EP2740573B1 - Method of manufacturing outer cutter of rotary electric shaver - Google Patents

Method of manufacturing outer cutter of rotary electric shaver Download PDF

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EP2740573B1
EP2740573B1 EP13195843.1A EP13195843A EP2740573B1 EP 2740573 B1 EP2740573 B1 EP 2740573B1 EP 13195843 A EP13195843 A EP 13195843A EP 2740573 B1 EP2740573 B1 EP 2740573B1
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Yoshiyuki Mimura
Koichi Odagiri
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Maxell Izumi Co Ltd
Spectrum Brands Inc
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B26—HAND CUTTING TOOLS; CUTTING; SEVERING
    • B26B—HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B26B19/00—Clippers or shavers operating with a plurality of cutting edges, e.g. hair clippers, dry shavers
    • B26B19/14—Clippers or shavers operating with a plurality of cutting edges, e.g. hair clippers, dry shavers of the rotary-cutter type; Cutting heads therefor; Cutters therefor
    • B26B19/143—Details of outer cutters
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B21—MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
    • B21D—WORKING OR PROCESSING OF SHEET METAL OR METAL TUBES, RODS OR PROFILES WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL; PUNCHING METAL
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  • the present invention relates to a method of manufacturing an outer cutter of a rotary electric shaver, more specifically a method of manufacturing an outer cutter of a rotary electric shaver that has round hole-shaped hair introduction openings on a circular shaving surface of the outer cutter.
  • it relates to the manufacture of a rotary shaver including such a cutter.
  • a rotary electric shaver that includes an outer cutter which has a circular shaving surface as a top surface where numerous hair introduction openings are formed; an inner cutter which has a small cutter slidingly in contact with a bottom surface of the outer cutter from below the shaving surface and rotates, and in which a plurality of circular shaving surfaces are integrally formed on the outer cutter in a concentric manner has been known (refer to PTL 1 and PTL 2).
  • an outer cutter of a rotary electric shaver that is described in JP-A-2012-100728 is configured to include slit-shaped hair introduction openings only which are provided side by side at small intervals, there is a small plane surface area (hereinafter, referred to as a "sliding surface portion") including no hair introduction opening, thereby having a problem of leaving unpleasant feeling on skin.
  • the sliding surface portion can be expected to be widened as an effect.
  • the aforementioned outer cutter that includes the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings is essentially manufactured by an electric discharging method, an electrolytic processing method, a laser processing method, and an etching method. Therefore, a manufacturing method is upgraded and complicated, and a period in a manufacturing step is prolonged, thereby having a problem of an increase in manufacturing cost.
  • a preferred embodiment may provide a manufacturing method in which an outer cutter of a rotary electric shaver that has round hole-shaped hair introduction openings on a circular shaving surface can be easily and inexpensively formed.
  • an outer cutter that feels pleasant on skin can be formed.
  • a below-disclosed means may solve or ameliorate the problems.
  • a disclosed method of manufacturing an outer cutter of a rotary electric shaver includes the outer cutter which has a circular shaving surface as a top surface where numerous hair introduction openings are formed and includes an inner cutter which has a small cutter slidingly in contact with a bottom surface of the outer cutter from below of the shaving surface and rotates, in which a plurality of circular shaving surfaces are integrally formed in the outer cutter in a concentric manner, and round hole-shaped hair introduction openings are formed in at least one of the circular shaving surfaces includes (a) a step of grinding or polishing a predetermined position where the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings are formed on the circular shaving surface to obtain a thickness size smaller than an inner diameter size of the round hole; and (b) a step of forming the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings in the position where the grinding or the polishing is performed by pressing, after the step (a).
  • an outer cutter of a rotary electric shaver it is possible to easily and inexpensively form round hole-shaped hair introduction openings on a circular shaving surface of the outer cutter of the rotary electric shaver. Since a sliding surface portion can be widened by forming the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings in the circular shaving surface, it is possible to form an outer cutter that feels pleasant on skin.
  • Fig. 1 is a perspective view (schematic view) illustrating an example of a rotary electric shaver 1 according to an embodiment of the invention.
  • Fig. 2 is a plan view (schematic view) of an outer cutter 10A of the rotary electric shaver 1.
  • Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a side surface (schematic view) of the outer cutter 10A.
