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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8069568 | Electric hair removal apparatus An electric hair removal apparatus includes a housing adapted to be held in the hand, a guard cap mounted on the housing for pivotal movement about a pivot axis, and a control element with which a switch can be activated. The control element is arranged inside an at... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8061041 | Safety razor A safety razor has a blade unit having at least one blade with a sharp cutting edge. A dielectric handle is configured to carry the blade unit and a conductive ground member is disposed within the handle. The safety razor has an electrically operated device. An elec... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8037608 | Razor with clamp force housing for battery Razor handles are provided, for razors having a battery-powered functionality. The razor handles include a housing constructed to hold a battery, and, within the housing, a carrier including a pair of battery clamp fingers configured to exert a clamping force agains... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7603777 | Stepless speed changer and electric shaver using the same A toroidal type stepless speed changer including input and output disks (10) and (12), power rollers (20) provided between the disks with supporting shafts (28) thereof outwardly protruding, a single movable ring (30) with which th... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7596866 | Safety razors The invention relates to safety razors having a blade unit carried on a handle that includes a vibration mechanism and a control device for controlling operation of the vibration mechanism, the control device being connected to an electrode arrangement that can comp... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7500313 | Oscillating razors A wet shave razor is provided that includes (a) a handle having a hollow head; (b) a cartridge having a body, the body having a surface for engaging the skin of the user and having at least one blade mounted therein; (c) an interconnect member, joined to the cartrid... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7441336 | Hand held appliances The invention relates to a hand held electrical appliance having a handle and a head part to be brought into contact with the body of the user, such as a toothbrush with a brush head or a safety razor with a head part in the form of a blade unit, including an electr... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7409767 | Razor handle According to one aspect of the present invention, a razor handle includes a first handle and a removable cap. The first handle portion includes a first molded portion, a second molded portion, and a cavity. A removable cap includes a first molded cap portion and a s... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7353762 | Cordless stitch removing device The present invention provides a cordless device for removing a single layer of stitches from a fabric. The cordless device comprising a body having a top end and a bottom end. At the top end of the body is a blade having a plurality of upper teeth and a plurality o... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7251894 | Device for shaving hair having a cutting member with a periodical motion The invention relates to a device (1) for shaving hair (93) and to a device having a shaving head (9). The shaving head (9) has at least one cutting member (17, 19) having a cutting edge (23) and a cutting direction (X), and... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7240390 | Personal hygiene device The invention relates to a process for producing a toothbrush having a body, which comprises a handle region, a head region and a neck region located between the handle region and the head region, and having functional elements which are arranged, at least in part, ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7219430 | Oscillating razors A wet shave razor is provided that includes (a) a handle having a hollow head; (b) a cartridge having a body, the body having a surface for engaging the skin of the user and having at least one blade mounted therein; (c) an interconnect member, joined to the cartrid... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7202446 | Electric shaver with vibrating head A hair cutting apparatus comprising: an elongate element (260) heated to a temperature capable of cutting hair; a vibrating structure (200), on which said elongate element (260) is mounted; and a housing (106) in which the vibrating struc... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7168121 | Electric folding toothbrush An electric folding toothbrush in accordance with the present invention includes a handle and a power supply contained within the handle, an arm movably joined to the handle and having bristles disposed at one end thereof, a motor mechanism contained within the arm ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7150061 | Electric toothbrush An electric toothbrush has a neck extending in a longitudinal direction, a head at a remote end of the neck, a handle at a proximal end of the neck, an electric motor located within the handle, and a tuft block mounted to the head in a manner allowing pivotal oscill... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7028405 | Vibratory shaver Vibratory shavers are provided having a battery powered DC motor, which when energized rotates a weight eccentrically mounted to a motor shaft. The rotating weight imparts vibratory motion in the shaver housing and thereby a razor cartridge attached to the head of t... | 04/18/2006 |
| 6979936 | Piezoelectric motors and motor driving configurations A piezoelectric motor comprising: a layer of piezoelectric material having narrow edge surfaces and first and second large face surfaces, formed with at least three arms, each extending radially outward from a common central region and terminating in an end; and at ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6869684 | Protection of a surface by partially subjecting it to an electrochemical treatment In a method of providing a surface with a protection layer having at least a first surface area (2) and a second surface area (1), which surface areas (1, 2) are distinguishable in that the surface areas (1, 2) differ from each other in a... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6711823 | Personal care apparatus with a noise protection cap A personal care apparatus (1) with a housing (2) and with apparatus parts (6) for treating body parts of a person, which apparatus parts (6) are provided in a head region (5) of the personal care apparatus (1), is fitted in ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6574866 | Hair removing apparatus comprising plate-shaped carriers which care positioned and movable with respect to each other A hair removing apparatus (1) comprising two co-operating hair processing members (17, 19), formed by plate-shaped carriers and movable relatively to each other in a direction of movement (X). The two carriers are positioned with respect to each other, vi... