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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2015
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Cornelis Petrus Hendriks, Eindhoven, NL;
Werner Daniel Petrus Kauwenberg, Eindhoven, NL;
Roland Alexander Van De Molengraaf, Eindhoven, NL;
Denny Mathew, Eindhoven, NL;
Sander Theodoor Pastoor, Eindhoven, NL;
Rufus Eugen Deodatus Driessen, Eindhoven, NL;
Paul Philip Thursfield, Eindhoven, NL;
Mark Thomas Johnson, Eindhoven, NL;
Frederick Maria Boekhorst, Eindhoven, NL;
Willem Auke Westerhof, Eindhoven, NL;
Daan Anton Van Den Ende, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a shaving device for skin hairs. The device comprises a skin-contacting surface structure (), a cutter () for cutting hairs in a hair-cutting area (), a shape-changing smart material (), and a controller for controlling activation of the shape-changing smart material during use of the shaving device. The shape-changing smart material is configured, arranged and effective to adapt the relative position and/or relative orientation between at least part of the skin-contacting surface structure () and at least part of the hair-cutting area ().