Patent ID: 6443961
Filing Date: 2002-09-03
Classification: A45D

Abstract:
A depilation device (1), which can be held in one hand during operation of said device, and which comprises a housing (2) comprising a handle portion (4) extending substantially parallel to a longitudinal housing direction (3) of said housing (2), and a head portion (5) connected to said handle portion (4), and which head portion (5) is provided with depilation means (6) and which depilation means (6) are arranged such that they can be applied to a skin region to be depilated in an application direction (8) which is transverse to the longitudinal housing direction (3), wherein:the housing (2) is angled so that the head portion (5) is substantially transverse to the handle portion (4) and thus to the longitudinal housing direction (3), and the depilation means (6) are formed by rotatable depilation discs and which depilation discs are provided at a free end of the head portion (5) facing away from the handle portion (4).