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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2003
Jasper Zuidervaart, Drachten, NL;
Fokke Roelof Voorhorst, Drachten, NL;
Roelof Steunenberg, Drachten, NL;
Peter Hans Van Der Vlis, Drachten, NL;
Robert Alexander Van Eibergen Santhagens, Drachten, NL;
Dirk Hendrik Wevers, Drachten, NL;
Willem Auke Westerhof, Drachten, NL;
Jasper Zuidervaart, Drachten, NL;
Fokke Roelof Voorhorst, Drachten, NL;
Roelof Steunenberg, Drachten, NL;
Peter Hans Van Der Vlis, Drachten, NL;
Robert Alexander Van Eibergen Santhagens, Drachten, NL;
Dirk Hendrik Wevers, Drachten, NL;
Willem Auke Westerhof, Drachten, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a device () for shaving hair () and to a device having a shaving head (). The shaving head () has at least one cutting member () having a cutting edge () and a cutting direction (X), and the device has an actuator () for effecting a periodical motion of the cutting member relative to a base portion () of the device. According to the invention the periodical motion is effected in an imaginary plane which extends transversely to the cutting edge () and which has a first motion portion () and a second motion portion () following the first motion portion. The first motion portion is mainly directed in the cutting direction (X), and the second motion portion is mainly directed opposite to the cutting direction and is closer to the skin () than the first motion portion.