Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Jeroen Molema

Wilko Westerhof

Anke Gerda Sinnema

Bart-Jan Zwart

Olaf De Jong

Reinier Niels Lap

Bartele Hendrik De Vries

Johannes Rogier De Vrind

Bram Tuijp

Martinus Bernardus Stapelbroek

Albert Jan Aitink

Robbert Freerk Johan Van Der Scheer

Geert Willem De Goeij

Hendrik Klaas Louwsma

Johannes Josephus Blaak

Bram Tuyp

Martijn Stapelbroek

Aj Aitink

Hendrik Louwsma

Robbert Van Der Scheer

A hair cutting appliance includes a mounting unit configured to couple a cutting unit to a housing. The mounting unit includes a swivel mechanism having a base portion configured to be coupled to the housing, and a top portion configured to be coupled to the cutting unit, where the base and top portions are movable with respect to each other, such that, during operation, the cutting unit is pivotably supported by the swivel mechanism, which defines a virtual pivot axis for the cutting unit. The virtual pivot axis is substantially parallel to a cutting edge of the cutting unit. In a first or shaving state of the swivel mechanism, the virtual pivot axis is located at a first position with respect to the cutting unit, and in a second or styling state, the virtual pivot axis is located at a second position that is different from the first position.

Mounting unit and hair cutting appliance

A hair cutting appliance includes a linkage unit configured to couple a cutting unit and to a housing of the hair cutting appliance. The linkage unit includes a four-bar linkage mechanism having first and second arms which respectively include first and second bases pivots coupled to a base. The first and second base pivots are arranged at the base at a fixed distance. The first arm and second arms also respectively include first and second top pivots coupled to a connecting bar. The connecting bar is configured to be coupled to the cutting unit such that, during operation, the cutting unit is pivotably supported by the four-bar linkage mechanism.

Linkage unit and hair cutting appliance

An appliance for personal care, such as skin, dental or hair treatment, comprising a dispensing structure () for automatically dispensing a fluid. The dispensing structure () includes a fluid reservoir (), a discharge opening () and a fluid drive structure () for driving the fluid to be dispensed from the reservoir () and to and out of said discharge opening () in accordance with a dispensing rate/time profile (S). The fluid drive structure () is arranged for spurting at least once during said dispensing operation for squirting an additional quantity of the fluid to and out of the discharge opening () in addition to the fluid being dispensed in accordance with said dispensing rate/time profile (S).

Appliance for personal care with automatic fluid dispenser

An instrument for filling a substance supply container of a device for personal care treatment has a filling needle having a proximal end connected or connectable to a storage reservoir and a distal end, a substance transport conduit extending from the proximal end to at least one outlet provided in a radially facing surface portion closely adjacent the distal end of the filling needle. A sleeve is arranged around the filling needle and is movable between a first position closing off the at least one outlet and a second position proximally away from the first position and the at least one outlet. A system including such an instrument, a container for cooperation with such an instrument and for provisioning a device for personal care treatment as well as a device for personal care treatment including such a container are described.

Instrument, a system and a container for provisioning a device for personal care treatment, and a device for personal care treatment with such a container

An instrument () for filling a substance supply container () of a device () for personal care treatment has a filling needle () having a proximal end connected or connectable to a storage reservoir () and a distal end, a substance transport conduit () extending from the proximal end to at least one outlet () provided in a radially facing surface portion closely adjacent the distal end of the filling needle (). A sleeve () is arranged around the filling needle () and is movable between a first position closing off the at least one outlet () and a second position proximally away from the first position and the at least one outlet (). A system () including such an instrument (), a container () for cooperation with such an instrument () and for provisioning a device () for personal care treatment as well as a device () for personal care treatment including such a container () are described.

A cartridge for an appliance for personal care, such as skin, dental or hair treatment includes a main body, a dispensing structure for dispensing a substance, such as a liquid, a paste or a gel, and a cartridge detachably connected to the main body. The cartridge bounds a reservoir space for holding the substance to be dispensed and includes a flexible wall part bounding the reservoir space for allowing reservoir space volume to accommodate to a volume of the substance filled therein and volumes of the substance dispensed therefrom; a rigid wall part also bounding the reservoir space, and a rigid housing. The flexible wall part is connected to the rigid housing along a contour of the rigid wall part.

Cartridge for an appliance for personal care and an appliance comprising such a cartridge

An appliance for personal care, such as skin, dental or hair treatment, comprising a dispensing structure () for automatically dispensing a fluid. The dispensing structure () includes a fluid reservoir (), a discharge opening () and a fluid drive structure () for driving the fluid to be dispensed from the reservoir () to and out of said discharge opening () in accordance with a dispensing rate/time profile (S). The fluid drive structure () is arranged for spurting at least once during said dispensing operation for squirting an additional quantity of the fluid to and out of the discharge opening () in addition to the fluid being dispensed in accordance with said dispensing rate/time profile (S).

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Jeroen Molema