EP2315649A2

EP2315649A2 - Small electrical appliance for removing hairs

Info

Publication number: EP2315649A2
Application number: EP09772052A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Martin Ring; Bernhard Kraus; Christian Neyer; Robert Schäfer; Uwe Schober; Frank Ziegler
Original assignee: Braun GmbH
Current assignee: Braun GmbH
Priority date: 2008-07-01
Filing date: 2009-05-20
Publication date: 2011-05-04
Anticipated expiration: 2029-05-20
Also published as: CN104942841A; US20110094107A1; EP2315649B1; JP2011526168A; RU2487009C2; JP5356519B2; CN102076469A; DE102008031132A1; CN104942841B; WO2010000352A3; WO2010000352A2; RU2010154021A

Abstract

The invention relates to a small electrical appliance (1) for removing hairs, with a handpiece (2) extending in the direction of a centre axis (44) and provided with front and rear ends (8, 9) and side faces (11), and with a working head which is secured on the handpiece (2) via a retaining mechanism (5) and has a work unit (12). The work unit (12) is composed of at least one work member (55), which is set in motion via a drive member (46) by an electrical drive motor (4, 47) formed in the small appliance (1), such that, when the work unit (12) slides along the skin surface of a user, hairs are removed by the work unit (12). The retaining mechanism (5) is connected to the handpiece (2) via guide means (6, 90) in such a way that, when a force (F1 or F2) acts on the working head (3) in the guiding direction, at least a lateral movement (c or d) of the working head (3) relative to the handpiece (2) takes place.

Description

Small electrical appliance for removing hair

The invention relates to a small electrical appliance for removing hair according to the preamble of patent claim 1.

No. 6,301,786 B1 discloses an electrically operated small appliance for removing hair, here an electric shaver, in which the working head with its integrated working unit is pivotable back and forth relative to the handpiece about a pivot point 8 located on the longitudinal axis of the shaver , which is indicated here by the arrow 7 direction. The working unit here consists of at least one oscillating driven, designed as a lower blade working member on which from the top an apertured shaving foil slidably. The shaving foil here forms the upper blade of the working unit. In addition to the pivoting movement of the working head is also in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the shaver height-adjustable, which is indicated here by the arrows 9. By means of these compensatory movements when pressing the shaving foil to the skin surface of an operator of the working head should be able to better match the skin surface in order to achieve better shaving results.

From GB 2266070 A there is furthermore known an electrically operated small appliance, here too a razor, for removing hair, in which the working head is pivotable about a virtual pivot point 76 which here lies at the intersection of the outer surface of the working unit with the longitudinal axis of the razor , The working unit also consists of an upper and lower blade (the latter not shown), wherein the upper blade is formed by a perforated shaving foil. According to the figures 3 to 5 engage on the working head two vertically extending rod-shaped connecting elements articulated, which are hingedly connected to each other via two transverse angle lever. The angle levers are fixedly mounted on bearing bushes on the housing of the small appliance. By this arrangement, the working head is forcibly rotated about the virtual fulcrum 76. Identical connecting elements are also formed on the back of the small appliance in the same arrangement and design. In FIGS. 6A to 6D, the working unit is additionally pivotally mounted in the working head, although here the pivot axis of the working unit runs perpendicular to the pivot axis of the working head. With this swivel arrangement the best possible shave is to be achieved, because the work unit adapts or clings well to the skin surface. From US 2006/0265880 A1 also designed as a small appliance electric shaver is also known, in which the recessed in the working head 10 working unit 13 is movably mounted. Furthermore, the working head 10 is held and centered by pins 105 in bearing bushes 70. In this razor, the drive motor 8 is attached to the working head 10 and drives via a drive pin 81, the working member 30, here several lower blade of the working unit, oscillating. In order for the working head 10 to be able to better follow the skin surface during shaving, the latter can be pivoted about its pins 105 in a bearing shell 70 formed on a housing-fixed ring 7. The ring 7 is constructed symmetrically to the central axis of the working head 10 (Fig. 4), so that on both sides of the central axis of each two bearing shells 70 are arranged symmetrically. The central axis of the working head 10 extends according to Figure 4 forward inclined to the longitudinal axis of the handpiece.

If now the working head 10 of FIG. 1 pressed from above with a vertically downward force component acting on the left side down, so the working head 10 pivots counterclockwise and against the force of the left spring 77, in which case the pins 105 from lift the bearing shells 70, while on the other hand, the right pins 105 are pressed by the force of the right spring 77 in the right bearing shells 70 inside. In this movement, therefore, the working head 10 pivots about the centers of the right pin 105. If the working head 10 is pressed with a force acting on the right side of the top of the work unit force, the working head 10 pivots clockwise and thereby remove or solve the right pins 105 of Figure 1 from the right bearing shells 70, while the left pins 105 are pressed into the left bearing shells 70. With this measure, the working unit 13 should be able to follow the contour of a skin surface particularly well.

From US 6,261, 301 B1, a small electrical appliance for removing hair is also known. The small electrical appliance is here an epilation device with which to pluck hair. Again, a working head is mounted on the upper end of the handpiece to a holding device, which has at least one working member which is set by an electric drive motor in rotation. The rotating working unit has plucking elements 16 which move toward one another or away from one another and into which hair can penetrate in their spaced-apart or opened state, which subsequently during the further rotation of the working unit is caught by the closing plucking elements, pinched and finally torn out become. The working head is fixed immovably to the holding device here. Finally, from EP 0 745 461 B1 a small electrical appliance for removing hair of the type described above is known. The small electrical appliance here is also a razor, which according to FIG. 1 consists of a handpiece 1 and a holding device 9, 10 formed on the upper head end. The holding device 9, 10 has at the upper end receiving bores 12, in which engage on the side surfaces of the working head RK pin 11. The connecting line of the two central axes of the pins 11 forms the pivot axis (not shown) of the working head RK. In the working head RK a working unit 13, 15, 14 is used, which consists of three parallel adjacent trained upper blades 16, 20, 17 and on the underside resting lower blades 21, 34, 22, the latter serve as working members exists.

The outer upper blades 16, 17 are formed by outwardly curved, apertured shear plates, while the associated lower blades 21, 22 consist of juxtaposed, interconnected and outwardly curved disc shaped blades formed by a drive unit (not shown) ) are oscillated back and forth over an upwardly directed drive pin 6.

The third working unit 15 extending between the two working units 13, 14 is a so-called center cutter, which is intended to remove slightly longer protruding hairs during the shaving process. The central cutter 15 consists of a double-angled, provided with transverse slots upper blade 20, on the underside of a likewise double-angled and also provided with transverse slots lower blade 34 slidably abuts, which is equally driven by the drive pin 6 oscillating.

