A drive assembly for a hair grooming device includes a yoke assembly and a support assembly. The yoke assembly includes a slot that is configured to receive an eccentric drive, and a biased tension arm having a finger at one end, the tension arm configured to engage a blade assembly. The support assembly is coupled to the yoke assembly, the support assembly includes a first arm spaced apart from a second arm, the first and second arms being respectively coupled to the yoke assembly, the yoke assembly being positioned between the first and second arms.

A hair cutting device includes a grip, a head disposed external to one end of the grip, the head including a cutting unit that works on hair, and a joint connecting the grip and the head. The joint includes a base connected to one of the grip and the head, and a slide portion connected to the other of the grip and head and held to be slidable within a predetermined area on a slide plane that is a plane intersecting an alignment of the grip and the head. Accordingly, the hair cutting device including the head that has an excellent ability to lessen impact which is made when the head hits the skin and to follow the skin surface is provided.

A nose hair clipping device is a battery powered clipping device with batteries which fit into the bottom of the handle and are secured with a screw on cap. The cutting blade is at the top end of the handle, and is small enough to fit inside a nostril, where the blade spins around, cutting each hair close to the root, when it is powered on. There is a protective cap for the blade, which will prevent the blade from being damaged or getting dirty when not in use. The device is available in different colors to appeal to a variety of tastes.

A nose hair clipping device is a battery powered clipping device with batteries which fit into the bottom of the handle and are secured with a screw on cap. The cutting blade is at the top end of the handle, and is small enough to fit inside a nostril, where the blade spins around, cutting each hair close to the root, when it is powered on. There is a protective cap for the blade, which will prevent the blade from being damaged or getting dirty when not in use. The device is available in different colors to appeal to a variety of tastes.

The present invention relates to a hair cutting appliance and to a blade set for a hair cutting appliance including a blade set having a stationary blade constructed having a first wall portion and a second wall portion that define therebetween a guide slot, a movable cutter blade received at the guide slot, and a transmitting member configured to be engaged by a driving member, and to actuate the movable cutter blade relative to the stationary blade, wherein the movable cutter blade is laterally inserted into the guide slot, wherein the transmitting member is fed to the stationary blade in a feed direction that is different from an insertion direction of the movable cutter blade, and wherein the transmitting member is coupled to a main portion of the movable cutter blade, such that the movable cutter blade is undetachably retained at the stationary blade. The disclosure further relates to a method for manufacturing a respective blade.

A reciprocating-type electric shaver includes an outer blade, an oscillator that is driven to reciprocate by a motor, and an inner blade that reciprocates in cooperation with the oscillator. The oscillator includes attachment portions that are respectively attached to a main body, a movable base, both end sides of which are supported by the attachment portions via support portions having a substantially U-shape, and a cooperation portion that cooperates with the inner blade. In the respective support portions, a portion on a side connected to the attachment portion in a base portion, which is one linear portion of the U-shape, is formed in flexible oscillating pieces. The respective oscillating pieces are formed to be tilted in a direction orthogonal to a reciprocating direction of the movable base so that a lower portion side of the respective oscillating pieces is open outward in the reciprocating direction of the movable base.

The present invention relates to electric appliances for personal care, in particular electric shavers, comprising a magnetic linear drive unit having first and second drive components supported for linear displacement relative to each other by a spring device and adapted to magnetically interact with each other. Said spring device includes at least one leaf spring having a constricted section in a central region of the leaf spring, wherein surfaces of said at least one leaf spring neighboring said constricted section are shaped convex. Such convex surfaces may have a parabolic contour.

According to an aspect, there is provided a mounting assembly (10) for a hair cutting appliance. The mounting assembly comprises: a head (12) for receiving a cutting unit; a base (14) and a mount. The head is mounted to the base via the mount such that the head is pivotably moveable relative to the base about a primary axis (15) and a secondary axis (30), wherein the primary axis and the secondary axis are not parallel. A first biasing element (34a) and a second biasing element (34b) act independently of one another, wherein the first biasing element and the second biasing element are mounted at a fixed point and configured to act on the head or the mount at a respective first biasing point (40a) and second biasing point (40b) to bias the pivoting movement of the head with respect to the base to a stable position. The first biasing point and the second biasing point are located on the same side of a primary plane (50) which comprises a biasing axis (24a), parallel to the primary axis, about which the first biasing point and the second biasing point are constrained to pivot relative to the fixed point, and a line parallel to a force direction (52) defined by a biasing force applied at one of the first biasing point or the second biasing point, to bias the head in one pivoting direction to the stable position with respect to the base about the primary axis. The first biasing point and the second biasing point are located on opposing sides of a secondary plane (60) which comprises the secondary axis and a line parallel to the force direction, to balance the head in the stable position with respect to the base about the secondary axis.

According to an aspect, there is provided a mounting assembly 20 for a hair cutting appliance 10, the mounting assembly comprising: a head 24 configured to receive a cutting unit 14; a base 22 coupled to the head; a pivoting mechanism 30 coupling the base to the head, wherein the pivoting mechanism is configured to permit pivoting movement of the head relative to the base about a head pivot axis 50; and a rotatable locking element 40 configured to be rotated between: an engaged position, in which the locking element obstructs pivoting movement of the head to thereby lock the head in a locked position about the head pivot axis, and a disengaged position in which the locking element does not obstruct pivoting movement of the head such that the head is freely pivotable relative to the base about the head pivot axis; wherein the locking element is configured such that rotating the locking element to the engaged position drives the head into the locked position.

According to an aspect, there is provided a mounting assembly (10) for a hair cutting appliance, the mounting assembly comprising: a head (12) configured to receive a cutting unit; and a base (14), wherein the head is mounted to the base via a pair of arms (16) to form a linkage. Each arm is coupled at a joint (18) to a head coupling (20) on the head, and coupled at a joint to a respective base coupling (22) on the base. The base couplings are spaced apart along a movement line, and each joint is configured to permit pivoting movement about parallel pivot axes. A stroke limiter (26) is configured to obstruct pivoting movement of the head relative to the base beyond a limit. At least one of the base couplings is a flexible base coupling which is elastically mounted to a body (38) of the base such that the respective flexible base coupling is moveable relative to the body in a direction having a component which is parallel to the movement line and away from the other base coupling, to permit pivoting movement of the head relative to the base beyond the limit imposed by the stroke limiter.