Shaver

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9707688-B2
Application number	US-201214648305-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 21, 2012
Priority date	Dec 21, 2012
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

A shaver is provided, the shaver including a handle with an elongated handgrip portion and a mounting portion, a shaver head pivotally attached to the mounting portion, a removable cartridge including at least one blade, the cartridge being adapted to be attached to the shaver head and removed from the shaver head, a pusher, adapted to encounter the cartridge to release the cartridge from the shaver head, and a spring provided on the shaver head, the spring being adapted to attach the cartridge to the shaver head, the spring comprising at least one part which forms a loop.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A shaver comprising:
a handle with an elongated handgrip portion and a mounting portion,
a shaver head pivotally attached to the mounting portion,
a removable cartridge comprising at least one blade, the cartridge being adapted to be attached to the shaver head and removed from the shaver head,
a spring provided on the shaver head, the spring being adapted to attach the cartridge to the shaver head,
a pusher, adapted to encounter the cartridge to release the cartridge from the shaver head, wherein the spring includes at least one part which forms a loop, and
wherein the handle further comprises a rotating button, and wherein the button further comprises the pusher, the pusher being adapted to encounter a holder of the cartridge and thus release the cartridge from the shaver head.

2. The shaver according to claim 1 , wherein the shaver head further comprises a back structure, and wherein the spring is attached to the back structure of the shaver head.

3. The shaver according to claim 1 , wherein the cartridge is ejected in a direction perpendicular to the direction of shaving.

4. The shaver according to claim 1 , wherein the spring is made of a curved wire.

5. The shaver according to claim 4 , wherein the spring is omega-shaped.

6. The shaver according to claim 1 , wherein the spring is made of metal.

7. The shaver according to claim 1 , wherein the shaver head further comprises a bottom wall and a guard member, the guard member being positioned adjacent to the bottom wall.

8. The shaver according to claim 1 , wherein the holder is provided in a form of a cylinder-shaped body, and the holder is adapted to cooperate with the spring.

9. The shaver according to claim 8 , wherein the holder comprises a groove, the groove being adapted to cooperate with the loop formed by the spring.

10. The shaver according to claim 1 , wherein the holder is provided in a form of a cylinder-shaped body.

11. The shaver according to claim 10 , wherein the holder further comprises a groove.

12. The shaver according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one blade is mounted movably.

13. The cartridge shaver according to claim 10 , wherein the cartridge further comprises a top wall and a shaving aid, the shaving aid positioned in the top wall.

Assignees

• Bic Violex Sa
• Bic Violex Sa

Inventors

• Giannopoulos Panagiotis
• Efthimiadis Dimitrios
• Papadopoulos-Papageorgis Phaedon

Classifications

• B26B21/521

  Connection details, e.g. connection to razor heads · CPC title

• B26B21/227

  with blades being resiliently mounted in the changeable unit · CPC title

• B26B21/225 Primary

  the changeable unit being resiliently mounted on the handle · CPC title

• B26B21/222

  with the blades moulded into, or attached to, a changeable unit (B26B21/4006 takes precedence) · CPC title