  • the same reference numerals are applied the members that have the same functions, and descriptions thereof may not be repeated.
  • the rotary electric shaver 1 that includes the outer cutter 10A which has a shaving surface (below-described circular shaving surface) as a top surface where numerous hair introduction openings are formed and includes an inner cutter 12A which has a small cutter slidingly contacting a bottom surface of the outer cutter 10A from below of the shaving surface and rotates.
  • the rotary electric shaver cuts hair that enters hair introduction openings with the outer cutter 10A and the inner cutter 12A.
  • the rotary electric shaver that has three sets of a combination of the outer cutter 10A and the inner cutter 12A will be exemplified for description, without being limited thereto.
  • the reference numeral 50 is a main body portion that has a case 54 of which an upper portion of a substantially cylindrical-shaped grip portion 52 is bent in an obliquely front-upward manner.
  • the case 54 is split into two, and a rechargeable battery, an electric motor, and a control circuit substrate (not illustrated) are contained inside thereof.
  • a power switch 56 is attached to a front surface of the case 54, and a display portion (not illustrated) that is configured to have an LED lamp illustrating a remaining capacity of the battery and an operation state is provided below the switch 56.
  • a head portion 58 is openably and detachably attached in an upper portion of the case 54.
  • the head portion 58 is tilted with respect to the grip portion 52 of the case 54 so as to direct the shaving surface (below described top surface of cutter frame body 60) thereof in the obliquely front-upward manner.
  • a rotation output shaft of the electric motor protrudes from the upper portion of the case 54 toward an inside of the head portion 58 to rotationally drive the inner cutter 12A, and elastically pushes the inner cutter 12A upward, thereby appropriately maintaining contact pressure with respect to a bottom surface of shaving surfaces 16A and 18A of small cutters 22A and 24A.
  • the head portion 58 has a configuration in which three sets of a cutter assembly body 62 are installed in the cutter frame body 60 that is openably attached to the top surface of the case 54.
  • the cutter frame body 60 has a substantially triangle shape in a plan view and of which a peripheral edge is in a shape that is smoothly curved downward.
  • Three circular mounting ports are formed in the cutter frame body 60, and the cutter assembly bodies 62 are respectively and tiltably held upward with a resetting habit in a movable manner.
  • the cutter assembly body 62 includes the substantially disc-shaped outer cutter 10A of which a peripheral edge is bent downward, an outer cutter rim 64 into which the outer periphery of the outer cutter 10A is fit (refer to Fig. 1 ), and the inner cutter 12A that is slidingly in contact with the outer cutter 10A from below (refer to Fig. 3 ).
  • the inner cutter 12A is rotatably held in the cutter assembly body 62 so as not to fall off downward, thereby being rotatably driven by the electric motor as described above.
  • a plurality of circular shaving surfaces are integrally formed in the outer cutter 10A in a concentric manner.
  • two (dual) of the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A that are concentric with a center shaft 20A, and a circular concave groove 14A that is located therebetween are formed on the outer cutter 10A.
  • the configuration may have three or more of the circular shaving surfaces and two or more of the circular concave grooves (not illustrated).
  • the circular shaving surface 18A on an inner side is higher than the circular shaving surface 16A on an outer side, that is, the closer to the center shaft 20A, the higher in a height.
  • the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A are configured to be located on a horizontal plane with respect to the center shaft 20A (refer to Fig. 3 ). However, without being limited thereto, the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A may be formed to be the same in height.
  • the numerous hair introduction openings are formed in the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A to have a configuration in which the top surface thereof protrudes farther than the outer cutter rim 64.
  • round hole-shaped hair introduction openings 30 (30a and 30b) and slit-shaped hair introduction openings 32 are included as hair introduction openings.
  • the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings (round holes) 30 are not limited to a true circular shape, and other circular shapes such as an elliptical shape and the like are also included.
  • the slit-shaped hair introduction openings (slits) 32 are not limited to an oblong shape, and other rectangular shapes such as a trapezoidal shape and the like are also included.
  • only the slit-shaped hair introduction openings 32 are provided in the circular shaving surface 16A at the outermost periphery.
  • the circular shaving surface 16A at the outermost periphery normally and mostly exhibits an action of capturing and cutting of hair, it is possible to increase an effect of the capturing and the cutting of hair by arranging only the slit-shaped hair introduction openings 32 that are highly effective in the capturing of hair.
