cleaning lotion or a shaving foam. The container includes a volume of the shaving fluid which is sufficient for several series of shaving actions. After at least one shaving action, a blade razor may be coupled to the container to transfer shaving fluid to the blade razor. By transferring shaving fluid to the blade razor, the volume of shaving fluid in the container decreases. The container includes a replacement indicator for indicating a desired replacement of the blade cartridge. The replacement indicator operates in dependence on a volume of shaving fluid transferred from the container.

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Jan Bennik