JPH0780165A - Electric razor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide an electric razor capable of erasing the uncomfortable odor generated by sebum or cut beard refuse and improving the deodorizing effect. CONSTITUTION:When an outer edge body 17 is fitted to a main body, a beard refuse storage section 20 is formed in the space surrounded by the main body and the outer edge body 17. A drive shaft 13 reciprocated by a drive source and an inner edge body 15 removably fitted to the drive shaft 13 are arranged in the beard refuse storage section 20. A case 24 storing a sublimate aromatic agent serving as a deodorizing means 26 is fitted to the lower face of the inner edge body 15. Many holes 25 are formed on the lower face of the case 24, and the deodorizing means 26 is exposed in the beard refuse storage section 20.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric shaver having a deodorizing means for eliminating an unpleasant odor generated from sebum or beard scraps.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an electric shaver of this type is known as shown in FIG. This electric shaver has a drive source (not shown) built in the main body 1. A drive shaft 2 reciprocated by this drive source projects from the main body 1. An inner blade body 4 supporting a large number of inner blades 3 is detachably attached to the drive shaft 2. Reference numeral 5 denotes an outer blade body having an outer blade 6 in which a large number of beard introducing holes are formed.
Is detachably attached to the support projections 7, 7 formed at the upper end of the main body 1.

A beard waste storage portion 8 is formed on the upper portion of the main body 1. When the outer blade body 5 is attached to the main body 1, the beard waste storage portion 8 is a space surrounded by the main body 1 and the outer blade body 5. It is formed. Deodorizing means 9, 9 made of a deodorant or an aromatic is provided on the bottom surface of the beard waste storage unit 8. When the inner blade body 4 is driven by the drive source,
The inner blade 3 slides on the inner surface of the outer blade 6 and these inner blade 3 and the outer blade 6
The beard is cut by and the cut beard waste is stored in the beard waste storage portion 8. When the beard is shaved, sebum containing oil adheres to the inner blade 3 and the like and unpleasant odor is generated from these sebum and the stored beard scraps. This odor is deodorized by the deodorizing means 9. The user is not made uncomfortable.

[0004]

By the way, in order to improve the deodorizing effect, it is necessary for the deodorizing means 9 to come in contact with a larger amount of air. In the one provided in the beard waste storage portion 8, since the air in the beard waste storage portion 8 comes into contact with the deodorizing means 9 due to its natural convection, the deodorizing means 9 is used in most of the beard waste storage portion 8. It was difficult to come into contact with air, and it was not always possible to obtain a sufficient deodorizing effect.

An object of the present invention is to solve the above problems and to obtain an electric shaver capable of obtaining a sufficient deodorizing effect.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, an electric shaver of the present invention cuts a beard by sliding on an outer blade having a large number of beard introducing holes and an inner surface of the outer blade. An inner blade, a whisker waste storage portion provided below the inner blade for storing the cut whisker waste, and an inner blade support which is disposed in the whisker waste storage portion and supports the inner blade and is driven by a drive source. It has a member and a deodorizing means provided on the inner blade supporting member.

[0007]

According to the electric shaver of the present invention, when the inner blade supporting member is driven by the driving source, the inner blade slides on the inner surface of the outer blade to cut the beard by the inner blade and the outer blade, and the cutting is performed. The beard scraps are stored in the beard scrap storage unit. In this state, the deodorizing means provided on the inner blade support member moves in the beard waste storage portion together with the inner blade support member, so that it comes into contact with more air in the beard waste storage portion.

[0008]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
In FIG. 3, reference numeral 11 denotes an electric shaver body, which is a body 1
1 includes a motor (not shown) as a drive source, a drive mechanism, and the like, and support protrusions 1 are provided on both sides of the upper end thereof.
Projections 2 and 12 are formed. The drive shaft 13 protruding upward from the main body 11 is connected to the motor via the drive mechanism and is reciprocated in the left-right direction in FIG. 3 by driving the motor. A switch 14 is provided on the front surface of the main body so as to be slidable up and down, and is for turning the motor on and off.

