JP2012130488A - Depilator - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a depilator for suppressing the drop of a depilation object part, evading holding of the depilation object part by a depilation pawl accompanying downsizing, and improving hair raising efficiency by a rib.SOLUTION: The depilator includes a body 1 whose outer periphery is to be held, a depilation part 11 provided at one end of the body 1 for performing a depilation operation, and a drive part for rotating the depilation part 11. The depilation part 11 includes: a rotary cylinder 12 rotated around an shaft; a depilation pawl 30 opened and closed on the outer periphery of the rotary cylinder 12; an opening/closing mechanism part for opening and closing the depilation pawl 30; and a rib 56 provided to the outer periphery of the rotary cylinder 12 and abutting on a depilation object part 70. The rib 56 is formed over the entire periphery of the outer peripheral surface of the rotary cylinder 12, and at least two ribs 56 are provided, the rib 56 includes a recess 57 recessed to the inner peripheral side respectively, and at least one of the ribs 56 has the recess 57 at a position in the circumferential direction of the rotary cylinder 12 different from the other ribs 56.

Description

  The present invention relates to a hair removal device.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a hair removal device, a hair removal unit is provided at one end of a main body, and the hair removal unit includes a rotating cylinder that rotates and a hair removal claw provided on the outer periphery of the rotation cylinder (Patent Document 1, etc.) reference). In such a case, a plurality of ribs are provided in a part of the circumferential direction of the outer peripheral surface of the rotating cylinder, and the distance from the rotation center of the rotating cylinder to the hair removal target site such as skin is adjusted, The hair on the hair removal target site is raised and easily introduced into the hair removal nail.

  In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for easy-to-carry barber tools that can adjust personal tastes at home and the like, and it is desired to make the epilation device easy to carry.

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  However, in the conventional configuration in which ribs are provided in a part of the circumferential direction, if the epilation portion is downsized, the epilation target site such as skin enters between the ribs, and the epilation target The site may be located. And in this thing, before the epilation target site located on the inner circumference side returns to the outer circumference side due to the reduction in the diameter of the rotating circle accompanying the miniaturization, the epilation claw may cross over the epilation target site, May be pinched by a hair removal nail and may cause pain to the user.

  Accordingly, in view of this situation, it is an object to provide a hair removal device that suppresses the drop of the hair removal target portion, avoids pinching of the hair removal target portion with a hair removal nail accompanying downsizing, and improves the hair raising efficiency by the ribs It was.

  In order to solve the above problems, a hair removal apparatus of the present invention includes a main body whose outer periphery is gripped, a hair removal part that is provided at one end of the main body and performs a hair removal operation, and a drive unit that rotates the hair removal part. The hair removal part is provided on a rotary cylinder that rotates around an axis, a hair removal claw that opens and closes on the outer periphery of the rotary cylinder, an opening and closing mechanism that opens and closes the hair removal claw, and a hair removal target part provided on the outer periphery of the rotary cylinder. And a rib that is formed over the entire circumference of the outer peripheral surface of the rotary cylinder, and that includes at least two ribs, each of which is recessed toward the inner peripheral side. Among the ribs, at least one of the ribs has the recess at a position different from the other ribs in the circumferential direction of the rotating cylinder.

  In this hair removal apparatus, it is preferable that the maximum dimensional distances of the ribs from the rotation center of the rotary cylinder along the radial direction of the rotary cylinder have the same dimension.

  As this hair removal apparatus, it is preferable that the dimensional distance along the radial direction of the said rotation cylinder from the rotation center of the said rotation cylinder differs for every said depression.

  As this hair removal apparatus, it is preferable that the said dent has an angle | corner in the circumferential direction of the said rotation cylinder.

  By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to suppress the drop of the hair removal target part, avoid the pinching of the hair removal target part with the hair removal claw accompanying the downsizing, and improve the hair raising efficiency by the ribs.

