JP2004016272A - Electric shaver - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce manufacturing cost by simplifying a case structure and by reducing the number of parts and efforts for assembly; and to surely prevent a switch panel from being detached from a main body case even if an electric shaver is heavily shocked by enhancing strength of a structure of the switch panel, in the electric shaver of which the shaver head is held by lifting. <P>SOLUTION: The shaver has an operation unit 2 and a main body case 1 for storing the operation unit 2, and the operation unit 2 includes a shaver head 2B and an electrical component unit 2A. The shaver head 2B is held to be freely lifted to the body case 1, and the body case 1 is formed in a shape of a bottomed cylinder while only a top face can be opened. The electrical component unit 2A is loaded into the body case 1 from the top opening of the body case 1 and fastened to the body case 1 by screwing a screw 38 from a side of a bottom wall of the body case 1 to a frame 16 of the body case 1. Furthermore, a mounting part 9 is formed by layer-down in front of the body case 1, and a switch panel 3 formed in a shape like a gutter is fixed to the mounting part 9. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric razor in which an operating unit is mounted on a cylindrical main body case, and more particularly to an electric razor in which a razor head on an upper side of the operating unit is supported by floating on the main body case.
[0002]
[Prior art]
An electric shaver of this type is known from Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-42264 filed by the present applicant. There, an electric shaver is constituted by an operating unit, a cylindrical main body case accommodating the operating unit, a bottom case closing a bottom surface thereof, and a switch mechanism arranged on the front side of the main body case. The operating unit includes a razor head and an electrical component unit, and is supported so that the razor head can be vertically lifted with respect to the main body case. The body case, the electrical component unit housed inside the case, and the bottom case are integrally fastened with screws screwed in from the lower surface side of the bottom case. The switch mechanism includes a flat switch panel that is pressed and fixed to the front surface of the main body case, a slide knob, an outer lever and an inner lever that convert a slide operation of the slide knob into a rotation operation, and an off position and an on position with the inner lever. It is composed of a switch piece that is slid to the position.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the above-mentioned electric shaver, after the operation unit is accommodated in the main body case that is open on both the upper and lower sides, the bottom opening of the main body case is closed by the bottom case provided separately from the main body case. Therefore, the number of components of the electric shaver increases by the amount of the bottom case. In particular, in an electric shaver configured to be washable, it is necessary to protect the electrical unit inside the main body case, and it is necessary to seal the upper opening of the main body case and the space between the main body case and the bottom case, respectively. Becomes complicated.
[0004]
The switch panel is formed in a vertically long shield shape, and is fitted and fixed in a mounting recess formed in the front of the main body case. For this reason, it is inevitable that shavings fall on the panel surface during shaving, and shavings and dust are liable to be clogged in the gap between the switch panel and the mounting recess and the inner surface of the slide knob. Engagement claws are provided at several places around the periphery of the switch panel, and the engagement claws are press-fitted and fixed in the engagement grooves of the loading concave portion, so that sufficient engagement can be obtained when a lateral impact load is received from the outside. The joint strength cannot be secured, and the switch panel may fall off the main body case due to, for example, a drop impact.
[0005]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an electric shaver that reduces the number of components of a case structure including a main body case, realizes simplification of a case structure and a sealing structure accompanying the case structure, and reduces manufacturing costs accordingly. It is in. An object of the present invention is to provide a rugged switch that can eliminate clogging such as shavings around a switch panel provided on the front surface of a main body case and can maintain an assembled state even when subjected to a strong impact force. An object of the present invention is to provide an electric shaver having a panel. An object of the present invention is to provide an electric shaver having a switch panel having excellent structural strength and exhibiting high strength durability by a cooperative action between the switch panel and a main body case.
[0006]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In the electric razor according to the present invention, an operating unit 2 including a razor head 2B and an electrical component unit 2A, a cylindrical main body case 1 that houses the operating unit 2, and a switch panel 3 fixed to an outer surface of the main body case 1 And a switch mechanism for controlling energization of the motor 26. The razor head 2B is supported on the main body case 1 so as to be vertically movable. The main body case 1 is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape with only the upper surface opened, and the electric component unit 2A loaded into the case from the upper surface opening of the main body case 1 is screwed by screws 38 screwed from the case bottom wall side. It is fastened to the main body case 1.
