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Electric shaver

US8367974B2 · kind B2 · utility

6Cited by
78References
30Claims
0Family size

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Filing dateJul 6, 2004
Grant dateFeb 5, 2013
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Expiry dateJul 14, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA45D26/0009
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A hair cutting device (100) comprising: a housing (106); a detector adapted to detect motion of the device with respect to a skin surface (400) against which the device is juxtaposed; a hair cutting head (300) having a heated wire (260) suitable for heating hair growing from the skin, the hair cutting head being movable between a first, hair cutting position and a second retracted position at which the wire is removed from the vicinity of the skin; a controller (118) adapted to move the cutting head to the first position or to the second position when it does not responsive to said detected motion.

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