It is a disassembled perspective view of the hair removal part of an example of embodiment. It is composition explanatory drawing of a hair removal part, Comprising: (a) is a top view, (b) is a front view, (c) is a 1st side view, (d) is a 2nd side view. It is explanatory drawing of hair removal operation | movement, Comprising: (a) is AA sectional drawing of Fig.2 (a) at the time of hair removal nail closing, (b) is A- of FIG.2 (a) at the time of hair removal nail opening. It is A sectional drawing. It is a schematic explanatory drawing of the example which provided the notch in the dent, (a) is a 1st rib, (b) is a 2nd rib. It is a schematic explanatory drawing of the example which notched and formed the dent, Comprising: (a) is a 1st rib and (b) is a 2nd rib. It is the epilation apparatus which provided the epilation part of FIG. 1 in the end, (a) is a front view, (b) is a side view, (c) is a top view. (A) is BB sectional drawing of Fig.6 (a), (b) is CC sectional drawing of FIG.6 (b). It is the perspective view which permeate | transmitted the outer shell of the hair removal apparatus. It is a side view of the state which applied the hair removal part to the hair removal object part.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the hair removal apparatus of an example of the embodiment includes a cylindrical main body 1 that is long in the axial direction, and a hair removal head 9 that includes a hair removal portion 11 for hair removal. A hair removal head 9 is attached to one end of the cylinder. The main body 1 has a grip surface on which a part of the outer peripheral surface is gripped by the user. As shown in FIG. 9, the main body 1 is gripped and the hair removal part 11 of the hair removal head 9 is subjected to hair removal such as skin. The hair removal process is performed in contact with the part 70. In the following description, the axial direction of the cylinder of the main body 1 is a longitudinal direction L.

  As shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, the main body 1 includes a drive unit that drives the hair removal unit 11, a power supply unit that supplies power to the drive unit, an operation unit for external operation such as start and stop of the hair removal operation, and drive And a control unit 5 for controlling the driving of the unit. The power supply unit has an internal power supply 2 such as a battery or a battery, and supplies power to the drive unit and the control unit 5.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the drive unit includes a power source 3 that mainly uses a motor and outputs rotation drive, and a rotation transmission unit 4 that mainly uses a gear that transmits the rotation drive of the power source 3 to the hair removal unit 11. The power is supplied from the power supply unit via the control unit 5. The control unit 5 performs drive control such as start / stop of rotation of the motor or switching of the rotation direction depending on the presence / absence of electric power supplied to the drive unit and the current direction. The operation unit has a switch unit 6 exposed to the outside of the main body 1, outputs an external operation result of the switch unit 6 to the control unit 5, and the control unit 5 is driven according to the output information (external operation result). Control is in progress.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the main body 1 has a neck portion 7 whose outer diameter is narrowed at one end in the longitudinal direction L. And the epilation head 9 provided with the epilation part 11 is attached to this one end via the neck part 7, and the main body 1 forms the recessed part 8 dented inside the epilation head 9 in the outer periphery of the neck part 7. is doing.

  The hair removal head 9 has a substantially triangular shape and has a fan shape with an arc protruding outward on one side. The hair removal head 9 is attached to the main body 1 on the arc side, and a hair removal portion 11 is arranged in a corner portion on the center side of the fan. During the hair removal process, the corners are brought into contact with the hair removal target part 70. Further, the recess 8 formed by the neck portion 7 is formed at least between the corner portion and the longitudinal direction L of the main body 1.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the hair removal unit 11 includes a rotary cylinder 12 that is rotated by a drive unit, a shaft portion 17 that forms the rotation center of the rotary cylinder 12, and a hair removal unit that opens and closes and holds the hair. It has the nail | claw 30 and the opening-and-closing mechanism part which makes the hair removal nail | claw 30 perform opening / closing operation | movement.

  The shaft portion 17 is made of a rod having a substantially circular cross section, and is inserted through the rotating cylinder 12 substantially concentrically. The shaft portion 17 supports the rotating cylinder 12 so as to be rotatable about its axis. Further, as shown in FIG. 6, the epilation unit 11 is positioned inside the main body 1 when viewed in the longitudinal direction L of the main body 1, and the rotation center of the rotary cylinder 12 (the axis of the shaft portion 17) is the center of the main body 1. It is inclined at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal direction L. Hereinafter, unless otherwise specified, the direction along the axis of the shaft portion 17 that is the rotation center of the rotary cylinder 12 is simply referred to as the axial direction AX, and is distinguished from the longitudinal direction L that is the axial direction of the main body 1.

  The rotary cylinder 12 includes a plurality of ribs 56 on the outer periphery, and three pairs of hair removal claws 30 perform an opening / closing operation on the outer periphery. For this reason, the hair removal unit 11 holds the hair with the hair removal claw 30 in accordance with the opening / closing operation, and pulls out the held hair by the rotation of the rotary cylinder 12 in accordance with the holding operation.

