Patent ID: 6505404
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A power driven hair clipper comprising:a housing; a supporting element mounted on a wall of the housing for pivotal motion about a pivot axis; a drive mechanism provided in the housing; and a clipper head equipped with a clipper comb and a clipper blade and mounted on the supporting element, wherein the clipper head is releasably mounted in the supporting element and has two cutting teeth rows arranged in opposed relation to each other, the supporting element includes a housing shell having a geometric form formed by a sector of a cross sectional shape of at least one circular cylinder as well as two end walls associated with said sector, said two end walls being constructed as part of a conical surface with cone angles (&agr;1, &agr;2) relative to the pivot axis, and the housing having an upper housing wall adjacent to the housing shell, said upper housing wall having an inner contour that is essentially parallel to an outer contour of a wall of the housing shell.