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Tweezer head for epilation

US9578946B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Braun Corporation · DE

Inventors

Matthias Huisinga · Weinheim, DE
Ralf Klug · Eschborn, DE
Judith Von Dahlen · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Michael Maichel · Landsberg am Lech, DE
Stefan Sindlinger · Dieburg, DE
Thomas Steiner · Trebur, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 9, 2011
Grant date	Feb 28, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 12, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA45D26/0028
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The invention relates to an epilation head for an epilation device, in particular for plucking hair from human skin having a rotating cylinder and rotating around a rotational axis, the rotating cylinder having a number of plucking units for grasping and plucking out hair and having a skin oriented surface, wherein each plucking unit includes a movable clamping unit, a stationary clamping unit. The movable clamping unit and the stationary clamping unit form a closable plucking gap. The movable clamping units have a skin contacting surface and the total area of the skin contacting surfaces of the movable clamping units is greater than 5% of the area of the skin oriented surface.

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