CN220945455U - Shaver head and shaver with same - Google Patents
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Abstract
The utility model relates to a shaver head and a shaver with the same, wherein the shaver head comprises a shaver head frame, a blade assembly and a muscle pressing plate; the cutter head frame is of a frame-shaped structure with an opening; the blade component is arranged in the tool bit frame, extends out of the tool bit frame from the opening and is arranged in a floating mode along the opening direction; the muscle clamp plate with the cutting edge component is adjacent to be set up, the muscle clamp plate is followed the opening stretches out outside the tool bit frame, just the muscle clamp plate is along with the cutting edge component is along opening direction floating setting. The shaver head is simple in structure, and can be attached to the face better, so that the comfort level of shaving is improved effectively.
Description
Technical Field
The utility model relates to the technical field of shavers, in particular to a shaver head and a shaver with the same.
Background
The electric shaver is a daily article, is mainly used for shaving beard, has the advantages of convenience, rapidness, high safety and the like compared with a transmission manual shaver which needs to be coated with shaving cream before use and is easy to scratch skin, and is more and more widely applied to daily life of men.
The prior electric shaver has a cutter head assembly which is mostly provided with at least two blades which rotate relatively or are matched with a cutter mesh, and the cutter head assembly of the electric shaver rolls along the face when in use, and the edges of the two blades are used for wiping relatively or the edges of the blades are used for wiping the surfaces of the cutter mesh, so that beard is cut off, and shaving is realized.
However, most of the electric shaver head assemblies are fixed and not floatable, the fitting degree of the electric shaver head assemblies with the face is not high when the electric shaver head assemblies roll along the face, and other electric shaver heads are provided with floating cutter meshes, but the smoothness of the parts of the electric shaver head assemblies contacted with the skin is insufficient, so that the electric shaver head assemblies are easy to produce thorn feeling during shaving, and the shaving comfort is affected.
Disclosure of utility model
Based on the above, the utility model aims to overcome the defects of the prior art and provide a shaver head which has a simple structure and can be better attached to the face so as to effectively improve the comfort level of shaving.
In order to achieve the above purpose, the technical scheme adopted by the utility model is as follows:
A razor head comprising a head frame, a blade assembly and a muscle pressing plate; the cutter head frame is of a frame-shaped structure with an opening; the blade component is arranged in the tool bit frame, extends out of the tool bit frame from the opening and is arranged in a floating mode along the opening direction; the muscle clamp plate with the cutting edge component is adjacent to be set up, the muscle clamp plate is followed the opening stretches out outside the tool bit frame, just the muscle clamp plate is along with the cutting edge component is along opening direction floating setting.
As one embodiment, the blade assembly comprises a finishing blade assembly and a cutting blade assembly, and the part of the muscle pressing plate extending out of the cutter head frame and the part of the finishing blade assembly extending out of the cutter head frame are arranged relatively in parallel.
As one embodiment, the muscle pressing plate is mounted on a side wall of the cutting blade assembly, and a portion of the muscle pressing plate extending out of the cutter head frame and a portion of the cutting blade assembly extending out of the cutter head frame form a slit.
Therefore, the muscle pressing plate is arranged on the side wall of the cutting edge component, the parts of the muscle pressing plate extending out of the cutter head frame are relatively parallel, and the muscle pressing plate can float along with the cutting edge component during shaving, so that the face can be better attached to the muscle pressing plate, the stimulation of sharp corners on the cutting edge component to the skin of the face can be effectively reduced, and the comfort level of a user during shaving can be effectively improved.
As an implementation mode, the part of the muscle pressing plate, which extends out of the tool bit frame, is one of an arc surface structure, a comb tooth structure and a rolling surface structure.
As one implementation mode, two sides of the muscle pressing plate extending into the tool bit frame are respectively provided with sliding parts, and the tool bit frame is respectively provided with limiting parts for sliding of the two sliding parts relative to the inner parts of the two sliding parts.
As one embodiment, the two sliding portions are sliding ribs/sliding grooves, and the two limiting portions are corresponding limiting grooves/limiting ribs.