Reference numeral 15 denotes an inner blade body that is detachably attached to the drive shaft 13 and has an inner blade 16. A large number of plate-shaped inner blades 16 are arranged on the inner blade body 15 at regular intervals in the longitudinal direction. . The inner blade body 15 and the drive shaft 13 constitute an inner blade support member A. Further, 17 is a support projection 1 of the main body 11.
An outer blade body detachably attached to the blades 2 and 12, and an outer blade 18 having a large number of beard introducing holes is detachably attached. When the inner blade body 15 is attached to the drive shaft 13 and the outer blade body 17 is attached to the main body 11, the inner blade 16 and the outer blade 18 are attached.
When the inner blade body 15 is driven in this state, a large number of inner blades 16 slide on the inner surface of the outer blade 18. Reference numeral 19 is a spring for urging the inner blade body 15 toward the outer blade 18 so that the inner blade 16 and the outer blade 18 come into contact with each other with an appropriate blade pressure.

A beard waste storage portion 20 is formed on the upper portion of the main body 11 between the support protrusions 12, 12. The beard waste storage portion 20 is a space surrounded by the body 11 and the outer blade body 17 in a state where the outer blade body 17 is attached to the body 11, and the beard waste storage portion 20 has the inner blade support described above. The member A, that is, the drive shaft 13 and the inner blade body 15 are arranged. Then, the beard waste introduced from the beard introducing hole of the outer blade 18 and cut by the inner blade 16 and the outer blade 18 is stored in the beard waste storage portion 20.

Next, the inner blade 5 will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. The inner blade 15 is made of a synthetic resin base 21.
And a number of metal plate-shaped inner blades 16 insert-molded on the base 21, and an engagement member 22 detachably engaged with the drive shaft 13 provided on the base 21 and protruding from the main body 11.
Consists of. On the lower surface of the base 21, a pair of holding claws 23 are provided on both sides of the engagement member 22 with the engagement member 22 interposed therebetween. Each of the four holding claws 23 is elastically deformable in the longitudinal direction of the inner blade body 15, and holds the cases 24, 24 detachably.

A large number of very small holes 25 are formed on the lower surface of the rectangular parallelepiped case 24, and no holes are formed on the other surface. In addition, the case 24 has a removable lid 24 on the top.
a is provided. Deodorizing means 26 is detachably provided in the hollow case 24. As the deodorizing means, for example, solidified so-called deodorant such as activated carbon that eliminates odor, or solidified so-called fragrance such as fragrance that emits aroma and eliminates unpleasant odor is used. This is possible, and in this embodiment, an aromatic agent that sublimates and becomes smaller is used. A case 24 is used in which a large number of holes 25 are formed so as not to fall from the inner blade body 15 even if the deodorant or the aromatic substance is sublimated and becomes smaller.

The operation will be described based on the above embodiment. When shaving the beard, the switch 14 provided on the front surface of the main body is slid to drive the motor, and the outer blade 18
Apply it to the skin and move it over the skin. The beard introduced from the beard introducing hole of the outer blade 18 is cut by the inner blade 16 and the outer blade 18, and is stored in a beard waste storage portion 20 formed below the inner blade body 15. On the other hand, when shaving, sebum containing oil adheres to the inner blade 16 or the inner blade 1
It falls below 5.

