Attachment for epilator and epilator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9775420-B2
Application number	US-201414253948-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2014
Priority date	Apr 16, 2013
Publication date	Oct 3, 2017
Grant date	Oct 3, 2017

Abstract

The present disclosure is concerned with an attachment for an epilator or an epilator having an axle arranged for driven movement around a center axle axis, an end plate arranged at a first end of the axle for rotation together with the axle, the end plate having at least a first functional surface, a first clamping element having a functional surface, the first functional surface of the end plate being arranged face-to-face with the functional surface of the first clamping element, and the first clamping element being arranged for repeatedly being moved towards and away from the end plate such that repeatedly a closed position is obtained in which the two functional surfaces abut on each other, wherein the end plate is an outer part of the epilator or the attachment for an epilator.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A clamping head for an epilator comprising:
an axle arranged for driven movement around a centre axle axis; the axle being locked against movement in axial direction;
an end plate arranged at a first end of the axle for rotation together with the axle, the end plate having at least a first functional surface and the end plate is an outer housing part of the epilator or the clamping head for an epilator
a first clamping element having a functional surface, wherein the first functional surface of the end plate is arranged face-to-face with the functional surface of the first clamping element, and wherein the first clamping element is arranged for repeatedly being moved towards and away from the end plate such that repeatedly a closed position is obtained in which the two functional surfaces abut on each other;
a second clamping element;
a resilient element being resilient at least in axial direction and having a first end arranged against a first stopper element fixed in axial positional relationship with respect to the axle; and
a pressure plate abutting on a second end of the resilient element and having a functional surface that has an axial projection that is elevated in axial direction towards the end plate, wherein the pressure plate is arranged to have a first angular position around the axle defined by a stop of the pressure plate abutting a first stop of a housing when the axle is clockwise rotated and a second angular position around the axle defined by the stop of the pressure plate abutting a second stop of the housing when the axle is counterclockwise rotated.

2. The clamping head for an epilator in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the end plate comprises several functional surfaces each being axially displaced from each other, wherein the axial displacement of the functional surfaces of the end plate is provided by different axial projections from the end plate or a different thickness of a portion of the end plate for each functional surface.

3. The clamping head for an epilator in accordance with claim 1 , wherein at least a first spring element is arranged between the first clamping element and the end plate such that the first functional surface of the end plate and the functional surface of the first clamping element are biased into an open position in which a gap having an axial width extends between the two functional surfaces.

4. The clamping head in accordance with claim 1 , wherein the clamping head is arranged to be attachable to and detachable from a handle of an epilator by snap elements provided on both the handle and the clamping head.

5. An attachment for an epilator comprising the clamping head of claim 1 , wherein the clamping head is provided at the lateral side of the attachment.

6. An epilator comprising the clamping head in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising a handle for being held in the hand of a user, wherein the handle defines a holding axis that is inclined with respect to the centre axle axis.

7. The epilator in accordance with claim 6 , further comprising a drive unit having a drive axle that extends either along the centre axle axis or that extends parallel to the centre axle axis.

8. The clamping head for an epilator in accordance with claim 1 , further comprising at least a first actuator associated with the first clamping element, the first actuator being arranged for getting at least intermittently into sliding contact with the functional surface of the pressure plate; and
wherein the first actuator is arranged for being movable in axial direction towards the end plate when it slides over the axial projection of the pressure plate such that the functional surface of the first clamping element and the first functional surface of the end plate are moved into the closed position.

9. The clamping head for an epilator in accordance with claim 8 , comprising at least a second actuator associated with the second clamping element, which second clamping element is arranged circumferentially displaced from the first clamping element, wherein the second clamping element is also axially displaced from the first clamping element.

10. The clamping head for an epilator in accordance with claim 8 , wherein at least the first clamping element and the first actuator are realized as an integral element.

11. The clamping head for an epilator in accordance with claim 9 , wherein the end plate has a third functional surface arranged face-to-face with a functional surface of the second clamping element, wherein the third functional surface of the end plate is axially displaced from the first functional surface of the end plate.

12. The clamping head for an epilator in accordance with claim 9 , wherein the end plate has a second functional surface arranged face-to-face with a functional surface of the second clamping element, wherein the second functional surface of the end plate is axially displaced from the first functional surface of the end plate.

13. The clamping head for an epilator in accordance with claim 8 , wherein a closure element is provided that is axially and angularly locked with respect to the end plate, particularly wherein the locking is realized by an axially extending connection structure, which is realized at least in part by at least one axially extending pin.

14. The clamping head for an epilator in accordance with claim 13 , comprising at least a first guiding structure for guiding the first actuator, wherein the first guiding structure is realized by a part of the axially extending connection structure such as the at least one axially extending pin.

15. The clamping head for an epilator in accordance with claim 13 , further comprising a centre plate that is axially and angularly locked with respect to the end plate, by an axially extending connection structure being a part of the axially extending connection structure that locks the closure element and the end plate.

16. The clamping head for an epilator in accordance with claim 15 , the centre plate further comprising at least a first functional surface arranged face-to-face with a functional surface of a first additional clamping element and the both functional surfaces being arranged for repeatedly being moved towards and away from the end plate such that repeatedly a closed position is obtained in which the two functional surfaces abut on each other.

Assignees

• Braun Gmbh

Inventors

• Sanchez-Martinez Pedro
• Klug Ralf
• Steiner Thomas

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