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Electric rotary shaver

US6823590B2 · kind B2 · utility

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8Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 12, 2001
Grant dateNov 30, 2004
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Expiry dateJan 12, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB26B19/141
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An electric rotary shaver comprising: a cutter frame having a plurality of outer cutter holes, outer cutters disposed in outer cutter holes so as to be tiltable in any direction, and inner cutters rotatably disposed inside the outer cutters and connected to inner cutter drive shafts that are rotationally driven and urged in a direction that causes the inner cutter drive shafts to protrude outward; wherein a cutter retaining plate is provided inside the cutter frame so as to be on a main body side of the electric shaver, and fulcrum plates are tiltably shaft-supported in the cutter retaining plate so as to be positionally correspond to the outer cutter holes; and the outer cutters are shaft-supported in the fulcrum plates via supporting members in a direction that is perpendicular to the direction in which the fulcrum plates are shaft-supported by the cutter retaining plate, thus being tiltable.

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