Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.V.

Robbert Freerk Johan Van Der Scheer

Martinus Bernardus Stapelbroek

Albert Jan Aitink

Everhardus Johannes Hoexum

Jan Bennik

Jan Van Dalen

Joost Tomas Glazenburg

Johannes Beugels

Remy Amos Abraham Ripandelli

Luca Iaccarino

Britt Roumen

Geert Willem De Goeij

Adarsh Shrivastava

Roland Van Straaten

Ype Bernardus Brada

Johan Pragt

Sint Baron

Harold Wolf

Jeroen Molema

Maurits Koenen

Bram Tuijp

Hendrik Klaas Louwsma

Remy Ripandelli

John Pragt

Roalnd Van Straaten

A head unit of a depilation appliance comprises at least one pair () of hair-clamping elements (), wherein the hair-clamping elements () have tweezer surfaces () which are arranged to face each other, and which are movable towards and away from each other in their entirety so as to be movable into and out of contact to each other. In order to achieve improved hair-clamping performance of the at least one pair () of hair-clamping elements (), the tweezer surfaces () are further configured to move into alignment with each other in the process of getting into contact to each other, wherein the entirety of the tweezer surface () of one () of the hair-clamping elements () is tillable relative to a support () that is included in the respective hair-clamping element ().

Improving hair-clamping performance of a pair of hair-clamping elements

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

An epilating device for extracting hairs out of a user's skin, including hair-clamping elements that are arranged adjacent to each other and rotatable relative to a housing. A drive system rotates the hair-clamping elements which co-operate in pairs and are moveable relative to each other during rotation. On each side surface facing an adjacent hair-clamping element, there is a hair-clamping section and a hair-catching section. The hair-catching sections of adjacent hair-clamping elements define a funnel area, wherein the hair-catching sections converge towards each other for guiding hairs towards the hair-clamping sections. The hair-clamping sections of adjacent hair-clamping elements are movable relative to each other from an open position, where the hair-clamping sections are at a distance from each other, to a closed position, where the hair-clamping sections are in mutual clamping engagement in a hair-clamping area.

Epilating device

The invention relates to a skin treatment device for removing callus from the skin by an abrasive treatment, comprising a housing with a handle section (), a skin treatment element () rotatable around a rotational axis () and a protective rim (). Said protective rim circumferentially encases said skin treatment element partially over an angular range of more than 120&#xb0; and less than 330&#xb0; about said rotational axis such that a circumferential abrasive treatment surface protrudes from the protective rim in an area extending over an angular range of 30&#xb0; to 240&#xb0;.

Apparatus for callus removal

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

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 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 cleaning unit () is provided for cleaning an interior space () of a shaving head () of a shaver, which shaving head () comprises a movably arranged cutter member () for cutting off hairs and a contacting surface () for contacting a portion of skin to be shaved, which is provided with a plurality of holes for catching and letting through hairs to 5 be shaved off by means of the cutter member (). In particular, the cleaning unit () comprises separating means () for constituting a physical barrier between two portions of an outer surface () of the shaving head () and for conveying cleaning fluid (). During a cleaning process, an agitated flow of fluid () is realized in the interior space () of the shaving head () under the influence of a centrifugal pump action which is obtained whenthe cutter member () of the shaving head () is in motion.

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Eindhoven, Netherlands

Robbert Freerk Johan Van Der Scheer