Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Nicky Lewis

Geert-Jan Darwinkel

Cornelis Johannes Zandsteeg

Matthew Gerard Nayna

Jeroen Christian Nijdam

Hilde Seip

Auke Meint Jan Veninga

Hendrik Klass Haagsma

An adjustment drive for an adjustable spacing comb for a hair cutting appliance that may be fitted with an adjustable spacing comb. The adjustment drive comprises an actuator for actuating a movable comb portion of the adjustable spacing comb with respect to a blade set of the hair cutting appliance, a manually operable rotation element, and a rotary encoder, that is configured to detect rotary movement of the rotation element and to output a respective user input signal, wherein the actuator is operated in response to the user input signal.

Adjustable spacing comb, adjustment drive and hair cutting appliance

An adjustment drive for an adjustable spacing comb for a hair cutting appliance includes an actuator configured to actuate a movable comb portion of the adjustable spacing comb with respect to a blade set of the hair cutting appliance, and a drivetrain for coupling the actuator and the movable comb portion. The drivetrain includes a reduction gear unit and a location detection unit having a rotary encoder which is coupled to an output shaft of the reduction gear unit.

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Nicky Lewis