Patent ID: 6739054
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
An electric shaver including at least one electromotor arranged in a housing, a shaver head, an adjustably arranged long-hair trimmer, and an actuating switch, whereinthe actuating switch (2) is mechanically coupled with the trimmer (5) for movement in the same direction; the trimmer (5) is displaceable from a first, resiliently mounted operating position into a second, further extended position; the trimmer (5) is resiliently supported in a trimmer housing (17); the trimmer (5) is connected with the actuating switch (2) via a transmission gear designed as an angle lever; the trimmer (5) in its second extended position cooperates in a positive and frictionally engaged manner with stops that block the resilient movement of the trimmer (5); the trimmer housing (17), in its extended, second position, is pressed against springs (18) having spring travel strokes corresponding to the displacement path between said first and second positions; a means for skin protection (11) is arranged on the trimmer (5), said means for skin protection entrained in the direction of displacement of the trimmer (5) as far as to a stop (15), so that the displacement path of said means for skin protection is shorter than the displacement path of the trimmer (5); the trimmer (5) carries a T-shaped cutting tool (9) whose T-beam plane extending normal to the direction of displacement in the first operating position is held resiliently in position, and substantially coincides with a tangential plane of the shaver head (6); and the T-beam plane extending normal to the direction of displacement in the second position of the trimmer (5) is located higher than the tangential plane of the shaver head (6) extending parallel to this plane; the means for skin protection (11) is overlapped by an externally-arranged comb (12) on the trimmer (5); the means for skin protection (11) can be entrained into its external end position against the force of a spring (20) supported on the trimmer (5); the trimmer (5) cooperates with the actuating switch (2) via actuating members (10) capable of being displaced in the direction of the force of these springs (18) with the trimmer (5); the means for skin protection (11) is designed as a comb; and wherein a hair-raising member is arranged on the side of the trimmer (5) facing the shaver head.