Patent · US Expired

Electrical hair care or removal appliance

US7234240B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by

10References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

The Braun Corporation · DE

Inventors

Andreas Peter · Celle, DE
Werner Haczek · Idstein, DE
Thosten Piesker · Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, DE
Stefan Furst · Kronberg, DE
Andreas Hartmann · Stadtbergen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 20, 2004
Grant date	Jun 26, 2007
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 20, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB26B19/40
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention is directed to an electrical appliance, in particular an appliance for hair removal or hair care, with at least one electric power unit, an electric circuit connected thereto and including an On/Off switch, and a fluid circuit feeding a fluid from a reservoir to an application site which is open to atmosphere and where fluid is withdrawn from the fluid circuit, wherein the On/Off switch, in overcoming an actuator travel, is switchable between two end positions and is coupled to an actuator of a shutoff valve of the fluid circuit.

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