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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:
Oct. 11, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Mepro Epilady Ltd., Upper Galilee, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A45D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
132219 ; 132118 ; 132148 ; 132161 ; 132271 ; 119 86 ; 119 87 ;
Abstract
A hand-held hair grooming device comprising a housing adapted to be held in the hand of the user, an array including a plurality of electrically conductive tines extending outwardly from the housing, apparatus for mounting the plurality of tines in the housing, apparatus for applying an electric potential between adjacent times whereby lice or other pests suitably disposed between adjacent tines are electrocuted and apparatus for selectable displacement of some of the plurality of tines relative to others of said plurality of tines to assist in cleaning thereof.