WO1993004607A1 - Epilationsgerät - Google Patents
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- WO1993004607A1 WO1993004607A1 PCT/EP1992/001910 EP9201910W WO9304607A1 WO 1993004607 A1 WO1993004607 A1 WO 1993004607A1 EP 9201910 W EP9201910 W EP 9201910W WO 9304607 A1 WO9304607 A1 WO 9304607A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A45—HAND OR TRAVELLING ARTICLES
- A45D—HAIRDRESSING OR SHAVING EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT FOR COSMETICS OR COSMETIC TREATMENTS, e.g. FOR MANICURING OR PEDICURING
- A45D26/00—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers
- A45D26/0023—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers with rotating clamping elements
- A45D26/0028—Hair-singeing apparatus; Apparatus for removing superfluous hair, e.g. tweezers with rotating clamping elements with rotating discs or blades
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- the invention relates to an epilation device for removing hair from the human body with a housing that can be held in the hand of the user, with a rotary cylinder having clamping elements driven by a motor, and with at least one actuating element passing through the rotary cylinder ment for actuating the clamping elements coupled thereto, the actuating element being operable by a rotatably mounted pressure element associated therewith via a disk and being displaceable against the pressure of a spring.
- An epilation device of the type mentioned is known from EP 0328426 A2.
- the rotating cylinder which can be set in rotation by a rotatingly driven shaft, consists of pivotably mounted clamping lamellae which are caused to pivot by the actuating rods which pass through the rotating cylinder.
- Two actuating rod units are arranged diametrically opposite one another on the shaft, as a result of which clamping operations are achieved with every half revolution of the rotary cylinder.
- Each of the actuating rod units consists of two mutually associated actuating rods, each of which is acted upon at the end by a roller rotatably mounted on a rod arranged in a fixed manner in the epilation head and is reciprocated in opposite directions against the pressure of a common spring .
- the actuating rods assigned to one another transmit this movement to the clamping lamellae, which pivot in pairs towards one another and are finally pressed against one another in the region of their outer edge.
- the two rollers acting on the actuating rods are attached to the epilation head at a predetermined distance from one another by means of a rod in each case.
- the rotary cylinder of this epilation device consists of immovable clamping elements and these arranged, pivotally mounted clamping elements.
- the non-movable clamping elements are part of a rotatingly driven shaft.
- Two diametrically opposed actuating rods penetrate the rotary cylinder for the purpose of actuating the rapid row of clamping elements.
- a roller rotatably mounted on a rod arranged in the epilation head acts directly or indirectly on each of the actuating rods once per revolution of the rotary cylinder, with the interposition of a specially designed pivot bearing, the return of the respective actuating rod by means of an end facing away from the roller acting spring is accomplished.
- the object of the invention is to improve the actuation of the displaceably mounted actuating elements in an epilation device of the type mentioned in the introduction.
- this object is achieved in an epilation device of the type mentioned at the outset in that the disk is designed as a control element with a control curve which bears against the pressure element.
- control curve is formed by a wave-like shape of a circular control surface.
- control curve is formed by an annular control surface having cams.
- the pressure element is designed as a truncated cone.
- An advantageous embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the cone tip of the truncated cone is aligned with the central axis xx of the rotary cylinder and that the pressure element rests on a control surface of the control element running parallel to the lateral surface of the truncated cone.
- the conical tip of the truncated cone of the pressure element lies on the central axis xx of the rotary cylinder.
- the clamping elements of the rotary cylinder are coupled to two actuating elements which are movable relative to one another and against the pressure of a common spring, each actuating element being capable of being acted upon by at least one pressure element via a control element.
- a further embodiment of the invention is characterized in that the actuating elements are arranged on a bearing element, that the bearing element and the control element or elements acting on the actuating elements are rotatably mounted on an axis passing through the rotary cylinder.
- the axle is mounted in two carrier elements, that the pressure elements acting on the actuating elements via the control elements are rotatably arranged on bearing bolts arranged in the carrier elements.
- at least one of the carrier elements with the pressure element or elements is preferably arranged in the housing of the epilation head and on the axis passing through the rotary cylinder.
- one of the actuating elements which can be moved relative to one another is fixedly connected to a rotary shaft passing through the rotary cylinder, and the actuating element associated with this actuating element and which is displaceably mounted against the pressure of a common spring is acted upon by at least one pressure element via a control element which is displaceably mounted on the rotary shaft.
- the rotary shaft is coupled to the control element via the actuating element.
- Fig. 1 Section through an Ep lations réelle with clamping elements in the open state
- Fig. La section through an epilation device with clamping elements in the clamped state
- FIG. 2 section through the rotary cylinder of an epilation device according to FIG. 1;
- FIG. 3 Perspective representation of the actuating elements and clamping elements of the rotary cylinder according to FIG. 1;
- 3c perspective representation of a comb part
- 5a Section through the epilation device according to FIG. 5 with clamping elements in the clamped state.
