EP3411201B1 - Tondeuse à cheveux électrique - Google Patents

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EP3411201B1
EP3411201B1 EP16889623.1A EP16889623A EP3411201B1 EP 3411201 B1 EP3411201 B1 EP 3411201B1 EP 16889623 A EP16889623 A EP 16889623A EP 3411201 B1 EP3411201 B1 EP 3411201B1
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Neel B. KULHRESHTHA
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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
    • B26B19/02—Clippers or shavers operating with a plurality of cutting edges, e.g. hair clippers, dry shavers of the reciprocating-cutter type
    • B26B19/04—Cutting heads therefor; Cutters therefor; Securing equipment thereof
    • B26B19/06—Cutting heads therefor; Cutters therefor; Securing equipment thereof involving co-operating cutting elements both of which have shearing teeth
    • 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
    • B26B19/02—Clippers or shavers operating with a plurality of cutting edges, e.g. hair clippers, dry shavers of the reciprocating-cutter type
    • B26B19/04—Cutting heads therefor; Cutters therefor; Securing equipment thereof
    • B26B19/06—Cutting heads therefor; Cutters therefor; Securing equipment thereof involving co-operating cutting elements both of which have shearing teeth
    • B26B19/063—Movable or adjustable cutting head
    • 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
    • B26B19/38—Details of, or accessories for, hair clippers, or dry shavers, e.g. housings, casings, grips, guards
    • B26B19/3853—Housing or handle

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  • the present invention is directed toward electric hair clippers or trimmers and, more particularly, toward electric hair clippers that allow a person to trim his or her own hair in areas such as the back of the neck that are otherwise difficult to do with conventional clippers.
  • Electric hair clippers generally include a hand-held housing that contains a motor and power supply-related components that drive a reciprocating trimming blade.
  • the housing also provides a form that fits the user's hand sufficiently as a grip so as to allow the user to manipulate the hair clipper.
  • Various types of clippers are well known in the art.
  • the clippers comprise an elongated housing with a reciprocating trimming blade at one end with the blade being perpendicular to the axis of the housing. While such conventional clippers are relatively easy to manipulate when trimming another person's hair, they are awkward to use on one's own hair and particularly the back of one's neck.
  • WO 2015/020696 A1 discloses an electric hair clipper according to the preamble of claim 1.
  • the present disclosure relates to an electric hair clipper that includes a housing containing an electrical source and drive-related components.
  • a clipper mechanism having a reciprocating clipper is located beneath the bottom of the housing but is spaced therefrom by a central hub that extends downwardly from the bottom of the housing.
  • the housing, central hub and clipper mechanism are arranged such that a person can hold the electric hair clipper by placing his or her fingers in the space between the housing and the clipper mechanism with the central hub lying between two fingers and with the back of the person's fingers resting in a pair of elongated spaced apart recesses formed in the bottom of the housing on opposite sides of the hub.
  • the front of one of the person's finger rests on a curved ledge to allow for some downward pressure and help control the operation of the clipper.
  • the electric hair clipper of the present invention When the electric hair clipper of the present invention is held in the above described manner, it is possible to easily either grip the hair clipper with two fingers as between the thumb and index finger, or between the index and middle fingers and properly orient cutting clipper. This allows the person to easily trim areas such as the back of the neck that are otherwise difficult to do.
  • the present disclosure relates to a hair clipper that comprises a gripping means and a cutting clipper or trimmer, configured in such a manner that allows the hair clipper to be oriented with the grip portion above the cutter portion with space between them for a persons fingers, thus making it anatomically convenient to hold the hair clipper and trim one's own hair.
  • FIG. 1 - 8 a first example of an electric hair clipper or trimmer designated generally as 10.
  • the hair clipper 10 comprises an upper portion 12 that provides a substantially rectangularly shaped housing for a power source and motor related components, and a trimmer mechanism 14 that includes a reciprocating straight line trimmer 16.
  • the connection between the motor and the trimmer head passes through the central hub 18 which may have an enlarged lower portion 20.
  • the straight line trimmer 16 is, per se, conventional and is well known in the art.
  • the motor (not shown) is also mechanically coupled to the trimmer 16 in a known manner.
  • the motor, power supply and other related components along with the trimmer are not, per se, part of the present inventive concept. They are all individually common and well known in the art. Accordingly, detailed descriptions of the same are not believed to be necessary.
  • the housing 12 further comprises a particular form that provides a gripping means, and fits the hand in a comfortable manner.
  • the gripping means includes a pair of elongated recesses in the form of parallel concave surfaces 22 and 24 formed on either side of the housing 12.
  • the concave surfaces define a plane that is parallel to the line formed by the trimmer 16.
  • a second pair of elongated recesses in the form of concave surfaces 26 and 28 are formed in the under surface of the housing 12 above the trimmer 16.
  • the second pair of concave surfaces 26 and 28 are arranged to be perpendicular to the first pair of concave surfaces 22 and 24 and also define a plane that is parallel to the line defined by the trimmer 16.
  • Concave surfaces 22 and 24 are configured to allow the hair clipper 10 to be gripped between the thumb and tips of several of one's remaining fingers with the palm of one's hand overlying the housing 12. Holding the trimmer 10 in this manner will allow the user to trim sideburns or other easy to reach facial hairs. However, when it is desired to trim harder to reach areas such as the back of one's neck, the clipper 10 is held in the manner shown in Figure 8 . As shown, the person places his or her fingers in the space between the housing 12 and the clipper mechanism 14 with the central hub 18 lying between two fingers and with the back of the person's fingers resting in the concave recesses or grooves 26 and 28. The person's fingers are also gripping the central hub 18. When the clipper is held in this manner, it can be seen that the clipper or trimmer 16 is in line with the person's fingers making it easy for the person to trim the back of his or her neck.
  • the second example 110 shown in Figures 9 to 13 is very similar to the first example shown in Figures 1 to 8 and operates in the same manner. The difference is primarily in the central hub section shown at 118. In the first example, the central 18 was fixed. In the second example, the central hub is comprised of two parts hinged or pivoted together.
  • the central hub 118 is comprised of upper hub portion 130 and lower hub portion 120.
  • Lower hub portion 120 includes an upwardly extending tongue 132 and the upper hub portion 130 includes a pair of downwardly extending ears 134 and 136 lying on either side of the tongue 132.
  • a pin 138 extends through apertures (not shown) located in the tongue 132 and ears 134 and 136. This pivot or hinge arrangement allows for limited pivotal movement forward and back (as viewed in Figure 11 ) between the housing 112 and the trimmer mechanism 114.
  • a rib 140 extends forwardly across the front wall 142 of the lower hub portion 120 just above the trimmer 116. In the preferred embodiment, the rib 140 extends entirely across the width of the lower hub portion 120.
  • the first embodiment of the invention shown in Figures 14 to 18 is very similar to both the first and second examples and operates in the same manner.
  • similar elements shown in these figures are designated with similar reference numerals but preceded by the number 2.
  • the trimmer blade 216 of the trimmer 210 is essentially the same as trimmer 16 of the first example which is essentially the same as trimmer 116 of the second example.
  • trimmer blade 216 of the trimmer 210 is essentially the same as trimmer 16 of the first example which is essentially the same as trimmer 116 of the second example.
  • the primarily difference in the first embodiment is the addition of the curved finger rest 260.
  • the finger rest 260 extends forwardly from the front wall 242 of the lower hub portion 220 above the trimmer 216 and curves slightly upwardly.
  • the finger rest 260 can be permanently secured to the front wall 242 or can be detachable therefrom.
  • the finger rest 260 is comprised of a curved portion 262 and an elongated attaching socket portion 264.
  • the front wall 242 of the hub portion 220 includes a mating projection 266.
  • the socket portion 264 has is open and fits over and onto the projection 266 to position the finger rest 260 in place as shown in Figure 14 . It has been found that a good friction fit between the parts is sufficient to maintain the finger rest 260 in position even during use.
  • the back of one of the person's fingers rests in the concave recess or groove 228.
  • the front of the person's finger presses down on the finger rest 260.
  • the finger rest 360 includes a curved portion 362 that extends outwardly and upwardly from the front wall 342 of the trimmer body or housing 312 just above the trimmer blade 316.
  • the finger rest 460 is formed within the front wall 442 of the body or housing 412 of the trimmer 410.
  • the trimmer can be held and used in substantially the same manner as the embodiments described above. That is, the trimmer can be held between the user's first and second fingers with one finger at the back of the trimmer and one finger adjacent the front wall 342 or 442 with the front or pad surface of the finger resting on or pressing down on the finger rest 360 or 460.