  • the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings 30 and the slit-shaped hair introduction openings 32 are provided side by side.
  • a round hole forming area 31 that consists of a predetermined number of round hole-shaped hair introduction openings 30 (30a and 30b) and a slit forming area 33 that consists of a predetermined number of slit-shaped hair introduction openings 32 are configured to be alternately provided.
  • three round hole forming areas 31 and three slit forming areas 33 are configured to be alternately provided.
  • three or more, for example, five round hole forming areas 31 and five slit forming areas 33 may be configured to be alternately provided as illustrated in a modification example of Fig. 11 .
  • the slit-shaped hair introduction openings 32 are highly effective in the capturing and the cutting of hair. On the other hand, there is a problem of leaving unpleasant feeling on skin.
  • the area of the sliding surface portion 34 can be increased without being deteriorated in a function of the capturing hair. Accordingly, it is possible to realize the outer cutter that feels pleasant on skin.
  • it is possible to enhance the intent to purchase by providing a novel design to a user through the configuration that can be found in the related art, that is, the round hole forming area 31 and the slit forming area 33 are alternately disposed.
  • the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings 30 are formed to have the round holes 30a at the inner periphery side and the round holes 30b at the outer periphery side that are alternately disposed in a zigzag manner along the peripheral direction of the circular shaving surface 18A.
  • the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings 30 are formed to have the round holes 30a at the inner periphery side and the round holes 30b at the outer periphery side that are alternately disposed in a zigzag manner along the peripheral direction of the circular shaving surface 18A.
  • the round holes 30a at the inner periphery side and the round holes 30b at the outer periphery side that are formed to be alternately disposed in a zigzag manner along the peripheral direction of the circular shaving surface 18A such as the round hole-shaped hair introduction opening (round hole at the outer periphery side) 30b, the round hole-shaped hair introduction opening (round hole at the inner periphery side) 30a, the round hole-shaped hair introduction opening (round hole at the outer periphery side) 30b, the round hole-shaped hair introduction opening (round hole at the inner periphery side) 30a, and so forth to the round hole-shaped hair introduction opening (round hole at the outer periphery side) 30b.
  • a processing method can be employed in which the shearing press processing is performed on a plurality of round holes (that is, either one of only the round hole 30a at the inner periphery side or only the round hole 30b at the outer periphery side in one round hole formation area 31) that are disposed at one of the inner periphery side or the outer periphery side by a single press, and then, the shearing press processing is performed to the round holes (that is, the other one of only the round hole 30a at the inner periphery side or only the round hole 30b at the outer periphery side in one round hole formation area 31) that are disposed at the other one of the inner periphery side or the outer periphery side by the single press.
  • the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings (round holes at the inner periphery side) 30a and the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings (round holes at the outer periphery side) 30b that are adjacent in the zigzag manner be close to each other at a predetermined distance (for example, clearance of approximately 0.2 mm).
  • the intervals of the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings that are side by side in the same radius can be separated by a distance (for example, clearance of approximately 0.3 mm to 0.4 mm) that allows the shearing press processing.
  • the punch for forming the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings 30 (30a and 30b) two types of punches, one for round hole processing of the inner periphery side and another for the round hole processing of the outer periphery side, are prepared. Therefore, in each punch, it is possible to separate apart the distance between the adjacent pins in the same radius farther than a predetermined distance, and it is possible to secure strength by having the pin diameter at a predetermined thickness, and the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings 30 (30a and 30b) can be formed through the shearing press processing.
  • the inner cutter 12A has a configuration in which the small cutters 22A and 24A that are slidingly in contact with the bottom surfaces (inner cutter sliding surfaces) 16B and 18B of the shaving surfaces 16A and 18A are integrally formed with a common metal plate 12B.
  • the upper end edge of the small cutters 22A and 24A are slidingly in contact with the bottom surfaces 16B and 18B that respectively become the inner cutter sliding surfaces, and cuts hair that enters the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings 30 (30a and 30b) and the slit-shaped hair introduction openings 32, it is necessary that the upper end edge has a uniform height as the height of the inner cutter sliding surfaces 16B and 18B and the upper end edge is polished to be improved in sharpness of a cutter.
