Patent ID: 6684508
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A shaving head comprising:a cutting member, having a cutting edge for cutting hairs which grow from skin, the cutting member being driven to reciprocate with respect to the shaving head, and a hair manipulator driven to reciprocate with respect to the shaving head and with respect to the cutting member and in a direction substantially parallel to the cutting edge, the hair manipulator being arranged to contact the skin and to be adjacent the cutting edge, said hair manipulator engaging the hairs and, without cutting the hairs itself, moving the hairs along the cutting edge of the cutting member in a direction opposite to that in which the cutting member is moving to promote cutting of the hairs by the cutting edge, and wherein the cutting member and the hair manipulator move in opposite directions for longer periods than in the same direction parallel to the cutting edge.