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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2007
Hette Akkerman, Drachten, NL;
Jan Van Driel, Drachten, NL;
Willem Minkes, Drachten, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
A method of manufacturing a cutting member () of a shaver () includes the steps of providing a plate-shaped carrier (), cutting at least one cutting element () free from the carrier except for a residual connection between a base () of the cutting element and the carrier, and bending the cutting element relative to the carrier. The steps of cutting free and bending are performed simultaneously using a tool () having a combined punching and bending effect. By using such a tool, the action of cutting free is obtained by a tearing process which does not lead to a free space and a loss of material between the cutting element () and the carrier (). As a result, the strength of the carrier is not reduced by such a free space or loss of material.