[0007]
Specifically, a switch mechanism is provided with an external operation mechanism 42A mounted on the inner and outer surfaces of the switch panel 3 and an internal operation mechanism mounted on the inside of the main body case 1 to switch a power supply path of the motor 26 between an ON state and an OFF state. 42B, and both operation mechanisms 42A and 42B are operatively connected to each other via an opening 56 opened in the main body case 1.
[0008]
The space between the opening of the main body case 1 and the razor head 2B protruding from the opening of the main body case 1 can be sealed with a seal body 15 mounted between the razor head 2B and the electrical component unit 2A.
[0009]
A mounting section 9 formed in a paragraph from another case portion is provided from the front surface to both side surfaces of the main body case 1, and a switch panel 3 formed in a gutter body cross-sectional shape including a front wall 3a and left and right side walls 3b is provided. , And is fixed to the loading section 9.
[0010]
The switch mechanism includes a switch knob 6 disposed on the outer surface of the switch panel 3 and slidably supported, a lock piece 44 disposed on the inner surface of the switch panel 3 and sliding along with the switch knob 6, and a lock piece 44. A first lever 45 that converts a sliding operation into a swinging operation, a second lever 46 that is disposed on the inner surface of the main body case 1 and inherits the operation of the first lever 45, and a switch piece that is reciprocally slid by the second lever 46 47.
[0011]
The switch knob 6 is composed of a knob 6a supported only up and down by a slide hole 43 opened in the switch panel 3 and a button 6b supported by the knob 6a so as to be able to come and go. The lock piece 44 integrally includes a frame 48 slidably connected to the knob 6a, a lock arm 49 unlocked by the button 6b, and a click arm 50 provided at a lower portion of the frame 48. I have. The first lever 45 is supported so as to be able to swing only, and its swinging tip is connected to the lock piece 44. When the switch knob 6 is in the off position, a part of the frame 48 of the lock piece 44 and the swing base of the first lever 45 can be made to overlap back and forth.
[0012]
Operation and Effect of the Invention
According to the present invention, in the electric razor in which the razor head 2B is supported so as to be vertically movable with respect to the main body case 1, the main body case 1 is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape having only the upper surface opened, and the conventionally required bottom case The number of components and assembling labor can be reduced because the bottom case can be omitted.In addition, the case structure and the number of sealing points associated with it can be reduced, reducing the overall cost of manufacturing an electric shaver. it can. Further, the electrical component unit 2A loaded into the case from the top opening of the main case 1 is directly fastened to the main case 1 with the screw 38 screwed from the case bottom wall side, so that the operating unit 2 and the main case 1 are firmly connected. And the structural strength of the main body case 1 is significantly improved as compared with the case where the bottom case is interposed.
[0013]
A switch mechanism is composed of an outer operation mechanism 42A assembled on the inner and outer surfaces of the switch panel 3 and an inner operation mechanism 42B assembled in the main body case 1, and the two operation mechanisms 42 are connected to each other through an opening 56 opened in the main body case 1. When the 43 is connected so as to be interlockable, the operation of the outer operation mechanism 42A can be transmitted to the inner operation mechanism 42B only by providing one opening 56 in the main body case 1, so that dustproofing at the opening 56 is achieved. Alternatively, the seal structure for waterproofing is simplified.
[0014]
When a seal 15 is mounted between the razor head 2B and the electrical component unit 2A, and the gap between the opening of the main body case 1 and the razor head 2B is sealed by the seal 15, the razor head floatingly supported is provided. Even when the razor head 2B is tilted and displaced, it is possible to seal between the opening of the main body case 1 and the razor head 2B without being affected by the movement of the razor head 2B, and to reliably protect the electrical component unit 2A which refuses to invade foreign matter. In particular, when the electric shaver is configured to be washable with water, the waterproof function is ensured. Since the sealing opening can be sealed with only one sealing body 15, the sealing structure can be simplified.
