Patent · US Expired

Cleaning device for a shaving apparatus

US6698437B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17References

13Claims

0Family size

Assignee

The Braun Corporation · DE

Inventors

Jurgen Hoser · Neu-Anspach, DE
Alf Jahn · Halle (Saale), DE
Norbert Kreutz · Kronberg, DE
Thomas Schamberg · Usingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 1, 2002
Grant date	Mar 2, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 6, 2022

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA45D27/46
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention is directed to a cleaning device (RV) for cleaning objects of personal use, in particular a shaving head (S) of a shaving apparatus (TR), with a housing (1) having a cleaning bath (8), with a cleaning liquid container (3) containing a cleaning liquid (11), with an integrated filter element (4) as well as with a liquid impelling assembly (6) adapted to be driven by a motor (5) and having a supply conduit (7) to the cleaning bath (8) and a draining conduit (9) to the cleaning liquid container (3), wherein all the walls of the cleaning bath (8) have an angle of inclination (&agr; and &bgr;) in the direction of the draining conduit (9) which ensures that cleaning liquid (11), with or without contaminants, flows to the draining conduit (9).

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