Patent ID: 11883969
Assignee: AUTOLIFE LIMITED
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 16:
17. A hair length measuring and cutting device for measuring and/or cutting hair on a substrate, the hair length measuring and cutting device comprising:
a body having a first end for engagement with the substrate in use;
at least one hair retaining comb shaped to slidably entrain at least one hair adjacent the substrate and being retractable in a substantially longitudinal direction from the first end while retaining slidably entrained hair;
a measuring device configured to measure a length of the at least one hair slidably entrained by the at least one hair retaining comb;
a cutting device configured to cut the at least one hair slidably entrained by the at least one hair retaining comb to a desired length; and
a motor, wherein the at least one hair retaining comb is retractable under the control of the motor.