[0015]
After the mounting portion 9 is formed in a stepped shape from the front surface to both side surfaces of the main body case 1, the switch panel 3 formed in a gutter body cross-sectional shape including the front wall 3a and the left and right side walls 3b is mounted on the loading portion 9. According to the electric shaver to be mounted and fixed, all or most of the joining edge between the switch panel 3 and the main body case 1 can be located on the left and right sides of the main body case 1. Therefore, even if the shavings fall on the front surface of the switch panel 3 during shaving, there is no room for the shavings to enter into the peripheral gap of the switch panel 3 or the inside of the panel, so that the electric shaver can always be used in a clean state. When the switch panel 3 is mounted on the mounting portion 9, the left and right side walls 3 b wrap around to both side surfaces of the main body case 1. The external force can be received by the cooperative action of the main body case and the main body case 3b. Therefore, even if a strong impact force is received, the switch panel 3 is reliably prevented from falling off from the main body case 1, and the assembled state can be maintained. The switch panel 3 formed in a gutter section has a higher structural strength than a conventional flat switch panel, and the toughness of the switch panel 3 is improved by that much.
[0016]
The lock piece 44 and the switch knob 6 are slidably arranged inside and outside the switch panel 3 so that the lock piece 44 and the first lever 45 connected to the lock piece 44 convert the sliding operation of the lock piece 44 into a swing operation. According to the switch mechanism described above, the operating force when the switch knob 6 is slid or the external force applied to the switch knob 6 is first received by the lock piece 44, and the operating force of the switch knob 6 or the external force applied to the switch knob 6 becomes: Since direct action on the first lever 45, which is a small component, can be prevented, the durability of the first lever 45 can be improved. When the operation of the first lever 45 is transmitted to the second lever 46 in the main body case 1 so that the switch piece 47 can be slid and switched, the through hole 56 provided in the main body case 1 is formed as a circular hole, and The gap between the port 56 and the first lever 45 can be reliably sealed with a seal ring 57 having a simple structure.
[0017]
When the switch knob 6 is in the off position, the lock arm 49 of the lock piece 44 is received by the receiving rib 51 of the switch panel 3 and the upward sliding is restricted. After the button 6b is pushed and the lock arm 49 is disengaged, the switch knob 6 can be switched on by sliding the entire switch knob 6. At this time, a pushing force acts on the frame body 48 supporting the lock arm 49, and tends to be elastically deformed toward the main body case 1. However, according to the switch mechanism in which a part of the frame 48 of the lock piece 44 and the swinging base of the first lever 45 overlap each other, the pushing force of the switch knob 6 is applied to the first through the frame 48. Since the frame 48 can be prevented from being elastically deformed by being received by the one lever 45, the lock arm 49 can be reliably disengaged from the receiving rib 51. Further, the first lever 45 receiving the pushing force of the switch knob 6 is pressed against the second lever 46 so that the two levers 45 can be securely fitted to each other, so that the swinging operation of the first lever 45 is ensured. And the switch piece 47 can be properly switched.
[0018]
【Example】
1 to 14 show an embodiment of an electric shaver according to the present invention. The electric shaver is constructed so that it can be washed with water and cleaned. 1 to 4, the electric razor includes a main body case 1, an operation unit 2 to be inserted into and mounted on the main body case 1, a switch panel 3 mounted on a front outer surface of the main body case 1, and upper and lower sides of the rear surface of the case. It is provided with a sharp blade unit 4 and a switching knob 5. Above and below the switch panel 3, a switch knob 6 for starting the motor, an indicator light 7 for displaying an operation state, and the like are provided.
[0019]
In FIG. 3, the main body case 1 is formed of a bottomed cylindrical plastic molded product having an opening only at the upper surface, and the front and side front portions thereof are each formed in a stepped shape from the rear half portion of the case, and the switch panel 3 is mounted. The mounting portion 9 is formed, and four engaging claws 10 are formed on both right and left side surfaces of the mounting portion 9 so as to protrude. A vertically long engaging groove 11 is intermittently formed in a step portion around the mounting portion 9. As shown in FIG. 6, a charging socket hole 12 is formed in the bottom of the main body case 1 so as to be open downward.