As one implementation mode, the connection mode of the cutting edge component and the muscle pressing plate is one of a buckle connection, a jogged connection and a hot welding connection.
As an embodiment, the finishing edge component and the cutting edge component are arranged at intervals side by side, and the myopic plate is arranged on one side of the cutting edge component away from the finishing edge component and/or one side of the finishing edge component close to the finishing edge component.
As an implementation mode, the cutting edge component comprises a cutting edge support, a cutting edge net and an elastic piece, wherein the cutting edge support is arranged in the cutter head frame in a floating mode through the elastic piece, the cutting edge is movably arranged on the cutting edge support, the cutting edge net cover is arranged on the cutting edge support, and the cutting edge net extends out of the cutter head frame from the opening.
Compared with the prior art, the shaving head has the beneficial effects that:
According to the shaving razor, the fine trimming blade assembly and the cutting blade assembly are arranged on the razor frame in a floating mode, so that the trimming function of long and short whiskers can be simultaneously considered, the cutting blade assembly is used as a long whisker trimming tool, the fine trimming blade assembly is used as a short whisker trimming tool, and the shaving effect of the razor is effectively improved; furthermore, the muscle pressing plates are arranged on one side or two sides of the cutting edge component, the cutting edge component and the part, extending out of the cutter head frame, of the muscle pressing plates are arranged in parallel, the muscle pressing plates can float along with the cutting edge component during shaving, the face can be attached to the muscle pressing plates better, the stimulation of sharp corners on the cutting edge component to the skin of the face can be effectively reduced, and therefore the comfort level of a user during shaving is effectively improved. In addition, set up the flesh clamp plate in the cutting edge subassembly one side of keeping away from the finishing edge subassembly, can make the structural layout of razor head more reasonable, and can beautify its outward appearance.
In addition, the embodiment of the utility model also provides a shaver, which comprises a main body part and the shaver head, wherein the shaver head is movably arranged on the main body part.
Therefore, the shaver provided by the utility model has the advantages that the floatable muscle pressing plate is additionally arranged on the cutting edge component of the shaver head, the muscle pressing plate can float along with the cutting edge component during shaving, the face can be better attached through the muscle pressing plate, the stimulation of sharp angles on the cutting edge component to the skin of the face can be effectively reduced, and the comfort level of a user during shaving is effectively improved.
For a better understanding and implementation, the present utility model is described in detail below with reference to the drawings.
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Fig. 1 is a schematic view of a shaving head according to the present utility model;
Fig. 2 is an exploded view of the razor head of the present utility model;
Fig. 3 is a schematic cross-sectional view of a razor head according to the present utility model;
Fig. 4 is a schematic view showing the connection of the cutting edge assembly of the shaving head of the present utility model to the muscle plate.
Reference numerals illustrate: 10. a tool bit frame; 20. finishing the blade assembly; 30. a cutting edge assembly; 31. a cutting edge holder; 32. a cutting edge web; 33. an elastic member; 34. column position; 40. a muscle pressure plate; 41. a sliding portion; 42. and (5) hole sites.
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For further illustration of the various embodiments, the utility model is provided with the accompanying drawings. The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this disclosure, illustrate embodiments and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the embodiments. With reference to these matters, one of ordinary skill in the art will understand other possible implementations and advantages of the present utility model.
In the description of the present utility model, it should be understood that the terms "center", "longitudinal", "lateral", "length", "width", "thickness", "upper", "lower", "left", "right", "top", "bottom", "inner", "outer", "axial", "radial", "circumferential", etc. indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings, are merely for convenience in describing the present utility model and simplifying the description, and do not indicate or imply that the devices or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be configured and operated in a specific orientation, and thus are not to be construed as limiting the present utility model.
Please refer to fig. 1 to 4; the embodiment provides a shaver head with a muscle pressing plate 40, which comprises a cutter head frame 10, a cutting edge component and the muscle pressing plate 40; the tool bit frame 10 is of a frame-shaped structure with an opening; the blade component is arranged in the tool bit frame 10, extends out of the tool bit frame 10 from the opening and is arranged in a floating mode along the opening direction; the muscle pressing plate 40 is mounted on the side wall of the blade assembly, the muscle pressing plate 40 extends out of the tool bit frame 10 from the opening, and the muscle pressing plate 40 is arranged along with the blade assembly in a floating mode along the opening direction.
