Patent ID: 8127453

Claim:
A hair removal apparatus, comprising: (i) a housing; (ii) an electric drive; and (iii) a hair removing head comprising a hair removal region driven by the electric drive to engage and remove hairs, wherein the head is rotatable about an axis extending through the head from a position in which the hair removal region is directed away from the housing for removing hair, to a position in which the hair removal region is directed toward the housing; wherein the housing further comprises arms between which the head is rotatably mounted; wherein the apparatus further comprises an electrically driven adjusting unit comprising a second electric drive and a transmission comprising a cooperating gearwheel unit, arranged to turn the head to the position in which the hair removal region is directed away from the housing, and wherein the head is rotatable about the axis of rotation by the adjusting unit and wherein: the hair removal apparatus further comprises an electric control configured to automatically adjust the hair removing head such that the hair removal region is returned to the position in which the hair removal region is directed away from the housing following rotation about the axis of rotation of the head by external forces.