Patent ID: 8595881

Claim:
A handle of an electrical appliance for personal use comprising: an elongated housing for receiving functional components of the appliance; and a control unit or an electric power supply; wherein the housing includes at least two tube-shaped housing parts connected to each other at end portions thereof; wherein an annular sealing element is associated with the end portions to seal the interface between the housing parts; wherein the end portions of the housing parts have substantially the same diameter such that end surfaces of the housing parts abut against each other or against the annular sealing element without overlap; wherein a holding member extending over the interface between the housing parts and the sealing element is provided for holding the housing parts together; wherein the holding member is provided with form-fitting engagement means for engaging at least one of the housing parts at an inner circumferential side thereof and/or at least one of the housing parts is provided with form-fitting engagement means at its inner circumferential side to engage with the holding member; and wherein the form-fitting engagement means of the holding member and/or the housing parts include an elastic latching element adapted to elastically move in a direction transverse to the longitudinal axis of the housing when moving the holding member and the housing part relative to each other in the direction of the longitudinal axis, thus locking the holding member to the housing part, wherein the at least one housing part is provided with an undercut recess/projection at an inner circumferential surface thereof and the holding member is provided with an elastic tongue having an undercut projection/recess to lock with the recess/projection of the housing part when radially moving the elastic tongue.