Note that, the myopic plate 40 of the present embodiment may be disposed on one side of the blade assembly, or the myopic plate 40 may be disposed on both sides of the blade assembly. From this, this embodiment sets up flesh clamp plate 40 through the lateral wall at the cutting edge component, and at the in-process that the cutting edge component shaves the operation, flesh clamp plate 40 can play the effect of attaching facial skin better to reduce the sharp angle on the cutting edge component and to facial skin's stimulation, thereby effectively improve the comfort level when the user shaves.
Optionally, the blade assembly of the present embodiment includes a finishing blade assembly 20 and a cutting blade assembly 30, where the finishing blade assembly 20 and the cutting blade assembly 30 respectively extend out of the tool bit holder 10 from the opening and are floatingly arranged along the opening direction; in other words, the finishing edge assembly 20 and the cutting edge assembly 30 of the present embodiment are relatively parallel and spaced apart. Further, the side wall of the finishing edge assembly 20 of the present embodiment may be provided with the myoplaten 40, the side wall of the cutting edge assembly 30 may be provided with the myoplaten 40, or the side walls of the finishing edge assembly 20 and the cutting edge assembly 30 may be provided with the myoplaten 40.
The part of the myopic plate 40 extending out of the tool bit rack 10 is relatively parallel to the part of the cutting edge assembly 30 extending out of the tool bit rack 10. That is, in the present embodiment, the parts of the finishing edge component 20, the cutting edge component 30 and the myopic 40 extending out of the tool bit frame 10 are arranged side by side relatively, and a gap is formed between the finishing edge component 20 and the cutting edge component 30, and a gap is also formed between the finishing edge component 20 and the side wall of the tool bit frame 10, so that the finishing edge component 20, the cutting edge component 30 and the myopic 40 can be arranged on the tool bit frame 10 in a floating manner, and the structural layout is reasonable, attractive and simple.
In this embodiment, the myopic 40 is disposed on the side of the cutting edge assembly 30 remote from the finishing edge assembly 20 and/or on the side near the finishing edge assembly 20. For example, the myopic press 40 of the present embodiment is disposed on the side wall of the cutting edge assembly 30 away from the finishing edge assembly 20, so that the finishing edge assembly 20, the cutting edge assembly 30 and the myopic press 40 of the present embodiment are sequentially disposed in the cutter head frame 10 side by side, and the finishing edge assembly 20 and the myopic press 40 are respectively close to the side wall of the cutter head frame 10, so that when the shaving head of the present embodiment shaves, long hairs can be trimmed by the finishing edge assembly 20, the face can be better attached by the myopic press 40, and short hairs can be trimmed by combining the cutting edge assembly 30. It should be noted that, in other embodiments, the side of the cutting edge assembly 30 and the finishing edge assembly 20 may be provided with the myopic plate 40, or the two sides of the cutting edge assembly 30 are respectively provided with the myopic plate 40, which will not be described herein.
In addition, the end of the myopic 40 of the present embodiment extending out of the head frame 10 is slightly higher or flush with the end of the cutting blade assembly 30 extending out of the head frame 10, thereby preventing the sharp corner of the cutting blade assembly 30 from directly irritating the skin of the face by the myopic 40 being attached to the face. Therefore, according to the shaving head disclosed by the utility model, the muscle pressing plate 40 is arranged on the side wall of the cutting edge assembly 30, the parts of the muscle pressing plate 40 extending out of the cutter head frame 10 are relatively parallel, and the muscle pressing plate 40 can float along with the cutting edge assembly 30 during shaving, so that the face can be better attached through the muscle pressing plate 40, the stimulation of sharp corners on the cutting edge assembly 30 to the skin of the face can be effectively reduced, and the comfort level of a user during shaving can be effectively improved.
