	US 12,134,201 B2
	Hair cutting system
Luca Iaccarino, Groningen (NL); and Madhusudhan Varma Amaravathi, Hyerabad (NL)
Assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
Appl. No. 17/050,613
Filed by KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven (NL)
PCT Filed Apr. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/060994 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 26, 2020, PCT Pub. No. WO2019/211256, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 7, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. PCT/CN2018/085338 (WO), filed on May 2, 2018; and application No. 18183076 (EP), filed on Jul. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0122070 A1, Apr. 29, 2021
Int. Cl. B26B 19/38 (2006.01); B26B 19/20 (2006.01)

CPC B26B 19/3813 (2013.01) [B26B 19/20 (2013.01)]

13 Claims

1. A hair cutting system comprising:

a hair cutting appliance comprising one or more pairs of cutting blades for cutting hair;

a comb arranged forwards of the cutting blades and configured to guide hair towards the cutting blades;

a hair collector, the hair collector comprising a hair chamber for receiving hairs cut by the hair cutting appliance and a coupling portion configured to couple the hair collector to the hair cutting appliance;

wherein the hair chamber is defined by a base wall positioned adjacent to a body of the hair cutting appliance, a front wall opposite the base wall, and two or more side walls between the base wall and the front wall;

wherein, when the hair cutting system is assembled, a portion of the comb protrudes into the hair chamber;

wherein the portion of the comb protruding into the hair chamber comprises a plurality of comb teeth, and wherein the front wall at least partially extends over and forwards of the plurality of comb teeth in a cutting direction when the hair cutting system is assembled and used to cut hair;

wherein, the hair collector is capable of being coupled to the hair cutting appliance via the coupling portion when the comb is removed; and

wherein the comb is movable relative to the cutting blades to vary the length of hair cut by the hair cutting system such that the hair chamber remains in a same position relative to the one or more pairs of cutting blades as the comb is moved relative to the cutting blades.