Cleaning device for the shaving head of a dry shaving apparatus

US7225817B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Braun Corporation · DE

Inventors

• Reinhold Eichhorn · Idstein, DE
• Detlef Gleich · Friedrichsdorf, DE
• Sebastian Hottenrott · Idstein, DE
• Peter Junk · Seelenberg, DE
• Christof Kleemann · Kronberg, DE
• Michael Odemer · Florstadt, DE
• Thorsten Pohl · Bad Hersfeld, DE
• Tobias Schwarz · Blaustein, DE
• Jurgen Wolf · Kriftel, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 2, 2004
• Grant date: Jun 5, 2007
• Expiry date: Sep 2, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B08B3/14
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A cleaning device for the shaving head of a dry shaving apparatus includes a receptacle having a reservoir adapted to receive the a shaving head and a pump to transfer a cleaning fluid from the reservoir and into the receptacle. A controllable drain disposed between a lower region of the receptacle and the reservoir redirects cleaning fluid away from the reservoir until needed thereby prolonging the time for which the cleaning fluid is in contact with the shaving head to be cleaned.