Patent · US Expired

Depilation apparatus with vibration member

US6165182A · kind A · utility

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9References

20Claims

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Assignee

U.S. Philips Corporation · US

Inventors

Drazen Caric · Klagenfurt, AT
Hermann Jordan · Klagenfurt, AT
Wolfgang Obermann · St. Jakob, AT

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 8, 1996
Grant date	Dec 26, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 8, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA45D2200/207
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Depilation apparatus with a housing and a depilation member for gripping hairs on human skin and pulling the hairs from the skin comprises a vibration member for exerting mechanical vibrations on the skin. Such mechanical vibrations have an anaesthetizing effect on the skin so that pain sensations caused by the process of pulling hairs from the skin are relieved. The vibration member comprises flexible protrusions which have been disposed on a carrier. In this way, the mechanical vibrations are introduced into the skin in distinct concentrated positions on the skin.

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