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Shear head of a dry-shaver comprising a shear foil which is clamped so as to be curved

US4621423A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 11, 1984
Grant dateNov 11, 1986
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Expiry dateOct 11, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB26B19/04
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A vibratory dry-shaver comprises a shear foil having two longitudinal edges, and respective means to clamp the two longitudinal edges in place to cause the shear foil to assume a natural curvature, the tangents to such curvature at the two clamping means forming an acute angle with each other. A cutter is reciprocatingly movable along and adjacent to the shear foil, the cutting edge of the cutter having a curvature corresponding to that of the clamped, curved shear foil. The curved shear foil and the cutting edge of the cutter each have a hyperbolic cosine curvature according to the formula: EQU y=c.multidot.cosh x/c where y indicates the distances of the individual cutting edge points from the x-axis, x is the coordinate in the direction of the width of the cutter, and c is a constant derived from the width 2b of the clamped shear foil and the height of the curvature h of the clamped shear foil.

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