[0020]
In FIG. 3, the switch panel 3 is a gutter-shaped plastic integrally provided with a front wall 3a, left and right side walls 3b extending rearward on both left and right sides of the front wall 3a, and a bottom wall 3c connected to a lower end of the front wall 3a. Consists of molded products. The upper and lower inner surfaces of each side wall 3b are provided with engaging concave portions 13 for engaging with the above-mentioned engaging claws 10, and joining pieces 14 which are received by the above-mentioned engaging grooves 11 project from the peripheral side edge of the side wall 3b. is there. The switch panel 3 is put on the mounting portion 9, and as shown in FIG. 7, by inserting the joint piece 14 into the engagement groove 11 and engaging the engagement recess 13 with the engagement claw 10 by press-fitting. The switch panel 3 can be integrated with the main body case 1. In this assembled state, the outer surfaces of the left and right side walls 3b are smoothly continuous with the surface of the rear half of the main body case 1 (see FIG. 3). The switch panel 3 is provided with a switch structure including a switch knob 6, the details of which will be described later.
[0021]
In FIG. 1, the operating unit 2 comprises a lower electrical component unit 2A and a razor head 2B provided on an upper part thereof. A cap-shaped waterproof seal (seal body) 15 is provided between the two components 2A and 2B. It is. The electrical component unit 2A is configured by assembling a secondary battery 17 and a circuit board 18 on which switches, LEDs, electronic components, and the like are mounted on a frame 16 made of a plastic molded product. A motor housing 19 is provided integrally with the upper part of the frame 16, and a waterproof seal 15 is placed between the motor housing 19 and a motor holder 31 described later. A pair of left and right screw bosses 20 are provided at the lower end of the frame 16, and a pair of charging plug pins 21 are arranged therebetween.
[0022]
The razor head 2B includes a shaving block including a rotary inner blade 23, an outer blade 24, and an outer blade holder 25, a motor 26, and a transmission mechanism that transmits motor power to the inner blade 23 and the leading razor blade unit 4. It is composed of
[0023]
4 and 5, the shaving block includes a head base 28 and a head frame 29 and a pair of front and rear transmission cases 30 and the like that define a gear chamber with the lower portion of the head frame 29 sandwiched between the front and rear. It is. The motor 26 is housed in a motor holder 31 fixed to the lower surface of the head base 28. The space between the output shaft of the motor 26 and the head base 28 is sealed with a waterproof seal 32. An annular wall is formed on the upper portion of the motor holder 31, and the upper portion of the waterproof seal 15 is sandwiched and sealed between the annular wall and the head base 28. The power of the motor 26 is transmitted to the inner cutter 23 via a face gear 33 disposed in the gear chamber and a gear train 34 disposed along the side surface of the head frame, and furthermore, through the eccentric cam 35, the razor blade unit 4. It is transmitted to.
[0024]
As shown in FIG. 5, by floatingly supporting the motor holder 31 in the motor accommodating portion 19 of the frame 16, the entire razor head 2B can be tilted and displaced back and forth, left and right, and further displaced vertically. The floating support structure of the razor head 2B is a retaining structure 37 provided between the motor holder 31 and the motor housing 19 after the razor head 2B is pushed up and urged by a pair of left and right springs 36 to support the razor head 2B in a floating manner. The razor head 2B is held in a retaining shape. By moving the entire razor head 2B up and down, the burden on the skin during shaving can be reduced. Further, since the razor head 2B can be tilted and displaced forward and backward and left and right, the shaving can be reliably performed while following the unevenness of the skin.
