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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2026
Filed:
May. 17, 2022
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Thomas Sjoerd Van Den Berg, Enschede, NL;
Eelco Arminak Galestien, Drachten, NL;
Michel Van Es, Groningen, NL;
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A hair-cutting unit has an external cutting member (10) having a shaving surface (11) provided with hair-entry openings and a skin supporting member (30) having a skin supporting surface (31) surrounding the external cutting member (10). The hair-cutting unit is further equipped with an adjustment mechanism (50) configured to adjust an exposure distance over which the shaving surface (11) protrudes relative to the skin supporting surface (31) in an exposure direction (E). The external cutting member (10) and the skin supporting member (30) are jointly pivotal about a stationary pivot axis. The adjustment mechanism (50) is designed such that the stationary character of the pivot axis can be maintained for every possible relative position of the external cutting member (10) and the skin supporting member (30), so that a well-functioning combination of the adjustment mechanism (50) and the pivoting arrangement of the respective members (10, 30) is realized.