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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1998
Matthew L Andis, Racine, WI (US);
Robert E Derby, Racine, WI (US);
John M Piwaron, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Andis Company, Racine, WI (US);
Abstract
A hand-held beauty appliance assembly comprising a hand-held beauty appliance and a battery charger. The hand-held beauty appliance includes an appliance housing portion including a rechargeable battery socket having therein a keyway groove, a frame fixedly supported within the appliance housing portion, an electrical motor fixedly supported on the frame, and a pair of electrical terminals connected to the electrical motor and fixedly supported on the frame. The hand-held appliance also includes a rechargeable battery portion insertable into the battery socket and including a pair of electrical terminals in engagement with the pair of electrical terminals of the appliance housing portion when the rechargeable battery portion is located in the battery socket. The battery portion also includes a keyway slot, a key removably receivable in the keyway groove, a plurality of exterior electrical contacts, and an battery assembly electrically connected to the electrical terminals and to less than all of the plurality electrical contacts.