Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Martinus Bernardus Stapelbroek

Albert Jan Aitink

Jan Van Dalen

Everhardus Johannes Hoexum

Jan Bennik

Patrick A Headstrom

Robbert Freerk Johan Van Der Scheer

Michiel Allan Aurelius Schallig

Tyler G Kloster

Scott E Hall

Jasper Zuidervaart

Hendrik Richard Jousma

Arif Veendijk

Fokke Roelof Voorhorst

Jelte Steur

Folkert Vrijburg

Remy Amos Abraham Ripandelli

Robbert Freerk Van Der Scheer

Paulus Cornelis Duineveld

Johannes Tseard Van Der Kooi

Robert Godlieb

Wolter F Benning

Luca Iaccarino

Ramachandra Rao Ganesh

Roland Van Straaten

Gert H Westrup

Jan Van Driel

Gerrit Jan De Jong

Onno Hoitinga

Peter Daniel Martijn Van Zoest

Willem Auke Westerhof

Geert-Jan Darwinkel

Johan Pragt

Britt Roumen

Remy Ripandelli

Jozef Johannes Maria Janssen

Roel Alexander Rethmeier

Siegfried Sablatschan

Willem Maat

Luc Berntsen

Jeroen Molema

Daan Hendrik Gosenshuis

Rogier Enrico De Haas

Evert Alle Helfrich

Bram Tuijp

Hendrik Klaas Louwsma

Alexandra Kulas

Nicky Lewis

Geert-Jan (Guus) Darwinkel

Joost Adrianus Johannes Van Der Rijt

John Pragt

Roalnd Van Straaten

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

A hair-cutting appliance comprising at least 19 hair-cutting units (), each comprising a guard element () and a rotatably arranged hair-cutting element () having at least one hair-cutting edge (), is provided. The hair-cutting units of the hair-cutting appliance are relatively small, a base of the guard element having a diameter in a range of 7 mm to 13 mm. In order to have a relatively small guard element () which is of robust and uncomplicated design, and which is capable of contributing to excellent hair-cutting results without causing skin irritation, it is proposed to let both an inner surface () and an outer surface () of an annular shaving track () of the guard element () have a conical shape relative to a central axis () of the guard element (), in a similar slanting orientation relative to the central axis (), in at least a hair-cutting portion of the shaving track ().

Hair-cutting appliance comprising a guard element

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

A processing head for a hair cutting appliance, the processing head comprising a powered blade set comprising a stationary blade and a movable blade, wherein the movable blade is arranged to be moved with respect to the stationary blade to cut hair between teeth of the movable blade and teeth of the stationary blade, a linkage unit supporting the powered blade set, wherein the linkage unit enables a contour following pivoting movement of the powered blade set when the appliance is operated to cut hair, and a razor cartridge that is arranged to be attached to the powered blade set in such a way that the powered blade set and the razor cartridge are pivotably supported by the linkage unit. Also, a combined blade unit and a hair cutting appliance that is equipped with a combined blade unit.

Processing head for a hair cutting appliance and combined blade unit

Blade set

Provided is a cutting assembly () for cutting hairs on skin. The cutting assembly comprises a guard plate () for contacting the skin. The guard plate has a first toothed edge (A) which extends along an axis. The first toothed edge comprises guard teeth (A). The cutting assembly further comprises a cutter plate () which is disposed on the guard plate. The cutter plate is slidable relative to the guard plate in directions parallel with the axis. The cutter plate comprises a second toothed edge (A) extending parallel with the axis. The second toothed edge comprises cutting teeth (A). The cutter plate and the guard plate are aligned such that the hairs are cut by the cutting teeth against the guard teeth when the cutter plate slides. The cutting teeth each include a cutting portion (A) and a tip (A). The tip is outwardly enlarged relative to the cutting portion in at least one direction parallel with the axis. The minimum space between adjacent tips is less than the minimum space between adjacent guard teeth. The tip thereby maintains overlap with at least one of the guard teeth during sliding of the cutter plate relative to the guard plate. Further provided is a trimmer including the cutting assembly.

