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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2002
Jürgen Höser, Neu-Anspach, DE;
Alf Jahn, Halle/Saale, DE;
Braun GmbH, , DE;
Abstract
The invention is directed to a cleaning device (RV) with a housing ( ) and with a cleaning bath ( ) for receiving an appliance of personal use, in particular a shaving head (S) of a shaving apparatus (R), with a replaceably arranged cleaning liquid container ( ) having an inlet port ( ) and an outlet port ( ), a sealing element ( ) for sealing the outlet port ( ), a liquid impelling assembly ( ) adapted to be driven by a motor ( ) for propelling a cleaning liquid ( ) from the cleaning liquid container ( ) into the cleaning bath ( ) whose draining conduit ( ) is adapted to be coupled to an inlet port ( ) of the cleaning liquid container ( ), wherein provision is made for a sealing element ( ) between the draining conduit ( ) and the inlet port ( ), and the flow cross section of the draining conduit ( ) is dimensioned such as to enable the cleaning liquid ( ) with contaminants to drain into the cleaning liquid container ( ) and gaseous medium to escape from the cleaning liquid container ( ).