The present invention relates to a hair removal device, such as an electric shaver or epilator, comprising a hair cutting unit, a motor for driving the hair cutting unit, a measurement unit for measuring motor current and/or induced voltage and a cutting activity determinator for determining cutting activity from the half cycles of the signal of said measurement unit, wherein a wear determination unit is provided for determining wear of the hair cutting unit from the cutting activity signal of said cutting activity determinator.

A device for holding and tensioning a segment of thread for epilation having a thread-holding chuck configured to receive, lock, and selectively release a segment of epilation thread; and an attachment to secure the thread-holding chuck to a user-worn element of gear, such as but not limited to a neck strap, a head band, a face shield, a vest, a button, a button hole, a safety pin, a hat, or a shirt.

The invention relates to an improved hair removal device for removing body hair on a body surface, comprising a hand-held housing, an electric motor arranged in the housing, operating means for operating the motor and a flexible, cylindrically shaped hair removal element which is connected rotatably at a first end to a protruding first end of the housing and is connected at a second end to a driven shaft of the motor, and a curved first section of the hair removal element is provided with a plurality of slits in its outer surface, wherein during rotation of the hair removal element and the movement of the first section against the surface the slits are open on the convex side of the first section in order to receive the hairs in the slits and are closed on the concave side of the first section in order to capture and pluck the hairs out of the surface.

A device for holding and tensioning a segment of thread for epilation having a thread-holding chuck configured to receive, lock, and selectively release a segment of epilation thread; and an attachment to secure the thread-holding chuck to a user-worn element of gear, such as but not limited to a neck strap, a head band, a face shield, a vest, a button, a button hole, a safety pin, a hat, or a shirt.

An epilating device removes hair from a user by pinching, pulling and releasing the hairs. The epilating device has a tweezer portion having an axis and being mounted to rotate about its axis during use, the tweezer portion defining at least one pinching region at its circumference in which hairs may be grasped by tweezer elements. The tweezer portion is mounted in cantilevered fashion by its first end to an attachment portion of a handle. The cantilever arrangement of the tweezer portion allows better access to the tweezer elements, in particular for epilating in areas that may otherwise be difficult to reach.

The present invention relates to a hair removal device, such as an electric shaver or epilator, comprising a hair cutting unit, a motor for driving the hair cutting unit, a measurement unit for measuring motor current and/or induced voltage and a cutting activity determinator for determining cutting activity from the half cycles of the signal of said measurement unit, wherein a wear determination unit is provided for determining wear of the hair cutting unit from the cutting activity signal of said cutting activity determinator.