CUTICLE CUTTER |
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申请号 | EP03735216.8 | 申请日 | 2003-07-10 | 公开(公告)号 | EP1524927B1 | 公开(公告)日 | 2009-03-11 |
申请人 | Zivi S/A Cutelaria; | 发明人 | WURZEL, Paulo Roberto; | ||||
摘要 | A cuticle cutter of the like is described which is of the scissors type. Instruments of this type, especially in beauty salons, require constant cleaning, sharpening and sterilisation. The cutter of the invention facilitates such procedures by permitting the handles (2,21) to be separate from the blades (1, 1'). In the preferred embodiment the blades are snap fitted into the handles and the arrangement is such that on opening the cutters to a maximum surfaces on the handles enter into abutment with the blades in the region of the pivot (6) and further opening cams the blades away from the handles, releasing them without any necessity for manual contact. The blades can then be submitted to the above mentioned procedures and stored for further use. | ||||||
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说明书全文 | The present invention refers to a cuticle cutter of the scissors type. Conventional cuticle cutters of the scissors type are presented to the user as undismountable relatively small instruments and when it is necessary to sharpen the cutter blades or carry out any other form of maintenance, which is relatively common, it is necessary to send them to a qualified professional, which is expensive and time consuming, or merely throw them away and buy a new device. This is obviously a disadvantage. In addition, in beauty salons it is necessary to carry out complete cleaning and/or sterilisation of the cutters between use and this with time damages the handle parts of the devices. Since the cutter blades and not the handles enter into contact with the customer (user), such deep cleaning or sterilisation of the handles is not necessary. Also in beauty salons, storage of cutters as complete instruments is difficult due to their complicated shape and there is a considerable risk that the cutting edges become damaged and/or that the handlers themselves, especially when made of plastic material, may be damaged by the cutter blades. In addition to this, if the cutting edges are damages or worn beyond recuperation, the whole instrument has to be thrown away even though the handles might still be in a perfect state. A scissors-type cuticle cutter or the like comprising a first cutter blade and handle combination pivoted to a second cutter blade and handle combination by means of a pivot element, in which the cutter blade and the handle of each combination are releasably attached to each other is known from It is desirable that the separation of the blades from the handles is effected simply and safely. The present invention provides a scissors-type article. The present invention will be better understood from the following specific description, given by way of example, of the presently preferred embodiment, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Referring now to the drawings. Handles 2 and 2' are formed with longitudinal passageways 8 and 8' that are adapted to receive the spigot or handle ends 5 and 5' of the blades. Each handle 2 or 2' has a lateral opening providing access to the respective passageway 8 or 8' and is provided with a shaped plug 9 or 9' so that in normal use the plug can be snap fitted into and to close the opening. Each handle is also provided with a spring element 10 or 10' designed to fit into the cavity formed in the lateral opening. The spring elements 10 and 10' are basically flat strips of spring metal or the lake with a respective semicircular protuberances corresponding to the recesses 7 and 7' in the blade spigots 5 and 5'. Each handle 2 or 2' at its blade end is provided with an inwardly inclined end surface 11 or 11' , the passageway 8 or 8' being bored into such surface. The laterally outer side of the blade end of each handle 2 or 2', however, is formed with an extension 12 or 12' that, in the assembled configuration of the cutter as shown in In order to effect initial assembly of the cuticle cutter shown in The cuticle cutter can then be used normally, a conventional spring element 13 mounted on handle 2 providing resistance during trimming. When it is desired to clean the blades, between users, it is sufficient to open the cutters to the maximum (see It should be noted that no manual contact with the blades is necessary in order to release them from the handles, physical contact only being required to remove then to the location where they are to be cleaned or sterilised. Alternatively, if the blades are too worn or damaged for further use, they may be substituted for new ones without having also to throw away the respective handles. |