HAIR TRIMMER

• Main Authors: BEHRENDT JUERGEN, SCHAEFER PETER, MAICHEL MICHAEL
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 27.01.2011
• Subjects: CUTTING; HAND CUTTING TOOLS; HAND-HELD CUTTING TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; SEVERING; TRANSPORTING

The invention relates to a hair trimmer (1) comprising a fixed cutting element (20′) having teeth on the front side thereof, and a mobile cueing element (20″) which has teeth on the front side thereof and is oscillable in relation to the fixed cutting element (20′), so that, when the hair trimmer (1) is used, hairs reaching between the teeth of the fixed cutting element and the mobile cutting element are cut off. The risk of using such a hair trimmer is that the skin can be caught between the teeth or the teeth can penetrate into skin openings such as capillary ducts, leading to painful skin injuries. In order to avoid these injuries, the hair trimmer also has a protective support (3) which has teeth (4) on its front side, is arranged on the fixed cutting element (20′), and used to place the hair trimmer (1) on the skin of the user. The teeth (4) of the protective support (3) lock with the teeth of the fixed cutting element (20′) on the front side or slightly extend over said teeth, and the teeth (4) of the protective support (3) lie on the fixed cutting element (20′), essentially without gaps.