The present invention relates to an electric shaver. More particularly, the present invention relates to an electric shaver comprising a handle and a shaver head including at least one cutter unit having a drivable cutter element and a shear foil, wherein the shaver head is connected to the handle by means of a support structure which in some cases may provide for some movability of the shaver head relative to the handle. The shaver head and/or the at least one cutter unit may have an elongated contour with a main axis extending transverse to the handles' longitudinal axis and substantially parallel to a cutting oscillation axis of the cutter element. The shaver head is spaced apart from the handle with a gap defined between a bottom face of the shave head and a top face of the handle, the gap forming a ring-shaped contraction in the outer contour of the shaver around the support structure and giving access to the support structure bridging the gap.

A self-aligning coupling linkage for a drive train, of a hair cutting appliance having a driving shaft and a non-aligning output shaft, includes a joint section having first and second connector portions that are configured to engage one another for torque transmission. The first second connector portions define a male connector having an external polygonal profile, viewed in a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis, and a female connector having an internal engagement profile. The male and female connectors are arranged in a self-aligning fashion for angular offset compensation, where wherein at least one of the male and female connectors is provided with at least one circumferentially arranged deflectable compensation element configured to urge the male and female connectors towards a centered alignment.

The invention relates to a shaving unit for a shaving apparatus, comprising at least a first cutting unit (10a) and a second cutting unit (10b), wherein said first and second cutting units respectively comprise a first and a second external cutting member (12) having a plurality of hair entry openings (13) which define, respectively, a first and a second shaving track (11a, 11b), and a first and a second internal cutting member which is rotatable relative to the first and the second external cutting member about a first and a second axis of rotation (6a, 6b), respectively, wherein the first and the second internal cutting members are connected to, respectively, a first and a second driven transmission element via a first and a second drive spindle (40a, 40b), wherein the first and the second driven transmission elements are comprised in a transmission unit (60), wherein the first and the second drive spindles extend from the transmission unit via an open space, which is present between the transmission unit and the first and the second cutting units, and through an opening in a bottom wall of, respectively, a first housing of the first cutting unit and a second housing of the second cutting unit.

A coupling mechanism for connecting a replaceable shaving cartridge of a shaving device to a handle of the shaving device includes a first connector, a second connector, and a locking member. The first connector of the replaceable shaving cartridge is adapted to move along an axial direction. The second connector of the handle is adapted to move along a substantially arc-shaped path with respect to the handle when at least one connector of the first connector and the second connector is pushed against the other connector. The second connector is adapted to mechanically engage with the first connector in the course of its motion so as to reach an engaged position with the first connector. The locking member of the handle is adapted to lock the second connector when the latter is in the engaged position with the first connector.

The present invention relates to an electric hair removal device, in particular an electric shaver or a hair trimmer or a hair epilator, comprising a handle and a head, said head comprising a head base, a first attachment for skin treatment, said first attachment being releasably connectable with said head base, and a second attachment having a hair removal tool, said first attachment being releasably connectable with said head base, wherein a motor output drive is moveable and non-operatively coupled within an inner head space of a joint head housing of said head base and said first attachment for generating head housing vibrations.

A back and body hair cutting device has: a hair cutting part; and an elongate handle part. The handle part may be sized to permit a user to remotely manipulate the hair cutting part into contact with all areas of a back of the user. The hair cutting part may be a multidirectional cutting device, for example if the hair cutting part has a multi-directional motorized blade that is structured to define a plurality of directions of skin travel and configured to cut hair when advanced over a skin surface in each of the plurality of directions of skin travel.

A hair clipper is provided, including a clipper housing defining a longitudinal housing axis, having a drive end and including a first housing half and a second housing half, each of the halves having a front end associated with the drive end and an opposite rear end, and each front end defining an attachment formation. Upon assembly of the clipper housing halves, the first and second housing halves are constructed so that the attachment formations are overlapping and are secured using fasteners inserted along a longitudinal axis parallel to the longitudinal housing axis.

A shaving system is disclosed comprising a shaving unit (14) and a cleaning device (22), wherein the shaving unit (14) comprises at least one hair-cutting unit having a movable hair-cutting member; the cleaning device (22) comprises a supporting structure for supporting the shaving unit (14), and a receiving space (26) for receiving the shaving unit (14) when the shaving unit (14) is arranged in a cleaning position supported by the supporting structure (24); and the cleaning device (22) comprises a reservoir (32) for containing a cleaning liquid and a fluid pumping unit (38) for transporting the cleaning liquid from the reservoir (32) to the receiving space (26); wherein the shaving unit (14) comprises a driven coupling member (30) which is accessible from an outside of the shaving unit (14) and which is coupled to the movable hair-cutting member such that the movable hair-cutting member is drivable by the driven coupling member (30); the cleaning device (22) comprises a driving coupling member (28) which is accessible from an outside of the cleaning device (22), and an electric actuator (34) coupled to the driving coupling member (28) such that the driving coupling member (28) is drivable by the electric actuator (34); and the driving coupling member (28) and the driven coupling member (30) are arranged such that, in the cleaning position of the shaving unit (14), the driven coupling member (30) is coupled to the driving coupling member (28) such that the movable hair-cutting member is drivable by the driving coupling member (28) via the driven coupling member (30).

A self-aligning coupling linkage for a drive train, of a hair cutting appliance having a driving shaft and a non-aligning output shaft, includes a joint section having first and second connector portions that are configured to engage one another for torque transmission. The first second connector portions define a male connector having an external polygonal profile, viewed in a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis, and a female connector having an internal engagement profile. The male and female connectors are arranged in a self-aligning fashion for angular offset compensation, where wherein at least one of the male and female connectors is provided with at least one circumferentially arranged deflectable compensation element configured to urge the male and female connectors towards a centered alignment.

An electric shaver according to the present disclosure includes: a body block having a holding portion; a head portion having a blade portion and supported on the body block to be swingable about a shaft portion; and a connecting member provided for connecting the body block and the head portion to each other. The connecting member is connected to the body block such that the connecting member is movable relative to the body block in an intersecting direction which intersects with an extending direction of the shaft portion, and the connecting member is also connected to the head portion by way of the shaft portion. The connecting member is connected to the body block by way of a resilient member. With such a configuration, it is possible to provide an electric shaver capable of suppressing the generation of abnormal sounds and vibrations while suppressing lowering of a swing performance.