Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Reinder Niels Lap

Ernst Hupkes

Marcus Cornelis Petrelli

Alwin William De Vries

Rieko Verhagen

Babu Varghese

Fokke Roelof Voorhorst

Marius Iosif Boamfa

Marc Alexander Pastoors

Barend Martinus Binnema

A shaving unit () for use in an electric shaver () comprises at least one hair-cuffing unit () comprising an external cutting member () having hair-entry openings () in a cutting track surface () and an internal cutting member having at least one hair-cutting element and being movable relative to the external cutting member (), and a base member () supporting the at least one hair-cutting unit (). The shaving unit () further comprises at least one skin-heating unit () comprising a skin-contacting member () having a skin-contacting surface () arranged adjacent to the at least one hair-cutting unit () to contact the skin during use of the shaving unit (), and at least one infrared or near-infrared light source () integrated in the skin-contacting member (), thermally coupled to the skin-contacting surface () and arranged to emit infrared or near-infrared light via the skin-contacting surface ().

Shaving unit and electric shaver comprising a main body and a shaving unit

A shaving system is disclosed comprising a shaving unit () and a cleaning device (), wherein the shaving unit () comprises at least one hair-cutting unit having a movable hair-cutting member; the cleaning device () comprises a supporting structure for supporting the shaving unit (), and a receiving space () for receiving the shaving unit () when the shaving unit () is arranged in a cleaning position supported by the supporting structure (); and the cleaning device () comprises a reservoir () for containing a cleaning liquid and a fluid pumping unit () for transporting the cleaning liquid from the reservoir () to the receiving space (); wherein the shaving unit () comprises a driven coupling member () which is accessible from an outside of the shaving unit () and which is coupled to the movable hair-cutting member such that the movable hair-cutting member is drivable by the driven coupling member (); the cleaning device () comprises a driving coupling member () which is accessible from an outside of the cleaning device (), and an electric actuator () coupled to the driving coupling member () such that the driving coupling member () is drivable by the electric actuator (); and the driving coupling member () and the driven coupling member () are arranged such that, in the cleaning position of the shaving unit (), the driven coupling member () is coupled to the driving coupling member () such that the movable hair-cutting member is drivable by the driving coupling member () via the driven coupling member ().

Shaving system with shaving unit and cleaning device

A shaving system includes a shaving device and a cleaning device. The cleaning device includes a receiving space for receiving the shaving device and a reservoir that contains a cleaning liquid. When the shaving device is placed in a cleaning position, the shaving device and the cleaning device are arranged in a manner that the receiving space of the cleaning device receives a shaving unit of the shaving device. In this cleaning position, the devices are arranged and cooperate such that the fluid is transported from the reservoir to the receiving space, where the shaving unit is located. In this way, the shaving unit can be cleaned.

Shaving system with shaving device and cleaning device

A shaving system comprising a shaving device and a cleaning device () is disclosed, wherein the shaving device comprises a main housing and a shaving unit coupled to the main housing, wherein the main housing accommodates an electric actuator and a first drive unit drivable by the electric actuator, the shaving unit comprising at least one hair-cutting unit and a second drive unit coupled to the first drive unit and to the hair-cutting unit such that the hair-cutting unit is drivable by the electric actuator via the first and second drive units; wherein the cleaning device () comprises a supporting structure () for supporting the shaving device, and a receiving space () for receiving the shaving unit when the shaving device is arranged in a cleaning position supported by the supporting structure (); and wherein the cleaning device () comprises a reservoir () for containing a cleaning liquid and a fluid pumping unit () for transporting the cleaning liquid from the reservoir () to the receiving space (); wherein the shaving device comprises a driving coupling member which is accessible from an outside of the shaving device and drivable by the shaving device; wherein the cleaning device () comprises a driven coupling member () which is accessible from an outside of the cleaning device (), and a third drive unit () coupled to the driven coupling member () and to the fluid pumping unit () such that the fluid pumping unit () is drivable by the driven coupling member (); and wherein the driving coupling member and the driven coupling member () are arranged such that, in the cleaning position of the shaving device, the driven coupling member () is coupled to the driving coupling member such that the fluid pumping unit is drivable by the driving coupling member.

A shaver for a shaving apparatus includes at least first and second cutters which respectively have first and second external cutting members with a plurality of hair entry openings which define, respectively, first and second shaving tracks. The cutters each have an internal cutting member which is respectively rotatable relative to the corresponding external cutting member about first and second axis of rotation. The internal cutting members are respectively connected to first and second driven transmission element via first and second drive spindles. The driven transmission elements are included in a transmission unit, where the drive spindles extend from the transmission unit via an open space, which is present between the transmission unit and the cutting units, and respectively pass through an opening in a bottom wall of a first housing of the first cutting unit and a second housing of the second cutting unit.

Shaving unit with drive spindles extending in open space

A shaving unit for a shaving apparatus has at least two cutting units each including an external cutting member having hair entry openings and an internal cutting member which is rotatable relative to the external cutting member about an axis of rotation. Each cutting unit has a housing accommodating a hair collection chamber. A cover portion of the housing is releasably coupled to a base portion. The external and internal cutting members are held in an operating position in the cover portion by a holding component which is releasably coupled to the cover portion. The base portion of the housing of each cutting unit has a supporting structure where, in the closed position of the housing, the external cutting member is directly supported by the supporting structure at least in an axial direction parallel to the axis of rotation.

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Reinder Niels Lap