Cleaning device for the shaving head of a dry shaving apparatus

US7398786B2 · 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: Jun 28, 2005
• Grant date: Jul 15, 2008
• Expiry date: Jan 18, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A45D27/46
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A cleaning device for the shaving head of a dry shaving apparatus includes a receptacle formed in a housing of the cleaning device. The receptacle adapted to receive the shaving head for cleaning with a cleaning fluid. During the cleaning cycle, the dry shaving apparatus is lockable in the cleaning device by means of an interlock. The shaving head is exposed to heat from a heater for drying subsequent to cleaning. Following a drying cycle, release of the interlock is controlled by a control element provided in the cleaning device to prevent an operator's skin from being burned by an excessively hot shaving head in an immediately succeeding shaving operation.