[0025]
The operation unit 2 having the above configuration is inserted into the main body case 1 from above and loaded, and the screw 38 inserted from below into the case bottom is screwed into the screw boss 20 as shown in FIG. it can. In this assembled state, the peripheral side surface of the waterproof seal 15 is in close contact with the inner surface of the peripheral wall of the main body case 1 to seal between the electrical component unit 2A and the main body case 1. The screw boss 20 and the plug pin 21 projecting into the socket hole 12 are sealed with a seal ring 39, respectively.
[0026]
A switch mechanism including the switch knob 6 is shown in FIG. The switch mechanism includes an outer operation mechanism 42A assembled on the inner and outer surfaces of the switch panel 3 and an inner operation mechanism 42B assembled inside the main body case 1. The external operation mechanism 42A includes a switch knob 6, a lock piece 44, and a first lever 45. The inner operation mechanism includes a second lever 46 and a switch piece 47.
[0027]
The switch knob 6 is composed of a disk-shaped knob 6a supported only freely up and down by a slide hole 43 opened in the switch panel 3, and a lock release button 6b assembled at the center of the knob 6a. The knob 6a can be slid up and down only when the button 6b is pushed in. A pair of leg pieces 6c that engage with the slide hole 43 is provided on the left and right sides of the inner surface of the knob 6a. On the inner surface of the switch panel 3, a lock piece 44 that slides up and down along with the knob 6b and a first lever 45 that converts a vertical slide operation of the lock piece 44 into a reciprocating swing operation are provided. The swinging operation of the first lever 45 is transmitted to a second lever 46 provided in the main body case 1, and the switch piece 47 is slid up and down by the second lever 46 to turn on the power supply to the motor 26. Switch between state and off state.
[0028]
The lock piece 44 is made of a plastic molded product integrally provided with a square frame 48, a cross-shaped lock arm 49 provided inside the frame 48, and a click arm 50 provided below the frame 48. Become. The frame 48 is connected to the knob 6a via the leg 6c. Specifically, a nail formed integrally with the tip of the leg piece 6c is inserted into the through hole of the frame 48 in a retaining shape (see FIGS. 9 and 10). Thereby, the lock piece 44 can be slid up and down by the switch knob 6. When the knob 6a is at the lower off position, the upper edge of the lock arm 49 contacts the receiving rib 51 provided on the upper edge of the inner surface of the slide hole 43, so that the switch knob 6 cannot slide upward. When the button 6b is pushed in, the lock arm 49 is elastically deformed toward the main body case 1 and separates from the receiving rib 51, so that the switch knob 6 can be slid upward in this state. When the knob 6a is switched on and off, the pair of click arms 50 move up and down while elastically deforming the articulation pin 52 provided on the inner surface of the switch panel 3 to generate a click feeling, and further maintain each switching position. .
[0029]
The first lever 45 is swingably supported by a lever pin 53 provided on the inner surface of the switch panel 3, and the passive pin 54 at the tip of the swing is inserted and connected to the interlocking groove 61 on the upper part of the click arm 50. An operating shaft 55 protrudes from the swing base end of the first lever 45, and the second lever 46 provided in the main body case 1 is swingably operated by the operating shaft 55. For this purpose, an opening 56 is opened in the front wall of the main body case 1, and the operation shaft 55 faces the inside of the main body case 1 from the opening 56. The space between the passage 56 and the operation shaft 55 is sealed with a seal ring 57. The distal end side of the operation shaft 55 is formed in a non-circular cross-sectional shape, and this shaft portion is inserted into and engaged with an engagement groove 58 at the pivot center of the second lever 46, thereby causing the second lever 46 to pivot. it can. The second lever 46 is swingably supported by the frame 16, and the pin 59 at the tip of the swing is engaged with the interlocking groove 60 of the switch piece 47.
[0030]
The switch knob 6, the lock piece 44, and the first lever 45 are assembled to the switch panel 3, and when the switch knob 6 is in the off position, as shown in FIGS. The swinging base of the first lever 45 covers the lower inner surface of the first lever 45. That is, the lock piece 44 is adjacent to the inner surface of the switch panel 3, and the swing base of the first lever 45 is adjacent to the lower inner surface of the frame 48. In order to obtain this positional difference in the front-rear direction, as shown in FIG. 8, a partially arcuate rib 63 is projected below the lever pin 53, and the rib 63 receives the swing base of the first lever 45. The click arm 50 of the lock piece 44 is formed in a step-down shape so as to be displaced from the frame 48 toward the main body case 1. FIG. 11 shows the switch mechanism in the off state, and FIG. 12 shows the same mechanism switched to the on state.
