JP2002219288A - Electric hair clipper - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electric hair clipper preventing cut hairs to enter between the clipper body and a blade block. SOLUTION: The electric hair clipper has the clipper blade block 2 provided on the hair clipper body 1. A closing member 3 for closing the clearance between the clipper body 1 and the blade block 2 is provided on the clipper body 1 or the blade block 2.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric hair clipper for cutting hair and body hair.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art An electric hair clipper is configured by providing a hair clipper blade block at a tip portion of an electric clipper body.
Conventionally, since there is a large gap between the electric clipper body and the clipper blade block, shavings cut by the clipper blade block enter the electric clipper body through the gap between the clipper blade block and the electric clipper body. There is a problem that the shavings easily enter the electric clipper body, and the shavings are clogged in the electric clipper body, and a load is applied to the motor, resulting in poor sharpness and a short life.

[0003] Further, shavings enter and adhere to the lubricating oil portion on the sliding surface between the fixed blade and the movable blade of the clipper blade block from both sides of the movable blade, thereby reducing the lubricating state of the sliding portion of the clipper blade block. However, there is a problem that the life of the blade block is shortened.

For this reason, conventionally, after use, the clipper blade block is detached from the electric clipper body and the clipper blade block and the inside of the electric clipper body are cleaned with a cleaning brush or the like. There is a problem that it is difficult and troublesome.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and eliminates a gap between an electric clipper main body and a clipper blade block so that cut shavings enter the electric clipper main body. This prevents the motor from being subjected to an unnecessarily large load.Furthermore, shavings do not adhere to the lubricating oil on the sliding surface between the fixed blade and the movable blade. It is another object of the present invention to provide an electric clipper that can maintain a lubricated state and that does not require cleaning by removing the clipper blade block from the electric clipper body frequently as in the related art.

[0006]

Means for Solving the Problems To solve the above problems, an electric clipper according to the present invention is an electric clipper in which a clipper blade block 2 is provided on an electric clipper body 1.
A closing member 3 for closing a gap between the electric clipper body 1 and the clipper blade block 2 is provided on the electric clipper body 1 to the clipper blade block 2 side. With such a configuration, the electric clipper body 1
The gap between the clipper and the blade block 2 is closed by the closing member 3, so that the cut shavings can be prevented from entering through the gap between the electric clipper body 1 and the clipper blade block 2. From the electric clipper body 1,
This eliminates the need to clean the inside of the electric clipper body 1 and the clipper blade block 2.

It is preferable that a plurality of hairs 4 project from the electric clipper body 1 toward the clipper blade block 2 to form the closing member 3. With such a configuration, a plurality of hairs 4 can prevent shavings from entering the electric clipper main body 1, and since the hairs 4 are applied to the movable blade 8 of the clipper blade block 2. However, the load at the time of reciprocating drive can be reduced.

It is preferable that the elastic sheet 5 projecting from the electric clipper body 1 toward the clipper blade block 2 projects to form the closing member 3. With such a configuration, it is possible to prevent shavings from entering the electric clipper body 1 by the elastic sheet 5, and since the elastic sheet 5 makes close contact with the movable blade 8 of the clipper blade block 2, reciprocation The load at the time of driving can be reduced.

A protruding piece 6 is protruded from one side of the electric clipper body 1 or the clipper blade block 2 toward the other side, and a concave portion 7 covering the protruding piece 6 is provided on the other side. It is preferable that the closing member 3 is constituted by the concave portion 7. With such a configuration, the projecting piece 6
And the concave portion 7 covering the same can close the gap between the electric clipper main body 1 and the clipper blade block 2 so that shavings do not enter inside.

It is preferable that hair clipping prevention guides 9 are provided on both sides of the movable blade 8 of the clipper blade block 2. With this configuration, it is possible to prevent the entry of shavings from both sides of the movable blade 8, and the shavings adhere to the lubricating oil portion on the sliding surface between the movable blade 8 and the fixed blade 10. The lubrication state of the sliding portion between the movable blade 8 and the fixed blade 10 can be maintained.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below based on embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings.

The electric hair clipper A is configured by attaching a hair clipper blade block 2 to the tip of an electric hair clipper body 1.
The electric hair clipper body 1 contains a motor 11, a power supply battery, a circuit section, and the like. The clipper blade block 2 attached to the distal end of the electric clipper body 1 includes a movable blade 8 having a comb-shaped distal edge and a fixed blade 10 having a comb-shaped distal edge. Reciprocating drive is performed via a drive conversion transmission mechanism that converts rotation into reciprocating drive.

