(19)
(11) EP 1 174 227 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
29.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/05

(43) Date of publication A2:
23.01.2002 Bulletin 2002/04

(21) Application number: 01115765.8

(22) Date of filing: 10.07.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7B26B 19/10
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 18.07.2000 JP 2000217960

(71) Applicant: Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.
Osaka 571-8666 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Yamagishi, Yuuji c/o Matsushita Electric Works,Ltd
    Osaka 571-8686 (JP)
  • Uenishi, Yasuo c/o Shiga Kobayashi Seiko Co., Ltd.
    Shiga 520-2313 (JP)

(74) Representative: Schwabe - Sandmair - Marx 
Stuntzstrasse 16
81677 München
81677 München (DE)

   


(54) Electric hair cutter or styling apparatus


(57) A rotating/reciprocating movement converting part is provided in a main body (1) and a connecting arrangement rod (9) is projected from the upper surface of the main body (1). When a shaver head (3) is mounted on the main body, the connecting arrangement is fitted to a connecting part (50) in the side of an inner cutting blade to transmit a reciprocating movement to an inner cutting blade (20). When a trimmer head is mounted on the main body, the recessed inside part of the driving rod 9 is fitted to a connecting part in the side of a movable cutting blade to transmit a reciprocating movement to a movable cutting blade. Thus, according to the present invention, problems such as an enlarged head and the deterioration of sharpness of a conventional electric hair cutter having a rotating/ reciprocating movement converting part provided in the head can be overcome.







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