[0031]
As described above, when the lower portion of the frame body 48 and the swing base of the first lever 45 are arranged in front and back, the button 6b is pushed in to disengage the lock arm 49 and then the switch knob When the whole 6 is slid, the pushing force of the switch knob 6 (the knob 6a, the button 6b) is received by the first lever 45 via the frame 48, so that the frame 48 can be prevented from being elastically deformed. The lock arm 49 can be reliably disengaged from the receiving rib 51. In particular, the lock arm 49 is not released from the receiving rib 51 even when an unexpected external force is applied to the switch knob 6. That is, if the engagement of the lock arm 49 is easily released by the impact, the switch knob 6 slides carelessly, which may drive the motor 26 and waste the battery 17. The restricting action of the first lever 45 reliably prevents the lock arm 49 from being released from the receiving rib 51, and can solve the above-mentioned problem.
[0032]
Further, since the first lever 45 receiving the pushing force of the switch knob 6 can be pressed against the second lever 46 to securely fit the two levers 45, 46, the swinging operation of the first lever 45 can be surely performed by the second lever 46. Thus, the switch piece 47 can be properly switched. As described above, the switch knob 6 and the lock piece 44 are connected so as to be interlockable via the leg pieces 6c. The lock arm 49 is positioned above the connection portion (fixed portion) with the connection portion (fixed portion) as a boundary line. Since the interlocking groove 61 with which the passive pin 54 of the first lever 45 is engaged is formed on the side, even if the frame 48 is deformed toward the main body case 1 by receiving the pushing force of the button 6b, the connecting portion ( By restricting the movement by the fixing portion, the connection between the passive pin 54 of the first lever 45 and the interlocking groove 61 can be prevented.
[0033]
In order to clean the inner blade 23 to the outer blade 24, a cleaning tool 65 shown in FIGS. 13 and 14 is prepared. The cleaning tool 65 includes a holder 66, a rotating brush 67 disposed in the holder 66 and rotatably supported on the holder 66, and a horizontal brush 68 linearly implanted in a lower rear portion of the holder 66. Is a plastic molded product integrally formed with a downwardly opening case section 69 having an inverted U-shaped cross section and a socket 70 bulging downward at the lower rear surface of the case section 69 and opening horizontally. A group of vertically long water holes 71 are provided at regular intervals before and after the half. At the lower end edges of the front and rear walls of the case portion 69, two elastic claws 73 respectively engaging with the inner cutter frame 72 are formed in the left-right direction. The rotating brush 67 is disposed above the inner surface of the case 69, and the brush 68 is fixedly mounted on the socket 70.
[0034]
In the state of FIG. 13 in which the cleaning tool 65 is mounted on the inner blade frame 72, the rotating brush 67 is in contact with the peripheral surface of the inner blade 23. Therefore, when the switch knob 6 is turned on to rotate the inner blade 23, The rotating brush 67 is driven to rotate in the opposite direction to the inner blade 23, so that fuzz, sebum, and the like attached to the spiral blade can be removed. At this time, the motor 26 can be driven only when the safety switch 74 provided on the transmission case 30 is pushed and switched by the holder 66 attached to the inner cutter frame 72, and the holder 26 is rotated while the inner cutter 23 is exposed. It is prevented from being driven. With the cleaning tool 65 attached to the inner blade frame 72 for cleaning the inner blade 23, the detached outer blade 24 and the outer blade holder 25 can be applied to the brush 68 for cleaning. There is also an advantage that the cleaning of the blade 24 and the outer blade holder 25 can be performed simultaneously.
