Patent ID: 8171942
Filing Date: 2012-05-08
Classification: A45D,B26B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for receiving operationally powering interchangeable grooming units, the apparatus comprising: a casing releasably attaching to any one of the grooming units, a motor, attachment means for allowing the grooming units to be releasably attached to the casing; and mounting means for allowing the grooming units to be driven by the motor, the mounting means comprising a shaft having a substantially cylindrical side surface and a substantially circular end surface, the end surface having a protrusion extending radially outward from the end surface and a groove located diametrically opposite the protrusion; the shaft is inserted into a recess of the mounting means; wherein the mounting means has a complementary cylindrical shape to that of the shaft; wherein the recess of the mounting means comprises a slot extending therethrough for mating with the protrusion of the shaft and a diametrically opposed protrusion for mating with the groove of the shaft; wherein the mounting means are adapted to enable the grooming units with accordingly adapted receiving means to carry out a rotational movement and a linear movement in the receiving means of the grooming unit, without gear arrangements in the mounting means, and wherein the mounting means are disposed in the casing and are used to mount any one of the grooming units releasably attached to the casing.