Cutting assembly and trimmer comprising the same

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 stationary blade for the blade set suitable for use with a hair cutting appliance that includes of wall segments fixedly interconnected forming a segmented stack, wherein an intermediate wall segment is disposed between a first wall segment and a second wall segment jointly forming, at an end of the segmented stack at least one toothed leading edge comprising a plurality of mutually spaced apart projections defining a plurality of teeth and respective tooth spaces, wherein the intermediate wall segment comprises a cutout and wherein the cutout in the intermediate wall segment, the first wall segment and the second wall segment define therebetween a guide slot for a movable blade.

Blade set, hair cutting appliance, and related manufacturing method

To solve discomfort and safety issues caused by sharp glide sides, a shaving assembly and a hair cutting appliance including the shaving assembly with a protection element is provided. The shaving assembly comprising a supporting member; a cutting element extending in the first direction; a guard foil stretched and extending in the first direction and surrounding the cutting element, the guard foil including a bent part and a flat contact surface, wherein the bent part extends in the first direction for fixing the guard foil on the supporting member, and the flat contact surface is adapted to be in contact with skin; and a protection element arranged at at least one end of the guard foil and including a curved surface exposed to the skin.

Shaving assembly and hair cutting appliance

The present invention relates to a cutter assembly () for a hair cutting appliance (). The cutter assembly comprises a cutting element (), and a clamping element (). The cutter assembly is configured to contact skin of a user of the hair cutting appliance. The clamping element is configured to clamp hair of the user that is growing out of the skin. The clamping element is configured to move within the cutter assembly to pull the clamped hair away from the skin of the user. The cutting element is configured to cut the clamped hair that has been pulled away from the skin of the user.

Cutter assembly for a hair cutting appliance

Embodiments of present disclosure relates to a shaving assembly and a hair cutting appliance comprising the shaving assembly. The shaving assembly comprises: a supporting arm extending in a first direction; a cutting element comprising at least one moving tooth arranged along the first direction; a guard foil extending in the first direction and surrounding the cutting element, the guard foil comprising: a contact surface and a bent part, wherein an angle between the contact surface and the supporting arm is an acute angle, and at least one guard tooth slot is formed across the contact surface and the supporting arm, wherein the shaving assembly further comprises: a blocking member extending between the moving tooth and the supporting arm in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the contact surface, wherein the blocking member is adapted to facilitate hair being released from the guard tooth slot when the guard tooth slot is moved against the hair.

A method of forming a sheet-metal based double-walled stationary blade includes providing a first and second pre-product layers, providing a guide slot for a cutter, and bonding longitudinal ends of the first and second pre-product layers together to include an offset forming a guide slot to receive a to-be-mounted cutter. The bonding includes melting or depositing material at transition zone, thereby forming tips of the stationary blade teeth which are arranged adjacent to the transition zone between the pre-product layers.

Manufacturing method for a stationary blade and stationary blade

A method of manufacturing a blade set assembly, a blade set assembly, and a hair cutting appliance, wherein the method includes providing a base component including a stationary blade, providing a movable component comprising a cutter blade, providing a coupling element, the coupling element being arranged to be interposed between the base component and the movable component, providing a plastic contact bridge, arranging the stationary blade and the cutter blade at a defined relative assembly position, securing the assembly position between the stationary blade and the cutter blade, involving attaching the plastic contact bridge to one of the base component and the movable component, attaching a retaining portion of the coupling element to the other one of the base component and the movable component, and penetrating the plastic contact bridge with at least one insertion end of the coupling element.

Blade set manufacturing method, blade set and hair cutting appliance

A hair cutting appliance, a blade set for a hair cutting appliance, and to a stationary blade for the blade set, the blade includes a first segment, a second segment, and an intermediate segment fixedly interconnected, forming a segmented stack, wherein the intermediate segment is disposed between the first segment and the second segment, jointly forming, at an end of the segmented stack, at least one toothed leading edge comprising a plurality of mutually spaced apart projections defining a plurality of teeth and respective tooth spaces wherein the intermediate segment comprises a cutout portion and wherein the cutout portion in the intermediate segment, the wall segment and the second segment define therebetween a guide slot for a movable blade.

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