(19)
(11) EP 2 165 621 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
03.11.2010 Bulletin 2010/44

(43) Date of publication A2:
24.03.2010 Bulletin 2010/12

(21) Application number: 09011877.9

(22) Date of filing: 17.09.2009
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A45D 26/00(2006.01)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA RS

(30) Priority: 22.09.2008 JP 2008242923

(71) Applicant: Panasonic Electric Works Co., Ltd.
Kadoma-shi Osaka (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Inoue, Tomoyuki
    Kadoma-shi Osaka (JP)
  • Hashiguchi, Tetsuro
    Kadoma-shi Osaka (JP)

(74) Representative: Appelt, Christian W. 
Forrester & Boehmert Pettenkoferstrasse 20-22
80336 München
80336 München (DE)

   


(54) Depilatory device


(57) A depilatory device (1) in this invention comprising a housing (200), a plucking means, a pinching mechanism, and a plucking mechanism. The plucking means includes a plucking cylinder (16) which is supported to the housing (200). The plucking cylinder (16) carries a plurality of pinching units (300L,300R) at a circumference surface of the plucking cylinder (16). The pinching unit is composed of a first blade (31L) and a second blade (23L). At least one of the first blade (31L) and the second blade (23L) is movable toward and away from the other of the first blade and the second blade to have an opened position and a pinch position. Each of the pinching units has a hair introducing direction perpendicular to the gap between the first blade and the second blade in the opened position. The pinching mechanism is configured to provide the opened position and the pinch position to the first blade and the second blade. The plucking mechanism is configured to rotate the plucking cylinder. The pinching units are arranged to have their hair introducing directions which are inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis as well as a circumferential direction of the plucking cylinder.





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