Patent ID: 6883237

Claim:
A split end cutting device ( 20 ) for cutting split ends from a lock of hair ( 28 ), said split end cutting device ( 20 ) consisting of an attachment for a hair cutting machine ( 21 ), said hair cutting machine ( 21 ) including a cutting head ( 27 ) for cutting said hair; and wherein said split end cutting device comprises a first deflecting section ( 41 ) and a second deflecting section ( 42 ) arranged parallel to each other and spaced apart from each other by a distance (X); a third deflecting section ( 43 ) pivotally mounted by means of a pivot ( 14 , 14 . 1 , 14 . 2 ) so as to be movable from a first position (A) passing between said first deflecting section ( 41 ) and said second deflecting section ( 42 ) into a second position (B) parallel to said first deflecting section ( 41 ) and to said second deflecting section ( 42 ) so that said lock of said hair placed underneath said first deflecting section ( 41 ) and said second deflecting section is engaged from underneath by said third deflecting section ( 43 ) and essentially takes an upside-down U-shape; and means ( 11 ) for detachably mounting said cutting head ( 27 ) of the hair cutting machine ( 21 ) in a fixed position in relation to said lock of said hair ( 28 ) when said lock of said hair ( 28 ) is engaged underneath by said third deflecting section ( 43 ) and essentially takes said upside-down U-shape, so that, when said lock of said hair is drawn through said deflecting sections ( 41 , 42 , 43 ) and said hair cutting machine ( 21 ) is operated, only split ends ( 30 ) protruding from said lock of said hair ( 28 ) in an upper region (Y) of said third deflecting section ( 43 ) are cut off by said cutting head ( 27 ).