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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1998
Hans-Eberhard Heintke, Wächtersbach, DE;
Peter Hilfinger, Bad Homburg, DE;
Klaus Oprach, Schwalbach, DE;
Roland Ullmann, Offenbach, DE;
Matthias Wetzel, Schöneck-Büdesheim, DE;
Braun GmbH, Kronberg, DE;
Abstract
The invention is directed to an electrically operable shaving apparatus (,) including at least one short-hair cutter (,) and a long-hair trimmer unit (,) disposed on a housing, with at least one cutting edge formed by cutting teeth of an outer cutter and an inner cutter, in which a component (,), which acts as a guard protecting the skin, is associated with the cutting edge in at least one operating position, said component (,) ceasing to act as a guard protecting the skin in at least one further operating position, wherein said component (,) is displaceable in conjunction with the long-hair trimmer unit (,) into at least one operating position in which said component (,) acts as a guard protecting the skin, and wherein on displacement into a further operating position the long-hair trimmer unit (,) is released by relative opposing movements of the long-hair trimmer unit (,) and the component (,).