Electric shaver with four joint linkage

US10960557B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Braun Corporation · DE

Inventors

• Joachim Krauss · Seeheim-Jugenheim, DE
• Uwe Fischer · Berlin, DE
• Roman Roeder · Oberursel, DE
• Andreas Erndt · Kelkheim, DE
• Detlef Gleich · Friedrichsdorf, DE
• Uwe Ludaescher · Frankfurt am Main, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 25, 2017
• Grant date: Mar 30, 2021
• Expiry date: Sep 25, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B26B19/386
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Electric shaver provided with a handle and a shaver head including at least one drivable cutter element, wherein said shaver head is connected to said handle by means of a support structure providing for a swivel and/or tilting axis about which said shaver head may swivel or tilt relative to said handle, wherein said support structure includes a pair of link arms forming a four-joint linkage with each link arm having a head joint connected to a shaver head part and a handle joint connected to the handle or a base part connected thereto.