An unpleasant odor is generated from the sebum and whiskers in the beard waste storage portion 20, but since the deodorizing means 26 is provided in the beard waste storage portion 20 to give off an aroma, this aroma is generated. As a result, the unpleasant odor generated from sebum and beard scraps is canceled, and as a result, it is possible to prevent the user from feeling an unpleasant odor. And the deodorizing means 2
6 is provided on the inner blade body 15 and moves in the beard waste storage portion 20 together with the inner blade body 15 when the motor is driven, so that aroma can be released in a wide range, and a sufficient deodorizing effect can be obtained. You can

Further, since the deodorizing means 26 is provided on the inner blade body 15 and is exposed only on the lower side, whiskers and the like will not be attached during use, and the electric shaver body 11 will be awakened when not in use. Even if beard scraps or the like are attached when placed, it is possible to vibrate with the inner blade 15 to drop the adhered beard scraps or the like when used, and the beard scraps or the like may be attached to reduce the deodorizing effect during use. It can be prevented.

After a long period of time, the deodorizing means 26 disappears, but in this case, the locking claw 23 is elastically deformed to remove the case 24, and a new fragrance or deodorant is added to the case 24. It can be attached to. When a deodorant is used instead of the fragrance, the inner blade 15 is used at the time of use.
At the same time, the deodorant moves in the beard waste storage unit 20, so that it comes into contact with a large amount of air in the beard waste storage unit 20, and a sufficient deodorizing effect can be obtained as in the case of using the fragrance. it can.

Next, another embodiment of the present invention will be described. Only the configuration of the inner blade body 15 is different from the above-described embodiment, and the description of the other parts will be omitted. 4 and 5, the inner blade body 15 includes a base 21 having a through hole 30 formed along the longitudinal direction, and a large number of inner blades 16 insert-molded in the base 21. Base 21
A hollow shaft 31 is fixed to the through hole 30 of the deodorizing means 32 made of solid activated carbon in the shaft 31.
Is fixed. Further, the shaft 31 is formed with through holes 33a, 33b, 33c located between the adjacent inner blades 16, 16. The upwardly opening 33a and 33b are formed in all between the adjacent inner blades 16 and 16, and the downwardly opening 33c is formed at both ends in the longitudinal direction and is not formed in the central portion. Further, the base 21 has through holes 33a, 33
b, 33c at the positions corresponding to the communication holes 34a,
34b and 34c are respectively formed, and the deodorizing means 3
2 is each of these through holes 33a to 33c and each of the communication holes 34a to 3
It communicates with the inside of the beard waste storage unit 20 via 4c.

Also in this embodiment, since the deodorizing means 32 is provided in the inner blade member 15 that moves in the beard waste storage portion 20 when the electric razor is used, the deodorizing effect is improved as in the above-mentioned embodiment. Can be made. Also, the deodorizing means 3
Since 2 is provided in the through hole 30 formed in the inner blade body 15, the mass of the inner blade body 15 can be reduced as a whole as compared with the case where the deodorizing means is separately provided in the inner blade body 15. Vibration generated when the blade 15 reciprocates can be reduced.

In each of the embodiments, the deodorizing means is provided on the inner blade 15, but the deodorizing means can be provided on the drive shaft 13 to obtain the effects of the present invention. Is.

[0020]

As described above, according to the electric shaver of the present invention, it is possible to obtain an electric shaver capable of sufficiently deodorizing the unpleasant odor generated from the sebum and the mustache debris in the beard waste storage portion. .

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an inner blade body according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view of the case of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a main body of an electric shaver and an outer blade body and an inner blade body separated from the main body according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of an inner blade body according to another embodiment of the present invention.

5 is a sectional view taken along line XX in FIG.

FIG. 6 is a view showing a conventional electric shaver.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A Inner blade support member 16 Inner blade 18 Outer blade 20 Beard waste storage 26 Deodorizing means 32 Deodorizing means

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An outer blade having a large number of beard introducing holes,
The inner blade that slides on the inner surface of the outer blade to cut the beard, the beard scrap storage portion that is provided below the inner blade to store the cut beard scrap, and the internal waste that is disposed in the beard scrap storage portion An electric razor, comprising: an inner blade supporting member that supports a blade and is driven by a drive source; and a deodorizing means provided on the inner blade supporting member.