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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2020
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Mike Van Diest, Groningen, NL;
John Pragt, De Wilgen, NL;
Martijn Dirk Klein Horsman, Kenmore, WA (US);
Michael Reece Jenkins, Amsterdam, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A hair-cutting unit () for use in a hair-cutting appliance comprises an external cutting member () having hair-entry openings in a cutting track surface (), an internal cutting member () having at least one hair-cutting element and being movable with respect to the external cutting member (), and a skin-supporting structure () having a skin-supporting surface () for contacting a portion of skin to be subjected to a hair-cutting action. The external cutting member () is displaceable relative to the skin-supporting structure (), and the hair-cutting unit () further comprises a safety mechanism which is designed to enable stepped and instantaneous variation between at least two discrete stages of a level (l) of the cutting track surface () with respect to a level (l) of the skin-supporting surface (), in relation to pressure exerted by the external cutting member () on the skin.