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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7340839 | Hair clipper having moving lower blade Disclosed is a hair clipper having a moving lower blade, in which the lower blade moves so that upper and lower blades reciprocate in opposite directions and cross each other. In the hair clipper, an eccentric cam is connected to a rotary shaft of a motor installed ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 5617759 | Mechanism for machining and grinding tool for converting rotational movement into reciprocating movement A mechanism for a cutting or grinding tool for converting rotational movement into reciprocating movement contains a casing, a reciprocating member mounted within the casing for receiving and securing a tool to be inserted into a tool receiving opening of... | 04/08/1997 |
| 4383366 | Blade driving assembly for hair clipper A cutting blade drive assembly for a hair clipper comprises a frame and a driven assembly rotatable on the frame about an axis fixed relative to the frame. The driven assembly includes a tension spring, and a cutting blade is engaged by the tension spring... | 05/17/1983 |