Did You Know...
...that the inventor of the electric motor was a blacksmith named Thomas Davenport? Described as "a brilliantly unsuccessful inventor", Davenport invented the first rotary electric motor. In 1836 he headed out -- on foot -- from his Vermont home to file a patent application at the Patent Office in Washington, D.C. By the time he got there, he had squandered away his money and couldn't afford the $30 filing fee so he turned around and went home. When he later mailed in his application with money he'd raised, the Patent office was destroyed in a fire. He did finally get credit for his invention on Feb. 5, 1837.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7926183 | Hair cutting comb with removable blade A hair cutting comb may include a comb body with a cutting section, a cavity in the cutting section for slidably receiving a razorblade, and a longitudinal opening connected to the cavity, where a side portion of the razorblade is exposed by the longitudinal opening... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7856720 | Hair brush and replaceable cutting unit for hair brush The object of the present invention is to provide a hair brush that can be used for cutting the hair so that no skills and knack are required for adjusting the inclination angle of bristles and cutters with respect to the scalp. In a hair brush in which multiple the... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7419494 | Hair removing device A hair removing device capable of selectively attaching an epilator head for hair epilation and a shaving head for hair cutting. The device includes the housing incorporating the rotary motor, and the epilator or shaving head detachable to the housing. The head incl... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7353606 | Hair cutting and styling razor A razor cutter for hair using a blade having one or two accordion shaped cutting edges to allow a feathered cut of hair strands at different points when the cutting edge of the blade contacts hair. Each cutting edge is made up of a plurality of smaller edge sections... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7322108 | Hair cutting device A hand-held dressing device has a blade with a sharpened cutting edge. The blade is preferably V- or U-shaped and permanently or removably supported by the limbs of a Y-shaped body with an extending hand group. The blade may be made from a single piece or form multi... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7322109 | Razor for buzz cutting head hair A dual wet razor device is used for shaving hair on a head at different lengths. The device has a first and a second cutting edge on opposite sides of one another and a sensitive guide under each cutting edge for safely cutting different short lengths of hair on the... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7246442 | Hair-trimming tool A hair-trimming tool including a tool body having a pair of hair-bunch supporting pieces whose tip ends can open and close, a connecting portion which connects base ends of the hair-bunch supporting pieces, a protruding portion protruding from the connecting portion... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7243428 | Hair brush and replaceable cutting unit for hair brush The object of the present invention is to provide a hair brush that can be used for cutting the hair so that no skills and knack are required for adjusting the inclination angle of bristles and cutters with respect to the scalp. In a hair brush in which multiple the... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7217001 | Led nail clipper A lighting device for use in combination with a nail clipper and cutting pliers is disclosed. The lighting device comprises a casing defining an angular front wall having an electric power source, a switch and a light-emitting element all integrally assembled and el... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7197825 | Razors and shaving cartridges with guard A shaving blade unit includes a plastic housing having a front portion and a rear portion and two side surfaces extending from the front portion to the rear portion. The housing has a length extending from one side surface to the other side surface. Positioned betwe... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7140115 | Shaving apparatus with wheel Provided are shavers that are particularly applicable to shaving a user's head, but that may be utilized for shaving any part of the body. More specifically, a shaver according to the present invention has one or more of the following elements: a wheel or other roll... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7111398 | Hair trimming device A hair trimming device includes a cutter and a handle member. The cutter is substantially rectangular and flat and includes a blade and a frame. The handle member includes a hollow interior containing the cutter while the cutter is not in use. The cutter in use is e... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7077076 | Pet grooming tool A pet grooming tool, for use with a furry pet such as a dog or cat having loose hair and non-loose hair, is adapted for removing the loose hair from the pet. The grooming tool comprises an elongate handle portion extending generally along a handle axis, and a pet en... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073517 | Hair trimming guide A hair cutting guide, for use by a hairdresser in cutting the hair of a person using scissors, having a pair of guide halves that are hingeably attached and selectively enter an open position and a closed position. Each of the guide halves have a plurality of teeth ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7040021 | Hair trimming device with removably mountable components for removal of split ends and styling of hair A hand held hair trimming device which when pulled through the hair trims only a determined portion of the ends of hair strands while leaving adjacent hairs uncut. The device will cut a predetermined length off only the distal ends of the hair shafts each time it ha... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7024778 | Split end removing device for a haircutting machine The split end removing device (1) is a removable attachment (3) for a haircutting machine (2). This split end removing device includes first and second parallel hair strand guiding sections (4,5) and a third hair strand guiding section ( | 04/11/2006 |
| 7007388 | Hair trimming device A hair trimming device is disclosed as including a first body part and a second body part, the first body part having a first end pivotally secured with a first end of the second body part for relative pivotal movement, the first body part including a brush portion ... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6883237 | Device for cutting split ends used with electric hair clippers A split end cutting device (20.2) is embodied as an attachment (15.2), which can be detachably connected to a hair cutting machine (21), where the attachment (15.2) has first and second deflecting sections (41, 42), which are dispo... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6871403 | Hair razor with handle having a rotatable finger ring An improved hair razor includes a cylindrical barrel forming the first part of an elongated handle having a razor blade holder joined to one end thereof, a tubular member forming the second part of the elongated handle having a finger ring formed therein, and an arm... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6722039 | Manual safety straight razor having doubled-sided blades A manual straight razor includes an elongated front cutter portion having a rear end. The front cutter portion has an elongated wide opening which is slightly, downwardly narrowed. A complementary razor holding structure is snugly inserted in to the side opening and... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6701619 | Manual safety straight razor having double-sided blades An in-line double-sided manual safety straight razor having dual razor-sharp cutting edges includes a pair of razor blades detachably mounted respectively, between tenons of a handle portion and a middle platform structure of a blade spacing portion. Both... | 03/09/2004 |