In this embodiment, the portion of the myopic compression plate 40 extending out of the tool bit carrier 10 and the portion of the cutting edge assembly 30 extending out of the tool bit carrier 10 form a slit. In addition, the part of the muscle pressing plate 40 extending out of the cutter head frame 10 is one of a cambered surface structure, a comb tooth structure and a rolling surface structure, or the part of the muscle pressing plate 40 extending out of the cutter head frame 10 can also be a scraping plate structure, a cylindrical structure, a square or other shaped structure with a round corner edge, and the like for lifting beards, and when the muscle pressing plate 40 in the embodiment is used for shaving, the part extending out of the cutter head frame 10 is attached to the skin of the face, so that the irritation to the skin when the cutting edge component 30 is used for leading the beards in can be effectively reduced, and the smoothness of the shaving cutter head and the skin of the face can be improved.
Wherein the muscle pressing plate 40 can be made of plastic, rubber, metal, etc. In this embodiment, the myoplaten 40 is preferably made of a plastic material. In addition, the portion of the muscle pressing plate 40 extending out of the tool holder 10 in this embodiment is preferably a sheet structure with an arc surface, and the arc surface is designed to better contact with the facial skin.
In this embodiment, sliding portions 41 are respectively disposed on two sides of the myopic plate 40 extending into the tool bit rack 10, and limiting portions for sliding the two sliding portions 41 are respectively disposed inside the tool bit rack 10 relative to the two sliding portions 41.
Specifically, the two sliding portions 41 are sliding ribs/sliding grooves, and the two limiting portions are corresponding limiting grooves/limiting ribs. In the present embodiment, the two sliding portions 41 are preferably designed as sliding ribs, and accordingly, the two limiting portions inside the tool bit holder 10 are limiting grooves, so that the present embodiment can effectively limit and guide the two sliding ribs of the muscle pressing plate 40 through the two limiting grooves inside the tool bit holder 10, and prevent the two sliding ribs from shifting in other directions.
The cutting blade assembly 30 and the myoplaten 40 are connected by one of snap connection, fitting connection and thermal welding. In other embodiments, the cutting blade assembly 30 and the muscle pressing plate 40 may be connected by an integral molding, a screw fixing, or the like, so long as the two can be fixed together, and the connection method is not limited to any one of the above connection methods.
Optionally, the side wall of the cutting blade assembly 30 is provided with a post 34, the side wall of the myopic 40 is provided with a hole 42, and the hole 42 of the myopic 40 is thermally welded to the post 34 of the cutting blade assembly 30, so that the two are fixed together, and the myopic 40 can float synchronously with the cutting blade assembly 30. Or the cutting blade assembly 30 is provided with a mounting hole, and the muscle pressing plate 40 is provided with a mounting column, and the two are matched with the mounting hole through the mounting column and are thermally welded, so that the two can be fixed together.
In this embodiment, the cutting blade assembly 30 includes a cutting blade holder 31, a cutting blade net 32, and an elastic member 33, the cutting blade holder 31 is floatingly disposed in the tool bit holder 10 by the elastic member 33, the cutting blade is movably disposed on the cutting blade holder 31, the cutting blade net 32 is covered on the cutting blade holder 31, and the cutting blade net 32 extends out of the tool bit holder 10 from the opening.
The elastic member 33 is a telescopic spring, and a spring limiting portion is disposed inside the tool bit rack 10, and the telescopic spring is limited in the spring limiting portion to perform telescopic movement, so as to drive the cutting edge support 31 to be floatingly disposed in the tool bit rack 10. The myopic plates 40 are provided on the side walls of the cutting edge holder 31.
