Abstract:
A mowing apparatus has an elongated handling rod on the distal end of which is mounted a gear unit having a casing and an output shaft which extends substantially perpendicularly to the handling rod. The apparatus further includes a first disk cutting blade mounted so as to cover the side of the casing adjacent the output shaft, and a second disk cutting blade superposed on the side of the first disk cutting blade adjacent the casing. A connecting pin interconnects the first and second disk cutting blades such that the disk cutting blades are rotatable relative to each other about their axes. An eccentric shaft is adapted to revolve about the axis of the output shaft in accordance with the rotation of the output shaft, and is received in a cam slot provided for rotation as a unit with the second disk cutting blade about the connecting pin, so that the can slot reciprocate circumferentially about the connecting pin in accordance with the revolution of the eccentric shaft. A rod-like fixing member for fixing the first disk cutting blade to the casing extends through an aperture formed in the second disk cutting blade so as not to interfere with the second disk cutting blade during relative oscillation of the second disk blade relative to the first disk cutting blade.
Abstract:
A vibratory dry-shaving apparatus comprises a housing; a bipolar, uniphase, synchronous motor positioned within the housing and having a rotor and a stator; and a shaving head arranged on the housing and including a vibratory cutter part below a fixed cutter part. A wall separates the interior of the housing from the shaving head, such wall having a passage therethrough. A swing lever is driven by the rotor and engages the vibratory cutter part to drive the latter, the swing lever extending through the passage. An elastic sleeve surrounds the swing lever and seals the passage between the edge thereof and the swing lever. The elastic sleeve is asymmetrically designed so that, in a final end position of the vibratory cutter part where the magnetic fields of the rotor and the stator are parallel, no force resulting from deformation of the sleeve is exerted on the vibratory cutter part.
Abstract:
An inner cutter for electric shavers is disclosed. The inner cutter comprises a plurality of inner blades mounted on a base member to be driven to move in sliding engagement with an outer shearing plate having a number of perforations therein. Each inner blade has along its length the cutting edge of different configurations including at least a toothed edge so as to define a first cutting edge of a greater overall width determined by the amount of projection of the tooth in the direction of movement of the inner blade and a second cutting edge in the form of a straight edge or toothed edge of an overall width less than that of the first cutting edge. The first cutting edge is responsible for efficiently capturing and cutting long hairs into shorter ones, while the second cutting edge is for giving a close shave on the skin of a user. Accordingly, the long hairs can receive two different cutting operations at each inner blade so as to be in a close cut after being successfully captured. In such a manner, the above unique edge configuration enables the efficient cutting operation for both long and short hairs.
Abstract:
An electric dry shaver having a movable long hair clipper which is slidable from a retracted position within the shaver housing to an extended position in which the clipping teeth of the clipper are exposed. The clipper includes a relatively fixed blade or comb supported by a molded plastic part which performs the functions of guiding the movable clipper, providing a detent action for the movable clipper and interconnecting the clipper assembly with a manually actuable member which extends through the wall of the shaving housing. The shaver also includes a roller supported between a pair of shaving heads by the means for tensioning the flexible comb on its supporting frame.
Abstract:
An electric shaver construction is described having a cylindrical, rotatable shearing foil adapted to roll over the surface to be shaved. Disposed within the cylindrical foil is a cutting head moved by a motor to oscillate in the direction axial to said foil.
Abstract:
A grass shear for trimming lawns is provided with a housing which supports and secures the internal components to facilitate and reduce manufacturing costs. The housing further provides for easy modification of the grass shear from a hand-held unit to one which is provided with a supporting wheel assembly and/or an extension handle to enable the operator to use and control the grass shear from an upstanding position. The housing is formed of two mating halves, each of which has a number of projections which serve to retain the various components of the grass shear without requiring any further fastening means. The housing is further provided with an extension handle receiving cavity; an extension handle carrying extension controls is removably securable within the receiving cavity. The mating halves of the housing have corresponding sections of reduced thickness and internal bearing support members providing for the addition of an axle and wheel assembly.
Abstract:
ELECTRIC SHAVER OR OTHER APPLIANCE HAVING A PAIR OF PARALLEL OSCILLATING SHAFTS OF RECTANGULAR CROSS SECTION, EACH OF THESE SHAFTS DRIVERS A SEPARATE CUTTER OR OTHER DRIVEN MEMBER. A POWER UNIT IS PROVIDED HAVING MOTOR MEANS WITH A DRIVE PROJECTION MOVABLE TOWARD AND AWAY FROM THE PARALLEL SHAFTS. A UNITARY BIFURCATED CONNECTING ROD INTERCONNECTS THE PROJECTION AND THE TWO PARALLEL SHAFTS. THIS CONNECTING ROD IS SUFFICIENTLY RESILIENT TO PERMIT FLEXING SO THAT NO BINDING OCCURS. SPRING MEANS IN THE SHAPE OF A SHORT HANDLED MULTI-TINED FORK HAVING THE HANDLE PORTION SECURED TO THE RECTANGULAR SHAFTS BIAS THE CUTTER INTO SHEARING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE PERFORATED COMB. THE COMB IS DEFINED BY TWO JOINED ARCUATE PERFORATED SECTIONS.