EP0373032A1 - Enthaarungsgerät - Google Patents

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EP0373032A1
EP0373032A1 EP19890403288 EP89403288A EP0373032A1 EP 0373032 A1 EP0373032 A1 EP 0373032A1 EP 19890403288 EP19890403288 EP 19890403288 EP 89403288 A EP89403288 A EP 89403288A EP 0373032 A1 EP0373032 A1 EP 0373032A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
    • A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
    • A45D26/00—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers
    • A45D26/0023—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers with rotating clamping elements
    • A45D26/0028—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers with rotating clamping elements with rotating discs or blades

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  • the present invention relates to small depilatory devices capable of being held in the hand to remove excess hair.
  • French patent 2,334,320 describes an apparatus of this kind in which there is provided a rotary roller intended to ensure the removal of the hairs to be eliminated.
  • This roller is constituted by a helical spring whose turns are alternately separated, then tightened so that the bristles can engage between these turns, when the latter are separated, in order to be then pinched between them and torn off due to the rotation of the roller on itself.
  • a rotary drum carrying at its periphery several rows of pairs of jaws which are arranged to open and close alternately so as to allow first of all the engagement of the stems of the feathers to tear off between these jaws, then pinch them.
  • This roller is placed at a certain distance above a comb intended to slide on the surface of the skin of the poultry to be plucked, the stems of the feathers then engaging between the teeth of this comb to be then gripped by the jaws of the rotary drum.
  • This comb ensures the retention of the skin during the plucking of the feathers, since this plucking requires a relatively large tensile force.
  • this comb protects at the same time the skin of the poultry against any contact with the pinch jaws which are arranged projecting from the rotary drum. Besides, if such a comb did not exist, these jaws would strike the skin and cause extremely deep wounds.
  • the pinch jaws are arranged substantially in planes perpendicular to the axis of the rotary drum, the engagement of the stems of the feathers to be plucked is carried out in much better conditions than that of the hairs to be removed in the case of the hair removal device mentioned above.
  • the first of these lies in the fact that the comb, provided below the rotary drum, should be eliminated because it causes the drum to be too far apart from the skin, which would not allow it to grasp hairs which have a much shorter length than feather stems.
  • this comb were removed, then there would no longer be any skin protection against the pinch jaws carried by the rotary drum.
  • these jaws are projecting from the periphery of this drum, they would then strike the skin and cause extremely deep injuries.
  • the present invention relates to a hair removal device which is designed both to obtain a good efficiency of engagement and pinching of the hairs between the tear-off members and to ensure complete protection of the skin against any risk of injury which would be due to the passage of the tear-off members against the skin.
  • this device For pulling out the hairs to be eliminated, this device comprises a rotary drum carrying one or more rows of pinching members projecting from the periphery of this drum and extending parallel to the axis thereof.
  • this device is characterized in that in, or opposite the recessed intervals existing at the periphery of the rotary drum between the different rows of pinching members, there are provided skin protection blades, having a circular external contour the center of which coincides with the axis of the rotary drum, these blades being able to form discs of continuous circular outline, or portions of discs angularly offset between them so as to constitute a sort of virtual cylinder on the surface of the rotary roller formed by the 'together.
  • the present device makes it possible to obtain excellent protection of the skin against any risk of injury, while having maximum effectiveness in grasping the hairs between the gripping members carried by the rotary drum.
  • the device shown in Figures 1 to 6 has a small housing 1 can be held by hand. At one of its ends, this housing carries a rotary depilation roller designated by the general reference 2. This roller projects through an opening 3 formed in the corresponding end of the housing. Thus this roller can be moved in contact with the skin S of a person, to pluck the superfluous hairs P therein.
  • This epilation roller comprises a drum 6 carried by a rotary shaft 4, the rotary drive of which is ensured by a small electric motor 5 housed inside the housing 1.
  • This drum carries several rows of pinching jaws which protrude at its periphery and extend parallel to the axis of this drum. To simplify the drawing, Figures 4 to 6 show only two rows 7 of such jaws. These consist of flat strips 8a and 8b, of metal or any other suitable material which are arranged in planes perpendicular to the axis of the drum 6, being offset from each other in the axial direction. At their base, these strips are fixed, by snap-fastening or other means, to two separate actuating bars 10a and 10b.
  • These strips are grouped in pairs of two strips 8a and 8b intended to be clamped periodically against each other, all the strips 8a being fixed on the same actuating strip 10a, while all the strips 8b are fixed on the other bar 10b.
  • the ends of these bars are arranged opposite fixed cams 11a and 11b which are intended to actuate them to cause alternately the pinching of the strips 8a-8b and their separation, and this during the rotation of the epilation roller.
  • this roller comprises a series of protective blades intended to avoid any risk of contact of the pinching jaws with the skin and consequently any risk of injury to the latter.
  • These protective blades are arranged and arranged so as to constitute in a way a virtual cylinder on the surface of the rotary depilation roller formed by the drum 6 and the pinching jaws, the section of this cylinder corresponding to the circle circumscribed around the jaws pinch 8a and 8b.
  • These may advantageously include a circular external contour of the same curvature, and this at least in part, so as to be flush with the surface of the virtual cylinder thus formed.
  • the outer edge of these jaws can also be arranged slightly set back relative to the area of this virtual cylinder.
  • a series of protective blades 12 are provided, each of which takes the form of a flat washer having a circular external contour corresponding to the curvature of the cylinder. protection virtual to constitute.
