Electric shaver

US7841090B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Reinhold Eichhorn · Idstein, DE
• Detlef Gleich · Friedrichsdorf, DE
• Peter Junk · Seelenberg, DE
• Christof Kleemann · Kronberg, DE
• Michael Odemer · Florstadt, DE
• Thorsten Pohl · Bad Hersfeld, DE
• Tobias Schwarz · Blaustein, DE
• Thomas Verstege · Frankfurt am Main, DE
• Martin Vitt · Frankfurt, DE
• Juergen Wolf · Schlieben, DE
• Christoph Zegula · Frankfurt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 5, 2009
• Grant date: Nov 30, 2010
• Expiry date: Jan 5, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B26B19/048
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention is directed to an electric shaver having a shaver housing, and a shaving head housing that is connected to the shaver housing for pivotal movement between two end positions. The shaving head housing carries at least two shaving assemblies, of which at least one shaving assembly is retractable into the housing to a first, retracted position, and elastically biased toward a second, extended position, such that extension of the at least one shaving assembly is a function of contact pressure applied by a user. Actuating elements carried by the shaving head housing control a maximum degree of extension of the at least one shaving assembly as a function of a pivot angle between the shaver housing and the shaving head housing.