Braun GMBH

The present invention relates to cutting body hair such as beard stubbles of multidays' beard. More particularly, the present invention relates to a cutter system for an electric shaver and trimmer, comprising a pair of cooperating cutting elements with two rows of comb-like cutting teeth at opposite edges thereof and at least one field of cutting perforations between said rows of comb-like cutting teeth, which cutting perforations are formed in a skin contact surface or skin facing surface of said cutting elements, wherein said cutting elements are movably supported relative to each other by a support structure which provides for a pivot axis about which said cooperating cutting elements are pivotable to follow the skin contour.

The present invention relates to cutting body hair such as beard stubbles of multidays' beard. More particularly, the present invention relates to a cutter system for an electric shaver and trimmer, comprising a pair of cooperating cutting elements with two rows of comb-like cutting teeth at opposite edges thereof and at least one field of cutting perforations between said rows of comb-like cutting teeth, which cutting perforations are formed in a skin contact surface or skin facing surface of said cutting elements, wherein said cutting elements are movably supported relative to each other by a support structure which provides for a pivot axis about which said cooperating cutting elements are pivotable to follow the skin contour.

The present invention relates to a cutter system for an electric hair cutter such as shaver and/or trimmer, comprising a pair of cooperating cutting elements which are movably supported relative to each other by a support structure which provides for a swivel axis about which said cooperating cutting elements are swivelable to follow the skin contour, said swivel axis extending substantially parallel to a skin contact surface of said cutter system. The support structure may include a plurality of ring-like, curved swivel rails attached to and projecting from a bottom surface of the cutter system opposite to the skin contact surface thereof. Such curved swivel rails define the swivel axis and may be movably received in shell bearings of a lower support frame structure that may be attached to a handle of the hair cutter.

The present invention relates to a cutter system for an electric hair cutter such as shaver and/or trimmer, comprising a pair of cooperating cutting elements which are movably supported relative to each other by a support structure which provides for a swivel axis about which said cooperating cutting elements are swivelable to follow the skin contour, said swivel axis extending substantially parallel to a skin contact surface of said cutter system. The support structure may include a plurality of ring-like, curved swivel rails attached to and projecting from a bottom surface of the cutter system opposite to the skin contact surface thereof.

The present application is concerned with a personal care attachment for a personal care handle, the personal care attachment having an outer housing, a head unit having a head arranged for being driven into motion relative to the outer housing, in particular into an oscillatory motion, and a driver having a first end being coupled with the head and a second end arranged for being coupled with a drive shaft of the personal care handle, and a magnetic force unit having at least one first magnetically interacting element provided in fixed relationship with the outer housing and at least one second magnetically interacting element provided in fixed relationship with either the head or the driver, wherein the magnetic force unit is arranged to provide a force that biases the second end of the driver away from the head so that the head is in a maximum deflection state, in particular wherein the personal care attachment comprises a stopper that defines the maximum deflection state.

Personal care devices such as hair removal devices or electric shavers include a working head, a handle, an adjustment device, and a hazard determination device. The working head is configured for applying a personal care treatment to a body surface. The handle is attached to the working head to enable a user to manually move the working head along the body surface. The adjustment device is configured to adjust various settings of the working head. The hazard determination device sends a hazard signal to the adjustment device when a hazard condition to the personal care device is recognized, such as a freefall condition, high temperature, or low battery charge. Example hazard determination devices may include acceleration sensors, gyrosensors, temperature sensors, or voltage detectors. The adjustment device responds to the hazard signal by adjusting a setting of the working head into a safe harbor setting to protect the personal care device.

The present invention relates to a cutter system for an electric shaver and/or trimmer, comprising a pair of comb-like cutting elements with cooperating toothed cutting edges and movably supported relative to each other by a support element, wherein lateral ends of at least one of the cutting elements are provided with lateral protection elements having rounded and/or chamfered edge contours for soft skin engagement, wherein the lateral protection element is enveloping and covering a gap movably receiving the other cutting element and/or enveloping the support element.

An oral-care implement has a handle containing an electric battery and a motor. The motor's shaft is connected to a motion transmitter to drive a treatment head having at least one functional element. The implement has a pressure-control system including a microcontroller configured to detect a stimulus to energize the motor, set a baseline current, and repeatedly execute an overpressure-detection control loop comprising: measuring an instantaneous current draw, adding an increment value to or subtract a decrement value from the baseline current, thereby generating a dynamically adjusted baseline current, determining whether a difference between the instantaneous current draw and the dynamically adjusted baseline current exceeds a threshold, thereby detecting an occurrence of overpressure, and causing the implement to perform a corrective action in response to the detected overpressure.

A universal base for an electric toothbrush has a body comprising a top surface, a bottom surface, and a side surface therebetween. The base can be coupled with the toothbrush for wireless communication therebetween. The base includes a charging component for inductively charging the electric toothbrush, a Bluetooth component for communicating usage data received from the toothbrush during a brushing session, an analyzing component for instantaneous processing of the usage data received from the toothbrush, a timer-clock component for displaying either a count-up or a countdown of the brushing session during the brushing session and time of day before and after the brushing session, and a multi-functional light component for instantaneously communicating, during the brushing session, at least one element of the usage data.