  • a flat plate sheet material made of stainless steel (as an example, with a thickness of 0.6 mm) is prepared, and punching of a circular plate-shaped member 10Aa having a predetermined diameter is performed by performing the punch against a front surface side through the shearing press processing. At the same time, a central opening portion 8 is formed by the punching.
  • a drawing press processing is performed to the punched circular plate-shaped member 10Aa to press out the area of the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A that are arranged on a circular shape and obtain a stereoscopic shaped member 10Ab by forming the circular concave groove 14A.
  • the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A become a so-called cutting edge portion.
  • the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A can be employed either in a case where a height of each top surface is the same or in a case where the height of each upper surface is different.
  • a cutout portion (hereinafter, referred to as a "D-shaped cut portion") 9 is formed at the outer periphery edge of a predetermined position of the outer cutter (in this case, stereoscopic shaped member 10Ab) by punching at the same time with the drawing press processing or thereafter.
  • the D-shaped cut portion 9 is used as a position mark described below.
  • a thickness reduction is performed to the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A of the stereoscopic shaped member 10Ab. More specifically, at this moment, since portions that become the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A have a thickness of a metal plate in their integrity (as an example, with a thickness of 0.6 mm), the thickness reduction of the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A is performed until a predetermined thickness is obtained by performing the grinding or the polishing of the parts that become the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A.
  • the grinding or the polishing of the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A is performed so as to obtain a value in thickness size (as an example, with a thickness of 0.2 mm) smaller than an inner diameter size (as an example, inner diameter of 0.3 mm to 0.6 mm) of the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings (described below) that are formed on the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A during a post-processing.
  • a suitable inner diameter as an example, inner diameter 0.3 mm to 0.6 mm
  • the thickness reduction can be performed by rotating a grinding tool 72 such as a turning tool or a polishing tool such as a whetstone (here, both may be collectively referred to as a grinding/polishing tool) of which the top surface corresponds to the height of the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A about the center shaft 20A.
  • a grinding tool 72 such as a turning tool or a polishing tool such as a whetstone (here, both may be collectively referred to as a grinding/polishing tool) of which the top surface corresponds to the height of the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A about the center shaft 20A.
  • the bottom surface of the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A use a grinding/polishing tool 74 that corresponds to the heights thereof to be rotated about the center shaft 20A, thereby enabling the processing.
  • the reference numerals 16A and 18A that are illustrated with dashed lines in Fig. 6 denote the top surface of the shaving surfaces (surfaces contacting skin), and the reference numerals 16B and 18B denote the bottom surface of the shaving surfaces (surface where the small cutters 22A and 24A of the inner cutter 12A slides, inner cutter sliding surface).
  • the outer cutter 10A may be rotated.
  • forming of the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings 30 is performed at a position where the thickness reduction (grinding or polishing) is performed on the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A by the shearing press processing. More specifically, with respect to the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A of the stereoscopic shaped member 10Ab, a rear surface side (surface to be the bottom surface side)is supported by a die, the punch is pressed against the front surface side (surface to be the top surface), a drilling is performed from the front surface side toward the rear surface side by the shearing press processing, and then, the plurality of round hole-shaped hair introduction openings (round holes) 30 (30a and 30b) are formed.
  • the D-shaped cut portion 9 is used as the position mark that becomes a standard position for a processing to perform the processing of the stereoscopic shaped member 10Ab, thereby performing the shearing press processing. Accordingly, the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings (round holes) 30 (30a and 30b) can be formed in a predetermined position of the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A which have the D-shaped cut portion 9 as the standard.
  • round hole-shaped hair introduction openings (round holes) 30 (30a and 30b) that have a suitable size (as an example, inner diameter of 0.3 mm to 0.6 mm) for capturing hair by the shearing press processing. Therefore, compared to a drilling method by the electric discharging method, the electrolytic processing method, a laser processing method, and the etching method in the related art, the manufacturing method becomes easy, the manufacturing period can be shortened, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced.
  • the bottom surface of the outer cutter 10A (more specifically, a lower edge portion of the round hole 30) that is slidingly in contact with the inner cutter 12A can be sharply formed by performing the shearing press processing from the front surface side (top surface side) toward the rear surface side (bottom surface side), it is possible to obtain the sharpness of the cutter for hair.
  • a method of performing the shearing press processing from the rear surface side (bottom surface side) toward the front surface side (top surface side) may be employed.