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6481104 | Vibrating shaving systems A shaving system for use with mechanical hand-held shavers includes a housing in which is disposed a DC motor, an eccentric weight coupled to a shaft of the motor, and a DC power source. The eccentric weight and motor shaft are oriented such that the axis... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6421918 | High frequency wet/dry shaving system A shaving system which comprises a razor, a razor head and a mechanism for vibrating one or more skin-engaging elements at a frequency ranging from about 15,000 hertz to about 2,000,000 hertz.... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6176166 | Electric hair cutting machine with an automatic oil lubricating device The electric haircutting machine includes an electrical drive motor, cutting blades driven by the drive motor, a device (22) for oiling the cutting blades and a device (20) for detecting an oil deficiency of the oil lubricating the cutting blades. The dev... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6163092 | Reciprocating motor with arcuate pole faces A motor for providing reciprocating motion comprises a stator defining an arcuate pole face and a flat pole face and an armature defining a complimentary arcuate pole face and flat pole face, where the armature rotates about a pivot point in order to main... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6105252 | Razor assembly including detachable and vibratable head Disclosed herein is a razor assembly comprising a power unit including a rotatable output shaft, and a detachable head assembly adapted to receive a common disposable razor blade and comprising a hollow base received on the power unit in stationary relati... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6072399 | Method of determining the quantity of the material cut by an electrically powered cutting tool and circuit arrangement for implementing this method The invention is directed to a method and a circuit arrangement for determining the quantity of the material cut by an electrically powered cutting tool. According to the present invention, the fluctuations of the current consumed by a drive motor are det... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5970831 | Apparatus and method for detecting a deficiency of oil lubricating an electrically driven cutting blade of a haircutting machine The method for detecting an oil deficiency of oil lubricating a driven cutting blade of a haircutting machine includes measuring either drive motor current consumption, cutting blade vibration noise, haircutting machine sound level, cutting blade temperat... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5933962 | Oscillating razor A detachable oscillating unit is provided which converts a conventional wet shave razor, such as a disposable razor, into an oscillating wet shave razor. The oscillating unit includes a body forming a hollow interior cavity and a pair of attachment member... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5909929 | Supporting bracket for a middle cutter of a shaver A middle cutter of a shaver includes a comb, comb mounts, a cutter, a cutter mount, a pair of spring plates, and a pair of steel balls for holding the cutter mount in a floating manner. The comb has an upper surface that includes a plurality of isolated o... | 06/08/1999 |
| 5829140 | Electric shaver An electric shaver including an electric motor and a shaving head, driven by the electric motor, for cutting hair to be shaved, the shaving head including: at least one cutting blade having a cutting edge; at least one cutting plate defining a generally f... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5794342 | Oscillating blade razor An oscillating blade razor for removing hair projecting from skin is described. At least one cutting blade is mounted to a shuttle which is nested within a cartridge such that the shuttle is free to move in a longitudinal oscillating motion relative to th... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5771580 | Electric razor An electric razor is provided with a switch clasp on the surface of the main case which can slide up and down to three detents, and a trimmer which opens and closes by operation of the switch clasp. When the switch clasp is moved up to the first detent, p... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5732470 | Oscillating razor A detachable oscillating unit is provided which converts a conventional wet shave razor, such as a disposable razor, into an oscillating wet shave razor. The oscillating unit includes a body forming a hollow interior cavity and a pair of attachment member... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5694020 | Apparatus for controlling battery discharge The invention is directed to an electrical device in which an electrical load is powered by a battery via an electronic switching device. A display means serves the function of indicating the charge status of the battery, and a time measurement means dete... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5678312 | Electric shaver with reduced vibration An electric shaver according to the present invention is provided with an inner blade vibrating table connected to a motor for vibrating inner blades, and a balance weight capable of being vibrated in the direction parallel with the direction of vibration... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5524345 | Dry shaving apparatus with a short-hair cutter and a slidable long-hair trimmer The invention is directed to a dry shaving apparatus with at least one short-hair cutter disposed on a housing and an actuating switch for turning an electric drive mechanism on and off as well as for adjusting a switch slide provided with a long-hair tri... | 06/11/1996 |
| 5299354 | Oscillating shaver An oscillating wet shave razor with a battery powered motor rotating an eccentric element within the head portion of the razor handle to generate an oscillating vibration signal which is transmitted to the razor blade cartridge to desensitize the facial n... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5214851 | Razor A razor is provided having a handle, at the front end of which a razor blade unit is disposed on a razor head, whereby disposed in a housing of the handle is a motor-driven vibration mechanism that imparts a vibration movement to the razor head together w... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5196731 | Power on/off circuit with lock function A power on/off circuit with a lock function includes a momentary type main switch connected to ground, a two-circuit two-contact lock switch coupled to, a switching state holding circuit, a load and a power supply. One of the switching circuits in the loc... | 03/23/1993 |
| 5152064 | Shaving method and apparatus The apparatus comprises a chilling implement and a shaving implement. The chilling implement comprises a body with a roller at each end and containing a supply of shaving gel which is dispensed onto one of the rollers. The shaving implement comprises a dr... | 10/06/1992 |