Here, the hair clipper blade block 2 and the reciprocating conversion transmission mechanism will be further described.
Is the guide plate 1 with respect to the fixed blade 10 fixed to the fixed plate 13.
The movable blade 8 fixed to the guide plate 4 is configured to slide back and forth, and the movable blade 8 fixed to the guide plate 14 is pressed against the fixed plate 13 by a pressing spring 15 with a constant load. Further, the guide plate 14 is fitted with the eccentric shaft 16, and the movable blade 8 reciprocates with respect to the fixed blade 10 by the movement of the eccentric shaft 16 accompanying the rotation of the motor 11.

A switch handle 12 is provided on the surface of the electric clipper body 1. By operating the switch handle 12, the motor 11 is rotated to fix the movable blade 8 of the clipper blade block 2 as described above. The fixed blade 10 and the movable blade 8 are reciprocally driven with respect to the blade 10 so that the fixed blade 1
The hair introduced into the comb-shaped portion between the 0 and the movable blade 8 is cut.

In the electric clipper A configured as described above, in the present invention, the closing member 3 for closing the gap between the electric clipper main body 1 and the clipper blade block 2 is provided on the electric clipper main body 1 to the clipper blade block 2 side. There is a feature in that it is provided. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 3, the closing member 3 is protruded toward the movable blade 8 side of the clipper blade block 2 over the entire width in the width direction of the clipper blade block 2 at the tip of the electric clipper main body 1. The gap between the clipper blade block 2 is closed. In this manner, by closing the gap between the electric clipper body 1 and the clipper blade block 2 with the closing member 3, the cut shavings enter through the gap between the electric clipper body 1 and the clipper blade block 2. It is something that can not be done.

FIG. 4 shows a member 3 for closing the gap between the electric clipper body 1 and the clipper blade block 2 and a plurality of hairs 4.
In this embodiment, the hair 4 constituting the closing member 3 projects from the electric clipper main body 1 toward the clipper blade block 2 side, and a plurality of hairs are formed. 4 closes the gap between the electric clipper body 1 and the clipper blade block 2. Here, the tips of the plurality of hairs 4 are preferably in contact with the movable blade 8, and the tips of the plurality of hairs 4 are in contact with the movable blade 8. The gap between the electric clipper body 1 and the clipper blade block 2 can be more reliably closed by the object 4. And since it is the hair 4, the load at the time of the reciprocating drive of the movable blade 8 can be reduced even if the tip comes into contact with the movable blade 8.

FIG. 5 shows an embodiment in which a gap between the electric clipper main body 1 and the clipper blade block 2 is closed with an elastic sheet 5. In this embodiment, the closing member 3 is formed. The elastic sheet 5 protrudes from the electric clipper body 1 toward the clipper blade block 2 side, and the elastic sheet 5 closes a gap between the electric clipper body 1 and the clipper blade block 2. Here, it is preferable that the tip of the elastic sheet 5 is elastically closely contacted with the movable blade 8, and thus the tip of the elastic sheet 5 is
Elastically close to the surface of the electric clipper, the gap between the electric clipper body 1 and the clipper blade block 2 can be more reliably closed by the elastic sheet 5. Further, since the elastic sheet 5 is used, the load at the time of reciprocating driving of the movable blade 8 can be reduced even if the leading end is in close contact with the movable blade 8. The elastic sheet 5 is formed of an elastic synthetic resin such as, for example, ethylene tetrafluoride having elasticity.

FIG. 6 shows still another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, a projecting piece 6 projects from one side of the electric clipper body 1 or the clipper blade block 2 to the other side. In addition, a concave portion 7 that covers the projecting piece 6 is provided on the other side, and the projecting piece 6 and the concave
Is configured. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6A, the protruding piece 6 protrudes from the distal end portion of the electric clipper body 1 toward the movable blade 8, and the guide plate 14 on which the movable blade 8 is fixed is provided with a concave portion 7. The protruding piece 6 is fitted into the concave portion 7, and the protruding piece 6 is covered by both side portions of the concave portion 7 from both inside and outside. In this embodiment, when the movable blade 8 reciprocates, the concave portion 7 reciprocates along the protruding piece 6 while maintaining the engagement with the protruding piece 6. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6B, a protruding piece 6 is protruded from a guide plate 14 to which a movable blade 8 is fixed, and a concave portion 7 is provided at a tip end of the electric clipper main body 1. Is fitted into the concave portion 7, and the protruding piece 6 is covered by both side portions of the concave portion 7 from both inside and outside. In this embodiment, when the movable blade 8 reciprocates, the protruding piece 6 reciprocates in the concave portion 7. In the embodiment shown in FIGS. 6 (a) and 6 (b), the gap between the electric clipper body 1 and the clipper blade block 2 is closed by the protruding piece 6 and the concave portion 7 covering the same, and the shavings are removed. It can be kept out of the interior.