[0035]
In the above embodiment, the entire razor head 2B including the motor 26 is floatingly supported, but only the razor head 2B excluding the motor 26 can be floatingly supported. In this case, the motor 26 is fixed to the frame 16. The switch panel 3 does not need to have a structure that covers the entire front surface of the main body case 1 and can be formed so as to cover only the upper half of the main body case 1 as shown in FIG. The present invention can be applied to an electric razor provided with a plurality of inner blades 9 and an electric razor provided with a reciprocating inner blade.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is an overall exploded front view.
FIG. 2 is an overall front view.
FIG. 3 is a perspective view as viewed from the front side.
FIG. 4 is an overall vertical side view.
FIG. 5 is a vertical sectional front view showing a floating support structure of the razor head.
FIG. 6 is a vertical sectional front view of the lower part of the razor.
FIG. 7 is a sectional view showing a fixing structure of the switch panel.
FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view of the switch mechanism.
FIG. 9 is a rear side view of the external operation mechanism as viewed from the inside of the switch panel.
FIG. 10 is a sectional view taken along line AA in FIG. 9;
FIG. 11 is a front view of the switch mechanism in an off state.
FIG. 12 is a front view of the switch mechanism in an ON state.
FIG. 13 is a vertical sectional side view showing a use state of the cleaning tool.
FIG. 14 is a rear view of the cleaning tool.
FIG. 15 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the switch panel.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body case 2 Operating unit 2A Electrical component unit 2B Razor head 3 Switch panel 15 Waterproof seal 26 Motor 38 Screw

Claims (6)

An operating unit 2 including a razor head 2B and an electrical component unit 2A, a cylindrical main body case 1 accommodating the operating unit 2, a switch panel 3 fixed to an outer surface of the main body case 1, and control of energization to a motor 26. A razor head 2 </ b> B is supported so as to be vertically movable with respect to the main body case 1.
The main body case 1 is formed in a bottomed cylindrical shape with only the upper surface opened.
An electric razor in which an electrical component unit 2A loaded into the case from the top opening of the main case 1 is fastened to the main case 1 with screws 38 screwed in from the case bottom wall side. The switch mechanism is composed of an outer operation mechanism 42A assembled on the inner and outer surfaces of the switch panel 3, and an inner operation mechanism 42B assembled in the main body case 1 to switch a power supply path of the motor 26 between an on state and an off state. And
The electric shaver according to claim 1, wherein the two operation mechanisms (42A, 42B) are operatively connected to each other via an opening (56) opened in the main body case (1). 2. The seal between the opening of the main body case 1 and the razor head 2 </ b> B protruding from the opening of the main case 1 is sealed by a seal member 15 mounted between the razor head 2 </ b> B and the electrical component unit 2 </ b> A. Electric razor. A mounting portion 9 is provided from the front to both side surfaces of the main body case 1 so as to be stepped down from another case portion.
The electric shaver according to claim 1, wherein the switch panel (3) formed in a cross section of the gutter body including the front wall (3a) and the left and right side walls (3b) is mounted and fixed to the loading portion (9). A switch mechanism is provided on the outer surface of the switch panel 3 and slidably supported, a lock piece 44 disposed on the inner face of the switch panel 3 and slides with the switch knob 6, and a lock piece 44. A first lever 45 that converts a sliding operation into a swinging operation, a second lever 46 that is disposed on the inner surface of the main body case 1 and inherits the operation of the first lever 45, and a switch piece that is reciprocally slid by the second lever 46 An electric shaver according to claim 2, comprising: The switch knob 6 includes a knob 6a supported only vertically by a slide hole 43 opened in the switch panel 3 and a button 6b supported by the knob 6a so as to be able to move in and out.
The lock piece 44 integrally includes a frame 48 slidably connected to the knob 6a, a lock arm 49 unlocked by the button 6b, and a click arm 50 provided at a lower portion of the frame 48. Yes,
The first lever 45 is freely swingably supported, and its swinging end is connected to the lock piece 44.
The electric shaver according to claim 5, wherein when the switch knob (6) is in the off position, a part of the frame (48) of the lock piece (44) and the swing base of the first lever (45) overlap in front and back.

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