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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2000
Peter Malobabic, Klagenfurt, AT;
Roland Waldner, Pubersdorf, AT;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A hair-cutting apparatus ( ), which preferably takes the form of a shaving apparatus, includes a toothed cutting device ( ), which has a toothed cutter ( ) having at least one row of hair catching teeth ( ), the hair catching teeth ( ) each having a non-bent first portion which extends from the respective tooth base ( ) and a bent second portion ( ) which adjoins the first portion ( ) and which extends up to the free end ( ) of the respective hair catching tooth ( ), a distance L existing between the bounding faces ( ) of the non-bent first (?) portions ( ) of the hair catching teeth ( ), which bounding faces are remote from the free end portions ( ) of the hair catching teeth ( ), and the free end portions ( ) of the hair catching teeth ( ), which distance L lies in a range between 0.7 mm and 1.3 mm and preferably has a value of 1.0 mm.