The working unit 13, 15, 14, on the one hand parallel to the pivot axis of the working head RK and on the other hand perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the handpiece 1. Side surfaces 7, 8 limit the front and back of the handpiece 1 to the side. The working unit 13, 15, 14 is displaceably guided on the working head RK, ie by pressure from the outside on the working unit 13 and / or 15 and / or 14, this can yield due to their mounted in the working head RK by springs arrangement, as for example in Figure 9b is shown. As soon as the pressure from above on the working unit 13 and / or 15 and / or 14 subsides, the working unit returns to its starting position according to FIG. 9a. In addition to this movement, the working head RK itself is also pivotable in the holding device 9, 10 by a predetermined angle forwards and backwards (FIGS. 24, 25), so that when acting from the front or from behind on the working head RK forces during a shaving this can pivot about its pivot axis. In this way, the largest possible shaving surface of the working unit 13, 15, 14 comes into contact with the skin surface, since the working head RK can better follow the contour of a skin surface. This achieves a shorter shaving time while improving shaving results.

The object of the invention is now to provide a small electrical appliance for removing hair, with the even better results can be achieved during a hair removal process by an even better adjustment of the working unit to the skin surface. At the same time should be shortened by simpler handling of the small appliance, the hair removal time and at the same time while preserving the skin can be achieved.

This object is achieved by the features according to the invention of the characterizing part of patent claim 1. Are according to the invention between the holding device and the handpiece guide means designed such that upon application of forces acting in the direction of the working head results in a displacement of the working head relative to the handpiece, so when sliding the working unit on the skin surface of an operator during a hair removal process Working unit of the contour of the skin surface follow better, resulting in total with greater skin care to improved hair removal. The working head thus no longer pivots, as described in the prior art, around one or two fixed pivot points formed on the handpiece, but instead according to the invention it can now move toward the sides relative to the handpiece.

This lateral offset arises whenever the working unit is pressed with a certain contact pressure against the skin surface of an operator while being moved in the direction of the lateral displacement. The resulting, running in the opposite direction to the displacement frictional force exerts on the working head of a transverse force component, which ultimately lead by means of the guide means to a lateral offset of the working head relative to the handpiece. This lateral displacement of the working head according to the invention protects the skin surface and also leads to a faster hair removal, which is particularly in demand in today's faster moving time. The working unit formed in the working head may, for example, be a plucking device, a cutting device for removing hair or else a device whose working unit is in contact with the skin surface of an operator and should follow the contour of the skin surface as well as possible.

According to the features of claim 2, the working head is automatically reset by resilient return means to its original position, that is, when it is released after a lateral displacement, it moves automatically back to its original position. Preferably, one or both sides of the working head or on the guide means attacking spring elements are selected as return means, which always allow a middle position of the working head after completion of a force application.

Due to the features of claim 3 of the working head is connected via at least two outgoing from the handpiece connecting elements, wherein the connecting elements have hinge means which allow a hinged connection of the handpiece relative to the working head. As hinges preferably film hinges, elastically deformable bending points, spherical bearings, ball joints or any other known in mechanical engineering hinge mechanisms can be used. If only two fasteners selected, they must be spaced as far as possible from each other and have such large-dimensioned bearings that the working head is stored and guided stable on this and, for example, does not tilt to the side. Preferably, the connecting elements engage at opposite corners of the working head in order to achieve a stable guidance of the working head with bearing points of adequately large design.

Due to the features of claim 4 results in a particularly torsionally rigid mounting of the working head, since four connecting elements were selected here, which are connected via four joints with the working head and four joints with the handpiece. The guide means are thus each advantageously supported and articulated by a trained on opposite sides of the small appliance four-bar arrangements. There are two connecting elements at the same height. Of course, a three-jointed arrangement would be possible, in which case two connecting elements are at the same height, while the third connecting element advantageously acts centrally on the other two connecting elements on the other side on the working head.

So that the lateral displacement of the working head of this parallel to the handpiece-side joints connecting connecting lines, the four-bar forms Claim 5 is a parallelogram. Here, the four-bar linkage is defined by the connection lines connecting the joints. In the lateral movements of the working head, although the fasteners move in a straight line parallel to each other, but the working head also approaches the handpiece, which is hardly noticeable in small lateral displacement paths and thus does not adversely affect the hair removal process. However, the coupling must be formed at the transition from the drive element to the working member such that this path is balanced without force or Wegübertragungsverluste of this. The position of the pivot point of the four-bar linkage can be adjusted by varying the dimensions of the four joints in a wide range. The longer the connecting elements are and the farther the pivot points are laterally apart from one another, the greater the path the working head can make at already small adjustment angles on the four-bar linkage and the lower the resulting approach of the working head to the handpiece.

According to the features of claim 6, the four-bar linkage is formed by a trapezoid, wherein the joints are formed with the shorter distance to the holding device and the joints with the greater distance on the handpiece. This is therefore chosen so that the working head attached to the holding device is supported on a wider, more stable base. The trapezoidal arrangement also has the advantage that with small displacement paths of the working head remains almost at a constant distance relative to the handpiece. Another advantage results from the fact that in addition to the lateral displacement of the working head is rotated or pivoted in clockwise or counterclockwise about the joints of the holding device or, so that it results in a combined sideways pivoting movement. If, for example, the working head shifts to the left, it will also be rotated a little clockwise around its fixed points of articulation. If the working head shifts to the right, it is twisted a little counterclockwise around its fixed points of articulation.

According to the features of claim 7 shifts in front view of the small device of the working head towards the side surfaces, ie from left to right or vice versa. At this point, it should be mentioned that both four-bar arrangements are arranged in the initial position of the small appliance symmetrical to a common central axis, ie, you look vertically from the front of the small appliance, so come the four joints to cover. In a further embodiment according to the features of claim 8 results in a front view of the small appliance a lateral displacement of the working head from front to back or vice versa. Again, it is mentioned that all four hinge assemblies are formed on the small device symmetrical to a central axis beyond and this side, ie, the front four-bar linkage comes with the other four-joint in perpendicular from the left or right to the small device carried out observation overlap. In this arrangement, the working unit also runs from left to right or vice versa.

According to the features of claim 9, the hinge means consist of holes extending in holes. In this case, the holes, preferably on bearing eyes, be formed either on the holding device or on the handpiece or on the two connecting elements. Accordingly, the pins are then formed on the holding device or on the handpiece. Such an embodiment can be easily formed in plastic molded parts with. This also applies to injection molded parts. By this guide means, the working head can pivot not only to the sides but also to some extent around the joints.

According to the features of claim 10 but can also be used as hinges film hinges that are particularly inexpensive and easy to produce by spraying and also allow movement of the holding device relative to the handpiece. Film hinges are particularly easily made when forming plastic parts by forming very thinned areas between links. Of course, but also ball joints or other known to the designer joint arrangements are used here.

