Patent ID: 8959775
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B26B

Abstract:
1. A nose hair trimmer comprising: a case; an outer blade supported by the case and including an opening; an inner blade rotor including an inner blade accommodated in the outer blade and an inner blade base supporting the inner blade; and a drive source that rotates the inner blade rotor to clip nose hair between the outer blade and the inner blade; wherein the case includes: an interior chamber that accommodates the inner blade rotor and collects clipped nose hair; a disposal opening that communicates the interior chamber with the exterior; a ring-shaped shutter rotatably coupled to the case to open and close the disposal opening when rotated; and a blade protection cap covering the outer blade; wherein the shutter includes: a cover including a communication portion that communicates the disposal opening and the interior chamber with the exterior; a reference mark, which indicates a reference rotation position of the shutter, provided on the outer surface of the shutter, wherein there is the positional relationship between the communication portion and the reference mark so that one is visible and the other is invisible when viewed from a first side of the shutter where the communication portion is provided or a second side of the shutter where the reference mark is provided, wherein the case includes a pair of location indicators having the positional relationship therebetween so that one is visible and the other is invisible when viewed from a first side of the case where one of the pair of location indicators is provided or a second side of the case where the other one of the pair of location indicators is provided, and wherein the pair of location indicators are arranged so that when the reference mark is aligned with one of the pair of location indicators, the communication portion is aligned with the other of the pair of location indicators and the communication portion comes into communication with the disposal opening by an amount that is less than one complete rotation of the shutter from a reference position that is set for the shutter at a position in a circumferential direction at which the communication portion is in non-communication with the disposal opening; and a holding portion that holds the blade protection cap, wherein the holding portion has a diameter that is circumferentially smaller than other portion of the cover, and the blade protection cap has a projection fitted into the holding portion.