Hair Removing Device

• US 20120137525A1
• Filed: 01/24/2012
• Published: 06/07/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bernhard Kraus, Markus Sabisch, Thorsten Piesker, Werner Haczek
• Original Assignee: Bernhard Kraus, Markus Sabisch, Thorsten Piesker, Werner Haczek
• Inventors: Haczek, Werner, Kraus, Bernhard, Piesker, Thorsten, Sabisch, Markus
• Granted Patent: US 8,458,910 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 30/34.1
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 2026/0095 with additional cutting head, e.g. interchangeable
• CPC Class Codes: A45D 26/0023 with rotating clamping elements A45D26/0042 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 19/048 Complete cutting head being movable
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 19/063 Movable or adjustable cutting head
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 19/105 with a secondary cutting unit being rotated into an operating position
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 19/20 with provision for shearing hair of preselected or variable length
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 19/265 of the type having two or more heads of differing mode of operation
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 19/282 Motors without a rotating central drive shaft, e.g. linear motors
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 19/3853 Housing or handle
• CPC Class Codes: B26B 19/3873 Electric features; Charging; Computing devices

Abstract

Described herein is a hair removal apparatus with a housing and an actuator head movable in the housing. The actuator head accommodates an actuator system that removes the hairs and is adapted to be driven by an electric drive mechanism arranged in the hair removal apparatus. The actuator system is movable into at least one active position for hair treatment. The actuator head is freely rotatable in the housing about an axis of rotation for adjustment of an active position. Using a single hair removal apparatus it is thus possible to employ various hair treatment systems such as long-hair cutters, short-hair cutters, or epilators, requiring only the actuator head to be turned about its bearing axis until the cutting unit provided for the respective hair treatment operation is turned into the actuator plane.

Claims

1. A hair removal apparatus, comprising:

(i) a housing;

(ii) an electric drive; and

(iii) a hair removing head driven by the electric drive to engage and remove hairs, the hair removing head comprising a hair removal region,

wherein the head is rotatable, about an axis extending through the head, from a position in which the hair removal region is directed away from the housing for removing hair, to a position in which the hair removal region is directed toward the housing.

2. The hair removal apparatus of claim 1, wherein the head is rotatable about 360°

.

3. The hair removal apparatus of claim 1, wherein the head comprises two or more hair removal regions.

4. The hair removal apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hair removal regions are circumferentially spaced about the head.

5. The hair removal apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hair removal regions comprise a short-hair cutter and a long-hair cutter.

6. The hair removal apparatus of claim 5, wherein the short-hair cutter and the long-hair cutter are arranged in diametrically opposite positions on a circumference of the head.

7. The hair removal apparatus of claim 6, wherein the head comprises a region between the short-hair cutter and the long-hair cutter, the region defining openings arranged to allow access to the interior of the head.

8. The hair removal apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hair removal regions comprise a cutting system and an epilator.

9. The hair removal apparatus of claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises arms between which the head is rotatably mounted.

10. The hair removal apparatus of claim 9, wherein the head is rotatable by hand about the axis of rotation.

11. The hair removal apparatus of claim 10, wherein the head is configured to lock in the position in which the hair removal region is directed away from the housing.

12. The hair removal apparatus of claim 9, further comprising an electrically driven adjusting unit, wherein the head is rotatable about the axis of rotation by the adjusting unit.

13. The hair removal apparatus of claim 12, wherein the electrically driven adjusting unit comprises an additional electrically driven motor and a transmission arranged to turn the head to the position in which the hair removal region is directed away from the housing.

14. The hair removal apparatus of claim 13, wherein the transmission comprises a cooperating gearwheel unit.

15. The hair removal apparatus of claim 14, wherein the position in which the hair removal region is directed away from the housing is adjustable by the user within predefined limits.

16. The hair removal apparatus of claim 12, further comprising an electric control configured to automatically adjust the head such that the hair removal region is returned to the position in which the hair removal region is directed away from the housing following rotation about the axis of rotation of the head by external forces.

17. The hair removal apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electric drive comprises a linear motor arranged in the head.

18. The hair removal apparatus of claim 17, further comprising a sealed stator frame coupled to the head to allow oscillatory movement of the stator frame with respect to the head, wherein the linear motor is enclosed in the stator frame.

19. The hair removal apparatus of claim 18, wherein the linear motor comprises:

a stator, the stator comprising magnets; and

an armature, the armature comprising coils,

wherein;

the armature is movably coupled to the stator, and

the hair removal region is movably connected to the stator frame and fixedly connected to the head.