Due to the features of claim 11, there is a further embodiment of a movement arrangement in which the connecting elements no longer consist of webs with joints but of webs with at least partially resilient elements. In this embodiment, joints can be avoided altogether, since the springs in addition to the return device also allow lateral movement in conjunction with the pivoting movement about the attachment points B1, B2. This embodiment turns out to be particularly inexpensive and feasible with little effort. However, the resilient elements must be made so stable that they safely guide the holding device and the working head on the handpiece, ie, in addition to a sideways pivotal movement of the working head this otherwise has a Maintain stable position relative to the handpiece in order to be able to withstand the contact pressure permanently. As spring elements leaf springs, coil springs, torsion springs, elastomers or other shaped springs can be used.

Due to the features of claim 13 now pivots the support member to a mounted on him storage in the housing of the handpiece, resulting in a particularly pronounced lateral displacement of the working head. In order to keep the system in balance, the bearing on the support member between the attachment points B1, B2 and B3, B4 is arranged. By this arrangement, the support member is always centered, d. h., The working head takes after a shaving repeatedly his starting position. But it can also additionally act from the sides still return springs on the support member, which favor a centering of the system. By this arrangement results in a particularly elastic bearing both in the pivoting direction as to the sides, as shown by the drawn down, extended arms over a greater length extending connecting elements can be made possible by the greater movements of the working head with low shaving forces.

Are according to claim 14, the connecting elements formed entirely of leaf springs, the working head is mounted particularly elastic to the sides. The leaf springs thus form the connecting elements from the handpiece to the working head. In this case, the connecting elements extend from a support member formed in the handpiece to rigid arms which extend away from the working head and at the free ends of the connecting elements are attached. From the holding device preferably extend two arms down, which may be made of sheet metal or reinforced plastic. Due to the pulled-down arms, extra-long leaf springs can be selected, which ensure high flexibility and flexibility of the working head. In order to increase the elasticity of the leaf springs, openings or thinned areas can be formed on them.

According to the features of claim 15, the connection points of the connecting elements can be welded to the support part as to the free ends of the arms, screwed, riveted, molded or glued. Of course, other, a designer well-known fastening solutions are conceivable that are not mentioned at this point for the sake of simplicity. Due to the features of claim 16 results in a small appliance in which the working head with his work unit extremely flexible can follow the skin surface of an operator. For this purpose, the working head can move not only to the side from left to right and vice versa, but it can also pivot forward or backward and vice versa about a pivot axis. At the same time, pressure on the working unit can also lower it in the working head against spring forces. By this measure, the working head can respond not only to a lateral movement but also to a movement from front to back and from above to the working head, whereby the working unit of the skin surface optimally adapts. The work unit can thus move in three different levels. Such a flexible working head with working unit can be used in all small devices in which a maximum contact of the skin surface of an operator with the working unit is required.

In the features of claim 17, there is a further small appliance, in which the working head with his work unit can also follow extremely flexible the skin surface of an operator. In this case, the working head can not only be offset from the front to the rear relative to the handpiece, but it can also pivot clockwise or counterclockwise about the pivot axis running in a vertical front view from front to rear. At the same time, when pressure is applied to the working unit, it can also be lowered in the working head against spring forces, wherein the pivot axis is arranged perpendicular to the working unit. The difference from the embodiment according to claim 15 consists in the fact that the lateral offset of the working head now from front to back, ie in the same direction as the pivot axis runs. The work unit can move here in three different levels. Such a flexible working head with working unit can also be used in all small devices in which a maximum contact of the skin surface of an operator with the working unit is required.

In order to avoid expensive transmission equipment from the working head to the handpiece, both the working head and the drive motor are formed according to the patent claim 18 in the holding device. The holding device thus carries both the working head and the drive motor, so that in the handpiece, only the electrical supply, preferably the batteries, the on-off switch and any electrical control and display devices are formed. This leads to a simplified construction of the small appliance and can also facilitate a repair. Is also designed according to claim 19 in the working head of the drive motor, so they form a unit which pivots together about the pivot axis of the working head, thus enabling a particularly simple mechanical structure. In the handpiece, only the electrical supply, preferably the batteries, the on-off switch and any electrical control and display devices can be formed, which allows a small housing dimension.

Is arranged according to claim 20 of the working head separate from the drive motor in the holding device, then the oscillating mass of the working head, but it must then be created mechanical transmission from the fixedly arranged in the holding device drive motor to the pivoting about its pivot axis working head.

But it is also quite conceivable according to the features of claim 21 to form the working head in the holding device and the drive motor in the handpiece, in which case the working member must be connected via a coupling element with the drive element. This solution is required when there is enough room in the handpiece.

According to the features of claim 22, the small appliance is an epilator, wherein the working unit consists of a rotating plucking drum, are formed on the clamping elements as working members, the open and close during rotation of the plucking drum, so that when sliding along the plucking drum on the skin surface of a Operator get hair into the clamping elements, clamped in further rotation and then plucked. Since now according to the invention, the plucking drum is mounted in a holding device, which in turn is connected via elastic connecting elements with the handpiece, the plucking drum can also respond to lateral movements by moving towards the handpiece to the side and thereby also around the connecting elements in pivoted slightly. In one embodiment, the connecting elements are connected via joints with both the holding device and the handpiece, while in another embodiment, the connecting elements are designed as at least partially elastic elements.

By the features of claim 23, an electrically operated shaver is placed under protection, in which the invention, for example, on the market by the applicant under the name, "Series 7, type 790, 760 or 720" electric shavers was transferred. As a result, the automatic adjustment of the working head is simplified to the skin surface and thus improved. The additional lateral movement possibility of the working head creates a razor, which leads due to its flexible working head guide to best shaving results with great skin protection.

According to the features of claim 24, the working unit consists of at least two parallel haircutters and at least one middle cutter located in between. This results in fast and thorough shaving results.

