There is disclosed a cutting unit (14, 60, 80, 100) for a hair cutting device (10), comprising: a blade carrier (16) carrying a cutting blade; a guard (18) comprising: a blade-facing surface engaging the cutting blade at a cut location; a planar guard contact surface (30) for contacting skin of a user, wherein the guard contact surface (30) is angled with respect to the blade-facing surface; and a guard extender (40, 70, 90) separate from the guard (18), wherein the guard extender (40, 70, 90) comprises a planar extension contact surface (46, 76, 96) configured to cooperate with the guard contact surface (30) to provide an extended contact zone (50) across the guard (18) and the guard extender (40, 70, 90) for contacting skin of a user. The blade-facing surface and the guard contact surface (30) converge towards a tip of the guard, wherein a cutting direction extends along the guard contact surface (30) towards the tip. The guard extender (40, 70, 90) is configured so that the extension contact surface (46, 76, 96) is rearward of the guard contact surface (30) with respect to the cutting direction X. The extension contact surface (96) has a transverse extent along an axis perpendicular to the cutting direction, and wherein there is a gap along the cutting direction X between the guard contact surface and at least a transverse portion of the extension contact surface. The extended contact zone may provide for improved stability and reliable orientation of the cutting unit for cutting while limiting material use.

One embodiment provides a guide comb having a holdable extension including: a central portion including; a plurality of teeth extending at one end thereof; and the holdable extension extending from an opposite end with respect to the plurality of teeth; wherein a lower face of the central portion includes an attachment mechanism to reversibly secure a hair clipper. Other aspects are described and claimed.

The present disclosure relates to a releasable attachment comb for a blade set of a cutting head of a hair cutting appliance, said attachment comb comprising a supporting frame comprising a first lateral grip bar, a second lateral grip bar, and at least one laterally extending supporting bar arranged between the first lateral grip bar and the second lateral grip bar, a plurality of guide teeth that define a skin contact front face; a plurality of snap-on mounting elements; wherein the snap-on mounting elements are spaced away from the first lateral grip bar and the second lateral grip bar; wherein at least one of the snap-on mounting elements is configured as a proximal snap-on mounting element that is arranged on a first, proximal side; wherein at least one of the snap-on mounting elements is configured as a distal snap-on mounting element that is arranged on a second, distal side; and wherein the at least one proximal snap-on mounting element and the at least one distal snap-on mounting element are arranged to mutually lock therebetween the blade set to attach the attachment comb to the cutting head. The present disclosure further relates to a cutting head of a hair cutting appliance that is fitted with a respective attachment comb.

A guard element (4) for use in a hair cutting unit as a guard of a movable hair cutting element of the hair cutting unit has a disc-shaped base (10) and an annular wall (20) comprising a main part (21) extending from the periphery of the base (10), and a flange-shaped part (22) comprising an outwardly bent section (24). The annular wall (20) is reinforced on the basis of at least one of a design where a smallest inner periphery of the flange-shaped part (22) has a diameter which is smaller than a diameter of a largest inner periphery of a straight section (23) of the main part (21) connected to the periphery of the base (10), and a design where a free end section (25) of the flange-shaped part (22) is at least partially bent. In an embodiment, at least a portion of the main wall part (21) of the guard element (4) tapers inwardly in a direction along a central axis (11) of the disc-shaped base (10), from the disc-shaped base (10) to the flange-shaped wall part (22), such that the flange-shaped wall part (22) is enlarged with respect to a flange-shaped wall part (22) of a guard element (5) not having the tapered shape of the main wall part (21), resulting in increased stiffness and an increased resonant frequency of the guard element (4).

A comb attachment for a hair clipper includes a base having a depression adjacent a back edge of the attachment and a flexible clip extending outwardly from the back edge. The depression locates a user's finger or thumb when pressing the base until the clip flexes around the edge of the blade. The comb attachment is removed by pulling the clip back around the blade.

The flexible clip can be a cantilever having two spaced arch-shaped arms extending from the base and secured to each other at their cantilevered ends by a cross-member. The bottom surface of the cross-member can be angled to facilitate release of the clip and removal of the attachment.

A comb (100) for a hair cutting appliance (10) is provided. The comb comprises: ⋅a first comb portion (110) defining a comb surface (112) to be held against a user's skin; ⋅ a second comb portion (120) comprising a plurality of comb teeth (122) projecting from the first comb portion in a first direction D1, the first direction having a component in a direction perpendicular to the comb surface, wherein the plurality of comb teeth are spaced apart from one another in a second direction D2, the second direction being parallel to the comb surface; ⋅a third comb portion (130) comprising one or more further comb teeth (132) extending in a third direction D3, the third direction having a component in a direction perpendicular to the comb surface, wherein the further comb teeth are arranged on the same side of the comb surface as the comb teeth, and wherein the further comb teeth extend further forwards, in a direction D4 perpendicular to the first and second directions, than the comb teeth and/or the comb teeth extend further rearwards, in the direction perpendicular to the first and second directions, than the further comb teeth; and wherein the width of each of the further comb teeth in the second direction is approximately equal to the width of the spaces between the comb teeth.

The present application relates to a domestic appliance comprising a mechanical function unit having a movable member, a housing containing a motor to operate the movable member to carry out a primary function of the appliance, and an electrical function unit having an electrically operative member to perform a secondary function of the appliance that supports the primary function performed by the mechanical function unit. The electrical function unit comprises a module positioned between the mechanical function unit and the housing. The electrical function unit comprises a generator to convert mechanical energy generated by the motor located in the housing into electrical energy to power the electrically operative member.

Clamping heads are disclosed with epilators and clamping hairs, and can include a first clamping unit and at least two spring plates arranged adjacent to each other on a plane traversing an axis of rotation of a stopper plate, each of said spring plate having a first spring plate clamping surface, and said stopper plate is adjacent to said first clamping unit and having a stopper plate clamping surface opposing said first spring plate clamping surface of each said spring plate, such that during rotation of said stopper plate relative to said first clamping unit, said first clamping unit reciprocally moves away from and towards said stopper plate such that a first space between said first spring plate clamping surface and said stopper plate clamping surface opens and closes for clamping hair.

An electric shaver having a shaving unit and a sensor with a first sensor unit fixed to a main body and a second sensor unit fixed to a sensor unit carrier, for indicating a distance between the sensor units. The shaving unit and the sensor unit carrier are suspended to the main body for displacement along a z-axis between a rest position and a pushed-in position in response to a pushing force exerted onto a shaving face of the shaver. The first and second sensor units are located in positions offset from the z-axis over a distance (d) in an x-direction. An anti-tilting guide is provided for guiding the sensor unit carrier against tilting about a y-axis.

A personal care device drive unit comprises a main body housing a motor and enabling releasable connection to any selected one of a set of different functional units. A controller of the personal care device drive unit generates an output signal associated with the selected one of the functional units connected to the main body in dependence on a sensed motor current and a sensed vibration occurring in the main body. The use of both vibration sensing and current sensing (which detects the electrical motor load resulting from driving the selected one of the functional units connected to the main body) enables multiple different functional units to be identified more reliably.