Patent ID: 7877880
Filing Date: 2011-02-01
Classification: A45D,B26B

Abstract:
1. A hand-held personal care appliance comprising: a handle including electrical contacts and accommodating a rechargeable power supply for supplying electric current to the electrical contacts; an operating head releasably engageable with the handle and including an electrical device to be operated by the electric current supplied from the power supply, the operating head having electrical contacts for cooperation with the electrical contacts of the handle when the operating head is engaged with the handle; and a charging device for recharging the power supply, the charging device having electrical contacts engageable with the electrical contacts of the handle to deliver recharging current to the power supply wherein the handle and the charging device have complementary coupling members including the electrical contacts of the handle and the charging device for mechanically and electrically connecting the handle to the charging device for recharging the power supply, wherein the coupling members comprise male and female coupling members of a bayonet coupling, wherein the female coupling member is provided at an end of the handle and includes a cylindrical sleeve portion with at least one bayonet slot therein, and the male member is provided on the charging device and includes a plug part engageable in the sleeve portion and having a projection for engagement, and wherein said electrical contacts of the handle and the charging device comprise a spring loaded pin positioned within the sleeve portion urged axially towards the upper end of the handle, and a second electrical contact positioned within the plug part, such that when the coupling members are engaged the spring loaded pin abuts the second electrical contact.