- FIG. 1 shows a section through the housing 1 of an epilation device, in which electrical and mechanical drive elements, such as a memory cell, a motor 3, a switch producing or interrupting the electrical connection from the memory cell to the motor 3, a gear 8 and a Clamping elements 5 and 6 rotating cylinders 7 are arranged.
- the rotary cylinder 7 consists of two actuating elements 9 and 10 which can be moved relative to one another, the clamping elements 5 and 6 coupled to the actuating elements and a cylindrical comb part 11 having a plurality of comb teeth 13 with a U-shaped recess 12 in which the actuating elements 9 and 10 are taken up with the clamping elements 5 and 6 - see FIGS. 2, 3 and 3c.
- a rotary shaft 14 passing through the actuating element 9 is fixedly connected to the actuating element 9 and is rotatably mounted in two bearing points 15 and 16 provided in the housing 1.
- the gear consisting of several gear wheels is arranged between the bearing points 15 and 16 and is coupled to the drive shaft with the rotary shaft 14.
- two strips 17 and 18 with a plurality of grooves 19, 20 for receiving the clamping elements 5 and 6 are provided on the actuating element 9, parallel to the central axis of the rotary shaft 14.
- a further strip 22 is provided for receiving and fastening the comb part 11.
- a U-shaped recess 23 is provided in the side wall of the actuating element 9 opposite the bar 22, as a result of which webs 24 and 25 are formed. Between the webs 24 and 25 of the U-shaped recess 23, the actuating element 10 is slidably mounted parallel to the central axis of the rotary shaft 14.
- the webs 24, 25 are provided with a plurality of grooves 26 for receiving and fastening the clamping elements 6.
- the clamping elements 5 and 6 have an essentially rectangular shape, with an outer arcuate side wall 27, the curvature of which essentially corresponds to the circular shape of the rotary cylinder 7 or the comb teeth 13 of the Comb part 11 is adapted.
- the clamping elements 5 and 6 have outwardly directed arms 28 and 29.
- a U-shaped recess 30 is provided in the clamping element 5 according to FIG. 3a.
- the depth of the cutout 30 is dimensioned such that, after the arms 28 and 29 have been mounted in the grooves 20 in the strips 18 and 19 of the actuating element 9, the side wall 31 of the cutout 30 is on the one hand at a predetermined distance from the upper sides of the webs 24, 25 extends and, on the other hand, is in engagement with the grooves 32 provided in the actuating element 10, as shown in FIG. 3.
- all movable clamping elements 5 of the rotary cylinder 7 are coupled to the actuating element 10 by engaging in the grooves 32 and, on the other hand, are pivotably mounted in the grooves 20 of the actuating element 9 via the arms 28 and 29.
- the comb part 11 having several comb teeth 13 has three outwardly extending recesses 39, 40, 41 within the U-shaped recess 12.
- the dimensions and contours of the recesses 12, 39, 40 and 41 are adapted to the outer contour of a structural unit composed of the actuating elements 9, 10 and clamping elements 5, 6 - see FIG. 3 - so that after push the comb part 11 on this unit, a closed rotary cylinder, as shown for example in FIG. 2, is formed.
- the recesses 39, 40 which partially surround the webs 18 and 19 prevent the side arms 28 and 29 of the clamping elements 5, 6 from sliding out of the grooves 19, 20 with their upper side walls.
- On the web 22 of the actuating element 9 and in the recess 41 of the comb part 11 are provided for the purpose of coupling these components interlocking locking means R,, R 2 - see Fig. 1st
- a spring 44 is provided between a stop 42 arranged on the actuating element 9 and a stop 43 formed on the actuating element 10, which spring moves the actuating elements 9, 10 which can be moved relative to one another and consequently those coupled to them Clamping elements 5, 6 from a clamping position into an open one. Position moves, depending on the position of the control element 45 acting on the displaceable actuating element 10 on the rotary shaft 14.
- the control element 45 is slidably mounted on the rotation shaft 14 and provided with a link 53 running parallel to the rotation shaft 14, into which a coupling element 54 arranged on the actuating element 9 engages for the purpose of transmitting the rotation movement.
- the length of the link 53 and the coupling element 54 engaging in it are coordinated with one another in such a way that the control element 45, which is displaceably mounted on the rotary shaft 14, can execute the actuating stroke specified by the control cam 46.
- the control element 45 On the front side facing away from the actuating element 10, the control element 45 is provided with a control cam 46 which, in connection with a pressure element 47 arranged in the housing 1, displaces the actuating element 10 against the pressure of the spring 44.
- the control element 45 provided for the epilation device according to FIG. 1 has one Control cam 46 with a circumferential recess 462 with only one elevation 461 on to control the rotary cylinder 7 equipped with only one displaceably mounted actuating element 10.
