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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 13, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2013
Braun Gmbh, Kronberg, DE;
Frieder Grieshaber, Neu-Anspach, DE;
Tarik Mehaddene, Karben, DE;
Bernhard Kraus, Braunfels, DE;
Luis Burrell-Diez, Frankfurt am Main, DE;
Andreas Lennartz, Kressbronn, DE;
Tobias Schwarz, Schmitten, DE;
Markus Halm, Koenigstein, DE;
Braun GmbH, Kronberg, DE;
Abstract
An attachment for an epilator or an epilator having at least a clamping unit for clamping and plucking hairs that is arranged for driven movement relative to a housing along a hair capture direction is disclosed. The clamping unit has a moveable clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surface and a fixed clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surfaced. The moveable clamping element and the fixed clamping element are arranged to be cyclically moveable between an open position in which the two clamping surfaces have a minimal distance such that a gap for receiving hairs is formed between them and a closed position in which the two clamping surfaces abut on each other. The two hair guiding surfaces form a funnel in front of the gap in the open position with respect to the hair capture direction.