Patent ID: 8105340

Claim:
An epilator apparatus for the removal of hairs comprising: a tape configured to adhere to hairs before being fed to a plucking zone where the adhered hairs are plucked from skin; a take-up reel configured to receive the tape downstream of the plucking zone; a drive motor configured to drive the take-up reel; and a switch in electrical communication with the drive motor and responsive to the application of the epilator apparatus against skin, such that pressure of the epilator apparatus against the skin activates the switch to activate the drive motor, thereby to drive the take-up reel producing forward movement of the apparatus over the skin; a pressure roller for applying the tape against the skin; a deflector positioned in the plucking zone such that the deflector guides the tape away from the skin; wherein the deflector includes two juxtaposed deflector elements arranged such that the tape is passed between the two deflector elements; and wherein the two deflector elements are rotatably suspended.