Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Life Safety Products B.v.

Mattheus Jacobus Van Der Meer

Albert Jan Aitink

Wilko Westerhof

Oege Smedinga

Harold Wolf

Geert-Jan Darwinkel

Ronald Maarten Schneider

Jacob Brinkert

Johannes Cornelius Antonius Muller

Peter Adrianus Albert Kemps

Pascal Homan

Arend Michiel Van Der Meer

Pieter Visman

Marc Kamerbeek

Fransciscus Jozef Bosman

A shaving device comprises a head structure () and a base structure (). The head structure () is configured to retain and support at least one shaving head (A,B,C). The head structure () is releasably retainable on the base structure (). The base structure () is free of support elements in an area of an outer circumference of the head structure () such that the head structure (), when coupled to the base structure (), is not supported in the area of its outer circumference. The head structure (), when coupled to the base structure (), is substantially only retained on the base structure () by a retaining force provided by a retaining structure of the base structure (). When an overloading force is exerted on the head structure (), the force is transferred to a coupling element () arranged in a central area (A) of the head structure () such that the coupling element () is released from the retaining structure of the base structure () in order to prevent damage to the head structure ().

Rotary shaver with improved support structure for shaving heads

The invention relates to a shaver including a housing and a shaver head. This head includes a bracket, holding a plurality of rotary cutter units, each rotatable around a respective rotation axis. The shaver head also includes a hinge, which is positioned such that during use the bracket can pivot freely with regard to the housing, around a pivot axis that extends substantially perpendicular to the axes of the cutter units.

Shaver with hinge between housing and shaver head

A shaving apparatus has at least one shaving head with at least one cutter, a trimmer, and a drive structure including a motor for driving the cutter or cutters and the trimmer. The trimmer is disengageable from the drive structure. At least a portion of the drive structure may be rotated in reverse directions between a first sense of rotation and a second, opposite, sense of rotation. A unidirectional clutch is arranged between the portion of the drive structure of which the sense of rotation is reversible and the cutter or cutters. When the sense of rotation is reversed from the sense of rotation in which the cutter or cutters is driven, the trimmer may be driven without driving the cutter or cutters.

Shaving apparatus

A domestic appliance includes a functional action unit which has at least one movably arranged member, and a generator configured to generate electric energy at the location of the functional action unit. The generator is associated with the movably arranged member, and employs movement of this member in a process of generating electric energy. The generator includes a permanent magnet and an electric coil, where the magnet may be mounted on the movably arranged member. By having the generator at a location inside the functional action unit, it is possible to have one or more electric components at a location inside this unit without the need for external electric connections.

Domestic appliance comprising means for generating electric energy in a functional action unit

A shaver includes a shaving unit having e.g., three shaving elements. Each shaving element accommodates a cutter member for cutting off hairs. Each shaving element further accommodates a gear wheel which is part of a transmission for coupling a drive shaft for driving the cutter member to an output shaft of a motor of the shaver. A top side of a space where the gear wheel is located is covered by a partition, where only the drive shaft extends through this partition. Each shaving element can be individually opened by removing a top portion of the shaving element, including the cutter member, from a base portion of the shaving element where the gear wheel, the drive shaft and the partition are located. An opening system may be provided to open all the shaving elements in one action by reversal of the direction of rotation of the output shaft, for example.

Shaver having spaces for collecting cut-off hairs

The invention relates to a device for placement in a vehicle, comprising a housing, at least one lighting element, an acceleration and/or deceleration circuits and/or a moisture sensor, the device being arranged for operatively switching on the lighting element when the device, in particular the acceleration and/or deceleration circuit, experiences an acceleration or deceleration which exceeds a pre-set maximum value and/or if the device comes at least partly under water.

Vehicle alarm device

A shaving apparatus has shaving heads () each having an internal cutting member () and an associated external cutting member (); and a drive structure () coupled to each of the internal cutting members (). The external cutting members () are each rotatable about an axis of rotation () between different shaving positions. The shaving face of each head includes a first shaving field () for cutting short hair and a second shaving field () for cutting long hair. The shaving fields () extend through different segment of the shaving face. For effecting rotation of the external cutting members () between the shaving positions, a control member () is arranged between the shaving heads () and engages the external cutting members () of the shaving heads () for simultaneously controlling the rotation of the external cutting members () of the shaving heads ().

Watertight housing of an apparatus

Shaving apparatus having at least one pivotable cutting unit ( ) comprising an external cutting member ( ) and an internal cutting member ( ) which is drivable relative to said external cutting member, a drive mechanism ( ) for driving said internal cutting member ( ) into rotation, and a coupling member ( ) having a coupling head ( ) and a coupling body ( ), which coupling head can be coupled to a coupling element ( ) of the internal cutting member ( ) in a detachable manner, said coupling body ( ) being coupled to said driving mechanism ( ). The coupling head ( ) can be inserted into a cavity ( ) of the coupling head ( ). For driving said internal cutting member into rotation, the coupling head ( ) comprises curved surfaces ( ) for cooperation with surfaces ( ) of said cavity ( ). To improve the drive system, the coupling head ( ) and the cavity ( ) of the coupling element ( ) have an approximately triangular shape which is rotationally symmetrical through 120&deg;, as seen in the direction of the axis of rotation ( ) of the coupling head ( ).

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Mattheus Jacobus Van Der Meer