Therefore, the fine trimming blade assembly 20 and the cutting blade assembly 30 are arranged on the cutter head frame 10 in a floating mode, the trimming function of long and short whiskers can be simultaneously considered, the fine trimming blade assembly 20 is used as a long whisker trimming tool, the fine trimming blade is used as a short whisker trimming tool, and the shaving effect of the shaver is effectively improved; furthermore, the muscle pressing plate 40 is arranged on one side or two sides of the cutting edge component 30, and the cutting edge component 30 and the part, extending out of the cutter head frame 10, of the muscle pressing plate 40 are arranged in parallel, the muscle pressing plate 40 can float along with the cutting edge component 30 during shaving, the muscle pressing plate 40 can be used for better attaching to the face, the stimulation of sharp corners on the cutting edge component 30 to the skin of the face can be effectively reduced, and therefore the comfort level of a user during shaving is effectively improved. In addition, the muscular pressing plate 40 is arranged on the side of the cutting edge assembly 30 away from the finishing edge assembly 20, so that the structural layout of the shaving head is more reasonable, and the appearance of the shaving head can be beautified.
In addition, the embodiment of the utility model also provides a shaver, which comprises a main body part and the shaver head with the muscle pressing plate 40, wherein the shaver head is movably arranged on the main body part.
Therefore, according to the shaver disclosed by the utility model, the floatable muscle pressing plate 40 is additionally arranged on the cutting edge assembly 30 of the shaver head, and the muscle pressing plate 40 can float along with the cutting edge assembly 30 during shaving, so that the face can be better attached through the muscle pressing plate 40, the stimulation of sharp corners on the cutting edge assembly 30 to the skin of the face can be effectively reduced, and the comfort level of a user during shaving can be effectively improved.
The above examples only represent a few embodiments of the present utility model, which are described in more detail and detail, but are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the inventive razor head and razor with it. It should be noted that it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the utility model, which are all within the scope of the utility model.
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1. A razor head, characterized in that:
Comprises a cutter head frame, a cutter blade assembly and a muscle pressing plate; the cutter head frame is of a frame-shaped structure with an opening; the blade component is arranged in the tool bit frame, extends out of the tool bit frame from the opening and is arranged in a floating mode along the opening direction; the muscle clamp plate with the cutting edge component is adjacent to be set up, the muscle clamp plate is followed the opening stretches out outside the tool bit frame, just the muscle clamp plate is along with the cutting edge component is along opening direction floating setting.
2. Razor head according to claim 1, wherein:
The blade assembly comprises a finishing blade assembly and a cutting blade assembly, and the part of the muscle pressing plate, which extends out of the cutter head frame, and the part of the blade assembly, which extends out of the cutter head frame, are arranged in parallel relatively.
3. Razor head according to claim 2, wherein:
The muscle pressing plate is arranged on the side wall of the cutting blade assembly, and a slit is formed between the part of the muscle pressing plate extending out of the cutter head frame and the part of the cutting blade assembly extending out of the cutter head frame.
4. Razor head according to claim 1, wherein:
The part of the muscle pressing plate, which extends out of the tool bit frame, is one of an arc surface structure, a comb tooth structure and a rolling surface structure.
5. Razor head according to claim 4, wherein:
The muscle clamp plate stretches into the both sides of tool bit frame are provided with the sliding part respectively, the tool bit frame is provided with the spacing part that supplies two sliding part slip respectively for the inside of two sliding part.
6. Razor head according to claim 5, wherein:
The two sliding parts are sliding ribs/sliding grooves, and the two limiting parts are corresponding limiting grooves/limiting ribs.
7. A razor head according to claim 3, wherein:
the cutting edge component and the muscle pressing plate are connected in a mode of one of buckling connection, embedded connection and thermal welding.
8. A razor head according to claim 3, wherein:
The finishing edge component and the cutting edge component are arranged at intervals side by side, and the myopic plate is arranged on one side of the cutting edge component away from the finishing edge component and/or one side of the finishing edge component.
9. A razor head according to claim 3, wherein:
the cutting edge assembly comprises a cutting edge support, a cutting edge net and an elastic piece, wherein the cutting edge support is arranged in the cutter head frame in a floating mode through the elastic piece, the cutting edge is movably arranged on the cutting edge support, the cutting edge net cover is arranged on the cutting edge support, and the cutting edge net extends out of the cutter head frame from the opening.
10. A razor, characterized in that:
Comprising a body portion and a shaving head according to any one of claims 1 to 9 movably arranged in the body portion.
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