- the control element 45 is displaceably mounted on the rotary shaft 14 by means of the bore 463, around which by rolling to transfer its control curve, which has an elevation 461 and a depression 462 on the pressure element 47, to the adjacent actuating element 10 provided with clamping elements 5, as is shown in FIGS. 1 and 1a.
- Fig. 1 shows the clamping elements 5 and 6 of the epilation device in the open position. Accordingly, the pressure element 47 is located in a recess 462 provided in the control curve 46 of the control element 45. During the course of a rotation of the control curve 46 by 180 °, the elevation 461 provided therein comes into contact with the pressure element 47, as a result of which the actuator is shifted ⁇ supply element 10 is effected with the clamping plates 5 against the pressure of the spring 44 and the clamping plates 5 gelan ⁇ gene for contact with the actuating element 9 coupled clamping plates 6, as shown in Fig. La.
- the pressure element 47 is rotatably mounted on a bearing pin 59 fixedly arranged in the housing 1.
- the pressure element 47 is designed as a truncated cone with a cone tip aligned with the center axis xx of the rotary cylinder 7.
- the pressure element 47 lies with its outer surface on the control surface 46 of the control element 45 which is mounted on the rotary shaft 14 and runs parallel to this outer surface.
- the cone tip of the truncated cone of the pressure element 47 preferably ends at point 0 on the center axis xx. Accordingly, the linear speeds of all points of contact of the control surface 46 of the control element 45 rolling on the lateral surface of the pressure element 47 are the same. Details of an embodiment of a control element 45 are shown in FIG. 4.
- the circular ring-shaped control surface 46 which is inclined from the inside to the outside and which is in the form of a truncated cone from the outside, is provided with a wave-like shape, by at least one elevation 461 and one depression 462 being formed in accordance with the respective application.
- the control surface 46 of the control element 45 is provided with two elevations 461 and two depressions 462.
- control element 45 is equipped with a fleece 464.
- FIG. 5 shows a section through an epilation device with clamping elements 5 and 6 in the open state, consisting of electrical and mechanical drive elements, such as, for example, storage cell 2, motor 3 and gear 8, housing 1 and an epilation head which is detachably arranged on housing 1 100.
- a rotary cylinder 7 formed by several clamping elements 5, 6, which is set in rotation by the gear 8 by means of a gear wheel 102.
- the clamping elements 5, 6 are coupled to the actuating elements 9, 10 passing through the rotary cylinder 7, which are arranged on a bearing element 103 rotatably mounted on the axis 141 parallel to the central axis x-x against the pressure of a spring 44.
- the actuating elements 9, 10 and the spring 44 acting on them together form an actuating element unit.
- a second actuating unit is mounted diametrically opposite to the first actuating unit on the bearing element 103 so as to be horizontally movable.
- the gear wheel 102 which sets the rotary cylinder 7 in rotation, is coupled in terms of drive to the bearing element 103.
- a control element 45 rotatably and displaceably mounted on the axis 141 and at least one pressure element 47 acting on the respective control element 45.
- the pressure elements 47 lying on a plane parallel to the center axis xx are each assigned a further pressure element 47 diametrically opposite.
- the printing elements 47 are frustoconical and each rotatably mounted on a bearing pin 59.
- the cone tips of the pressure elements 47, each arranged diametrically opposite, converge at point 0 on the central axis xx. Accordingly, the linear speeds of all points of contact of the control surfaces 46 of the control elements 45 rolling on the lateral surfaces of the pressure elements 47 are the same.
- control elements 45 The design of the control elements 45 is shown in FIG. 4.
- the wave-like shape of the annular control surface has two elevations 461 and two depressions 462.
- Two carrier elements 70, 71 are provided in the housing 110 of the epilation head 100, in which the axis 141 is mounted and the bearing bolts 59 are fastened.
- a spring 49 and a tensioning element 50 are provided at each end of the axis 141, by means of which the distance of the carrier elements 70, 71 acted upon by the spring 49 and consequently the distance of the pressure elements 47 from one another can be adjusted while exerting pressure on the springs 49 is.
- the springs 49 are preferably designed as a plate spring and the tensioning elements 50 as a screw nut, which are screwed adjustably by means of their thread on the threads provided at the two ends of the axis 141.
- Every change in the distance of the pressure elements 47 from one another via their respective carrier elements 70, 71 is transmitted via the control elements 45 to the actuating elements 9, 10 passing through the rotary cylinder 7 and consequently changes the distance between them and the pressure of the spring 44 mutually displaceable actuating elements 9, 10 carrying the clamping elements 5, 6 of the respective actuating element unit.
- a reduction in the distance between the clamping lamellae 5, 6 via the actuating elements 9, 10 assigned to them to the pressure elements 47 in the embodiment shown in FIG. 5 leads to an increase in the clamping force and an increase in this distance to a reduction in the clamping force of the mutually assigned clamping elements 5, 6.
