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Hair trimming device with removably mountable components for removal of split ends and styling of hair

  • US 20040045168A1
  • Filed: 06/19/2003
  • Published: 03/11/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A hair trimming apparatus for trimming the distal ends of hair drawn therethrough, comprising:

  • a body assembly having a handle end and having a head end;

    a motor mounted in said body assembly adapted for communication with an electric power source;

    a cutting head assembly positioned upon said head end of said body assembly, said cutting head assembly having a face with a retainer cavity formed therein, a rear wall, a sidewall, and an interior cavity defined by the area between said face and said rear wall;

    a slot in said retainer cavity communicating between said face and said interior cavity;

    an elongated hair retainer mounted to said body assembly at a first end, said hair retainer dimensioned for cooperative engagement in said retainer cavity;

    said elongated hair retainer having an operating position cooperatively engaged in said retainer cavity and having a raised position, substantially disengaged from said retainer cavity;

    means to move said elongated hair retainer between said raised position and said operating position;

    a serpentine path formed between retainer cavity and said hair retainer in said operating position, said serpentine path for drawing hair strands through said cutting head assembly;

    said slot allowing said distal ends of said hair strands drawn through said serpentine path to momentarily communicate into said interior cavity; and

    means for cutting off portions of said distal ends of said hair strands;

    means to communicate mechanical power from said motor to said means for cutting off portions of said distal ends of said hair strands.

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