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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 1994
Filed:
May. 03, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Andreas J Garenfeld, Eindhoven, NL;
Robert H Munnig Schmidt, Groningen, NL;
Assignee:
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
606133 ; 606131 ; 601101 ;
Abstract
A depilation method whereby hairs are gripped and pulled from the skin by means of a depilation member. Immediately prior to depilation, a vibration member is brought into contact with the skin to be depilated, which member exerts forces of varying intensity on the skin whereby the nerve function in the skin is affected.