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Depilatory device

US5057116A · kind A · utility

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11Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 6, 1990
Grant dateOct 15, 1991
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Expiry dateSep 6, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA45D26/0023
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A depilatory cartridge, to be mounted on a casing, includes at least one rotating drum and a plurality of jaws associated with an cammed toward each drum during part of the rotating cycle of the drum. The jaws are pushed apart from the drum in the remaining part of the rotating cycle, so tht when the cartridge is placed in touch with body hair, the hair is caught in gaps formed between the jaws and the drum and as the gap closes during rotation of the drum, the hair is pulled out.

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