  Specifically, the rotating cylinder 12 is formed substantially concentrically and integrally with the main cylindrical member 13, the plurality of ribs 56 provided on the outer periphery of the cylinder 13, and the first end surface 14 of the cylinder 13. And a gear 16 that receives the rotational drive of the driven unit.

  The cylinder portion 13 includes a bottomed cylindrical claw base 18 having a gear 16 at one end and a part of the peripheral surface cut away, and a claw base 18 fixed substantially concentrically to the other end of the claw base 18. And a disc-shaped cover portion 25 for closing a certain cylindrical opening end. The cylindrical bottom portion of the claw base 18 and the cover portion 25 have through holes 20 and 26 penetrating along the axial direction AX at the center of the circle, and the shaft portion 17 is inserted into the through holes 20 and 26. ing.

  Therefore, the cylinder portion 13 is supported by the shaft portion 17 so as to be rotatable around the shaft portion 17. The outer surface of the bottom of the cylinder of the claw base 18 is the first end surface 14 of the cylinder portion 13, and one plate surface of the cover portion 25 is the second end surface 15 of the cylinder portion 13.

  The claw base 18 is provided with a recessed portion 19 in which approximately one quarter of the entire circumference is cut out to open the inner circumferential space in the radial direction, and the epilation claw 30 is provided in the recessed portion 19 in the axial direction AX. They are arranged side by side.

  The cylindrical bottom part is provided with a gear 16 substantially concentrically and integrally on the outer surface which is the first end face 14, and the rotary cylinder 12 is rotated around the axis of the shaft part 17 by receiving the rotational drive from the drive part by the gear 16. It is supposed to rotate. The cylindrical bottom portion is provided with a fitting groove 21 which is rectangular and recessed in the axial direction AX on the surface opposite to the first end surface 14 (surface on the recessed portion 19 side). A step portion is provided which has a larger dimension in the circumferential direction of the space than the peripheral side.

  The cover portion 25 has a through-hole 26 for inserting the shaft portion 17 and a square hole 27 through which an opening / closing lever 50 (details will be described later) of the opening / closing mechanism portion passes in the axial direction AX. . The cover 25 is fixed to the cylindrical opening end of the claw base 18 and closes the opening of the cylindrical opening end.

  Moreover, the epilation claw 30 is arrange | positioned along the axial direction AX at the substantially equal intervals on the outer periphery of the rotation cylinder 12, and performs opening / closing operation | movement substantially simultaneously.

  The hair removal claw 30 includes a fixed claw 38 fixed to the rotary cylinder 12 and a movable claw 31 that is close to and away from the fixed claw 38. The movable claw 31 is moved closer to and away from the opening / closing mechanism, and the hair removal claw 30 is opened and closed when the movement is closed. The axially opposed surfaces of the fixed claw 38 and the movable claw 31 pinch the hair. The clamping surfaces 33 and 40 are formed.

  Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the movable claw 31 has a T-shape configured by an arc-shaped claw portion 32 and a piece portion 35 that protrudes from the substantially middle of the circumference of the claw portion 32 toward the inner peripheral side. The three movable claws 31 have substantially the same shape and the same size. The movable claw 31 has a line-symmetric shape with respect to the radial direction of the arc passing through the circumferential midpoint of the claw portion 32.

  Hereinafter, the configuration of the movable claw 31 will be described with reference to the posture in which the movable claw 31 is close to the fixed claw 38 as shown in FIG.

  When the claw portion 32 is closed, the arcs are arranged substantially concentrically with the rotary cylinder 12 and have at least a plane that faces the fixed claw 38 and the axial direction AX. As shown in FIG. 1, the claw portion 32 has tapered portions 34 at both ends in the circumferential direction of the arc, and the tapered portion 34 serves as a guide portion that guides the hair to the clamping surface 33.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the piece portion 35 has a through hole 36 having a diameter larger than that of the shaft portion 17 and through which the shaft portion 17 is inserted. The shaft portion 17 is prevented from being detached from the rotary cylinder 12. ing.

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the fixed claw 38 has an arcuate claw portion 39 that is substantially concentric with the rotary cylinder 12. The end surface of the claw portion 39 in the axial direction AX facing the pair of movable claws 31 is a clamping surface 40 that faces the clamping surface 33 of the movable claw 31 when closed.

  Further, the outer peripheral radius R2 of the claw portion 39 is substantially the same size as the maximum radius R1 of the rib serving as a contact surface with the hair removal target site 70, and the hair removal claw 30 is at the same height position as the contact surface. It is intended to pinch the hair.