- the epilation device has a rotary cylinder 7 with two actuating element units passing through the rotary cylinder 7, one of which is described in more detail below.
- the actuating elements 9 and 10 are slidably arranged on the sliding surface 104 of a square bearing element 103 parallel to the central axis xx of the axis 141.
- the actuating elements 9, 10 arranged side by side or engaging in one another are provided with slots in which the clamping elements 5 and 6 are alternately fastened or pivotably mounted.
- the clamping elements 5 forming a row of clamping elements are coupled to the actuating rod 9 and the clamping elements 6 forming a further row of clamping elements are coupled to the actuating rod 10.
- the actuating rods 9 and 10 can be displaced against each other against the pressure of a spring 44, whereby the row of clamping elements with the clamping elements 5 and the row of clamping elements with the clamping elements 6 cause the clamping elements to slide together due to the sliding elements caused by the pressure elements 47, via the control elements 45 the clamping elements 5 is effected with the clamping elements 6, as shown in FIG. 5a.
- the epilation device is equipped with two actuating element units with clamping elements 5 and 6, as previously described, in order to achieve two clamping processes with the clamping elements 5 and 6 per revolution of the rotary cylinder 7.
- the rotary cylinder 7 can also be equipped with only one actuating element unit for only one clamping operation or with more than two actuating element units for several clamping operations per revolution, the stroke required for the displaceability of the actuating elements 9, 10 which can be moved relative to one another by means of corresponding , in the control curve 46 of the control elements 45 molded in elevations 461 and indentations 462 - see Fig. 1, la and 4 - is achieved.
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JP5504882A JPH06509960A (ja) | 1991-08-28 | 1992-08-20 | 脱毛器具 |
EP92917512A EP0600957A1 (de) | 1991-08-28 | 1992-08-20 | Epilationsgerät |
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FR91/10697 | 1991-08-28 | ||
FR9110697A FR2680653B1 (fr) | 1991-08-28 | 1991-08-28 | Appareil d'epilation. |
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PCT/EP1992/001910 WO1993004607A1 (de) | 1991-08-28 | 1992-08-20 | Epilationsgerät |
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JP (1) | JPH06509960A (de) |
FR (1) | FR2680653B1 (de) |
WO (1) | WO1993004607A1 (de) |
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WO1996004815A1 (de) * | 1994-08-08 | 1996-02-22 | Braun Aktiengesellschaft | Epilationsgerät zum entfernen von haaren am menschlichen körper |
US7300443B2 (en) | 2003-11-10 | 2007-11-27 | Specialife Industries Ltd. | Epilating appliance |
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RU2633194C2 (ru) * | 2013-04-16 | 2017-10-11 | БРАУН ГмбХ | Насадка для эпилятора и эпилятор |
GB2560222B (en) * | 2017-03-01 | 2019-03-27 | Heroka Ind Ltd | Clamping head for epilator and epilator incorporating such |
EP3841914A1 (de) * | 2019-12-27 | 2021-06-30 | Koninklijke Philips N.V. | Epiliervorrichtung |
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FR1551866A (de) * | 1967-05-18 | 1969-01-03 | ||
EP0403315A1 (de) * | 1989-06-16 | 1990-12-19 | Seb S.A. | Enthaarungsgerät |
US5112341A (en) * | 1991-03-05 | 1992-05-12 | Moshe Doley | Hair removal device with central multiple-tweezer element |
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- 1991-08-28 FR FR9110697A patent/FR2680653B1/fr not_active Expired - Fee Related
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- 1992-08-20 EP EP92917512A patent/EP0600957A1/de not_active Withdrawn
- 1992-08-20 JP JP5504882A patent/JPH06509960A/ja active Pending
- 1992-08-20 WO PCT/EP1992/001910 patent/WO1993004607A1/de not_active Application Discontinuation
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FR1551866A (de) * | 1967-05-18 | 1969-01-03 | ||
EP0403315A1 (de) * | 1989-06-16 | 1990-12-19 | Seb S.A. | Enthaarungsgerät |
US5112341A (en) * | 1991-03-05 | 1992-05-12 | Moshe Doley | Hair removal device with central multiple-tweezer element |
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WO1996004815A1 (de) * | 1994-08-08 | 1996-02-22 | Braun Aktiengesellschaft | Epilationsgerät zum entfernen von haaren am menschlichen körper |
US7300443B2 (en) | 2003-11-10 | 2007-11-27 | Specialife Industries Ltd. | Epilating appliance |
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FR2680653B1 (fr) | 1994-11-04 |
EP0600957A1 (de) | 1994-06-15 |
FR2680653A1 (fr) | 1993-03-05 |
JPH06509960A (ja) | 1994-11-10 |
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