Patent ID: 7624506

Claim:
A hair clipper comprising: a replaceable tip, a driving member, a moving blade, and a housing, wherein said driving member is configured to drive the moving blade through a reciprocating motion, said tip having a radiused end which is radiused in both the normal and longitudinal directions with respect to the clipper for directly engaging a receiving formation in the moving blade and driving the moving blade during operation of said hair clipper, said radiused end configured for facilitating location of the tip in the receiving formation and designed to wear over time through operational engagement with the formation, and for being replaceable upon the driving member without disassembly of the clipper housing, wherein said tip is provided with a counterbore engagement formation configured to receive a distal end of the driving member, said tip is configured to be removable and replaceable on the driving member generally coaxially to the driving member, said tip including at least one hole in said engagement formation configured to receive a corresponding locking lug on the driving member in a snap-fit locking relationship, said hole on said tip being configured so that said snap-fit locking relationship between said tip and the driving member is overcome by a force in a coaxial direction.