  Therefore, the hair removal claw 30 can pick hair near the hair removal target site 70, and the hair removal claw 30 can easily hold short hairs compared to those having a smaller diameter than the rib 56, thereby improving hair removal performance and hair removal efficiency. Can be made. Since the hair is picked close to the hair removal target site 70, the hair can be pinched at a position close to the root, and stimulation at the time of hair removal can be reduced.

  The three fixed claws 38 are arranged at substantially equal intervals in the axial direction AX, and are formed of a fixed claw body made of a single metal plate material. The three fixed claws 38 are a single member. The fixed claw body is made of a sheet metal member formed by pressing a rectangular thin plate made of metal, and has a shape in which two parallel plate portions are connected by three crosspieces. Each part is a claw part 39 of the fixed claw 38.

  The fixed claw body is not limited to the sheet metal member, but may be formed by cutting or welding. However, the sheet metal member is preferable because it can be produced at low cost. Of course, the fixing claw 38 is not limited to being formed as an integral fixed claw body, but may be formed individually.

  In the following description, the movable claw 31 closest to the first end surface 14 is referred to as a first movable claw 31, the movable claw 31 closest to the second end surface 15 is referred to as a third movable claw 31, and the first movable claw 31 and the third movable claw 31 are moved. The movable claws 31 positioned between the claws 31 are defined as the second movable claws 31, and the three movable claws 31 are distinguished. The fixed claw 38 that is paired with the first movable claw 31 is the first fixed claw 38, the fixed claw 38 that is paired with the second movable claw 31 is the second fixed claw 38, and the third movable claw 31 is paired with the third movable claw 31. The fixed claw 38 is defined as a third fixed claw 38, and the three fixed claws 38 are distinguished.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the opening / closing mechanism section includes a fulcrum plate 46 serving as a fulcrum for the opening / closing operation, a sliding opening / closing lever 50, and a pressing portion 55 that presses the opening / closing lever 50 toward the first end face 14 (see FIG. 8). And an urging spring 54 that urges the opening / closing lever 50 toward the second end face 15. The fulcrum plate 46, the opening / closing lever 50, and the biasing spring 54 are disposed in the recessed portion 19, and the opening / closing lever 50 is slidable in the axial direction AX along the inner peripheral surface of the claw base 18. Further, the pressing portion 55 is disposed outside the second end surface 15 of the rotary cylinder 12 and is elastically in contact with the second end surface 15.

  The fulcrum plate 46 is made of a rectangular plate having a long dimension in the axial direction AX, and the both ends of the axial direction AX are fixed to the cylinder portion 13 in a posture in which the plate surface is substantially orthogonal to the radial direction of the rotary cylinder 12. . The fulcrum plate 46 fixes the fixed claw body to the cylinder portion 13 by holding the fixed claw body in the radial direction together with the stepped portion in the recessed portion 19 of the cylinder portion 13.

  Further, the fulcrum plate 46 is provided with the same number (three) of grooves 47 as the movable claws 31 through which the movable claws 31 are inserted, and each groove 47 is inserted with a piece 35 of a different movable claw 31. In addition, the plate surface of the piece 35 is in contact with the peripheral edge of the groove 47. Therefore, each movable claw 31 is positioned in the axial direction AX by the fulcrum plate 46 and supported so as to be swingable, and the movable claw 31 is swung around the contact portion with the fulcrum plate 46 as a fulcrum. The claw portion 32 is moved close to and away from the fixed claw 38.

  The opening / closing lever 50 is made of a rod having a substantially semicircular cross section and having an axial center in the axial direction AX. The opening / closing lever 50 is inserted into the square hole 27 of the second end surface 15 and the first end 51 of the opening / closing lever 50 is a recessed portion. 19, the second end 52 is located so as to protrude from the second end surface 15 in the axial direction AX.

  The open / close lever 50 is slidable in the axial direction AX in the recessed portion 19 along the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder portion 13. Specifically, the opening / closing lever 50 includes a first position where the clamping surface 40 of the first fixed claw 38 and the first end 51 are aligned on the diameter of the rotary cylinder 12, and the first end 51 is greater than the first fixed claw 38. It reciprocates between the second position located on the second end face 15 side.

