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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 1992
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1990
Geert J Bosscha, Drachten, NL;
Andries C Pasma, Drachten, NL;
U.S. Philips Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
An electric shaving apparatus is provided which comprises a housing, a switch for activating switching cycles in which the apparatus is switched on and off, a holder for at least one external shaving member with hair-entry apertures, and an internal shaving member adapted to be driven by the external shaving member, the housing having a collecting space for shaving particles, which collecting space has a closing member with a locking mechanism, which locking mechanism comprises an actuating member, the apparatus comprising means for counting the number of switching cycles and a signalling device for signalling that cleaning of the collecting space is desirable in response to a predetermined or selected number of switching cycles. The signalling device comprises a light-emitting element in combination with the actuating member.