Patent ID: 7419494
Filing Date: 2008-09-02
Classification: A45D,B26B

Abstract:
1. A hair removing device comprising: a housing incorporating therein a rotary motor; and an epilator head carrying epilation members for removing hairs from the user's skin, said epilator head being detachably mounted to said housing and including a drive mechanism which is powered by said motor to actuate said epilation members, said motor having an output rotor shaft fixedly carrying a noncircular joint; said drive mechanism including a coupler which is detachably connected to said joint to receive the rotary motion of said motor, said coupler being coaxial with said joint and movable together with said epilator head into and out of engagement with and from said joint, said coupler being slidable along the axis of said joint while keeping a driving connection therebetween, wherein said epilator head includes a cylinder having a center axis and carrying said epilation members, said drive mechanism including a first linkage leading from said coupler for rotating the cylinder about said center axis in order to pluck the hairs, said device further including: a shaving head which is selectively detachable to said housing in place of said epilator head for cutting the hairs, said shaving head carrying a cutter and including a shaving drive mechanism which is powered by said motor to move said cutter for cutting the hairs, said shaving drive mechanism including a shaving coupler which is detachably connected to said joint for receiving the rotary motion of said motor, said shaving drive mechanism translates the rotary motion of the motor directly into the reciprocating movement of said cutter without any intervening reduction gear, wherein said first linkage is provided to shift said epilation members along said center axis towards and away from one another to pinch the hairs between the adjacent hair epilation member, while rotating the cylinder about said center axis in order to pluck the hairs pinched between the adjacent hair epilation members, said drive mechanism further including a second linkage leading from said coupler for rotating said cylinder about said center axis for oscillating the cylinder along said center axis, said cylinder being arranged to have its center axis lying substantially in a coplanar relation with the axis of said joint.