IP Library Granted Patent US 7,874,073
Granted Patent B2
US 7,874,073 · App. 11/461,601 · Granted Jan 25, 2011

Nose hair cutter

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Patent No.
US 7,874,073
App. No.
11/461,601
Granted
Jan 25, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

To provide a nose hair cutter, comprising a blade configures to cut nose hair, a motor which drives a movable blade of the blade, and a fan which is driven by the motor to suck pieces of the nose hair cut by the blade into a body.

Claims (19)

1. A nose hair cutter comprising:

a blade assembly configured to cut nose hair, the blade assembly being provided at an upper part of a body of the nose hair cutter,

a motor which drives a movable blade of the blade assembly,

a fan which is driven by the motor to suck pieces of the nose hair cut by the blade assembly into the body of the nose hair cutter, and

an air flow path extending from a suction port formed in an upper part of the blade assembly of the nose hair cutter to a first discharge port formed in a lower end surface of the body of the nose hair cutter for discharging air sucked from the suction port together with the pieces of the nose hair,

a filter detachably provided in the air flow path and disposed between the blade assembly and the fan and configured to collect the pieces of the nose hair sucked by the fan, and wherein the filter is upstream of the air flow path while the fan is downstream of the air flow path as compared to the filter,

wherein the air flow path penetrates the body of the nose hair cutter, and extends along an axial direction of the body of the nose hair cutter and the blade assembly of the nose hair cutter,

wherein the motor and the fan are disposed in the air flow path,

wherein the suction port, the fan, the motor, and the first discharge port are disposed along one straight line,

wherein the blade assembly of the nose hair cutter comprises a cylindrical body comprising the air flow path for the pieces of nose hair therein, and

wherein one end of the cylindrical body is provided with a bending unit configured to define the suction port for the pieces of nose hair to be sucked through the air flow path, and to prevent the blade assembly from damaging a nostril of a user when the nose hair cutter is inserted into the nostril to cut nose hair.

2. The nose hair cutter according to claim 1 , wherein a rotation speed of the movable blade rotated by the motor and a rotation speed of the fan are different from each other.

3. The nose hair cutter according to claim 1 , wherein the cylindrical body further includes:

an outer frame body of the blade assembly configured to be inserted into the nostril of the user,

a nose hair introducing part configured as a notched edge of a side surface of the cylindrical body,

a stationary blade provided at an edge of the nose hair introducing part, and

the movable blade configured to rotate and slide on an inner surface of the stationary blade,

wherein nose hair introduced into the air flow path is cut by the stationary blade and the movable blade.

4. The nose hair cutter according to claim 1 , wherein a second discharge port of the air flow path is provided adjacent to a side portion of the fan.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 28, 2009
From: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
To: PANASONIC ELECTRIC WORKS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022206/0574 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 1, 2006
From: OGAWA, HITOSHI; NAKAGAWA, HISAO
To: MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC WORKS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 018040/0884 →