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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2021
Applicant:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05F 1/40 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); A46B 13/02 (2006.01); A46B 15/00 (2006.01); B26B 21/40 (2006.01); A61C 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02J 7/0063 (2013.01); A46B 13/02 (2013.01); A46B 15/0004 (2013.01); B26B 21/4056 (2013.01); A61C 17/221 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to the field of battery powered electrical appliances or personal hygiene, in particular to a hair removal device such as an electric shaver or epilator as well as an electric toothbrush. A control device for a battery powered electrical appliance for personal hygiene is described, wherein the control device is adapted to cause the battery powered electrical appliance to perform automated contact fritting of a battery contact by controlling the battery powered electrical appliance such that a current pulse exceeding a wetting threshold is applied across the battery contact during a standby period.