Patent ID: 7909047

Claim:
A cleaning apparatus for cleaning a hair-cutting portion of an electric hair-cutting device, said apparatus comprising: a cleaning-liquid basin for holding a cleaning liquid when the cleaning apparatus is in an operative condition, the basin comprising an opening in an upper potion of the basin for receiving the hair-cutting portion of the electric hair-cutting device in a central receiving area when the cleaning apparatus is in the operative condition, such that the hair-cutting portion is at least partially immersed in the cleaning liquid, at least one cleaning-liquid inlet port in the upper portion, for liquid flow into the basin and a cleaning-liquid outlet port positioned centrally and in a bottom portion of the basin; and a liquid-flow generator for generating a cleaning-liquid flow revolving tangentially around an axis formed between the top and bottom portions within the basin around said central receiving area and having an axial flow component so that the cleaning-liquid flow follows an essentially helical path from the at least one cleaning-liquid inlet port to the cleaning-liquid outlet port when the cleaning apparatus is in the operative condition.