Patent ID: 6083233
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
A depilation appliance for plucking hair of the human skin of a user, comprisinga housing having an opening defining a plucking zone,a rotary depilation member comprising a plurality of hair-grasping elements, said depilation member disposed within the opening and rotating about its axis for grasping hairs of the skin of the user within the plucking zone,an impulse generator comprising a plurality of reciprocating skin-impacting impulse elements disposed adjacent the plurality of hair grasping elements, anda motor drive element disposed within the housing coupled with the depilation member and to drive the impulse generator, andwherein each of said plurality of reciprocating skin-impacting impulse elements has a distal free end, each of said plurality of free ends cyclically being accelerated into and subsequently away from the skin to impart a localized impulse stimulus perceived by the nervous system of the user in synchronization with a rotational cycle of the depilation member,whereby each said impulse element free end imparts a masking stimulus approximately coincident with an adjacent hair-grasping element plucking the hair of the user during the rotational cycle, to thereby lessen a perceived discomfort of depilation.