| 6588108 | Hair trimming device with removably mountable components for removal of split ends and styling of hair A hand held hair trimming device which when pulled through the hair cuts only a determined portion of the ends of hair strands while leaving adjacent hairs uncut. The device will cut a predetermined length off only the distal ends of the hair shafts each ... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6497045 | Hand held loop cutter A hand held loop cutting tool for cutting tufted loops of yarn projecting from a carpet includes a handle portion connected to a blade carrying housing portion carrying a blade holder having a plurality of slots for receiving a like number of blades. The ... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6453052 | Automated method and image processing system for hair style simulation A method and image processing system are disclosed which simulate a hair style selected from among a number of prestored hair images in association with a facial image. The selected hair image includes an interior perimeter to be positioned adjacent to th... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6397472 | Hair trimming device for self use A simple, inexpensive yet highly versatile hair trimming device, particularly adapted for self use, comprises of a comb-frame (20), a blade-holder (22), and a detachable handle (24). The comb-frame having a comb portion with plurality of comb-teeth (32) f... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6309398 | Horny skin remover The present invention is concerned with a horny skin remover, comprising a handle and a header mounted thereon attached to which, by a clamp, is a blade having at least one cutting edge. The horny skin remover has a double function of the clamp, using it ... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6267117 | Hair cutting method and device The invention concerns both a method and device for cutting hair. The device includes a multi-faceted cutting means (10) and a handle (20). The cutting means (10) is preferably formed from a broken piece of glass, preferably having a ragged broken edge to... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6249973 | Thinning razor A mechanical thinning razor includes a shank, a handle, a blade, a bladeguard, a driving member and a sliding member. When pushing an external surface of the driving member toward a hollow midsection of the shank, the bevel of the driving member forces th... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6164290 | Double-sided safety straight razor In-line manual razor blade shaving devices feature an elongated frame having an elongated front cutter support portion arranged in-line with an elongated handle portion. The cutter support portion has first and second opposed sides upon which elongated ra... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6094820 | Razor comb blade unit A blade unit for a razor comb which can be used equally in two hair cutting directions is disclosed. The blade unit comprises a blade and a blade holder partially housing the blade. The blade holder has two edges, both of which are provided with a plurali... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6092288 | Razor holder A hair razor holder (10) for combing off hair is disclosed, comprising a body (11, 12) having a blade cartridge housing means, and a finger ring (13). The finger ring (13) is provided slightly off the center of gravity (G) such that the holder (10) can sm... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5934291 | Mini-shaving device for grooming facial hair Several small-size mustache shaving devices, each grippable between a user's forefinger and thumb, for enabling the user to precisely shave and edge his own mustache to a desired shape, and related trimming accessories, are disclosed. Each device 10! is... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5908036 | Mini-shaving device for grooming facial hair Several small-size mustache shaving devices, each grippable between a user's forefinger and thumb, for enabling the user to precisely shave and edge his own mustache to a desired shape, and related trimming accessories, are disclosed. Each device 10! is... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5884402 | Hair trimming device for removal of split ends A hair trimming device for cutting substantially equal portions of hair from only the distal end of hair shafts. The device features the brush like body having a handle end portion and a head end. The head end has a cooperating slot formed therein to coop... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5813119 | Razors which actively flex a razor head in response to shaving forces A razor which actively flexes at least one, and preferably a plurality of skin-engaging elements during shaving to follow the contours of a skin surface. One preferred razor comprises a support and a pair of rotating pivots movably connected to the suppor... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5802721 | Safety razors A shaving unit includes a skin engagement surface member for contact with the skin in advance of a blade edge and defined by a series of resiliently mounted elements (9) defining between them slots (10) through which hairs can pass while being subjected t... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5794348 | Clipper comb A clipper comb is comprised of a handle having a motor, responsive to an activation button depression, disposed therein. A cutting assembly, having a comb and a cutter with a plurality of blades such that in a normally relaxed state each blade overlies a ... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5724736 | Hair cutting device An improved hair cutting device (10) having a housing (12) having a housing front (12A) with a housing front vertical member (12AA) and a housing front horizontal member (12AB) attached to a housing front bottom support member (12AC). The housing (12) fur... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5673711 | Fingertip control mustache shaving device Several small-size mustache shaving devices, each grippable between a user's forefinger and thumb, for enabling the user to precisely shave and edge his own mustache to a desired shape, and related trimming accessories, are disclosed. Each device is light... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5566687 | Hairdresser's comb A hairdresser's comb includes, in its handle portion, an elongated aperture converging from a wide end to a narrow end. One sidewall of the aperture includes a lengthwise blade. The opposite sidewall has a serrated surface. A bottle tip inserted into the ... | 10/22/1996 |
