Patent ID: 7024778

Claim:
A split end removing device ( 1 ) consisting of a removable attachment ( 3 ) for a haircutting machine ( 2 ), said split end removing device comprising first and second parallel hair strand guiding sections ( 4 , 5 ) spaced from each other with a spacing (X); a third hair strand guiding section ( 6 ) releasably positionable in a working position (A) between the first and second hair strand guiding sections ( 4 , 5 ) parallel to the first and second hair strand guiding sections ( 4 , 5 ), wherein said first, second and third parallel hair strand guiding sections ( 4 , 5 , 6 ) are formed so that a head hair strand ( 7 ) placed under the first and second hair strand guiding sections ( 4 , 5 ) is grasped from below by the third hair strand guiding section ( 6 ) in said working position so that said hair strand is approximately U-shaped; and means for releasable attachment to said haircutting machine ( 2 ) so that a cutting head ( 8 ) of the haircutting machine ( 2 ) is held fixed so that only split ends ( 9 ) of the hair strand ( 7 ) are cut away from the hair strand ( 7 ) when the hair strand ( 7 ) is drawn through said hair strand guiding sections ( 4 , 5 , 6 ); wherein the third hair strand guiding section ( 6 ) is a separate part ( 10 ) that is completely removable from a remaining portion of the split end removing device ( 1 ) and the third hair strand guiding section ( 6 ) includes a handle section ( 12 ) at a first end ( 11 ) of the third hair strand guiding section ( 6 ).