Patent ID: 8267941
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
1. An electrical depilator comprising: a main body; and a head mounted on the main body; wherein said head comprises a hair-plucking assembly, a frame, and a shell; the hair-plucking assembly is rotatably mounted on the frame and with the shell covering thereon; the hair-plucking assembly comprises an arcuate shaft, a plurality of discs and discs carriers, a gear set including a reduction gear and a transmission gear engaged with each other, and a bearing cover, while the discs, disc carriers, the transmission gear and the bearing cover are fitted over said arcuate shaft and rotate in sync; each discs carrier bears one disc; each disc has a substantially circular and continuous circumference, and an undulating surface; upper portions and lower portions for gripping and removing hair are alternately and radially arrayed to configurate such undulating surface, said upper portions at a front surface is accordingly as the lower portions at a back surface of the disc, the end circumferences of the upper and lower portions have an equal radius, thus the front view of the disc shows a circle with a shaft hole at the centre; a juncture between the adjacent upper portion and lower portion is a slope, a juncture from the shaft hole to the upper and lower portions forms a flattened plate in a shape of a polygon with said shaft hole at the centre, which facilitates a stable structure of the disc and close engagement with said disc carrier; both the upper portions and lower portions as clipping surfaces contribute to form traps between adjacent discs for depilating hair.