Several embodiments of the invention are illustrated in the drawing and are explained in more detail below. Show it:

1 is a highly schematic schematic diagram of a small appliance according to the invention in a perspective view from top left to front and side surface, wherein the holding device is arranged so that it allows lateral displacement and pivoting perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the handpiece and wherein the drive motor is integrated in the working head and this can be pivoted about a pivot axis in the holding device forwards and backwards,

Fig. 2 as shown in FIG. 1, but here for the difference of the drive motor is separated from the pivotable working head in or attached to the handpiece between the guide means,

Fig. 3 as shown in FIG. 1, but here for the difference of the drive motor separated from the pivotable working head mounted in the holding device,

Fig. 4 is a highly schematic schematic diagram of a small appliance according to the invention in a perspective view from top left to front and side surface, the view substantially corresponds to Fig. 1, but with the difference that now the pairs of fasteners are not arranged one behind the other, but side by side and the pivot axis of working head and drive motor extends from the front to the rear,

FIG. 5 as in FIG. 4, but here, for the difference, the drive motor is arranged separated from the working head in or on the handpiece between the guide elements, FIG. 6 as in FIG. 4, but here, to the difference, the drive motor is fixedly secured in or on the holding device,

7 is a front perspective view of a test pattern of an electrically operated razor according to the embodiment of FIG. 2, in which the outer housing shells have been removed to illustrate the guide means,

8 is a partial perspective view from the left of the razor of FIG. 7,

Fig. 9 is a front view of a second embodiment of a razor according to the embodiment of FIG. 1, here in contrast to Fig. 7 on the one hand, the upper blade of the working unit of the working head has been removed so that the working member formed by the lower blades working unit is visible and on the other hand Housing was removed to recognize the guide means

Fig. 10 is a similar view as Fig. 9, but on a greatly enlarged scale, in contrast to Fig. 9, the working head is shifted to the right side and a little pivoted counterclockwise and wherein the working head and the housing of the handpiece broken in the middle were to be able to show the drive device and the changed by the lateral displacement of the working head position of the guide means with respect to FIG. 9 and

Fig. 11 as Fig. 10, but here the opposite position of the working head was shown, which is thus not shifted to the right but to the left and thereby shown twisted a little clockwise.

In FIGS. 1 to 6, the small appliance 1 consists of a handpiece 2, in which guide means 6 are formed at the upper end, to which a holding device 5 is fastened. The holding device 5 is used in Figures 1 to 6 for receiving a working head 3, which is on the holding device 5 about a pivot axis 7 within predetermined limits back and forth pivotally. According to the figures 1 to 3 of the working head 3 in the direction of arrow 10 is pivotable forward and backward, while in Figures 4 to 6 in the direction of arrow 11 to the left and right is pivotally. In the perspective views of FIGS. 1 to 6, the front and left side surfaces 8, 9 are visible while the rear and right side surfaces (no position numbers) are hidden by the front and left side surfaces 8, 9. As can be seen only from FIGS. 1 and 4, a working unit 12 has been indicated on the upper side of the working head 3, which runs parallel in FIG. 1 and perpendicular to the pivot axis 7 in FIG. 4. The course of the working unit 12 of FIG. 1 is also on the figures 2 and 3, the course of the working unit 12 of FIG. 4 is transferable to the figures 5 and 6. The working unit 12 in a razor consists of one or more upper knives 39 (FIGS. 1, 4) and lower knives 55 (FIGS. 9, 10, 11) or, in the case of an epilator (not shown), of a rotating plucking drum (not shown). with opening and closing plucking elements. The working unit 12 may be arranged rectilinearly or concentrically on the working head 3.

In Fig. 1 and 3, a drive unit 12 driving drive motor 4 is integrated into the pivotable working head 3. In Fig. 2 and 4, the drive motor 4 is arranged separately from the working head 3 on the handpiece 2 between the guide means 6. In Fig. 3 and 6, the drive motor 4 is also formed separately from the working head 3 on or in the holding device 5.

The guide means 6 consist according to Figures 1 to 6 of two pairs of rod or rod-shaped connecting elements 13, 14 and 15, 16, the handpiece 2 via hinge means 17, 17 and 18, 18 and the holding device 5 via hinge devices 19, 19 and 20, 20 are connected. The joints 17, 17 and 18, 18 and 19, 19 and 20, 20 arranged one behind the other lie on hinge axes 21, 22, 23, 24, which always run parallel to one another. In the initial position of the small appliance 1, the joint axes 21 with 22 and 23 with 24 connecting planes (not shown) are preferably horizontal or perpendicular to the central axis 44 of the small appliance 1. When moving the working head 3, the position of the upper hinge axes 23 changes with 24th connecting plane with respect to the central axis 44, while a plane connecting the lower hinge axes 21 with 22 remains unaffected thereof. However, this only if the four-bar linkage, as shown in FIGS. 1 to 8, is designed as a trapezoid. If the four-bar link is designed as a parallelogram, the lower and upper levels are always parallel. In the figures 1 to 6, the distance between the lower joints 17, 18 is greater than the distance of the upper joints 19, 20th

In Figures 1 to 3, the preferably metallic holding device 5 is formed substantially fork-shaped, so that at the two arms 25, 26, the Achslagerung 27, 28 is formed to form the pivot axis 7. The arms 24, 26 are connected to each other via a bottom 79, at the bottom of four projections 99 hinge devices 19, 20 are formed. In the free space 29 formed between the two arms 25, 26, according to FIGS. 1 and 3, the working head 3 and the drive motor 4 are integrated. In the free space 29 of FIG. 2, only the working head 3 is integrated, in which case the drive motor 4 between the guide means 6 forming connecting elements 13 to 16 are used.

According to FIGS. 4 to 6, the holding device 5 consists of a substantially quadrangular frame 30, on which arms 31, 32 project downwards on the side surfaces, which extend at their ends towards the sides and thus for receiving the upper joints 19, 20 serve. At the front and back 33, 34 of the frame 30, the axle bearings 27, 28 and the pivot axis 7 are formed centrally. The pivot axis 7 extends centrally above the two pairs of connecting elements 13, 14 and 15, 16.

According to the figures 1 to 6, the lower and upper hinge means 19, 20 consist of rotatably engaging in bores 97 pin 98, the pins 98 are formed on the connecting elements 13, 14, 15, 16 in an advantageous manner. The pins 98 are secured in the holes 97 against sliding out (not shown). In Figures 3 and 4 engage on the connecting elements 14, 15 and 14, 16 springs 103, 104 and 105, 106 which hold the working head 3 in its illustrated center position when no lateral force acts on him. These springs 103, 104 have been omitted in the other figures 1, 2 for the sake of simplicity, of course, they are also present there. The same applies to FIGS. 5 and 6, in which the springs 105, 106 are missing. The springs 103, 104 105, 106 are based in the handpiece 2, which is indicated by the webs 107, 108.

In the figures 7 and 8, an embodiment of a small appliance 1 is shown as a razor, in which after removal of the front housing shell of the handpiece 2, the guide means 6 can be seen, which allow the lateral movement of the working head 3. Since this is the representation of a prototype, the parts do not correspond to a series production. Nevertheless, with this embodiment, the basic arrangement and operation of a razor 1 can be explained according to the invention. Only the holding device 5, the working head 3 and parts of the handpiece 2 come from a mass production of a long since sold by the applicant shaver, "Series 7, type 790, 760 or 720".

