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Designated Extension States:
AL BA RS
(30)
Priority:
22.09.2008 JP 2008242924
(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 comprises a housing (200), a plucking cylinder
(16), a pinching mechanism, and a plucking mechanism. The housing is formed at its
upper end with a head. The plucking cylinder is supported to the head. The plucking
cylinder is driven to rotate about a longitudinal axis of the plucking cylinder. The
plucking cylinder carries a plurality of pinching units (300L,300R). Each pinching
unit is composed of a first blade (31L) and a second blade (23L) which are arranged
in an opposed relation with each other. Each pinching unit has a pinching length extending
circumferentially of the plucking cylinder. 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 move between an opened position for making a gap and
a pinch position for pinching the hair. A pinching mechanism is configured to drive
the at least one of the first blade and the second blade. A plucking mechanism is
configured to rotate the plucking cylinder. The at least one of the first blade and
the second blade is formed at a portion intermediate its pinching length with a cutout.