  • the bottom surface of the outer cutter 10A (more specifically, lower end portion of the round hole 30) that is slidingly in contact with the inner cutter 12A can be formed in a burr-less shape, it is possible to obtain the sharpness of the cutter for hair.
  • the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings 30 are formed in the zigzag manner in which the round holes 30a at the inner periphery side and the round holes 30b at the outer periphery side are alternately disposed along the peripheral direction of the circular shaving surface 18A.
  • Fig. 8 is an enlarged view of the C portion in Fig. 7 , as the processing at this moment, the shearing press processing is performed to the plurality of round holes (as an example, as illustrated in Fig.
  • each punch it is possible to separate the distance between the adjacent pins in the same radius farther than a predetermined distance, and it is possible to secure the strength by having the pin diameter at a predetermined thickness, and the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings 30 (30a and 30b) can be formed through the shearing press processing.
  • a step is performed in which the slit-shaped hair introduction openings 32 are formed at a predetermined position of the circular shaving surface by grinding.
  • the D-shaped cut portion 9 is used as the position mark that becomes the standard position for a processing to perform the processing of the stereoscopic shaped member 10Ab, thereby performing the grinding.
  • the slit-shaped hair introduction openings (slits) 32 can be formed in a predetermined position of the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A which have the D-shaped cut portion 9 as the standard.
  • the D-shaped cut portion 9 is used as the common processing standard position in the above-described shearing press processing and the grinding, the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings (round holes) 30 and the slit-shaped hair introduction openings (slits) 32 that are respectively formed in different steps can be formed in a predetermined position without occurrence of a position gap.
  • the grinding of the slit-shaped hair introduction openings 32 are performed using a rotation disc whetstone 66 as illustrated in Fig. 10 . That is, with respect to the stereoscopic shaped member 10Ab that becomes the outer cutter 10A, the rotation disc whetstone 66 is rotated from above having the outer periphery thereof vertically oriented and moved in a substantially radial direction, thereby providing cuts in a portion that becomes the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A excluding the circular concave groove 14A.
  • the rotation disc whetstone 66 is a thin circular disc-shaped tool that is made of wear resistant particles such as diamond particles which are dispersed in abrasive grains to be cured.
  • the processing is firstly performed to both the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A at the same time, a processing in a depth along a first processing line 68 in Fig. 10 by the rotation disc whetstone 66 is performed. That is, a rotational center A of the rotation disc whetstone 66 is moved in a substantially radial direction (movement line 68a direction in Fig. 10 ) such that an outer periphery (cutting edge) of the rotation disc whetstone 66 moves along the first processing line 68.
  • the rotational center A is moved to a position of B such that the outer periphery of the rotation disc whetstone 66 is moved along a second processing line 70 that is illustrated in Fig. 10 , and then, the center B is moved in the substantially radial direction along a movement line 70a that is parallel to the second processing line 70.
  • a thickness reduction for finishing is performed to the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A of the stereoscopic shaped member 10Ab.
  • the thickness reduction is performed in the previous step up to the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A to obtain a value in thickness size (as an example, with a thickness of 0.2 mm) smaller than an inner diameter size (as an example, inner diameter of 0.3 mm to 0.6 mm) of the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings (described below).
  • the grinding or the polishing is further performed in the present step, and the processing is performed until the circular shaving surfaces 16A and 18A obtain a predetermined thickness size (as an example, with a thickness of 0.08 mm).
  • the stereoscopic shaped member 10Ab is formed as the outer cutter 10A.
  • the outer cutter 10A obtains the sharpness in cutting which can perform deep shaving.
  • the outer cutter of the rotary electric shaver As described above, in the method of manufacturing the outer cutter of the rotary electric shaver according to an aspect of the invention, it is possible to easily and inexpensively form the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings 30 on the circular shaving surface 18A of the outer cutter 10A by the shearing press processing. In addition, since the sliding surface portion 34 can be widened by forming the round hole-shaped hair introduction openings 30 on the circular shaving surface 18A, it is possible to form the outer cutter 10A that feels pleasant on skin.
  • the invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and various modifications and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention.
  • the rotary electric shaver that has three sets of the combination of the outer cutter and the inner cutter is exemplified for description.
  • the invention is not limited thereto and can also be applied to the rotary electric shaver that has one set, two sets, four sets or more sets of the combination of the outer cutter and the inner cutter.

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