According to FIGS. 7 and 8, the working head 3 consists of an upwardly open U-shaped cutting head frame 35 in which between the two legs 37 th receiving space 38 three of upper blades 39 and lower blades (not shown) existing work unit 12 is releasably clipped. The lower blade can not be seen in Figures 7 and 8, since they are covered by the foil-like upper blades 39 and the front and rear side walls 41 connected to them. The rear side wall of the working unit 12 is also not visible in Figs. 7 and 8. According to FIGS. 7 and 8, the two outer upper blades 39 consist of two mutually parallel, upwardly curved shear foils 40 with many small openings 42 penetrating the hair, of which only individual openings 42 are shown as points by way of example. Between the two shaving foils 40, a central cutter 43 is formed, of which also only the upper blade 36 can be seen. The lower blade for this purpose are not shown in Figures 7 and 8. The three upper blades 39, 36, 39 are different or equally lowered from the top to the receiving space 38 against the force of springs 60, 61 (Fig. 11), so that their surfaces can optimally adapt to the skin surface of an operator.

As the figures 7 and 8 show, due to the trapezoidal suspension of the holding device 5, the working head 3 has been displaced to the left by the action of a lateral force F1 on the one hand with respect to the handpiece 2 and on the other hand also rotated a little clockwise, so that the central axis 45 of Working head 3 is inclined by the angle e with respect to the longitudinal axis 44 of the handpiece 2. In the initial position of the shaver 1, however, the central axis 45 of the working head 3 is perpendicular and thus aligned with the longitudinal axis 44 of the handpiece 2. The axes 44, 45 form the symmetry axis of the shaver in this initial position 1. In this case, the pivot axis 7 of the working head is horizontal or perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 44, but this is not apparent from Figures 7 and 8. The lateral force F1 is the reaction force on the sliding force introduced during the shaving operation via the handpiece 2 and therefore essentially results from the pressing force F3 times the friction coefficient between the skin of an operator and the metal surface of the upper blades 39.

As can be seen from Fig. 7, projects on the upper side of the handpiece 2, a drive member 46 which engages in the working head 3 and coupling means 100, as shown for example in Figs. 9 to 11, with the Lower blades 55 are connected. By the coupling means 100, the oscillating movement of the drive member 46 is transmitted to the lower blade 55. The drive member 46 is connected to a drive motor 47, which will not be discussed in more detail here, since it corresponds to the drive motor 47 of Figures 10 and 11 and will be explained only there. The arms 25, 26 of the holding device 5 are angled slightly towards the center of Fig. 8 in its central region 48 and terminate at a ring 49 which surrounds the drive member 46 with play. The ring 49 is fixedly connected to a frame 50 on which at its front and back the upper joints 19, 20 are formed, which at the front with the front connecting elements 13, 14 and at the rear with the rear connecting elements 15, 16th are hingedly connected. The screws 51 shown in Figures 7 and 8 hold tabs 52 on the frame 50, wherein at the two front and rear tabs 52, the joints 19, 20 are formed centrally. This embodiment has been solved here only because it is in the razor 1 is a test model. In series, for example, the frame would be formed integrally with the holding device 5 and the joints 19, 20 would be integrated directly in the frame 50 and in the connecting elements 13 to 16, as is the case with the lower joints 17, 18.

According to FIGS. 7 and 8, the stationary drive part 53 of the drive motor 4 is fastened to a housing section 54 of the handpiece 2. Likewise, the lower ends of the connecting elements 13 to 16 are articulated by their joints 17, 18 on the housing part 54. Springs that always bring the working head 3 in the rest position of the shaver in its center position, are not shown here. In the front 8 of the handpiece 2, an electrical on-off switch 91 is integrated in FIG. 7, which is operable to turn on or off the drive motor 47 from the outside. Sketch-like springs 103, 104 are still shown in FIG. 7, which act laterally on the frame 50 and are supported on a housing section 54 of the handpiece 2. The springs 103, 104 bring the working head again in its center position, as soon as the influence of the spring forces is greater than the force acting on the working head 3 forces F1, F3, or shaving is completed.

FIGS. 9 to 11 show a further embodiment of a razor 1 in which, unlike the razor 1 according to FIGS. 7 and 8, the guide means 6 does not consist of a lever mechanism but of a leaf spring 83, 84 formed on both sides of the longitudinal axis 44 of which the working head 3 is carried and guided. In Fig. 9, the center position of the working head 3 is shown relative to the handpiece 2, wherein the cutout shown here a shaver 1 is shown on a much smaller scale than the section of the shaver of Figures 10 and 11. In Fig. 10, a position of the working head 3 is displayed, in which this has moved due to the forces F2 and F3 by the dimension c to the right and has rotated simultaneously by a small angle a counterclockwise. According to Fig. 11, a side force F1 acts from the right and a force F3 from above on the working head 3, so that it has moved by the dimension d to the left and has thereby rotated by a small angle ß clockwise. This movement of the working head 3 is due to the nature of the suspension of the working head 3 to the leaf springs 82, 83 justified, which will be explained later in more detail.

In FIGS. 9 to 11, the upper blades 39 of the working unit 12 (FIGS. 7, 8) have been removed from the working head 3 so that the lower blades 55 associated with the two outer shear sheets 40 (FIG. 8) become visible. The lower blade of the central cutter 43 (FIGS. 7, 8) has not been shown in FIGS. 9 to 11 for the sake of simplicity, but of course it is also present. The lower blade 55 consist here of two perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 44 extending blade blocks 56, 57, on which are arranged perpendicular to the blade blocks 56, 57, upwardly curved blades 58, 59 are formed. The knife blocks 56, 57 are connected at their bottom with form springs 60, 61 which are pivotally clipped on T-shaped drive rods 62, 63. The drive rods 62, 63 are connected to the drive member 46 of the drive motor 47, so that when the drive motor 47 an oscillating reciprocating motion on the drive rods 62, 63 transmitted to the form springs 60, 61 and from there to the lower blade 55 in the Z direction becomes.

While in FIGS. 7 and 8 the drive motor 47 is fastened below the working head 3 on the handpiece 2, the drive motor 47 constructed in the same way is integrated in the working head 3 in FIGS. 9 to 11. In this case, an opening 65 is formed in the ground connecting the two legs 37, which is penetrated upwards by the drive motor 47 and on whose walls 66 the housing 67 of the drive motor 47 is firmly anchored. This is visible in FIGS. 10 and 11, since both the bottom 64 and the housing part 68 which encloses the drive motor 47 from below, as can be seen from FIG. 9, were broken forwards.

