Electric shaver provided with a handle and a shaver head including at least one drivable cutter element, wherein said shaver head is connected to said handle by means of a support structure providing for a swivel and/or tilting axis about which said shaver head may swivel or tilt relative to said handle, wherein said support structure includes a pair of link arms forming a four-joint linkage with each link arm having a head joint connected to a shaver head part and a handle joint connected to the handle or a base part connected thereto.

A hair cutting appliance includes a linkage unit configured to couple a cutting unit and to a housing of the hair cutting appliance. The linkage unit includes a four-bar linkage mechanism having first and second arms which respectively include first and second bases pivots coupled to a base. The first and second base pivots are arranged at the base at a fixed distance. The first arm and second arms also respectively include first and second top pivots coupled to a connecting bar. The connecting bar is configured to be coupled to the cutting unit such that, during operation, the cutting unit is pivotably supported by the four-bar linkage mechanism.

The present disclosure relates to a hair cutting appliance (10), particularly an electrically operated body grooming appliance (10), and to a cutting head (18) for a hair cutting appliance (10), the cutting head (18) comprising a blade set (20) comprising a stationary blade (36) and a cutter blade (38), the stationary blade (36) and the cutter blade (38) comprising at least one toothed leading edge (22, 24) jointly defined by respective teeth (62, 64) of the stationary blade (36) and the cutter blade (38), the teeth (62, 64) of the stationary blade (36) and the cutter blade (38) basically extending in a longitudinal direction (X), a skin protector (76) comprising a plurality of guide tabs (78) that are aligned with the teeth (62) of the stationary blade (36), wherein the stationary blade (36) further comprises a front face (58), particularly at the teeth (62) thereof, the front face (58) being arranged to face a user's skin, when in operation, wherein the cutter blade (38) is at least partially arranged at a rear face (60) of the stationary blade (36) facing away from the front face (58), particularly at the teeth (62) of the stationary blade (36), wherein the guide tabs (78) of the skin protector (76) are arranged adjacent to longitudinal tips (66) of the teeth (62) of the stationary blade (36) in a longitudinally displaced position, wherein the skin protector (76) defines a front face (92), and wherein the front face (92) of the skin protector (76) is at least partially rearwardly offset from the front face (58) of the stationary blade (36).

The present invention relates to a cutter system for an electric shaver and/or trimmer, comprising a pair of comb-like cutting elements with cooperating toothed cutting edges and movably supported relative to each other by a support element, wherein lateral ends of at least one of said cutting elements are provided with lateral protection elements having rounded and/or chamfered edge contours for soft skin engagement, wherein said lateral protection element is integrally formed in one part with the cutting element by an end portion of the cutting element bent away from a skin contact surface thereof and enveloping a gap movably receiving the other cutting element and/or enveloping the support element.

The present disclosure relates to a hair cutting appliance (10), a blade set (20) for a hair cutting appliance (10),and to an integrally formed metal-plastic composite stationary blade (22) for said blade set (20). Said stationary blade (22) may comprise a first wall portion (58) arranged to serve as a skin facing wall when in operation, a second wall portion (60) at least partially offset from the first wall portion (58), such that the first wall portion (58) and the second wall portion (60) define therebetween a guide slot arranged to receive a movable cutter blade (24), at least one toothed leading edge (30) jointly formed by the first wall portion (58) and the second wall portion (60), and a plastic component (114) comprising at least one mounting element (36), wherein the at least one toothed leading edge (30) comprises a plurality of teeth (90), wherein the first wall portion (58) and the second wall portion (60) are integrally made from a metal component (56), particularly from a sheet metal component (56), wherein the first wall portion (58) and the second wall portion (60) mutually define an inner metal shell of the stationary blade (22), and wherein the plastic component (114) is molded to the second wall portion (60). The disclosure further relates to a method for manufacturing a respective blade.

A hair-clipping device comprises a stationary cutter member (2; 52; 102; 152; 202; 252; 302; 352), at least one movable cutter member (7; 57; 407; 457), and a drive (9, 14, 15; 465) coupled to the movable cutter member (7; 57; 407; 457) for driving movement of the movable cutter member (7; 57; 407; 457). The stationary cutter member (2; 52; 102; 152; 202; 252; 302; 352) has an outer surface (3; 53; 103), a chamber (4) bounded by an inner surface (5) and at least one hair-catching opening (6; 56; 406) extending from the outer surface (3; 53; 103) to the inner surface (5). The movable cutter member (7; 57; 407; 457) comprises at least one cutting edge (8), fits in the chamber (4) with a free, close fit and includes a continuous carrier (15; 465) oriented in longitudinal direction of the movable cutter member (7; 57; 407; 457). The cutting edges (8) are provided on cutters (16) projecting radially from the carrier (15; 465). A set of cutter members for such a hair-clipping device is also described.

The present invention relates to a hair cutting appliance (10) and to a blade set (20) for a hair cutting appliance (10). Said blade set (20) comprises a stationary blade (22) comprising a first wall portion (100) and a second wall portion (102) that define therebetween a guide slot (96), a movable cutter blade (24) received at the guide slot (96), and a transmitting member (70) configured to be engaged by a driving member, wherein the transmitting member (70) is further configured to actuate the movable cutter blade (24) relative to the stationary blade (22), wherein the movable cutter blade (24) is laterally inserted into the guide slot (96), wherein the transmitting member (70) is fed to the stationary blade (22) in a feed direction (190) that is different from an insertion direction (188) of the movable cutter blade (24), and wherein the transmitting member (70) is coupled to the movable cutter blade (24), particularly to a main portion (78) thereof, such that the movable cutter blade (24) is secured at the stationary blade (22), particularly undetachably retained. The disclosure further relates to a method for manufacturing a respective blade (22).

A hair clipper with a blade set, includes at least one stationary or one adjustable cutting comb and one shearing blade driven in oscillation in the transverse direction essentially parallel to the front edge of the cutting comb. The hair clipper may have a hair transport element, which has a transport toothing, which is arranged essentially along the cutting edge of the shearing blade at a distance from the cutting edge of the shearing blade. The shearing blade is arranged between the cutting comb and the hair transport element. The cutting edge of the shearing blade extends beyond the front edge of the hair transport element.

The present disclosure provides a slit blade block and an electric razor capable of more efficiently shaving body hair while suppressing stimulation to skin. The slit blade block according to the present disclosure includes a slit outer blade having a plurality of outer blade pieces extending in a first direction and spaced apart from each other along a second direction intersecting the first direction. The slit blade block further includes a comb component comprising a plurality of combs that are disposed outside the slit outer blade in the first direction and spaced apart from each other along the second direction. The comb component comprises a protrusion protruding outward in the first direction, and the protrusion includes a first protrusion extending across two or more of combs disposed side by side in the second direction.

The present invention relates to a hair removal device, in particular a hair trimmer or a shaver or a hair trimmer portion of a shaver, comprising a handle with a motor and a hair removal head, said hair removal head being provided with at least a first hair cutting unit with an outer blade and an inner blade, said inner blade being reciprocally moveable along a first axis relative to the outer blade, wherein said outer blade comprises a row of teeth cooperating with said inner blade for cutting hair. At an outer border first and second skin support surfaces are provided. The skin sides of tooth tips are provided below or on same level as at least one of said first and second skin support surface in a direction towards said handle or said skin sides of said tooth tips are configured such to not cross or extend beyond a connecting line parallel to said second axis between said first and second skin support surfaces.