  • These blades are grouped in pairs by being arranged in the opposite direction as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 to constitute in a way a disk of continuous external contour placed in a plane perpendicular to the axis XY of the epilating roller.
  • These blades are fixed on the periphery of the drum 6 by means of pins 13 or the like engaged in housings provided at the periphery of this drum.
  • the different pairs of protective blades 12 are offset in the axial direction relative to the position of the pinch strips 8a and 8b. As shown in FIG. 4, a pair of such protective blades can be provided between two successive pairs of gripping jaws 8a and 8b. Due to their arrangement, the discs formed by the blades 12 are located opposite the recessed gaps existing between the two rows 7 of pinch jaws 8a, 8b. Since such blades are provided over the entire length of the epilating roller, they form, around it, a sort of virtual cylinder intended to be placed in contact with the skin and capable of preventing any penetration thereof. inside the hair removal roller. This therefore avoids any risk of pinching or injury to the skin by the pinch strips 8a and 8b during their rotation.
  • the protection provided by the blades 12 makes it possible to avoid any risk of pinching the moles, or of thin skins with the danger of entraining the skin.
  • These strips 12 also have the advantage of protecting the skin against the shock of the pinching jaws during the rotation of the assembly. Indeed, it is essential to prevent the skin from being injured or pinched, or even simply irritated, when passing the pinch jaws at high speed, while the user presses the device on the skin for more efficiency. .
  • the protective blades 12 Given the axial offset of their position relative to that of the pinch jaws, the protective blades 12 leave an empty gap between two successive rows 7 of such jaws.
  • the bristles P which are somehow combed by the protective blades 12, are caused to be placed in the empty intervals existing between two successive rows 7 of pinch jaws. Consequently these hairs very easily engage between these jaws to be then pinched, then torn off. This therefore ensures a very high efficiency for the present device.
  • the bristles can be raised at the moment of the passage of a discontinuity of the periphery of the roller and then they are combed by the protective blades, which ensures their orientation in the desired direction for their nipping by the nipping blades. .
  • the protective blades provided in the epilating roller of this device can be arranged in many other different ways provided that these blades are distributed in sufficient number over the entire length of the epilating roller and around its entire periphery, over 360 ° .
  • Figures 7 and 8 illustrate an embodiment in which there is also provided a succession of protective blades 12a and 12b in the form of arcs or circular semi-washers.
  • these blades are not distributed by group of two blades arranged one opposite the other to form a complete circular disk as was the case in the previous example.
  • the opposite blades 12a and 12b are offset in the axial direction.
  • a kind of virtual protection cylinder is obtained as before.
  • the arrangement of the epilating roller has a number of other differences.
  • the protective blades 12a and 12b are fixed, by means of pins 13a or the like, to an intermediate sleeve 18 surrounding a drum 19 carrying the gripping jaws 8a and 8b and the bars 10a and 10b actuating these jaws.
  • the number of rows of the clamping jaws is in this case higher than previously. But again the number of these rows and the arrangement of the protective blades could be different.
  • the protective blades could have the shape of sectors of a circle.
  • these blades could also be formed by circular segments spaced from one another, but angularly offset from one to the other to form a virtual protective cylinder around the clamping jaws.
  • such circular segments could be arranged in the median plane of the gripping jaws of the same pair to fill, at least in part, the gap existing between the different rows 7 of gripping jaws. In such a case there would therefore be no axial offset of the protective blades with respect to the gripping jaws.
  • Figures 9 to 11 illustrate very schematically several other possibilities for the arrangement of protective blades 12b, 12c and 12d between gripping jaws 8b, 8c and 8d respectively.
  • the protective blades are constituted by circular segments occupying only part of the circumference of the epilating roller. However, these segments are offset both in the axial direction and in the angular direction so as to constitute a sort of virtual protection cylinder at the periphery of the depilation roller.
  • the protective blades provided are integral in rotation with the drum 6b, 6c or 6d carrying the gripping jaws.
  • all of the protective blades could be secured to a support mounted movable in translation parallel to the axis of rotation of the drum carrying the nipping blades. This mobile support would then be driven in translational movements, in one direction and in the other, to allow the protective blades to sweep the space where the skin could engage between the nipping blades.
  • Such a protection assembly could also be mounted floating in translation by being subjected to the action of one or more springs for holding in place.
  • the protective blades or all of these blades could be replaced by alignments of semi-rigid fingers, arranged in planes perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the drum carrying the nipping blades.
  • these blades can be produced differently.
  • these jaws could be pivotally mounted at their base on the drum 6 their serving as a support, the actuating bars 10a and 10b then being coupled with these jaws so as to tilt them in one direction and in the other, respectively to tighten their nipping ends or move them apart.
  • clamping jaws constituted by pairs of strips arranged in several rows on the periphery of a rotary drum
  • these jaws in the form of discs comprising, at their periphery, a series of protruding legs forming as many pinch jaws.
  • Appropriate actuation means would then be provided to alternately cause these discs to tilt in one direction and in the other so as to pinch or separate their different gripping jaws.
  • protective blades with a circular external contour occupying the intervals existing between the different pinching jaws in order to constitute a virtual cylinder for protecting the skin avoiding any risk of pinching or injury of this one.
  • the protective blades provided in the epilating roller can participate in pinching the hairs to be plucked.
  • these blades are associated with lamellae arranged between them and movable in the direction of the axis of the roller to pinch the hairs against the corresponding blades.

