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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1998
Detlef Mattinger, Bickenbach, DE;
Martin Liebeck, Darmstadt, DE;
Wella AG, Darmstadt, DE;
Abstract
The method for detecting an oil deficiency of oil lubricating a driven cutting blade of a haircutting machine includes measuring either drive motor current consumption, cutting blade vibration noise, haircutting machine sound level, cutting blade temperature, a force acting on one of the cutting blades or drive motor rotation speed and determining whether or not the oil deficiency has occurred from a change of the chosen measured variable from a standard value occurring during normal operation without the oil deficiency. The electrical haircutting machine includes an electric drive motor, cutting blades driven by the drive motor and a device (20) for detecting the oil deficiency which advantageously includes a device for measuring one of the above-mentioned measurement variables and also a comparator for comparing the measured variable with a predetermined temperature-dependent threshold value to determine whether the oil deficiency has occurred or not.