Cleaning fluid container

US7409960B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Braun Corporation · DE

Inventors

• Jurgen Hoser · Neu-Anspach, DE
• Daniel Dietzel · Kelkheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 17, 2006
• Grant date: Aug 12, 2008
• Expiry date: Jan 17, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A45D27/46
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention aims at improving a cleaning fluid container (3) for a cleaning device (RV) for personal needs, in particular for cleaning a shaving head (SK) of a dry shaving apparatus (R), with a housing (20), with an inlet port (15) provided on the housing (20) to admit cleaning fluid (11), with an outlet port (14) equally provided on the housing (20) to discharge the cleaning fluid (11), and with a filter element (F), said filter element (F) being provided with filter pores for filtering out solid particles, particularly hair particles, and being arranged in a flow area between the inlet port (15) and the outlet port (14), in a manner enabling the pump capacity to be significantly reduced or the service life of a cartridge (K) to be substantially increased. This is accomplished in that the filter element (F) has pores of a size causing part of the particles to penetrate the filter element (F) according to their size.