Electric shaver

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10071490-B2
Application number	US-201514939746-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 12, 2015
Priority date	Nov 28, 2014
Publication date	Sep 11, 2018
Grant date	Sep 11, 2018

Abstract

Electric shaver includes body, head having blade block, and head supporting part connecting body with head. Head supporting part includes swing supporting part supporting head swingably about two swing axes, and head float part so that head is movable up and down with respect to body. This configuration allows head to swing about the two axes, and thus head easily follows undulations of skin. Head is movable up and down with respect to body, and thus head sinks with respect to body when head is strongly pressed against the skin. The aspect provides electric shaver that has a high follow-up performance of head swinging according to undulations of skin and hardly irritates the skin strongly.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electric shaver comprising:
a body having a grip;
a head including a plurality of blade blocks, each of which includes a set of an outer blade and an inner blade;
a head supporting part connecting the body with the head,
a head case supporting the outer blade of each of the plurality of blade blocks; and
a plurality of blade float parts supporting the plurality of blade blocks so that the plurality of blade blocks are vertically movable with respect to the head case, wherein:
the head supporting part includes:
a swing supporting part supporting the head swingably about two swing axes crossing with each other; and
a head float part supporting the head so that the head is vertically movable with respect to the body,

the swing supporting part includes:
a first supporting part forming a first swing axis of the two swing axes; and
a second supporting part forming a second swing axis of the two swing axes,

the second supporting part includes a pin forming the second swing axis,
the head is supported by the pin so that the head is swingable about the pin, and
a force of the head float part exerted on the head to lift the head off the body is greater than a force of the plurality of blade float parts exerted on one of the plurality of blade blocks to lift the one of the plurality of blade blocks off the head case.

2. The electric shaver of claim 1 , wherein the force of the head float part exerted on the head to lift the head off the body is smaller than a sum of forces that the plurality of blade float parts exert on the corresponding ones of the plurality of blade blocks to lift the plurality of blade blocks off the head case.

3. An electric shaver comprising:
a body having a grip;
a head having a blade block that is a set of an outer blade and an inner blade; and
a head supporting part connecting the body with the head,
wherein the head supporting part includes:
a swing supporting part supporting the head swingably about two swing axes crossing with each other; and
a head float part supporting the head so that the head is vertically movable with respect to the body,

the swing supporting part includes:
a first supporting part forming, as a first swing axis, one of the two swing axes; and
a second supporting part forming, as a second swing axis, the other of the two swing axes,

the first supporting part is attached to the second supporting part so that the first supporting part is swingable about the second swing axis with respect to the second supporting part,
the second supporting part includes a pin forming the other of the two swing axes, and
the head is supported by the pin so that the head is swingable about the pin.

4. The electric shaver of claim 3 , wherein at least one of the two swing axes is disposed closer to the blade block than the head float part.

5. The electric shaver of claim 4 , wherein the other of the two swing axes is disposed between the blade block and the head float part.

6. The electric shaver of claim 3 , further comprising:
a drive source disposed inside the head and driving the inner blade;
a power supply unit supplying power to the drive source; and
a lead wire connecting the drive source with the power supply unit,
wherein the head supporting part further includes a wiring path for linearly routing the lead wire.

7. An electric shaver comprising:
a body having a grip;
a head having a blade block that is a set of an outer blade and an inner blade; and
a head supporting part connecting the body with the head, wherein:
the head supporting part includes:
a swing supporting part supporting the head swingably about two swing axes crossing with each other; and
a head float part supporting the head so that the head is vertically movable with respect to the body,

the swing supporting part includes:
a first supporting part forming one of the two swing axes; and
a second supporting part forming the other of the two swing axes,

the first supporting part includes a first supporting body connected with the second supporting part, a pair of first support arms and two pairs of second support arms, wherein each of the two pairs of second support arms is connected to a corresponding one of the first support arms,
the head is rotatably attached to the two pairs of second support arms,
the second supporting part includes a pin forming the other of the two swing axes, and
the head is supported by the pin so that the head is swingable about the pin.

8. The electric shaver of claim 7 , wherein at least one of the two swing axes is disposed closer to the blade block than the head float part.

9. The electric shaver of claim 8 , wherein the other of the two swing axes is disposed between the blade block and the head float part.

10. The electric shaver of claim 7 , further comprising:
a drive source disposed inside the head and driving the inner blade;
a power supply unit supplying power to the drive source; and
a lead wire connecting the drive source with the power supply unit,

wherein the head supporting part further includes a wiring path for linearly routing the lead wire.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shimizu Hiroaki
• Matsuoka Yasuhide
• Ikuta Toshio

Classifications

• B26B19/282

  Motors without a rotating central drive shaft, e.g. linear motors · CPC title

• B26B19/048 Primary

  Complete cutting head being movable · CPC title

• B26B19/146

  Complete cutting head being movable · CPC title

• B26B19/12 Primary

  of the oscillating- cutter type; Cutting heads therefor; Cutters therefor (B26B19/04 takes precedence) · CPC title