  The open / close lever 50 has two bottomed groove portions 53 on the plane side at substantially equal intervals in the axial direction AX. The tip portion 37 of the second movable claw 31 is disposed in the groove portion 53 on the first end portion 51 side, and the tip portion 37 of the third movable claw 31 is disposed on the groove portion 53 on the second end portion 52 side. Has been.

  Furthermore, the opening / closing lever 50 is brought into contact with the first end portion 51 of the plate surface of the tip end portion 37 of the first movable claw 31 and is biased by the biasing spring 54 via the tip end portion 37 of the first movable claw 31. It is elastically biased toward the end face 15 side (second position side).

  The opening / closing lever 50 is configured such that the second end 52 elastically contacts the pressing portion 55 and is pressed by the pressing portion 55 while the rotary cylinder 12 is rotating. It slides to the first position against the bias of the bias spring 54. When the rotary cylinder 12 further rotates from the contact state, the pressing portion 55 is detached from the second end portion 52, the pressure accompanying the contact is released, and the opening / closing lever 50 is moved to the second position by the biasing of the biasing spring 54. Move to slide.

  As shown in FIG. 8, the pressing portion 55 also serves as a holding spring that elastically biases and positions the rotary cylinder 12 toward the first end face 14, for example. And the holding spring which is the press part 55 presses the rotation cylinder 12 to the 1st end surface 14 side by the 2nd end surface 15, and is suppressing the position shift of the axial direction AX of the rotation cylinder 12. FIG. Further, the pressing portion 55 once contacts the opening / closing lever 50 for each rotation of the rotary cylinder 12 to move the opening / closing lever 54 to the first position, and the pressing portion 55 moves along with the rotation of the rotating cylinder 12. It is intended to release the contact with.

  In the state where the opening / closing lever 50 is located at the second position, as shown in FIG. 3B, the movable claw 31 is separated from the fixed claw 38, the epilation claw 30 is opened, and the holding surfaces 33, 40 are separated. In the meantime, a gap for introducing the hair of the hair removal target site 70 is formed. When the opening / closing lever 50 moves from the second position to the first position, the movable claw 31 approaches the fixed claw 38 with the contact portion with the fulcrum plate 46 as a fulcrum as the opening / closing lever 50 moves. The gap is narrowed in a substantially arcuate direction.

  Further, in the state where the opening / closing lever 50 is located at the first position, as shown in FIG. 3A, the movable claw 31 comes close to the fixed claw 38, the epilation claw 30 is closed, and the clamping surface 33, Hold the hair between 40.

  Further, the rotary cylinder 12 includes a plurality (four) of ribs 56 on the outer periphery of the cylinder portion 13, and the outer peripheral surface of the rib 56 is in contact with the hair removal target portion 70 of the hair removal portion 11 during the hair removal process. It is a surface.

  Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the rib 56 has a maximum radius R1 from the center of the rotating cylinder 12 and is substantially concentric and concentric, and is separated from the cylinder portion 12 by approximately equal intervals in the axial direction AX. It is provided on the outer periphery.

  Each rib 56 has a recess 57 whose distance from the center of the rotary cylinder 12 is smaller than the maximum radius R1, and the rib 56 is raised at the recess 57 when the rotary cylinder 12 rotates, and the hair removal claw 30 makes it easy to introduce hair. Further, each recess 57 has a different distance from the center, and the length of hair that can be raised is different for each recess 57.

  Hereinafter, of the ribs 56, the rib 56 provided on the cylindrical bottom of the claw base 18 and the cover portion 25 is referred to as a first rib 58, and the rib 56 provided on the cylinder of the claw base 18 is referred to as a second rib 59. To distinguish.

  The first rib 58 has a substantially annular shape that is provided over substantially the entire circumference of the claw base 18 and the cover portion 25. As shown in FIG. 2, the first rib 58 is substantially removed from the epilation claw 30 when viewed in the axial direction AX. Recesses 57 are respectively provided at positions on both sides shifted by 90 degrees.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the first rib 58 of the claw base 18 is notched so as to be inclined toward the recessed portion 19 at a position aligned with the outer peripheral opening of the recessed portion 19 and the axial direction AX. The thin portion 58 is formed. The thin-walled portion 58 is a space in which the movable claw 31 at the time of opening is located in a space formed by cutting out, and the space serves as a gap that avoids contact between the first rib 58 and the movable claw 31. .

