Battery operated electric shaver and charger

• US 3,257,599 A
• Filed: 01/11/1960
• Issued: 06/21/1966
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/1960
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Raymond A. Somers, Robert J. Tolmie
• Original Assignee: Raymond A. Somers, Robert J. Tolmie
• Inventors: Somers, Raymond A., Tolmie, Robert J.
• Application Number:
  US04/001,546
• Time in Patent Office: 2,353 Days
• US Class Current: 320/115
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 19/00 Clippers or shavers operating with a plurality of cutting edges, e.g. hair clippers, dry shavers
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 19/28 Drive layout for hair clippers or dry shavers, e.g. providing for electromotive drive electric motors per se H02
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 19/286 providing for two or more different electrical power sources
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 5/00 Circuit arrangements for transfer of electric power between ac networks and dc networks H02J3/36 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02J 7/02 for charging batteries from ac mains by converters
• CPC Class Codes: H02K 7/145 Hand-held machine tool
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 30/01 Rechargeable battery operated
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 320/22 Line impedance, e.g. resistor

Claims

1. AN ELECTRIC SHAVER COMPRISING A SHAVER CASING, CUTTING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID SHAVER CASING, AN ELECTRIC MOTOR IN CASING CONNECTED FOR OPERATING SAID CUTTING MEANS IN OPERATION OF SAID MOTOR, A RECHARGEABLE STORAGE BATTERY IN SAID SHAVER CASING ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED IN CIRCUIT WITH SAID MOTOR FOR SUPPLYING ELECTRIC POWER FOR OPERATING SAID MOTOR, A MANUALLY OPERABLE SWITCH FOR SELECTIVELY OPENING AND CLOSING SAID CIRCUIT FOR CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAID ELECTRIC MOTOR, SAID SWITCH HAVING A HANDLE PORTION PROJECTING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SHAVER CASING, A CHARGER CASING, A CHARGING CIRCUIT IN SAID CHARGER CASING FOR SUPPLYING CHARGING CURRENT TO SAID STORAGE BATTERY FROM A SOURCE OF ELECTRICAL SUPPLY, OUTPUT TERMINALS ON SAID CHARGER CASING AND INPUT TERMINALS IN SAID SHAVER CASING ADAPTED FOR