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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 25, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 08, 2017
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Hedzer Durksz, De Knipe, NL;
Sint Baron, De Knipe, NL;
Gert Heerema, Groningen, NL;
Johan Bernard Kuperus, Borger, NL;
Krijn Maltha, Dokkum, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a locking mechanism () comprising a first locking member (), a second locking member (), and a biasing member () exerting, during operation, a biasing force (FB) on at least the first locking member () or the second locking member () in a biasing direction (B). The locking mechanism further comprises a guiding structure () for mutually guiding the first and second locking members (), wherein the first locking member () comprises a track structure () and the second locking member () comprises a guided element () guided by the track structure (). The locking mechanism () is moved from an un-locked to a locked condition by applying a pushing force to at least one of the first and second locking members (). The locking mechanism () can be moved from the locked to the un-locked condition by applying either a pushing or a pulling force to at least one of the first and second locking members (). The invention further relates to a device comprising such a locking mechanism (). Such a device may be a holding device () for a shaving apparatus (), for example a cleaning device for cleaning a shaving head () of a shaving apparatus ().