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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2003
Johannes Kostner, Liebenfels, AT;
Gerald Kauer, Ferlach, AT;
Michael Janny, Klagenfurt, AT;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A personal care apparatus having a hair trimmer, a main part and a head part. The head part being connected to the main part in a region of the main part that is adjacent to the head part and is pivotable relative to the main part. A personal care tool is provided on the head part and comprising a toothed cutting mechanism that has at least one drivable toothed blade and a spring of a U-shaped configuration has a cross-member connected to the head part and two sides co-operating with at least one position extension connected to the main part in the region of each of its two sides. The spring acts between the head part and the main part, and the head part is pivotable by the spring in synchronization with varying displacing forces that act on the head part in the course of a personal care process.