The drive motor 47 consists of a coil 69 wound around an inner portion (not shown) of an iron core 70. The iron core 70 extending upwardly from the coil 69 to the sides is in the opening 65 of the working head 3 via fastening means not shown in the drawing attached. The iron core 70 extends around the outside of the coil 69 around to obtain a closed magnetic circuit. Between the lower portion 71 of the iron core 70 and the lower end of the coil 69, a ring segment-like gap 72 is formed with the constant gap width s, in which almost free of play a two spaced apart magnets (not shown) supporting ring segment-like bottom 73 is movable back and forth. The walls of the gap 72 and the radially extending walls of the bottom 73 describe radii having the common center M.

The bottom 73 is connected according to the figures 10, 11 similar to a ship swing via four webs 74 102 (two front, two rear) with a torsion shaft 75 whose center is in M. The bottom 73 forms with the embedded magnets and the webs 74, 102 the oscillating about M pivotable rotor 78 of the drive motor 47. The torsion shaft 75 is rotatably mounted, preferably by welding, pressing, gluing, etc. on a rear end plate 76, in turn flanged to the iron core. From the rear attachment point (not shown), the torsion shaft 75 extends forward and is rotatably mounted in a front bearing plate 77 in a fitting bore 101.

The front in the drawing two webs 74 are rotatably on the torsion shaft 75 behind the front bearing plate 77, preferably by welding, pressing, gluing, etc. attached. The rear two webs 102 in the drawing are rotatably mounted on the torsion shaft 75 in front of the rear bearing plate 77. In this way, starting from the front attachment point of the front webs 74 with the torsion shaft 75 to the attachment point of the torsion shaft 75 on the rear end plate 76, a clamping length (not shown), with depending on the material, preferably spring steel wire, and in dependence the dimensions of the torsion shaft 75 as a function of the angle of rotation defined torque as a torsional force results, is set by the maximum pivot angle of the rotor 78 as a function of the magnetic forces of the magnets and the coil 69. The oscillation frequency is determined by the frequency of reversal of the coil 69. Due to the torsional force, the rotor 78 is always moved back into its central position (not shown).

According to Figures 9 to 11, the bottom 79 of the holding device 5 is connected to a downwardly open, U-shaped frame member 80, the two legs 81, 82 in the rest position of the shaver (Fig. 9) extend symmetrically to the longitudinal axis 44. The legs 81, 82 run towards one another to their free ends and at their free ends are at the same distance from the longitudinal axis 44. The frame part 80 is made of a rigid material, preferably metal, to absorb acting forces without great deformation. to be able to take. At the free ends B1 and B2 of the legs 81, 82 leaf springs 83, 84 are fixed, which extend in the figures 9, 10, 11 upwards in the direction of the foot 95 and at the attachment points B3 and B4 one on the housing 89 of the handpiece 2 pivotally mounted support 85 are attached. The attachment of the leaf springs 83, 84 on the carrier 85 and the frame part 80 may be connected by spot welding, gluing, screwing or otherwise known to a designer attachment. The carrier 85 is pivotably mounted on the handpiece 2 via a bearing 111, so that the transverse forces F1, F2 occurring during shaving can be partially absorbed in the carrier 85 by its slight pivoting about the pivot center M1, whereby the working head according to the invention in the direction c or d moves laterally.

The carrier 85 is substantially U-shaped in side view and has two opposite, upwardly tapered arms 86, 87, between which a free space 88 is formed. This clearance 88 serves to immerse the leaf springs 83, 84 connected to the legs 81, 82, when the working head 3 according to FIGS. 10 and 11 pivots to the sides. The bearing 111 consists of a bearing shaft 112, which penetrate into the arms 86,87 formed holes 113 and which are mounted on the housing 89 of the handpiece. The bearing axle 112 has stop means (not shown) which fix the carrying part 85 in the housing 89 of the handpiece 2. In FIGS. 10 and 11, the housing shell forming the front side 8 of the handpiece 2 has been removed in order to be able to recognize the guide means 90 for pivoting the working head 3 to the sides.

The mode of operation of the invention will first be described with reference to FIGS. 7, 8, wherein the embodiment according to FIG. 2 corresponds to the mode of operation and the basic construction of this embodiment. The embodiments of Figures 1, 3 and 4 to 6 are, as regards the kinematics of the guide means 6 for moving the working head apply mutatis mutandis, since in all these embodiments, a trapezoidal shape was used as a guide means 6, as in the embodiment according to Figures 7 and 8 is the case.

In the initial position of the razor of Figures 7 and 8, the central axis 45 is aligned with the longitudinal axis 44, that is, the working head 3 and the handpiece 2 are arranged substantially symmetrically to these axes 44, 45. If the drive motor 47 is now set in motion by the on-off switch 91, then the drive member 46 oscillates from left to right and vice versa, taking the upper knives 39 associated therewith Bottom knife 55 with. There is a relative movement between the upper blades 39 and the lower blades 55, so that in the openings 42 penetrating hair from the lower blades 55 are sheared. In this case, the surface of the upper blade 39 of the working unit 12 is pressed against the skin surface (not shown) of an operator. If the handpiece 2 according to FIG. 7 is moved in the direction Y, the frictional force F1 acting on the working unit 12 displaces it relative to the handpiece 2 to the left, as FIGS. 7 and 8 show.

Since the working head 12 is articulated via the four joints 19, 20) with the connecting elements 13, 14, 15, 16, which in turn are articulated to the handpiece 2 via the joints 17, 18, the working head 3 describes with respect to the handpiece 2 a movement which is on the one hand laterally to the left and on the other hand allows a clockwise pivoting about the joints 17, 18, 19, 20, wherein the connecting elements 13, 14, 15, 16, the connection from the lower joints 17, 18 to the upper joints 19, 20 produce.

The laterally acting on the frame 50 springs 103, 104 ensure that the working head 3 returns to its center position when the force effects F1, F3 is removed on the working head 3 of the skin surface. At the same time when pressing the working unit 12 against the skin surface and the upper blade 39 are moved with their lower blades 55 in the receiving space 38 and out of this, depending on whether we large or small, the contact force F3. In addition, the working head 3 can be pivoted about its pivot axis 7 to the front or to the rear, when the shaver 1 is moved transversely to the pivot axis 7 and thereby the upper blade 39 have skin contact. The resilient lowering of the working unit 12 in the working head 3 and the pivoting of the working head 3 about its pivot axis 7 are known from the prior art for a long time.