FIG. 7 shows still another embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, the clipper blade block 2
Are provided on both sides of the movable blade 8 to prevent the entry of shavings from both sides of the movable blade 8. In providing the bristle entry prevention guides 9 on both sides of the movable blade 8, the movable blade 8 of the guide plate 14 to which the movable blade 8 is fixed is provided.
The hair intrusion prevention guides 9 are formed at the portions located on both sides of the guide. Thus, the movable blade 8 is moved by the hair entry prevention guide 9.
Is prevented from entering the shavings from both sides of the movable blade 8. Thus, there is no ingress of shavings from the both sides of the movable blade 8. The shavings no longer adhere to the lubricating oil portion, and the lubricating state of the sliding portion between the movable blade 8 and the fixed blade 10 can be maintained.

[0020]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, in the electric clipper provided with the clipper blade block on the electric clipper main body, the gap between the electric clipper main body and the clipper blade block is reduced. Since the closing member for closing is provided on the electric clipper body or the clipper blade block side, the gap between the electric clipper body and the blade block is closed by the blocking member, and the cut shavings are removed by the electric clipper body and the clipper blade block. It can be prevented from getting inside from the gap between the, and there is no trouble that the shaving gets in the electric hair clipper body and gets clogged by clogging and the motor life is shortened, and the motor life is shortened, Also, since it is possible to prevent shavings from entering the electric clipper body, remove the clipper blade block from the electric clipper body and remove the electric clipper body. As a result, it is not necessary to remove the clipper blade block from the electric clipper body and clean the inside of the electric clipper body and the clipper blade block with a brush, etc. It will be better.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the first aspect, a plurality of hairs are projected from the electric clipper body toward the clipper blade block to close the plug. Since it is configured, it is possible to prevent shavings from entering the electric clipper body by a plurality of hairs,
In addition, since it is a hairy material, it can reduce the load at the time of reciprocating drive even if it hits the movable blade of the hair clipper blade block, and does not reduce sharpness or shorten the motor life.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, a closing member is formed by projecting an elastic sheet from the electric clipper body side toward the clipper blade block side. The elastic sheet prevents the shavings from entering the electric clipper body, and because it is an elastic sheet, it can reduce the load during reciprocating drive even when it is in close contact with the movable blade of the clipper blade block. However, the sharpness is not reduced and the life of the motor is not shortened.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the first aspect, a projecting piece projects from one side of the electric clipper body or the clipper blade block to the other side. In addition, a concave portion covering the protruding piece is provided on the other side, and the closing member is configured by the protruding piece and the concave shape portion. To prevent the shavings from entering the interior, and in particular, the projecting pieces will be covered by both side pieces of the concave portion, and the shavings will not more reliably enter the electric clipper body. It is something that can be done.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effects of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, the hair is prevented from entering both sides of the movable blade of the clipper blade block. Since the guide is provided, it is possible to prevent the entry of shavings from both sides of the movable blade, the shavings do not adhere to the lubricating oil portion on the sliding surface between the movable blade and the fixed blade, and the movable blade and the fixed blade The lubrication state of the sliding portion can be maintained, and the life of the clipper blade block is prolonged.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a sectional view showing the entire electric clipper of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view showing the whole of the same.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view showing a portion in which a gap between the electric clipper main body and the clipper blade block is closed with a plugging member.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view showing a portion in which a gap between the electric clipper main body and the clipper blade block is closed by a closing member in another embodiment of the above.

FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view showing a portion in which a gap between an electric clipper main body and a clipper blade block is closed by a closing member in still another embodiment of the above.

FIGS. 6 (a) and (b) are cross-sectional views each showing a portion in which a gap between an electric clipper main body and a clipper blade block is closed by a plugging member in still another embodiment of the above.

7A and 7B show still another embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 7A is a cross-sectional view and FIG. 7B is a perspective view.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electric hair clipper body 2 Hair clipper blade block 3 Closing member 4 Hairy material 5 Elastic sheet 6 Projection piece 7 Concave part 8 Movable blade 9 Hair penetration prevention guide 10 Fixed blade

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An electric clipper provided with a clipper blade block on an electric clipper body, wherein a closing member for closing a gap between the electric clipper body and the clipper blade block is provided on the electric clipper body or the clipper blade block side. Characterized electric hair clipper. 2. The electric clipper according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of hairs project from the electric clipper body toward the clipper blade block to form a closing member. 3. The electric hair clipper according to claim 1, wherein an elastic sheet extending from the electric clipper body side toward the clipper blade block side protrudes to constitute a closing member. 4. A protruding piece protruding from one side of the electric clipper body or the clipper blade block toward the other side, and a concave portion covering the protruding piece is provided on the other side, and is closed by the protruding piece and the concave portion. The electric clipper according to claim 1, wherein the electric clipper is formed by a member. 5. The electric clipper according to claim 1, wherein hair clipping prevention guides are provided on both sides of the movable blade of the clipper blade block.