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  1. Tondeuse électrique pour cheveux (10), comprenant :
    un boîtier (12) pour contenir une source électrique et des composants connexes à l'entraînement, ledit boîtier ayant une surface supérieure et une surface inférieure ;
    un mécanisme de tondeuse (14) situé en dessous de ladite surface inférieure dudit boîtier (12) et espacé de celle-ci, ledit mécanisme de tondeuse (14) incluant une lame de tondeuse se déplaçant en va-et-vient (216) ayant un bord avant définissant une ligne droite, ledit mécanisme de tondeuse (14) incluant un repose-doigts (260) situé au-dessus de la position de la lame de tondeuse (216) et s'étendant vers l'extérieur ;
    un moyeu central (218) ayant une portion haute raccordée à, et s'étendant vers le bas à partir de, ladite surface inférieure dudit boîtier (12), ledit moyeu central (218) ayant une portion basse raccordée audit mécanisme de tondeuse (14), et
    lesdits boîtier (12), moyeu central (218) et mécanisme de tondeuse (14) étant agencés de telle sorte qu'une personne puisse tenir la tondeuse électrique pour cheveux (10) en plaçant ses doigts dans l'espace entre ledit boîtier (12) et ledit mécanisme de tondeuse (14), le moyeu central (218) se trouvant entre deux doigts, le fond du boîtier (12) entrant en contact avec le dos des doigts de la personne et avec l'avant d'un des deux doigts de la personne reposant sur ledit repose-doigts (260) pour permettre à la personne de fournir une pression descendante à la lame de tondeuse (216) ;
    caractérisée en ce que
    ledit repose-doigts (260) est incurvé vers le haut à l'opposé de ladite lame de tondeuse (216).
  2. Tondeuse électrique pour cheveux (10) selon la revendication 1, incluant en outre une paire d'évidements allongés espacés l'un de l'autre (26, 28) formés dans ledit fond dudit boîtier (12) et situés sur des côtés opposés dudit moyeu (218) et dans lequel le dos desdits doigts de la personne reposent dans lesdits évidements (26, 28).
  3. Tondeuse électrique pour cheveux (10) selon la revendication 1, dans lequel ledit repose-doigts (260) est attaché de façon amovible audit mécanisme de tondeuse (14).
  4. Tondeuse électrique pour cheveux (10) selon la revendication 1, incluant en outre des moyens pivots (238) situés entre ladite portion haute et ladite portion basse dudit moyeu central (218) permettant audit mécanisme de tondeuse (14) de pivoter relativement audit boîtier (12).
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