The guide means 5 according to the invention for lateral displacement or displacement of the working head 3, on the other hand, are already new on their own and lead to better shaving results. If, for example, the joints 17, 18, 19, 20 form a parallelogram on each side, according to the invention only a lateral displacement of the working head 3 with respect to the longitudinal axis 44 would arise. In this case, the central axis 45 of the working head 3 would always run parallel to the longitudinal axis 44, but the working head 3 additionally approaches the handpiece 2 during the lateral movement. Also, the pivot axis 7 always runs perpendicular to the longitudinal axis 44 of the handpiece 2. Form the joints 17, 18, 19, 20 on each side of a trapezoid, as shown in Figures 1 to 8 is the case, so in addition to the lateral movement still added a pivoting movement of the working head 3 to the joints 17, 18, 19, 20. Since the movement of the working head 3 due to many possible lever geometries of each can easily be reconstructed with compass and pencil , At this point is dispensed with a detailed description of the trajectory of the working head 3.

The operation of the invention with reference to the embodiment of Figures 9 to 12 is the following. Again, of course, before a shaving first the upper blade 39 must be inserted into the receiving space 38 of the working head 3, as is the case in Figures 7 and 8. In this case, the locking means 91 then engage in the side walls 41 of the upper blade 39 and hold this stationary on the working head 3. In this position, the lower blades 55 are pressed by the strip-shaped form springs 60, 61 resiliently against the underside of the upper blade 39.

The relaxed after the figures 9 to 11 shaped springs 60, 61 are held at the right fastening point 92 in a fixed bearing and at the left attachment point 93 in a floating bearing. As a result, during the pretensioning of the shaped springs 60, 61, they move on the movable bearings 93 to the left side, without the lower blades 55 shifting to the left. The central clamping points 94 of the shaped springs 60, 61 on their associated drive rods 62, 63 have no play and therefore also move slightly with the drive rods 62, 63 to the left. In the bending of the shaped springs 60, 61 also creates a slight rotation between the drive rods 62, 63 and the central clamping points 94. For this purpose, the shaped springs 60, 61 semi-circular portions 109, which at the free ends of the drive rods 62, 63 Partially enclose perpendicular to these transverse pins 110 with bias. The transverse pins 110 form with the drive rods T-shaped structures. By the form of springs 61, the lower blade 55 are always on the undersides of the outer blade 39, so that the working unit 12 can move against the forces of the form springs 60, 61 in the receiving space 38 of the working head 3 in pressure from the outside.

After switching on the drive motor 47, the coil 69 is supplied with clocked current via lines not shown, so that the magnetic core in the coil 69 generated and changing magnetic field on the integrated magnets in the rotor 78 this around the center M by a small angle a ß oscillating moved back and forth. The bottom 73 of the rotor 78 consists of a laminated core, as it applies to the iron core 70. In Fig. 10, the rotor 78 in the clockwise direction by the angle a with respect to the central axis 45 of pivoted to the iron core 70 coil 69 pivoted. Since the drive rods 62, 63 are fixedly connected to the rotor 78, they perform an oscillating movement about the center M to the left or to the right. This movement is transmitted via the springs 60, 61 to the lower blade 55, although the lower blade 55 record only the parallel to the upper blades 39 motion, while the resulting in the slightly circular movement of the drive rods 62, 63 vertical movement component in the form of springs 60, 61 is resiliently intercepted and the component is absorbed due to the small rotation in the portions 109 of the shaping springs 60, 61 by the transverse pins 110 of the drive rods 62, 63, in these sections 109 slide concentrically.

Since the working head 3 is connected via the guide means 6 designed as resilient connecting elements 83, 84 to the support 85 which can be pivoted in the housing 89 of the handpiece 2 via the bearing 11, oscillations (reaction forces) generated by the drive motor 47 during operation are also applied to the working head 3 transferred so that it exerts slight oscillating vibrations corresponding to the vibrations of the drive motor 47, which extend substantially transverse to the central axis 45, so that the shaving result is further favored by this. This is because, as a result of the oscillating sliding back and forth of the upper blades 39 on the skin surface of an operator, larger shaving surfaces can be achieved in the shortest possible time.

In addition to this induced by the drive motor 47 oscillation of the working head 3 is pressed when pressing the upper blade 39 on the skin surface of an operator and simultaneous displacement parallel to the skin surface of this in the sliding Z to the side and additionally pivoted about the attachment points B3, B4. An eccentrically acting from above on the working head 3 compressive force F3 still favors the pivoting.

Since, according to FIGS. 9 to 11, the drive motor 47 in the working head 3 itself and the working head 3 are fixedly connected to the base 95 of the frame part 80 via the bottom 79 of the fork-shaped holding device 5, this system hangs over the downwardly extending legs 81, 82 to the leaf springs 83, 84 which are attached to the legs 81, 82 at B1 and B2 and to the support 85 at B3 and B4. If, during the shaving process according to FIG. 10, a frictional force F2 is applied from the left to the side surface of the leg 37 on the working head 3, this force F2 is transmitted via the working head 3 to the holding device 5 and from there to the guide means 90, which has a resilient force Yielding the working head 3 bring out of its center position shown in FIG. 9 out in its position shown in FIG. 10. In this case, the leaf springs 83, 84 bend in their longitudinal direction between the clamping points B3, B1 and B4, B2. This movement is further promoted by the fact that the support member 85 pivots about its pivot center M1 counterclockwise by a small amount. On the attachment points B1 and B2, the associated, slightly bent leaf springs 83, 84 exert a restoring force, which, as soon as the contact of the outer blade 39 is lifted with the skin surface, causes an independent return of the working head 3 to its original position. The working head 3 is thus formally floating to the side by the dimensions c, d and in or counterclockwise by the angle a, ß to the leaf springs 83, 84 suspended.

Since the broad sides of the leaf springs 83, 84 extend substantially perpendicular to the forces acting on the working head 3 transverse forces F2, the working head 3 is mounted in this direction particularly resiliently elastic due to the low resistance moment. On the other hand, in the case of the forces acting from front to back or vice versa on the leaf springs 83, 84, because of their large moment of resistance, they provide a high tensile strength. The movement of the working head 3 in the direction from front to back or vice versa takes place exclusively via the pivot axis 7 when the working head 3 is pivotably mounted on the arms 25, 26 formed on the holding device 5, as in the case of FIGS. 9 to 11 is.

If, according to FIG. 11, the forces F1 and F3 are exerted on the working head 3 from the right, they are transmitted via the attachment points B1, B2 to the leaf springs 83, 84 and from there to the attachment points B3 and B4. In this case acts on the support member 85, a counterclockwise torque acting, which causes a slight rotation of the support member 85 about its pivot center M1, whereby the attachment points B3, B4 rotate counterclockwise by M1. In addition, the working head 3 is displaced to the left by the action of force because the leaf springs 83, 84 bend. In this way, the working head 3 is shifted by the dimension d to the left and simultaneously rotated by the angle ß in a clockwise direction.

