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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2019
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Reinder Niels Lap, Surhuizum, NL;
Ernst Hupkes, Kampen, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
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.