Appeal No. 1999-0180
Application No. 08/629,260
Looking first at appellants’ specification, it is
explained on page 1 that in a known depilation apparatus,
the depilation member comprises a pair of cooperating
rollers, while the vibration member comprises a
screen
plate which comprises hair passage openings and which
prevents the skin from being gripped by the
depilation member. The screen plate is pivotable with
respect to
the housing of the apparatus and is drivable by an
electric motor of the apparatus into a pivoting
oscillating movement. When the known depilation
apparatus is placed on the skin to be depilated, the
screen plate exerts mechanical vibrations on the skin.
Said mechanical vibrations have an anaesthetizing effect
on the skin, relieving pain sensations experienced when
hair is being pulled from the skin by the depilation
member.
A disadvantage of the known depilation apparatus is
that the oscillating screen plate is comfortable on parts
of the skin which overlie a relatively soft tissue and
hence are relatively insensitive to mechanical
vibrations, but rather uncomfortable on parts of the skin
which closely overlie a bone and hence are relatively
sensitive to mechanical vibrations.
An objective of appellants is to provide a depilation
apparatus that is comfortable both on parts of the skin that
closely overlie a bone and parts of the skin that overlie
relatively soft tissue. To this end, appellants include a
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