The angle α is determined between the solder on the foot 95 of the frame member 80 in its initial position and the Lot on the pivoted foot 95 in the counterclockwise direction, the angle ß is between the solder on the foot 95 in the starting position and the solder on the pivoted foot 95 clockwise determined. The guide means 90 illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 11 enable a better adaptation of the working head 3 to the skin surface of an operator during shaving. This is on the one hand by the lateral displacement of the working head 3 (dimensions c, d) and the simultaneous pivoting (angle a, ß) to the attachment points B3, B4 and on the other hand by the additional pivoting of the working head 3 about its pivot axis 7 and the floating storage of Upper and lower blades 39, 55 achieved in the working head 3, so that the sliding surface of the upper blade 39 can follow almost any contour of a skin surface.

Claims

claims:

1. small electrical appliance (1) for removing hair with a in the direction of a central axis (44) extending, with a front and rear side (8, 9) and side surfaces (11) provided handpiece (2) and one on the handpiece (2) Working head fastened by means of a holding device (5), comprising a working unit (12) consisting of at least one working member (55) which is set in motion by a drive unit (46) in the small appliance (1) is, so that when the work unit (12) on the skin surface of an operator hair by the working unit (12) are removed, characterized in that the holding device (5) with the handpiece (2) via guide means (6, 90) connected in such a way is that under the action of force acting in the guide direction on the working head (3) (F1 or F2) at least a lateral displacement (c or d) of the working head (3) relative to the handpiece (2) erfo lgt.

2. Small appliance according to claim 1, characterized in that the working head (3) by resilient return means (83, 84) in each case after the end of the application of force can be brought into its initial position.

3. A small appliance according to claim 1 and / or 2, characterized in that the guide means (6) consist of at least two spaced-apart connecting elements (13, 14, 15, 16) via hinge means (17, 18, 19, 20) both with the holding device (5) as with the handpiece (2) are connected.

4. Small appliance according to claim 2, characterized in that four connecting elements (13, 14, 15, 16) with eight hinge devices (17, 17, 18, 18, 19, 19, 20, 20), the holding device (5) and the handpiece (2) connect and that in each case two connecting elements (13, 14 and 15, 16) are arranged at the same height and form a four-bar linkage with the holding device (5) and the handpiece (2).

5. small appliance according to claim 4, characterized in that the four-bar linkage is a parallelogram.

6. small appliance according to claim 4, characterized in that the four-bar linkage is a trapezoid.

7. A small appliance according to claim 3, characterized in that the hinge means (17, 18, 19, 20) hinge axes (21, 22, 23, 24) which are parallel to each other and in the direction of the front to the back (8, 9) of the handpiece (2) run.

8. A small appliance according to claim 3, characterized in that the hinge means (17, 18, 19, 20) hinge axes (21, 22, 23, 24) which are parallel to each other and in the direction of the side surfaces (11) of the handpiece (2 ).

9. A small appliance according to claim 7 or 8, characterized in that the hinge means (17, 18, 19, 20) consist of bores (97) extending pin (98).

10. Small appliance according to claim 3, characterized in that the hinge means consist of film hinges.

11. A small appliance according to claim 1, characterized in that the guide means (90) consist of at least two spaced-apart connecting elements (83, 84) which have at least partially resilient portions.

12. Small appliance according to claim 11, characterized in that on the holding device (5) legs (81, 82) are formed, which extend in the direction of the handpiece (2), that between the legs (81, 82) in the vicinity of the holding device (5) a support member (85) connected to the handpiece (2) is formed so that attachment points (B1, B2, B3, B4) are formed at the free ends of the legs (81, 82) and the support member (85); that between the attachment points (B1, B3 and B2, B4) depending on a resilient portion (83, 84) is clamped.

13. A small appliance according to claim 12, characterized in that the support member (85) itself about a bearing point (111) is pivotally mounted in the housing (89) of the handpiece (2), wherein the bearing point (111) between the attachment points (B1, B2) and (B3, B4) is arranged.

14. Small appliance according to claims 11, 12 or 13, characterized in that the resilient portions (83, 84) are formed entirely of leaf springs.

15. Small appliance according to claim 12 or 13, characterized in that the ends of the leaf springs (83, 84) with the holding device (5) and the handpiece (2) welded, screwed, riveted or glued.

16. A small appliance according to claim 3 or 11, characterized in that the working unit (12) movable in the working head (3) up and lowered, that the working head (3) about a pivot axis (7) pivotally mounted on the holding device (5) is that the pivot axis (7) of the working head (3) in central position and in a vertical plan view of the front (8) of the small appliance (1) perpendicular to the longitudinal axis (44) of the handpiece (2), that the guide means (6, 90 ) are arranged on the holding device (5) and on the handpiece (2) so that a lateral displacement (c or d) of the working head (3) to the right and left is possible and that the working unit (12) in the direction of the pivot axis (7), preferably parallel to this runs.

17. A small appliance according to claim 3 or 11, characterized in that the working unit (12) movable in the working head (3) is raised and lowered, that the working head (3) about a pivot axis (7) pivotally mounted on the holding device (5) that the pivot axis (7) of the Working head (3) in a vertical plan view of the side surface (11) of the small appliance (1) horizontally and in the direction of the front to the back (8, 9) of the handpiece (2), that the guide means (6, 90) on the holding device (5) and on the handpiece (2) are arranged so that a displacement of the working head (3) in the direction of the side surfaces (11) of the handpiece (2) is possible and that the working unit (12) transversely, preferably perpendicular, to the pivot axis (7) runs.

18. A small appliance according to claim 16 or 17, characterized in that on the holding device (5) both the working head (3) as the drive motor (47) are formed.

19. Small appliance according to claim 18, characterized in that in the working head (3) and the drive motor (47) is formed.

20. A small appliance according to claim 16 or 17, characterized in that the working head (3) is arranged separately from the drive motor (47) in the holding device (5).

21. A small appliance according to claim 16 or 17, characterized in that the working head (3) in the holding device (5) and the drive motor (47) in the handpiece (2) are formed.

22. A small appliance according to claim 3 or 11, characterized in that the working unit (12) consists of a rotating plucking drum, are formed on the clamping elements as working members which open and close during rotation of the plucking drum, so that when sliding along the plucking drum on the Skin surface one Operator pinched hair and then plucked on further rotation.

23. A small appliance according to claim 3 or 11, characterized in that the working unit (12) consists of at least one lower blade (55) as a working member and at least one made of thin sheet metal upper blade (39) that the upper blade (39) many hair Having penetrating openings (42) and that when sliding along the upper blade (39) on the skin surface of an operator via the openings (42) penetrating hair and sheared off from the lower blade (55).

24. Small appliance according to claim 23, characterized in that the working unit (12) consists of at least two parallel juxtaposed Kurzhaarschneidern (55) and at least one middle cutter (43) lying therebetween.