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EP89403288A 1988-12-07 1989-11-28 Enthaarungsgerät Expired - Lifetime EP0373032B1 (de)

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AT89403288T ATE66788T1 (de) 1988-12-07 1989-11-28 Enthaarungsgeraet.

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FR8816048A FR2639803B1 (fr) 1988-12-07 1988-12-07 Appareil a epiler
FR8816048 1988-12-07

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JP (1) JP2739249B2 (de)
AT (1) ATE66788T1 (de)
DE (1) DE68900245D1 (de)
ES (1) ES2025375B3 (de)
FR (1) FR2639803B1 (de)
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FR2668902A1 (fr) * 1990-11-14 1992-05-15 Seb Sa Appareil a epiler a fonctionnement bistable.
WO1992015222A1 (en) * 1991-03-05 1992-09-17 Barsever, Sol Rotary head multi-tweezer hair removal device
FR2697416A1 (fr) * 1992-11-03 1994-05-06 Braun Ag Appareil d'épilation pour éliminer les poils corporels.
US5449364A (en) * 1991-09-10 1995-09-12 U.S. Philips Corporation Disc-type depilation apparatus with play-free shaft coupling
WO2001032049A1 (fr) * 1999-11-05 2001-05-10 Seb S.A. Appareil a epiler avec accessoire d'exfoliation

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US5356415A (en) * 1991-02-20 1994-10-18 Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. Depilating device
US5112341A (en) * 1991-03-05 1992-05-12 Moshe Doley Hair removal device with central multiple-tweezer element
FR2675671B1 (fr) * 1991-04-25 1993-12-17 Braun Ag Appareil d'epilation.
US5197969A (en) * 1991-05-13 1993-03-30 U.S. Philips Corp. Depilation apparatus with thrust cogs
FR2678822B1 (fr) * 1991-07-10 1998-12-24 Catherine Mazza Appareil a epiler la peau des humains.
US5234441A (en) * 1992-01-06 1993-08-10 Braun Aktiengesellschaft Epilating appliance
US5196021A (en) * 1992-02-25 1993-03-23 Perfect Lady Ltd. Depilatory device
US5281233A (en) * 1993-02-12 1994-01-25 Moshe Dolev Disc assembly hair remover
DE4309406C2 (de) * 1993-03-24 1995-06-14 Braun Ag Epilationsgerät
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EP0857101A1 (de) * 1996-08-29 1998-08-12 Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. Enthaarungssystem, vorrichtung und kartusche dafür
FR2758060B1 (fr) * 1997-01-06 1999-03-05 Seb Sa Appareil a epiler a rouleau rotatif
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FR2668902A1 (fr) * 1990-11-14 1992-05-15 Seb Sa Appareil a epiler a fonctionnement bistable.
WO1992015222A1 (en) * 1991-03-05 1992-09-17 Barsever, Sol Rotary head multi-tweezer hair removal device
US5449364A (en) * 1991-09-10 1995-09-12 U.S. Philips Corporation Disc-type depilation apparatus with play-free shaft coupling
FR2697416A1 (fr) * 1992-11-03 1994-05-06 Braun Ag Appareil d'épilation pour éliminer les poils corporels.
EP0596283A1 (de) * 1992-11-03 1994-05-11 Braun Aktiengesellschaft Epilationsgerät zum Entfernen von Körperhaaren
WO2001032049A1 (fr) * 1999-11-05 2001-05-10 Seb S.A. Appareil a epiler avec accessoire d'exfoliation
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SG91092G (en) 1992-12-04
ES2025375B3 (es) 1992-03-16
US5084055A (en) 1992-01-28
EP0373032B1 (de) 1991-09-04
FR2639803B1 (fr) 1991-02-15
DE68900245D1 (de) 1991-10-10
ATE66788T1 (de) 1991-09-15
JP2739249B2 (ja) 1998-04-15

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