Patent ID: 6571478
Filing Date: 2003-06-03
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
A vacuum attachment for use with a hair grooming clipper, comprising:(a) a conduit body for mounting on a forward end of a casing of a hair grooming clipper adjacent to front cutting blades of a cutting head mechanism of the clipper, said conduit body having a forward portion and a rearward portion which together define and enclose an internal air flow passage through said conduit body, said conduit body also having an inlet end defined at a front end of said forward portion of said conduit body and an outlet end defined at a rear end of said rearward portion of said conduit body such that when said conduit body is mounted on the forward end of the casing of the clipper a flow of hair cuttings entrained in air can be drawn from the front cutting blades of the cutting head mechanism of the clipper via said inlet end of said conduit body through said passage of said conduit body to an external hose coupled to said outlet end of said conduit body; (b) a pair of mounting wings integrally and externally formed on and extending from opposite sides of said forward portion of said conduit body such that said mounting wings and said forward portion of said conduit body together define a replacement cover that can substitute for and replace an original equipment cover removably provided on the forward end of the casing of the clipper in order to enclose an opening in the casing through which is exposed the cutting head mechanism of the clipper; and (c) means on said mounting wings for detachably fastening said mounting wings and thereby said conduit body to the forward end of the casing of the clipper so as to overlie and enclose the opening in the forward end of the casing.