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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2014
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Bastiaan Wilhelmus Maria Moeskops, Eindhoven, NL;
Calina Ciuhu, Eindhoven, NL;
Rudolf Maria Jozef Voncken, Eindhoven, NL;
Klaas Hilverda, Eindhoven, NL;
Geert Veenstra, Eindhoven, NL;
Willem Auke Westerhof, Eindhoven, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present application relates to a device for cutting hair comprising a skin contacting face () that is placed against a surface of the skin () of a user during use. The device also has an optical system configured to direct a cutting laser beam () across a cutting zone () parallel to and spaced from said skin contacting face to cut hairs extending into the cutting zone. Also provided is a laser positioning mechanism which is arranged so that, during use of the device, the distance (H) between said cutting laser beam and said skin contacting face is changed to maintain a predetermined distance between the cutting laser beam and the surface of the skin of a user.