Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8104181 | Outer blade for reciprocation-type electric shaver and method of producing the same Provided are an outer blade for a reciprocation-type electric shaver and a method of producing the outer blade, the outer blade being capable of suppressing a deformation such as wrinkles or an undulation, without adding a new component, to thereby keep a good appea... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8087175 | Shaving foil for an electric shaving apparatus A shaving foil for an electric shaving apparatus. The shaving foil includes a perforated region with a plurality of holes which are separated from each other by bars. The perforated region is divided at least into two zones, preferably a central zone, a first edge z... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8082670 | Shaving head for an electric shaver A shaving head for an electric shaving apparatus, having an under cutter comprising at least one blade which is drivable in at least one direction of movement relative to an outer cutter. To achieve a good shaving result while at the same time protecting the skin to... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8037613 | Shaving head for rotary shaver and method of manufacturing the same A rotary shaving head having a one-piece cup-shaped metal body including a comb portion. A plurality of openings in the comb portion are defined by opposed sidewalls, the intersection of at least one sidewall of at least one of the openings with an inner surface of ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7730621 | Shaving foil for a dry shaver A shaving foil for a dry shaver has a plurality of perforation arranged in an array. The shaving foil is formed in its skin contact surface with a plurality of recesses which define a thin section of reduced thickness at the recesses, while leaving thick sections at... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7415768 | Shear system for an electric hair removing apparatus The invention is directed to a shear system for an electric hair removing apparatus, in particular for an electric shaving apparatus, including at least one shearing unit having an outer cutter and an undercutter that are set in relative motion. The shear system of ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7370420 | Rotary electric shaver A cutter unit of a rotary shaver including: a cutter receiving stage 90 held by an outer cutter housing 18 and coaxially penetrated by a drive shaft 26, a pivot case holder 50 held by the cutter receiving stage to be movable upward and do... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7357052 | Zirconia based blades and foils for razors and a method for producing same Stabilized or partially stabilized zirconia paste may be screen printed onto hydrophilic plastic film in the form of a mesh. On firing, this becomes a very sharp foil for electric razors with excellent wear and flexibility characteristics. Stabilized or partially st... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356929 | Rotary type electric shaver A rotary shaver including an outer cutter frame (18) provided on a shaver main body (10), an outer cutter (14) that is installed in this outer cutter frame (18) and has ring-shaped thin layer portions (28a, 28b... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7334338 | Reciprocatory dry shaver A reciprocatory dry shaver has a shaving head carrying an outer cutter, and an inner cutter. An actuator is mounted in the shaving head for driving the inner cutter. The actuator includes an oscillator which carries a joint for driving connection to the inner cutter... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7325311 | Reciprocating-type electric shaver A reciprocating-type electric shaver including an outer cutter having an inverted U shape as seen from a side thereof and an inner cutter making a reciprocating motion while making sliding contact with an inside surface of outer cutter, and further including: an osc... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313867 | Inner cutter of a reciprocating electric shaver A method for manufacturing an inner cutter for a reciprocating electric shaver, including the steps of: press-stamping a thin metal plate to obtain a thin metal plate element that has an outer contour of an unfolded inner cutter and elongated openings that extend su... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7302759 | Head-moving razor Disclosed herein is a head-moving razor including a movable head part. The head-moving razor comprises a head cover having fitting parts and engaging parts, a double cutting blade disposed below the head cover and having insertion grooves, a supporting member having... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7269902 | Shaving apparatus A shaving apparatus has shaving heads (3) each having an internal cutting member (6) and an associated external cutting member (4); and a drive structure (1) coupled to each of the internal cutting members (6). The external cutting... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7243576 | Method for manufacturing an inner cutter of a reciprocating electric shaver and an inner cutter of a reciprocating electric shaver A method for manufacturing an inner cutter for a reciprocating electric shaver, including the steps of: press-stamping a thin metal plate to obtain a thin metal plate element that has an outer contour of an unfolded inner cutter and elongated openings that extend su... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7222428 | Electric rotary shaver An electric rotary shaver including: a locking member (50) having a plurality of arms (54) outwardly extending from the center, a cutter retaining plate (38) that engages with outer circumferential rims of outer cutters (24) and rotatably... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7191522 | Cutting blade and cutting blade assembly for electric shaver In a cutting blade assembly for an electric foil shaver, a first cutting blade of the assembly has a generally planar first face, a generally planar second face opposite the first face, and a peripheral cutting edge. The first cutting blade has at least one bump dis... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7178242 | Electric rotary shaver An electric rotary shaver including a substantially circular disk form outer cutter, which has hair entry openings, and an inner cutter, which rotates while making sliding contact with the inner surface of the outer cutter; and the inner cutter including an inner cu... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7171751 | Electric shaver An electric shaver including first and second oscillators that convert rotational driving, which is supplied from a driving motor via joint portions that are connected to each other in a plurality of locations in the height direction of the shaver, into reciprocatin... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7167348 | Miniaturized motor overload protector A Digital Programmable Motor Overload Protector includes a base module and a detachable, removable user interface module interfaced through a serial communications link. The base module provides motor overload analysis through a programmable Digital Signal Processor... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7127818 | Electric shaver An electric shaver is provided which can enhance the vibration sound by increasing the length of arch-like edges formed between adjacent slots of the inner blade. In the electric shaver, an inner blade having the arch-like edges is moved reciprocally while its outer... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7111399 | Undercutter for a shaving apparatus A method of shaving with a shaving apparatus including an undercutter assembly having a primary undercutter and a secondary undercutter, the primary and secondary undercutters having interleaved blade elements. The method includes the steps of: reciprocally moving t... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7065878 | Rotary type electric shaver A rotary type electric shaver including an outer cutter and an inner cutter which is rotationally driven while making sliding contact with the interior surface of the outer cutter, wherein and the gap between the outer circumferential side surface of the outer cutte... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065877 | Undercutter for a shaving apparatus An undercutter assembly for a shaver of the dry-type having an outer cutter and a motor drive mechanism. The undercutter includes a primary undercutter adapted to be reciprocated by the drive mechanism and having primary blade elements, and a secondary undercutter d... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7065879 | Shaving foil patterning The invention is directed to a shaving foil for a shaving system of a shaving apparatus, in which the shaving foil cooperates with an undercutter adapted to be driven relative to the shaving foil. The shaving foil includes a perforate region comprised of a plurality... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055246 | Shaver The present invention relates to the shaver capable of cutting deeply, provided with the outer blade having a plurality of the hair-guiding ports and the inner blade being adjacently located to the inner part of the outer blade and relatively moving against the said... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7020966 | Dry shaver with a cradle shaving head A dry shaver has a cradle head carrying shaving units as well as a motor for driving the shaving units. The cradle head is supported to a hand grip such that it is allowed to tilt about at least one tilt axis parallel to a thickness direction of the hand grip. At le... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7003886 | Inner cutter unit and outer cutter unit for an electric shaver An electric rotary or reciprocating shaver including an inner cutter unit, with which inner cutter blades that make a sliding contact with the blade surface of an outer cutter, being provided with recesses that is filled with a synthetic resin. The outer cutter of a... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6968620 | Electric shaver An electric shaver including an outer cutter, which has a ring-shaped shaving surface that contacts the skin and an outer cutter surface that is formed on its inside surface, and an inner cutter, which has an inner cutter surface that makes sliding contact with the ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6968621 | Device for removal and replacement of rotary shaver cutting elements A device for the simultaneous removal and replacement of a plurality of sharp cutting elements in a rotary electric shaver without touching them or transposing their respective pinion positions. ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6966116 | Shaving head for a hair cutting apparatus The invention is directed to a shaving head for a hair cutting apparatus, with at least one outer cutter and at least one under cutter associated therewith and having cutting edges, said cutters being movable relative to one another by a drive mechanism, with the ou... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6952879 | Inner cutter unit for an electric rotary shaver An inner cutter unit, which is used in an electric rotary shaver, including an inner cutter base, which is connected to the axle of the motor of the shaver and rotated, and an inner cutter body, which is disposed on the inner cutter base. The inner cutter body is fo... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6951056 | Electric razor inner blade unit An inner cutter for a dry shaver has a plurality of blades 30 supported on a base 20 and is driven in hair-shearing engagement with an outer cutter 10 for cutting the hairs. The blades 30 are arranged in parallel with each other and are e... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6935027 | Undercutter for a shaving apparatus A shaving apparatus includes an outer cutter (60), for example in the form of a perforated foil, and an undercutter assembly (10), adjacent to the outer cutter, which is drivable for linear reciprocation in a reciprocation direction. The undercutter as... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6868611 | Shaving apparatus A shaving apparatus with an external cutting member (4) and an internal cutting member which can be driven into rotation relative to the external member. The external cutting member (4) has an annular region (8) with hair-trapping apertures (... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6823590 | Electric rotary shaver An electric rotary shaver comprising: a cutter frame having a plurality of outer cutter holes, outer cutters disposed in outer cutter holes so as to be tiltable in any direction, and inner cutters rotatably disposed inside the outer cutters and connected to inner cu... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6769179 | Shaver The present invention relates to the shaver capable of cutting deeply, provided with the outer blade having a plurality of the hair-guiding ports and the inner blade being adjacently located to the inner part of the outer blade and relatively moving against the said... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6711822 | Single rotary blade grooming trimmer A single rotary blade grooming trimmer for sculpting and trimming eyebrows in an attractive arched shape. The single rotary blade grooming trimmer includes a housing with a generally L-shaped configuration having upper and lower ends, and upper and lower portions. T... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6688002 | Electric shaver An electric shaver comprising a main body case which contains an electric motor, and a cutter head section which contains an outer cutter and an inner cutter and is attached to an upper portion of the main body case, in which the shaver further includes a... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6671960 | Electric rotary shaver An electric rotary shaver including a cutter retaining plate equipped with cutter units each having an inner cutter and an outer cutter and detachably attached to an outer cutter frame of the shaver, and the shaver further including an attachment-detachme... | 01/06/2004 |