  Further, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the first rib 58 of the cover portion 25 is a circular arc portion 61 that is divided from the peripheral portion at a portion aligned with the outer peripheral opening of the recessed portion 19 in the axial direction AX. Yes. The arc portion 61 has an outer diameter slightly smaller than or substantially the same as the inner diameter of the claw portion 39 of the fixed claw 38.

  Therefore, the first rib 58 of the cover portion 25 has the arc portion 61 accommodated in the space 41 inside the third fixed claw 38, and the first rib has an outer periphery of a portion around the arc portion 61, and The outer periphery of the third fixed claw 38 covering the outer periphery of the arc portion 61 is continuous in the circumferential direction.

  Further, the second rib 59 has a C-shape provided over substantially the entire circumference of the cylindrical portion excluding the recessed portion 19 of the claw base 18, and is viewed in the axial direction AX as shown in FIG. Thus, a single dent 57 is provided at a position displaced from the epilation claw 30 by approximately 180 degrees.

  The second rib 59 has the first fixed claw 38 or the second fixed claw positioned at the C-shaped opening, and the outer periphery of the second rib and the fixed claw 38 is continuous in the circumferential direction.

  Thus, by arranging the recess 57 of the rib 56 in the circumferential direction, when the recess 57 of one rib 56 of the first rib 58 and the second rib 59 is positioned at the hair removal target site 70, the other The rib 56 is brought into contact with the hair removal target part 70 at a place other than the recess 57.

  Therefore, the dimension in the radial direction from the axial center of the rotary cylinder 12 to the hair removal target site 70 can be kept substantially constant, the hair removal part 11 can be brought into contact with the hair removal target site 70, and the rotary cylinder 12 of the hair removal target site 70. It is possible to perform the hair removal treatment while suppressing the drop to the inner peripheral side.

  And since the distance from the center is different for each recess 57, the length of the hair that can be raised is different for each recess 57, and the types (lengths) of the hair that can be raised in the recess 57 may be increased. And the hair can be easily introduced into the epilation claw 30.

  Further, by providing the thin portion 58 on the first rib 58 of the claw base 18, the dimension of the rotating cylinder 12 (claw base 18) in the axial direction AX can be reduced without narrowing the movable range of the movable claw 31. The hair removal part 11 can be reduced in size. Further, by providing the arc portion 61 on the first rib 58 of the cover portion 25 and accommodating it in the space 41 inside the third fixed claw 38, the dimension in the axial direction AX of the rotary cylinder 12 can be suppressed small. The hair removal part 11 can be reduced in size.

  As long as one or more recesses 57 are provided in the rib 56, the same number of recesses 57 may be provided in the first rib 58 and the second rib 59, or the number of recesses 57 may be different in the four ribs 56. . Further, the recess 57 is formed in the circumferential direction of the rotating cylinder 12 such as a part in which the recess 57 is notched as shown in FIG. 4 or a part in which the rib 56 is notched as shown in FIG. It may have a corner 62. In this case, the hair located in the dent 57 is easily raised at the corner 62, and the raising efficiency can be improved.

  In this example, there are three pairs of epilation claws 30, but not limited to three pairs, may have one pair, two pairs, or four pairs or more, and the rib 56 is not limited to four, but three or less Five or more may be provided.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Main body 11 Hair removal part 12 Rotating cylinder 17 Shaft part 30 Hair removal nail | claw 56 Rib 57 Recess 62 Angle AX Axial direction

Claims (4)

A main body whose outer periphery is gripped, a hair removal part that is provided at one end of the main body and performs a hair removal operation, and a drive unit that rotates the hair removal part,
The hair removal part is provided on a rotary cylinder that rotates around an axis, a hair removal claw that opens and closes on the outer periphery of the rotary cylinder, an opening and closing mechanism that opens and closes the hair removal claw, and a hair removal target provided on the outer periphery of the rotary cylinder. A rib to be in contact with,
The rib is formed over the entire circumference of the outer peripheral surface of the rotating cylinder, and includes at least two of the ribs,
Each of the ribs has a dent recessed on the inner peripheral side, and at least one of the ribs has the dent at a position different from the other rib in the circumferential direction of the rotating cylinder. A hair removal device characterized by.   The epilation device according to claim 1, wherein the ribs have the same maximum dimension distance from the rotation center of the rotary cylinder along the radial direction of the rotary cylinder.   The epilation device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a dimensional distance along a radial direction of the rotary cylinder from the rotation center of the rotary cylinder to each of the recesses is different for each recess.   The epilation device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the dent has a corner in the circumferential direction of the rotating cylinder.

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