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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1988
Ernst Poganitsch, Klagenfurt, AT;
U.S. Philips Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
In a dry-shaving apparatus comprising a slidable shutter (3) for optionally covering or exposing a shear foil (9) of the dry-shaving apparatus, which shear foil is mounted in a shaving-head frame which is detachably secured to a basic apparatus (1) of the dry shaver, said shutter having a first latched position which is locked by a latching means (12, 13, 14, 15) and in which the circuit of the motor for driving the dry-shaving apparatus is closed by the shutter when the shutter exposes the shear foil to allow shaving, the shutter can be slid away from the shear foil completely onto the basic apparatus, the shutter having a further latched position in which it is locked by means of a latch (12, 13, 23, 24) and in which the shear foil and the shaving-head frame are exposed by the shutter and the motor circuit is interrupted by means of the shutter.